Latino Archives - THE LOVING PROJECT https://lovingproject.com/tag/latino/ Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Loving v. Virginia Wed, 24 Dec 2025 20:38:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lovingproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-TLP_logo-32x32.png Latino Archives - THE LOVING PROJECT https://lovingproject.com/tag/latino/ 32 32 120147512 Episode 23: Joshu and Marleny https://lovingproject.com/episode-23-joshu-marleny/ Mon, 23 Oct 2017 04:00:54 +0000 https://lovingproject.com/?p=436 Joshu and Marleny met online in 2011. After a potentially disastrous first date, they hit it off and eventually got married in 2014. They now live in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood. Joshu is white and Marleny is black and was born in the Dominican Republic. She grew up speaking Spanish the fact that Joshu is a […]

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]]> Joshu and Marleny met online in 2011. After a potentially disastrous first date, they hit it off and eventually got married in 2014. They now live in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood.

Joshu is white and Marleny is black and was born in the Dominican Republic. She grew up speaking Spanish the fact that Joshu is a fluent speaker helped him quickly and easily integrate into her immigrant family. In this episode of the Loving Project podcast, Joshu and Marleny talk about how their relationship has helped them better understand everyday racial dynamics and their experiences in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election.

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]]> 436 Episode 20: Len and Fernando https://lovingproject.com/episode-20-len-fernando/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 04:00:38 +0000 https://lovingproject.com/?p=418 Len and Fernando met and started dating in 1981 but they didn’t get married until 2014, over 3 decades later. They literally fought for the right to marry; they were among several LGBT couples who were plaintiffs in the lawsuit that resulted in the legalization of same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, a year before the US […]

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]]> Len and Fernando met and started dating in 1981 but they didn’t get married until 2014, over 3 decades later. They literally fought for the right to marry; they were among several LGBT couples who were plaintiffs in the lawsuit that resulted in the legalization of same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, a year before the US Supreme Court decision on marriage quality.

Len is white and grew up in Vermont; Fernando is Cuban-Chinese and grew up in Florida. They live in Philadelphia with their adopted daughter, who is African-American.

In this episode of the Loving Project podcast, Len and Fernando discuss what its like to be part of a multiracial, multicultural family; how their differences enrich their lives and relationships; and why it was important to them to get involved in the fight for marriage equality.

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