Patricio Brabomalo
Patricio Brabomalo | |
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| Born | September 7, 1977 |
| Died | October 17, 2005 (aged 28) |
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Patricio Brabomalo Molina (Esmeraldas, September 7, 1977 – Quito, October 17, 2005) was an Ecuadorian actor, writer, and activist.[1] As a prominent member of the LGBTQ+ community, he was one of the founders of the Causana Foundation and the Patricio Brabomalo Award was named in his honor.
Biography
Brabomalo completed his secondary studies in the city of Portoviejo. He later moved to Quito, where he studied engineering.[1]
In 1998, he premiered the play 516 caricias in the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana. The title of the work referred to article 516 of the Ecuadorian Criminal Code which at the time criminalized homosexuality in the country.[1]
He published the work Homosexualidades. Plumas, maricones y tortilleras en el Ecuador del siglo XXI in 2002, which became the first Ecuadorian non-fiction book to address sexual diversity.[2]
In 2003, he founded, together with other activists, the Causana Feminist Lesbian Foundation, whose name in Quechua means "live" and which seeks to promote the rights of LGBT people by emphasizing giving spaces to lesbian women. He also was part of the Fedaeps LGBT organization and founded the Quito's Drag Group in 1996,[1][3] which conducted transformism workshops, and which included members such as Pablo Gallegos, Ecuador's first professional drag queen, who was also Brabomalo's romantic partner at that time.[4][5]
Brabomalo died on October 17, 2005 in a car accident between Riobamba and Quito, days after having participated in the opening of the headquarters of Causana. On February 14, 2013, the Quito Metropolitan Council approved the creation of the Patricio Brabomalo Award for people who have contributed to the struggle for the rights of the LGBT community in the city, named in honor of Brabomalo in recognition of his years of activism.[1]
Works
- 516 caricias (1998), Theatrical play
- Homosexualidades. Plumas, maricones y tortilleras en el Ecuador del siglo XXI (2002), essay[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Premio al activismo de género se llamará Patricio Brabomalo". El Telégrafo. February 24, 2013. Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ Roldán Duque, José Luis (2022). Maric(o)s y guerriller(a)s: reflexiones en torno a la violencia estatal y el cuerpo en el Ecuador de los ochentas. Casos “AVC” y mujeres trans y travestis (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ "Una reseña histórica donde Quito fue luz de la diversidad: 23 años de la despenalización de la homosexualidad en Ecuador". Quito Informa. November 6, 2020. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ Rubio, Emerson (April 16, 2022). "La "resurrección" de Kruz Veneno". Extra. Archived from the original on April 17, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ Rubio, Emerson (September 21, 2020). "El resurgir de las reinas drag". Extra. Archived from the original on October 3, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ Aguirre Arauz, Patricio. "Reseñas" (PDF). Iconos (26). Quito: 189–191. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2021.