Refinery 29 • April 13, 2023

Inside the Queer Cumbia Parties Affirming LGBTQ Latines Across the Country

When I hear the unmistakable beat of cumbia, my body and spirit naturally respond — I just want to dance.

AudioFiles • November 4, 2022

AUDIO: Scents and the City

Lemongrass, tulsi, sage and anise. A group in Washington Heights is growing and giving away herbs to the community in an effort to promote the importance of connecting with nature.

Texas Standard • August 4, 2022

Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ pays tribute to Black queer roots of house and disco music

“House music and dance music is a very euphoric experience because it is a liberation from so many of the societal stressors that we experience on an everyday basis.”

Xtra Magazine • January 7, 2022

This figure skater could become the first out non-binary athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics

Timothy LeDuc set a record at the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and hopes to make the Olympic team

Texas Monthly • May 17, 2021

Step Into Frida Kahlo’s Garden at a Lush New San Antonio Exhibit

At the center of Frida Kahlo’s home at the Casa Azul in Mexico City was a garden. Teeming with lush bougainvillea, fruit trees, cacti, and native plants like agave and yucca, Kahlo’s garden was a creative refuge and a source of inspiration for her art.

Texas Monthly • March 2, 2021

Frida Kahlo’s Art Broke Taboos Then and Now. A Dallas Exhibit Highlights Five Lesser-Known Works.

With depictions of her everywhere, it’s easy to lose sight of the reason why people are so fascinated with Frida Kahlo in the first place: her art. Kahlo’s self-portraiture and surrealist renderings of a complex life filled with grief and pain continue to capture the imaginations of many.

Texas Monthly • August 18, 2020

The ‘Country Queers’ Podcast Challenges Preconceptions About Rural Areas

“My hope is that the project is shaking up a little bit of that in multiple ways—shaking up how people might think of rural areas and shaking up how people might think about where queerness can thrive.”

Autostraddle • June 22, 2019

“Vida” Showrunner Tanya Saracho on Working in a Room Filled With Latinx Creators and Getting Queer Sex Right

In its second season, Vida continues to explore the nuances of queer and Latinx identity, grief, power, family and delivers the hottest queer sex scenes on TV.

Autostraddle • May 1, 2019

Cherríe Moraga on Delving Into Her Queer Chicana Memories in “Native Country of the Heart”

Queer Chicana feminist Cherríe Moraga examines this kind of cultural loss for Mexican-Americans assimilating in the United States in her latest book Native Country of the Heart.

Autostraddle • September 24, 2018

An Ode to Fat Tomboy Femmes: Effortlessly Cool Plus-Size Outfits

I’m still defining “tomboy femme” style for myself but it gets exponentially harder to find inspiration when all I see is fashion for white, thin bodies.

Autostraddle • July 17, 2018

11 Tomboys and Weird Girls From 90/00s Movies I Loved as a Kid

In the late 90s and early 00s, I was an awkward, shy, and nerdy girl so I naturally gravitated to girls in films that were… different, like me.

Autostraddle • April 11, 2018

33 Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Travelers You Should Follow on Instagram

When I can’t travel, I turn to Instagram to soak up all the glorious travels of other queer women!

Autostraddle • February 27, 2017

Meet One Day at a Time’s Lesbian Writers, Becky Mann and Michelle Badillo

As it turns out, when you have gay writers telling our stories, you get hilarious and authentic TV. Mann and Badillo’s perspectives and experiences were vital to shaping Elena’s character and to how Penelope approached her coming out.

Autostraddle • November 18, 2016

Southwest of Salem: How Four Wrongfully Convicted Latina Lesbians Survived A Witch-Hunt

In 1997 and 1998, in the wake of the height of the Satanic Panic of the 80s and 90s, four Latina lesbians from San Antonio, Texas were convicted of aggravated sexual assault of two young girls.

Autostraddle • February 11, 2015

Patricia Velásquez, Gay Latina Supermodel, Wants You To Live Your Truths: The Interview

In her new memoir, Straight Walk, Patricia Velásquez writes about her exciting career as a supermodel in the 90s, how she got there from living in poverty and her struggle to live openly as a gay woman.

Autostraddle • March 28, 2014

Top 5 Snacks From My Hometown In South Texas

The Valley has its own hybrid culture created by Tejanos, Mexican immigrants, and Mexican natives living together on the Texas-Mexico border. We have our own distinct dialect and various cultural markers, but most notably we eat some of the most interesting and innovative snacks in the world.

Autostraddle • February 3, 2014

Latin Lovers and Spicy Bombshells: What “The L Word” Got Wrong About Latinas

The truth is Carmen and Papi are Latina characters who continue to perpetuate sweeping generalizations about Latinas in the media and even created more damage for queer Latinxs.