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Book SynopsisThis edited volume examines how and where gay men of color find home and what kind of home they find, how they make sense of race and sexuality, and how their experiences reflect what it means to be raced and sexed in America. The contributors argue both racially and sexually marginalized groups all confront levels of racism and heterosexism that is practiced by the larger ethnic and sexual communities that use white heterosexuality as the norm to which all others are compared. They further argue that despite different constructions of race and ethnicity, there are similar themes for racialized groups that need to be explored.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Home is Where the Heart is: Invisibility and Marginalization for Queer Men of Color Jesus Gregorio Smith Chapter 1: “Damn, I’m Dating a Lot of White Guys”: Gay Men’s Individual Narratives of Racial Sexual Orientation Development Jason Crockett Chapter 2: They Don’t Date Any Dark People: The Queer Case of Gay Racism Chong-suk Han and Scott E. Rutlege Chapter 3: “OK, so Zion’s Not a Sissy Anymore He’s Gay, so Let’s Call Him That”: From Elementary School to College: Schooling Experiences of Black Gay Males Leading to Understanding and Self-Possession of Their Intersecting Racial and Sexual Identities Michael D. Bartone Chapter 4: Gay Latino Greeks: Finding a “Familia” in a Latino Fraternity Manuel Del Real Chapter 5: Gayborbood Change: The Intertwined Sexual and Racial Character Of Assimilation in Chicago’s Boystown Jason Orne Chapter 6: Queer Loneliness, Queer Hopefulness: Toward Restaging the Intersectionality of Gay + Asian/American from the Southwest Shinsuke Eguchi Chapter 7: Navigating the Spaces between Racial/Ethnic and Sexual Orientation: Black Gay Immigrants’ Experiences of Racism and Homophobia in Montréal, Canada Sulaimon Giwa, Kofi Norsah, and Ferzana Chaze Chapter 8: The Crime of Black Male Sexuality: Tiger Mandingo and Black Male Vulnerability Jesus Gregorio Smith Chapter 9: Experiencing Queer Spaces as a Transgender Man of Color Mario I. Suárez Conclusion Chong-suk Han
