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NYC : LGBTQS Unity Rally in the Bronx Today
7:00 am By Maegan La Mala · GLBT|New York City · 1 Comment
20 Nov 2010
Sorry for the last minute notice gente. I didn’t catch this event till late last in the VivirLatino inbox gracias to BAAD! night pero I wanted to share it for those who are in the Bronx, NYC area.
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS MARCH AND RALLY TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST THE LGBTQS COMMUNITIES
Gay and straight leaders march and rally to combat violence against the gay community in New York. Called the LGBTQS United As One March and Rally, this non-political event is being organized by community leaders in the wake of devastating violence against the gay community, including an attack against a gay man in the restroom of the Stonewall Inn, the birthplace of the gay rights movement, and the abduction, unlawful imprisonment and sodomy of gay men by a gang in the Bronx. The LGBTQS United As One March and Rally also comes on the heels of suicides by young LGBTQ people related to their sexuality and targeted violence against straight residents for “looking” gay.Saturday, November 20, 2010
March Assembly Time: 11 AM
March Begins: Noon
Unity March Route : Starting the march at Bronx Community College (University Ave and West 181 Street) to 1910 Osborne Place, Bronx, NY (site of the attack) for a prayer. Then, walking to the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse (161 Street and Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY)
Route Length: Approximately 2 milesUnity Rally: Bronx Courthouse (East 161 Street and Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY)
Approximate Rally Start Time: 2pm
Why Haven’t We Heard More About the Asylum Granted to Alexandra Reyes
1:24 pm By Maegan La Mala · GLBT|Immigration|mexico · 7 Comments
19 Nov 2010I have been meaning to write about Alexandra Reyes for about a week now and in that week I am surprised (well kind of) that more attention hasn’t been given to her.
Alexandra Reyes was granted asylum earlier this month that will allow her to stay in the United States. Reyes , like so many others, came into the United States without documents. She came escaping violence from her family in Mexico and from Mexican society because she is a transgender woman.
“It would be physically dangerous for her to walk down the street,” said her attorney, Bryon Large. “She could be sexually assaulted.”
Latin@ Citywide Panel To Focus On Latino Community & Response To Homophobic Hate Crimes
3:50 pm By BiancaLaureano · Activism|crime|GLBT|New York City|Politics|sexuality|youth · 5 Comments
21 Oct 2010Many of our NY area readers may have already heard of the brutal and violent crimes against three gay Bronx Latino men (two who were 17 years-old) who were allegedly sodomized and tortured by several youth and adults involved with a gang. Eight men have been arraigned for gang assault, sexual abuse and unlawful imprisonment and a total of eleven men have been arrested.
In response to these acts of violence Latin@ Citywide has invited me to sit on a panel to discuss ways we can respond to such acts of violence, homophobia, and misogyny among our community. This is not the first conversation to occur in the LGBTQI community in The Bronx since these attacks, but it may be the first one to be led and centered in the Latino community.
I’ll be sharing this opportunity with Rev. Carmen Hernanded, Founder / President of NYC LGBT Chamber of Commerce who I met earlier this year at the 2010 El Diario Mujeres Destacadas Awards ceremony as we were both recipients this year. Also in attendence wtill be Andrés Duque, Blabbeando Blogger and LGBT Activist, and Ephraim Cruz, Co- Founder of Bronx for Change.
I’m happy to have been invited to speak at this space, it represents an attempt to expand this conversation in ways that are often ignored. As many VL readers know, my ideas on gang involvement and affiliation as well as sexuality education and access for youth of Color, are not very popular; and I’ll be speaking from this space. Because there is no press or elected officials allowed I will be speaking as Bianca the sexologist, professor, educator and activist.
This event is open to the public and I do hope that if you are in NYC and are able to attend that you please do so. I’d love to meet some of our readers in 3-D and have this conversation and action plan moved in a way that is productive and inclusive! If you are interested in attending please RSVP via email by October 22, 2010 to: jcartagena@CSSNY.ORG
The original email invitation is below with full details. Read more…
This Friday in the Bronx : Sancocho Soul, a Queer People of Color Performance Cabaret
6:52 am By Maegan La Mala · Arts|GLBT|New York City · Comments Off
5 Oct 2010
Fellow poeta/artista Karen Jaime passed this info onto me and wanted me to share it with the VL comunidad. Anyway BAAD!’s Blaktino series is hot.
Part of the Blaktino Performance Series at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, curated by ButtersPapi- “Sancocho Soul” is a queer people of color performance cabaret that will include performance art, dance, poetry and even burlesque in order to subvert, enlighten and question notions of gender, sexuality and race.
Performers for this event are:
Onliest (Ganessa and Tiffany James)
Ryan Green
Emanuel Xavier
Karen Jaime
Fulana
La Mondo Divine
and
Lawrence Graham BrownHosted by Olive Demetrius
Doors open at: 7:30 and show starts at 8:00
$12 in advance/$15 at the door.
BAAD! is located at 841 Barretto St
Bronx, NY 10474-5354
Tickets can be purchased here
Hispanic PANIC! Unleashes It’s Talent in NYC
6:39 am By Maegan La Mala · Culture|GLBT|literature|New York City · 1 Comment
1 Oct 2010
I needed to take a day off from VivirLatino because Hispanic PANIC! was so good. Charlie Vazquez is a curator of writers and souls and he worked his magic again on Wednesday night when he hosted Hispanic PANIC! at Nowhere.
Cristy Road jumped the evening off by reading an excerpt from her soon to be released graphic novel, SPIT AND PASSION, a coming of age story unlike any other. I cannot wait to read the finished product and learn more about how a queer Cubana in Miami obsessed with Green Day comes to terms with it all.
National Sexual Freedom Day Blog Carnival
4:09 pm By BiancaLaureano · Blogs|GLBT|Health · Comments Off
22 Sep 2010Many of us participated on the Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice and this week I received this email from my friend and activist Perez:
The blog carnival is almost here! On September 23rd, the Woodhull Freedom Foundation will be hosting the first annual National Sexual Freedom Day. Along with in-person events, we’re also hosting a blog carnival.
The theme for the blog carnival is sexual freedom and joining is easy. Just write a post on or before Sept 23 and send me a link to this email address. We’d also love it if you would consider using the attached logo and linking back to WFF’s website.
Here are two questions to consider for your post, but feel free to write about sexual freedom in any way you’d like.
What does sexual freedom as a human right mean to you?
What legislative or social changes would you like to see to promote sexual freedom?
We’ll promote the carnival and all the posts, including a round-up at the end of the day on Thursday.
In solidarity,
Miriam Zoila Perez
Consultant, Woodhull Freedom Foundation–
Miriam Zoila Perez
Editor, Feministing.com
Founder, Radicaldoula.com
www.miriamzperez.com
It would be AMAZING if more Latin@s, people of Color, LGBTQI, immigrants, and everyone else who is often not included in such opportunities to take part in the blog carnival! If you think you may write something for this event please share a link in the comments below and send Perez your link as well! I’m writing something I hope you will too or send this to someone who will!
Lunes Libro : Last Days of Summer Edition Featuring Bloody Twist
8:43 am By Maegan La Mala · Books|GLBT|Women · 3 Comments
20 Sep 2010
I don’t think I have read a mystery book since my days reading Nancy Drew. So when I was pitched the latest book in a series, Bloody Twist, by longtime author Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, I said why not. The Lupe Solano series features a young, sexy and smart Cubana private investigator in Miami and is written by a Latina. Could be a fun and interesting read. Here’s the official synopsis:
Two years after having been shot in Bitter Sugar, fiery heroine Lupe Solano is back on the job. Tommy MacDonald, Miami’s premiere criminal defense attorney and Lupe Solano’s sometimes lover, needs help with a case involving his new client, the mysterious Madeline Marie Meadows. Twenty-two-year-old Ms. Meadows is Miami’s highest paid call-girl. Although Ms. Meadows has not been charged with any crime, she hires MacDonald as a result of the murders of two men she has relationships with. Although Tommy is drawn to Ms. Meadows, he is skeptical of her story and asks Lupe to begin an investigation.
To Mexico City! : Supreme Court Declares Gay Married Couples Can Adopt
8:14 am By Maegan La Mala · Family|GLBT|mexico · 4 Comments
18 Aug 2010
On Monday, with a 9 to 2 vote, the Mexican Supreme Court decided that married gay couple have the right to adopt children in el D.F. This follows an earlier court decision in Mexico City upholding the legality of same-sex marriages.
The issue of same-sex marriage and adoption was raised to the Supreme Court by the Attorney General under Mexican President Felipe Calderon. The lawsuit alleged that gay marriages and adoption went against the idea of family and put children at risk.
California to Gay Couples : You Can’t Get Married.Ok You can. Um..Never Mind
10:23 am By Maegan La Mala · California|GLBT|mexico · 6 Comments
17 Aug 2010
The narrative feels a little like a novela, with California’s courts playing fickle lover to the devoted, fight till the end marriage equity crowd.
Earlier this month, Proposition 8, which barred same sex marriage in California, was shot down by a Federal Judge. Not surprisingly, the appeal was immediate which halted marriages first until tomorrow. Then yesterday, a federal court in San Francisco blocked the stay from being overturned until a hearing, expected in early December.
In the meantime, everyone can move to Mexico City.
VivirLatino Proudly Participating in first annual Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice
6:59 am By Maegan La Mala · children|Family|GLBT|Health|Immigration|Justice|Latin America|Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice|sex|sexuality|Women · 3 Comments
9 Aug 2010
We are proud and honored to participate in the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health‘s first annual Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice. Everyday this week, we will feature a post relating to Latinas and reproductive justice and invite you to discuss with us and with each other what reproductive justice looks like for nuestra comunidad.
All of our posts and the posts of others will be linked to the Latina Institute’s blog, Nuestra Vida, Nuestra Voice> (Our Life, Our Voice). We invite our readers to visit that site as well to further the conversation.
Hola!
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