"The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute analyzed Census Bureau data within the last two decades. This included the 2000 census count as well as American Community Survey 5-year estimates on population characteristics from 2010 and 2022. Their analysis indicates people in the United States who identify as Latino and Asian American or Pacific Islander, or 'AAPI Latinos,' rose from 350,000 to 886,000 in that period."
NEW: Language barriers obstruct access to lifesaving information for San Francisco's Indigenous Mayans, fueling the fentanyl epidemic. On this episode, we discuss the profound impact of linguistic disparities, the need for culturally competent drug health services and grassroots efforts shaping this critical issue.
The fact that the Republican Party is just as willing to ban IVF as they are abortion tells me that they are about controlling womens' bodies, not protecting the lives of the unborn. Now, #Alabama women, who don't normally side with us, are revolting. The Alabama legislature is scrambling to pass a legislative fix, and "Christian" influencers who pushed such bans are getting flooded with negative comments. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/01/ivf-embryos-alabama-ruling-conservative-women/
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I was surprised not to have thought of it myself but learned this week that the #Republican party's pivot to being
anti- #Abortion was the result of a #GOP strategist recommendation -
The goal was to split #Catholic folks away from the #CivilRights movement
Red Scare at the Smithsonian? Battle Brews over Portrayal of Latino History in Planned New Museum
Last year, the Smithsonian Institution opened a temporary preview exhibition inside the National Museum of American History that has become the focus of controversy within the Latino community, as Republican lawmakers and others challenge what one conservative writer described in The Hill as an “unabashedly Marxist portrayal of history.” https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/26/national_museum_of_the_american_latino #USnews#latine#latinx#history
It's Hispanic Heritage Month and we're spotlighting the Leyendas Trilogy by Selenia Paz! This #KidLit fantasy series follows Miguel and Natalia as they are swept into an adventure involving legendary characters from Mexican folklore.
“Paz crafts a fantasy adventure…imbued with a mystery that should keep people reading.” – Booklist
As the #AmericaFirst movement of #WWII once again rears its head and gears up for the next elections, it is much better prepared than in 2016 and the #Midterms of 2022.
A racist utterance of a #US military 🪖 leader made me remember a thread I had published on the Birdsite in Sept. 2022.
It focused on the strategic use of #veterans by the #MAGA movement.
As it will happen again, I am republishing...
"...on the gender-neutral catch-all word #Latinx. 👈
👉#Bannon, meanwhile, has focused on that community’s greatly increased voter turnout in 2020, and how its internal diversity and segmentation accounted for a significant movement toward Trump👈—anti-Communist #CubanAmericans in #Florida, #MexicanAmericans in the #Texas borderlands eager to restrict illegal #immigration, and the...
This one is a really nice pose with lots of movement. More specifically, it’s a roller derby move, with the character caught in mid-crossover, their back skate in the air. It’s one of my favorites out of this whole project.
Since it does not appear I can manage to raise $400 I would like to shoot for $200 by tonight if at all possible. This will cover important things and get me food for a bit. I need much more for Transition related procedures but right now I am needing more immediate help.
Despite its sensationalist pulpy title and #ColdWar premise, Jack Arnold's adaptation of the #RichardMatheson novel is an existentialist treatise.
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) plays with the understanding of what it means to be acknowledged as a human, and one's place in the world. The story is told through the eyes of the titular Shrinking Man – Scott Carey – who after being exposed to strange fog, finds himself increasingly lost in this world.
“[…] in the ballroom circuit, it is so obvious that if you have captured the great white way of living, or looking, or dressing, or speaking - you is a marvel.” –Pepper LaBeija
Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990) is probably best known for its fabulous #ballroom and #vogue-ㅤing scenes but in its heart, it tells the story of #family, of people who found their new ménage where they can live and love without fear and prejudice. While you may expect a fierce #documentary about #TransRights, or maybe merely a glamorous parade, you will be confronted with the flagrant #racism that made the #BallroomScene so essential for the Black and #Latinx#LGBT+ (comm)unity who founded it. And the tragedy of its demise in the name of pop culture even more heartbreaking.
Meet the Queer Puerto Ricans Healing Through Voguing (www.advocate.com)
“That’s what ballroom is about, being yourself, even if it’s just for a few hours,” one participant said.
Into the ‘Papiverse’: Two North Texas podcasters explore the queer Latine experience (www.dallasnews.com)
A new podcast is providing a safe space for Latinx LGBTQ voices to be heard.