Daisy Hernández

Daisy Hernández
Born (1975-05-23) May 23, 1975
Occupation Writer/editor
Language English
Nationality United States
Website
www.daisyhernandez.com

Daisy Hernández (born May 23, 1975) is a writer and editor in the United States. She coedited the essay collection Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism (Seal Press, 2002), and in 2014 published A Cup of Water Under My Bed, a memoir about growing up queer in a Colombian-Cuban family.[1]

From 2008 to 2010, Hernández edited ColorLines, where she began working as a senior writer in 2004. On January 12, 2011, the NPR program All Things Considered broadcast her commentary on the 2011 Arizona shooting.[2] Conservatives critiqued the piece for its use of the word gringo.[3][4][5]

"Becoming a Black Man",[6] her article about the experiences of black trans men, was nominated in 2009 for a GLAAD Media Award in the category of "Outstanding Magazine Article".[7][8] In 2015, she was named one of the two winners of the Lambda Literary Foundation's "Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award" at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Wade, Julie Marie. "The Rumpus Interview with Daisy Hernández". Rumpus. Rumpus. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Hernandez, Daisy. "Across America, Latino Community Sighs With Relief". NPR.org. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Shepard, Alicia C. "Is the Word "Gringo" Offensive Or Just Distracting?". NPR.org. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "NPR injects racial vitriol into stories," O'Reilly Factor Flash, Jan. 17, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Is 'Gringo' Like The N-Word? NPR Under Attack," The Young Turks, Jan. 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ Hernández, Daisy (7 January 2008). "Becoming a Black Man". ColorLines. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27.
  8. ↑ "GLAAD announces TV, film noms," Variety.com, Jan. 26, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Upcoming: Pride 5K; Comics; Brave Face; Lambda Literary awards; HER app". Windy City Times, May 12, 2015.

Further reading

  • De Leon, Celina (27 April 2007). "Daisy Hernández: Examining the Color Line". Feministing. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  • Harper-Bisso, Susan (May 2008). "Book Review: Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism" (PDF). Journal of International Women's Studies. 9 (3): 360–362. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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