English

Adjective

Latinx

1. (neologism) Hispanic; Latino or Latina (and of any gender).
   • 2015, Eric A. Stanley, ‎Nat Smith, Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex (ISBN 1849352356):

     "Black and/or Latinx transgender people often find ourselves the target of increased police hostility,..."

   • 2015, Julie Decker, The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality (ISBN 1510700641):

     There is also the fact that, from an early age, people of color— especially young black people and to some extent Hispanic and Latinx/Latino/Latina people—are automatically sexualized to a higher degree by white observers [...]

   • 2016, Charles J. Sykes. Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education (ISBN 1250071593), page 188:

     [...] anti-black racism, anti-Latinx racism, [...]

Noun

Latinx ‎(plural Latinxs)

1. (neologism) A Hispanic person (of any gender); a Latino or Latina.
   • 2015 Fall, City on a Hill Press-Primer, page 30:

     Asian Latinxs [...] Chicanxs/Latinxs [...]

   • 2016, Miguel A. De La Torre, The U.S. Immigration Crisis: Toward an Ethics of Place, page 72:

     Exclusion mainly occurs because Latinxs are conceived by the dominant Euroamerican culture as not belonging, as perpetual “illegals.”

   • 2016 Spring, La Vida Nueva, page 48:

     [And] there is no reason Latinxs shouldn't be the ones to fill them.

Synonyms

• Latin@

See also

• Chicanx

Spanish

Noun

latinx

1. (uncommon, US) gender-neutral form of latino or latina
   • 2016 August, Vicente Guzman-Grozco, Kat Fajardo: Latinxs Ilustradxs, in EL Hispanic News
   • 2015 December 12-13, Lanzate, page 11:

     poblaciones latinxs y chicanxs