MondoHomo Dirty South is an alternative
queer
''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Beginning in the lat ...
music & arts festival that debuted in
Atlanta
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in June 2007, during the first U.S. Social Forum. MondoHomo was the love child of Kiki Carr, Ria Pell and Nikki Chotas, and was inspired by
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region.
European ...
's Homo-a-Gogo Festival.
MondoHomo Dirty South 2008 took place over
Memorial Day weekend in Atlanta. It was the biggest showcase of HomoHop in the South, and one of the significant showcases in the U.S., along with Oakland's PeaceOut festival.
In addition to HomoHop, MondoHomo featured 5 days of radical queer
punk, rock, DJs,
spoken word
Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...
,
drag,
burlesque
A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. , visual art, games and workshops. MondoHomo foregrounded queer radical politics in the South, and embodied DIY politics and culture.
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The last MondoHomo festival took place in 2012.
References
External links
MondoHomo on YoutubeWoo Girl! Mondo Homo & ATL Queer Herstory with Kiki SlaytanaMondoHomo on FacebookMondoHomo on Flickr
LGBT events in Georgia (U.S. state)
LGBT music festivals
Music festivals established in 2007
Music festivals in Georgia (U.S. state)
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