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This is an episode from the TV series "La Rosa de Guadalupe" which has standalone stories that are meant to portray real-life events, such as drug use, sexual activity, family problems, violence, usually with children or adolescents as the…

This document is a study performed in border towns on either end of the US-Mexico border, in the Texas area. The investigators examined the attitudes and knowledge level of Latinas on either side of the border in regards to breast cancer. The results…

This document is a letter signed by 16 members of the House of Representatives denouncing President Mubarak for the arrest and mistreatment of 52 gay men, arrested for promiscuity.

This is a national Latino survey of the experiences and opinions on reproductive health in the United States. The document shows a disparity in access to reproductive health.
This and other surveys also indicate that within the United States,…

The World Health Report published by the World Health Organization in 1995 was a landmark report, since it was the first time that globally, reproductive health was cited as a human right, and an crucial component of poverty alleviation, education,…

A poem by Ire'ne Lara Silva in the poetry book Blood Sugar Canto titled "we don't give morphine for heartburn." This poem is about difficulties in the poet's life with getting the appropriate healthcare, and symptoms taken seriously as a Latino

A series of email correspondence between Laura Esquivel, Sylvia Henriquez, Olga Vives, and Maria- Mills-Torres. Olga Vives thanks the others for taking part in their upcoming NOW Conference to take place in Arlington, Virginia, and they assign…

Article in the Washington Blade, an LGBTQ magazine, speaking out against abstinence-only messages, criminalization of gay relationships, and the importance of quality sexual education for the general population.

An information booklet/report outlining Latina sexual and reproductive health issues and an action plan to tackle them.