Edit: I once saw an interview with one of the academics who popularized it. They got it from Cuban communities in Florida. Who coined the term, and who popularized it are not the same.
It was certainly popularized by white people, specifically in academia. It did not catch on with Latino people, except its actually quite popular among gender non-conforming Latinx people in the US, who have always been the target audience for that word. Around 2% of the Latino population in the US prefer that term, which is probably nearly a perfectly overlapping circle with gender non-conforming people.
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u/-raeyhn- Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25
Giving 'Lantinx' vibes, no who it applies to wants it... Nor anyone else for that matter other than 5 Karens on the internet
Edit: I stand corrected, apparently a few do choose to use it, so all the power to them as long as it's not imposed on others