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Latin American Languages and Societies
Queer migration; Queer organizing; Non-normative genders and sexualities; Notions of home and homebuilding; Coming out
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Not Coming Out, But Building Home: An Oral History In Re-Conceptualizing A Queer Migrant Home, Sandibel Borges
Not Coming Out, But Building Home: An Oral History In Re-Conceptualizing A Queer Migrant Home, Sandibel Borges
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A feminist study and oral history based in the “coming out” experiences of a Third World, Zapotec-Oaxacan, working-class immigrant woman. Discussion of community issues around queer sexualities, dominant narratives, and home building; brings attention to little-cited scholarship and theory on practices within minority communities.