Latinx Heritage Month and Health Resources

Latinx Heritage Month takes place every year from September 15 to October 15 and is a time to celebrate the cultures, histories, and contributions of the people of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. 

What's with the "x" in Latinx? 

This heritage month, signed into law by President Reagan in 1988, was originally called Hispanic Heritage Month, but that term has fallen out of favor in some communities as its seen to glorify Spanish colonialism. It was replaced with Latino Heritage Month, which morphed into Latin@ Heritage Month to include both men and women. The @ symbol looks like an "a" and "o" combined for Latina/Latino. But this binary term was seen as exclusionary to members of the queer community and in particular the trans and nonbinary community. So, enter Latinx. The "x" is a place holder so that the term is not gendered and could be used to describe someone of any (or no) gender.    

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• Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (Library of Congress)

• Business Association of Latin American Studies (BALAS)

• Cuban Heritage Collection (University of Miami)

• David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

• Digital Library of the Caribbean

• Ethnicity: Hispanic and Latino (Open Directory Project)

• Handbook of Latin American Studies - From the Library of Congress

• Hispanic Heritage Month - HispanicHeritageMonth.org

• Hispanic Heritage Month - Library of Congress

• Hispanics (National Education Association)

• Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project (Cornell Univ.)

• Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)

• Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

• National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service) - National Hispanic Heritage Month

• Pew Hispanic Center

• Pinterest (Library of Congress: Hispanic Heritage Month) | Discover images and text from the Library of Congress about Hispanic Heritage Month.

• Primary Sources and Hispanic Heritage Month | from the Library of Congress (with suggestions for use)

• Smithsonian Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources

• Smithsonian Latino Center

• United States Census: Hispanic Origin | News, publications, and working papers.

• United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)