Queer Activism and Archival Stories: Lydia Otero's 'L.A. Interchanges

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🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this episode of Tamarindo, Lydia Otero discusses their latest book, "L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir," which draws on their experiences as a queer activist and blue-collar worker in Los Angeles. The episode explores how the intersections of Otero's Brown and queer identities influenced their activism, highlighting memorable moments with communities like Lesbians of Color and Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos, which significantly shaped their journey. Website: https://www.lydiaotero.com/ Link mention on this episode: Analysis: How did Mexico elect a female president before the United States? Not by accident (https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-06-03/mexico-did-not-elect-a-female-president-by-accident) Biden signs order tightening border with Mexico when crossings surge (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-04/biden-expected-to-sign-executive-order-to-close-border-with-mexico-when-crossings-surge) June 20th at 7pm: Join us for a free LIVE taping of Tamarindo with Las Cafeteras at the Pop-Hop in Lincoln Heights: https://www.tamarindopodcast.com/live June 23 at 6pm: Tamarindo will emcee the Little Green Show with singer songwriter Irene Diaz in partnership with sustainable and mindful business'. This will be at the Happier Camper Tadaa Coffee: 2960 Marsh St, Los Angeles, CA 90039. RSVP: tamarindopodcast.com/events ABOUT OUR SHOW Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. SUPPORT OUR SHOW Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1 Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on twitter at @tamarindocast Right now, you can get an exclusive 20% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/TAMARINDO Make sure you type TAMARINDO in all caps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.4	On this episode, we talked to Dr. Lydia R. Otero, a historian and author focused on urban history. Their latest book, LA Interchanges, explores themes from Otero's time as a queer activist in Los Angeles between 1978 and 1998.
1:09.7	Welcome to the Marindo podcast.
1:15.3	Hosted by me, Brenda Gonzalez, a fitness coach, political nerd, and nonprofit capacity builder.
1:21.1	And me, Delci Sandoval, a Guatemalan American licensed therapist and passionate creativity advocate.
1:28.7	Together, we're here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with change makers, creatives, and healers. Each week on the pod, we talk politics, culture, and personal development. Listeners called Tamarino, the advocacy
1:33.8	and self-love podcast. Let's start the show. Hello, Tamarindo listeners. Hey, Brenda. How'stas? Good, good, good. excited to be back in everybody's ears. This is our very special pride-centered episode. Hey, happy pride, everybody.
1:58.5	Yes, happy pride. And it was so great to be able to have, as we mentioned in the last
2:02.6	episode, that we got to go see a drag show, we got to see the parade. It was just a wonderful
2:07.8	start to Pride Month. Yeah, it was really great. And I'm always so inspired by everybody who's
2:12.7	doing drag and everybody who's out there on these floats, really creative, really beautiful.
2:17.8	And today, I'm really excited because we are speaking to Dr. Lydia R. Otero.
2:23.5	They are a historian and an author focused on urban history from a queer lens.
2:27.9	But before we go there, we are going to play our Entrenos game.
2:31.8	But in honor of Lydia's book, which is about Los Angeles, we are going to do
2:36.8	a Los Angeles themed Entrenos. What do you think, Brenda? Sounds great. We love L.A. It's a magical
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