Image 1. Program of the “Shameless Liturgy”.”
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
The program takes on a political meaning by asking attendees to sign the Pronouncement Against the ecosieg.
Image 2. “Calaveras y diablitos”.”
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
The altar brings together elements of Mexican culture. The Cuir Cult was planned close to the dates of commemoration of the dead saints in Mexico, hence elements such as skulls, pan de muerto and cempasúchil were included in it. This tells us about the adaptability of these Protestant-Evangelical Cuir practices.
Image 3. Intersectional altar and stage
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
About the logo of Theology Without Shame, at the back of the stage, Reverend Sex noted, “It is putting pleasure and bodies with vulva back in the field of the sacred, with the church stained glass window that says: here also dwells the sacred” (Reverend Sex, informal WhatsApp chat, November 7, 2024).
Image 4. An exorcism “to cure”, of what? “Karma is a Bitch”, performance by Ezra Merol
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
This image is a representation of one of the formats of “sexual reorientation therapies” or "sexual reorientation therapies". ecosieg, made to individuals lgbtq+. These are carried out in different religious spaces, but are not limited to them.
Image 5. Muertx, never! “Karma is a Bitch”, performance by Ezra Merol
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
Pain, confusion, senselessness. The consequences of physical, emotional and psychological torture to which people are subjected. lgbtq+ by going through “conversion therapies” or "conversion ecosieg.
Image 6. Salvation. “Karma is a Bitch”, performance by Ezra Merol.
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
The importance of support networks, represented in the muxe. The muxes are a reference in the struggle for rights. lgbtq+ in Mexico.
Image 7. This is me, bitches! Drag, Matraka
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
Support networks and (self-)recognition allow for self-determination. Matraka, drag queen from the state of Guanajuato, whose characteristic of her art is to mix elements of Mexican culture in the reaffirmation of gender diversity.
Image 8. “The Other Party”, performance by La Otra Laboratoria
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
Setting the stage to receive the next performancerx.
Image 9. Transcending gender binarism. Performance by La Otra Laboratoria
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
The performance focused on questioning gender binarism and society's inflexibility in naming people. lgbtq+ with pronouns that identify themselves, beyond the male and female categories. “Why can't they call me by my name?” the artist exclaimed to the audience.
Image 10. Scoundrels and the brave
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
Reverend Sex and Nadia Arellano, introduced the trans baptisms, Exalting Little Courage. “Coming to a place that is called worship, even if we add cuir, is not easy and we honor that. Coming to a place where we talk about theology, in a world that has historically been built by white Christian supremacy, is not an easy thing. We want to honor it and we want to thank you for the trust. We also want to bless. To bless, means to speak well, well-say to heaven about someone. It is not a power given to us by the church, it is a power given to us by the divinity in us and today we want to bless you: Bless you, unbreakable spirits. Blessed is your joy that has the capacity to name and to keep expanding. Blessed are your bodies, bodies, sacred, precious and powerful bodies. Blessed their courage.” (Field Notes, The Exaltation of Small Courage by Nadia Arellano, October 27, 2024).
Image 11. Blessed diversity
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
Cuir pastors gathered to recognize, bless and welcome new members to the cuir and feminist believing community. The traditions/churches to which the pastors in the photo belong are: Comunidad de Fe Santa María Magdalena of Anglican tradition in El Salvador; Misión Cristiana Incluyente (mci) in Mexico; Comunidad Luterana del Perú; Comunidad Abrazo Disidente, which focuses on people with lgbtq+ and neurodivergent; Trans-Formando Community linked to the Costa Rican Lutheran Church; Metropolitan Community Church Mexico and Brazil; Latino Ministry in Oakland and the Baptist Church of Nazareth, Brazil.
Image 12. “The water of the ancestors”.”
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
Reverend Sex explains where the water of the ancestors comes from, while depositing the water in the bowl that will be used for baptizing.
Image 13. Recovering the collective value of sacredness
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
Reverend Sex explains how the dynamics of the baptism ritual will be. The change of name through this ritual is the recognition of dissent and its welcome into the faith community.
Image 14. Rebirth Osvva
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
“I am from Yucatan and I came to Mexico City to have a journey of exploration, self-recognition, healing. And I didn't expect this at all, so this spiritual, erotic and sexual rebirth is very significant, I love it!” (Osvva, Field notes, Cuir Cult).
Image 15. Yacurmana rebirth
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
“It means all my indigenous ancestry, Yacurmana is the deity of water. So that the water also flows”. (Tacurmana, Field notes, Cuir Cult).
Image 16. Reborn Canek
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
“For me it is important to recover my original name, I was called Canek before I was born, then I was born and my name was no longer Canek. So, it is my original name and in this baptism I recover it, I recover all that (and I recover myself).” (Canek, Field notes, Cuir Cult).
Image 17. Ahmelie reborn
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
“The meaning I feel is because something is telling me that it loves me and that I am not alone. And that my name is my remembrance and my restatement that I can be myself and that I can receive that love. Amen.” (Ahmelie, Field Notes, Cuir Cult).
Image 18. Reborn Miyu Hari Alarcón
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
“My first name, Miyu, is part of the name my mother gave me, but I didn't really like it (Yu). So I named it ‘mi’, because I feel that every time someone pronounces my name I am part of that person. Yu, which my mother taught me to write. Haira means ‘God’ in India, so I transposed my God, putting his name in me. I left my mother's Alarcon, as my mother's patriarchal surname, and to leave all that she means to me. Just to tell you: when I arrive in Colombia, I will already have my ID card with my name”. (Miyu Hari Alarcón, Field notes, Culto Cuir).
Image 19. “La virgen de la Leche”.”
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
An embodied critique of the demonization of identities lgbtq+.
Image 20. The object of curiosity. “Delicias del Baubo”, performance by Disidentxs Histéricxs.
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
In front of them, a table covered by a silver cloth that was raised in the center by what looked like a phallic-shaped object.
Image 21. Tasting the unknown. “Delicias del Baubo”, performance by Lxs Disidentxs Histéricxs.
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
The hysterical dissidents on the verge of falling into temptation.
Image 22. “Baubo's Delights”, performance by Disidentxs Histéricxs
Photo: Hilda María Cristina Mazariegos Herrera
Prophecy Club 9, cdmx, October 27, 2024
This performance invites to the liberation and enjoyment of pleasure. To vindicate non-hegemonic bodies and depathologize women's experiences. When their behavior does not comply with the expected role of kindness and docility, they are called "hysterical", "intense"! Dissident Hysterics question the patriarchal frameworks through which women's desire, emotions and opinions have been historically invalidated.
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