How do Latino/a gay/lesbian/transgender people create family and their own space/place? Describe the keen awareness that the individuals featured in the documentary and film have concerning the social forces that impact LGBTQIP people, their families, and the opportunities that are available to individuals in their communities. Please specific examples of the family formation that LGBTQ people experience in their quest to rebuild or reinvent family. Answer this question by using both videos. 2) Using Zambrana’s chapters 5 and 6 please discuss the various factors that shape gender identity in the Latino community. Be sure to address in your answer a good selection of these key terms from the readings to shape your response: Pathways for Latina girls, Education for Latinas (women), Gender role performance, Sexuality of Latinas, Factors involved in early family formation, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Neighborhood effects on Latinas (girls/women), Influences on changing gender roles for Latinas, Machismo, Masculinity, Representations of Latino males, Sexually transmitted infections (Latino males), Criminalization, Gangs, Male friendships, Role of schools in socially constructing Latino masculinity, Latino male sexuality, Fatherhood and Pathways to “success” for Latino men. *Note not all of these for question 2 need to be included but for a successful post you need to base your answer in these concrete terms from the readings. https://distance-ed.fullerton.edu/bbpresentations/alexandro_gradilla/Tal_Como_Somos/player.html https://distance-ed.fullerton.edu/bbpresentations/Alexandro_Gradilla/Gay_Latino/player.html “Reading: Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition (Ruth Enid Zambrana)”
