How does the structured meaning of homosexuality in the European-American context differ from that of the Mexican/Latin American sexual system?
Who receives the stigma for being a homosexual in Mexican/Latin American culture? And how is this different from what you know about the stigma homosexuals face in the European-American culture?
What is the meaning of the cochon? And what significance does this term imply in the Latin culture? Conversely, what is the meaning of machista? And what significance does this term imply in the Latin culture?
How is dominance and passivity entwined into determining masculine and feminine roles in Latin Culture?
What are some derogatory words used in Latin culture to describe homosexuals? For example, Americans commonly use “fairy”, “sissy”, etc. Also, what do these terms imply about homosexuals in Latin culture?
What can be said about the typical male homosexual transactions in Mexican culture? How is this different from the permissive family life of white middle-class gay men and lesbians in the US?
Explain Carrier’s research on mestizo homosexual men in Guadalajara.
Explain the meaning of “bisexual escape hatch”.
Define: Internacionales
How are White Americans experiences in establishing an openly-gay-identity different from those of Mexican/Latin Americans?
According to Hector Carrillo and Horacio Maiorana, what are the 2 categories of individuals used to describe homosexual men in Mexican/Latin culture? Also, what are the other 3 categories used to describe homosexual men in Mexican/Latin culture who DO NOT participate in this gay Latino subculture, but rather assimilate into the dominant European-American culture of the US? Compare and contrast the different categories (specifically the first two in relation to the latter 3).
Why is lesbianism less appropriate in Mexican/Latin culture, despite the tolerance of homosexuality?
How did the power struggle that Moraga illustrates affect her balance between commitment to the family as well as her religion? Furthermore, how did it shape her future lesbian experiences?
How do the words “playing” and “fire” represent metaphors for Chicana and Mexicana lesbians?
How do Mirella’s experiences as an adolescent reflect the dominance men held in society in contrast to the subordination women experience?
How do Mirella’s grave concerns about being pure and keeping her virginity reflect how women were viewed in Mexican/Latin culture?
How is Maria’s desire to playfully act as a male representative of the superiority of males in Latin culture and the inferiority of females?
How does Maria and Josefina’s lesbian relationship differ from the homosexual transactions we previously saw?
Do you think virginity was a topic more sought by lesbians than homosexual males? Explain.
What is the LGMNY?
What does Sylvia Rivera suggest is the reason for the intolerance/mistreatment of transgender communities?
Who participated in the Stonewell riots? Why did radical straight men and women living in the Village at that time aid the street queens?
Why did they keep going back for more?
What was it that Rivera worked so desperately to achieve, even landing her in prison?
Who is Randy Wicker?
What does Rivera explain is the reason for transgender peoples to work on street corners?
Who is Jean O’Leary?
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