Via InformáteWomen of Color Who Play Lesbian & Bisexual Characters
Damn, TV. Thank you for that. For me personally, this is nice to see.
We love what these women of color do. They are talented actors and actually portray queer women of color in a manner that is socially competent. But I think it’s about time queer women of color are played by, oh we don’t know, queer women of color!
¿No creen?
Via autohistoria mestizaBreaking through by Jiménez, Francisco
Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.
Parrot in the oven : mi vida by Martinez, Victor
Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone´s struggle.
Esperanza rising by Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Jesse by Soto, Gary.
Two Mexican American brothers hope that junior college will help them excape their heritage of tedious physical labor.
Juanita fights the school board by Velásquez, Gloria
Johnny, the eldest daughter of Mexican farm workers, is expelled from high school, but with the help of a Latina psychologist and a civil rights attorney, she fights the discriminatory treatment and returns determined to finish school.
BAM
Via NBC Latino
(Courtesy Mary Gonzalez)
Mary Gonzalez told them she was the best candidate to represent them and El Paso voters agreed, but along the way, the 28-year-old doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin broke her share of barriers.
Check out who is speaking at Portland Community College Sylvania tomorrow!
Oh hey gurl hey!
Chingona gorda jota presente!
Via Turquoise Traipsing
Via Here be dragons.—Chicana Lesbians; the Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About,
edited by Carla Trujillo
(i just keep reading it and reading it even though there are other books i haven’t read and am meaning to)
Via Femmes and FamilyWhite Trans* Men
Okay. So it’s not that I don’t love you guys. Support you. Respect you. Listen to you. Etc.
But guys, I’m tired of seeing whiteness everywhere. When trans* groups/pages/organizations etc. have a feature of all WHITE people, how do you think that makes trans* people of color feel? When you don’t take into account that I was raised DIFFERENT than you, in a culture DIFFERENT than yours, in a language DIFFERENT than yours… you exclude me, you oppress me, you marginalize me, and CONTINUE to feed the patriarchy.
My brown body is here, it’s queer, and I am demanding that you acknowledge/include/respect it.
So many of my trans* sisters are diverse, but I don’t see the same reflection in the trans*male community. Brothers, you aren’t all WHITE.
And remember that your whiteness has as much privilege as your male identity.
I make these comments fully acknowledging my privilege as someone who comes from a light-skinned, middle-class Chilean family, and identifies/is perceived as male. I am first generation, speak English, and have a college education.
But I still grew up Latina, I am still Latin@, and I STILL live in a world of whiteness.-Van B.
Via Unapologetic Bibliophilec0cainenchampagne submitted:
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LGBTQAIPSO: wat is aipso? im just gay as hell
HS/College/Grown&Sexy: bartender/tattoo artist..
Single/taken/forever alone: single …but wouldnt mind some company now n again
Anything else: im mex/blk/white
