Gloria Meneses
Born1910
Died1996 (aged 85–86)
NationalityUruguayan
OccupationPerformer
Known forUruguay's first openly travesti

Gloria Meneses (1910 – 1996) was a performer and activist from Uruguay, who lived openly as travesti from 1950 until her death. Highly unusual in Latin America at the time, Meneses' life has been widely honoured in films and exhibitions.

Life

Meneses was born in 1910. She made her social transition in 1950 and took her name from the Brazilian actress Glória Menezes.[1] Using inheritance from an aunt to support herself, she acted in different theaters and clubs, such as Arco Iris, imitating the Argentine actress Tita Merello.[2][1] Living openly as travesti was highly unusual at the time, later earning Meneses the nickname "the mother of travestis”.[3] In 1995, the Uruguayan director Aldo Garay premiered Yo, la mástremendous, where Meneses appeared with a group of other travestis from Montevideo.[4][5] Meneses died in 1996.[6]

Legacy

In 2010, the Montevideo Photography Center held an exhibition titled Cien años de Gloria (One Hundred Years of Glory), in tribute to their fight for the recognition of sexual diversity.[7] That same year, filmmaker Aldo Garay exhibited his work De ella La Gloria de Hércules (The Glory of Hercules), a short documentary that narrates Gloria's life, which was shown in range cultural spaces.[8]

In 2022, the mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse, proposed renaming a street in Barrio Sur to honor Gloria Meneses, highlighting her bravery.[9][10][11][3]

View of La vida de Gloria Meneses exhibition

In 2023, researchers Diego Sempol and Aldo Garay presented the outdoor exhibition La vida de Gloria Meneses. Memoria histórica y silencios (The Life of Gloria Meneses. Historical memory and silences) which brings together photographs of Gloria's life.[12] It is displayed in the Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual, Montevideo.[13][14]

Filmography

  • Yo, la mástremendous (1995)[15]
  • De ella La Gloria de Hércules (2010)[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "La vida de Gloria Meneses: memoria histórica y silencios". Grupo R Multimedio (in Spanish). 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  2. ↑ "Página/12 :: soy". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  3. 1 2 "Calles de Montevideo: Homenaje a personalidades afrouruguayas y LGBTQ+". El Popular (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  4. ↑ "Página/12 :: soy". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  5. ↑ "Memorias de una revolución excluyente: exilio y sexopolítica en El hombre nuevo de Aldo Garay". Cine Documental (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  6. ↑ "La vida de Gloria Meneses. Memoria histórica y silencios". Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  7. ↑ Press, U. Y. "Lanzamiento del Mes de la Diversidad". mysitename (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  8. ↑ "La Gloria de Hércules Malba". www.malba.org.ar. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  9. ↑ "Nombrar es reconocer". Intendencia de Montevideo. (in Spanish). 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  10. ↑ "¿Cuáles son las calles que Cosse quiere renombrar y a quiénes busca homenajear?". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  11. ↑ "Desde la arquitectura y el urbanismo, miradas sobre el proyecto para cambiar la denominación de seis cruces céntricos". la diaria (in Spanish). 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  12. ↑ "Fotogalería: La vida de Gloria Meneses". Intendencia de Montevideo. (in Spanish). 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  13. ↑ "Se inauguró la exposición "La vida de Gloria Meneses. Memoria histórica y silencios"". Portal Medios Públicos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  14. ↑ "Montevideo es diversa". Intendencia de Montevideo. (in Spanish). 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  15. ↑ "Retrospectiva de Aldo Garay en la Cineteca Nac. de México". icau.mec.gub.uy. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  16. ↑ "El Hombre Nuevo: de niño sandinista a transexual rioplatense". La Tercera. 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
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