Edgar Gomez holds an MFA from the University of California, Riverside, and is a recipient of the Marcia McQuern Award in nonfiction. His writing has been published in Ploughshares, The Rumpus, Longreads, Best Gay Stories, The Nervous Breakdown, Joyland, POPSUGAR, and elsewhere online and in print. He recently completed his first book, a memoir titled High-Risk Homosexual. Find him across social media @highriskhomo.