Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my mother Sandra, for her unconditional love; my grandmother Maria Armengol, for making me eat fruit everyday; my father Rene, for being who he is; my brothers Andy and Giovanni, for not letting me take myself seriously; my someday sister-in-law Christine for bringing us all together; Hailey for being so spoiled; Suparna Bhaskaran for introducing me to queer theory; Hassan Rahmanian for challenging my ideological “truths”; Jahwara Giddings for nurturing my oppositional scholarship; Jocelyn Robinson for being my wise elder; Ana Grande, Jonathan Meza, and Diana Marin for teaching me the value of difference and compromise; Tomás Summers Sandoval for letting me borrow his digital recorder and being a great mentor/doppelganger;  Lecia Brooks, Char, Sergio Marin, Diane Flinn, Marci Matt, Hoa Su, Kate Calimquim, and Lauren Russell for loving me and showing me that its ok to be queer. Special love to the Lesbian CNXN, scattered as it may be, you all are in my heart. Finally, I would like to thank Trevor Hoppe for working on this project for almost a year. Without his patience and critical eye, this essay would not be what it is. 

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