El activismo social es un ejercicio diario. Quienes lo practican generan los cambios que nos hacen crecer como sociedad y que permiten ir dando espacio a aquellos grupos cuyos derechos humanos universales aun son violados. Tal es el caso de la diversidad sexual. Quienes pertenecemos a ella no gozamos de los mismos derechos que el [...]
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MUMS- Movimiento Por la Diversidad Sexual, condena el asesinato a Daniel Zamudio por parte de un grupo Neonazi en Santiago de Chile. El brutal asesinato forma parte de una seguidilla de violencia de diferentes grados hacia la diversidad sexual durante los últimos años en nuestro país. El crimen de odio por parte de grupos neonazis [...]
MUMS, Movimiento por la Diversidad Sexual en conjunto con los centros de estudiantes del Instituto Nacional, Liceo de Aplicaciones, Liceo Lastarria, Carmela Carvajal, entre otrxs, estudiantes de colegios emblemáticos de Santiago, lanzaron en la tarde de hoy la campaña contra la violencia por discriminación “Nunca Más, No Más Violencia o Agresión” Con la presencia del [...]
Hoy 14 de febrero El Movimiento por la Diversidad Sexual, MUMS, desarrolló una nueva actividad para exigir el respeto a los derechos LGTB (Lésbico, Gay, Trans y Bisexual), para que dejen de existir ciudadanos de segunda clase por una orientación sexual diferente a la heterosexual. Principalmente la actividad se centró en la necesidad de que [...]
Matt A. Barreto, Ph.D. and Gary M. Segura, Ph.D., Latino Decisions We get asked the question about “Latino influence” from the press weekly—some weeks, daily. Answering the question is easy if you just make it up, and a fair number of people earn a good living doing so. But our goal has always been to [...]
“Café con Letras” busca nueva sede. El Café con Letras es un espacio mensual que por mas de 5 años ininterrumpidos ha reunido a la comunidad Latinoamericana de Austin para disfrutar de música, poesía, teatro, danza, y otras artes en Español. Buscamos un local con espacio para mas de 60 personas y escenario con equipo [...]
By Reince Priebus – Chairman of the Republican National Committee President Barack Obama can’t even count on Oprah. In a Monday interview, she told CBS that she’s “not going to be out there” campaigning for Obama this time around. Oprah’s not the only one. College students, critical to the president’s 2008 coalition, are suffering “disappointment and disillusionment” [...]
Join us for a webinar, Thursday April 5, 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/348144303 Washington, DC – On Thursday April 5th at 11:00 PDT / 2:00 PM EDT, Latino Decisions will reveal a ground-breaking new model analyzing Latino voter influence in the 2012 presidential, Senate, and [...]
Join us for a webinar, Thursday April 5, 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/348144303 Washington, DC – On Thursday April 5th at 11:00 PDT / 2:00 PM EDT, Latino Decisions will reveal a ground-breaking new model analyzing Latino voter influence in the 2012 presidential, Senate, and [...]
By Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) Word is leaking from the Senate that Republicans, facing stiff and well-deserved opposition from most Hispanic voters, are crafting a bill similar to but not nearly as good as the DREAM Act, a bill to legalize the immigration status of young people who grew up in the United States [...]
This article was originally published at NBC LATINO Less is more for the Republican Party when it comes to women’s reproductive rights. Conservative Republican women may fully support the strategy of curtailing such healthcare access but the rest of the female electorate does not take kindly to such an approach. Neither do Latinas. Ninety-five percent [...]
This article was originally published at NBC LATINO Less is more for the Republican Party when it comes to women’s reproductive rights. Conservative Republican women may fully support the strategy of curtailing such healthcare access but the rest of the female electorate does not take kindly to such an approach. Neither do Latinas. Ninety-five percent [...]
By Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL), Chair of the Immigration Task Force of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a new rule in the Federal Register that follows up on a commitment made earlier this year by the Obama Administration to reduce some barriers to legal immigration status [...]
I read somewhere that because George Zimmerman is Latino, a minority, it wasn’t possible for him to be the perpetrator of a hate crime. I read somewhere else that because he is white and the victim, teen Trayvor Martin, was African American, the crime made perfect sense. Well, Zimmerman is Latino and white and he [...]
Ayer enterraron en Chile a Daniel Zamudio, el joven homosexual de 24 años que fue agredido por un grupo de neonazis con tanto odio en un parque que luego de pasar semanas en el hospital, murió. Miles fueron al funeral y desde España llega esta carta del escritor y activista LGBT José Luis Serrano. Se hace [...]
This week the Supreme Court has been debating the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, passed by President Obama’s administration. The purpose of this blog report is to discuss the specifics of what the Court is deciding, as well as the implications their decision has for Latinos. The main issue being debated in the Supreme [...]