Emanuel Xavier is an American Latinx poet, spoken word artist, author, editor, former homeless youth, and LGBTQ activist born and raised in New York City, in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. Of Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian ancestry, he emerged from the ball culture scene and Nuyorican spoken word movement to become a successful writer and advocate for gay youth programs and Latinx literature. Once an underage hustler and club kid drug dealer, and later a hate crime survivor, he has performed, conducted spoken word poetry workshops, and produced benefits and events for LGBTQ youth organizations around the United States.

In this week's A Long Way From Home podcast, join Emanuel Xavier, an American Latinx poet, author, editor, former homeless youth, and LGBTQ activist, in a conversation about how LGBTQ people experience exile and displacement. Listen in as Emanuel discusses surviving homelessness on the Christopher Street piers in the 1980's while exploring ways of #FindingHome with AFC's Founder, Carl Siciliano.