Out in Nicaragua: Local and Transnational Desires after the Revolution

Babb examines several ways that same-sex sexuality and politics were both expressed and suppressed during the Nicaraguan Revolution. Her main objective is to show that although same-sex sexual practices have been widespread for some time among Nicaraguans who do not identify as gay, the 1990s have made visible a growing number of women and men who identify closely with the trans-national lesbian and gay movement.