Fuck Yeah Queer Latin@s

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May 2013

latinagabi: I swear sometimes watching latin tv is actually worse than watching US tv, it’s actually whiter. Everyone who ‘matters’ is white as yogurt, meanwhile indigenous and black latin@s are (if they’re lucky) the help, even though together we make more than half the population… but ya, I wanna hear more about how white latin@s feel so excluded… Latin America keep on holding that white...

Anonymous asked: Puedo firmar la petición sobre Proyect 238 si no vivo en Puerto Rico? Ayudaría?

Urgente: El Senado de Puerto Rico aprobó el...

Hola. Favor de compartir esto, que es muy importante: La lucha no termina, ahora le toca a la Cámara de Representantes. Esta semana, se llevará a votación no tan sólo el Proyecto 238, sino que también llevará ante su consideración el Proyecto de la Cámara 488 que añadiría la orientación sexual, la identidad de género y el estado marital a las protecciones de la Ley 54 de violencia doméstica y les...

Reclaiming the Latina tag: Please share on your... →

reclaimingthelatinatag: PLEASE look at this! It’s very important especially in MN. It may not affect you personally but it affects many others….POR FAVOR vean esto! Es muy importante y mas si estan en el estado de Minnesota! Aunque no los afecten directamente esto les afecta a muchos mas en ese estado. Educate…

I'm From Ponce, Puerto Rico →

imfromdriftwood: by Carlos M. Gonzalez When I was growing up in Puerto Rico, I knew I was different. Very young I would shyly look at the guys and admire their looks, their bodies, the way they dressed. It’s funny, when my dad would go to the bank and make his transactions, I would stay in the car and every guy that walked by would get a score of 0 to 10 from me. I grew up knowing I liked guys,...

“Por eso se arriman a mí, creyendo encontrar el amor. Y a veces sí lo encuentran...”

– Chavela Vargas (via loerad)

jensenacklessauce: Shout out to the folks who fight against homophobia and transphobia every day, in small ways, through individual acts, by speaking up or showing up. Shout out to the qtpoc whose existence /is/ that fight. Shout out to the people, not the corporations.

queeraztlan: Never trust girls who think your life is like RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Latino Students Surpass Whites In Texas, Becoming... →

Hispanic kids in Texas have passed whites, with over half of students enrolled being Latinos.

Opening a Honey Jar.: when white-passing latin@s →

sempresempretexto: joke about how they were able to claim latino on their college apps to be considered for affirmative action because one of their grandparents was mexican and jokingly refer to “mi gente” and talk about how they’re only going to latino grad ironically only after pregaming with tequila while…

Asking for your support →

elsabordelamorydeldolor: Hey chosen familia and friends, I’m scheduled to have top surgery on June 26th and I’m still trying to get the rest of my funds together to pay for the surgery. I am paying this completely out of pocket and have about $5,000.00 saved of the total $7,780 cost. This does not include travel, food and housing while in San Francisco, but I’m most concerned about fundraising...

TAKE ACTION: Help Seek Justice for Lorena Escalera...

janetmock: On May 12, 2012, the New York Times reported on Lorena Escalera’s death in the midst of a fire in Brooklyn apartment. It was a highly problematic and glaringly dehumanizing article that focused on her body, her alleged sex work profession, her sexuality and much more. GLAAD organized a meeting with some editors of the Times - a meeting they only agreed to after being publicly called...

More Haitians using Puerto Rico as migrant route ... →

latinosexuality: Haitians have been fleeing their troubled country for years, trying to reach the U.S. or other Caribbean islands by sea or by trekking across the island of Hispaniola to scratch out a living in the Dominican Republic. some ish in this could be reported better, what else is new?

Make Shift Boston →

lasiguanaba: MY ART GROUP CALLED ¡Qué Lástima! just applied to be in this radical space. read about it! my group is right now like 12 latin@ artists, most of us queer. Across countries and inbetweens. iQué Lástima! s a fluctuating group of Latin@ artists, currently based in Boston, MA. The group was initially formed in order to address the need for creating safe spaces in which to engage in...

“Depression is useful—it signals that you need to make changes in your life, it...”

– Gloria E. Anzaldua (via la-hija-del-quinto-sol)

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Fabian Romero: i got an amazingly sweet message on... →

fabianromero: i got an amazingly sweet message on facebook from a parent and was so moved. for those of you who know me, you know that i learn a lot from kids. they ask the questions we are told not to and i take it as a sign to learn with them, from them and answer the best way possible. often times this means…