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Resources

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.

Tools

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.

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  1. Haronid Javier July 1, 2020 Reply

    Where can I find spanish sayings like Love is Love? Trying to find spanish gay slogans and haven’t really found any

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