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High-risk homosexual, a memoir, Edgar Gomez

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High-risk homosexual, a memoir, Edgar Gomez
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
High-risk homosexual
Oclc number
1236899011
Responsibility statement
Edgar Gomez
Sub title
a memoir
Summary
"A debut memoir about coming of age as a gay, Latinx man in a culture of machismo, Gomez's High-Risk Homosexual opens in the ultimate anti-gay space: his uncle's cockfighting ring in Nicaragua, where he was sent at twelve years old to become a man. The story then moves through the queer spaces where he learned the joy of being gay and Latinx, including Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, a drag queen convention in Los Angeles, and the doctor's office where he was diagnosed a "high-risk homosexual." With vulnerability, humor, and quick-witted insights into racial, sexual, familial, and professional power dynamics, Gomez shares a hard-won path to taking pride in the parts of himself that he'd kept hidden. It's a hilarious, beautiful reminder of the importance-in a world that is so often oppressive-of leaving space for joy." --, Provided by publisher
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