{"id":58359,"date":"2025-07-12T01:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T01:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58359\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T01:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T01:41:11","slug":"la-latinx-queer-festival-organizers-say-immigration-operations-cannot-rob-us-of-our-joy-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58359\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Latinx queer festival organizers say immigration operations \u2018cannot rob us of our joy\u2019 \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cQueer joy\u201d is a form of resistance, organizers of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLyFW3vB9tI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latinx LGBTQ+ community festival<\/a> this Sunday in Los Angeles say.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/joteria-a-cultural-pride-event-tickets-1325908511049?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cJoter\u00eda,\u201d<\/a> an annual cultural celebration for members of the LGBTQ+ Latinx community, will be hosted at <a href=\"https:\/\/lapca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes<\/a> (LAPCA) \u2014 a Smithsonian-affiliated museum located in downtown Los Angeles, near Olvera Street, in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvieswholunch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salvies Who Lunch<\/a>. The event is free with RSVP only.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s all-ages event begins at 1 p.m., and will include food, arts and crafts, live performances, small business vendors, and HIV\/AIDS resource booths for attendees. Queer performers, including drag artist Queen Angelina and trans DJ MizSkoden, will share messages of positivity, organizers said.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><img alt=\"Drag performer Queen Angelina dances on stage at last year\u2019s...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"  \/>\n<p>Drag performer Queen Angelina dances on stage at last year\u2019s Joter\u00eda event celebrating the LGBTQ+ Latinx community. This year\u2019s event will take place on Sunday, July 13. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Gonzalez)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Performer Athena Kills dances at last year\u2019s Joter\u00eda festival, an...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LDN-L-JOTERIAPREV-0710-1.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Performer Athena Kills dances at last year\u2019s Joter\u00eda festival, an event celebrating the Latinx LGBTQ+ community. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Gonzalez)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"3\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vendors from Fresca Signature Flavors sell drinks at last year\u2019s...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LDN-L-JOTERIAPREV-0710-2.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Vendors from Fresca Signature Flavors sell drinks at last year\u2019s Joster\u00eda festival, an event celebrating the Latinx LGBTQ+ community. The business will return to this year\u2019s \u201cJoster\u00eda,\u201d which will take place on Sunday, July 13. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Gonzalez)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"4\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An attendee of last year\u2019s \u201cJoter\u00eda\u201d festival looks through a...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LDN-L-JOTERIAPREV-0710-3.jpg\" \/>\n<p>An attendee of last year\u2019s \u201cJoter\u00eda\u201d festival looks through a vendor\u2019s artwork. The festival, which seeks to celebrate the LGBTQ Latinx community, will return this year on Sunday, July 13, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Gonzalez)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 4<\/p>\n<p>Drag performer Queen Angelina dances on stage at last year\u2019s Joter\u00eda event celebrating the LGBTQ+ Latinx community. This year\u2019s event will take place on Sunday, July 13. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Gonzalez)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event was initially scheduled for June 14, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/06\/30\/pride-under-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during Pride Month<\/a>, but was postponed due to increased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/07\/08\/city-of-la-county-and-7-cities-join-lawsuit-to-stop-federal-immigration-raids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration enforcement activity<\/a> in the L.A. area. Starting in June, federal officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/06\/06\/federal-agents-conduct-immigration-raid-outside-la-home-depot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conducted nearby raids targeting undocumented immigrants<\/a>\u00a0as part of President Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/06\/15\/trump-deportations-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass deportation campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety and well-being of our community, artists, volunteers, partners and attendees remain our highest priority,\u201d LAPCA organizers said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKs62uJpSbL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, days before the original event date in June.<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Gonzalez, founder of Salvies Who Lunch, said that officials are taking measures to protect attendees from ICE sweeps. They are holding the cultural event in a private outdoor space at LAPCA, and only letting people who RSVP enter.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez added that she sees this upcoming gathering as a show of resistance against ICE, and proof that ongoing detentions or deportations \u201ccannot rob us of our joy, of our identities, of our cultural heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cJoter\u00eda\u201d has historically been used to describe \u201cpeople of Mexican descent who do not fit heteronormative standards,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajaas.com\/joteria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Association for Joter\u00eda Arts, Activism and Scholarship<\/a>, but has since become a term of empowerment and decolonization.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez, a queer woman, said the word is being \u201creclaimed\u201d by the LGBTQ+ community \u2014 similar to the word \u201cqueer\u201d in English.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe use it as a way to show power, to show strength and to inspire the next generation of queer youth that this is their home,\u201d she said. \u201cThe word in itself is reclaiming it from a derogative \u2014 from a negative to a positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, and to RSVP for Joter\u00eda on Sunday, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lapca.org\/event\/joteria\/?event_date=2025-07-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lapca.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related stories<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: July 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM PDT<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cQueer joy\u201d is a form of resistance, organizers of a Latinx LGBTQ+ community festival this Sunday in Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,12514,2879,2961,5603,728,224,6080,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-58359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-diversity","11":"tag-events","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-lgbtq","14":"tag-local-news","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-county","17":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114837722527366721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}