"many feminists in Latin America have dubbed Spanish an innately sexist language. Imagine a room full of women, we can refer to ourselves as nosotras las Latinas, but the MINUTE one man enters this primarily female space we become: nosotros los Latinos...
2014 I met with LGBTQIA folks in El Salvador and became particularly aware of the “X” as intentional inclusive language, as in Latinx (La-teen-ex). A Salvadorian human rights protector/activist/intersex/trans/queer feminist friend of mine Nicole Santamaria wisely told me:
“I use X because everyone shares an X chromosome, and I do not have to categorize people into genders that may or may not apply to them. So in progressive LGBTQIA circles in Latin America and the Caribbean, there has been a move toward addressing a room as: nosotrxs lxs Latinxs.”
http://www.vivala.com/womens-issues/latinx-intentionally-inclusive-language/3482
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