High-risk Homosexual
A Memoir
New York : Soft Skull, [2022]
Format: Book
Description: xi, 287 pages ; 21 cm
"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.
Subjects:
Gomez, Edgar (Writer)
Hispanic American gays -- United States -- Biography.
Gay men -- United States -- Biography.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- United States.
Gomez, Edgar (Writer)
Hispanic American gays -- United States -- Biography.
Gay men -- United States -- Biography.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- United States.
ISBN:
9781593767051
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Gomez, Edgar | Edgewood | Biography | In |