100 Latina Birthdays
100 Latina Birthdays
LWC Studios
Relationships, Parenting, and Fitting in as a Queer Latina
29 minutes Posted Nov 8, 2025 at 4:14 am.
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Beatriz
"I know they called me a lesbian. They actually looked at me and said, oh, you are a lesbian. That just helped me bury it. And of course then after that I was over the top boy. Crazy. Partly because I was boy crazy, but also because I needed to show everybody that No, no, no, no, no. I wasn't a lesbian. I definitely liked boys."
Carmen
"How did this affect your mental health in those early years?"
Beatriz
"I hated myself. I mentioned I developed an eating disorder when I was 15. I wasn't diagnosed with anything, but I remember I ate quite a bit and I was overweight. I think now the therapist in me now thinks I was burying my feelings and I was eating my feelings."