Everyday Violence against Black and Latinx LGBT Communities

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In Everyday Violence against Black and Latinx LGBT Communities, Siobhan Brooks argues that hate crimes and violence against Black and Latinx LGBT people are the product of institutions and ideologies that exist both outside and inside of Black and Latinx communities. Brooks analyzes families, educational systems, healthcare industries, and religious spaces as institutions which can perpetuate and transform the political and cultural beliefs and attitudes that engender violence towards LGBT Black and Latinx people. Brooks highlights mental health activism and alternatives to the prison industrial complex to illustrate the effects of violence on these communities.

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Everyday Violence is just as powerful as it is timely! Brooks work provides a refreshing perspective by giving voice to Black and Latinx LGBTQ survivors and activists working to promote equality and justice, while also highlighting the role that structural racism, homophobia, transphobia, and discrimination play in not only allowing, but also encouraging this violence to perpetuate. Throughout, Brooks emphasizes many uncomfortable truths such as the reappropriation of the BLM, and discrimination that Black and Latinx LGBTQ people face both within communities of color and LGBTQ communities and provides innovative and policy driven solutions to reduce this violence. Importantly, this book is not only about the violence Black and Latinx LGBTQ people experience, but also about community, resiliency, the fight for equality, and in many cases, the fight for basic survival.

Author Bio

Siobhan Brooks is associate professor of African American studies at California State University at Fullerton.