Relationships, Parenting, and Fitting in as a Queer Latina

About this episode

Beatriz discusses her experiences with queer identity, mental health struggles, and relationships as a Latina.

Beatriz "I know they called me a lesbian. They actually looked at me and said, oh, you are a lesbian. That just helped me bury it. And of course then after that I was over the top boy. Crazy. Partly because I was boy crazy, but also because I needed to show everybody that No, no, no, no, no. I wasn't a lesbian. I definitely liked boys." Carmen "How did this affect your mental health in those early years?" Beatriz "I hated myself. I mentioned I developed an eating disorder when I was 15. I wasn't diagnosed with anything, but I remember I ate quite a bit and I was overweight. I think now the therapist in me now thinks I was burying my feelings and I was eating my feelings."

People in this episode

Host: Carmen

Guest: Beatriz

Topics covered

• queer identity
• mental health
• parenting
• relationships
• Latina experience

Keywords

• queer Latina
• mental health
• eating disorder
• relationships
• parenting

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