Non-Binary Stories – RY Marketplace

As a queer person myself, I thoroughly enjoyed this experience and I learned a ton about the LGBTQ+ life and history in Medellin. The description doesn’t capture the whole night. It kicks off on Calle del Pecado (The Street of Sin) a mix of contrasts where the trans community worked and emerged. It’s a great history lesson.

Then we explored La Casa Collage, where Abraxas Aguilar (1st out trans politician) in Prado Centro built an art collage house garnering 7 Guinness World Records, full of images of women and their role in culture, the masculine, the feminine, nature, architectural styles, urban cultures, politics, religion and mirrors. This you can’t miss! It’s a wonder to behold their home which is basically a living and breathing art piece.

We ended in the provocative Los Colores Medellin, specifically checking out the red room. Originally a brothel for trans/non-binary sex workers. Now a motel for the burgeoning kink and fetish community. It’s a wonderful space protecting the queer community, letting them safely do their work and allowing a place for them to perform.

If you want a queer night to remember in Medellin + give back to a vulnerable community this is it. We had the super talented and gorgeous tour goddess Acida show us around, they were enthralling, hilarious, and engaging from start to finish. Also, they sang beautifully at every location we went to.

The whole evening was art in motion celebrating queerness to its fullest and I lived for it all! 5/5