3:00 - 4:30
A book launch, photography exhibit, and bilingual conversation on the arts as a path to community strength that celebrates identity, joy and the reclaimed body. Featuring Queer Chicanx P’urhépecha storyteller Maribel Martínez in dialogue with Spanish author María Mínguez Arias and borderlands photographer Liliana Hueso.
The creators will reflect on how bodies are perceived by society and the systems within it. Mínguez Arias presents her hybrid memoir/essay collection, Naming the Body: A Queer Woman’s Restorative Mapping of the Self (2026), an internationally acclaimed work exploring self-restoration. Complementing this, Hueso introduces her photography exhibit, “Lenchas y Marimachas,” a Tijuana-based project documenting the visibility of masculine-presenting queer women.
Through Mínguez Arias’s evocative prose and Hueso’s unique storytelling photography, we honor the intersection of Mexican borderland experiences and queer Hispanic-European perspectives. Together, these three voices offer a profound exploration of visibility, power and the art of self-definition.