Five Hundred Years of LGBTQIA+ History in Western Nicaragua
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A01=Victoria Gonzalez-Rivera
Author_Victoria Gonzalez-Rivera
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Central American queer history
colonial period LGBTQ history
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forthcoming
gender and sexuality in Latin America
historical persecution of LGBTQ people
Indigeneity and sexuality
Indigenous LGBTQIA identities
Latin American Indigenous gender diversity
LGBTQIA history Nicaragua
market culture and LGBTQ surveillance
mestizaje and gender politics
Nicaraguan feminist and gender history
sodomy laws Nicaragua history
Somoza dictatorship LGBTQ persecution
trans women in Nicaraguan history
working-class LGBTQ communities
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- ISBN 9780816557134
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 04 Aug 2026
- Publisher: University of Arizona Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This groundbreaking book reframes five hundred years of western Nicaraguan history by giving gender and sexuality the attention they deserve. Victoria González-Rivera decenters nationalist narratives of triumphant mestizaje and argues that western Nicaragua’s LGBTQIA history is a profoundly Indigenous one.
In this expansive history, González-Rivera documents connections between Indigeneity, local commerce, and femininity (cis and trans), demonstrating the long history of LGBTQIA Nicaraguans. She sheds light on historical events, such as Andres Caballero’s 1536 burning at the stake for sodomy. González-Rivera discusses how elite efforts after independence to “modernize” open-air markets led to increased surveillance of LGBTQIA working-class individuals. She also examines the 1960s and the Somoza dictatorship, when another wave of persecution emerged, targeting working-class gay men and trans women, leading to a more stringent anti-sodomy law.
The centuries prior to the post-1990 political movement for greater LGBTQIA rights demonstrate that, far from being marginal, LGBTQIA Nicaraguans have been active in every area of society for hundreds of years.
In this expansive history, González-Rivera documents connections between Indigeneity, local commerce, and femininity (cis and trans), demonstrating the long history of LGBTQIA Nicaraguans. She sheds light on historical events, such as Andres Caballero’s 1536 burning at the stake for sodomy. González-Rivera discusses how elite efforts after independence to “modernize” open-air markets led to increased surveillance of LGBTQIA working-class individuals. She also examines the 1960s and the Somoza dictatorship, when another wave of persecution emerged, targeting working-class gay men and trans women, leading to a more stringent anti-sodomy law.
The centuries prior to the post-1990 political movement for greater LGBTQIA rights demonstrate that, far from being marginal, LGBTQIA Nicaraguans have been active in every area of society for hundreds of years.
