Criticism
Where is the term latin x mostly used?
America
When was the term added to the dictionary
2018
Fought for Equal rights at Stonewall
Sylvia River
What is latin x
A non-gendered approach to Latina or latino
What do Latin American countries think about it?
That is "disrespectful to the spanish language"
Is latinx a new term?
Many say yes and that it is specific to this newer generation first used online in 2004, seems to be a "college campus" word
A popular singer, Uptown Funk
Bruno Mars
Why isn't there an Englishx
Because English is not a love language where words are genderfied (that totally a word)
What do older generations use instead of latinx?
If anything at all the older LGBTQ folks used non-binary
When was it first used in literature?
2015
Wizards of Waverly place and singer
Selena Gomez
In America we use they/them in Latin America we would use
Latinx
What is a reason they won't change everything to Latinx in Latin American languages?
They are afraid it will the offend other people
they are afraid that if they change it they will just keep changing things and nobody will ever be happy
When did latinx become a popular term ?
2015
Veronica Lodge
Camila Mendes
13 Reasons Why and activist for Latinx
Christian Lee Navarro