Official Pets
Hello! We are the mascots of the Gay Games XI Guadalajara 2023.
We are 3 characters that represent Guadalajara: strength, skill, art, design and inclusion. We will stay with you at sporting and cultural events, and we will guide you through the city.
Specie: Lion
Star Sign: Aries
Weakness: El tejuino
It represents sporting, strength and skill. The lion is a character present in the city’s coat of arms, and will be responsible for opening the city’s gates to visitors, and uniting them with the locals.
It will be the link between the rebellious and the conservative, between youth and experience, but above all, between the LGBTIQ+ community and the city’s inhabitants, it will be that bridge that unites those who want to join this celebration.
In GAY GAMES XI GDL 2023 there is room for everyone!
Specie: Rosa
Zodiac sign: Libra
Weakness: Shops on Av. Hidalgo
It represents Guadalajara known as the City of Roses.
It reminds us of art and design, which are a fundamental part of our community.
It is a tribute to all artistic expressions of our community: drag, vogue, music, dance, cinema, theater, etc; She is that diva we all have inside.
She is the one who will be in charge of entertaining us, raising awareness and guiding us through the city to the variety of cultural events.
In GAY GAMES XI GDL 2023 there is room for everyone!
Specie: Cumulus cloud
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Weakness: Wet soil smell
I am all those letters that are part of the community
I represent all our different struggles and celebrations, which by coming together we form our community.
I am the sun beyond the storm, and at the same time the storm that motivates us to continue creating, celebrating and fighting.
At this GAY GAMES XI GDL 2023 I will be your main source of information.
Come to me if you need something!
Álex Siordia
Álex Siordia is a designer, artist, and illustrator who graduated in Industrial Design from the University Center for Art, Architecture, and Design at the University of Guadalajara. His creative processes are complemented by illustration and the elaboration of utilitarian objects. His work studies geometry as the origin of form and uses color and emotional design to connect with the observer and the user.
Álex is the creator of the Christmas sweater with the viral phrase "No, aunt, I don't have a boyfriend" (2017) which later became a collection of sweaters with C&A México (2020). From his collection of backpacks for Cool Capital to the collection of accessories and gadgets for Bruna (2020) and STF (2021), Siordia has managed to cement his name as a versatile multimedia designer. He has worked both with local brands such as Rin Tin Tín, Mango Films, and Yema, as well as with projects abroad, such as the OOO design studio (Japan, 2020) and ¡Ayñ! (United States, 2022). He, in turn, has presented stand-alone projects such as Love Yourself (2018) and Tous, among others.
At the beginning of 2022 he presented his first solo exhibition, Hipócrita (2022) within the framework of GDL ART WKND, and that year he presented his latest collaboration with Cloe Gallery, a collection of bags and accessories that are a tribute to muses. that has inspired it. throughout his life.
Álex is a founding partner of Fábrica de Diseño Mexicano, which at the end of 2022 became Soñando en Ti, a project that seeks to give visibility to art and design in Guadalajara.
