How I Made It: Alaska, on an LGBTQ Anthem en Español

Latino USA

Futuro Media and PRX

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Alaska is a Mexican-born singer from Spain with one of the most definitive LGBTQ Spanish anthems: "¿A quién le importa?" by the duo Alaska y Dinarama. In the late '70s, Alaska was one of the key figures of La Movida Madrileña, the era post-dictatorship in Spain. In this episode, the singer discusses her music career, how she went from being María Olvido Gara Jova to Alaska, and the message behind one of her most enduring hits.

This segment originally aired in 2018.

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0:00.0	FUTuro From Futuraura Media and PRX, it's Latino USA. I'm Marianne
0:27.7	Jose. Today Alaska and no, not the state, but the famous Spanish recording artist who sang the definitive
0:36.2	LGBTQ anthem in Espa Yol.
0:39.3	It's Pride.
0:42.8	The Summer, Therefore, it's Pride.
0:45.9	Therefore, you've probably heard about some big LGBTQ event happening some place around the world. So our next story is about Alaska.
0:55.6	No, no, no, not the state, but the singer behind the definitive LGBTQ anthem in Espaignol.
1:04.1	And to start, we're going to take a little trip back in time to Madrid Spain in the 1970s. Spain. Spain.
1:14.0	That's Sanra.
1:15.0	That my
1:16.0	Yours My stel you habra,
1:18.0	when you see me y'u y'uenos.
1:20.0	Spain was ruled under Francisco Franco from the late 1930s until the dictator's
1:28.1	death in 1975 and when Franco died, Espailes, Franco amort.
1:35.0	Democracy was reinstated, ushering in an era of big change. What happened next was a cultural explosion of a repressed youth that became known as
1:51.6	La Mobida Madrilyna and everything changed.
1:55.0	Music, art, fashion, film, and especially nightlife.
1:59.0	A young up-and-coming filmmaker, Pedro Moldova, got his start.
2:03.8	I'm the president of the Vomitaniag group.
2:08.5	People began to challenge previous social and sexual norms.
2:12.4	Drugs were everywhere, and people began to say
2:14.5	Madrid Nungkadwermi. Madrid never sleeps.
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