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“LOVING MYSELF” WEBINAR | MAY 16, 2022 @1PM EST

Between May 16-20, the Zero Campaign will unite Latinx LGBTQ+ leaders across the country and Latin America to discuss the…
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Posted on: May 15, 2022 Last updated on: May 15, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

10 Songs Leading the Latin-Freestyle Resurgence

freestyle music has direct ties to the early rise of hip-hop. like hip-hop, the freestyle genre was led by creative…
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Posted on: April 21, 2022 Last updated on: April 23, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
Milani Varela

National Transgender HIV Testing Day

Today is National Transgender HIV Testing Day, a day to recognize the importance of routine HIV testing, status awareness, &…
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Posted on: April 18, 2022 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

the songs i loved: mc trouble’s “(i wanna) make you mine”

there was a time beginning in the early 1990s when highly choreographed hip-hop music videos were frowned upon and viewed…
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Posted on: April 18, 2022 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Stephen Acosta

I want to start this off by saying, I love this little guy right here. I remember this exact moment…
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Posted on: April 17, 2022 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

VICTORIA ARELLANO

Today is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD). It is a day to educate our communities about the…
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Posted on: April 10, 2022 Last updated on: April 10, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

La Belle of le Ball: An Ode to Crystal LaBeija (a Poem)

My mother told me, “Never stay where you’re not wanted”, a betoken for the fate of navigating as a black…
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Posted on: April 8, 2022 Last updated on: April 8, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Today, I am 28.

In this photo I was 4 years old on this day, I was happy. That smile in this picture was…
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Posted on: April 8, 2022 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

LISA ISADORA CRUZ (LA GINGER VALDEZ)

La Mujer Boricua! Lisa Isadora Valdez was born in la isla del encanto Puerto Rico on September 23, 1958. Most…
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Posted on: April 8, 2022 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

TRANSPHOBIA IS CHILD ABUSE!

on wednesday, february 23, texas governor greg abbott ordered the state’s Family and Protective Services to investigate and possibly prosecute families…
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Posted on: February 26, 2022 Last updated on: February 26, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

A Love Poem by Ryan West

Why does it feel so real? That it feels like I’m juiced up with my favoritefantasy. I wish my ancestors…
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Posted on: February 14, 2022 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson: A Deep Appreciation Of

i met robert on the very first day of school of the seventh grade in september 1989. i knew as soon…
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Posted on: February 14, 2022 Last updated on: February 14, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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