As part of <a href="http://tallerpr.org/event/en-blanco-y-negro-gay-boricua/" target="_blank">En Blanco y Negro: Gay &amp; Boricua</a>, an exhibition of the artwork of José Luis Cortés, <a href="http://www.galaei.org" target="_blank">GALAEI </a>and Taller Puertorriqueño are pleased to present a panel discussion on important issues affecting the LGBTQ Latino community.

The panel will look at, from different perspectives, their past, current and future directions. The topics addressed will include the intersectionalities of insider/outsider, invisibility, homophobia, resilience, migration, ethnicity, race, class, and gender, the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the social and political organization of LGBTQ Latinos in the United States and Puerto Rico. This will be a public and open forum.

Panel participants include: José Luis Cortés, artist; Elicia Gonzales, Executive Director of GALAEI; Erika Guadalupe Núñes, artist and community organizer; Emmanuel Coreano, a youth member at GALAEI; Bella,a trans* identifying youth who is passionate about the Queer community; and Louie A. Ortiz from <a href="http://thegranvarones.com" target="_blank">The Gran Varones Project</a>.   David Acosta, AIDS activist, writer, cultural worker and current artistic director for <a href="http://www.casadeduende.com" target="_blank">Casa de Duende</a>, will be the moderator.

This is part of the citywide celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Reminder Day demonstrations in Philadelphia<i>.</i> For more information on the celebration go to <a href="http://waygay.org/reminder2015." target="_blank">http://waygay.org/reminder2015.</a>

Learn more about the panelist <a href="http://tallerpr.org/2015/05/29/gay-latino-panel/">here</a>.

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