Most cultures have a ceremony from childhood to adulthood; for most Hispanic people, this is known as a Quinceañera. For me, this practice seems a bit antiquated, especially as a queer person of color who has a Mexican mom. This practice, for me, is something that should stay in the past, like gender reveals parties. …
Gender reveal parties are problematic.
For more than a decade now, parents have been jumping on this, let’s be real, archaic trend of gender reveals party. To celebrate the birth of their kids, they have some sort of reveal where the gender of the baby is disclosed with either blue or pink. Blue for boys and pink for girls. Typical, …