Essays chronicling the experiences of fourteen Latina/o LGBT activists present a new perspective on the hitherto-marginalized history of their work in the last three decades of the twentieth century.
Essays chronicling the experiences of fourteen Latina/o LGBT activists present a new perspective on the hitherto-marginalized history of their work in the last three decades of the twentieth century.
URIEL QUESADA is associate dean of the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences, an associate professor of Spanish, and director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Loyola University New Orleans. LETITIA GOMEZ has been a Latina lesbian activist for over thirty years. She was a cofounder and an executive director of LLEGÓ, the first national Latina/o LGBT organization. SALVADOR VIDAL-ORTIZ is an associate professor of sociology at American University, where he also teaches in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.
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* Preface by Letitia Gomez * Acknowledgments * Introduction. Brown Writing Queer: A Composite of Latina/o LGBT Activism, by Salvador Vidal-Ortiz * Luz Guerra. Dancing at the Crossroads: Mulata, Mestiza, Macha, Mujer * Dennis Medina. We Are a Part of the History of Texas That You Must Not Exclude! * Jesús Cháirez. From the Closet to LGBT Radio Host in Dallas * Laura M. Esquivel. An East L.A. Warrior Who Bridged the Latina/o and the Gay Worlds * Brad Veloz. A South Texas Activist in Washington, D.C., Houston, and San Antonio * David Acosta. The Boy in Fear Who Became a Latino/a LGBT Advocate in Philadelphia * Letitia Gomez. No te rajes—Don’t Back Down! Daring to Be Out and Visible * Mona Noriega. Creating Spaces to Break the Circle of Silence and Denial * Gloria A. Ramirez. The Queer Roots of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas * Moisés Agosto-Rosario. Latinas/os and the AIDS Treatment Advocacy Movement * José Gutiérrez. We Must Preserve Our Latina/o LGBT History * Olga Orraca Paredes. All the Identities on the Table: Power, Feminism, and LGBT Activism in Puerto Rico * Wilfred W. Labiosa. Visibility, Inclusivity, and the Fight for LGBT Rights in New England * Adela Vásquez. Finding a Home in Transgender Activism in San Francisco * Conclusion by Uriel Quesada * Index
* Preface by Letitia Gomez * Acknowledgments * Introduction. Brown Writing Queer: A Composite of Latina/o LGBT Activism, by Salvador Vidal-Ortiz * Luz Guerra. Dancing at the Crossroads: Mulata, Mestiza, Macha, Mujer * Dennis Medina. We Are a Part of the History of Texas That You Must Not Exclude! * Jesús Cháirez. From the Closet to LGBT Radio Host in Dallas * Laura M. Esquivel. An East L.A. Warrior Who Bridged the Latina/o and the Gay Worlds * Brad Veloz. A South Texas Activist in Washington, D.C., Houston, and San Antonio * David Acosta. The Boy in Fear Who Became a Latino/a LGBT Advocate in Philadelphia * Letitia Gomez. No te rajes—Don’t Back Down! Daring to Be Out and Visible * Mona Noriega. Creating Spaces to Break the Circle of Silence and Denial * Gloria A. Ramirez. The Queer Roots of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas * Moisés Agosto-Rosario. Latinas/os and the AIDS Treatment Advocacy Movement * José Gutiérrez. We Must Preserve Our Latina/o LGBT History * Olga Orraca Paredes. All the Identities on the Table: Power, Feminism, and LGBT Activism in Puerto Rico * Wilfred W. Labiosa. Visibility, Inclusivity, and the Fight for LGBT Rights in New England * Adela Vásquez. Finding a Home in Transgender Activism in San Francisco * Conclusion by Uriel Quesada * Index
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