High-risk homosexual : a memoir / Edgar Gomez.
| Author/creator | Gomez, Edgar author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Soft Skull edition. |
| Publication | New York : Soft Skull, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | ©2022 |
| Description | xi, 287 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Two disclaimers -- Introduction: What is a boy? -- Malcriado -- Straight acting -- Mama's boy -- A room of my own -- Boy's club -- Everything is sexy! -- There used to be a gay bar -- The rest is a drag -- High-risk homosexual -- Cool mom -- I love San Francisco. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Gomez, Edgar (Writer). High-risk homosexual. First Soft Skull edition. New York, NY : Soft Skull Press, [2022] 9781593767068 |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| LCCN | 2020057113 |
| ISBN | 9781593767051 paperback |
| ISBN | 1593767056 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |