Chicanx

Or chi·ca·nx

[chi-kah-neks, ‐-kan-eks]

adjective

1. of or relating to Mexican Americans or their culture (used in place of the masculine form Chicano , the feminine form Chicana , or the gender-binary formChican@ ).

   The class studied several novels by Chicanx authors.

noun

plural

Chicanxs ,

plural

Chicanx .

1. a Mexican American (used in place of the masculine form Chicano , the feminine form Chicana , or the gender-binary formChican@ ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Chicanx¹

First recorded in 2000–05; Chican(a) ( def. ) or Chican(o) ( def. ) + x ³ ( def. ) in the sense “unknown quantity or variable”; Chican@ ( def. )

Example Sentences

In college at UCLA, he crossed paths with young members of the Brown Berets, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán, and the Black Panther Party, later volunteering in demonstrations led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.

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“A lot of people think these issues are solved. But they are not. We still need resources and opportunities for us,” said Jimenez, who is part of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán, or MEChA, and has attended Native American campus events.

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For Chicanx artists in the 1970s, working with few resources and little institutional support, the body was an elemental material.

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On the whole, his work queered Chicanx culture while also Chicanx-izing queer culture.

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He is a budding queer icon among icons, a Chicanx body inhabiting the body of L.A. in funny, subversive ways.

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