Gonzalez-Lopez and Vidal-Ortiz disrupt the very idea of one universal homosexual identity by showing that there are actually many identities that influence each other. They discuss how multifaceted identity is and how it is impossible to categorize all people into one mold because there are so many factors that go into a person’s identity. Their work draws on the work of Almaguer (1998) and focuses on how the Latinx experience of sexuality has been shaped by so many factors such as race, class, and gender. They discuss how the field of Latinx LGBT studies has emerged from other fields of study such as sociology, history, and critical race studies. They argue that gender and sexuality are very tightly intertwined within the Latinx community in the United States.
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For much of history, LGBTQ related issues were being dealt with from a white perspective. Solutions were tailored for the white LGBTQ community which suggested that somehow, everyone's experiences were the same. As we have seen, the LGBTQ community is very diverse and there is no one solution for every issue. When dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Gonzalez-Lopez and Vidal-Ortiz (2008) argue that solutions
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