Ochy Curiel | |
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Born | Rosa Inés Curiel Pichardo 15 March 1963 |
Nationality | Dominican |
Occupation(s) | academic, activist |
Years active | 1985–present |
Known for | decolonial feminist lesbian theory |
Rosa Inés Curiel Pichardo (born 1963), better known as Ochy Curiel, is an Afro-Dominican feminist academic, singer and social anthropologist. She is known for helping to establish the Afro-Caribbean women's movement and maintaining that lesbianism is neither an identity, orientation nor sexual preference, but rather a political position. She is one of the most prominent feminist scholars in Latin America and the Caribbean.