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[Image description: woman with brown hair and a dark lipstick looking at the camera against a concrete wall.] Via Joana Nix on Pexels.
[Image description: woman with brown hair and a dark lipstick looking at the camera against a concrete wall.] Via Joana Nix on Pexels.

I’m not Latina, I’m Hispanic —& there’s a major reason why that matters

Beatriz Valero de Urquia
From left to right, Xiomara, Jane, and Alba standing together and smiling.
From left to right, Xiomara, Jane, and Alba standing together and smiling.

Watching “Jane the Virgin” in Spanish brought me closer to my mom

Sharon Quituisaca
[Image description: Protester holding up a sign that says "Puerto Rico Stands w/ Black Lives Matter."] via Unsplash
[Image description: Protester holding up a sign that says "Puerto Rico Stands w/ Black Lives Matter."] via Unsplash

Dear Latinx artists, your silence is very loud right now

Sharon Quituisaca

[Image Description: Singer Lana Del Rey is sitting on a deck chair. She is wearing a white dress and facing away from the camera] Via Lana Del Rey
[Image Description: Singer Lana Del Rey is sitting on a deck chair. She is wearing a white dress and facing away from the camera] Via Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey has always been problematic, we just never talked about it

Lauren McEwen
[Image description: a collage of Ariana Brown wearing a blue top and smiling, looking down, and the cover art for her book "SANA SANA", with a girl's face amidst green leaves] Via Ariana Brown
[Image description: a collage of Ariana Brown wearing a blue top and smiling, looking down, and the cover art for her book "SANA SANA", with a girl's face amidst green leaves] Via Ariana Brown

Ariana Brown’s poetry powerfully captures life as a queer person of color

Maya Williams
[Image Description: A collage-style image with two women with their heads down amongst a backdrop of travel-related images.] Property of The Tempest, Inc.
[Image Description: A collage-style image with two women with their heads down amongst a backdrop of travel-related images.] Property of The Tempest, Inc.

How the era of 45 ended my relationship with my best friend

Andrea Perez

Remembering unsung hero of Pride Sylvia Rivera: a transgender rights activist queen

Esthefany Castillo

The most powerful men in my country tried to destroy my life – while I was still in high school

Fernanda Lopez Aguilar

Filipino and Latino communities have a deep connection rooted in colonization – and it still spills over today

Alicia Soller

No, Justin Bieber, your made-up lyrics to “Despacito” didn’t make anyone laugh

Rameeza Ahmad

This is exactly why you need to strike on May 1st

Natalia Marques

We don’t love immigrants for the right reasons

Natalia Marques