Queer brown voices : personal narratives of Latina/o LGBT activism /

"In the last three decades of the twentieth century, LGBT Latinas/os faced several forms of discrimination. The greater Latino community did not often accept sexual minorities, and the mainstream LGBT movement expected everyone, regardless of their ethnic and racial background, to adhere to a s...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Quesada, Uriel (Editor), Gomez, Letitia (Editor), Vidal-Ortiz, Salvador (Editor)
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Hispanic American sexual minorities > Political activity > United States. Sexual minority activists > United States. Sexual minorities > United States > Identity. LGBT activism > United States. Minorités sexuelles américaines d'origine latino-américaine > Activité politique > États-Unis. Activistes homosexuels > États-Unis. Minorités sexuelles > Identité. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE > LGBT Studies > Gay Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE > LGBT Studies > Lesbian Studies. United States Hispanos Homosexualität LGBT Identität Homosexuellenbewegung USA Sexual minorities LGBTQ+ activists. LGBTQ+ direct action. Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people Latino/a/x queer people

Table of Contents:

Brown writing queer : a composite of Latina/o LGBT activism / Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
Dancing at the crossroads : mulata, mestiza, macha, mujer / Luz Guerra
We are a part of the history of Texas that you must not exclude! / Dennis Medina
From the closet to LGBT radio host in Dallas / Jesús Cháirez
An East L.A. warrior who bridged the Latina/o and the gay worlds / Laura M. Esquivel
A South Texas activist in Washington, D.C., Houston, and San Antonio / Brad Veloz
The boy in fear who became a Latino/a LGBT advocate in Philadelphia / David Acosta
No te rajes : don't back down! Daring to be out and visible / Letitia Gomez
Creating spaces to break the circle of silence and denial / Mona Noriega
The queer roots of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas / Gloria A. Ramirez
Latinas/os and the AIDS treatment advocacy movement / Moisés Agosto-Rosario
We must preserve our Latina/o LGBT history / José Gutiérrez
All the identities on the table : power, feminism, and LGBT activism in Puerto Rico / Olga Orraca Paredes
Visibility, inclusivity, and the fight for LGBT rights in New England / Wilfred W. Labiosa
Finding a home in transgender activism in San Francisco / Aleda Vázquez
Conclusion / Uriel Quesada.