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White t-shirt.
Back: "Para Todos Todo . . ! Para Nosotros 'Nada' Marcos"

in an attempt to discredit one of the Zapatista leaders in southern Mexico, Sub-comandante Marcos, government officials there tried to put forth the idea that Marcos was gay. In a region where machismo still runs strong, it was hoped this would tarnish the leader's credibility.

He responded by writing a poem:
"Yes, Marcos is gay. Marcos is gay in San Francisco Black in South Africa an Asian in Europe, a Chicano in San Ysidro, an anarchist in Spain, a Palestinian in Israel, a Mayan Indian in the streets of San Cristobal, a Jew in Germany, a Gypsy in Poland, a Mohawk in Quebec, a pacifist in Bosnia, a single woman on the Metro at 10pm a peasant without land, a gang member in the slums, an unemployed worker, an unhappy student and, of course, a Zapatista in the mountains."


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Source:

IGLHRC Alumni International LGBT Activist T-shirt Collection

Subject

Gay rights

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Contributor

Julie Dorf

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Citation

“Para Nosotros Nada,” Wearing Gay History, accessed October 8, 2024, https://wearinggayhistory.com/items/show/3106.
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