High-risk homosexual : a memoir / Edgar Gomez.
High-risk homosexual : a memoir / Edgar Gomez.
By
:
Gomez, Edgar (Writer)
Publication Date
:
2022
Publication Information
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New York : Soft Skull,
Physical Description
:
287 p.
Subject Term
:
Gay men.
Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Gay men -- United States -- Biography.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- United States.
LGBTQ2 non-fiction.
Hispanic Americans.
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.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781593767051
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Conception Bay South (ACS) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B G58 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B G58 | Checked In |