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 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).
-== Origins ==
+== Origins & History ==
 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 synonim 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>]. Although it can probably be found earlier than that.
 == Reclaiming ==
-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>] [https://rupaulsdragrace.fandom.com/wiki/Nina_Flowers#:~:text=Memorable%20Quotes-,%22LOCA!%22,-%22I%20don%27t%20consider <nowiki>[5]</nowiki>]
+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>[5]</nowiki>] [https://rupaulsdragrace.fandom.com/wiki/Nina_Flowers#:~:text=Memorable%20Quotes-,%22LOCA!%22,-%22I%20don%27t%20consider <nowiki>[6]</nowiki>]
 [[Category:Presentation]]
 [[Category:Reclaimed Identities]]