Isis Tapia

Intersectional Project Manager

Andy Tapia, or better known in the Mexican ballroom community as Isis Magdalena, is the founder of the House of Magdalena. She has been a leader in the ballroom scene since 2015 and has been working with the LGBTQ+ community since even before that against serophobia, transfobia, and racism in collaboration with several organizations and collectives like MPact Global, Colectivo Antirracista and Inspira Cambio. Since she was diagnosed in 2018 she has been working on sex positivity  and anti-stigmatization of PLHIV through art, balls, protests and conferences. She talked about body image and sex currency at the International AIDS Conference 2022 in Montreal as part of the For Fucks Sake Summit organized by Mpact. She teaches Sex Siren to people living with HIV to reconnect with their sensuality.