PLEXUS#05. The Historical Archive of the Lesbian Feminist Movement in Mexico

 To comemorate March as Women's History Month today we dive into the Historical Archive  Lesbian Feminist Movement Historic Archive of Mexico (Archivo Histórico del Movimiento Feminista de Lesbianas en México). 


The archives takes de name also of Yan María Yaoyólotl Castro (AHMFLM-YMY). Yaoyólotl Castro is one of the key figures of the lesbo-feminist movement in Latin America. She began the lesbo-feminist fight creating the first organizations in 1977 and linking them to radical left-wing positions and entities such as the Communist Party of Mexico and other trotskist organizations. In parallel, Yaoyólotl has developed a career as an artist and philosopher.



AHMFLM-YMY keeps documents and collections related to the lesbian-feminist and lesbofeminist movements in Mexico from its creation in 1976. The archives is settled at Yaoyólotl Castro's home in Colonia del Lago, Mexico City. It contains close to 10.000 documents and references including videos, posters, images, publications and other materials documeting 50 years of the lesbo-feminist (LF) movement in Mexico.

The best way to know more about the AHMFLM-YMY is going through their website. There you can find a cronology of the LF movement no only in Mexico but in Latin America in general.

The website has also a list of digitized documents to be accessed. These documents show the intersectional philosohpy of Yaoyólotl Castro, with a special remark about the indigenous communities.



You can find more information about Yan María Yaoyólotl Castro and AHMFLM-YMY in the archive's website and Yaoyólotl Castro's website and Wikipedia entry.

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