Juan Pablo Sutherland

Juan Pablo Sutherland
Sutherland in 2018
Born
Juan Pablo Sutherland Poblete

(1967-07-05) July 5, 1967 (age 59)
Santiago de Chile, Chile

Juan Pablo Sutherland Poblete (born 5 July 1967) is a Chilean writer and LGBT activist, renowned for his narrative focused on sexual diversity in Chile.

Early life

Juan Pablo Sutherland Poblete studied social communication and obtained his master's degree in cultural studies in 2011 from ARCIS University, where he also taught in the bachelor's degree program in Latin American Literature. Since 2008, he has taught the course "Critical approaches in literature, queer studies, gender and culture technologies" in the master's program in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Chile.

Literary career

Sutherland took part in the literary workshops organized by several Chilean writers such as Antonio Skármeta, Marco Antonio de la Parra, and Poli Délano. His first short stories were published in the anthologies Cuentistas Taller Artecien (1990) and Santiago Pena Capital (1991).

In 1993 Sutherland obtained funding from National Fund for the Development of Culture and Arts to publish his first book, Ángeles negros (Black Angels), which was released by Editorial Planeta in August of the following year. The book generated controversy in Chile at the time of its publication due to its explicit content and its depictions of homosexual encounters. The author referenced places in Santiago de Chile where homosexuals commonly gathered, such as Parque Forestal (Forest Park), Quasar nightclub, and parties with LGBT themes. Conservatives questioned as to why a book with homosexual themes and explicit sexual content was financed with public money, to which Sutherland responded by accusing his critics of attempting censorship.

In 2002, Sutherland published A corazón abierto: geografía literaria de la homosexualidad en Chile (Open Heart: A Literary Geography of Homosexuality in Chile), a compilation of Chilean literary texts that have addressed sexual diversity since the 1920s. The book examines texts by several Chilean authors including Armando Méndez, Benjamín Subercaseaux, Carlos Iturra, Francisco Casas Silva, Enrique Lihn, Hernán Díaz Arrieta, Joaquín Edwards Bello, José Donoso, Jorge Marchant, Luis Oyarzún, María Carolina Geel, María Elena Gertner, Marta Brunet, Mauricio Wacquez, Nelson Pedrero, Pablo Simonetti, Pedro Lemebel, René Arcos, and Ramón Griffero. Sutherland also planned to include texts by Gabriela Mistral and Enrique Lafourcade. However, the foundation that administers the literary estate of the Nobel Prize winner, Mistral, refused permission and he encountered opposition from Lafourcade to include Lafourcade's works.

In 2010, Sutherland was invited by several educational institutions in the United States including University of Pittsburgh, University of Texas at Austin, and Harvard University to present his scholarly work.

Literary works

LGBT activism

Sutherland was a member of Movimiento de Liberación Homosexual (Homosexual Liberation Movement), which was founded in 1991 and later merged into the Movimiento por la Diversidad Sexual (Unified Movement of Sexual Minorities) in 1998. He was one of the spokespersons of the organization, and took part in the first press conference held by the collective on 28 February 1993. He was part of Triángulo abierto (Open triangle), the first radio program aimed exclusively at LGBT audiences. It was hosted by Victor Hugo Robles and Soledad Suit, and first aired on 15 June 1993 in Radio Tierra. He also served as one of the producers of the radio program. In 1997, he was invited by the Barcelona City Council and the Front d'Alliberament Gai de Catalunya (Gay Liberation Front of Catalunya) to participate in the seminar "Gai i Lesbià a les portes del Segle XXI" (Gay and Lesbian at the beginning of the 21st century).[ 6]

After the reorganization of the Chilean LGBT groups in 1998, Sutherland severed on the board of directors of the Unified Movement of Sexual Minorities (MUMS). As part of that group, he was one of the organizers of the Mes de la Patria Gay (Gay Homeland Month) in September 2000 that sought to establish a new date of commemoration of Chilean LGBT Pride as an alternative to the 28 June celebration promoted by Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual (Homosexual Integration and Liberation Movement).

References

  1. ↑ Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (5 July 1967). Inscripción de Nacimiento, núm. 363, circunscripción Estación [Birth Registration No. 363, Estación district] (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ "Juan Pablo Sutherland" [Juan Pablo Sutherland]. Metaxiona (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 González Sáez, Máximo (1996). Antología de las literaturas emergentes: (narrativa-poesía-crítica cultural) [Anthology of emerging literatures: (narrative-poetry-critical culture)]. Lom Ediciones. p. 13. ISBN 978-956-282-157-5. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ↑ García-Huidobro, Beatriz; Jeftanovic, Andrea (2012). .cl Textos de frontera [.cl Border texts]. Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado. p. 403. ISBN 978-956-8421-97-7. Retrieved 28 November 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Autores, Varios (2016). Antología del cuento chileno vol. II [Anthology of the Chilean short stories vol. II]. Mago Editores. ISBN 978-956-317-360-4. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Sutherland, Juan Pablo (1999). Santo Roto [Santo Roto]. Lom Ediciones. p. 4. ISBN 978-956-282-256-5. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "El oculto mundo "gay"" [The hidden "gay" world] (PDF). Las Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). 2 September 1994. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "De qué trata "Ángeles negros", el libro de la polémica" [What "Black angels", the controversial book, is about] (PDF). La Segunda (in Spanish). 25 August 1994. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Gajardo, Alejandra (1 September 1994). "Sutherland habla de sus "Angeles negros"" [Sutherland talks about his "Black angels"] (PDF). La Época (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Montañés, Vicente (13 November 2002). "Hay un libro en el clóset" [There is a book in the closet] (PDF). Las Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  11. ↑ Floridor Pérez (11 November 2002). "A corazón abierto" [With an open heart] (PDF). Ercilla (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  12. ↑ Sandoval, Carolina (10 November 2002). "A corazón abierto" [With an open heart] (PDF). El Sur (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  13. ↑ Sarmiento, Juan Pablo (18 October 2002). "Literatura chilena sale del clóset" [Chilean literature comes out of the closet] (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "Licenciatura en Lengua y Literatura" [Bachelor's Degree in Language and Literature]. Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  15. ↑ Villanueva, Ximena (28 March 2000). "La religión y el deseo" [Religion and desire] (PDF). El Metropolitano (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  16. ↑ "Nación Marica" [Queer Nation]. Nomadias, Universidad de Chile (in Spanish). 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  17. ↑ Montesinos, Elisa (7 November 2018). ""Se te nota" de Juan Pablo Sutherland: Identidades en suspenso" ["It shows" by Juan Pablo Sutherland: Identities in suspense]. El Desconcierto (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  18. ↑ Zúñiga, Diego (2 August 2019). "Papelucho gay en dictadura: memorias de un niño elefante" [Gay Papelucho in dictatorship: memories of an elephant child]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  19. ↑ Castillo Mora, Francisco (13 November 2021). "Escritor Juan Pablo Sutherland: "Yo diría que en Grindr hay prácticas de resistencia"" [Writer Juan Pablo Sutherland: "I would say there are practices of resistance on Grindr"]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  20. ↑ Moncada, Constanza (30 November 2024). "El escritor Juan Pablo Sutherland y sus postales amorosas sobre Pedro Lemebel: No me siento su custodio ni su viuda" [Writer Juan Pablo Sutherland and his love postcards about Pedro Lemebel: I do not feel like his custodian or his widower]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  21. ↑ "Homosexuales marcharán el 4 de marzo protestando contra la discriminación" [Homosexuals will march on March 4 protesting discrimination] (PDF). La Época (in Spanish). 1 March 1993. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  22. ↑ "Programa "Triángulo Abierto"" [Program "Open Triangle"]. Yeguas del Apocalipsis (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  23. ↑ "Fundador de movimieneto gay participa en seminario effectuardo en la Universidad Andres Bello" [Founder of the gay movement participates in seminar held at Andrés Bello University]. Movilh (in Spanish). 10 January 2001. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  24. ↑ "Novelista Juan Pablo Sutherland, cerebro de polémica Patria Gay: Críticas del Movilh son pataletas de los que no representan a nadie" [Novelist Juan Pablo Sutherland, mastermind of the controversial "Gay Homeland": "Movilh's criticisms are tantrums from those who represent no one"]. MUMS (in Spanish). 24 September 2000. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  25. ↑ González, Gustavo (20 September 2000). "CHILE: La patria gay y su conflictivo nacimiento" [CHILE: The gay homeland and its conflictive birth]. IPS Noticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  26. ↑ "Juan Pablo Sutherland y el Mes de la Patria Gay" [Juan Pablo Sutherland and the gay homeland month] (PDF). El Siglo (in Spanish). 29 September 2000. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.