Lauren Jauregui Covers Paper Magazine
Lauren Jauregui is on the cover of Paper Magazine. The artist is one of 7 stars featured on the magazine’s Pride issue.
In the issue, Lauren’s friend and musician, Chika sat down with the singer and talked about Pride, the Black Lives Matter movement, her fandom, and so much more. Highlights can be found below.
On how she’s celebrating Pride this year: “I’m celebrating Pride this month by celebrating Black trans folks and by donating to Black trans folks. I’m celebrating by acknowledging that our focus this month should be queer Black people and not just because it happens to coincide with the Black Lives Matter movement. All of these things that we talk about as movements and moments are things that define people’s daily lives. We’re having these conversations because we have continued to look at whiteness and white supremacy as the default setting for everything.”
On her Latinx fandom: “I come from a Cuban family and always felt that queerness was such a taboo topic in the Latinx community. I’ve noticed that in who has gravitated towards me, as well, in my fandom. A lot of queer Latinx people come to me, especially femme-presenting, especially people who are bi or pansexual. I think it’s what you’re saying, Chika, we are the people that we never saw. We’re trying our best to embody our truth in a way that’s accessible for other people to see themselves in us. And even if they don’t see themselves in who I am, they see me being myself and therefore, they can be themselves as a vicarious thing.”
To read her full interview click here. This is such an amazing interview! What a great read, filled with so much honesty and openness. I loved it!
Source: Paper Magazine