Summary Of Gay Latino Men By Anthony Ocampo

In this highly analytical and descriptive article, Anthony C. Ocampo explores and argues the particular way in which gay Latino men negotiate the aspects and boundaries of masculinity. For instance, Ocampo demonstrates that gay Latino men are in fact accepting of their sexual orientation, however, they do not do it in the traditional White gay men stereotypical way. In this traditional or media portrayed sexual orientation, gay men, particularly gay White men, tend to act and appear for feminine, which the group that the author is studying do not connect with this stereotype. In fact, they attempt to appear as highly masculine in order to maintain ties with their families due to the fact that Latino families do not tend to accept their sons