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netflix

Exclusive Trailer Drop! Con Todo Netflix’s “Visions of Us” Is an Absolute Love Letter to Queer Latinx TV and Film

It’s one thing for white gays to line us up and tell our stories for a scorecard of ‘diversity points,’ it’s quite another when we’re given space to really do…

Carmen Phillips —

Jun 24, 2021

latinx

orlando shooting

Honoring the Pulse Nightclub shooting on its anniversary: A home photograph of an altar built in a living room with a collection of white table cloth, candles, and Puerto Rican flags.

first person

Building An Altar to Honor Pulse on Its Fifth Anniversary

“Building ofrendas unite the living and the dead; they give space for our stories to be held. I light candles and kneel before them to say prayers because doing so…

Carmen Phillips —

Jun 11, 2021

latinx

orlando shooting

A collage of all the lives lost at the shooting at the Orlando gay nightclub Pulse in 2016. Every photo is a close up portrait of each of the 49 faces.

first person

Five Years After Pulse, Queer Nightclubs Still Bring Both Freedom and Fear

“It’s taken me five years, but the feeling of joy, freedom, excitement, and fulfillment that I feel when I can dance to bachata with my queer kin, when I don’t…

Olivia Zayas Ryan —

Jun 11, 2021

#blacklivesmatter

latinx

The Roots of Anti-Trans Violence: Puerto Rico.

politics + activism

For Trans Puerto Ricans, Passing Laws Is Only Part of the Battle for Liberation

Trans activists in Puerto Rico insist they are not a distraction, but central to the struggle for independence.

Benji Hart —

Mar 31, 2021

latinx

latinx heritage month

first person

How Reading A Queer Latina Writer Helped Me Understand My Mother’s Story

Growing up, I felt I wasn’t enough. Not white enough. Not Latina enough. I’ve tried to look to my mother’s story as my own missing piece. I’ve made her story…

Vera Carothers —

Oct 15, 2020

latinx

latinx heritage month

A multimedia collage with Walter Mercado as the central figure. He is wearing a crown with magenta milky way vibes in the background.

first person

Growing Up With “Mucho Mucho Amor”: How Walter Mercado Defined My Life

I grew up in a conservative family so I never really knew the words to describe who I was but when I saw Walter Mercado in his finery and elegance,…

Kristal Sotomayor —

Oct 14, 2020

latinx

latinx heritage month

A multimedia collage, rosemary is central in this image because it’s the representation of hope (adopting ancestral practices), and inc. the magenta to highlight some of the stalks of rosemary.

first person

Con El Aceite de Coco Nos Sanamos: Lessons From My Elder

In Ifa, a Yoruba-based religion, we believe that when we die, we are reincarnated into our same family lineage. I’ve imagined all the ways in which it would be possible…

Roberta Nin Feliz —

Oct 13, 2020

latinx

national coming out day

a collection of faces and figures flooded in orange, bright green and hot pink, are scattered over a scene of crumbling pillars and doorways. and in between these figures are the gestures of the wings and petals, floating throughout.

society + culture

The Labyrinth Closet

We’re always coming out. As an: anime fanatic, manga-collecting Pokémon plushie hoarder; as a giddy, youthful ray of sunshine and not just the dense, American Dream-deprived immigrant, prompted over-thinker —…

féi hernandez —

Oct 11, 2020

latinx

latinx heritage month

A multimedia collage of plants from the garden (marigolds and mint) planted into grave-like shapes in the background.

first person

Straight, No Chaser

In the U.S., mass graves have been uncovered as developers unearth land for future projects. People claim we are experiencing the pandemic collectively — but economically, politically, and geographically, we…

Mónica Teresa Ortiz —

Oct 8, 2020

black lives matter

latinx

A multimedia cut out collage of a dark green background with crowns overlapping in a circle and a pink daffodil in the center.

first person

Letting Go of Latinidad

This Latinx Heritage Month, I’m calling for non-Black Latinxs to reflect on the ways in which we’re aiding white supremacy and how we can instead be accomplices for the liberation…

Yvonne —

Oct 7, 2020

femme fashion

femmes

A tough and pretty chola woman, with the top of her hair teased and dark lipstick, places both of her hands on a huge painted mural banner and looks over her shoulder with anguish and "don't fuck with me" energy. She is looking over her shoulder and the top of her white tank top is pulled to the side showing off a tattoo. The banner, in a stylized script reads: "Dedicated to Ronnie ..anes Dwayne Walker."

style

The Allure of Chola Femininity

This is precisely what I admire about cholas, and what I wanted to emulate for myself as a femme. These women were highly feminine, but not the dainty kind, the…

Cortez —

Aug 24, 2020

latinx

lgbt book reviews

“The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext” Celebrates Latinx Community and Future-Building

“Writing, for me, is a way of reimagining that which I’ve experienced and creating something new. It’s a way of future-building. It’s a way of taking back agency. Each time…

Jaelani Turner-Williams —

Apr 7, 2020