The Importance of Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month

Mariano Soila, Go-To-Market Manager for Warner Bros. Discovery spoke with myGwork about the importance of celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month, discussing his personal experience of understanding LGBTQ+ history and giving advice to those who want to better their understanding of the topic. He revealed how his role at Warner Bros. Discovery allowed him to finally celebrate the occasion in a way that he couldn’t before.

Please introduce yourself and tell us about your role at your organization. 

My name is Mariano Soila and I have the role of go-to-market manager for Warner Bros. Discovery. I am responsible for the execution of all strategic marketing efforts within the WBD’s linear TV portfolio as well as the streaming services in the south cone of Latin America (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay).

I also lead WBD’s Argentina chapter of the LGBTQ+ PRIDE BRG

Have you celebrated LGBTQ+ History Month before? If you have, how? 

The ‘Gay History Month’ is not a common celebration in Argentina, but other commemorations and festive dates linked to the LGBTQ+ community such as the World Day Against Homophobia, the International Day of Trans People Rights, the Transgender Day of Remembrance, the International Pride Day (June) and Argentina’s Pride Day (November) amongst others.

The past year, Warner Bros Discovery celebrated LGBTQ+ History Month and it was the first time for me to celebrate it, with the joy of being part of a commemorative video with testimonials together with other WBD’s colleagues around the world and representing Latin America.

Why is LGBTQ+ History Month important to you? 

LGBTQ+ History Month reminds and help us reconnect with those people whose tireless fight for the rights and visibility of LGBTQ+ community, to let us enjoy most of the things that today we take for granted. Almost one decade ago, those things were considered sinful, amoral, criminal or justifications for persecution, imprisonment or hate crimes and today, in many geographies and cultures, the LGBTQ+ community is still sentenced to death and their voices are silenced in events of public interest or people are most of the times made invisible due to gender choice and sexual orientation.

Nowadays, because of the heroic action of many people, we can get married, start families, adopt, publicly express love to our beloved ones, and enjoy a more empathetic, diverse, egalitarian, and inclusive world.