#ToxicMasculinity: An Outcome of #Colonialism and its Effects on the #Latinx / #Chicanx #LGBTQ+ Community

by Monica Martinez
2019

Abstract

"This research examines masculinity in the Latinx community within the U.S. Much of the theory behind masculinity involves discussing toxic masculinity and #machismo. To do this, I look at film, poetry, and literature to discuss how toxic masculinity affects #QueerLatinxs. Although this research focuses on fictional characters and the analysis of fictional works, these characters’ stories do not fall far from current LGBTQ+ Latinxs who may be experiencing the same issues. I examine La Mission, Mosquita y Mari, Gun Hill Road, 'I am Joaquin,' 'La Loca de la Raza Cosmica,' Rain God, and What Night Brings. These pieces work well with one another to show how gay Latino men, Latina lesbian women, and transgender Latina women are affected by toxic masculinity, internalized homophobia and transphobia. With this research I hope to show how the way we construct #masculinity as a society, should be reconfigured to something more positive; I also hope to eliminate #homophobia and #transphobia, as well as violence and #HateCrimes towards the LGBTQ+ community."

https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/mcnair/vol15/iss1/6/

i bet it is easier to write when your brain remembers words lol

if any of my fellow #chicanx can remember the word for the decorative paper things, they're like cut up in designs and something something. Kinda hung up to hang on walls and shit? My brain is dead.

I'm running a 40 donations for Fortaleza Familiar fundraiser for my 40th year on this planet.

Fortaleza Familiar is a scrappy, grassroots nonprofit dedicated to the wellness of #Indigenous #Chicanx #Latinx #Lesbian #Gay #Bi #Queer #Trans #Two-Spirit young people and their families in #Colorado

You can donate at https://us.commitchange.com/co/commerce-city/FortalezaFamiliar/campaigns/40-donations-for-claytons-40th-birthday

Today of all days is a perfect one to support them in honor of #TransgenderDayOfVisibility #TDOV and #CesarChavez day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y62wbMiU6L0

I am now 40! and to celebrate I'm running a fundraiser for my brother-in-law's badass leadership program for #Indigenous , #Chicanx and #Latinx #LGBTQ youth in #Colorado called Liberate Ourselves.

I'm trying to get 40 people to donate an average of $40.

I would love for my Fediverse friends to help out!

https://us.commitchange.com/co/commerce-city/FortalezaFamiliar/campaigns/40-donations-for-claytons-40th-birthday

“No clichés, stereotypes, tropes. No didactic yawns for high school and even younger students. A real mag for a larger community.”

But to create the premier #Chicanx literary #magazine, this publication had to flee the state:
https://www.texasobserver.org/dagoberto-gilb-huizache-magazine/

(From the January/February 2023 issue of our magazine.)
#culture #Texas #literature @bookstodon #books

Yes listen to the teacher before raising your hand. There is a LOT of reading to do before weighing in on the discussion about moderation. But wow, there is a presumption that white leftists, and leftists who are not black or indigenous, and therefore some who may or may not identify as #Latinx or #Chicanx or even #Aztlan nationalists or #revolutionaries - are regarded as "white" and therefore unwanted to enage the moderation threads.

Which to a point is fine. But let's not forget for instance these three white Northerner civil rights activists, murdered by the KKK.
For instance.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-kkk-kills-three-civil-rights-activists

Fun fact: The speculative #Chicanx #scif concept album Jonathan Leal and I wrote - Futuro Conjunto mostly takes place in the long abandoned Boca Chica rocket facility. Hoping to see at least that aspect of the story become reality in my lifetime.

https://futuroconjunto.bandcamp.com/album/futuro-conjunto