Monday, January 28, 2008
One of the things that is rarely ever covered in any reading for any class unless is titled queer studies or women studies is the sexual orientation factor, for example in our class we talk about immigration and immigrants and mexican american as well as whites and their positions but we do not talk about the sexual identity of people that are affected by these same struggles, we dont know if there were any gays in the brasero program which im sure there were but why dont we hear about that, whether its nonsense or not, i think that we should be more willing to discover that "other group"
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Noe,
You correct to point out how many authors and political anaylist rarely discuss gay and lesbian issues within the Latino community. Part of the reason is that there is littel scholarship on immigration and sexuality but its starting to grow with the publication of two new books: One is called "Erotic Journesy" By Gloria Gonzalez Lope and another one by Lionel Cantu (a friend of mine who passed away several years ago) called "Queer Migrations" in which he discusses how migration is experience differently for Mexican gay men. Look up his work and let us know what you find out.
-Profe
Now that we are on the fluid borders readings, the stigma of latinos who are mainly those who consider themselves Mexicans and those who call themselves Mexican Americans i have come to the conclusion that there is not an open stigma for gay latinos, or is there? the life of a gay latino is much more complex than the latino immigrant who struggles to survive in a foreign country. if like the book says, stigmatized groups internalize societal stereotypes early in life, which negatively affects their future socioeconomics status and psychological health, (Bedolla pg 5) how are minorities not only by race but sexual identity as well are supposed to deal with this kind weight bearing in their backs, struggling with both sexual identity and minority status AND descrimination on color in this country that is supposed to be "EQUALITY" for all, explain "who" is all.
At the intersection of citizenship, sexuality, and race, a new perspective on the immigrant experience.
Immigration from Latin America and Asia has influenced every aspect of social, political, economic, and cultural life in the United States over the past quarter century. However, little attention has been paid to queer immigrants of color.
Focusing particularly on migration from Mexico, Cuba, El Salvador, and the Philippines, Queer Migrations brings together scholars of immigration, citizenship, sexuality, race, and ethnicity to provide analyses of the norms, institutions, and discourses that affect queer immigrants of color, also providing ethnographic studies of how these newcomers have transformed established immigrant communities in Miami, San Francisco, and New York.
here is the site from a piece of the article above.
http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/L/luibheid_queer.html
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