Photo: Marcus Koppen
Ambassador Raymi Sambo is matter-of-fact about his coming out. “I had a boyfriend and I told my family. I didn’t feel I owed them an explanation. They didn’t announce being straight either.”
Raymi loves creating new things, coming up with ideas and bringing them to life. That’s why, alongside acting, he moved into directing and producing. Raymi makes work for others and for himself. He’s run his own theatre company (V.I.G.) for ten years and has been affiliated with theatre group ZEP for nine years. For the past two years he has also been producing films, focusing especially on the representation of the LGBT community.
“It’s time LGBT people get a place in the media. Not as caricatures, but as real people. Where are the series, films and plays that portray same-sex love in a beautiful, respectful way? So we can show the world that our struggles are human ones, regardless of colour or orientation?”
Pride Ambassador since 2015
