Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes featured in Michigan News & University of Michigan Press

Larry LaFountain: Professor, Author, Playwright...Drag Performer?

Larry LaFountain is a charismatic professor and author who teaches Spanish, Latino Studies and also courses about LGBTQ issues. In this episode, he talks about life growing up in Puerto Rico and his difficult first years as a college student in the U.S. He also reveals how he became a drag performer after an appearance on a cooking show in Chicago. Listen here!

Larry's article focuses on his book, Translocas, The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance. Translocas focuses on drag and transgender performance and activism in
Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Read the full article here! (It starts on page 14!)