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- Compañeros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest
summary
Telling the affecting stories of eighty gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino activists and volunteers living in Chicago and San Francisco, Compañeros: 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 compañeros, in their struggles with homophobia, gender discrimination, racism, poverty, and forced migration.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-18
- Chapter 2. Gender Deviants
- pp. 37-62
- Chapter 3. The Meanings of Latino
- pp. 63-80
- Chapter 5. Life with HIV and AIDS
- pp. 100-116
- Chapter 6. Getting Involved
- pp. 117-137
- Chapter 7. Finding Compañeros
- pp. 138-155
- Conclusion: The Road of Compañeros
- pp. 156-164
- References
- pp. 167-174
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252093470
Related ISBN(s)
9780252036446, 9780252078217
MARC Record
OCLC
775420391
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2011