Queer in
Aztlán: Chicano Male Recollections of Consciousness and Coming Out
By Gibrán Güido
Thursday, October 3 from
12:45 – 2:10 p.m.
Room MS-162
A former
City College student, Gibrán Güido is a doctoral candidate in
the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego. In
2010, he organized the Fifth Annual Queer People of Color Conference at San
Diego State University and co-organized the National Association for Chicana and
Chicano Studies Third Jotería Conference. He is a recipient of the Richard P.
Geyser Ethics Memorial Scholarship.
His book, Queer
in Aztlán: Chicano Male Recollections of Consciousness and Coming Out, is
an anthology explores issues of queer youth identity, sexuality, masculinity,
homophobia, sexism, and violence in Mexican and American culture.
The volume
gives readers the opportunity to value deeply personal narratives from queer
Chicanos/Mexicanos and makes it possible for them to understand and sympathize
with the stories’ protagonists.
Güido
co-edited the publication with San Diego State Chicano Studies professor
Adelaida Del Castillo.
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