Latino groups launch a LGBT Public Service Campaign

Many Latino advocacy organizations have joined together in support of a new public service campaign for the LGBT community.

It's called Familia es Familia and it's set to help families accept their LGBT Latino children.

According to NBC Latino, National Council of La Raza, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Cuban American National Council, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the National Hispanic Medical Association, the Dolores Huerta Foundation and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, are supporting this campaign.

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Though there is a perception that Latino families are “conservative” and reluctant to accept or talk about a gay family member, Duran says the numbers show this is not the case. Sixty eight percent of Latino Catholics believe that being gay is morally acceptable, and 62 percent of Latino Catholics support allowing same-sex couples to marry. Moreover, 73 percent of Latinos agree that a person can express support for gay rights and still be a good Christian.

Duran says the information will help avoid situations like those experienced by Latino actor Wilson Cruz, who has talked publicly about being initially rejected by his family when he first came out as gay. Cruz has been honored by organizations for his advocacy and work with gay youth.

In the Familia es Familia brochure, a Latino parent talks of having kicked the son out of the house when he first said he was gay. “It was eleven years before I understood what a mistake I’d made,” said the Hispanic parent. After more than a decade, the parent apologized, “and now, after all this time, our family is whole again. I never want my son to experience that kind of rejection again.”

I think this is a great initiative, I wish them all the luck. 

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