Eduardo Martinez, a queer Tejano from Pharr, Texas, discusses his involvement in community organizations like Aqui Estamos, and the local workers rights movement. Martinez emphasizes the importance of intergenerational participation and the need for more queer and trans leadership. He also highlights the challenges of gentrification and the importance of documenting local history — like the Pharr Riots– through his project, Pharr from Heaven.

Recorded and released 2017

 

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About the host

Alexandra is a queer Chicana storyteller, archivist, podcaster and PhD Candidate in the Mexican-American/Latinx Studies department at UT Austin. She loves cuddling with her four dogs and looking for hot lesbians in the archive.

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