A reprint of a novel on pimps and violent crime in 1930s Chicago. The protagonist is Otis Tilson, a black transvestite, and his story is told in the gut-level language of the homosexual underworld.
Legendaryy features Gerard H. Gaskin's radiant color and black-and-white photographs of house balls, underground pageants where gay and transgender men and women, mostly African American and Latino, come together to see and be seen.
"Three lives forever changed during one unforgettable summer vacation in Cancun."--Back cover.
D. A. Powell says of Saeed's work: "Like Aeneas carrying his father from the ruined city of Troy, Saeed Jones brings all of his beginnings—the roots and tendrils of the kudzu vines, the 'sky burned to blazing,' the lore and pain and ...
Homophobia hurts everybody in the black community. This book serves to enlighten others regarding the etiology of homophobia, its historical development in the black community and its negative impact.