From May 25th to May 3oth, the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico City will host a series of lectures about sexual diversity and discrimination. Experts from Mexico and abroad will talk about topics such as homophobia, sexual transmitted diseases, and discrimination against queer groups in Mexico.
As it always happens in this kind of events, the program features a large list of pundits and journalists, which makes almost impossible to attend to each of the talks. However, there are three lectures that I find extremely interesting, due to its relation with the “hot topics” in Mexico and their certainly annoying exsitence for the Mexican government in the last few years–or, unfortunately, decades. The first lecture is by one of the best female journalists in Mexico, Sanjuana Martínez, and her work on sexual abuse in the Catholic church. The two others are the notorious feminicidios in Ciudad Juárez, and machismo in Mexico.
Simultaneously, there will be some artistic/performance activities. If you want to take a look at the complete program (in Spanish) you can click here. Entrance is free.
VIII Semana Cultural de la Diversidad Sexual, May 25th-30th, Museo Nacional de Antropología, on Paseo de la Reforma at Gandhi St., phone number 5553-6204 y 5286-1933; semanaculturalsex.inah@gmail.com