Out for Queer Blood
The Murder of Fernando Rios and the Failure of New Orleans Justice
by Clayton Delery
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Pub Date Sep 26 2017 | Archive Date Nov 13 2017
Description
On a September night in 1958, three New Orleans college students went looking for a gay man to assault. They chose Fernando Rios, who died from the beating he received. In perhaps the earliest example of the “gay panic” defense, the three defendants argued that they had no choice but to beat Rios because he had made an “improper advance.” When the jury acquitted the three, the courtroom cheered. The author offers a detailed examination of the murder and the trial.
Advance Praise
“A riveting and important work of grassroots LGBT history that reveals the connections and fissures between homophobia and anti–Latino prejudices in U.S. history. Delery unmasks the origins of one of the most sinister legal and cultural foundations of anti-gay oppression: the false accusation of desire and how it has been used to excuse injustice.”—Sarah Schulman, award-winning writer and gays rights activist
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781476668840 |
| PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
