Sounding a Queer Rebellion
LGBTI Musical Resistances in Latin America
About Us
"Sounding a Queer Rebellion: LGBTI Musical Resistances in Latin America" is a project that aims to establish the first Latin American network of academics and artists specialised in the study of music as a resistance tool used to defend and advance the rights of the LGBTI community in the countries of the region. This website, the Queer Music Protest platform, will serve as a repository of project findings, general information, testimonials and network events.
Who are we here for?
Our network will contribute to bring together academia and civil society in the fight against misinformation regarding LGBTI lives and rights. It also aims to promote the protection of LGBTI communities in a region as violent as South America by bringing together LGBTI groups, artists, musicians and scholars, as well enabling the unification of discourses and production of innovative research and cultural interventions replicable in local contexts.
The lead researchers are Dr Fiorella Montero-Diaz from Keele University (United Kingdom) and Dr Luis Gabriel Mesa Martinez from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogota, Colombia). The British Academy of Medical Sciences funds this project with a grant from its Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF UK).
International meeting, July 6 - 8, 2022
Welcome to our international meeting at the Faculty of Arts - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (July 6-8, 2022). Free entrance, with prior registration through the following link: https://mailchi.mp/4b4926704685/rebelion-queer
View moreThe story behind vogue and the queer”dancers of Transmilenio (public bus service) and public demos
“Empowered and fearless in stilettos.” Three LGBTQI activists, dissenting bodies, as they call themselves, took over a crowded Plaza de Bolivar (Bogota) this April 28th, on the first day of national strike, amidst the euphoria of a crowd, that, though it was not expecting them, celebrated the boldness of the dancers facing off with the riot police and joined in the protest.
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