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Bio: Rudy "Bleu" Garcia is a 1st generation Los Angeles born and raised Queer Chicano. He is a Mover, Shaker, Organizer, Curator, Zine maker, and gal about town. Known for work with Maricón Collective, bands such as $3Puta and Hot N' Heavy, clubs such as Outré, La Polla Loca, Spunk and the current East LA queer punk club sCUM among others. Rudy began organizing in the late 90's while writing his seminal queer zine Scutter. He was the Producer of RuPaul's DragCon Los Angeles for World of Wonder since its inception in 2015- 2017 and produced the first New York edition in 2017. He has curated group shows at Lethal Amounts Gallery, Charlie James Gallery, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Pasadena Armory Center For The Arts. Performances for Beach Goth 2017 -2019, Queer Noise and currently manages San Cha, Romy, Aaron Marco and visual artist Radriguez. 

Founded by Rudy "Bleu" Garcia and Ray "Hex-Ray" Sanchez, Club SCUM is a boundary-pushing, community-building, monthly queer punk POC party at Chico, a venue located on the border of East Los Angeles and Montebello. With its focus on diverse drag performers, live music, and identities that don't fit into stereotypes, Club SCUM is a platform that welcomes everyone and provides queer Latinx youth a space to gather, create, dance, sweat, feel safe, and transcend the routines of everyday life.   SCUM has produced diverse live music performances throughout Los Angeles and launched a yearly Queer Youth Arts workshop day in 2019. SCUM is also hosted in San Francisco quartet and has been hosted in Mexico City, New York, and Las Vegas.  

Mentioned In The Episode:

Bienestar

Club Scum

Ru Paul's Drag Con

San Cha

Upcoming Events:

3/10/20 - My So Called Queer Life 

3/22/20 - Scum Pageant at Cobra

4/11/20 - East LA College Workshop at VPAM

4/12/20 - East LA College Workshop at the Armory

TBA - Scum 4 Year Anniversary! 

Mailing Address for A Tribe Called Queer

C/O Sabine Maxine Lopez

PO Box 26421

Los Angeles, CA 90026