February 2012
38 posts
“For the lesbian of color, the ultimate rebellion she can make against her native...”
– Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, 3rd Edition, p. 41 (via agradschoolbreakup)
“Learning from the experiences of queer femmes of colour is paramount to building...”
– Reclaiming Femme: Queer Women of Colour and Femme Identity « Writing for Strangers (via teacheremmalee)
“Yo nunca he criticado a las lesbianas ni a los homosexuales. Lo que hacen las...”
– Maria Felix (via laprima510)
Women of Color--Let's take back our tags! →
Let’s take back our tags! Meaning post yourself being yourself, without any exotifying pretense and tag the hell out of your post. (I originally said Wednesday, Feb 22nd but fuck it, let’s start now!)
I got really upset/annoyed/raging when I opened the Latina tag for the 10th time only to find exotified/fetishizing images of naked Latinas posted by white men.
Now nudity is great, so is...
dreaminginspanish:
Being a QPOC is a revolutionary act.
Turn the Car On and Run: Just another brown boy →
mellamogerardo:
So queer groups on campus are predominately white; everyone knows that. I’m part of a predominately white queer group—like I’m in the board—and I have been for a long time. This group meant a lot to me and has helped me a lot just in terms of support when I was feeling really shitty, even though…
“White queers, including white trans people, are at the LOWEST risk for pretty...”
– DTWPS (via zorascreation)
Truth! Fuck the ‘it gets better’ campaign!
(via kenzmirage)
Fuck Yeah FTMs of Color: Chican@, Bisexual &... →
fuckyeahftmsofcolor:
Ricky García, a bisexual/pansexual genderqueer Chican@, has been living with type 2 diabetes for 30 years. An advocate for people with disabilities at an independent living center in Claremont, California, ze knows first hand the struggles that many trans and gender non-conforming Latin@s…
nueva-bordena:
Oye, does anyone know where Trans people chill in San Antonio? Especially Latin@ Trans people?
Any Trans activists in San Anto out there?
xQsi: A LGBTQ Latin@ Multimedia Publication →
sqs-tec:
If you read LGBT news and information on the internet, then you need to be reading xQsi.
xQsi is a fabulous, long-standing ally of the trans* and gender variant community. They regularly publish articles and media incorporating every group in the alphabet soup that is our community, and strive to educate, advocate, and change the way we see ourselves in media.
This is a resource for...
ultramariconeria: Latin@ Countercultures →
ultramaricon:
My study date/new bestie has just discovered that I dance (like really get down, mostly to Drake and Robyn) while I write syllabi. ANYGAY…
Too many of my students are taking more than one class with me and it’s exposing my repetitive use of texts! This is great because it forces me to expand what…
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“When I’m on the train, I read my favorite gay magazine. I can’t remember having...”
– The Bearable Whiteness of Being Gay - CNN Opinion (via thenoobyorker)
What’s shocking is when I read on Grindr or something else “Aryan for same”.
It’s like, “W… what?”
One time I actually read “übermensch” in a Grindr profile.
(via cuntymint)
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(via oppressionisyucky) This is why I...
Clever girl!: shit gay white guys say to gay... →
velocicrafter:
I’ve been watching all the “shit whit girls/guys say to…” videos & it just occurred to me I haven’t seen one for Latin@s. I don’t know if one is in the works, but some stuff came to mind…
where were you born?
what’s your ‘background’?
Hablas Espanol?
THAT LATIN PASSION!
That hot Latin@…
chatpdx asked: Thanks for sharing the video of my award. :) -Ernesto Dominguez
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review of Mosquita y Mari...I wanna seeeeeeeeee →
January 2012
17 posts
: I WOULD LIKE TO START A SUPPORT GROUP/DISCUSSION... →
feral-femme:
there are lots of white queer people who i hold very near and dear to my heart. my best friend/platonic life partner, my girlfriend, and many of the queer people who i am closest to are white. my mom is also white and is kind of queer. i think they all identify and work on being anti-racist white…
“…there are nearly three whites with doctoral degrees for every one behind bars,...”
– -Michael Hames-García, “Which America is Ours?: Martí’s ‘Truth’ and the Foundations of ‘American Literature’” (2003)
(via vanguardstar)
“JOTALOGUES is Anthony’s and D’Lo’s first two person performance which reveals...”
– La Malagueña
Ecuador will shut down "ex-gay" clinics →
gaywrites:
Ecuador’s government recently announced that it would shut down clinics where LGBT people were tortured to “cure” them of their homosexuality. From the Advocate:
AllOut.org co-founder Andre Bank credited “courageous LGBT and women’s rights activists in Ecuador, and supporters around the world who helped elevate this national scandal to global prominence.” AllOut and Change.org...
“Antes de ser Lesbiana yo fui Torta. Tomo el nombre con el cual creyeron podrían...”
– Victoria García - Torta Tortón: “El nombrar define” (via kararikue)
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soy yo! laura m esquivel otra xicana jota
Awesome thanks for re-posting. this is me marching through the streets of mexico city to the zocalo en la primera marcha lesbica 2003.
—mod note:
Wow that’s so amazing that you found us and your image on here. I’ll make sure to edit that post to include your name!
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