Maricón,” “Pájaro,” and “Loca

Cuban and Puerto Rican Linguistic Practices, and Sexual Minority Participation, in U.S. Santería

Bibliographic Data

ID7315471
AuthorsVidal-Ortiz (0000-0002-4864-2665, American University, corresponding author), Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
Year2011
Volume58
Issue6-7
Pages901-918
Publication date2011-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2011.581933
PMID21740217
OpenAlexW2121681367
LanguageES
Citations received9
References cited18

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States are, to varying degrees, practitioners of the Afro-Cuban religion popularly known as Santería. Cuban and Puerto Rican forms of referencing LGBT populations are illustrated in this article, which is drawing from interviews and participant observation conducted in the United States, with close to 30 practitioners, many of whom were Cuban, Cuban American, and Puerto Rican. I discuss the ways in which Santería gatherings produce an alternative use of otherwise stigmatized language for "gay" practitioners. Through the use of distinctive language to reference all of these populations, we may rethink the relationship between identities and practices, and within that, gender presentations vis a vis identities

Ethnology · Human sexuality · Lesbian · Puerto rican · Sexual identity · Sociology · Transgender · Anthropology · Cuban History and Society · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Philippine History and Culture

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