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'''Loca''' is a reclaimed Spanish slur word used to describe extremely feminine and flamboyant non-heterosexual men and transfeminine people in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_America Hispanic America] and Spain. [https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=loca <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] It is comparable to words like ''queen'', ''fairy'', or more offensively [[F*ggot|''f*g'']] and ''poof.''

In Spanish, similar terms 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," [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 term can be found as a synonym for feminine homosexuals since at least the early 70s [https://web.archive.org/web/20080914052238/http://www.cuds.cl/articulos/1agosto08clarin.htm#:~:text=Las%20yeguas%20sueltas%2C-,locas%20perdidas,-%2C%20ansiosas%20de%20publicidad <nowiki>[4]</nowiki>].

The loca flag was updated on August 11, 2021 by Fandom user IMakeFlags upon request from user Hiddn.haydn. [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Message_Wall:IMakeFlags?threadId=4400000000000180769#4400000000000621996 <nowiki>[5]</nowiki>]

It is not uncommon to hear from queer men who jokingly aproppriate 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>[6]</nowiki>] [https://rupaulsdragrace.fandom.com/wiki/Nina_Flowers#:~:text=Memorable%20Quotes-,%22LOCA!%22,-%22I%20don%27t%20consider <nowiki>[7]</nowiki>]