Gay Lato Alliance: Latidad and Homosexualy the Missn District - FoundSF

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• OLR IMMIGRANT LATO GAY MEN AND CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABE: FDGS OM THE PALABRAS FUERT PROJECT
• MEXI'S MOST FAMO GAY SNDAL SPOTLIGHTED A CENTURY LATER, NETFLIX MOVIE
• RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
• NFL'S KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY, MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OUT MALE COACH MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
• 11 LATX QUEER INS TO CELEBRATE THIS LGBTQ HISTORY MONTHREAD UP ON THE CREDIBLE LGBTQ ACTIVISTS AND CREATIV WHO CHANGED THE URSE OF QUEER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAMY NEMIROCTOBER 24, 2018/2:03 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2404PX;WIDTH:2517PX;}JACK MCHELL/GETTYANDY WARHOL TRANSVTE SUPERSTAR HOLLY WOODLAWN, ACCLAIMED FOR HER PERFORMANCE 'TRASH', PHOTOGRAPHED 1970. (PHOTO BY JACK MCHELL/GETTY IMAG)BY SAMY NEMIROCTOBER 24, 2018 / 2:03 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"11 LATX QUEER INS TO CELEBRATE THIS LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-24T18:03:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-24T18:03:44.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAMY NEMIR","KEYWORDS":"LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH PROVIS A TIMELY OPPORTUNY TO REFLECT ON OUR LLECTIVE HISTORY, PAYG KEEN ATTENTN TO DIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MA TREMENDO NTRIBUTNS TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QUEER LATX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN A POWERFUL VOICE OF CHANGE, TRANSFORMATN, AND ACCEPTANCE BOTH MUNI. BUT WHILE THEY’VE BEEN AT THE FOREONT OF NEARLY EVERY QUEER MOVEMENT, LATX, AO-LATXS, AND DIGENO PEOPLE OF LOR HAVE LONG BEEN MARGALIZED—EVEN ERASED—OM OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE MT PAY HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. THOUGH FAR OM PLETE, BELOW IS A SELECTN OF QUEER LATX DIVIDUALS—MOSTLY ACTIVISTS AND CEASED—WHOSE NTRIBUTNS AND ACHIEVEMENTS SHOULD BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SYLVIA RIVERA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF I WERE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE LGBTQ IN, WOULD BE THE PNEERG TRANSGENR AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST SYLVIA RIVERA. OF PUERTO RIN AND VENEZUELAN SCENT, RIVERA HAS BEE THE “MOTHER OF THE MOVEMENT” FOR HER HISTORIC LEARSHIP, OM LEADG THE 1969 STONEWALL RTS TO SUBSEQUENT PROTTS. RIVERA WAS A VISNARY WHO ROSE ABOVE HER TIME THROUGH OUTSPOKEN, SOCIAL JTICE WORK. ALONGSI MARSHA P. JOHNSON, A FELLOW GAY LIBERATN ACTIVIST, RIVERA -FOUND STREET TRANSVTE ACTN REVOLUTNARI (STAR) TO SUPPORT QUEER YOUTH AND SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSé JUL SARRIA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON TO N FOR OFFICE THE UNED STAT? A LATO. BORN OF COLOMBIAN PARENTS, JOSé SARRIA SERVED THE ARY DURG WWII AND BEME A TRAILBLAZER FOR THE GAY MUNY THE 1960S WHEN HE RAN FOR THE SAN FRANCIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ‘61. ALSO KNOWN AS THE GRAND MARE, THE WIDOW NORTON, AND HER ROYAL MAJTY, SARRIA WAS ALSO A DRAG QUEEN WHO FOUND THE IMPERIAL COURT SYSTEM, WHICH HAS GROWN TO AN TERNATNAL CHARABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTA HAYWORTH, 1940S-LUIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTA HAYWORTH (LEFT) AND SYLVIA RIVERA (RIGHT).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTA HAYWORTH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY TRANS WOMAN PUERTO RI, A COLONEL THE U.S. ARMY AND VIETNAM WAR, AND THE FOUNR OF THE LGBT PRI PARA PUERTO RI 2003. MOST NOTABLY, HAYWORTH WAS PRENT AT THE STONEWALL RTS AND BEME A LAT AMERIN AMBASSADOR FOR THE STONEWALL RTS VETERAN ASSOCIATN (SVA). HAYWORTH ALSO APPEARS ALONGSI SYLVIA RIVERA THIS HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH, WHICH, 2015, BEME THE FIRST PORTRA OF TRANS AMERINS TO HANG THE SMHSONIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOLLY WOODLAWN, 1948-2009LEEE BLACK CHILRS/REDFERNSUNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: PHOTO OF HOLLY WOODLAWN (PHOTO BY LEEE BLACK CHILRS/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOLLY WOODLAWN, LIKE CHRISTA HAYWORTH, WAS ALSO A TRANS WOMAN BORN PUERTO RI AND PRENT AT THE STONEWALL RTS. SHE WAS THST TO THE NATNAL SPOTLIGHT WHEN SHE STARRED THE ANDY WARHOL FILMS TRASH AND WOMEN REVOLT (1971). SHE ALSO WROTE A MEMOIR, A LOW LIFE HIGH HEELS (1991), AND HER TATE HELPED CREATE THE HOLLY WOODLAWN MEMORIAL FUND FOR TRANSGENR YOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DENNIS LEON, 1948-2009TED THAI/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/GETTYAIDS-ILL DENNIS DELEON W. ARRAY OF CRED RDS WHICH HE RAN UP CHARG ON THKG HE'D DIE BEFORE PAYMENT TIME, FACG PT W. LIFE-EXTENDG PROTEASE HIBOR TREATMENT (PHOTO BY TED THAI/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS PRINT OF LATO COMMISSN ON AIDS, DENNIS GREW THE ANIZATN OM A STAFF OF TWO TO A STAFF OF 45, WH A BUDGET OF $5 LN WORKG ALONGSI 380 NAIZAONS ACROSS THE UNTRY. DELEON'S FEATS CLU TRANSLATG HIV RMATN TO SPANISH AND SERVG AS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSNER 1986, MAKG HIM ONE OF THE FIRST PROMENT LATOS NEW YORK CY POLICS, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE FIRST OFFICIALS TO DISCLOSE PUBLICLY HIS HIV STAT AN 1993 NEW YORK TIM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GLORIA EVANGELA ANZALDúA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GLORIA EVANGELA ANZALDúA, A MEXIN-AMERIN LBIAN PROFSOR, FEMIST, AND WRER, WAS BT KNOWN FOR -EDG THE IMPORTANT ANTHOLOGY, THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY BACK: WRGS BY RADIL WOMEN OF COLOR (1981) AND THORG BORRLANDS/LA FRONTERA: THE NEW MTIZA (1993). ANZALDúA'S WORK REFLECTED ON THE NCEPT OF IMAGARY DIVISN BETWEEN LATXS AND NON-LATX GAYS AND LBIANS, OFFERG KEEN SIGHT TO HER EXPERIENC OF CHINO, LATX, AND AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HORAC ROQUE RAMíREZ, 1969-2015GETTYCANDLE LIGHT AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HORAC ROQUE RAMíREZ WAS A PROFSOR AT UC BERKELEY, SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSY, UC LOS ANGEL, AND UC SANTA BARBARA WHERE HE FOCED ON QUEER SEXUALY, LGBTQ ORAL HISTORY, AND THE DISCRIMATN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND POLIL ASYLUM SEEKERS FACE ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY. IN ADDN TO -EDG BODI OF EVINCE: THE PRACTICE OF QUEER ORAL HISTORY (2012), RAMíREZ'S WROTE QUEER LATO SAN FRANCIS: AN ORAL HISTORY, 1960S-1990S, A -LONG ETHNOGRAPHIL STUDY ON THE FORMATN AND PARTIAL STCTN OF QUEER LATA AND LATO MUNY LIFE SAN FRANCIS, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED POSTHUMOLY NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANGIE XTRAVAGANZA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF THERE’S ONE QUEER SPACE THAT LATX PEOPLE HAVE SHAPED, ’S THE BALLROOM SCENE. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THE MUNY THAT HAVE NTRIBUTED THIS SCENE, CLUDG ANGIE XTRAVAGANZA, WHOSE HOE OF XTRAVAGANZA WAS FEATURED THE INIC DOCUMENTARY PARIS IS BURNG. THE FILM, WHICH ALSO TRODUCED DIENC TO VEN XTRAVAGANZA AND MADONNA’S “VOGUE” DANCERS LUIS CAMACHO AND JOSé GUTIéRREZ, SPIRED THE FX H SERI POSE. WHEN ANGIE FOUND HOE OF XTRAVAGANZA, SHE WAS THE YOUNGT OF THE LEGENDARY MOTHERS AND MA THE GROUP THE CY’S PREMIER LATA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY NAVARRO, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY NAVARRO WAS A CHINO ARTIST AND ACTIVIST WHO -FOUND THE LATO CC OF THE DIRECT ACTN ANIZATN ACT UP NEW YORK CY. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF DIVA TV (DAMNED INTERFERG VIO ACTIVISTS) DOCUMENTG MUNY ACTIVISM AND THE PUBLIC TTIMONI AROUND THE FIGHT AGAST AIDS. IN 1989, HE FILMED AN ACT UP MONSTRATN AT ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL DRSED AS J {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GONZALO “TONY” SEGURA, 1919-1991GETTYCANDLE LIGHT AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1955, GONZALO “TONY” SEGURA FOUND AND LED THE NEW YORK CY CHAPTER OF THE CALIFORNIA-BASED MATTACHE SOCIETY, AT THE TIME THE UNTRY’S ONLY LARGE-SLE GAY RIGHTS ADVOCY GROUP. HIS WORKED HELPED CREATE A NATNAL WORK OF GAY ACTIVISTS. IN 1959, HE MOVED OM NEW YORK TO RICHMOND, VA, WHERE HE NTUED TO SPREAD HIS WORK BY CHALLENGG THE PROHIBN OF ALHOL SALE TO GAY PEOPLE. IN 1977, SEGURA ALSO BEME A FOUNDG MEMBER OF THE RICHMOND GAY RIGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEDRO ZAMORA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BORN CUBA, PEDRO ZAMORA BEME ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MEN LIVG WH AIDS TO APPEAR ON TELEVISN WHEN HE STARRED MTV’S THE REAL WORLD: SAN FRANCIS. IN 1993, ZAMORA TTIFIED BEFORE CONGRS ARGUG FOR MORE ACCSIBLE HIV/AIDS LERATURE, AND AFTER THE SERI, HE NTUED TO PH FOR FERAL HIV PREVENTN AND RE PROGRAMS. THEN PRINT BILL CLTON CREDED ZAMORA FOR LETTG "YOUNG AMERI [SEE] A PEER LIVG WH HIV," AND PRAISED HIS "PASSN AND FEARLSNS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}LGBTQ HISTORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

OLR IMMIGRANT LATO GAY MEN AND CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABE: FDGS OM THE PALABRAS FUERT PROJECT

This is precisely why I felt was important to help anize and attend Unión=Fuerza, the first all-day Lato nveng at Creatg Change, the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force’s annual LGBT nference. Jt a month before the world celebrat Gay Pri Week, Chile passed a law that allows transgenr cizens to change their name and sex on state registri whout needg a sex-change operatn.

MEXI'S MOST FAMO GAY SNDAL SPOTLIGHTED A CENTURY LATER, NETFLIX MOVIE

In 1971, the Homosexual Liberatn Front formed and two years later they started to publish the regn's first gay magaze: Somos ('We Are'). But Argente society experienced a whiplash agast human rights, cludg those of gays and trans people, of every sort durg the ary ernment's Dirty War between 1976 and 1983, disappearg or killg up to 30, 000 people. Though Brazil was livg through s own dictatorship om 1964 to 1985, the gay muny there – and society general – was experiencg a shift toward mocracy by the late 1970s.

A year later, São Plo homosexuals formed the first openly gay anizatn, Somos, which was followed by a flurry of new gay and lbian groups R Janeiro, Salvador, Curiba and the Amazon.

The untry's first lbian anizatn – Femist Lbian Collective Ayuquelen, found 1984 – was important to homosexual and femist rights and didn't seek to assiate to nservative society like s precsors.

RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN

Rights anizatns had to not only fight discrimatn but also the stigma of the disease that was so accurately lked to the gay and lbian muny. R Janeiro – wily nsired one of Lat Ameri's most LGBTQI-iendly neighborhoods – held Brazil's first Gay Pri para 1995, followed by Sao Plo 1997.

The ILGA (Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn), formed 1978, beme Ilgalac: the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn for Lat Ameri and the Caribbean. Argenta, always at the foreont of gay and trans rights, beme the first untry Lat Ameri to legalize gay marriage 2010 after several of s ci allowed same-sex civil unns durg the leadg up to the natnal cisn.

Costa Ri fally legalized gay marriage and transgenr rights this year, but only after the Inter-Amerin Court of Human Rights orred to do so. Between 1980 and 2006, 2, 680 gays and lbians were murred Brazil for their sexual orientatn, and only 10 percent of their killers served jail time, acrdg to the Human Rights Lat Ameri Digt.

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By 2012, Brazil's gay and trans muny was livg a virtual state of emergency as one gay or trans beme a murr victim of homophobia every 24 hours. "In the last , Brazil looked to produce polici that uld protect vulnerable groups like gay and trans people, but they mostly failed due to lack of vtment or change visn of policy, " Jurema Werneck, executive director at Amnty Internatnal Brazil, told The Guardian January. Though nearly all South and Central Amerin untri have on the books some legal regulatn that bans anti-gay discrimatn, the don't always protect trans people and they aren't wily enforced the first place.

Pedro Zamora was a Cuban-Amerin activist and one of the first openly gay men livg wh AIDS to appear on televisn when he starrwas ed MTV’s The Real World: San Francis 1993. Our fdgs support a need for future rearch and clil practice that nsirs the subjective perceptns of childhood sexual experienc and maltreatment and how the relate to psychosocial functng Lato gay men durg olr adulthood. Olr lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and tersex peopl' experienc and perceptns of receivg home re servic the muny: A systematic review.

As his wife, Amada (Mabel Cana), begs to grow spic of his whereabouts, Ignac begs to velop a fatal attractn to a man named Evaristo Rivas (Eiano Zura), whom he troduc to his clanste club of homosexual film’s tle — s origal Spanish is "El Baile los 41" — refers to the night of Nov. But a sndal ensued when ial reports placed a 42nd man attendance, and the story spread that was la Torre, the print’s son--law, markg the first time homosexualy was openly discsed the Mexin media. NetflixAs someone who is nsistently the procs of “re-tg myself” — a value he and his wife, Diana Vázquez, would like to pass on to their young children — Herrera unrstands the potential ntroversy surroundg his cisn to play a gay character.

11 LATX QUEER INS TO CELEBRATE THIS LGBTQ HISTORY MONTHREAD UP ON THE CREDIBLE LGBTQ ACTIVISTS AND CREATIV WHO CHANGED THE URSE OF QUEER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAMY NEMIROCTOBER 24, 2018/2:03 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2404PX;WIDTH:2517PX;}JACK MCHELL/GETTYANDY WARHOL TRANSVTE SUPERSTAR HOLLY WOODLAWN, ACCLAIMED FOR HER PERFORMANCE 'TRASH', PHOTOGRAPHED 1970. (PHOTO BY JACK MCHELL/GETTY IMAG)BY SAMY NEMIROCTOBER 24, 2018 / 2:03 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"11 LATX QUEER INS TO CELEBRATE THIS LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-24T18:03:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-24T18:03:44.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAMY NEMIR","KEYWORDS":"LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH PROVIS A TIMELY OPPORTUNY TO REFLECT ON OUR LLECTIVE HISTORY, PAYG KEEN ATTENTN TO DIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MA TREMENDO NTRIBUTNS TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QUEER LATX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN A POWERFUL VOICE OF CHANGE, TRANSFORMATN, AND ACCEPTANCE BOTH MUNI. BUT WHILE THEY’VE BEEN AT THE FOREONT OF NEARLY EVERY QUEER MOVEMENT, LATX, AO-LATXS, AND DIGENO PEOPLE OF LOR HAVE LONG BEEN MARGALIZED—EVEN ERASED—OM OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE MT PAY HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. THOUGH FAR OM PLETE, BELOW IS A SELECTN OF QUEER LATX DIVIDUALS—MOSTLY ACTIVISTS AND CEASED—WHOSE NTRIBUTNS AND ACHIEVEMENTS SHOULD BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SYLVIA RIVERA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF I WERE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE LGBTQ IN, WOULD BE THE PNEERG TRANSGENR AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST SYLVIA RIVERA. OF PUERTO RIN AND VENEZUELAN SCENT, RIVERA HAS BEE THE “MOTHER OF THE MOVEMENT” FOR HER HISTORIC LEARSHIP, OM LEADG THE 1969 STONEWALL RTS TO SUBSEQUENT PROTTS. RIVERA WAS A VISNARY WHO ROSE ABOVE HER TIME THROUGH OUTSPOKEN, SOCIAL JTICE WORK. ALONGSI MARSHA P. JOHNSON, A FELLOW GAY LIBERATN ACTIVIST, RIVERA -FOUND STREET TRANSVTE ACTN REVOLUTNARI (STAR) TO SUPPORT QUEER YOUTH AND SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSé JUL SARRIA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON TO N FOR OFFICE THE UNED STAT? A LATO. BORN OF COLOMBIAN PARENTS, JOSé SARRIA SERVED THE ARY DURG WWII AND BEME A TRAILBLAZER FOR THE GAY MUNY THE 1960S WHEN HE RAN FOR THE SAN FRANCIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ‘61. ALSO KNOWN AS THE GRAND MARE, THE WIDOW NORTON, AND HER ROYAL MAJTY, SARRIA WAS ALSO A DRAG QUEEN WHO FOUND THE IMPERIAL COURT SYSTEM, WHICH HAS GROWN TO AN TERNATNAL CHARABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTA HAYWORTH, 1940S-LUIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTA HAYWORTH (LEFT) AND SYLVIA RIVERA (RIGHT).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTA HAYWORTH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY TRANS WOMAN PUERTO RI, A COLONEL THE U.S. ARMY AND VIETNAM WAR, AND THE FOUNR OF THE LGBT PRI PARA PUERTO RI 2003. MOST NOTABLY, HAYWORTH WAS PRENT AT THE STONEWALL RTS AND BEME A LAT AMERIN AMBASSADOR FOR THE STONEWALL RTS VETERAN ASSOCIATN (SVA). HAYWORTH ALSO APPEARS ALONGSI SYLVIA RIVERA THIS HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH, WHICH, 2015, BEME THE FIRST PORTRA OF TRANS AMERINS TO HANG THE SMHSONIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOLLY WOODLAWN, 1948-2009LEEE BLACK CHILRS/REDFERNSUNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: PHOTO OF HOLLY WOODLAWN (PHOTO BY LEEE BLACK CHILRS/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOLLY WOODLAWN, LIKE CHRISTA HAYWORTH, WAS ALSO A TRANS WOMAN BORN PUERTO RI AND PRENT AT THE STONEWALL RTS. SHE WAS THST TO THE NATNAL SPOTLIGHT WHEN SHE STARRED THE ANDY WARHOL FILMS TRASH AND WOMEN REVOLT (1971). SHE ALSO WROTE A MEMOIR, A LOW LIFE HIGH HEELS (1991), AND HER TATE HELPED CREATE THE HOLLY WOODLAWN MEMORIAL FUND FOR TRANSGENR YOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DENNIS LEON, 1948-2009TED THAI/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/GETTYAIDS-ILL DENNIS DELEON W. ARRAY OF CRED RDS WHICH HE RAN UP CHARG ON THKG HE'D DIE BEFORE PAYMENT TIME, FACG PT W. LIFE-EXTENDG PROTEASE HIBOR TREATMENT (PHOTO BY TED THAI/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS PRINT OF LATO COMMISSN ON AIDS, DENNIS GREW THE ANIZATN OM A STAFF OF TWO TO A STAFF OF 45, WH A BUDGET OF $5 LN WORKG ALONGSI 380 NAIZAONS ACROSS THE UNTRY. DELEON'S FEATS CLU TRANSLATG HIV RMATN TO SPANISH AND SERVG AS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSNER 1986, MAKG HIM ONE OF THE FIRST PROMENT LATOS NEW YORK CY POLICS, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE FIRST OFFICIALS TO DISCLOSE PUBLICLY HIS HIV STAT AN 1993 NEW YORK TIM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GLORIA EVANGELA ANZALDúA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GLORIA EVANGELA ANZALDúA, A MEXIN-AMERIN LBIAN PROFSOR, FEMIST, AND WRER, WAS BT KNOWN FOR -EDG THE IMPORTANT ANTHOLOGY, THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY BACK: WRGS BY RADIL WOMEN OF COLOR (1981) AND THORG BORRLANDS/LA FRONTERA: THE NEW MTIZA (1993). ANZALDúA'S WORK REFLECTED ON THE NCEPT OF IMAGARY DIVISN BETWEEN LATXS AND NON-LATX GAYS AND LBIANS, OFFERG KEEN SIGHT TO HER EXPERIENC OF CHINO, LATX, AND AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HORAC ROQUE RAMíREZ, 1969-2015GETTYCANDLE LIGHT AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HORAC ROQUE RAMíREZ WAS A PROFSOR AT UC BERKELEY, SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSY, UC LOS ANGEL, AND UC SANTA BARBARA WHERE HE FOCED ON QUEER SEXUALY, LGBTQ ORAL HISTORY, AND THE DISCRIMATN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND POLIL ASYLUM SEEKERS FACE ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY. IN ADDN TO -EDG BODI OF EVINCE: THE PRACTICE OF QUEER ORAL HISTORY (2012), RAMíREZ'S WROTE QUEER LATO SAN FRANCIS: AN ORAL HISTORY, 1960S-1990S, A -LONG ETHNOGRAPHIL STUDY ON THE FORMATN AND PARTIAL STCTN OF QUEER LATA AND LATO MUNY LIFE SAN FRANCIS, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED POSTHUMOLY NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANGIE XTRAVAGANZA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF THERE’S ONE QUEER SPACE THAT LATX PEOPLE HAVE SHAPED, ’S THE BALLROOM SCENE. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THE MUNY THAT HAVE NTRIBUTED THIS SCENE, CLUDG ANGIE XTRAVAGANZA, WHOSE HOE OF XTRAVAGANZA WAS FEATURED THE INIC DOCUMENTARY PARIS IS BURNG. THE FILM, WHICH ALSO TRODUCED DIENC TO VEN XTRAVAGANZA AND MADONNA’S “VOGUE” DANCERS LUIS CAMACHO AND JOSé GUTIéRREZ, SPIRED THE FX H SERI POSE. WHEN ANGIE FOUND HOE OF XTRAVAGANZA, SHE WAS THE YOUNGT OF THE LEGENDARY MOTHERS AND MA THE GROUP THE CY’S PREMIER LATA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY NAVARRO, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY NAVARRO WAS A CHINO ARTIST AND ACTIVIST WHO -FOUND THE LATO CC OF THE DIRECT ACTN ANIZATN ACT UP NEW YORK CY. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF DIVA TV (DAMNED INTERFERG VIO ACTIVISTS) DOCUMENTG MUNY ACTIVISM AND THE PUBLIC TTIMONI AROUND THE FIGHT AGAST AIDS. IN 1989, HE FILMED AN ACT UP MONSTRATN AT ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL DRSED AS J {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GONZALO “TONY” SEGURA, 1919-1991GETTYCANDLE LIGHT AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1955, GONZALO “TONY” SEGURA FOUND AND LED THE NEW YORK CY CHAPTER OF THE CALIFORNIA-BASED MATTACHE SOCIETY, AT THE TIME THE UNTRY’S ONLY LARGE-SLE GAY RIGHTS ADVOCY GROUP. HIS WORKED HELPED CREATE A NATNAL WORK OF GAY ACTIVISTS. IN 1959, HE MOVED OM NEW YORK TO RICHMOND, VA, WHERE HE NTUED TO SPREAD HIS WORK BY CHALLENGG THE PROHIBN OF ALHOL SALE TO GAY PEOPLE. IN 1977, SEGURA ALSO BEME A FOUNDG MEMBER OF THE RICHMOND GAY RIGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEDRO ZAMORA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BORN CUBA, PEDRO ZAMORA BEME ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MEN LIVG WH AIDS TO APPEAR ON TELEVISN WHEN HE STARRED MTV’S THE REAL WORLD: SAN FRANCIS. IN 1993, ZAMORA TTIFIED BEFORE CONGRS ARGUG FOR MORE ACCSIBLE HIV/AIDS LERATURE, AND AFTER THE SERI, HE NTUED TO PH FOR FERAL HIV PREVENTN AND RE PROGRAMS. THEN PRINT BILL CLTON CREDED ZAMORA FOR LETTG "YOUNG AMERI [SEE] A PEER LIVG WH HIV," AND PRAISED HIS "PASSN AND FEARLSNS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}LGBTQ HISTORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Sce that pot, a growg number of Lat artists have eher e out after years the spotlight, or many have simply started their reers by embracg their gay inti. 2011’s “Libertad, ” which featur his former bandmate and Rebel -star Anahí, is one of the ’s bt LGBTQ+ equaly anthems Spanish — and Chávez dulg his bt gay life the mic vio.

“We did for the culture and did for the uny to show that there n be two Mexin gay reggaetoneros on one track together supportg each other, ” Ray told Billboard. But some surprisg velopments wh the Lato world -- the Uned Stat and abroad -- suggt that may be changg, gay scholars and activists say. 'Walls are startg to cmble' "A lot of walls are startg to cmble, " says Charlie Vazquez, a New York-based thor whose fictn has appeared books such as "Bt Gay Love Stori: NYC.

Wh the past three years, lawmakers untri as diverse as Uguay, Colombia and Mexi have passed laws grantg rights and protectns to gays and lbians. " And far away om the stage, even some of the most vulnerable gay Latos -- ordary stunts public high schools -- are fdg more support, one group says.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

While many gay Lato stunts still face physil and verbal harassment om classmat and teachers, more are beg bolr about affirmg their sexual inty, a recent survey found.