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High-risk homosexual : a memoir / Edgar Gomez.

Author/creator Gomez, Edgar (Writer) author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst Soft Skull edition.
Publication Info New York : Soft Skull, 2022.
Copyright Notice ©2022
Descriptionxi, 287 pages ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Two disclaimers -- Introduction: What is a boy? -- Malcriado -- Straight acting -- Mama's boy -- A room of my own -- Boy's club -- Everything is sexy! -- There used to be a gay bar -- The rest is a drag -- High-risk homosexual -- Cool mom -- I love San Francisco.
Abstract "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.
Issued in other formOnline version: Gomez, Edgar (Writer). High-risk homosexual. First Soft Skull edition. New York, NY : Soft Skull Press, [2022] 9781593767068
Genre/formAutobiographies.
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formAutobiographies.
LCCN 2020057113
ISBN9781593767051 paperback
ISBN1593767056 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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