Txus García

Txus García
García in 2024
Born
Txus García Pascual

(1974-11-23) 23 November 1974
Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Occupations
  • Poet
  • interfaith deacon
  • performer
  • educator
Websitetxusgarcia.com

Txus García (born 23 November 1974) is a Spanish poet, sociocultural educator, interfaith deacon, and rhapsodist who engages in LGBTQ activism[1] through his staged performances based on his own, and other texts. Before his gender transition, he has referred to himself as a "weird lady"[2] who fights independently for human and animal rights.[3]

Biography

The fifth child of a mixed family of fishermen from the seraglio district and the peasant rural areas, he reclaims his working-class roots through his prose and poetry, with numerous references to his origins.[4] Similarly, he champions bastard poetry, dissident bodies[5] and identities,[6] and poetic and theatrical truth.[7] He lived in his hometown until the age of 37, where he worked as a sociocultural educator and trainer for various organizations and institutions. He eventually moved to Barcelona to work in the social sector and strengthen the reach of his activities in queer performance poetry and activism.[8]

In 2021, after the death of his parents, he settled in Alt Penedès, defined himself as a non-binary trans man, and dedicated himself to creativity, animal rights activism and the rights of transgender people.

In October 2024, after extensive training in liberation, feminist, and queer theology, he was ordained[9] a deacon by the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests (ARCWP), an international association[10] that fights for the recognition, ordination, and equality of women,[11] LGBTQIA+ people, and other dissidents in the Catholic Church.[12][13][14]

Career

Trained in theatrical techniques, cabaret, and the performance style of Jango Edwards, his stage presence is based on audience interaction, tenderness, and a sense of humor. He has been reciting his own and others' texts in numerous venues since 1995 and has participated in various projects with other artists (theater, audiovisual projects, and media).

García has participated in numerous magazines, media outlets and anthologies (Norma Comics, Classiques Garnier, Pol·len Edicions, Ediciones de la Universidad de Sevilla, Icària, Vitruvio, Luces de Gálibo, Sial Ediciones or Huerga & Fierro), and some of his verses have been translated into French, English, Greek, Catalan, and Galician.

His first book, Poesía para niñas bien (Tits in my bowl) (Cangrejo Pistolero Ediciones, Seville, 2011),[15] was reissued in 2018 by Edicions Bellaterra with a prologue by June Fernández and collages by Ana Elena Pena. His second collection of poems, *Este torcido amor (la ternura de los ahogados)*, also published by Edicions Bellaterra, has a prologue by Meri Torras and includes words by Princesa Inca. The illustrations are original works by Antonio García Villarán.

García regularly publishes on his website and social media[16] and collaborates with other media outlets[17][18] or activist platforms,[19] such as Píkara Magazine. His poems are included in educational activities related to sexual diversity and gender fluidity,[20] and some have been reviewed in communications[21][22] and national and international publications[23] specializing in literature, gender, and sexual diversity.[24][25][26][27][28]

References

  1. ↑ Laguian, Claire (2018). Mujeres poetas que deshacen las normas de género: del canibalismo erótico al pornoterrorismo en la España del siglo XXI (PDF). Vol. VI. Revista Pasavento de Estudios Hispánicos. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sobre el concepto "señora rara" en la escena poética". Txus García's official website (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Entrevista para el diario.es por la periodista Alicia Avilés" (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ Madrigal Rodríguez, María Elena (2014). Queerencias del cuerpo-corpus: la poesía de Rosario Aquím Chávez y de Txus García. Mexico: XL Congreso del Instituto Internacional de literatura Iberoamericana.
  5. ↑ Lavergne, Lucie (2018). "L'écriture poétique érotique et lesbienne de Txus García et María Castrejón. Corps décomplexés et corpsrebelles" (PDF). «Le corps dans tous ses éclats – Corps dévoilés, exhibés et jouissants» – Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
  6. ↑ Laguian, Claire (2018). "Mujeres poetas que deshacen las normas de género: del canibalismo erótico al pornoterrorismo en la España del siglo XXI" (PDF). Discurso pornográfico en las narrativas españolas del siglo XXI, Revista Pasavento de Estudios Hispánicos, Vol. VI, n.º 1, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Reseña de Brigitte Vasallo" (in Spanish). April 2018.
  8. ↑ Castro Morey, Elena (2017). "Negociando igualdad y diferencia. Políticas y poéticas LGTBQ+ en José Infante y Txus García" (PDF). Entre otras/otros. Perspectivas queer en el mundo hispánico. InterAlia: A Journal of Queer Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Women priests secretly ordained in the shadow of the Vatican". Archived from the original on 22 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "As patience over women's ministries wanes, theologian urges dialogue". Archived from the original on 12 April 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Priesthood about a person's gifts, 'not their genitalia,' says woman priest".
  12. ↑ "Una ceremonia clandestina de ordenación de sacerdotisas cerca del Vaticano | AFP".
  13. ↑ "La Santa Sacudida Llega a Roma". Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Media Coverage of ARCWP Ordination on Tiber River, Rome, IT - October 17, 2024". Archived from the original on 1 November 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  15. ↑ Lavergne, Lucie (1 August 2021). "À l'assaut des lois du genre : lecture de Poesía para niñas bien de Txus García (2011)". TrOPICS (in French). Archived from the original on 7 September 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  16. ↑ Garcia, Txus (1 January 2020). "NO TIENE MÁS QUE DECIR. Eleno de Céspedes: la libertad de un cuerpo cuestionado". El món d'Ahir. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  17. ↑ Natalia_Jodar (1 July 2019). "Entrevista a la activista LGBTIQ+ Txus García". TimeJust (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  18. ↑ "No tiene más que decir. Eleno de Céspedes: la libertad de un cuerpo cuestionado". El Món d'Ahir | Revista d'història d’autor (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  19. ↑ "PAROLE DE QUEER". paroledequeer.blogspot.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 October 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  20. ↑ "Vimeo". vimeo.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  21. ↑ Lavergne, Lucie. "Éros : marges et paradoxes. Une lecture du recueil Poesía para niñas bien". Alkémie (15). Classiques Garnier.
  22. ↑ Lavergne, Lucie (2019). "Corps décomplexés et corps rebelles. L'écriture poétique érotique et lesbienne de Txus García et María Castrejón". La Revue du GRAAT. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  23. ↑ Laguian, Claire (2015). "Fureur dé(CON)structrice et viscéralité du désir saphique". Ambigua: revista de investigaciones sobre género y estudios culturales (2). Universidad Pablo Olavide de Sevilla.
  24. ↑ Castro Morey, Elena (2014). "Poesía lesbiana queer. Cuerpos y sujetos inadecuados". Ediciones Icaria.
  25. ↑ Bernstein, Beth (2020). "Chicas Raras': Identity in the Works of Txus García and Denice Frohman" (PDF). Texas State University en la 51st Annual Convention de Northeast Modern Language Associaticion (NeMLA). University of Boston, Massachusetts.
  26. ↑ Berstein, Beth (2019). "Trickster Women and 'Chicas Raras:' Identity in the Works of Txus García and Hannah Gadsby" (PDF). Texas State University en la 50th Annual Convention de Northeast Modern Language Associaticion (NeMLA), Georgetown University (Washingtong DC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  27. ↑ Torras, Meri (2020). "Fragilidades del queer-po: Ese torcido amor, de Txus García". eHumanista: IVITRA (17): 42–51. Archived from the original on 12 November 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  28. ↑ Pino, Mateo Del; Ángeles, María De Los (2022). Une femme avec une femme. La Poesía para niñas bien de Txus García. Alfar. ISBN 978-84-7898-938-6. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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