Multiracial Americans
A typical Latino American family may have members with a wide range of racial phenotypes, meaning a Hispanic couple may have children who look white and African and/or Native American and/or Asian. Latino Americans have several self-identifications; most Latinos identify as white in terms of race, while others identify as black and/or Native American and/or Asian. Latinos who do not want to identify as one of those identify simply as Hispanic and/or "some other race" as their race.
Homophobia in ethnic minority communities
Homophobia in the Latino community is prevalent within the United States. As ethnic minorities and sexual minorities, queer Latinos may navigate contradictory identities which Gloria Anzaldúa calls "mestiza consciousness". "Borderland" spaces, composed strictly of queer Latinos, allow them to express their sexuality without consequences. One such space was magazine "Esto no tiene nombre"'s community for Latina lesbians.