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Queered approach for Latinx LGBTQ+ culturally responsive evaluation practice
David Edward García1, Esrea Perez-Bill2, Dylan Felt3
1Independent Consultant.
New Directions for Evaluation
|August 18, 2025
Summary
This study advocates for a culturally responsive evaluation approach for Latinx LGBTQ+ communities, integrating critical race theory and queer theory to address unique challenges and affirm strengths.
Area of Science:
- Evaluation
- Social Sciences
- Queer Studies
Background:
- Latinx LGBTQ+ communities possess diverse experiences requiring culturally responsive and equity-based evaluation.
- Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) and LGBTQ+ Evaluation offer frameworks for understanding these communities.
- Feminisms of color within Queer Theory provide historical and cultural insights.
Purpose of the Study:
- To advocate for a "queered" approach to LatCrit in evaluation.
- To address the complexities and nuances of trauma within Latinx LGBTQ+ experiences.
- To promote evaluation practices rooted in cultural responsiveness, empowerment, and transformative traditions.
Main Methods:
- Integrating advancements in LatCrit and LGBTQ+ Evaluation.
- Applying insights from feminisms of color within Queer Theory.
- Adopting a "queered" approach to critically examine evaluation contexts.
Main Results:
- A "queered" LatCrit approach acknowledges historical trauma and oppression.
- This approach refuses deficit-based frames, instead engaging strengths and assets.
- It emphasizes creating safe, empowering contexts attuned to in-betweenness.
Conclusions:
- Evaluations must recognize the unique challenges faced by Latinx LGBTQ+ communities.
- Culturally responsive, empowerment-focused, and transformative evaluation traditions are essential.
- A "queered" LatCrit framework offers a pathway for equitable and nuanced evaluations.
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