River City Pride Walk 2019
The Women's Center of Jacksonville invites everyone to join us for the 2019 River City Pride Parade on Saturday October 5th!
We will be walking in the parade and carrying our RRT banner, handing out rack cards, beaded necklaces, and buttons!!
The Women's Center of Jacksonville are meeting at Willow Branch Park for the Pride Parade for anyone walking with us. We are number 14 in a lineup of 100. Everyone walking with us must be there by 3:00 PM to be ready to walk at 4:00PM.
Gay & Lesbian Review Book Launch: "In Search of Stonewall"
Featuring: Karla Jay, Richard Schneider Jr., Amy Hoffman, Timothy Stewart Winter, Michael Denneny. Celebrate a quarter century of the pioneering journal of LGBTQ life with this event to honor the release of the commemorative book, In Search of Stonewall: The Riots at 50 and The Gay & Lesbian Review at 25. Founded in 1994—25 years after the Stonewall Riots—the Review is a groundbreaking bimonthly magazine that features reviews, history, politics, and culture through the lens of the LGBTQ experience. Panelists Karla Jay, Richard Schneider Jr., Amy Hoffman and Timothy Stewart Winter will discuss the G&LR’s early days, the significance of Stonewall, and the future of LGBTQ rights. GLR Book Launch: In Search of Stonewall New-York Historical Society Friday, June 7, 2019, 7-
THE LAMMYS: 31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Over 500 writers, publishing professionals, and celebrities came together on this special night to celebrate excellence in LGBTQ literature. I was a presenter.
Featured here in Gay City News. They quoted my onstage patter:
Writer and scholar Karla Jay, a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front, which as a group is a grand marshal at this year’s LGBTQ Pride March, told how she’s been in demand for appearances in person and for films.
“It’s like being on a book tour without the book,” she said. She recalled the first Pride March and talked about preparing for the 50th:
“I persisted. I survived,” she said, also quipping, “I was checking the ‘In Memoriam’ list to make sure I wasn’t on it.”
31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Monday, June 3, 2019
Hosted by Mx. Justin Vivian Bond
“The Past and Future of the Queer Press”
It was great sharing the stage with Michael Bronski of FagRag and Perry Brass speaking about the important role the media played in the LGBTQ movement. And I was so pleased to have a chance to meet the hosts of "Nancy"!
The New York Public Library Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in the exhibition, Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50 chronicles the emergence of LGBTQ activism with over 150 photographs and ephemera. Additionally, a robust slate of programming is planned and including:
"Thinking Out Loud: The Past and Future of the Queer Press"
A panel discussion with Karla Jay, Perry Brass and Tobin and Kathy, hosts of queer podcast "Nancy"
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
6:00 p.m.
New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd St.
Collier Schorr: Stonewall at 50
I attended the opening of this photo exhibit of work by fashion and celebrity photographer, Collier Schorr. Collier photographed Karen F. Kerner, Duchess, and me for her forthcoming Stonewall 50 show at Alice Austen House on Staten Island. Duchess says she intends to steal the show, leave her current line of work, and become a model.
The Alice Austen House presents 'Stonewall at 50', an exhibition by artist Collier Schorr. 15 intergenerational portraits of LGBTQ+ activists and artists, celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.
Collier Schorr: Stonewall at 50
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 19, 2019
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view through September 2019
2 Hylan Blvd
Staten Island, NY 10305
(718) 816-4506
“The Stonewall Generation Meets Gen Z: Panel on LGBTQ+ Activism”
To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, LGBTQ+ student activists talk with movement founders: Karla Jay (Pace distinguished professor emerita; Tales of the Lavender Menace author), Robert Vazquez Pacheco (ACT UP and Gran Fury artist collective member), Mark Segal (National Gay Newspaper Guild president; Philadelphia Gay News founder), and Jay Toole (Queers for Economic
Justice co-founder; activist, storyteller, butch). Student panelists include Jay Bradford, Jasper Brooks, Sadie Ronga-Rubin, and Andrew Sciallo.
“The Stonewall Generation Meets Gen Z"
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
6:30-830 p.m.
Pace University Student Center
One Pace Plaza, NY, NY 10038
Open to the public. Free tickets at www.eventbrite.com/
(1st floor, wheelchair accessible)
"In Search of Stonewall: The Riots at 50, The G&L Review at 25" --Panel Discussion
The book, In Search of Stonewall: The Riots at 50, The G&L Review at 25 is being published by The Gay and Lesbian Review worldwide to commemorate 25 Years of Publication. The G&LR was founded in 1994, which was the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. So now that the latter event is turning 50, we decided to celebrate both anniversaries with a collection of our best articles on the early struggle for equality
A panel discussion, featuring Richard Schneider Jr., David Leddick and Karla Jay will be held to celebrate the occasion. Signed copies of the book will be available for sale.
"In Search of Stonewall: The Riots at 50, The G&L Review at 25"
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Stonewall National Museum
“Stonewall 50: Reflecting—and Gearing Up for World Pride 2019"
Sponsored by BLAST, With Author & Activist, Karla Jay, we will discuss our now-mythologized past, the erasure of lesbians from that story, and recent developments.
For members only.
“Stonewall 50: Reflecting—and Gearing Up for World Pride 2019"
Saturday, February 24, 2019
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County
Town Hall: "Our Community Vision for Stonewall 50/World Pride"
Reclaim Pride Coalition thinks it is imperative that we come together as a community to formulate a challenge and an alternative. Please come out on the night of July 31st to share your ideas on what you think Stonewall 50/World Pride should look like. By the end of the evening we hope to develop a new model for Pride that we will work toward over the coming year.
Reclaim Pride Coalition Town Hall
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
7 PM – 9 PM
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
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