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We Came All The Way From Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?: Stories by Obejas Achy

We Came All The Way From Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?: Stories | Obejas Achy | A collection of short stories that deals with how gay and lesbian relationships ought to work, exploring the themes of broken relationships, safe sex,

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¨Entiendes?: Queer Readings, Hispanic Writings (Series Q) by Emilie L. Bergmann

¨Entiendes?: Queer Readings, Hispanic Writings (Series Q) | Emilie L. Bergmann | ‘¨Entiendes?’ is literally translated as ‘Do you understand? Do you get it?’ But those who do ‘get it’ will also hear within this question a subtler m

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¨Entiendes?: Queer Readings, Hispanic Writings (Series Q) by Emilie L. Bergmann; Paul Julian Smith

¨Entiendes?: Queer Readings, Hispanic Writings (Series Q) | Emilie L. Bergmann; Paul Julian Smith | ‘¨Entiendes?’ is literally translated as ‘Do you understand? Do you get it?’ But those who do ‘get it’ will also hear within this question a subtler m

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¨Entiendes?: Queer Readings, Hispanic Writings (Series Q) by Emilie L. Bergmann

¨Entiendes?: Queer Readings, Hispanic Writings (Series Q) | Emilie L. Bergmann | ‘¨Entiendes?’ is literally translated as ‘Do you understand? Do you get it?’ But those who do ‘get it’ will also hear within this question a subtler m

Posted in Chicana/Latina/Latinx Interest Memoir

Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz

Ordinary Girls | Jaquira Díaz | In this searing memoir, Jaquira Díaz writes fiercely and eloquently of her challenging girlhood and triumphant coming of age.

While growing u

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The Lesbiana’s Guide To Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

The Lesbiana’s Guide To Catholic School | Sonora Reyes | Sixteen-year-old Yamilet Flores prefers to be known for her killer eyeliner, not for being one of the only Mexican kids at her new, mostly white, very

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Guava Flavored Lies by J.J. Arias

Guava Flavored Lies | J.J. Arias | All’s Fair in Love and (Pastry) War

Sylvie Campos and Lauren Machado have hated each other since before they were born. For generations, the

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Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda

Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster | Andrea Mosqueda | In this voice-driven young adult debut by Andrea Mosqueda, Maggie Gonzalez needs a date to her sister’s quinceañera – and fast.

Growing up in

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Confessions Of The Letter Closet by Patrick Paul Garlinger

Confessions Of The Letter Closet | Patrick Paul Garlinger | By the beginning of the twentieth century, epistolary novels in Spain increasingly grappled with homoerotic and homosexual desire, treating it as a se

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Compañeras: Latina Lesbians (An Anthology), Lesbianas Latinoamericanas by

Compa¤eras: Latina Lesbians (An Anthology), Lesbianas Latinoamericanas | | Originally published in 1987 and revised in 2004, Compa¤eras speaks with the voices of Latina lesbians who are puertorrique¤as, chicanas, cubanas, chi