MALFLORA COLLECTIVE IS A COMMUNITY PROJECT DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE LIVES AND LEGACIES OF LATINA/E LESBIANS.
ABOUT MALFLORA COLLECTIVE
Malflora Collective is a community project dedicated to preserving the lives and legacies of Latina/e lesbians. Made up of nine members, Malflora Collective publishes a magazine and podcast centered on Latina/e lesbian history and culture.
“Malflora” is a term for lesbians that translates to “bad flower.” In 1976, Chicano artist Joey Terrill helped popularize the term with a series of shirts he made for the Christopher Street West pride parade that featured the reclaimed slurs “malflora” and “maricón.” We similarly reclaim the term “malflora” as a source of empowerment and resistance for Latina/e lesbians.
Courtesy of ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
