Conexión Divina Is Representing Women in Sierreño at Coachella
Conexión Divina Is Representing Women in Sierreño at Coachella
In a sierreño music scene dominated by “sad boys”, Mexican-American trio Conexión Divina is shaking things up on behalf of the girls. Last fall, the group made history as the first all-female Gen-Z group in the genre. Since then, Conexión Divina has made strides forward for women in sierreño, including [...]
Topicals Skincare CEO on the Importance of Care & Culture
Topicals Skincare CEO on the Importance of Care & Culture
The skincare brand Topicals is at the intersection of care and cause. The brand makes skincare products targeting chronic skin conditions like eczema and hyperpigmentation, while recognizing the interplay of diverse skin tones with chronic skin conditions and mental health. According to Topicals CEO Olamide Olowe’s research, 50% of dermatologists [...]
Compton’s Cafeteria Riot: The Trans-led Uprising Before Stonewall & The Latina Who Upheld Its Legacy
Compton’s Cafeteria Riot: The Trans-led Uprising Before Stonewall & The Latina Who Upheld Its Legacy
One hot night in August 1966, three years before the Stonewall Uprising in Greenwich Village would inaugurate New York’s annual Pride marches, a group of trans women, hustlers, and drag queens staged an uprising of their own at the Gene Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Historian Susan Stryker [...]
The Legendary House of Xtravaganza
The Legendary House of Xtravaganza
In 1982, Hector Valle, a Puerto Rican voguer in the New York ballroom scene, decided to start his own house exclusively for up-and-coming Latinx ballroom performers. Latinx queer and trans folk had long been part of New York’s drag scene and its ballroom culture, an underground subculture with a history [...]
“La Chinita de Jinotepe”: Arlen Siu’s Life as a Poet and Revolutionary
“La Chinita de Jinotepe”: Arlen Siu’s Life as a Poet and Revolutionary
Cuando en una noche de Verano, Yo en vuelo de un avión, cruzando el cielo del (Polo Norte, Para dirigirme al Lejano Oriente… En un sueño te vi… Tu cuerpo manchado de sangre!!! Y tu bello cabello negro, largo, estaba cortado!!! Sentada en una Flor de Loto subiendo al cielo, [...]
Dorian Ulises López Macías Captures la Mujer Mexicana
Dorian Ulises López Macías Captures la Mujer Mexicana
“We fight today, so we don’t die tomorrow.” Just last year, femicide, the intentional murder of women, took the lives of approximately ten Mexican women per day. This past March, photographer Dorian Ulises López Macías set out to pay homage to la mujer Mexicana. He photographed six women: Amina [...]
WATCH: Omar Apollo on Hot Sauces, Latino Parents and New Música
WATCH: Omar Apollo on Hot Sauces, Latino Parents and New Música
Mexican-American singer-songwriter Omar Apollo sat down (virtually) with LATINA's Camila Legaspi to chat about his new hot sauce, Disha Hot, his bilingual upbringing and his journey with music.