His story is a scintillating, beautiful reminder of the importance of leaving space for joy. Among the most beautiful scenes in the book is one in which the narrator finds his tribe.

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. High-Risk Homosexual creates a safe space where Gomez navigates through the hostile world that wants him to be someone other than himself. In a world desperate to erase us, queer Latinx men must find ways to hold onto pride for survival, but excessive male pride is often what we are battling, both in ourselves and in others.' 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. Get instant access to all your favorite books. Listeners follow Gomez through the queer spaces where he learned to love being gay and Latinx, including Pulse.

In particular, effeminate queer men represent a simultaneous rejection and embrace of masculinity. High-Risk Homosexual: A Memoir audiobook written by Edgar Gomez. A debut memoir about coming of age as a gay, Latinx man, High-Risk Homosexual opens in the ultimate anti-gay space: Edgar Gomezs uncles cockfighting ring in Nicaragua, where he was sent at thirteen years old to become a man. 'I've always found the definition of machismo to be ironic, considering that pride is a word almost unanimously associated with queer people, the enemy of machistas. 14, 2022 HIGH-RISK HOMOSEXUAL A Memoir By Edgar Gomez The concept of Latinidad, or Latinness, is an unstable one.

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