Tatiana de la tierra Quotes

tatiana de la tierra was a Latina lesbian writer born in Colombia, and the creator of the first international Latina lesbian magazine Esto no tiene nombre; the quarterly magazine was distributed in various parts of the United States and to many Latin American countries, including Colombia. Much of her writing was bilingual and bicultural featuring both the English and Spanish language and contained very sexual content. Through her work, de la tierra gave voice to LGBTQ people of color and inspired other writers to speak about sex and sexuality in an honest manner. Wikipedia  

✵ 1961 – 2012
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Famous Tatiana de la tierra Quotes

“Crying is bullshit. In a certain way, everything fits. When you’re alive, you fit. You may not fit within certain particulars, but that’s when you self-publish. That’s the good thing about today…”

On her advice to writers who might feel they do not fit a particular mold in the interview “She Does It Her Way: tatiana de la tierra” https://labloga.blogspot.com/2010/08/she-does-it-her-way-tatiana-de-la.html in La Bloga (2010 Aug 1)

“The early days of esto no tiene nombre were the happiest time in my life. I had a vision, I had hope, and I was not alone. There was a lot of love going around then — sexual love, spiritual love, friendship love, literature love, publishing love. Perfect love.”

On her time working for the lesbian magazine esto no tiene nombre (as quoted in “Celebrating Tatiana De La Tierra And The Latina Lesbian Zine Culture Of The '90s” https://bust.com/books/194419-tatiana-de-la-tierra-zine-culture.html in Bust Magazine)

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