Literatura queer e latina nos Estados Unidos: interseccionalidades entre etnia, gênero e sexualidade em dois contos

This paper aims to analyze the way in which queer characters are developed when they are constructed in an intersectional way with the Latino identity in the United States. In order to do that, we selected two short stories from the collection From macho to mariposa: new gay latino fiction (2011), edited by Charles Rice-González and Charlie Vázquez, in which we investigated how the ethnical intersectionality that forms the identity of the individuals in those stories – the Latin-American ascendency – affect their lives as queer. In addition to that, we also discuss how those characters, who have been already segregated due to ethnical and cultural differences, are once more marginalized on account of their gender expression and/or their sexuality.