One of my favorite places in Mexico City is La Lagunilla, a fifty-year-old market close to Plaza Garibaldi and Tepito. Lagunilla means “little lagoon”, a clear reference to the pool from which vendors of the Tlatelolco market transported their goods before the arrival of the Spaniards. The lagoon was dried, as well as the rest [...]
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Semana Cultural Lésbica Gay
As part of the annual GBLT Cultural Week, a series of activities will take place in Mexico City starting this month. This annual event has had to deal with a series of obstacles since 2003, including the death of its original organizer, the activist José María Covarrubias, and the refurbishment of the Museo del Chopo, [...]
Gay Pride Outside Mexico City
Some of my friends compare the gay parade with Christmas. I mean, a queer, festive Christmas during which the LGBT community seems to rise from darkness and gather together. During June, Mexico City seems unexpectedly full of festivals, parties, lectures and readings honoring queer pride. Fortunately, the meetings and festivals are not organized only in [...]
“Bajo Juárez, the City Devouring Its Daughters”
During the last 15 years, more than 400 women have been found in the desert in the border town of Ciudad Juárez. The profile of the victims has been a constant, dreary pattern: women between 12 and 22 years old, who work for very low wages at sweatshops that maintain the economy of this town. [...]
Femme Dream Date: Museo del Calzado
More than two years past between when I first read about the Museo del Calzado in the Moon Guide to Mexico City‘s section on “Surreal Mexico City” and the day I finally set foot inside this delightful museum dedicated to shoes. The museum, which is run by Centro Historico shoe emporium El Borceguí–an institution unto [...]
Women’s Erotic Short Story Workshop
“Hay un universo entre tus piernas que quisiera que chocara con el mío…” Author Artemisa Téllez is beginning a new session of her erotic writing workshop for women. The workshop is geared for Spanish language writing, although the facilitator speaks English. If you are interested in erotic women’s writing, this sounds like a great place [...]
Machas on bykes
Biking is not impossible in Mexico City. Weird as it sounds, in the last ten years there have been a series of efforts from the civil society in order to show that peseros, taxis, and of course, particular cars are not the only alternative to move around the city. Bike lovers have created very organized [...]
Queer Community and the City
Machas and gays in Mexico City have to deal with weird looks when it comes to public displays of affection. Statements such as “children shouldn’t see two men/women kissing in the subway” or “it is okay that the y love each other, as long as they do it in private” are examples of homophobia in [...]
2nd Annual Rock and Sexual Diversity Film Festival
Today is the opening night of the Second Annual Rock and Sexual Diversity Film Festival, which features film screenings, musical performances, a fashion show, and several dance parties. According to co-organizer Artemisa Téllez, the festival aims to create a space that is welcoming for the GLBT punks, emos, darketos (goths), and others who may not [...]
Queer Radio Programs
Notiese en Radio www.notieseradio.com Tuesdays; 6 pm Weekly radio program of one of the most commited queer-oriented press agency in Mexico. It features the most important news on the LGBT agenda and activities to do during the week. Promiscuidados www.radiomenteabierta.com Mondays; 9:30 pm Sex, art, queer politics, health, culture, human rights, reproductive rights and music [...]