Lío Mehiel is Just Getting Started
From “Mutt” to “In the Summers,” Lío Mehiel normalizes and humanizes people who are too often villainized or erased.
LGBTQ
‘Frog and Toad’ is the Ultimate Queer Comfort Show
The Frog and Toad book series written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel was one of the major reasons that I fell in love with reading. As a child, I speedily advanced through small-print chapter books like Percy Jackson and The Chronicles of Narnia. But in the end, I always came back to these books for […]
Alex Russo is a (Bisexual, Latina) Icon
I’m nostalgic for the Disney Channel period that revolved around Lizzie McGuire (2001), The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005), Hannah Montana (2006), and Wizards of Waverly Place (2007). After That’s So Raven ended in 2007, Selena Gomez took on the role of Alex Russo — the only ethnic heroine on a Disney sitcom […]
How ‘Sex Education’ Redefines On-Screen Intimacy and Celebrates Diversity
If depicting intimacy on screen is complicated, talking about teen and queer sex seemed impossible. Until “Sex Education” came along.
“Strange Way of Life” is Almodóvar’s Love Letter to Queer Cowboys
Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s latest short film, “Strange Way of Life,” is a spaghetti Western postcard to unanswered love.
In “Cassandro,” Queer Joy is Liberating and Defiant
“Cassandro” is a moving, and sweet biopic that touches on interesting ideas about gender and performance, even if it could have gone deeper.
Yellowjackets: The Unknown Through Lottie and the Use of Static
Lottie isn’t a power-hungry villain or a powerless victim. Rather she’s a complicated character that lives in the static of ‘Yellowjackets.’
“Aristotle and Dante” Director Aitch Alberto on Her Heartfelt Film
A beautiful, meditative film, “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” both is and is not the typical coming-of-age story.
As a Latina, I Hate Che Díaz. Here’s Why.
Che Diaz, the first Latinx main character in the SATC franchise, is a queer cliché and that’s not the type of representation we need.
TheLatinaPress Nº27: Backlash Doesn’t Stop Us
While we mourn the Supreme Court’s recent regressive rulings in #TheLatinaPress, we won’t let the backlash stop us.