June Adult Book Club — "Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary" by Toshio MeronekA legendary transgender elder and activist reflects on a lifetime of struggle and the future of black, queer, and trans liberation.
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HIV/AIDS crisis and a world that white supremacy has built. She has shared tips with other sex workers in the nascent drag ball scene of the late 1960s, and helped found one of America’s first needle exchange clinics from the back of her van. Miss Major Speaks is both document of her brilliant life–told with intimacy, warmth and an undeniable levity-and a roadmap for the challenges black, brown, queer and trans youth will face on the path to liberation today.
Discussion on Monday, June 29th at 5:00pm
Celebrate Pride month this year by joining Lyell Branch staff in reading our June pick with a book discussion at the end of the month! Title available through MCLS and Libby.
Event Venue
956 Lyell Ave, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14606
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