The timeline below is the result of an ethnographic process centered on key subjects: 2015 leaders of the LGBTT movement who were active around 2015 and other key public supporters of the cause from within feminist NGOs or government institutions who are working to create change for the community from where they stand. I complimented my decade-long experience researching and collaborating with the local LGBTT movement with: a robust literary review of the latest books, dissertations, articles and reports about LGBTT issues an ethnographic research methodology that included recorded in-depth interviews, focus groups and written correspondence with various grassroots leaders and organizations participant observations in two different LGBTQ coalitions meetings and related symposia and events that happened in Santo Domingo and Boca Chica in between the research period of August and December 2015

How was the San Juan, Puerto Rico Cuir Timeline put together?

The methodological foundation for this digital timeline is thorough literature review. The texts included are the following: CENTRO Journal Special Issue on Puerto Rican Sexualities published in 2018; in particular the essays compiled by La Fountain-Stokes, Negrón-Muntaner and Valecce. We relied heavily on the book San Juan Gay: Conquista de un espacio urbano de 1948 a 1991, in particular the chapters Puntos de partida, La Ciudad Trans, La Ciudad Política Gay y Violencia Serial. Third, we utilized the Puerto Rico Queer FilmFest online archives for trailers and other promotional material utilized since 2009. Lastly, we marked key events that Dr. C. Rivera Velázquez included in their research surrounding artists and performers like Macha Colón, Awilda Rodríguez Lora, Las Nietas de Nonó, Ana Macho, Villano Antillano, María José, Kairiana Núñez – just to mention a few.