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Section sizes Section size for Latinx (12 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 4,249 4,249 258 258 Usage and pronunciation 4,944 4,944 151 151 Origins and public usage 5,649 24,670 399 1,703 Among US Hispanics/Latinos 5,097 5,097 504 504 In literature and academia 8,787 8,787 470 470 In politics 5,137 5,137 330 330 Reception 11,453 11,453 690 690 Similar terms 6,301 6,301 151 151 See also 385 385 0 0 References 28 28 0 0 Notes 528 528 0 0 Further reading 2,396 2,396 0 0 Total 54,954 54,954 2,953 2,953

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 26 May 2025 and 16 July 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Joseph Borges (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Nayelimorocho (talk) 03:13, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(The contribs link isn’t working, here a fixed link: [1])

I have reverted these edits, as they did not cite any independent reliable sources for the claim that The term has also been used in contemporary memoir [sic] to affirm trans and gender-nonconforming Latin American identities and that this particular book exemplifies (i.e. is representative of) its usage in particular communities, leaving serious doubts on whether this particular use in a particular memoir should indeed considered relevant for this article, or whether the importance of this book for this article topic is rather the editor’s personal opinion. (Use-mention distinction might also be worth a look.)

For what it’s worth: The article about the book’s author doesn’t contain this claim either, in fact it doesn’t even mention the term “Latinx” at all – nor do any of the reviews and other sources cited there in the section about the book (except a single interview with the author, where she uses it only a single time and doesn’t discuss the term per se).

Regards, HaeB (talk) 03:38, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Latinx didn’t originate in English calling it a English neologism when it originated in Spanish seems dishonest. Especially to say it so early within the article. ~2025-35199-06 (talk) 15:51, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide a source demonstrating this? _signed, Rosguill ^talk 15:54, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The articles currently has two sourced claims that state that the term originated in either a Puerto Rican psychology publication, or in Feministas Unidas i.e. a Spanish-language publication. For this to be categorised as an English neologism, we need the article to actually state that it is one. Cortador (talk) 16:25, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]