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Emma Tenayuca Speaker Series presents Dr. Lydia R. Otero

Sat, Jan 27

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Esperanza Peace & Justice Center

L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir

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Emma Tenayuca Speaker Series presents Dr. Lydia R. Otero
Emma Tenayuca Speaker Series presents Dr. Lydia R. Otero

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Jan 27, 2024, 6:00 PM

Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, 922 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA

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About the event

The Westside Preservation Alliance, Mexican American Civil Rights Institute, & Esperanza Peace & Justice Center invite you to a presentation by Dr. Lydia R. Otero on their recent memoir L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir.

About the book

By combining the intimacy of a personal memoir with the rigor of documentary history, Lydia Otero weaves together a rich narrative of identity, activism, and personal transformation. With meticulous attention to detail, Otero traverses the homes of family members to dancefloors, bustling work sites, and organizing spaces in search of brown and queer belonging. Through photographs, archival documents, and compelling storytelling, Otero crafts a passionate narrative of personal becoming amid the political and cultural currents of 1980s Los Angeles. Grounded in the philosophy that the personal is political, Otero portrays fellow organizers as strategists exploring previously unimagined avenues to address the needs of brown queers. The book traces…

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