Daisy Hernández

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]

Daisy Hernández
Born (1975-05-23) May 23, 1975
OccupationWriter/editor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityUnited States
Website
www.daisyhernandez.com

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.

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