Health risks for gay and transgenr Latos n high part bee of multiple social prsur and several different typ of discrimatn. A recent legislative hearg brought this often hidn muny to the light, explorg what n be done to help them.
Contents:
- HERE'S THE TTH ABOUT BEG A GAY LATO
- HOW MACHISMO CULTURE IMPACTS GAY LATOS
- GAY LATOS FIGHTG BIAS, STEREOTYP ON MANY LEVELS
- THE PERPLEXG NARRATIVE ABOUT BEG GAY LAT AMERI
HERE'S THE TTH ABOUT BEG A GAY LATO
In a new vio om Flama/Univisn, ntributor Gabe Gonzalez nstcts the nuanc of intifyg as both gay and Lato and the way this shap his life Amerin vio is cidly satiril, and tackl a number of issu about exotifitn among queer men, as well as sexual health the Lato muny. HuffPost Live host Karamo Brown was joed by queer Chino journalist Albert Serna, Jr., The Huffgton Post’s assignment edor Mars Saldivar, executive director of jtice matters prs, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, and director of Latos Studi at the Universy of Michigan, Lawrence La Founta-Stok -- each of whom had very different ias about how machismo impacts gay Latos the U. “So when you’re gay, beg gay is supposed to be liberatg and you’re supposed to be ee and flamboyant, but that’s not exactly what beg a man entails [the] Lato muny, so is difficult to e out and to say, pecially if you’re mascule, to say that you’re gay and embrace homosexualy.
” Lozano disagreed and said that he felt that attributg the problems faced by gay Latos to machismo or Lato culture jt “sensatnaliz” and “racializ” what he believ is a shared gay experience. Founta-Stok offered his sight and wrapped the segment wh a statement that simultaneoly ntextualized and validated the panelists' differg views: “Lato masculi and Lato sexuali, Lato homosexuali the U. ”Watch Serna, Saldivar, Lozano and Founta-Stok discs machismo the vio above, and click here for the full HuffPost Live on HuffPost:Puerto Ri's First-Ever Mass Gay WeddgPopular the CommunyYou May Like.
HOW MACHISMO CULTURE IMPACTS GAY LATOS
She is the Lato/a servic ordator for the LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr) Communy Center San Diego, where she se fai torn and battered, as they try to e to grips wh a child who has a different sexual orientatn. That’s the kd of suatn often faced by gay Latos and one reason for nveng the recent hearg, acrdg to Assembly member Rirdo Lara (D-South Gate), who also is chair of LGBT issu for the California Lato Legislative Cc.
For Assembly member Norma Torr (D-Pomona), the biggt gap is the need for the mastream muny to accept gays, stead of tryg to get the LGBT muny to f to the mastream. Wh that md, HuffPost Lato Voic terviewed five LGBTQ Latxs about their experience growg up and g out the Lato some, like HuffPost senr vio edor Maria Tridas, g out “is such a load thg, ” plited by language barriers, homophobic attus, machismo and their fai’ rpective relig many, like the thor of Juliet Tak A Breath, Gabby Rivera, also cred the support of iends and fay as helpful both acceptg their LGBTQ inty and appreciatg all aspects of their tersectg inti.
GAY LATOS FIGHTG BIAS, STEREOTYP ON MANY LEVELS
Rearch suggts that many sexual mori, dividuals who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual, or who have sexual ntact wh the same or both sex (Centers for Disease Control, 2016), realize their sexual orientatn durg their teens to young adulthood (D’Augelli, 1996; Hunter & Mallon, 2000). In addn, an dividual n ci to be out one social settg and “closeted” another (Greenfield, 2015) factors fluence a sexual mory youth or young adult’s (SMYYA) cisn to reveal sexual orientatn, cludg personal history and motivatn; cultural and relig background; nnectn to the lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) muny; fay and societal perceptns of LGBT dividuals; and the dividual’s relatnship wh the person to whom they are g out (Ben-Ari, 1995; Carballo-Diéguez, 1989; Merighi & Grim, 2000; Newman & Muzzonigro, 1993; Pastrana, 2015; Potoczniak, Crosbie-Burt, & Saltzburg, 2009). On the other hand, faial rejectn was related to creased ternalized homonegativy, inty nfn, prsn, substance e, unprotected sex, and suicidal iatn (Ryan, Huebner, Diaz, & Sanchez, 2009; Willoughby, Doty, & Malik, 2010).
Some parents seek rmatn regardg sexual orientatn and support om groups such as Parent, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG), the Uned Stat’ largt anizatn for parents, fai, iends, and alli of people who are LGBT (Baptist & Allen, 2008; Beeler & DiProva, 1999; Phillips & Ancis, 2008). While nsirg whether to disclose sexual orientatn, Hispanic sexual mory youth and young adults (HSMYYA) may ntend wh Hispanic cultural norms such as nservative relig beliefs, unyieldg genr rol, tradnal fay valu, and homophobia (Akerlund & Chng, 2000; Diaz, 1998; Espín, 1993; Rodriguez, 1996). Diaz and Ayala (2001) reported that Hispanic men livg Miami (predomantly Cuban), New York (predomantly Puerto Rin), and Los Angel (predomantly Mexin) perceived that intifyg as gay may hurt or embarrass their fai.
In addn, machismo has been rrelated wh ternalized homophobia (Estrada, Rigali-Oiler, Arciega, & Tracey, 2011), and this, turn, has been lked to mental health issu and suicidal iatn (Cochran, Sullivan, & Mays, 2003; Hatzenbuehler, McLghl, & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2008; Newb & Mtanski, 2010; Williamson, 2000) may e alternative methods to disclose sexual orientatn to their fai. Decena (2008) reported that some gay Domin men disclose their sexual orientatn through tac means such as attendg a fay functn wh a same-sex partner. Other means of g out implicly clu supportg LGBT such as same-sex marriage, displayg public affectn toward same-sex dividuals, and brgg gay iends to their parents’ home (Villina et al., 2016).
THE PERPLEXG NARRATIVE ABOUT BEG GAY LAT AMERI
While not g overt methods of g out such as statg “I’m gay, ” Hispanics who e tac methods to self-disclose sexual inty are also not tryg to nceal their sexual inty (Decena, 2011). For example, the first terviews were wh gay men, so the rearchers actively sought recment of lbians and bisexuals to terme if the experienc of Hispanic gay men were siar to those of Hispanic lbians and bisexuals.