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transI'm posting here because in previous posts and comments their was a fair amount of interest in my book from folks in this community and I know a lot of folks here are really connected to LGBTQ groups at colleges and/or local community groups.
40% of homeless youth in the United States identify as LGBTQ. My name is Sassafras Lowrey and I am a queer author, artist, and activist and I am getting in contact with you to let you know about my anthology “Kicked Out” which brings together the voices of current and former homeless LGBTQ youth to address the growing epidemic and tell the forgotten stories of some of our community’s youngest and most vulnerable members.
This anthology which will be released from Homofactus Press in October, brings together the stories of over 20 diverse contributors to share stories of survival while weaving together descriptions of abuse with poignant accounts of the sanctuary of community, and the power of creating chosen families. The foreword has been written by Judy Shepard (mother of Matthew Shepard) and included in the anthology are the nuanced perspectives of leading organizations such as The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and The National Alliance to End Homelessness as well as regional agencies like Sylvia’s Place, The Circus Project and Family Builders and has been endorsed by PFLAG-National and authors like Lynne Breedlove.
I am in the midst of finalizing a national tour coinciding with the release of Kicked Out in October and in connection with National Coming Out month and would love to make your school, or community center a stop on that tour. My appearance can take many forms ranging from participation in Coming Out Day festivities, lecturing on the epidemic of queer youth homelessness and my personal experience of being kicked out of my semi-rural Oregon home, a reading from “Kicked Out” and my forthcoming book “GSA to Marriage: Stories of a Life Lived Queerly,” and/or teaching one of my popular Queer Storytelling workshop.
An experienced speaker I have appeared at schools, conferences, and for community groups across the country including The Portland Zine Symposium, NYAC’s (National Youth Advocacy Coalition) conference in Washington DC, Sylvia’s Place emergency LGBT youth shelter in Manhattan, as well as colleges and Universities like Bard, Portland State University, Swarthmore, and CUNY.
A complete bio and press kit can be downloaded from my website www.PoMoFreakshow.com . Rates and detailed workshop and reading descriptions are available upon request. You can also learn more about the anthology itself at: www.KickedOutAnthology.com
40% of homeless youth in the United States identify as LGBTQ. My name is Sassafras Lowrey and I am a queer author, artist, and activist and I am getting in contact with you to let you know about my anthology “Kicked Out” which brings together the voices of current and former homeless LGBTQ youth to address the growing epidemic and tell the forgotten stories of some of our community’s youngest and most vulnerable members.
This anthology which will be released from Homofactus Press in October, brings together the stories of over 20 diverse contributors to share stories of survival while weaving together descriptions of abuse with poignant accounts of the sanctuary of community, and the power of creating chosen families. The foreword has been written by Judy Shepard (mother of Matthew Shepard) and included in the anthology are the nuanced perspectives of leading organizations such as The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and The National Alliance to End Homelessness as well as regional agencies like Sylvia’s Place, The Circus Project and Family Builders and has been endorsed by PFLAG-National and authors like Lynne Breedlove.
I am in the midst of finalizing a national tour coinciding with the release of Kicked Out in October and in connection with National Coming Out month and would love to make your school, or community center a stop on that tour. My appearance can take many forms ranging from participation in Coming Out Day festivities, lecturing on the epidemic of queer youth homelessness and my personal experience of being kicked out of my semi-rural Oregon home, a reading from “Kicked Out” and my forthcoming book “GSA to Marriage: Stories of a Life Lived Queerly,” and/or teaching one of my popular Queer Storytelling workshop.
An experienced speaker I have appeared at schools, conferences, and for community groups across the country including The Portland Zine Symposium, NYAC’s (National Youth Advocacy Coalition) conference in Washington DC, Sylvia’s Place emergency LGBT youth shelter in Manhattan, as well as colleges and Universities like Bard, Portland State University, Swarthmore, and CUNY.
A complete bio and press kit can be downloaded from my website www.PoMoFreakshow.com . Rates and detailed workshop and reading descriptions are available upon request. You can also learn more about the anthology itself at: www.KickedOutAnthology.com