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From Toads to Queens Transvestism in a Latin Setting
This book was awarded the Lamba Award Finalist, one of the most prestiguous US awards as a gblt book. It deals with the private lives of Latin American drag queens who work the streets and who sometimes fool customers who don`t know these women are really men. What happens when the customers find out the truth? The answer will shock you.
This book was awarded the Lamba Award Finalist, one of the most prestiguous US awards as a gblt book. It deals with the private lives of Latin American drag queens who work the streets and who sometimes fool customers who don`t know these women are really men. What happens when the customers find out the truth? The answer will shock you.
The author has a PhD in History from Columbia University, New York. He has written more than 20 books on US relations with Central America, the Jewish Community in the region, and on sexual minorities. Many of these books have been published in the States. Among these are Lila's House, A Study on Male Prostitution in Latin America, The Sexual Construction of Latino Youth, Macho Love. A Study of Sex in Prison and many others. The author currently works at UPEACE, teaching courses on Gender and Genocide.
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"It was so interesting with the facts and fictions, also I liked this satirical and ironic approach. Even more as a native German I found the book a very unusual apprehension of german-jewish history."
A historical novel and a thriller based on a PhD Dissertation from Columbia University. The book reveals dark secrets of Nazi plans in Central America to take over the Panama Canal and the hidden...
Public Sex in a Latin Society is one of the first books to explore the lives of people who look for sex in public places and the dangers involved--from murder to HIV infection. The book examines why many gay men have been murdered by sex workers who frequent public sex places, such as the parks, bathhouses, or saunas, and suggests some basic safety rules. Containing interviews with police official...
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"It was so interesting with the facts and fictions, also I liked this satirical and ironic approach. Even more as a native German I found the book a very unusual apprehension of german-jewish history." A historical novel and a thriller based on a PhD Dissertation from Columbia University. The book reveals dark secrets of Nazi plans in Central America to take over the Panama Canal and the hidden...
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