Bibliograph

High-risk homosexual, a memoir, Edgar Gomez

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High-risk homosexual, a memoir, Edgar Gomez

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

High-risk homosexual

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

Edgar Gomez

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

A debut memoir about coming of age as a gay, Latinx man, High-Risk Homosexual opens in the ultimate anti-gay space: Edgar Gomez's uncle's cockfighting ring in Nicaragua, where he was sent at thirteen years old to become a man. Listeners follow Gomez through the queer spaces where he learned to love 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 he was taught to keep hidden. His story is a scintillating, beautiful reminder of the importance of leaving space for joy

Target audience

adult

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