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Y Ahora Que? is a Spanish-language interactive web experience that guides families through a series of videos, articles, and personal accounts about what it means to have a child who identifies with the LGBTQ+ community. Walking through this experience will remind you and your family that you are not alone in this journey. Many families, specifically parents, around the world grapple with the cultural conflicts and worries that come with the diverse topics of sexuality and gender. Wherever you are in your personal journey towards unconditional love and acceptance, this resource is here to help you keep moving forward. Let's get started on the path of helping and protecting the well-being of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other diverse children and youth.
Entre Nos (Between Us)
Entre Nos (Between Us) is an animated novela about family acceptance.
Entre Nos Episodes
Tools
Definitions
What does it mean to be trans?
How To Talk To Your Family About Gender and Sexual Orientation
Toolkit
Glossary
Frequently Asked Questions
Infographics
Workshops
Somos Familia provides bilingual (Spanish/English) education and support services for Latinx families and service providers such as child care workers, teachers, and staff of community-based organizations in order to build their capacity to better serve Latinx families with LGBTQ+ children and create safer environments for all of our children. Somos Familia’s education and support program helps youth, parents, and school personnel to create safe and healthy school and home environments. Read more here.
Family Acceptance Films & Videos
Please share the link to our YouTube page widely with family, friends, colleagues and community networks. Our goal is to make the videos easy to access so as many people as possible will see them.
These videos are intended as an educational tool:
- to spark discussion and dialogue in the community and schools
- to support families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) youth
- to build awareness and acceptance of LGBTQ+ youth as part of our families.
Tres Gotas de Agua
Tres Gotas de Agua (Three Drops of Water) is a short documentary where three Latina immigrant mothers talk about their children's coming out processes, convey powerful messages about unconditional love, and share responsibility and acceptance of LGBTQ people as part of Latinx families. The three stories, in Spanish with English subtitles, can be viewed together, or as a separate videos.
My Story: Verónica
My Story: Verónica is a short video where a Latina mother talk about her daughter's coming out processes, her journey of unconditional love, and her allyship with the LGBTQ+ community. The video is in Spanish with English subtitles.
El Canto del Colibrí
From the filmmakers that created Tres Gotas de Agua, El Canto del Colibrí is an intimate and deeply personal documentary where immigrant Latino fathers across the U.S. recount the impact of their children’s coming out. Through raw, heartfelt testimonies, these families delve deeply into issues of immigration, prejudice, and isolation, while thoughtfully asking questions of their communities, culture, and even their religious beliefs. The result is a powerful lesson on solidarity and humility in a film that both heals and inspires.
Helpful Links
Family Acceptance
Family Acceptance Project Report on Impact of Family Acceptance
LULAC and HRC Report on Latino LGBTQ Youth
Williams Institute Report On LGBTQ Youth Homelessness
Substance Abuse and Risky Sexual Behavior Decrease Among Latino Youth When Parents Communicate
Gender and Sexual Orientation
I think my child may be LGBTQ: 6 things you can do before they come out
Latinx LGBTQ Stories
Regino: First in family to go to college [VIDEO]
Nathalie: Queer Latina Opens Successful LGBTQ Gym
Michael: Story of Family Rejection [VIDEO]
Cynthia: Family Acceptance Story [VIDEO]
Ricardo & Jesse: Latino Gay Men Raise Four Children
Our Families: LGBT Latino Stories [VIDEO]
Undocumented and Unafraid, Queer and Unashamed [VIDEO]
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