Latina/o Americans and Transgender Identity

Latina/o (Latinx) Americans are a very diverse group of people, and country-of-origin and cultural differences between multiple ethnic groups create significant intragroup diversity. Each country has differences in language, colonization, history, economy, immigration challenges, and sociopolitical environment, among others, thus making generalizations difficult at best. Latinxs are considered the fastest-growing ethnicity in the United States, according to the 2010 U.S. Census data. On immigration to the United States, Latinx Americans also differ in the level of enculturation and how identified they remain with their families’ countries of origin. While most Latinxs share the colonial legacy of imperialistic Catholic countries and linguistic roots in their Latin-derived languages, their histories of resistance to colonization and their indigenous roots make for regional differences in gender roles and, sometimes, ...