{"id":70,"date":"2023-03-29T06:12:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T06:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/practical-cori.208-109-36-47.plesk.page\/triunfo\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2023-05-05T10:14:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T10:14:03","slug":"lgbtq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/djam.biola.edu\/triunfo\/index.php\/lgbtq\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrative: LGBTQ+ Latinas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pride & Resilience <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Words and Photos by Rachel Ramirez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I’ve never been interested in being invisible and erased.<\/strong><\/p>\nLaverne Cox<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are welcome,\u201d says a miniature sign on a window. The words are written against the background of a pride flag, a conglomerate of colors that represent the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. A sunflower yellow-trimmed door of the tiendita<\/em> (little shop) greets you. The interior is lined with shelves full of bright-colored artwork\u2013 jewelry, clothing, matchboxes, keychains and much more\u2013 inspired and made by Latinas. Adelitas Revenge, based in the heart of Long Beach, California, is a queer, indigenous, Chicana gift shop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The owners, Marina Carranza and Yvonne Marquez, are a Chicana lesbian couple who have a passion for representing LGBTQ+ Latina artists. The couple started dating in 2018, and when the pandemic hit, they were working jobs that did not fulfill them. Their business started small at first, selling Mexican folk art and homemade salsa at pop-up markets, such as the Queer Mercado<\/a>, throughout SoCal. Finally, the women were given an opportunity to open a store in Long Beach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe said, This is it, let\u2019s do it. Let’s highlight women\u2013 indigenous, Chicana, Latina women.\u2019 And that\u2019s who we have in our store right now,\u201d Marquez stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

California is home to a growing LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community. According to the Public Policy Institute of California<\/a>, the state has the largest LGBT population, about 2.7 million, in the United States. Additionally, according to the Williams Institute<\/a>, out of this population, there are an estimated 350,000 Latinx adults who identify as LGBT. This makes California the state with the third-highest Latinx LGBT population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Courtesy of The Williams Institute at UCLA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Carranza and Marquez mostly sell pieces by queer Latina artists because of the lack of representation in businesses. They had a vision to create a space that highlights both Latina and queer identities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWe don\u2019t have a space. When you go into small boutiques or small businesses, you mostly see the mainstream. There\u2019s not really a place for us,\u201d Marquez said, \u201cThere\u2019s more [than] just Taco Tuesday and Cinco de Mayo, you know. There\u2019s culture, there\u2019s art, there\u2019s beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, they felt invisible, now Marquez and Carranza are breaking barriers to create a place of love and hope for women who looked like them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adelitas Revenge slideshow gallery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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