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[[File:Static-assets-upload10717055188094187919.png|thumb|Loca flag by IMakeFlags.]]
'''Loca''' is a reclaimed Spanish slur word used to describe extremely [[feminine]] and flamboyant [[Unstraight|non-heterosexual]] [[men]] and [[transfeminine]] people in [
In Spanish, similar
== Origins & History == ▼
▲In Spanish, similar words include: ''musculoca, cola, locaza, loquita, locaza desatada, loquero'' (Venezuela)'', loquísima'' (Cuba)'', loca de atar'' (Peru)'', loca desbaratada'' (Colombia)'', loca desplumada'' (Cuba)'', loca fuerte'' (Miami, Chile)'', loca sucia'' (Miami, Rep. Dominicana, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) and ''loca desmetecada'' (Mexico).
The word literally translates as "crazy, insane, or mad woman,"
▲== Origins ==
The term can be found as a synonym for feminine [[homosexual]]s since at least the early 70s <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914052238/http://www.cuds.cl/articulos/1agosto08clarin.htm</ref>
▲The word literally translates as "crazy, insane, or mad woman" [https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=loca#:~:text=(perturbado%20mental)-,crazy%2C%20insane,-adj <nowiki>[2]</nowiki>] [https://www.moscasdecolores.com/en/?s=loca <nowiki>[3]</nowiki>] implying that feminine men and transgender women act in such a way that's not mentally sound.
The loca flag was updated on August 11, 2021 by Fandom user IMakeFlags upon request from user Hiddn.haydn.<ref>https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Message_Wall:IMakeFlags?threadId=4400000000000180769#4400000000000621996</ref>
== Reclaiming ==
It is not uncommon to hear from [[queer]] men who jokingly
== References ==
▲It is not uncommon to hear from queer men who jokingly approppriate and reclaim the slur to take away its power.[https://www.ciperchile.cl/2015/01/23/pedro-lemebel-el-corazon-rabioso-del-hombre-loca/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CMe%20cuesta%20identificarme%20con%20esos%20personajes%20que%20he%20sido.%20Decir%20que%20esa%20loca%20de%20camisa%20a%20cuadrill%C3%A9%20y%20cara%20de%20inocenteera%20yo. <nowiki>[4]</nowiki>]
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