Letitia Gomez

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Title (Dublin Core): Letitia Gomez See all items with this value
Description (Dublin Core): Leti Gomez is a Chicana lesbian organizer who was active in early LGBTQ organizations in Texas, then cofounded DC’s first Latino LGBTQ+ organization and LLEGO, the first national LGBTQ organization in the US. She was also one of the organizers of the First National Lesbian Conference. She is interviewed by Sharon Doetsch-Kidder. See all items with this value
Abstract (Dublin Core): Leti Gomez (she/her) is a Latina lesbian LGBTQ+ activist based in Washington, DC. She describes her life being raised in San Antonio, Austin, and Houston, Texas, as a Mexican-American and discusses her religious, academic, and family upbringing. She describes her early involvement with the farm worker movement in Texas, sparking her lifelong involvement in social activism. She was involved in lesbian and gay organizing in Texas before moving to DC and co-founding ENLACE, an early Latino/a LGBTQ+ organization in the DC area. She discusses the creation of LLEGO, the first national LGBTQ organization, her role as one of its founding members, and its impacts on the Latino/a LGBTQ+ community. She has also had a leadership role with the Whitman Walker Clinic, which began as a healthcare organization supporting people with HIV/AIDS and the LGBTQ community in Washington, DC. Leti speaks briefly about her involvement in National LGBTQ conferences in various U.S. cities. She addresses the importance of history, her vision for the future, and reminisces on the memorable moments of activism. See all items with this value
Subject (Dublin Core): Mexican American, Lesbian, Gay, Chicana/o, Latinx, Social work, LGBTQ conference, DC, Texas, ENLACE, LLEGO, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, National Lesbian Conference, Whitman Walker Clinic Lesbian Services Program, organizing, activism, social movements See all items with this value
Language (Dublin Core): English
Type (Dublin Core): December 8th, 2004, January 5 2005, and February 21, 2005

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