Emanuel Xavier

Emanuel Xavier

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1971 -

Occupation

Poet

Description

Spoken word artist, novelist. Advocate for gay youth programs and Latino gay literature. In 2010, The Equality Forum named him a GLBT History Month Icon. Author of the poetry collections Selected Poems of Emanuel Xavier (2021), Radiance (2016), Nefarious (2013), Americano: Growing up Gay and Latino in the USA (2012), Pier Queen (2012), If Jesus Were Gay & other poems (2010), and the novel Christ Like (2009). Author of the cult novel 'Christ Like'.

See Also

• LGBTQ Spoken Word and Slam Poets

Further Reading/Research

• http://emanuelxavier.com/
• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/emanuel-xavier
• http://lgbthistorymonth.com/emanuel-xavier?tab=biography
• https://www.lambdaliterary.org/interviews/06/06/emanuel-xavier-interview-christ-like-reissue/

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