Join us for a discussion of American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era by Nico Lang. We will be joined by the author virtually for this event!
Date: Thursday, Apr 3, 2025
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Dutcher Community Room
Join us for a discussion of American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era by Nico Lang.
Media coverage tends to sensationalize the fight over how trans kids should be allowed to live, but what is incredibly rare are the voices of the people at the heart of this debate: transgender and gender-nonconforming kids themselves. For their groundbreaking new book, journalist Nico Lang spent a year traveling the country to document the lives of transgender, nonbinary, and genderfluid teens and their families. Drawing on hundreds of hours of on-the-ground interviews with them and the people in their communities, American Teenager paints a vivid portrait of what it's actually like to grow up trans today. 2024; 288 pages. This title is also available on Hoopla!
Join us for a discussion of The Pairing by Casey McQuiston.
Two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over each other—except they're definitely not. Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other's lives once and for all. 2024; 432 pages.
Thursday, June 12 @ 7 PM
June is Pride Month! Join us for a conversation with a panel of fiction and non-fiction authors from the LGBTQ+ community. The panel includes Brian Farr, Heidi Gross, Jean Trewalla, and more. All are welcome.
Tuesday, July 8 @ 7 PM.
Crossover book club with Clifton Park - Halfmoon Public Library's Read with Pride. Meeting offsite at Mocha Lisa's Cafe in Clifton Park.
Join us for a discussion of The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
A novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. 2021; 400 pages.
Tuesday, August 12 @ 7 PM.
Crossover book club with Clifton Park - Halfmoon Public Library's Read with Pride. Meeting offsite at Mocha Lisa's Cafe in Clifton Park.
Join us for a discussion of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin.
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. 1969; 304 pages.
Thursday, September 4 @ 7 PM
Join us for a discussion of The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul.
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance. 2024; 256 pages.
Thursday, October 2 @ 7 PM
Join us for discussion of In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado.
For years Carmen Maria Machado has struggled to articulate her experiences in an abusive same-sex relationship. In this extraordinarily candid and radically inventive memoir, Machado tackles a dark and difficult subject with wit, inventiveness and an inquiring spirit, as she uses a series of narrative tropes—including classic horror themes—to create an entirely unique piece of work which is destined to become an instant classic. 2019: 251 pages.
Thursday, November 6 @ 7 PM
Join us for a discussion of Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace.
A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for healing. Wallace is an award-winning journalist who has built his career writing unforgettable profiles, bringing a provocative and engaged sensitivity to his subjects. Now he turns the focus on himself, examining his own life and the circumstances that frame it—making sense of seeking refuge from homelessness. 2024: 272 pages.
Thursday, December 11 @ 7 PM
Join us for a discussion on Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy.
After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie Ramos is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a utopian future of sexual and racial equality and environmental harmony. But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome: a dystopian society of grotesque exploitation. One will become our world. And Connie herself may strike the decisive blow... 1976; 376 pages.
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