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Why ‘Vida’s Roberta Colindrez Is the Queer Butch Icon We Need Right Now

Natalie Torres — Mon, 04 May 2020 18:46:27 +0000

I first saw Roberta Colindrez in Amazon’s I Love Dick. I was a junior in college, in my first year of being out. I was still trying to find how I wanted to present my “new” self. In the show she played Devon, a butch queer from a Tejano background. The show was set in

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TRAILER: ‘Vida’ Will End With Season 3 but There’s Still Plenty of Jotería & Family Melodrama to Spare

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:23:32 +0000

There is no show out there that’s as unabashedly brown and queer as Vida. The Starz dramedy about two sisters who inherit their mother’s L.A. bar and have to reconcile with one another and their late mom’s lesbian partner is unlike anything out there. Equally adept at taking on issues ‘gentefication‘ and sexuality this family melodrama has

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These Latinx Actors and Directors Are Pushing the Boundaries of Gender in Movies & TV

Manuel Betancourt — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:25:18 +0000

“People of color are left behind.” The statement, uttered by trans filmmaker Kase Peña, could easily have summed up many of the conversations that took place during this year’s NALIP Media Summit. But within a conversation about on-screen LGBTQ representation it felt particularly apt. Moderated by Carlos Aguilar, the “In-Queer-ies” panel also included nonbinary actor

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The Cast of ‘Vida’ Reflects on the Power of Having Latinos in Front of & Behind the Camera

Gabriela Garcia — Mon, 20 May 2019 23:13:59 +0000

Starz’s critically acclaimed series Vida is back for season two and viewers get to catch up on where the Hernandez sisters left off. As Emma (Mishel Prada) and Lyn (Melissa Barrera) take on their commitment to rebuilding their deceased mother’s building and adjoining bar, their own self-discovery and the notion of building a new life

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Ser Anzoategui On What It’s Like to Be a Non-Binary Latinx Actor in Hollywood

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 21:08:23 +0000

Ser Anzoategui was used to hearing no. “Ay no es posible!” they heard at home from family. “No,” they heard at casting calls and auditions. “No,” the world seemed to be telling them. Living in Los Angeles, which greets all those who arrive with the promise that, “Yes, you can make your dreams come true

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