“Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons” by Anthony Christian Ocampo

“Brown and Gay in LA” is an engaging exploration of the queer, brown LGBTQ experience

Identity, representation and coming of age have always been themes that the two of us at the Lakshmi and Asha Show have been naturally drawn to throughout the years -- but we somehow haven't covered as much nonfiction exploring those themes as we perhaps could have.

Our ears naturally perked up when we got the chance to take a look at sociologist Anthony Christian Ocampo's new book "Brown and Gay in L.A.: The Lives of Immigrant Sons" because it seemed like the perfect chance to expand our range a little.