Author: Monica Trasandes, Senior Director of Spanish Language & Latinx Media & Representation

The GLAAD Media Institute’s Spanish-Language and Latine Media team recently celebrated the many achievements of LGBTQ Latine talent with a reception at Wallspace Art Gallery in West Hollywood. Sharing their stories with us were Vico Ortiz (Our Flag Means Death), Juliana Joel (Raven’s Home), Luis Sandoval (Despierta América, K-LOVE) and Fernanda Eguiarte and Michelle Rodríguez (La Flor Más Bella, Ana, I Carry You With Me). All of these folks are either past or present (or both!) GLAAD Media Award nominees and our celebration took place ahead of this week’s 34th annual award ceremony. 

The government of Mexico, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and its consulates and embassies around the world were decked out in purple on Spirit Day in a massive show of support for LGBTQ youth.

Actress Bárbara López on her new series, Señorita 89 and on her queer fans and the importance of being part of beloved queer couple, “Juliantina”

From September 15 to October 15, you will probably hear a lot about Hispanic or Latino or Latinx Heritage Month. Heritage months can be tricky: why set aside just one month to celebrate ethnic or marginalized groups–including their culture, resilience, and artistry–when they should be celebrated all year? While the idea of one dedicated month can be debated, we think it’s easy to agree on one thing: how fantastic it is to uplift the creative, visionary and amazing people who are part of our LGBTQ community and who are also of Latinx heritage. So we did just that.

For many immigrants, poverty, and violence make emigrating necessary. For immigrants who are gay, lesbian, bi or transgender, emigrating can also mean freedom to love the person you love, or to be the person you are. That’s just one of the themes explored in the GLAAD Media Award-nominated I Carry You With Me, the critically-acclaimed film premiering in Los Angeles and New York City on June 25 and in more cities across the country starting July 2.

We recently asked members of our amazing Latinx LGBTQ community to share who would be in their hearts and on their minds as they voted. This is what they told us. A big gracias & thank you to everyone who participated!

Latinx celebrities came out in full force again this year for #SpiritDay! Among those who turned their social media purple or in other ways participated, were Adriana Barraza, Horacio Pancheri, Ana de la Reguera, Christian Chavez, Natalia Jiménez, Mauricio Martinez, and many more.