Compañeros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS
(Part of the Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest Series)
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Telling the affecting stories of eighty gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino activists and volunteers living in Chicago and San Francisco, Compa eros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS closely details how these individuals have been touched or transformed by the AIDS epidemic. Weaving together activists' responses to oppression and stigma, their encounters with AIDS, and their experiences as GBTs and Latinos in North America and Latin America, Jesus Ramirez-Valles explores the intersection of civic involvement with ethnic and sexual identity. Even as activists battle multiple sources of oppression, they are able to restore their sense of family connection and self-esteem through the creation of an alternative space in which community members find value in their relationships with one another. In demonstrating the transformative effects of a nurturing community environment for GBT Latinos affected by the AIDS epidemic, Ramirez-Valles illustrates that members find support in one another, as compa eros, in their struggles with homophobia, gender discrimination, racism, poverty, and forced migration.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0252078217
ISBN13:9780252078217
Release Date:October 2011
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"
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