Gloria Careaga Pérez

Gloria Angélica Careaga Pérez (born January 28, 1947 in Guadalajara , Mexico ; surname is Careaga Pérez → Spanish name , outside the Spanish-speaking world also often called Gloria Careaga or Gloria Pérez ) is a social psychologist , feminist and LGBT activist from Mexico City .

Act

Since 1979 she has been teaching at the Psychological Faculty of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Her work focuses on sexuality and society, and in recent years she has focused on gender issues. She is co-founder of the Programa Universitario de Estudios de Genero (PUEG, Gender Studies ) of the university, of which she was the director for ten years (1992-2004). There she established the area of Sexual Diversity Studies in 1998 and showed new perspectives for the analysis of masculinity. Careaga coordinated six anthologies and published numerous articles and book chapters. She was also an advisor to national and international authorities.

Careaga is a co-founder and board member of El Closet de Sor Juana , one of the older lesbian groups in Mexico. She is also a co-founder of the Fundacion Arcoiris , a group that studies and explores sexuality. Together with Beto de Jesus she is the representative of the "LAC" region (Latin America and the Caribbean) on the Executive Board of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). At the ILGA general assembly in September 1999 she was elected representative of the women's secretariat. She is a member of the International Working Group on Sexuality and Social Policy (IWGSSP), which is based at Columbia University , a member of the International Fund Advisory Panel of the Astraea - Lesbian Foundation of Justice , established in 1977, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) as well as on the advisory board of the international Hirschfeld-Eddy-Foundation .

Works

Books

• with Juan Guillermo Figueroa Perea, Maria Consuelo Mejia: Etica y salud reproductiva , PUEG-PUIS / UNAM, Miguel Angel Porrúa, Mexico 1996, ISBN 968-842-606-7
• Las relaciones entre los géneros en la salud reproductiva , México DF. Comité Promotor por una Maternidad sin Riesgos en México, 1996
• Orientación sexual en la lucha de las mujeres , El Clóset de Sor Juana, Women's Secretariat de International Lesbian and Gay Association. Reedición. Versión en inglés y en español, 2001, ISBN 970-32-0713-8
• with Epsy Campbell (Ed.): Poderes Cuestionados: sexismo y racismo en América Latina . Red de Mujeres Afrocaribeñas y Afrolatinoamericanas, Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género, UNAM. San José, Costa Rica, 2002
• with Salvador Cruz: Sexualidades diversas / Diverse Sexualities: Aproximaciones para su análisis , Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género-UNAM, Cámara de Diputados. México 2004, ISBN 970-701-542-X
• with E. Plácido (ed.): Balance político desde la experiencia de redes y organizaciones feministas mexicanas sobre la implementación de la Plataforma de Acción sobre la Mujer (Beijin + 10) . Editoras El Clóset de Sor Juana, Elige-Red de Jóvenes por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos, CLADEM-México, Foro Nal.de mujeres y pol. de Población, Red Nacional de Género y Economía, Red Género y Medio Ambiente, Red Nacional Milenio Feminista. México. 2005
• with Carlos Cáceres, T. Frasca, Mario Martín Pecheny: Sexualidad, Estigma Y Derechos Humanos, Desafíos para el acceso a la salud en América Latina Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Peru. 2006
• with Cruz: Debates sobre Masculinidades, Poder, desarrollo, políticas públicas y ciudadanía , Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género, UNAM. México 2006

Spanish articles

• Stonewall 25, marcha ante las Naciones Unidas y algo más. , Debate Feminista, Vol. 10 Issue 5, September 1994, pp. 227-230
• El aborto, detonador de reflexiones pendientes. , Fem (Journal) No. 26/228, Difusion Cultural Feminista, AC, March 1, 2002, p. 30
• ¡Viva la reina! (Graciela Hierro, filósofo feminista) (Biografía) , Fem (Journal) No. 27/249, Difusion Cultural Feminista, AC, December 1, 2003, p. 26

English article

• with Patria Jiménez : Mexico in: IGLHRC (Ed.): Unspoken Rules: Sexual Orientation and Women's Human Rights , pp. 117–118
• with Julie Dorf : Discrimination and the Tolerance of Difference: International Lesbian Human Rights , in: Julie Peters, Andrea Wolper: Womens Rights, Human Rights: International Feminist Perspectives , Routledge, 1995
• Lesbians and gays in Mexico at the end of the millennium. , Women's Health Collection, Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, January 2000 * I sing the body autonomous: a call to renew our struggle for sexual freedom. , Women's Health Journal 2/2004, Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network
• Is sexuality A Non negotiable component of the Cairo Agenda? , August 2004
• Sexuality in the WSF 2007 , Sexuality Policy Watch, January 22, 2007

German translations

• Feminist Lesbians: Challenges in Latin America , Women's Solidarity No. 100 (2/2007)
• From rebel to interlocutor. Conquering Sexual Diversity in Latin America , ila / Latin America Observatory Journal , No. 305 (May 2007), pp. 4-37

literature

• Exercises for more democracy. Interview with Patria Jiménez and Gloria Careaga Pérez , in: Frauensolidarität No. 65 (3/1998) pp. 9–11
• Irene Zeilinger: First the personal, then the academic. Interview with Gloria Careaga Pérez , in: Frauensolidarität No. 3/1999, pp. 29–30

Web links

• Gloria Careaga in the Internet Movie Database (English)