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High-risk homosexual : a memoir / Edgar Gomez.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781593767051
- ISBN: 1593767056
- Physical Description: 287 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Soft Skull edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Soft Skull Press, [2022]
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| Subject: | Gomez, Edgar (Writer) Hispanic American gays > United States > Biography. Gay men > United States > Biography. Coming out (Sexual orientation) > United States. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | B GOM (Text) | 37268003171006 | AHMFL Biography | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | 306.76 GOM (Text) | 33240004957711 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | 306.76 G633h (Text) | 85131001827626 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library | 92 GOMEZ (Text) | 50686016147477 | Main Floor | Available | - |
| Paul Smith Library of Southern York County | Adults Gomez Biography (Text) | 34318001197496 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Allentown Public Library | 306.76 GOME (Text) | 34455006876748 | Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | 306.766 G633h (Text) | 31901004571743 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
