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Latinx has generally been used since the early 2010s as a gender-neutral term for members of the Latin American or Hispanic communities in place of gendered terms like Latino or Latina.
Only a tiny fraction of those surveyed (4%) actually use the term "Latinx" to describe themselves, according to Pew. This hasn't changed much since 2019, when 3% say they refer to themselves as ...
“Latinx” has emerged as an inclusive term to refer to people of Latin American descent. But a new survey found that even among the people “Latinx” is intended to describe, few have heard ...
Latinx isn't a new term, and neither are the debates around its use. According to a recent Pew Research Center national survey of Latinos, Latinx has not caught on. Only 3% say they use the term ...
Salon published an article on Sunday warning that the term Latinx is neither popular nor "inclusive" enough to be used anymore. "Latinx is used as an individual identity for those who are gender ...
As an inclusive word, Latinx made some inroads. According to the Pew study, 40% of the LGBQT community says the term should be used to identify the Latino or Hispanic population.
The current most common ways Hispanic populations refer to themselves are “Hispanic,” “Latino/Latina” and “Chicano,” but the newer gender-neutral term “Latinx” attempts to be more ...
Though “Latinx” was intended as an inclusive, gender-neutral alternative to “Latino” and “Hispanic,” many Latinos, myself included, feel that the term is often imposed by people ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Hispanic, Latino, Latinx or something else? Which term should you be using and which term do people prefer? For those who fall under the panethnic umbrella of one of these terms ...
The debate over the term Latinx, reviled by some and loved by others, reflects the struggle of a fast-growing and diverse community in the midst of reimagining itself.
My perspective on “Latinx” changed in 2019 when my mom, who only speaks to me in Spanish, asked me to explain the term’s significance. More accurately, she tried to reference the identifier but was ...
OPINION Why is the term Latinx so strongly rejected by Latinos? Despite increased awareness of the term, only 4 percent of Latino adults use Latinx to describe themselves, according to a new report.