IN THE NEWS
Hablo's skills as a free lance writer has gained them trust by their communities in the U.S. and abroad. Hablo's work covers queer and trans People of Color disability, healing processes and sexuality though a radical and unapologetic lens. Having freelanced for The Huffington Post, Rooted in Rights Disability and Rest For Resistance, their work emphasizes the voices of the most marginalized, highlighting the perspective of Queer and Trans ancestors of Color. Their voice and critical analysis applied to social injustices of our time has covered topics from their first hand experience at Standing Rock to covering much needed voices and power of Trans women of Color.
WHY MILITARIZATION AGAINST MELANIN SHOULD MATTER TO TRANS PEOPLE
August 10th, 2017
When communities of color are targeted by police militarization, queer and trans folks of color are subjected to horrendous abuses. Trans people are placed in detention centers that do not align with their gender identities with no access to hormones, and can be held in solitary confinement for undisclosed amounts of time under the guise of protection.
GETTING BLACK TRANS WOMEN’S NEEDS MET: AN INTERVIEW WITH PHOEBE VANCLEEFE
September 19th, 2017
Many multiply marginalized folks, especially queer and trans people of color, experience homelessness as a direct result of family member’s hostility to their sexual orientation or gender identity. Rejection, and sometimes, violence at home push many LGBTQ folks into the streets. For trans women of color especially, transmisogyny combined with racism creates barriers to employment access and higher rates of homelessness. With only 7% of the population identifying as LGBTQ across the United States, a disproportionate 40% LGBTQ folks make up the total population of 1.6 young adults experiencing homelessness in the United States.
HEALING OURSELVES, RECLAIMING OUR ANCESTRAL LINEAGES
July 12th, 2017
For many queer and trans People of Color, the paths to uncovering our ancestry and cultural healing practices are filled with Google searches, conversations with family members, elders, and library loans. For most queer and trans People of Color who reclaim severed connections to cultural healing practices, access to spaces which encourage deconstructing colonial, capitalist ways of navigating the world are crucial. It is through community and access to radical knowledge that QTPOC are able to rebirth ourselves spiritually and energetically. This allows for our unapologetic QTPOC self love to continue to grow and honors our ancestors seven generations forward and backwards.
CARING FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE BEAUTIFULLY COMPLEX INTERSECTIONS OF MY EXISTENCE
October 10th, 2017
Within many Latino households, mental illness and mental health flare ups are reduced to character traits as opposed to being viewed as symptoms. As Latina.com highlights, “among Hispanics with a mental disorder, fewer than one in 11 contact a mental health specialist, and fewer than one in five contact a general health care provider, according to the American Psychiatric Association’s Office of Minority and National Affairs. Furthermore, less than 55 percent of Hispanic adults — and only 30 percent of adolescents — with a major depressive episode in receive treatment for depression.”
KINKY BABY: BROWN VISIBILITY AT FOLSOM STREET FAIR
December 8, 2017
What if I told you that many Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian and countless other folks of color find healing in kink? More specifically, that QTPoC have deep relations and love for kink and are very much invested in kink communities. At the same time, we endure a lot of racial microaggressions within kink communities as a result of unchecked privileges. Why do we attend events that aren't made with us in mind? Am I just a jaded heaux? Is there healing to be found in kink communities for people of color? And if things are so fucked up there, why do we keep going? I knew my answers, but wanted community input, so I asked . . .
https://restforresistance.com/zine/kinky-baby-qtpoc-visibility-at-folsom-street-fair
HOW I TEND TO MENTAL HEALTH AT MY INTERSECTIONS
October 5th, 2018
Knowing that our resilience flows like water as Latinx people, I began to seek out culturally relevant methods of healing and coping to manage my mental health flare ups. Due to a lack of access to competent therapy and medical spaces, I sought out my own spaces to find relief.
Through medicinal herbs and blessings through Curanderos and shamans, I found that I was able to cope with flair ups as best that I had access to. Armed with herbal medicines taught by undocumented healers and wisdom from elders, I remembered that my ancestors have been in relationship with naturally occurring medicinal plants, including those that are deemed criminal in Latinx hands.
https://restforresistance.com/zine/tending-to-mental-health-at-my-intersections