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Emanuel Xavier
Emanuel Xavier
	File:Emanuel Xavier by Bobby Miller 2- b&w- low res.jpg Emanuel Xavier (Photograph by Bobby Miller)
Born	1971; Brooklyn, New York
Website	http://www.emanuelxavier.com

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Emanuel Xavieris a writer. Regarding his seedy past, in an interview with CNN he once stated, "I became all those things society expected me to become. I thought that was the only thing I could be." ^[1]

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^ Blake, John (2009-09-09). "Gay Latino Americans are 'coming of age'". CNN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

[CNN-1] Blake, John (2009-09-09). "Gay Latino Americans are 'coming of age'". CNN. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

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-'''Emanuel Xavier''' (born May 3, 1971), is an American poet, [[spoken word]] artist, author,<ref name=advocate>{{cite web |title=Poetry in motion |work=[[The Advocate]] |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_1999_May_11/ai_54543092 |date=1999-05-11 |first=David |last=Bahr |accessdate=2007-06-04}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> editor, literary events curator and activist born and raised in the [[Bushwick]] area of [[Brooklyn]].  He was proclaimed an [[LGBT]] Icon by The Equality Forum in 2010.  He transitioned himself from being a street hustler and a drug dealer to become one of the most significant, daring, and unlikely voices to emerge from the neo-Nuyorican spoken word movement using [[political]], [[Human sexuality|sexual]] and [[religious]] themes throughout his work.<ref name="Official website">{{cite web |title=Official website Bio|work=[[Official website]] |url=http://www.emanuelxavier.com/bio.htm}}</ref>  Regarding his seedy past, in an interview with [[CNN]] he once stated, "I became all those things society expected me to become. I thought that was the only thing I could be." <ref name=CNN>{{cite web |title=Gay Latino Americans are 'coming of age'|work=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/09/09/Latino.gay/index.html |date=2009-09-09 |first=John |last=Blake |accessdate=2009-09-09}}</ref>
+'''Emanuel Xavier'''is a writer.  Regarding his seedy past, in an interview with [[CNN]] he once stated, "I became all those things society expected me to become. I thought that was the only thing I could be." <ref name=CNN>{{cite web |title=Gay Latino Americans are 'coming of age'|work=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/09/09/Latino.gay/index.html |date=2009-09-09 |first=John |last=Blake |accessdate=2009-09-09}}</ref>
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