Issue 10
Issue 10
Our Pulse
At this moment in time, it seems queer Latinx experiences have been defined by Orlando in the media. I want to push beyond this narrative while still honoring the tragedy. I want the world to know that even though this tragedy hurt us all, we contain multitudes and live brilliant lives beyond this pain. In honor of celebrating Latinxs during Hispanic Heritage Month, we have curated a collection of essays by lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans Latina and Latinx writers to showcase our experiences, our pulse.
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Yvonne Curator + Editor
Introducing “Our Pulse”: Autostraddle’s Queer Latina Essay Series
In honor of celebrating Latinxs during Hispanic Heritage Month, Autostraddle curated a collection of essays by lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans Latina and Latinx writers to showcase our experiences, our pulse.
Birth of The Nintendo Generation
It was the end of my innocence when I realized that being Black or being Queer in this country could get you killed. This was the time before Hurricane Katrina, before 9/11, before Ferguson. Before. Before. Before.
Queer Latinx Love is Resistance: A Collection of Vignettes
“There’s nothing more I want to remember than every moment and sensation we shared. Our grinding hips at Queer Cumbia, feeling your drunken sweat drip onto my freshly implanted tits. The way we sloppily made out and smeared our red and burgundy lips all over our mouths, noses, forehead, and neck.”
Somos Familia: Showing Up For Our Queer Family in the Rio Grande Valley
Finally I got to be unapologetically queer amongst this familia that came together in the face of rejection from the homes we came from or by the systems that governed us in the US/Mexico border community that is the Rio Grande Valley.
La India y La Negrx: Intentional, Radical Love in My Queer Interracial Relationship
“Love in partnership as colonized/racialized bodies is courageously undressing the walls we have built to survive and showing others the chaos that war has left behind.”
