"The Stonewall Generation" Jane Fleishman Book Event 10/29 @6pm

"The Stonewall Generation" Jane Fleishman Book Event 10/29 @6pm

 

East End Books Ptown presents: "The Stonewall Generation" with Jane Fleishman on Thursday October 29th at 6pm. This is a virtual book event via zoom. Register via Eventbrite is required. Link is below. Tune into zoom just a few minutes before the event.

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In The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging, sexuality researcher Jane Fleishman shares the stories of fearless elders in the LGBTQ community who came of age around the time of the Stonewall Riots of 1969. In candid interviews, they lay bare their struggles, strengths, activism, and sexual liberation in the context of the political movements of the 1960s and 1970s and today. A sex-positive and unapologetic depiction of LGBTQ culture and identity, The Stonewall Generation includes the voices of those frequently marginalized in mainstream tellings of LGBTQ history, lifting up the voices of people of color, transgender people, bisexual people, drag queens, and sex workers. We need to hear these voices, particularly at a time when our country is in the middle of a crisis that puts hard-won civil and human rights at risk, values we’ve fought for again and again in our nation’s history. For anyone committed to intersectional activism and social justice, The Stonewall Generation provides a much-needed resource for empowerment, education, and renewal.

Jane Fleishman, PhD, MS, MEd, is a certified sexuality educator, researcher, and writer with more than forty years of experience. In her recent TEDx talk, “Is it OK for Grandma to have sex?” she articulates her mission to promote the sexual well-being of older adults. She has co-chaired national conferences for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and the Sexuality and Aging Consortium; launched a popular column on sex and aging for Live Well magazine; co-hosted the Our Better Half podcast with Dr. Ashley Mader and Dr. Rosara Torrisi; and hosted a monthly radio show, Sex Matters. She received the William R. Stayton Award for Leadership in the field of human sexuality in 2016.

Jane will be joined in conversation by two of the interviewees of her book who are also residents of the Cape. 

 

David Velasco Bermudez is a Stonewall veteran and a member of the Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association (SVA), serving on the SVA’s Executive Committee and as its liaison to Massachusetts. He has shared his story with groups around the country, providing a firsthand account of the Stonewall Rebellion. In 2015, he served as the grand marshal of the Boston Pride Parade. In 2016, David marched with the Cape Cod National Seashore division of the National Park Service to celebrate the naming of Stonewall as the first federal LGBT monument. He and his husband, Bob Isadore, live in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

 

Bob Isadore is a local political activist in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He is the former chairman of the Yarmouth, Massachusetts Council on Aging, and former president of the Cape and Islands Democratic Council, which promotes Democratic political candidates in the Cape Cod region. Bob married his husband, David Bermudez, on June 27, 2004, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. Five years later, he and David were on the float that led the New York Pride Parade on Stonewall’s fortieth anniversary.

 

“The Stonewall Generation is a critical addition to LGBTQ history and sociology. Generous, thoughtful, diverse—these stories brought on many memories. Reading this book reminds me how glad I am I came out and got to be part of our history.” —Kate Clinton, comedian and author of Don’t Get Me Started and I Told You So “The Stonewall Generation is a gem of a book, with interviews that illuminate different aspects of LGBTQ life in the United States and how aging intersects with identity, activism, and sex. Jane Fleishman’s thoughtful commentary and historical notes make it perfect for people who may be less familiar with LGBTQ history, and I think everyone will find something surprising or inspiring in these pages.” —Tim Johnston, Senior Director of National Projects at SAGE, author of Welcoming LGBT Residents: A Practical Guide for Senior Living Staff “The Stonewall Generation offers a compelling intervention to two facets of anti-LGBTQ oppression that have been ignored for too long: the erasure of our elders and the dispossession of our history. These oral histories offer candor, charisma, and caution to illuminate hidden pasts and inform our movement’s future. A must read.” —Alok Vaid-Menon, Trans Writer & Performance Artist, author of Beyond the Gender Binary “The Stonewall Generation is living history—from a few who were in the Stonewall bar that evening to those who weren’t even aware of it. Each voice tells a unique story that blends together with the others and offers us the history of our oppression and the resiliency of our community. What better way to honor and appreciate this generation of LGBT older adults?” —Lisa Krinsky, Director of the LGBT Aging Project, The Fenway Institute “This is a stunning book that gives voice and visibility to people who have been largely ignored by our society. It’s time to listen to them.” —Joan Price, advocate for ageless sexuality, author of the award-winning Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex “The Stonewall Generation is essential reading for educators, allies, and everyone in queer and trans communities, who deserve a rich and storied relationship to their elders.” —Jules Gill-Peterson, Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh, and author of Histories of the Transgender Child “Fleishman is adept at candidly discussing elder LGBTQIAA+ sex, not just sexual identity. Too often, what we identify as is given primacy, and what we do in the bedroom is glossed over— particularly when discussing the lives of elders. This creates different, but no less destructive silences. The Stonewall Generation fills these gaps in our collective knowledge with the joyful, tearful, and always heartfelt reminiscences of a group of brave—and unflappable—elders.” —Hugh Ryan, author of When Brooklyn Was Queer

 

 

Event date: 
Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Event address: 
389 Commercial St.
Provincetown, MA 02657
The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging By Jane Fleishman, Kate Bornstein (Foreword by), Barbara Carrellas (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Jane Fleishman, Kate Bornstein (Foreword by), Barbara Carrellas (Foreword by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9781558968530
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Skinner House Books - September 1st, 2020

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