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

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2015]
©2015

Item Status

Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction. 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 -- 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 -- 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 / Adela Vásquez -- Conclusion / Uriel Quesada.
Summary "Essays chronicling the experiences of fourteen Latina/o LGBT activists present a new perspective on the hitherto-marginalized history of their work in the last three decades of the twentieth century."--Publisher's description.
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Subject Hispanic American sexual minorities -- Political activity -- United States.
Hispanic American sexual minorities.
Political participation.
United States.
Gay activists -- United States.
Gay activists.
Sexual minorities -- Identity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Sexual minorities -- Identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
LGBTQ+ Latinx. https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000253
LGBTQ+ activists. https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000007
LGBTQ+ direct action. https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000853
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject LGBTQ+ people.
Sexual minorities.
Added Author Quesada, Uriel, editor.
Gomez, Letitia, editor.
Vidal-Ortiz, Salvador, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Queer brown voices. First edition 9781477302323 (DLC) 2014046939 (OCoLC)899113768
ISBN 9781477302330 (electronic book)
1477302336 (electronic book)
9781477302347 (non-library e-book)
1477302344
9781477302323
1477302328
9781477307304
1477307303