Hi everyone, I’m all packed and in just a few hours will be flying to Dallas Texas for the National Release of Kicked Out which will be part of the 22nd Annual Creating Change Conference produced by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, whose groundbreaking report on LGBTQ youth homelessness is excerpted inside the …
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I don’t know that I ever could have imagined how exciting it would be to visit amazon.com and see this book that has really consumed my life for the past several years be up there and available to purchase! When it first went up there was a little issue with a very old draft cover …
I cannot think of a better way to begin this new decade than by sharing with you the very special news that the day that the big day has finally arrived- Kicked Out’s pre-release sale starts today! Kicked Out has been a dream of mine; I first began dreaming of this book in a small …
Hi Everyone, In 2010 I will be teaching a 6 week LGBT Storytelling course as part of the Continuing Education program at Hunter College here in NYC. The class will meet Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm and will run from February 3, 2010 to March 10, 2010. The cost of registration is $250 ***** Class info: …
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This month I was honored to be asked by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to be a guest blogger during their week of posts about Transgender Day of Remembrance. My post is all about the epidemic of homelessness amongst trangender & gender non-conforming youth. http://glaadblog.org/2009/11/19/what-does-transgender-day-of-remembrance-mean-to-you-sassafras-lowrey/
me standing in front of the Longworth building with the Capitol in the background Last Friday I left my house at 4:20am to go to Washington DC for the annual meeting of the national advisory council to end LGBTQ youth homelessness. I’ve been on the council for just shy of a year now and have …
Sassafras’ photograph “Change” has been selected as the winner of the 2009 Shout Festival’s Queer Open Award! “Change” being projected onto Curzon Street Station in Birmingham UK ***** “Dyke vs. FTM” guerilla projections around Birmingham City Centre
For more info about the festival visit: http://www.getreadytoshout.org/
(ignore the cover- there were issues w/ the actual cover art @ the printer so my publisher generated this round w/ a fake cover. pretty cover to be seen on proofs round 2)