Queer Classics Book Club: "We Both Laughed in Pleasure"
Thu, 4 Dec 2025
6:00 - 7:30 PM (EST)
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Join us on Thursday, December 4th from 6:00-7:30 PM as we discuss “We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan,” a book the New Yorker described as "Celebratory, even radical” and Hyperallergic called "Monumental.”
Lou Sullivan was, according to transreads.org, “an activist, author, and archivist who navigated his identity with few role models and was perhaps the first publicly gay transgender man. Successfully campaigning to remove heterosexuality from the medical requirements for gender affirming surgery, Lou was pivotal in our modern understanding of gender and sexuality as distinct identities.”
“We Both Laughed in Pleasure” details Lou’s life from age 10 to his death from AIDS at age 39 (1961-1991). Whether you read all, some, or none of it, you’re most welcome to join us. Please bring questions to help prompt our discussion.
Lou Sullivan was, according to transreads.org, “an activist, author, and archivist who navigated his identity with few role models and was perhaps the first publicly gay transgender man. Successfully campaigning to remove heterosexuality from the medical requirements for gender affirming surgery, Lou was pivotal in our modern understanding of gender and sexuality as distinct identities.”
“We Both Laughed in Pleasure” details Lou’s life from age 10 to his death from AIDS at age 39 (1961-1991). Whether you read all, some, or none of it, you’re most welcome to join us. Please bring questions to help prompt our discussion.