sexuality

WATCH: Mario Lopez & Naya Rivera Join Forces in Anti-LGBT Bullying PSA

By Amaris Castillo | 10/14/2011 - 15:31 | 0 Comments

In a new Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) PSA campaign, Mario Lopez and Naya Rivera speak out against bullying gay and transgender youth....

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Michelle Rodriguez Directly Addresses Her Sexuality

By Mariela Rosario | 03/10/2011 - 12:15 | 0 Comments

Michelle Rodriguez opened up at the recent premiere of her upcoming alien thriller Battle: Los Angeles and directly addressed the questions that have surrounded her sexuality for years. Many media outlets have speculated that the actress was a lesbian and she was linked back in 2006 to her Bloodrayne costar Kristanna Loken...

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Self-Made Woman: A Transgender Latina Tells Her Story

By Latina Staff | 05/07/2010 - 12:30 | 14 Comments

As told to Damarys Ocaña

Sometimes I think that women don’t appreciate their bodies, themselves and their own power enough. I know, because as a transgender woman, my female body has been 15 years in the making. I’ve worked extremely hard to build what you have been born with.

As a little boy growing up...

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Seven Year Old Samba Queen Stirs Controversy in Brazil

By Mariela Rosario | 02/09/2010 - 14:54 | 0 Comments

Some people are up in arms about a recent report that the Viradouro samba school has selected seven-year-old Julia Lira to be their Queen for the huge annual Carnival parade in the Sambodromo. Julia's father, Marco Lira, is the owner of the samba school and her mother, Monica Lira, is a police official. Both parents think...