1. Latino Sexuality in Pop Culture By Eduardo Vergara

2. Heteronormativity What is it in North America? In Latino Communities? What effects does it have on the community? In Latino Communities?

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4. Heteronormative Denoting or relating to a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual orientation 1

5. Does color have an effect/correlation with power within minority groups?

6. “Color Matters” Ricky Martin was considered a part of “the white upper-class islanders, or blanquitos” for his sexual performance with “less- threatening butt” 2 Jennifer Lopez acting in Selena and having her butt “become the site of racialization as sexual excess” made her considered a dark skinned person 2

7. Sexuality in Latino Pop Culture

8. Lupe was considered a very sexual being on stage “Lupe’s exaggerated sexuality on stage was framed by her desire to embody and inhabit the space of anger, longing, and desperation in song” 2 The females in Mi Vida Loca were all considered cholas which contextualized masculine females A Mexican-American youth who belongs to a street gang William Levy is a well known Latin actor that played many sexual roles in telenovelas

9. Bibliography http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/heteronorma tive 1 http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/heteronorma tive Latina/o Sexualities – Marysol Ascencio 2