Browsing: Spanish-Language and Latino

“They are hunting us and they are killing us,” Pedro Julio Serrano told media at a press conference this week to denounce anti-LGBTQ violence in Puerto Rico. At least ten people have been killed in 15 months on the U.S. Territory, said Serrano who is Executive Director of Puerto Rico Para Tod@s and a spokesperson for the Broad Committee for the Search of Equity, or CABE in Spanish.

The recent and shocking deaths of two transgender women, Serena Angelique Velázquez Ramos and Layla Peláez Sánchez, who were burned to death in a car, led to the most recent call to action, which GLAAD and a number of other national organizations joined. Two suspects were arrested in connection to the deaths of Velázquez Ramos and Peláez Sánchez, both of whom reportedly lived in New York and were visiting Puerto Rico.

Starz just premiered its third and final season of VIDA, a show that celebrates queer and Latinx life. Showrunner Tanya Saracho shares some of her favorite songs for Season 3!

Honor 41 has included GLAAD’s Director of Spanish-Language & Latinx Media and Representation Monica Trasandes in this year’s list of LGBTQ Latinx leaders.

This year for Transgender Day of Visibility, GLAAD and Instagram partner to highlight trans peoples’ lives and experiences of love. 

My Sister: How One Sibling’s Transition Changed Us Both is the shared autobiography of sisterhood we need right now. 

GLAAD’s Spanish Language & Latinx Media and Representation Director Monica Trasandes traveled to the city of Tijuana, Mexico this week. The US Consulate, along with the organization International Community Foundation, organized a forum for local LGBTQ organizations less than five miles from the border.

Frameline, the Bay Area’s LGBTQ Film Festival, has announced this year’s seven winners of its annual Frameline Completion Fund. 

This Is Us, Call Me by Your Name, Lady Bird, Battle of the Sexes, A Fantastic Woman, Billions, The Voice,…