Posts Tagged ‘queer’
HIV rates rise among Latinx men who have sex with men
When Oakland resident Eddie Velasquez was growing up, he was frequently taunted by his peers for being gay. They called him derogatory slurs and told him to be a “real man.” He was raised in a traditional Latino household, and his cultural identity made little room for homosexuality. To stop the bullying, Velasquez even dated…
Read MoreMeet Somos Familia, the nonprofit supporting Latinx parents with queer and trans children
At Somos Familia, Latinx parents with queer or trans children meet together in a support group and share resources with one another.
Read MoreThis week, The New Parkway Theater screens films that showcase Oakland
Romeo Must Die. Fruitvale Station. Moneyball—or in other words, Oakland, Oakland, Oakland. For the first time, The New Parkway Theater is dedicating a full week to showing movies that are hella Oakland, from the actors to the locations and filmmakers.
Read MoreOakland’s unconventional third Youth Poet Laureate finds her voice
17-year-old Sophie Elkin, named Oakland’s 3rd Youth Poet Laureate in August, writes about what she knows: the grit and grandeur of Oakland’s people and places and the less tangible but no less real world of adolescence. After a childhood struggling to come out to herself and her parents, Sophie hopes her poetry will help other women to find their voices the way she has.
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