365 Days of Latino Heritage

Latino Heritage Month has been commodified and commercialized with the real meaning behind heritage and history lost in a push to make Latinos spend and make us a brand. We are not a brand. We are not a marketing demographic. We are a complex mescla of people, culturas y lenguas.

Originally this started as a project for Latino Heritage Month, 2009 pero because our lives as Latinos, Latin Americans and the other names we respond to in our hearts are live every day, this is 365 days of Latino heritage.

Compiled and Curated
By Maegan la Mamita Mala Ortiz of VivirLatino

The Queer Desi: ATTN: Queer Undocumented Immigrants

queerdesi:

This is a research project from a queer undocumented friend of mine. I hope people can take the time to participate. He’s obviously not one of the academics and intellectuals who are keen on using us for their research needs. Marco is one of us. Thanks.

Mi nombre es marco antonio flores. I…

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