Roberto Condori
Roberto Condori | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Bolivian |
| Occupations | LGBT activist and journalist |
| Organization | Maricas Movement Bolivia |
Roberto Condori Carita is an LGBT activist and Bolivian journalist. They are part of Maricas Movement Bolivia and one of the creators of the LGBT radio program Marica Nation,[1] for which they won the first Journalist without Risk award in 2018.[2] They are a member of the Aymara nation.[3]
Biography
They were born outside of La Paz to a low-income family who originally migrated there to work as day laborers. They completed higher studies in social communication.[3]
They started their activism in 2010 alongside their partner, the poet Edgar Soliz, as a host of the radio program I'm Queer, so What?, that was broadcast by Radio Deseao, the radio station of the feminist movement Mujeres Creando. Later, both continued the idea of doing activism via the radio, and for this reason in 2013 they created Marica Nation, a radio program that discussed LGBT topics from a decolonial perspective that was first broadcast by Radio Fejuve. In 2017, the program was picked up by Radio Líder as a weekly program that was broadcast as far as El Alto.[4][5][3] The name of the program was taken from the title of a book by Chilean author Juan Pablo Sutherland, which they had authorization to use.[6][7]
Thanks to Marica Nation's report "Does everyone have abortions? Do lesbians have abortions?," Condori and Soliz won the first Journalist without Risk award in 2018, given by the Alliance for Solidarity as part of the Journalism Reports Contest of sexual and reproductive rights. According to the judges, the award-winning report "is especially interesting via the lens of sexual and reproductive rights, given it works on guaranteeing LGBTQI+ people rights and helps understand the reality of the criminalization of abortion in Bolivia."[2] Condori and Soliz won the same award the next year with their program "Dying for being a Trans Woman in Bolivia: Dayana Kenia, a history so far from justice."[8]
In 2023, they worked alongside Soliz in Chile on Disobedient Fashion show, where they wore traditional indigenous women's clothing and did a performance art piece with an "Indian-indigenous-chola, dissident, decolonial, anti-racist, and politically incorrect" lens.[9]
Bibliography
As part of Maricas Movement Bolivia, they have collaborated on the following books:[10][11]
- Diccionario Marica (2014)
- Gay discreto busca heterocurioso (2018)
References
- ↑ "Miedo, racismo y organización vecinal: así he vivido el golpe en Bolivia" [Fear, racism, and neighborhood organizing: this is how I survived the coup in Bolivia] (in Spanish). ElDiario.es. 14 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- 1 2 "Premio «Periodista Sin Riesgo 2018» al programa de radio boliviano Nación Marica" [First "Journalist without Risk 2018" goes to Bolivian radio program Marica Nation] (in Spanish). Tercera Información. 22 November 2018. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- 1 2 3 Gutiérrez, Icíar (12 February 2019). "Nación Marica: radio indígena, LGTBI y transgresora" [Marica Nation: Indigenous, LGBTI, and Transgressive Radio] (in Spanish). ElDiario.es. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ Camargo, María (2019). ""Somos críticas con el estereotipo usual de lo gay"" [We are critics of the usual gay stereotype] (in Spanish). Instituto Goethe. Archived from the original on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ "Se afianza la presencia LGTB+ en medios de comunicación y ficción" [Strengthening LGBT+ Representation in Communication and Fiction] (in Spanish). Dos Manzanas. 24 February 2019. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ "Cholos, pobres y maricas: El programa de radio boliviano que busca resistir desde la identidad" [Mixed-race, Poor, and Queer: The Bolivian radio program that looks to resist via identity] (in Spanish). El País. 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ Jiménez, Paula (29 March 2019). "Altas maricas" [High Queers] (in Spanish). Página/12. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ "Premian a ganadores del concurso sobre derechos sexuales y reproductivos" [Sexual and Reproductive Rights Contest Winners are Awarded] (in Spanish). Noticias Fides. 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ Palma, Francisca (26 October 2023). "Movimiento Maricas Bolivia: "lo indio es el presente, no es el pasado ancestral"" [Maricas Movement Bolivia: "The Indian is present, they aren't something of the ancient past"] (in Spanish). Raza Cómica. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ↑ Palma, Francisca (11 April 2019). ""La literatura es masculina y heterosexual, pero tenemos que desentendernos de ello"" ["Literature is masculine and heterosexual, but we have to wash our hands of it"] (in Spanish). La Tinta. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ↑ "Roberto Condori. Premio Periodista Sin Riesgo 2018" [Roberto Condori. First Journalist without Risk 2018] (in Spanish). Alianza por la Solidaridad. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2025.