100 Women We Love

100 Women We Love: Class of 2009

Once again, we celebrate our favorite out and proud women. As difficult as it is to narrow it down to just 100, this year’s eclectic list includes artists, athletes, club promoters, community organizers, entertainers, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, politicians and plaintiffs, who are making a difference in our world and the world at large.

Aurora Guerrero

Award-winning filmmaker Aurora Guerrero says, “Everything
I was told would be a ‘strike against me’ inspires the stories I tell. Growing up in a working class immigrant Mexican family
influences the films I write. Walking in this world as a queer indigenous feminist definitely informs the projects I lens. Ultimately these ‘strikes’ meant to work against me have always been my life’s blessings.” In 2008, she directed several short
documentaries for the Off-Broadway show, Pandoras’s. Her
current feature film project, Mosquita Y Mari, about two 15-year old Chicanas dealing with the sexual tension between them,
is still in the financing stage, but she has already received numerous awards based on the script, including a 2005 Sundance Ford Fellowship. Guerrero credits much of her success to Womyn Image Makers, a film collective she co-founded which supports the work of queer Indigenous women filmmakers. -CB

Remember, these are in no particular order because we love them all!

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