We Can’t Beat Toxic Masculinity Without First Taking on Machismo

Prizing masculinity — and punishing everything else — has persisted in Latin America, turning a colonial past into an oppressive present

Janel Martinez
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5 min readJan 3, 2020

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GGrowing up, Eddie Bravo was taught to feel ashamed of his identity. Not the Guatemalan Filipino part — the queer part. “My…

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Culture & Identity Writer | Garifuna | Connoisseur de tajadas | Documenting daughters of the Diaspora over @aintilatina