Why subscribe?
Queer Latitudes is a documentary series and visual archive that centers the lived experiences of queer and trans migrants. Born from a research and human rights fellowship, the project brings together, as a first chapter, over 30 interviews with activists, migrants, scholars, and community leaders in Ecuador.
At its core, Queer Latitudes is about voice, memory, and the fight for dignity. It documents how LGBTQ+ people—many displaced by Venezuela’s crisis—are resisting erasure, organizing for justice, and building lives in hostile environments. These are stories of survival, but also of joy, resilience, and radical care.
Through layered visuals, first-person testimonies, and community-based storytelling, the series offers a powerful lens into how queerness, migration, and rights intersect in Latin America. It is both a call to action and a record of what happens when people refuse to be silenced.
Why “Latitudes”? Because queer migration doesn’t follow a straight line. It moves across borders, identities, and languages. This project embraces that multiplicity and complexity, offering an evolving visual archive where LGBTQ+ voices lead the narrative.
Queer Latitudes exists to:
Amplify the voices of LGBTQ+ migrants, activists, and community leaders whose stories are often erased or ignored.
Document the impact of displacement, state violence, and systemic oppression across borders.
Highlight grassroots resistance, mutual aid, and queer modes of survival.
Preserve stories that challenge dominant narratives and expand how we understand borders, identity, and home.
Assert the power of radical sovereignty—the right of queer and trans people to tell their own stories, define their own futures, and exist beyond the limits imposed by nation-states, institutions, or binary frameworks.
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