Macha Mexico is very glad to announce the Second Trans Festival of Mexico City. Thanks to the efforts of the Trans community and some machas directly involved in the organization of this event, arts and politics will merge again for those interested in knowing more about trans population in Mexico City. If you have the [...]
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Mix Platino, back again in Mexico City
I know everybody is busy and excited preparing for the so awaited Gay Parade this weekend. However, the Cineteca Nacional, and other venues, will host the 13th Mix Film Festival. The festival’s main subject is sexual diversity, and this time the movies are selected based on the Damned Poets of the cinema, i.e. those movies [...]
Gay Parade in Mexico City
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 [...]
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 [...]
She Devils and Kumbia Queers again!
In case you haven’t noticed it yet, Macha Mexico is fan of the Argentinian/Mexican combo shaped by the She Devils and the Kumbia Queers, who fortunately come to Mexico City every year as part of their international tour. Tonight, the Centro Cultural España hosts the She Devils, a band that has a long history in [...]
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 [...]