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BMI Conversations: Edgar Gomez

Edgar Gomez
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Illustration: Ryan Vellinga

This is Black Mountain Institute Conversations, a series of interviews produced by Nevada Public Radio’s Desert Companion in collaboration with the Black Mountain Institute. Here, Desert Companion Editor Heidi Kyser talks with BMI’s Shearing Fellows about their passions, inspirations, community initiatives, and … of course … their writing.

This episode features Edgar Gomez. His first book, the memoir High-Risk Homosexual, was published by Soft Skull Press in January 2022. It follows Edgar’s journey of self-discovery, from their roots in Nicaragua, to their experiences as a gay, Latinx teenager and young adult in Orlando and L.A. Through a difficult — and often dangerous — exploration of identity, Edgar comes to terms with the moniker bestowed by a physician: high-risk homosexual.

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Desert Companion welcomed Heidi Kyser as staff writer in January 2014. In 2018, she was promoted to senior writer and producer, working for both DC and KNPR's State of Nevada. She produced KNPR’s first podcast, the Edward R. Murrow Regional Award-winning Native Nevada, in 2020. The following year, she returned her focus full-time to Desert Companion, becoming Deputy Editor, which meant she was next in line to take over when longtime editor Andrew Kiraly left in July 2022. In 2024, Interim CEO Favian Perez promoted Heidi to managing editor, charged with integrating the Desert Companion and State of Nevada newsroom operations.