Update on queer tango from Argentina by Nina Meghji.
Argentina’s strict lockdown measures have seen an outpouring of solidarity for queer tango in Buenos Aires.
Edgardo Fernández Sesma, LGBTQI+ activist and queer tango teacher, has advocated for social inclusion and sexual and gender diversity in his home country for nearly 30 years. In his version of the quintessential Argentinian dance, there are none of the heteronormative gender dynamics traditionally assumed by ‘male’ and ‘female’ dancers.
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