This year, the gay parade in the Distrito Federal will be different. No queens and no kings showing off their dresses on a stage. Neither no ambassadors, nor sponsors targeting the gay community. The motto is Dignity and Pride. Over the years, many political groups, and participants as well, have complained about the exaggerated festiveness [...]
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Macha Mexico: Mexican Families Through the Lens of Óscar Sánchez Gómez
Photo: via Centro Cultural Fotográfico GLBT families seem not to exist in Mexico. The queer community is still conceived as a social group with no children, nor the ability to have a family of its own. A year ago, Mexican photographer Óscar Sánchez Gómez proved this idea wrong with an exhibition in the Centro Médico [...]
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 [...]
Avenida Q
Next September 11th, producers of Avenue Q in Mexico City will offer a special show for the Mexican LGBT community. The purpose is to thank the queer community for their support during the five months that the play has been on theatre. The Mexican version of the American musical conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff [...]
Tepoztlán: a Macha’s Day Out
Tepoztlán is a little town located 50 miles South of the Mexico City. It offers at least three things that machas love: delicious (vegetarian optional) food, spiritual insight in the shape of temazcales and massages, and a hill to climb in order to prove your resistance as a big macha. I’ve been in Tepoztlán many [...]
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 [...]
Luzónica
Great machas in a great city. This is the best definition of Luzónica, a group of young queer women based in Oaxaca City, who seek to sensitize Oaxacan society about sexual diversity through arts and cultural expressions. Carina, Yiyi, Cois, Lety, Sofi—all of them between 19 and 30 years old—decided to create this group to [...]