by Cindy Tovar When I was in high school, I would say I was Colombian, and the kids who were immigrants would shake their heads and contradict me. “No,” they said. “You’re not. You weren’t born there.” Their comments used to really tick me off. I was a teenager, still trying to figure out who Read More

by Cindy Tovar I was completely unaware that I was Latina until the first grade. It was lunch time, and some of my classmates carried brown paper bags with them to the cafeteria, while others got in line for the free lunch. I carried my little tan thermos. I watched my friend take a bite Read More

by Cindy Tovar If you were a country, and you noticed that your citizens were flocking to another country like there was no tomorrow, what would you do? Would you sit in a corner and cry, “Why doesn’t anybody like me anymore?” Would you get jealous and spiteful, locking down your borders to refuse them Read More

by Cindy Tovar It always throws me off when I venture outside of any metropolitan area. Maybe it’s just me, but I start feeling a little uncomfortable when the only colors I see are black and white, and hardly any of the shades in between. I don’t think all Latinos feel this way, but I Read More

by Cindy Tovar A friend of mine recently went on a dinner date with a Latino. Everything was going well until she pulled out her wallet at the end of the date and offered to help pay for the check. Her date’s eyes opened wide with repressed anger and disbelief at her audacity. “Put that Read More

by Cindy Tovar You’re heading to a wedding and you’re hoping to meet someone to wake up to tomorrow morning.  As you get ready, you look inside your drawer – No condoms.  You look in your wallet – No money.  Frustrated, you toss your wallet across the room.  What now?

by Cindy Tovar It is my greatest hope that some day my future grandchildren will be gathered around me in the living room telling me “Despierta, abuela, ya es hora de comer!” instead of “Wake up, grandma, it’s time to eat!”

by Cindy Tovar In my previous article, Virgin Fever, I discussed how Latinas are told to save themselves for marriage, and then aren’t told much more than that. But what are our young men being told?

by Cindy Tovar The topic of Latinos mistaken for the “most popular” Latino ethnicities in the U.S. has been written about before (see Jennifer’s post and Keyla’s post). However, I’d like to pose a related question to the BL community: Why do some of us get offended when we are mistaken, by a fellow Latino, Read More