High-Risk Homosexual

A Memoir

De: Edgar Gomez

Narrado por: Edgar Gomez

"I've always found the definition of machismo to be ironic, considering that pride is a word almost unanimously associated with queer people, the enemy of machistas. In particular, effeminate queer men represent a simultaneous rejection and embrace of masculinity.... In a world desperate to erase us, queer Latinx men must find ways to hold onto pride for survival, but excessive male pride is often what we are battling, both in ourselves and in others."

A debut memoir about coming of age as a gay, Latinx man, High-Risk Homosexual opens in the ultimate anti-gay space: Edgar Gomez's uncle's cockfighting ring in Nicaragua, where he was sent at 13-years-old to become a man. Listeners follow Gomez through the queer spaces where he learned to love being gay and Latinx, including Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, a drag queen convention in Los Angeles, and the doctor's office where he was diagnosed a "high-risk homosexual".

With vulnerability, humor, and quick-witted insights into racial, sexual, familial, and professional power dynamics, Gomez shares a hard-won path to taking pride in the parts of himself he was taught to keep hidden. His story is a scintillating, beautiful reminder of the importance of leaving space for joy.

©2022 Edgar Gomez (P)2022 Tantor

It feels familiar

It’s so good to be able to read something and see yourself in it, the highs and lows through and through. The author’s performance was on point, I loved it.

I know Edgar and this book was awesome

I learned many things about Edgar! Great book and story. Excited for more writing by Edgar

Beautifully written and admirably candid

Gomez has some lovely descriptions, And I felt the structure and pacing of the book helped organize his experiences and make them more comprehensible. I really appreciate how candid he is about his feelings and the things he did because I really felt like I got to know him. I also enjoyed his reading.

Moving, funny and revelatory.

Beautifully written, narrated by the author. A must-read for anyone who is coming out or struggling to understand the gay life.

powerful and illuminating

beautiful storyteller, even with this story which holds so much difficulty, so much fought through. I've learned so much from this story, thank you 💙

Thank you!

Real, relatable, thoughtful, beautifully articulated and assembled. I want to read 100 more memoirs like this.

It was ok!

The book had some interesting parts.. it was ok not the worst book I read

Terrible recording

Volume and recording is horrible makes annoying to try and listen to. Don’t bother starting this book