Parade/Parade Tour Roundtable

Chris Aguilar García (he/they) is a Queer Chicanx writer and editor from Thornton, Colorado. Discovering Prince in 1982 via 1999, they were mesmerized by this male-presenting artist who so expertly defied conventional gender norms while incidentally producing, arranging, composing, and performing the baddest, sexiest, most funky work they had ever heard! Thus began a lifelong journey of following the music, art, and meaning of Prince.

They have presented work on the queerness of Prince at the Purple Reign, Prince from MPLS, Prince on Screen conferences, at national and regional convenings of the Popular Culture Association, and multiple Polished Solid gatherings 

A graduate of Antioch University Los Angeles, they hold an extensive career in community minded organizations, currently as Program Director at The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary.