jotxs y recuerdos

A podcast & archive that documents queer life from the Rio Grande Valley and other borderlands

JOTXs Y RECUERDOS

A podcast and archive that documents queer life from the Rio Grande Valley and other borderlands. Created and hosted by Alexandra Nichole Salazar, a queer Chicana from Pharr, a border town in South Texas. She is also a PhD Candidate in the Mexican-American/Latinx Studies department at the University of Texas at Austin, where her research focuses on queer and anti-colonial borderland archives, memory making practices, and theories.

  • DOLISSA MEDINA

    DOLISSA MEDINA

    Dolissa Medina, a queer Chicana filmmaker, writer, and multimedia artist. She’s been making experimental films for 25 years, inspired by the places she’s lived: Brownsville,…

  • ALLYSON DUARTE

    ALLYSON DUARTE

    Allyson Duarte, is a queer Latina from McAllen, Texas who holds a philosophy degree from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. In this episode,…

  • AYDEN CASTELLANOS

    AYDEN CASTELLANOS

    Ayden Castellanos is a queer Chicano from Edcouch Elsa who shares his ideas about machismo, intersectional HIV Activism, and botanas.  “I see a lot queer…

  • KANDI KASKET

    KANDI KASKET

    In this episode of “Jotxs y Recuerdos,” host Alexandra Salazar interviews Kandi Kasket (also known as Roxanna), a non-binary/asexual Latina. Kandi discusses her journey of…

  • ESTHER MARTINEZ

    ESTHER MARTINEZ

    We spoke to Esther Martinez, a queer Mexican/ Puerto Rican Punk singer from the band: Fantastico! She spoke to us about sexism in the music…

  • RUNIPER GEORGE LONGORIA

    RUNIPER GEORGE LONGORIA

    Runiper George Longoria, a non-binary, pansexual Latinx brujx from Edinburg, Texas, who works as a sex educator and sex toy artist, advocating for inclusive sex…