Nancy Cardenas
From QueerBio.com
Country
Mexico
Birth - Death
1934 - 1994
Occupation
Writer
Description
Journalist, playwright, stage director, and radio host. Became the first publicly declared lesbian in Mexico when she revealed her sexuality in a television interview in 1969. Pioneered the gay liberation movement in that country when, in 1974, she founded the first LGBTQ organization in the country, The Gay Liberation Front (FLH). Chaired the first gay pride parade in 1978. The Nancy Cárdenas Latin American and Mexican Lesbian Documentation and Historical Archives Center (CDAHL) is named in her honour.
