Listening Room: Music & Literature
Music and literary expressions were core to the making of queer Latinx consciousness in the 1980s and 1990s. Tune in for in-studio author readings and musical performances.
Music & Literature Listening Room: It’s Celia Cruz! | Transcript
“The wall of darkness with a door for entry by us, las mujeres. We encounter the lives we leave behind in our sacred homes and pillars of existence. We will learn if you teach us, we will learn.”
- Teresa Mendoza
Gay Lesbian Latinos Unidos, "Cinco de Mayo," May 1983. Event flyer. Roland Palencia's Collection.
Gay Lesbian Latinos Unidos, "First Anniversary," September 1982. Event flyer. Roland Palencia's Collection.
Gay Lesbian Latinos Unidos, "A New Horizon of our Lesbian Latin Sisters," November 1982. Event flyer. Roland Palencia's Collection.
Gay Lesbian Latinos Unidos, "Second Anniversary," September 1983. Event flyer. Roland Palencia's Collection.
Gay Lesbian Latinos Unidos, "De Todos Colores," August/September 1984. Newsletter cover. Roland Palencia's Collection.
Pat Rocco, “Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos,” 1982. Black and white photograph. ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Gay Lesbian Latinos Unidos, February/March 1984. Newsletter cover. Roland Palencia's Collection.
Gay Lesbian Latinos Unidos, "Seventh Anniversary," October/November 1988. Newsletter cover. Roland Palencia's Collection.
Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos, May 1983. Event ticket. Roland Palencia's Collection.
Photographer unknown, Year unknown. Black and white photograph. ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
Radio GLLU Script, "Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos," Roland Palencia's Collection.
Gay Lesbian Latinos Unidos, "Latina Happening III," Year unknown. Event flyer. Roland Palencia's Collection.
Creator unknown, Year unknown. Members of GLLU. Color photograph. ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
Gay Lesbian Latinos Unidos, "Sharing Our Historias," May 1983. Event list. Roland Palencia's Collection.
Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos, "Fourth Anniversary Awards Ceremony," September 1984. Event flyer. ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Archival images
Courtesy of Roland Palencia and Lydia Otero, and ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Collage image by Saphir Davis.
Audio documentary Music & Literature Listening Room: It’s Celia Cruz!
Produced and sound designed by Umi Hsu.
Edited by Shei Yu.
Music by fatimamhedden.
Archival recordings
Radio Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos (GLLU), IMRU Radio Sound Recordings and Administrative Records, 1970-2011. ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.