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Patricia Velásquez Is Gay: Latina Supermodel, Actress & Activist Comes Out In New Memoir
In her new book, Velasquez — an activist, model and actress who you may recognize from The L Word, Arrested Development, and the Mummy franchise — speaks openly about her relationship with Sandra Bernhard and struggling to come to terms with her sexuality.
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Read A F*cking Book Club: A Conversation With Gabby Rivera About “Juliet Takes A Breath”
We’re talking to Gabby Rivera about her debut novel “Juliet Takes a Breath”! We talk about subtleties in Latinx media representation, queer community, forgiveness and, of course, Lil’ Melvin.
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The 12 Best Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Latinx Pop Culture Moments of 2017
Whether you’re Mexican, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Cuban, Panamanian or Argentinian, there were great examples of queer Latinidad for you.
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Read A F*cking Book Club: We’re All Reading “Juliet Takes A Breath”
You can totally read Gabby Rivera’s debut novel “Juliet Takes A Breath” right now! Join us for another fantastic Autostraddle Book Club.
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Disney Pixar’s “Coco” Showed Me My Mexican Self On Screen Like Never Before
Everyone in the film is Mexican. Everything in the film is Mexican. Everyone and everything is me.
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America Chavez Gives Me Hope For Queers of Color Everywhere
Over the past several months, I have watched my surroundings transform into some sort of fictional dystopia. Despite this, seeing illustrations of America Chavez have filled me with hope.
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The Speakeasy Book Club #2: Come Talk About “Borderlands/La Frontera” With Us
“I didn’t want the only thing I had ever known to be taken away from me. So I ignored my desires in order not to lose everything I loved.”
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Birth of The Nintendo Generation
It was the end of my innocence when I realized that being Black or being Queer in this country could get you killed. This was the time before Hurricane Katrina, before 9/11, before Ferguson. Before. Before. Before.
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Queer Latinxs Share Love, Rage, Sadness and Strength For Our Family Lost in Orlando
Here are just a few of the many, many LGBTQ Latinxs in our community who are speaking up and speaking out to make sure that queer Latinxs are not erased.
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Taco Tuesday: The Incomplete History of Tacos
Where did the taco come from? From the Aztecs to silver mines in Mexico to the Taco Bell founder, these are some big moments in taco history.
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Hey, Let’s All Read Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa!
Come join the Speakeasy Book Club as we quest for literary enlightenment and embiggen our collective minds.
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Patricia Velásquez, Gay Latina Supermodel, Wants You To Live Your Truths: The Autostraddle Interview
The Venezuelan supermodel, actress and activist talks about her new memoir, coming out now vs. then, inspiring gay Latinas, the kinds of pastries she brought Sandra Bernhard years ago and working on set of The L Word.
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Why You Need to Go to Queer Rebels Fest in San Francisco This Weekend
“We’re here on our own terms; we’re not waiting around for the colonial gaze to acknowledge us. In so many spaces, we are pushed out, marginalized – but actually, really, we have a lot of collective power.”
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Interview With My Queer BFF: Yvonne Interviews Mary
“Yup, we were just lesbians in a library. You know, just hanging out.”
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Salsa y La Naturaleza: How a Willie Colón Song Taught Me About Queerness and Love
“If Simón was a girl, then I was a dyke and if my father let the song play, then maybe I could sing to him and we’d finally be able to speak to each other.”
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Idol Worship: Selena, Queen of Tejano Music
Selena, the Queen of Tejano Music, bidi bidi bom bommed her way to my heart when I was just a kid and my love for her will never die.