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Latinx
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Latinx is a gender-neutral neologism that is sometimes used to refer to people of Latina American identity regardless of their gender, as the suffix (-x) is used as an alternative to both (-o) and (-a) grammatical gender endings in the Spanish words Latino and Latina. The use of the term has been a subject of viral discussions online.
Origin
The word latinx [pronounced /ləˈtiːnɛks] is used as a group term for individuals of Latin American descent of any gender, similar to Hispanic. The term uses gender-neutral ending (-x) to avoid the grammatical gender of Latino (male) and Latina (female).
The origin of the word is uncertain. First use of the word in academic literature is disputed between a Puerto Rican psychological periodical and a Fall 2004 volume of the journal Feministas Unidas,[1] while claims have been made that the usage of the term started "started in online chat rooms and listservs in the 1990s."
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The word Latinx did not attain broad attention prior to 2014.[2]
A 2020 survey by Pew Research Center found that of those U.S. Latinos aware of the term, 33% said that it should be used to describe their ethnic group, with 65% responding that it should not.
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