Las Mariquitas are a New York based Queer and Trans-centered salsa band and collective Las Mariquitas' Mobey Lola Irizarry, Kneeco Hanton & Luca Diaz working hard to change the narrative of this genre of music that although it has been tied to histories of struggles for black and Indigenous Liberation, and for decolonization in the Caribbean and Latin Americahas it has also had a persistent problem with misogyny, transphobia and queerphobia. Las Mariquitas assert and insert themselves with joy, resistance and new form liberations welcoming us into a safe space to express our authentic selves, love wholly and dance freely.
This program is part of our summer exhibition AMIGXS Radicales on view June 23rd through July 23rd.
