A Case for Guarded Optimism: HIV/AIDS in Latin America
In 2004 I interviewed Eva, a transgender former prostitute in Oaxaca, Mexico. She was an attractive 28-year-old with long brunette
Muslims in the Americas Face Scrutiny
In july 1994, a new york city detective with the FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorist Task Force came to the door of
Gay Rights: Out of the Closet and Into La Calle
Like many gay-pride marches throughout the world, last year's Gay/Lesbian/Trans- vestite/Transsexual Pride March in Buenos Aires was held on June
Reconstructing Race: Racism, Culture and Mestizaje in Latin America
One of the most puzzling, disconcerting phenomena that the non-native visitor confronts while traveling in Latin America is the relative
Conquered Women
Our memory is like a broken mirror. It does not reflect the world as it was, but our fragmented, partial,
Sex Workers of Havana: The Lure of Things
Roldy was 19 years old and homeless in Havana when I spoke to him in January 2003. He had just
Scenes from a Mexican Battlefield
The Catholic Church and conservative politicians have launched aggressive local and national campaigns for "family values" and sexual abstinence, and
The Growing Force of Latino Labor
Thirty years ago Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers union (UFW) brought new life to an otherwise quiescent labor
Anti-Immigrant Backlash on the “Home Front”
Whose side are you on? Thats the question that President George W. Bush asked in the aftermath of the 9/11
In Her Own Words: Interviews with Nicaraguan Women
Last year, writer and activist Margaret Randall returned to Nicaragua to talk to women about their participation in the
Only My Hairdresser Knows for Sure”: Stories of Race, Hair and Gender
Once we were all together, one of the women told me, and my mothers friend started calling us names, pointing
Challenging the Sodomy Law in Puerto Rico
Activist groups have initiated an aggressive cam- paign to repeal Article 103 of the Penal Code, which defines sodomy as
