Everyday Violence Against Black and Latinx Lgbt Communities

In Everyday Violence against Black and Latinx LGBT Communities, Siobhan Brooks argues that hate crimes and violence against Black and Latinx LGBT people are the product of institutions and ideologies that exist both outside and inside of Black and Latinx communities. Brooks analyzes families, educational systems, healthcare industries, and religious spaces as institutions which can perpetuate and transform the political and cultural beliefs and attitudes that engender violence towards LGBT Black and Latinx people. Brooks highlights mental health activism and alternatives to the prison industrial complex to illustrate the effects of violence on these communities.