Risk Homosexual,” winner of the American Book Award and a Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ literature. Gomez’s second book, ...

When he was 16, Edgar Gomez had gleaming new veneers glued to his top teeth. His freshly even smile was like a miracle: “I looked like the real me,” he writes, “not that other, shame-filled version of ...

This article includes links that may result in a small affiliate share for purchased products, which helps support independent LGBTQ+ media. Edgar Gomez, author of “Alligator Tears.” Photo: Instagram.

Gomez follows up High-Risk Homosexual with a triumphant and bracing account of growing up queer, poor, and Nicaraguan in Florida. In 10 dazzling essays that return again and again to his fear that his ...