Edgar Gomez: High-Risk Homosexual
High-Risk Homosexual
Buch
- A Memoir
- Catapult, 01/2022
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781593767051
- Bestellnummer: 10616831
- Umfang: 304 Seiten
- Gewicht: 318 g
- Maße: 213 x 142 mm
- Stärke: 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 11.1.2022
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
"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"-- Edgar Gomez
High-Risk Homosexual
EUR 17,95*