Victoria González-Rivera is an associate professor of Chicana/o studies at San Diego State University. Her most recent book is Before the Revolution. Women’s Rights and Right-Wing Politics in Nicaragua, 1821–1979.

“González-Rivera’s authoritative and insightful book is an encompassing look back at LGBTQIA history in Nicaragua, from the Spanish conquest to the end of the Somoza dictatorship. She takes an original approach that is broadly inclusive of the complex entanglements of race, gender, class, colonialism, and imperialism in the fates of LGBTQIA individuals. A knowledgeable guide, this Nicaraguan American historian leads us on a revealing new historical path that counteracts the too-often ahistorical approach to Latin American LGBTQIA politics and society.”—Lorraine Bayard de Volo, University of Colorado, Boulder, author of Women and the Cuban Insurrection: How Gender Shaped Castro’s Victory “'Western Nicaragua’s LGBTQIA history is a profoundly Indigenous history,' concludes Victoria González-Rivera. A new approach to historicize LGBTQIA diversity and resistance in Nicaraguan history arises with this book."—Juan Pablo Gómez Lacayo, University of Oklahoma, author of Autoridad/Cuerpo/Nación: Batallas Culturales en Nicaragua, 1930-1943

Victoria González-Rivera is an associate professor of Chicana/o studies at San Diego State University. Her most recent book is Before the Revolution. Women’s Rights and Right-Wing Politics in Nicaragua, 1821–1979.

“González-Rivera’s authoritative and insightful book is an encompassing look back at LGBTQIA history in Nicaragua, from the Spanish conquest to the end of the Somoza dictatorship. She takes an original approach that is broadly inclusive of the complex entanglements of race, gender, class, colonialism, and imperialism in the fates of LGBTQIA individuals. A knowledgeable guide, this Nicaraguan American historian leads us on a revealing new historical path that counteracts the too-often ahistorical approach to Latin American LGBTQIA politics and society.”—Lorraine Bayard de Volo, University of Colorado, Boulder, author of Women and the Cuban Insurrection: How Gender Shaped Castro’s Victory “'Western Nicaragua’s LGBTQIA history is a profoundly Indigenous history,' concludes Victoria González-Rivera. A new approach to historicize LGBTQIA diversity and resistance in Nicaraguan history arises with this book."—Juan Pablo Gómez Lacayo, University of Oklahoma, author of Autoridad/Cuerpo/Nación: Batallas Culturales en Nicaragua, 1930-1943

Victoria González-Rivera is an associate professor of Chicana/o studies at San Diego State University. Her most recent book is Before the Revolution. Women’s Rights and Right-Wing Politics in Nicaragua, 1821–1979.

“González-Rivera’s authoritative and insightful book is an encompassing look back at LGBTQIA history in Nicaragua, from the Spanish conquest to the end of the Somoza dictatorship. She takes an original approach that is broadly inclusive of the complex entanglements of race, gender, class, colonialism, and imperialism in the fates of LGBTQIA individuals. A knowledgeable guide, this Nicaraguan American historian leads us on a revealing new historical path that counteracts the too-often ahistorical approach to Latin American LGBTQIA politics and society.”—Lorraine Bayard de Volo, University of Colorado, Boulder, author of Women and the Cuban Insurrection: How Gender Shaped Castro’s Victory “'Western Nicaragua’s LGBTQIA history is a profoundly Indigenous history,' concludes Victoria González-Rivera. A new approach to historicize LGBTQIA diversity and resistance in Nicaraguan history arises with this book."—Juan Pablo Gómez Lacayo, University of Oklahoma, author of Autoridad/Cuerpo/Nación: Batallas Culturales en Nicaragua, 1930-1943