Carlos T. Mock (born January 16, 1956) is a Puerto Rican physician, gay activist, journalist, and writer who has published both works in the medical profession, works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Mock then joined a private place group at the Glen Ellyn Clinic, where he practiced obstetrics and gynecology until 1996. He developed an interest in infertility and twin pregnancies which led to the publication of a medical paper in the later topic.
Due to complications from HIV therapy, he became disabled in May 1996. He currently lives in Chicago, Illinois and Three Oaks, Michigan with his partner, Bill Rattan.
Activism
While at practice in the Glen Ellyn Clinic, Mock experienced first-hand the discrimination in the workforce against GLBT physicians when one of his colleagues was fired for being gay. This, along with his HIV diagnosis, which forced him to retire, caused him to join the board of Equality Illinois, where he founded the Capitol Club.,[1] the fundraising arm of the organization, where he served from 2000 until 2009. His fundraising efforts were instrumental in the passage of the Human Rights Act of Illinois in 2005,[2] prohibiting discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identity in Illinois. For his work he was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 2007[3]
Literary career
Mock started writing in 2001. He was first published in 2003 when Floricanto Press published Borrowing Time, A Latino Sexual Odyssey, which was later released in paperback in 2006. This was followed by five other publications. Since then he has contributed to The Chicago Tribune, Windy City Times, Ambiente Magazine (in Miami, Florida) and the web magazines: The Billerico Project and OpEd News.
Publications
Articles
Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Syndrome, acephalic presentating at full term, Robert Roger Lebel, MD, Carlos Mock, MD, Jeannette Israel, MD, William Senica, MD, Fetus Magazine.[4]
Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey – Floricanto Press 2003. Paperback in 2006.
Mosaic Virus – Floricanto Press 2007.
Papi Chulo: A Legend, a Novel, and the Puerto Rican Identity – Floricanto Press 2008.
The Corner Queen—La Loca de la Esquina: A Romance and a Revolution — Floricanto Press 2018.
Non-fiction
Cuba Libe: "Mentirita" Cuba's history from the Afro Cuban point of view. – Floricanto Press October 2009.
Poetry
Unfinished Works Published by AIDS Services Foundation – Orange County December 2005. "The Critic" Honorable Mention
The Refined Savage Poetry Review – Refined Savage Editions Issue 1, March 2006 Editor/Publisher Jose Alejandro Peña
Fingernails Across the Chalkboard Gwendolyn Brooks Center December 2006 Honorable Mention "Winter"
MARIPOSAS: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry Edited by Emanuel Xavier. Published by Floricanto Press, October 12, 2008
Infinitas – Floricanto Press December 2011.
Short stories
Van Gogh's Ear – The Supernatural Edition Anthology edited by Felice Picano. Page 72: Santería 101: How to Conceive a Boy
Historias – Floricanto Press June 2014. Nominated for The 2015 Pulitzer Prize[14] in fiction; Nominated for a 2015 International Latino Book Award[15] in General Fiction, Nominated in 2015 for the Lammy award[16] in Fiction from The Lambda Literary Foundation
Essays
El Jardín de los Senderos que se Bifurcan by Jorge Luís Borges B. A. in Latin American Literature Thesis, Johns Hopkins University 1976.
Unfinished Works Published by AIDS Services Foundation – Orange County December 2005. "HIV From the Puerto Rican Perspective" – Third Place award
"Queer History viewed through the eyes of Literature and my favorite books as I live my Latino Odyssey" Testimonial Texts, Stories, Lives and Memories Published by Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (UPN), Mexico City May, 2006
