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Cuba Legalizes Same Sex Marriage & Passes New Family Code in Historic Vote

Sofía AguilarSeptember 27, 2022

by Sofía AguilarSeptember 27, 202203655

Cuba became the latest country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage on Sept. 26, following in the footsteps of Chile and six other countries in LATAM. With the exception of Guatemala, Latin America has slowly become more progressive in...

News and Entertainment

Chile Becomes Eighth Country to Approve Same Sex Marriage in LATAM

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonDecember 8, 2021December 8, 202103519

In a historic move, Chile’s Congress approved same-sex marriage by a huge majority on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. The country is now the eighth country in Latin America to do so, and the 31st in the world. Legislation to allow...

Lifestyle

How to Know the Difference Between Your Soulmates and Your Twin Flame

jackieFebruary 5, 2020October 22, 2020

by jackieFebruary 5, 2020October 22, 2020084726

Is your partner really your Soulmate? Or could they be much more than that — like your Twin Flame? First of all: All of these labels sound very romantic, don’t they? Soulmates, Twin Flames — the Yin to your Yang…...

Family

7 Lessons in Love We Can All Learn from Jada Pinkett & Will Smith

HipLatinaNovember 9, 2018September 1, 2020

by HipLatinaNovember 9, 2018September 1, 202009213

If you haven’t heard of it yet, Jada Pinkett has a really brilliant show on Facebook called The Red Table. It’s basically an intergenerational talk show that she hosts alongside her mom and her daughter. They talk about everything from...

Family

Justin Bieber And Hailey Baldwin Are Engaged. So Is Getting Married Young A Thing Now?

Araceli CruzJuly 9, 2018September 21, 2020

by Araceli CruzJuly 9, 2018September 21, 202001580

Justin Bieber and model Hailey Baldwin are reportedly engaged. The rumored news broke this weekend, which left me wondering? Is getting married young a thing now? I say thing because this latest celebrity engagement comes just weeks after it was...

Lifestyle

How to Begin The Conversation About Money When In A Relationship

Irina GonzalezMay 26, 2018October 9, 2020

by Irina GonzalezMay 26, 2018October 9, 202002500

When my husband and I first met, we moved pretty quickly and by that I mean that we moved in together pretty quickly. It was after only knowing each other for a month and a half, and we’ve never looked...

Culture Family

8 Unique Ways To Incorporate Your Culture at Your Half-Latino Wedding

Giselle CastroApril 23, 2018October 15, 2020

by Giselle CastroApril 23, 2018October 15, 202002872

Congratulations! You’re engaged and now the wedding planning begins. If you’re like me, then you take pride in your Latin roots and would like some aspects of it to be reflected in your celebration. If your fiancé is non-Latino you...

Family

What Does it Mean to be a Feminist and a Wife?

Irina GonzalezFebruary 26, 2018October 30, 2020

by Irina GonzalezFebruary 26, 2018October 30, 202014938

“What does it mean to be a feminist and a wife?” This question was on my mind a week before my wedding last year. For any woman who is a proud feminist, as I grew up, the decision to get...

Family

The Avocado Proposal Is Now a Thing Proving Millennials Have No Chill

HipLatinaFebruary 22, 2018October 29, 2020

by HipLatinaFebruary 22, 2018October 29, 202002044

I sincerely never thought I’d be saying this, in 2018, but we have OFFICIALLY reached peak Avocado. I thought this had actually happened sometime last year, when avocado toast just kept getting more and more ridiculous, but no, people are...

Family

10 Totally Sexy Fantasies It’s Ok To Share With Your Sweetie

Irina GonzalezFebruary 14, 2018October 28, 2020

by Irina GonzalezFebruary 14, 2018October 28, 2020024231

According to a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, it is totally normal to have sexual fantasies and it is also totally normal to not actually want to act on them. For instance, you might dream about being...

Family

Why Changing My Last Name After Getting Married Is Complicated Because I’m Latina

Irina GonzalezFebruary 6, 2018September 17, 2020

by Irina GonzalezFebruary 6, 2018September 17, 20202 11446

Recently, I celebrated my one-month wedding anniversary with the man who I very un-ironically call “the love of my life.” It was a beautiful day that made me very, very happy and was the perfect mix of traditional and unconventional —...

Family

11 Things You Need to Know About the Planned Elopement

Irina GonzalezJanuary 29, 2018November 13, 2020

by Irina GonzalezJanuary 29, 2018November 13, 20200364

Just over a month ago, I got married. It was a joyous, wonderful day that resulted from a — here’s the important part — planned elopement. Never heard of a “planned elopement?” Well, here’s the gist: According to The New York Times,...