PROGRAM LOCATIONS: Online/Free Register ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing accessibility@nypl.org. I masquerade in makeup and feathers and I am applauded. – from The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Dean Atta will join us live […]
lin Join us as we welcome award-winning journalist and author George. M Johnson to speak live on all things writing, creating and geek out on books and more. George is the author of the memoir-manifesto All Boys Aren’t Blue, as well as an HIV and LGBTQ+ activist based out of New York. Speak On […]
Mark Gevisser discusses his new book about sexual orientation and gender identity with author Colm Tóibín. About this Event Mark Gevisser’s The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers is an exploration of how the conversation around sexual orientation and gender identity has come to divide—and describe—the world in an entirely […]
This is a place for members of the LGBTQIA+ teen community and their allies to read and discuss queer titles. We strive to build community and make everyone feel welcome. This meeting’s book is In Other Lands, by Sarah Rees Brennan. Please register and the link to the program will […]
Stories at the front lines of LGBTQ experience, activism, and conflict from around the world. Conversations and action around sexual orientation and gender identity have come to divide—and describe—the world in an entirely new way over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, argues journalist Mark Gevisser. While […]
From a young Harvard- and Cambridge-trained historian, the secret history of the fight for gay rights that began a generation before Stonewall. Eric Cervini is an award-winning historian of LGBTQ+ culture and politics. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College and received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Cambridge, where […]
Show your pride and join us for engaging conversation and exploration of LGBTQ+ books, authors and media. Share what you have been reading, watching or listening to that has inspired you. Registration closes one hour before the start of the program. A valid email address is needed at registration to […]
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first […]