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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956819603321

Autore

Ramirez-Valles Jesus

Titolo

Companeros : Latino activists in the face of AIDS / / Jesus Ramirez-Valles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

9786613431998

9781283431996

1283431998

9780252093470

025209347X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 179 p

Disciplina

362.196/9792008968073

Soggetti

Gay activists - United States

Hispanic American gay people - Political activity - United States

Hispanic American sexual minorities - Political activity - United States

Gay people - Identity

AIDS activists - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Social-class origins and trajectories -- Gender deviants -- The meanings of Latino -- The formation of gay and trans identities -- Life with HIV and AIDS -- Getting involved -- Finding compañeros -- Conclusion : the road of compañeros.

Sommario/riassunto

Telling the affecting stories of 80 gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino activists and volunteers living in Chicago and San Francisco, this work closely details how these individuals have been touched or transformed by the AIDS epidemic.