latinx heritage month

latinx

latinx heritage month

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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

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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

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latinx heritage month

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

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latinx heritage month

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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

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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