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This website is a media movement of the gay Latino community from a Los Angeles perspective.

Our major project is a film that follows the lives of three young gay Latino men, their journey of adulthood and search for identity while dealing with issues of family, machismo, religion, culture, and life in LA.

Author Archive
Up and Coming gay Latino performer, Giovanni Aguayo

Up and Coming gay Latino performer, Giovanni Aguayo

Q & A With Giovanni Aguayo, a 21 year old gay Latino Male in Las Vegas with a big dream and a story to go with it. Do you identify as gay? Queer? Latino? a singer? artist? performer? What would best describe your identity using these words, or not? If not, why not? I would...
Noche De Las Memorias: community event of public remembrance, music and prayer.

Noche De Las Memorias: community event of public remembrance, music and prayer.

Join us for the 18th Annual Noche De Las Memorias Strengthening Our Voices, Working Together For Change A World AIDS Day Event December 1, 2011 at 7 PM Noche de las Memorias is a free World AIDS Day community event of public remembrance, music and prayer. Be part of the community World AIDS Day commemoration...
The World Premiere of blu by Virginia Grise

The World Premiere of blu by Virginia Grise

La Colectiva Chorizo y Maguey present with Company of Angels The World Premiere of blu by Virginia Grise Directed by Laurie Carlos “blu is technically expert. … Grise’s choral effects are thrilling and unexpected. But, just as important, the play uses a heady mix of Latino and musical influences to cast oblique light on people...
A 'Macho' look at gay literature

A ‘Macho’ look at gay literature

written by Erasmo Guerra in the  NYDaily News.com It’s been more than 10 years since our last kiss of Latino gay lit. Writer Charles Rice-González says the last time a group of Latino gay fiction appeared in print was the 1999 collection “Bésame Mucho,” edited by Jaime Manrique. A flurry of other anthologies of fiction, nonfiction and poetry...
Jose Sarria: first gay man in history to run for public office was latino

Jose Sarria: first gay man in history to run for public office was latino

 Blog Source: A Gender Variance Who’s Who Research by Zagria In 1961, José Sarria was the first out gay person to ever run for public office in the US. He did not win, but he made history. Sarria went on to found the International Imperial Court System and became better known as Absolute Empress...
Round Table: Identity Jokes & Reclaiming Power

Round Table: Identity Jokes & Reclaiming Power

Round Table: Identity Jokes & ReclaimingPower Author: You’re Welcome Blog   Last Saturday, all three You’re Welcome writers got drinks together and recorded a great, meaty conversation about jokes, power, identity, and leaning into stereotypes. It’s transcribed below. Before this conversation, we talked briefly about the lines between self-deprecating jokes and powerful humor. We recognize that...
Ban on Gay Marriage is Really About the Fear of Gay Love

Ban on Gay Marriage is Really About the Fear of Gay Love

Letter to My “Enemy” By Ollin Morales, courage2create@gmail.com Dear “Enemy,” You have compared me to a terrorist. My need to hold the love of my life in my arms, in your eyes, is equal to a man strapping an explosive to his chest, detonating it, and decimating a street corner filled with people. You’ve stated that...
LGBT en Español: Depictions of LGBT people & issues in Spanish-language media

LGBT en Español: Depictions of LGBT people & issues in Spanish-language media

Source: Glaad Blog.com Every day, GLAAD’s Spanish-Language Media team monitors news and entertainment content in film, television, print and online media. We often find interesting stories that we want to share with you, which is why we created LGBT en Español, a look at depictions of LGBT people and issues in Spanish-Language media. In recent years,...
Re-Membering la Voz del Joto

Re-Membering la Voz del Joto

Article written by Tatiana De La Tierra of LaBloga I breathe a sigh of relief with the publication of Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader. Even before it existed, it was missing. It’s not that Chicano and Latino queers haven’t been researching, theorizing, writing, dreaming, performing and sweating it out in the academy. I know otherwise....