[image description: over a soft blue background, “LGBT & Latinx & Loud” is centered and towards the top. It is in black font, with the words “Friday, July 1st” underneath it. That is in a smaller, white font.]
LGBT & Latinx & Loud
What is it? It’s an event to celebrate people that are latinx and LGBT! Our latinx communities and our LGBT communities intersect, and we want to support both! A night that was supposed to celebrate our shared communities was brutally taken from us, and lives belonging to them were ripped away. But we are here. We love each other. We are latinx, we are LGBT, and we will be louder than those trying to erase us.
Can I participate? As this is to celebrate latinx LGBT people, you must be both. Are you? Then yes, you can participate, and we will be so appreciative of your participation! A few questions have been asked, for example a white-passing latinx asked if they could participate. Yes, they can! Are you a white-passing latinx LGBT person? Then you’re a latinx LGBT person, and we want to support you!! You are welcome to participate. Are you a mixed latinx LGBT person? Then you’re a latinx LGBT person! We want you to participate! The latinx people involved must also identify as LGBT. That means latinxs that experience any kind of SGA, our mlm and wlm, latinx trans people, and nonbinary latinxs! If there are any questions on whether or not you can participate, just send me, @alexandrareadsthings, a message!
What do we do to participate? Post selfies! Celebrate your beauty! Don’t feel comfortable taking pictures but still want to participate? That’s ok! You can celebrate yourself by writing a couple of quick sentences about what being LGBT and latinx means to you, even if it’s as simple as “I’m Lauren, I’m a lesbian, and I’m Colombian!” Since we’re trying to celebrate and support each other, we’ll need to tag our posts with “lgbt&latinx&loud”.
When do we post our stuff? Friday, July 1! At the time of this post, that is two weeks and one day away. While June is pride month, it’s a little tough to squeeze the event in while giving people time to see it since it’s mid June now.
What if I’m LGBT and latinx, but this is too much for me? That’s ok! This is about love and support. You are loved whether or not you participate!
I’m latinx, but not LGBT. I’m LGBT, but not latinx. I’m not latinx or LGBT. What can we do to help? We need you to help us be seen! Reblog our posts! Let us be seen and recognized and supported! Do not let us be erased. Do not tag a post you make with “lgbt&latinx&loud”. Lift us up! This is about us, and we need you to support us by letting it be about us.
The biggest thing anyone can do to help is to spread this post around! We want as many LGBT latinx people to see this as possible so that they know they are supported, and they get the opportunity to support their siblings!
If anyone has any questions about any of this, please message me! I will be happy to help!
AN UPDATE: @stardust-bae brought up the wonderful idea of this spreading to Instagram and Twitter! They, along with @orangeschmorange, informed me that the lgbt&latinx&loud tag will not work there! I’d like that tag kept here, as it’s the name of the event and here is where it first came to be. But! Since it won’t work on Instagram or Twitter, you can tag posts with lgbtandlatinxandloud. That keeps the name of the event, while also adjusting to the different setting.
I hope to see so many of us on July 1st, across all kinds of social media platforms!! I’m so grateful for the support this is receiving, and so glad that myself and my siblings get to celebrate ourselves!
¡Somos amados!
¡Son amados!
ANOTHER UPDATE: If you want to participate, but don’t want to do it on your blog, you can submit anything to @lgbtandlatinxandloud! I promise promise promise I will post all submissions. I know that @latinxpositivity is also taking submissions! Please continue to spread this so as many people as possible can see it and know that they are supported!!
¡Somos amados!
¡Son amados!
Send submissions here!
Published
lavenduers 