On this month’s episode of Asking for a Friend, host Dr. Laura McGuire sits down with Sarah Luna, a Texas-born sociocultural anthropologist, professor, and award-winning author, to discuss her coming out experience in San Antonio, her research on migrants, sex work, and missionaries, and her latest project on sapphic and transfeminist activism in Mexico City.
Sarah Luna (she/they) is the Kathryn A. McCarthy Assistant Professor in Women’s Studies in the Department of Anthropology and the Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Tufts University. Her book, Love in the Drug War: Selling Sex and Finding Jesus on the Mexico-US Border (University of Texas Press, 2020), was awarded the 2020 Ruth Benedict Book Prize by the Association for Queer Anthropology, the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize by the National Women’s Studies Association, and the Best Book in Social Sciences Prize by the Mexico Section of the Latin American Studies Association. She is currently conducting research about the politics of pleasure in queer spaces in Mexico City. Connect with her on Instagram.
Dr. Laura McGuire (they/them) is an intersectional queer sexologist, doula, educator, and parent of two. In this show, Laura sits down with special guests for thought-provoking conversations on how sexuality, gender, race, faith, and ability shape our sexual experiences and identities as queer people.
Asking for a Friend is a Spectrum South podcast. Hosted by Dr. Laura McGuire. Produced by Dani Benoit. Don’t miss an episode—subscribe now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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