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I want to help expose the many different voices and ideas that have been erased by the white washing of our society. As a person who identifies as a gay Latinx male, this topic is extremely important to me. For the longest time, I had a difficult time connecting with the gay narrative that was portrayed by mainstream culture.It took me a while to understand that the main reason why I could not relate, was because people like me were not being represented. Similar to many other things in culture and history, I was being given the white experience of a gay man. Through completing this project, I hope to shine a bigger light on the complexities on one of the many gay experiences.
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As Gloria-Ladson Billingargues, people of minority groups have something known as multiple consciousness. The focus of my research is grounded in the fact that the perspective of gay Latinx and Chicanx men is based on multiple consciousness. I hope to uncover how these men experience being gay in their culture, and how their culture and sexual identity have affected the social capital that they have. I will also be comparing the testimonios to the work in place by scholars already. This will show me if the knowledge we have on the subject can still be applied today, being that sexual identity is constantly changing.
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