The Maricon Collective is an art and DJ collective that regularly hosts parties and organizes participatory art projects in Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. It was started in 2014 by Rudy Bleu, Carlos Morales, Manuel Paul, and Michael Rodriguez. The founders of the collective all grew up in East L.A. and were all active in the punk scene as teenagers. Paul had also started sharing his art on Tumblr and was inspired by the cult zines of the 1970s. Maricón Collective chose their name as a way to reclaim a gay slur in the Spanish-speaking community.

The collectives' events have included dance parties at the Human Resources gallery and the Tom of Finland Foundation. They have also collaborated with artists such as Joey Terrill, Shizu Saldamando and Alice Bag. Their projects also include a mural at the Galeria de la Raza in San Francisco, a screening at Outfest of In Search of Margo-go, a film by Jill Reiter. They also create zines and have an apparel line that features Spanglish, queer positive artwork and logos. In a 2015 interview with REMEZCLA, Bleu said the group has been inspired by "the neighborhoods we grew up in, swap meets, vintage Lowrider, Teen Angel, and Street Beat magazines." The collective's mission is to "bring Queer POC people together through dance and celebration.” Their artwork incorporates elements of paño art, rasquachismo, and Chicano art.

(This biographical note was based on features on Maricón Collective in Out magazine and Remezcla.)