April Maria Ortiz

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April Maria Ortiz is a writer, artist, and professor who lives in Uvalde, where she inhabits an old house overlooking the grave of a racist gunfighter and spends her days trying to understand how we got where we are.

Articles by April Maria Ortiz

Trans in the Heart of Texas

A math professor in Uvalde finds that the roots of hate are surprisingly shallow.

by April Maria Ortiz

I Am a Trans Texan

A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.

by April Maria Ortiz

Families of Uvalde victims and their allies hold signs showing the faces and names of the dead, along with demands for an end to gun violence. In Sacred Heart of Uvalde, Michael Ortiz argues the massacre divides people along political lines including in the church.

The Sacred Heart of Uvalde

The town remains divided in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School tragedy, and the division runs through the church.

by April Maria Ortiz