Latino Resource Center-NIU

🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride month everybody!🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
June is Pride Month and in honor of this we are sharing amazing Latines/x you should know about and resources! Let's talk about the 'X' and the 'E'... as in the term Latinx and Latine and some examples of how to use in Spanish.

𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐱:Gender-neutral term, sometimes used instead of Latino or Latina to refer to people of Latin American cultural or ethnic identity in the United States.

𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞: Spanish language is finally catching up to the same need for a gender-neutral form. However, ‘x’ would not easily translate into how Spanish is used verbally, plus its heavily gendered… there is new movement to use ‘e’ when speaking in Spanish as it relates to a person instead of ‘@’ or ‘a/o’.

It follows the vowel grammar and it literally already existed…
Usted𝒆𝒔 me entienden verdad?
Even though unrecognized by RAE(Royal Academy of Spanish)
Examples: Doctor/Doctora(s)/Doctore(s) OR Cooks: Cocineros/Cocineras/Cocineres

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬-
Gender Neutral: Elle, Elles, Nosotres
Traditionally Female: Ella, Ellas, Nosotras
Traditionally Male: El, Ellos, Nosotros

🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride month everybody!🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
June is Pride Month and in honor of this we will be sharing amazing Latines/x you should know about. Pride month came in recognition to the Stonewall riots when Bill Clinton was president (2000). So, we start with a Stonewall activist that was there--- Trans-Latina icon:- Sylvia Rivera!

𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚
July 2, 1951 - February 19, 2002
𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍- 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 28, 1969
Born in New York City in 1951 to a father from Puerto Rico and a mother from Venezuela. Sylvia, was involved in the 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising, alongside fellow activist and friend Marsha P. Johnson. Sylvia Rivera advocated for those silenced and disregarded by larger movements. She fought against the exclusion of transgender people, especially trans* people of color, from the larger movement for gay rights. Sylvia was involved in many movements including the Black Liberation and Peace movements. Rivera said in a 2001 interview that while she did not throw the first Molotov cocktail at the police (a long-standing myth), she did throw the second. During six nights at Stonewall as a 17 year old, Rivera refused to go home or to sleep, saying “I’m not missing a minute of this—it's the revolution!”

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞? www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sylvia-rivera

𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐈𝐔 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲?> 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐱 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲!
Community Highlights:
-Building connections with peers, faculty and staff.
-Empowering peer-to-peer learning and participating in peer mentor program.
-Guidance from the Latino Resource Center & Center for Latino and Latin American Studies.
-Taking one LATS class each semester.
-Explore Latinx culture through dynamic learning experiences.
-Get involved in planning culturally themed events.

𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!
Tuesday June 9; 3:00-4:00p.m.
Monday June 22; 2:00-3:00p.m.
Friday June 26; 3:00-4:00p.m.
For more information visit: go.niu.edu/LatinxLLC (Link in Bio)
NIU Latino and Latin American Studies

🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride month everybody!🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 ¡Feliz Pride!

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠!! But you can still come visit us!
Latino Center Hours for the Summer:
𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚- 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚: 8𝒂𝒎-4:30𝒑𝒎

Congratulations class of 2026! Here are some pictures from the Latino Graduation Celebration! We are proud of your accomplishments and celebrate your éxito, cultura, and cumunidad here at NIU! (success, culture, community)

More photos from this event will be posted to the LRC's Facebook album!
Felicidades again!
Link to album in bio

Mamiiii😁!!!! 🥳Happy Mothers Day to all the moms! Thank you for all you do! For the worries and regaños that help and come from love.

¡Feliz día de las Madres a todas las mamás! Gracias por todo lo que hacen. Por preocuparse y los regaños que vienen llenos de amor.