WATCH: The HIV Crisis on the Texas-Mexico Border

Latin-X is a brand-new series from VICE that explores the lives of those in the latinx community. Hosted by activist and advocate Paola Ramos, the first episode of the series looks at a group of activists working in the Rio Grande Valley along the U.S.-Mexico border to address the growing HIV epidemic. In the episode, Ramos sits down with Joe Colon-Uvalles (aka Beatrix LeStrange) a “dragtivist” fighting the stigma surrounding HIV and helping educate the community, encouraging LGBT Latinos to get tested.

Paola Ramos is a latinx activist and a correspondent for Noticias Telemundo. Coming from one of the most visible Mexican-American families in America (her father is the famed journalist Jorge Ramos), Paola has been on the frontline of the fight for the of the latinx community her entire life.

Watch the first episode of Latin X below.