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Alex Aldana habla de su participación en el documental ‘Gay Latino LA’
Alex Aldana es una joven activista que ha estado caminando a través de los EE.UU. como un DREAM Walker (Campaign for an American DREAM). También es uno de tres Latinos gay que aparecen en el nuevo documental Gay Latino LA. La película por Jonathan Menéndez explora las vidas de tres hombres latinos gay que viven en la segunda ciudad […]
AIDS: Pedro Zamora at 40
March 30, 2012
I contributed a story on Latino AIDS activist, Pedro Zamora for Windy City Times - AIDS @ 30 series. Pedro Zamora was a huge influence on my young adult life and I am honored to highlight his legacy as part of this project. The AIDS at 30 series was nominated for a 2012 GLAAD award […]
Remembering Selena at 41
March 30, 2012
The anniversary of Selena Quintanilla’s death is always bittersweet, one moment we commemorate her passing and 16 days later we celebrate her birth. I like to think that this in-between period leads to a figurative resurrection. Seventeen years have gone by and Selena still makes our hearts, pitter-patter “Bidi bidi bom bom.” Before she died she […]
Puerto Rican LGBT Activist Shares Moment with Ricky Martin
March 27, 2012
LGBT activist, Pedro Julio Serrano, shares a moment backstage with singer and Broadway star, Ricky Martin. Serrano has been in celebratory mode this week, he recently celebrated his 18th anniversary of being diagnosed HIV positive. The highly anticipated broadway production of Evita opens April 5, 2012. Pedro Julio Serrano posted this picture on his Facebook […]
Editor of El Diario La Prensa Speaks Out in Favor of Marriage Equality
March 10, 2012
Rossana Rosado, Editor and Executive Director of El Diario La Prensa in New York City speaks out en Español and English in a new Human Rights Campaign (HRC) ad in support of marriage equality. Her voice is important because she leads the oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the U.S. Here is Rosado proving that Latinos […]
Jesus wept, because you’re a homophobic bigot
March 10, 2012
“Jesus Wept (John. 11:35).” Growing up my parents enrolled me in a private Christian school. I was often asked to randomly recite a verse off the top of my head, so naturally I learned the short cuts. “Jesus wept” is the shortest verse in the Bible and the easiest to remember if you want to […]
Why I am still boycotting Tipsy Cake
February 27, 2012
Why I am still boycotting Tipsy Cake You know that CTA slogan, “See something, Say Something?” Well, that’s exactly what people did last week after watching a video of Tipsy Cake owner, Naomi Levine talking bad about Humboldt Park, the community where she originally opened her bakery in 2006; and where everything is still “produced […]
Tipsy Cake Owner Naomi Levine Issues Apology
February 23, 2012
After community activists and businesses called for a boycott, Tipsy Cake owner Naomi Levine issues apology. Dear Fans I would like to sincerely apologize to the Humboldt Park Community for my insensitive comments made in the City Soles interview that was posted on our Facebook page on February 21st With respect to the specific comments […]
September 19, 2012
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