Check out Vida Afro-Latina

I had the pleasure of meeting the creator of Vida Afro-Latina today and realized I never introduced the site to all of you.

Black Latinos are woefully underrepresented in the general market, Latino and African-American media. VidaAfroLatina.com has been created to fill that gap.

When you have a moment (or a few hours), go check it out. As Mrs. Robinson says, I learn more about myself when I’m exploring other cultures. Sounds like a site I’ll be frequenting!

Contact them to submit revelant articles, news tips, links or events.

National Call For Art Submissions (Native American and Latina Women)

 

 

NATIONAL CALL FOR ART SUBMISSIONS

 

Xochiquetzalli, the forthcoming anthology of art and Poetry by Native American and Latina women, is seeking visual Arts submissions on the theme of love. This unique compilation of Native American and Latina women’s voices honors Xochiquetzal, the Aztec Goddess of the arts, earth, and love.

 

Artists/designers are encouraged to submit work in any style, or medium. Submissions may include: collage, drawing, painting, photography, comics, and graphic design.

 

1) Deadline for submission: August 25th, 2008.

 

2) Acceptable formats are CDs, or JPG email attachments.

 

3) Notification of acceptance to anthology will be emailed to artists by September 5th, 2008.

 

4) Please include:

 

A. Your full name_______________________________________

 

B. Mailing address______________________________________

 

C. Title of work_________________________________________

 

D. 1-2 sentence bio______________________________________

 

_____________________________________________________

 

 

Please send submissions to Kristina Lovato-Hermann,

Xochiquetzalli Art Editor, to: 77 Glenn Ave. #308, Oakland, CA. 94611

 

Submissions may also be sent electronically to: Xochiquetzalli@live.com. Please include a SASE with adequate return postage if you would like your CD’s returned.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Kristina Lovato-Hermann @ Xochiquetzalli@live.com or check out: http://www.myspace.com/machafemme

Gender Hearts: Call for submissions

GENDERED HEARTS

Sex, dating, and relationships in the transgender/gender variant community. Edited by *Morty Diamond

Looking for first person stories, interviews and poetry from trans and gender variant writers about the experience of dating, sex, relationships, and finding love.

Topic examples: hilarious or heartbreaking dating stories, how we negotiate sex, transitioning within a relationship, being trans and starting families, passing/not passing and how this affects our choices for dating, marriage - legal or otherwise, online dating, sex and dating before and after surgery and/or hormones.

I strive to make this anthology as diverse as possible within age, race, sexuality, and gender identity. I encourage all writers who identify as transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, third gender, non-gender, or gender variant in some way to submit work.

If submitting a short story your work should be between 1,500 and 3,000 words. Sexually explicit work is ok. Please include a short biography with your work.

If your story is accepted you will receive a cash stipend and two free copies of the book. Please submit your writing via email to: genderedhearts@gmail.com. LAST DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: July 15, 2008.

*Morty Diamond is the editor of the book “From the Inside Out, FTM and Beyond” and the producer and director of the films “Trans Entities” and “Trannyfags.”