Latinos

Rich in Pride and rich in history.

Raymond Meza, an SEIU labor organizer, grew up in the district and came out at age 14.

“If he’s our president, I have the right to hold him accountable and ask him to take a stance that is anti-hate and anti-racist.”

“Where did any other sub-group of people contribute more to civilization?” asked Iowa Rep. Steve King. Um, WHAT?!?

“Singling out people for victimization because of their religion, their sexual orientation… must be offensive to God’s ears. It has to stop.”

And so will a quarter of Latino gay men…unless prevention efforts scale up fast

Ana Mari Cauce is the first woman, first openly gay person, and first Latina to hold the job permanently at the Seattle-based institution.

LOS ANGELES – An estimated 1.4 million or 4.3 percent of Latino/a adults identify as LGBT and 29 percent of Latino/a same-sex couples are raising children, according to a report released this week by the Williams Institute at the University of California Los Angeles.

MIAMI — A new poll from NBC Latino/IBOPE Zogby released Wednesday finds that 60 percent of Latinos surveyed support same-sex marriage equality.

More than 20 Latino civil rights organizations announced on Sunday that they have endorsed a campaign designed to bolster acceptance of LGBT-specific issues among Hispanics.

Board members of the country’s largest Latino civil rights organization earlier this month unanimously passed a resolution in support of marriage rights for same-sex couples.

NEW YORK — Award-winning news magazine “In the Life” will celebrate Latin pride in June with “Orgullo Latino,” a look at the complexity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Latinos in the United States.