Join us as Lydia Otero (they/them) discusses their most recent book, L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir. The conversation is followed by a book signing.
Dr. Otero is a Cal State LA alumnus with a storied career that spans from blue collar electrician, working on some of LA's most iconic landmarks, to archival historian, to nearly two decades as a Professor of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona. Their work is rooted in social justice and coalition-building, as evidenced by their participation and leadership in "Lesbians of Color" and "Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos."
In addition to L.A. Interchanges, Dr. Otero is the author of La Calle: Spatial Conflicts and Urban Renewal in a Southwestern City (2010), which won a Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association, as well as In the Shadows of the Freeway: Growing Up Brown & Queer (2019).
Dr. Otero's personal historical archives comprise the newly established Lydia R. Otero Archive Special Collection at the Los Angeles Public Library.