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Please don’t call me Latinx: Why it’s not my preferred term
Ever since I emigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador, I’ve used the term Hispanic to describe my heritage. But lately, I’ve been corrected on multiple occasions about the term I use to describe myself — told that I should use the more accepted term, Latinx.
Okay, so I understand where Latinx comes from — the desire for a gender-inclusive term for people of Latin American heritage, avoiding the gendered ending of Latino or Latina. But it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. And besides, why Latinx and not Latin American?
At the heart of this debate lies the issue of labeling, where an outside group (or a small percentage from an inside group) decides on a term, or label, and then dictates which people fit under the larger umbrella of this label. This happens all the time, and the shadow this umbrella casts is hardly constant: its edges waver, growing and shrinking as categories shift.
I have friends who have lived in this country for decades but still refer to themselves as Mexican. I have other friends who call themselves Hispanic, or Chicana/o or just American. Should I correct all of these friends and tell them their descriptors are dated, that they are now Latinx and need to start referring to themselves as Latinx?
Please don’t call me Latinx: Why it’s not my preferred term
Executive order banning use of 'Latinx
What other terms need to go after ‘LatinX’
It's 'Dehumanizing' to Use 'the' in Descriptions — Such as 'the French'
LGBTQ+ Representation in Movies Decreases
The organization’s tenth annual Studio Index saw the percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive films, including racial diversity and screen time, drop.
LGBTQ+ Representation in Movies Decreases
Switzerland rejects idea of a third-gender
Trans rights bill bitterly divides Spanish left
Peru rejects “gay marriage”
F1 drivers banned from supporting LGBTQ+ and minority groups
Uncoupled canceled
Pink Floyd fans are amused that the anti-woke mob are cancelling the band
Peacock cancels the LGBTQ+ inclusive series
M&M's Spokescandies Get the Axe
Petition calling for ‘LGBT content’ to be pulled
I asked my daughter's teachers not to call her a boy... they reported me to social services
‘I’d read up on gender identity and reassured her she could be as gender non-conforming as she wanted, but I wasn’t going to let her harm her body. She was still developing. So, I wondered if the change of name was connected to this.’
When she phoned her daughter’s co-educational state secondary school, the receptionist claimed the name change ‘must be a mistake’.
... they reported me to social services
Ca school district transitioned child without telling parent,
Maher says Biden admin ‘all-in’ on trans indoctrination of kids
Now I Know Who I Really Am
Teacher who refused to use student’s pronouns arrested
Teacher helps students change names, pronouns without parents’ knowledge
Lying to Parents About Trans Kids Hurts Kids
A Gay Man Is Behind Tucker Carlson's Hate-Filled Agenda
The senior executive producer of Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, which makes a habit of demonizing and stirring up hate against LGBTQ people, is an out gay man, according to veteran journalist Michelangelo Signorile.
A Gay Man Is Behind Tucker Carlson's Hate-Filled Agenda
Porch Pirate Wore Women’s Underwear
Robert Sepúlveda Jr. Spews Blatant Transphobia
Activist blasts male comics
'I think it's time we protect jokes from men in pants,' the 31-year-old said.
Activist blasts male comics
HS defends trans teacher who wore enormous breasts
Strip Search by Trans Guard Violated Inmate's Religious Beliefs
Trans teacher with Z-cup breasts sneaks into children's dance recital
Is Hooters closing because millennials aren’t ‘into boobs’?
Ex-UFC champion’s idea of hiring female fat asses and calling it Shitters
I’m Never Going To Let Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Happen On My Watch
Charles Barkley reflected on his passion for LGBTQ advocacy this week, vowing never “to sit back and let discrimination happen on my watch.”
Appearing on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Wednesday, the basketball legend recalled the time he convinced the NBA to move its 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte in response to North Carolina’s passage of House Bill 2.
“I think anytime you’re Black, you’ve got to stand up for other people,” he said. “Black people know what discrimination is like. If you’re in a position of power, you’ve got to always stand up against discrimination. I’ve been blessed.”
I’m Never Going To Let...
When Charles Barkley caught flak from Black community
Matty Healy Makes Out With Male Fan
While the band was performing their song “Robbers,” Healy found a fan and brought him onstage. After a short slow dance, the two leaned in for a passionate kiss, leaving the fan with a huge grin.
Matty Healy Makes Out With Male Fan
Gay Boys Are Smarter Than Everyone!
Using adult college completion rates and new data from 2009's High School Longitudinal Survey, Mittleman found that gay boys outpace their straight and bisexual male peers with respect to grade point averages and college degree attainment, and that women's rising academic advantages are largely exclusive to straight women, while lesbian women see a penalty.
Gay Boys Are Smarter Than Everyone
“Gay men are awesome. Lesbians, not so much”
‘Encanto’s’ Luisa Is Way Too Beefy For A Woman
Dad accidentally sends gay porn video of himself to his daughter
Peter Thiel steps down from social media to back GOP candidates
She punches another girl 30 TIMES in the head while others in class laugh
Thug whines about pet store’s pride flag
The 'lesbian breakup curse'
Why do the gays love Pokémon so much?
How your ACCENT could hinder your job prospects
The bias was stronger for roles that required communication, so the researchers concluded this was related to the candidate's potential job performance.
However, they also think that prejudice could play a part, if the non-standard accent signalled an 'otherness' to the interviewee and they were devalued as a result.
How your ACCENT could hinder your job prospects
The N-B-Gay
It is mathematically possible that there are no LGBT players in the league. Although recent estimates are higher, let’s say that 5% of the population identifies as LGBT. That means that the odds that all NBA players are straight is 95% to the power of 450 - the chance that Player 1 is straight multiplied by the chance the Player 2 is straight and so on. That leaves a whopping nine billionths of a percent chance that every player in the NBA is straight: .000000009%, for our decimally inclined folks. In sum, there are probably at least a handful of current LGBT players.
The N-B-Gay
‘Infinite number’ in football are gay
NBA player 'incredibly sorry'
Univ. of Oregon apologizes for 'disgraceful chant'
His First Experience With Homosexuality
Football player comes out as gay
World Cup ambassador says being gay is ‘damage in the mind’
6 gay men competing in pro basketball
Kids shouldn't choose their 'preferred pronouns
New polling shows most Americans believe children should not be able to choose their own "preferred pronouns" and should instead stick with gendered pronouns that align with their biological sex.
Kids shouldn't choose their 'preferred pronouns
Case closed against boys who used wrong pronouns
Kids were told they were 'homophobic' if they didn't wave a Pride flag
We must defeat gender ideology and protect children
Stonewall and Mermaids will ‘get rid of gay people’
Gay YouTuber says he “might kill” a teacher if they talk to his son about sex
Teachers can't be forced to use alternative pronouns
Gay man slams school district over gender identity instruction
Influencer Oli London Shares He’s Detransitioning Back to Male
Iranian boy is born WITHOUT a penis
Yes, Chick-fil-A Is Still Doing Harm to the Queer Community
Chick-fil-A’s billionaire owner Dan Cathy is still funding anti-LGBTQ+ efforts despite multiple pledges to stop and is reportedly one of the people behind one of "the most sophisticated dark money operations" ever seen.
That "dark money operation," run through the charitable National Christian Foundation (NCF), is one of the main barriers to the Equality Act passing, according to a new report from The Daily Beast, and is also funded by people like former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the owners of Hobby Lobby.
President Biden had promised to pass the Equality Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity protections to existing federal civil rights legislation, in his first 100 days. But after it was passed by the House, the bill has stalled in the Senate.
Yes, Chick-fil-A Is Still Doing Harm to the Queer Community
Florida Strips LGBTQ+ Funds From State Budget
NYC protesters smash restaurant window, injuring diner
Black residents say it’s racist
Gay couples are too ‘nervous’ to hold hands
Woman reports gay neighbor to animal control
Dad of 2 lesbians upset that he was dragged to Chick-Fil-A
Gay crowd harass and swear at POLICE HORSE
House conservatives focusing on crime...
Legislative proposals being advanced by the conservative include a Concerned Citizens Bill of Rights, which Banks said would link “a state’s receipt of relevant DOJ grant funding on the adoption of certain pro-law enforcement measures.”
Those pro-law enforcement measures, according to Banks, include compelling police departments to report crimes to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program and stopping money from going to states that have “no-cash bail” laws.
House conservatives focusing on crime...
Atlanta Rap Star Is Arrested
Teen Arrest Was On Her Bucket List
Corrections officer, 38, jumps to his death
Woman climbs up on windowsill to steal gay husbands’ rainbow flag
6 dead, over 40 shot
Woman is attacked and robbed at gunpoint by group of men on sidewalk
Armed robbers burst into shop firing and killing a pregnant shop worker and her colleague
Battered with a hammer by 'his mother's 55-year-old very close friend'
McDonald's axe man released without bail - is busted AGAIN
Americans Just Want Immigrants for the Food
In 2016, Donald Trump posed in front of a taco bowl, fresh from Trump Tower Grill, and declared “I love Hispanics!” It fooled only the very gullible. Taco bowls, while delicious, are to Mexico what unlimited salad and breadsticks are to Tuscany, and his love for one didn’t stop him from trapping hundreds of Latin migrants at border camps. Trump can eat as many taco bowls as he wants, but he’s still racist.
Unfortunately, a new survey confirms that Americans, and people all over the world, tend to have Trump’s mindset when it comes to immigrants (or just non-white people), their contributions to culture, and their food. A YouGov survey of seven European countries and the U.S. found that the “most commonly agreed benefit of immigration has been better food.” The only country that responded differently was France, where everyone was more focused on how immigrants could make their soccer team better. And while the food may be a boon, Americans at least are still worried about providing welfare to migrants, and the (unfounded) crime risk of letting immigrants into the country. Though Americans were the most accepting of any of the countries surveyed, just “one in four Americans (30%) believe [immigration] only brings benefits.” We want your food...we just don’t want you.
Americans Just Want Immigrants for the Food
Big Apple is 'near a breaking point'
500 migrants sneak across Texas border in just two hours
The Horrible Spike In LGBTQ+ Hate Crimes
The data reveals that police received 26,824 reports of hate crimes based on sexual orientation in 2021-22, compared to 10,003 in 2016-17 – representing an increase of 168%. The most recent reporting year saw the biggest annual increase ever recorded, at 32% in 12 months.
The Horrible Spike In LGBTQ+ Hate Crimes
Boston Children’s Hospital warns employees
Journalist & friend attacked
Anti-LGBTQ 'grooming' rhetoric surged 400%
17-year-old boy charged for punching gay teen
Man sentenced for targeting members of LGBTQ community
Gay man’s birthday celebration ends with him being brutally beaten
Former Marine Disarms Man Who Brought Grenade Into Gay Bar
Gay Man Killed in Texas Prison