Marina (drag queen)

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| name = Marina

| image = Marina from Drag Race España.jpg

| alt = a photo of Marina from the chest up. She is wearing a black mesh shirt, embellished with sequins and crystals. Her hair is slicked back and she is wearing hoop earrings.

| caption = Marina in 2022

| birth_name = Joan López Galo

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| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain

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| nationality = Spanish

| other_names = Asul Marina

| occupation = Drag queen, film director, and visual artist

| television = Drag Race España (season 2)

| years_active = Since 2018

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Marina, previously known as Asul Marina,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-01-05 |title=Marina y la feminidad de Joan Galo x Víctor Martimore |url=https://euforia.org.es/marina-y-la-feminidad-de-joan-galo-x-victor-martimore/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529185659/https://euforia.org.es/marina-y-la-feminidad-de-joan-galo-x-victor-martimore/ |archive-date=2023-05-29 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Euforia |language=es}} is the stage name of Joan López Galo (Barcelona, 1988), a Spanish drag queen, artist, and non-binary film director.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-07 |title=M'interessa travestir-me fora dels |url=https://www.7accents.cat/entrevista/17507/minteressa-travestir-me-fora-dels-espais-segurs-perque-mestimula-veure-com-li-explota-el-c |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=7Accents |language=Catalan |archive-date=2021-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711031144/https://www.7accents.cat/entrevista/17507/minteressa-travestir-me-fora-dels-espais-segurs-perque-mestimula-veure-com-li-explota-el-c |url-status=live }} They participated in season 2 of Drag Race España.{{Cite web |last=Robles |first=Daniel |date=2022-06-05 |title=Sin sorpresas: Sharonne se alza con la corona de la segunda edición de 'Drag Race España' |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/programas-tv/2022-06-05/sorpresas-gran-favorita-alza-corona-drag-race-espana_3437066/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=elconfidencial.com |language=es |archive-date=2022-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025044938/https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/programas-tv/2022-06-05/sorpresas-gran-favorita-alza-corona-drag-race-espana_3437066/ |url-status=live }}

Career

Joan López Galo's drag persona Marina helped them reveal parts of their personality that are considered traditionally feminine, and this led to Galo coming out as non-binary. Marina threw themself completely into drag in 2011 because of a stay in Paris in which they felt free to express themself, including surpassing the binary parameters of gender. They are popularly known as "the non-binary goddess of Barcelona".{{Cite web |title=Marina: así construye su look la diosa no binaria de Barcelona |url=https://www.glamour.es/video/watch/marina-asi-construye-su-look-la-diosa-no-binaria-de-barcelona |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Glamour España |language=es-ES |archive-date=2022-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007063750/https://www.glamour.es/video/watch/marina-asi-construye-su-look-la-diosa-no-binaria-de-barcelona |url-status=live }}

Marina started her drag career in Candy Darling, a bar next to the University of Barcelona's plaza, where she worked as an artist in residence. Marina began working as a professional drag queen in 2018. In 2019, she won a contest inspired by RuPaul's Drag Race, Futuroa Sarao Drag in Sala Apolo.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-21 |title=Marina: "Nos hemos reído muchas veces pensando en cómo sería hacer un Drag Race en España... Me encantaría" - fantasticmag |url=https://www.fantasticmag.es/marina-entrevista/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |language=es |archive-date=2023-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604001413/https://www.fantasticmag.es/marina-entrevista/ |url-status=live }} In 2022, in the premiere of the second season of Drag Race España, she paid homage to the LGBTQ icon José Pérez Ocaña with her look, but above all she stood out for lifting up her skirt and exposing herself in her runway performance. She remained in the competition for the whole season, placing fourth.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-03-28 |title=El inesperado momento exhibicionista en 'Drag Race España' como homenaje a Ocaña, la Reina de las Ramblas |url=https://www.20minutos.es/television/el-inesperado-momento-exhibicionista-en-drag-race-espana-como-homenaje-a-ocana-la-reina-de-las-ramblas-4977339/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025200205/https://www.20minutos.es/television/el-inesperado-momento-exhibicionista-en-drag-race-espana-como-homenaje-a-ocana-la-reina-de-las-ramblas-4977339/ |archive-date=2023-10-25 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-16 |title=Marina was afraid of the public's reaction to her "skirt" moment on Drag Race España |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/exclusive-marina-was-afraid-of-the-publics-reaction-to-her-skirt-moment-on-drag-race-espana/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927195058/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/exclusive-marina-was-afraid-of-the-publics-reaction-to-her-skirt-moment-on-drag-race-espana/ |archive-date=2023-09-27 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Gay Times |language=en-GB}}

Marina studied audiovisual communications and has always been a film enthusiast. In this milieu, Marina directed a 2021 music video for Maria Arnal and Marcel Bagés. The same year, Marina formed part of the cast for the queer film ¡Corten!, directed by Marc Ferrer, along with Samantha Hudson and La Prohibida.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-10-14 |title=La Prohibida protagoniza ¡CORTEN!, que se estrena el 19 de noviembre |url=https://cineconn.es/corten-pelicula-la-prohibida-marc-ferrer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025072521/https://cineconn.es/corten-pelicula-la-prohibida-marc-ferrer/ |archive-date=2022-10-25 |access-date=2023-10-25 |language=es}} Later on, in 2022, Marina wrote and directed a commercial for the 14th Gaudí Awards, under the slogan Amémonos, which starred Ariadna Gil.{{Cite web |title=VÍDEO {{!}} 'Estimem-nos', el clam dels Gaudí a la diversitat |url=https://www.diaridebarcelona.cat/web/ddb/w/estimemnos-clam-cinema-catala-diversitat |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Sobre la Universidad Pompeu Fabra |language=ca-ES |archive-date=2022-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914224606/https://www.diaridebarcelona.cat/web/ddb/w/estimemnos-clam-cinema-catala-diversitat |url-status=live }}