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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460901703321

Titolo

Queer brown voices : personal narratives of Latina/o LGBT activism / / edited by Uriel Quesada, Letitia Gomez, and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4773-0233-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

306.76089/68073

Soggetti

Hispanic American sexual minorities - Political activity - United States

Gay activists - United States

Sexual minorities - Identity

LGBTQ+ Latinx

LGBTQ+ activists

LGBTQ+ direct action

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 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 PhiladelphiaLetitia 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 EnglandAdela Vásquez. Finding a Home in Transgender Activism in San Francisco; Conclusion by Uriel Quesada; Index