By Melissa Guida-Richards — 2021
My parents successfully passed me off as a dark-skinned Italian for 19 years of my life.
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“In Latin America, there’s been a great deal of progress around gay and lesbian identities,” Ortiz says. “But with being transgender and non-binary, a lot of people are still unsure what it all means and I believe it’s connected to the words we use.”
Who owns your identity, and how can old ways of thinking be replaced?
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These black women and gender-nonconforming individuals have created a space for other young girls and nonbinary persons to feel seen and heard.