Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room

Juda Bennett's engrossing memoir chronicles his escape from suburbia into the 1970s back-to-the-land movement—and the struggle to create queer space within communes that preached freedom but clung to heterosexual norms. Join him in conversation with Davy Knittle as he explores...

Steven Gellmann's debut novel follows Simon Bugg, a teenager navigating the particular absurdity of coming out when you already have two gay moms—and when there's also, inexplicably, an alien in his stomach trying to kill him. It's a funny, heartfelt...

A rare literary conversation bringing French lesbian literary history to life. Mireille Best and Natalie Barney—two towering figures in queer women's writing—take the stage with three translators to explore their work, legacy, and what it means to translate desire and...

Susan Stryker, the preeminent historian of trans America, discusses the newly revised third edition of her groundbreaking Transgender History—a comprehensive look at trans life in America from the nineteenth century to today. This is essential reading for anyone wanting to...

Christian John Wikane sits down with Cassandra Wooten and Cheryl Mason Dorman of The Ritchie Family for an intimate conversation about disco history, Philadelphia's role in the genre, and the legendary group's three #1 hits—"Brazil," "The Best Disco in Town,"...

Anndee Hochman, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist, reads from and signs copies of Parent Trip, her collection of stories about the many roads families take to form. From conception and adoption to fostering and blending, Hochman spent nearly a decade interviewing hundreds...

The Philly Queer Book Club gathers at Giovanni's Room to discuss Death of the First Idea: Poems—a chance to dig into queer poetry with people who actually care about the work. It's the kind of evening where good conversation happens...