Volunteers formed Unidxs after feeling like there wasn't a space where both their Latino identity and queerness were simultaneously accepted and understood.
SALT LAKE CITY — Nata Choy felt like he had to pick between being Latino or pansexual when he first came out.
It wasn't until forming Unidxs — a group creating community for Latino LGBTQ+ Utahns — that Choy felt he had a space where he didn't have to pick and choose parts of his identity. "Unidos" is Spanish for united. The "x" in Unidxs is a non-gendered form of the word"Being part of Unidxs has helped me to bridge that gap between my gender and sexuality and my culture so that I can be 100% fully myself," he said.
"Bringing them to events will be an eye changer. It will be uncomfortable for sure, but I think — as typical and cliche as it sounds — that's gonna help them change," she said. "It just takes one child in the family to flip the table, to change and break generational trauma and generational barriers and to have these conversations."
As Choy put it, gender and sexuality aren't typically discussed in Latino households. Roberto Lopez — Unidxs treasurer and a pansexual, genderqueer father — agreed. "When they come to these events, they see people like them, they see people that are not like them. They engage in a different way because they see me comfortable," he said. "This group is been very accepting because of the different intersections that we have."Latinos who are generations removed from the immigrant experience or who didn't grow up speaking Spanish sometimes find it difficult to access the culture.
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