Made by Alphabet People trying to make the Spanish language inclusive and accidentally being racist.
Sometimes used as a racial slur against Latino/Latina people.
The only Latin Americans that will actually ever say it are part of the LGBTQ+ Community.
Bigot: what is up my latinx amigx!
Latin Americans and smarter beings: shut the fuck up
Racist: that latinx over there is ruining america!
Other guy: wtf?
1. Gender non-conforming people of Latin American descent.
2. LGBT/Queer people that identify with their adopted gender as opposed to their biological sex, and with Latin culture.
3. The community of trans and gender-neutral people in the Americas that identify with their latino* heritage.
*Latino, or latin by the US definition, but perhaps also including Spaniards, Italians, French and speakers of other Latin-based languages that don't identify as male or female.
My homie Juan identifies as Latinx because the history of patriarchal misogyny and homophobic machismo in the Latino community makes him feel alienated as a former gay woman, and as a trans man.
Latinx people deal with a lot of intersectional marginalization but the community is small and in some ways that gives them strength.
A term coined in the 1990's by LGBT Puerto Rican activists for use as a gender neutral term alongside the more "traditional" Latino and Latina. This term became more mainstream after its academic publication in 2004, and is now being used among a younger LGBT generation of Hispanic people.