[su_carousel source=”media: 38357,38358,38359″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] The best way to start this column is with a personal story: On July 2, 2012, Enrique Peña Nieto and the Party of Institutional Revolution (PRI), won the presidential election in Mexico. That night, as part of the student movement #YoSoy132, we invited people to see […]
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CA graff crew celebrates 25 years in the making
[su_carousel source=”media: 38352,38351,38350,38349,38348,38347,38346,38345,38344,38343″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] The CA25 show chronicles 25 years of a graffiti associationâs journey through a changing landscape of art, beats, rhymes, LIFE and family. Established in 1993, the City Art (CA) crew started at MacAteer High School campus as a small group of friends hoping to make a […]
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Turning a New Page: Incumbent Colombian President Ivan Duque
Sunday, June 17 marked the second round of the Colombian elections and the outcome went largely as expected: IvĂĄn Duque, the right-wing frontrunner, won handedly over his socialist opponent, Gustavo Petro, by a margin of 54 to 41 percent (the remaining 5 percent voted âen blancoââin protest). âWith humility, I want to say to the […]
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First entirely affordable housing project for seniors finds home in the Mission
Tears and cheers greeted the speakers on June 20 at the groundbreaking ceremony for Casa Adelanteâ1296 Shotwell, the first, new, 100 percent affordable housing project built in the Mission District in the past decade. When completed, the nine-story building will provide 94 units of affordable housing, with on-site supportive services: 74 apartments for low-income seniors, […]
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Brazil and Soccer, a love story
[su_carousel source=”media: 38326,38327″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Every child in Brazil receives a soccer ball as their first gift. It has been this way for a long time. Everybody dreams to one day be the new PelĂ©, the new RomĂĄrio, Garrincha or Ronaldo. The tradition of soccer in Brazil is treated as nothing […]
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Pride 2018 Photo Gallery
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SF Latinoâs artwork celebrates queer pop icons religiously
Raised catholic in Montebelloâthe predominantly Latino city nestled near East Los Angelesâartist Ruben Guadalupe Marquez never lacked for Latino traditions or culture, but his experiences werenât always positive. As a gay man, Marquez witnessed the negative effects of a culture that has been heavily shaped by catholicism, one such effect being transphobia. âI know that […]
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Homophobia: The last resort of the unimaginative mind
Recently my friend Diego left a gay bar in Mexico and requested an Uber. When he entered the Uber, the driver said, âYoung man, this area is very ugly, isnât it? There are too many deviant people, depraved types of people.â Diego, who is gay, didnât find the comment funny. He asked the driver if […]
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Voices of color too often excluded from LGBT narrative
On Sunday morning, June 12, 2016, many of us woke up to the horrific news of the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which happened on Latin Night during Pride Month. We learned that Omar Mateen murdered 49 people overnight. It still is one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. In […]
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Miss/Mr. Safe Latino pageant promotes health and wellness for Latino LGBTs
[su_carousel source=”media: 38171,38172,38173,38174,38175,38176,38177,38178″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] What began as a response to the HIV epidemic almost three decades ago, has evolved into an annual community-building event with focus on wellness for LGBTQ Latinos/as. This yearâs Miss and Mr. Safe Latino pageant saw contestants competing in categories such as talent performances with sketches, […]