Compañeros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS

by Jesus Ramirez-Valles

Book Overview

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...

• 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"