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Emanuel Xavier | |
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 Emanuel Xavier outside Nuyorican Poets Cafe (2008) | |
| Born | May 3, 1970[citation needed] Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Brian Berger (m. 2018) |
| Parent(s) | Mercedes Tapia, Augusto Granja |
| Website | https://www.emanuelxavier.org/ |
Emanuel Xavier (born May 3, 1970),[1] is an American poet, spoken word artist, author, editor, screenwriter, and LGBTQ activist born and raised in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. Associated with the East Village, Manhattan arts scene in New York City, he emerged from the ball culture scene to become one of the first openly gay poets from the Nuyorican movement as a successful writer and advocate for gay youth programs and Latino gay literature.[2]
- ^ "Emanuel Xavier | LGBTHistoryMonth.com". www.lgbthistorymonth.com.
- ^ Morales-Díaz, Enrique. "Identity of the 'Diasporican' Homosexual in the Literary Periphery." In José L. Torres-Padilla and Carmen Haydée Rivera, eds. Writing Off the Hyphen: New Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. 295-312. ISBN 978-0-295-98824-5