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	Trans Kids, Our Kids by JASMINE. BEACH-FERRARA, Adam Polaski, Alexis Stratton Price $19.95 Paperback Special Order

Alexis Stratton, Adam Polaski, and Jasmine Beach-Ferrara at Harvard Book Store

presenting

Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories and Resources from the Frontlines of the Movement for Transgender Youth

Date

Oct

Thursday
October 17, 2024
7:00 PM ET

Location

Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

Tickets

This event is free; no tickets are required.

Harvard Book Store welcomes Alexis Stratton—LGBTQ+ rights advocate and author of Anywhere Else but Here—Adam Polaski—Communications & Political Director for the Campaign for Southern Equality—and Jasmine Beach-Ferrara—author of short story collection Damn Love—for a conversation on their new book Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories and Resources from the Frontlines of the Movement for Transgender Youth.

About Trans Kids, Our Kids

The targets of many of these legislative attacks have been the most vulnerable among us—transgender and LGBTQ+ youth. From “Don’t Say Gay” laws to healthcare restrictions, anti-LGBTQ+ policies are impacting trans and queer youth in almost every sphere of their lives, including the medical care they can access, the sports teams they can play on, what they are allowed to talk about in the classroom, and the books they are allowed to check out from the library. The results of this discrimination are often deadly, with over half of transgender and non-binary youth seriously contemplating suicide, and many others falling victim to violent hate crimes inspired by this hostile climate.

Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories and Resources from the Frontlines of the Movement for Transgender Youth shares the stories of transgender youth and their families, exploring the choices they are making to survive in today's environment. The book also gives voice to the medical providers who are providing care to transgender youth, as well as the activists, teachers and faith leaders who are leading the resistance efforts.

By contextualizing and sharing these stories, as well as offering resources and next steps, Trans Kids aims to both narrativize the pain and fear experienced by everyday Americans in this cultural moment, as well as highlighting the courage, hope, and resilience of transgender and LGBTQ+ youth, their families, and the people who support them.

Masking Policy

Masks are encouraged but not required for this event.

Adam Polaski

Adam Polaski is the Communications & Political Director for the Campaign for Southern Equality. Throughout his career he has provided communications support to a wide range of nonprofit organizations, including Freedom to Marry, The Brigid Alliance, the Local Solutions Support Center, GLSEN, and Freedom for All Americans. He has been recognized for Excellence in Online Journalism by the National Gay & Lesbian Journalists Association, and his writing has been published in Hello Mr., The Seventh Wave, The Bilerico Project, and Love Unites Us, an anthology book about the marriage movement. He graduated summa cum laude with a degree in journalism from Ithaca College and now lives in Asheville, NC.

Alexis Stratton

Alexis Stratton has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, and their stories and essays have appeared in storySouth, Hayden's Ferry Review, Matador Review, and Oyez Review, among other publications. In 2022, their chapbook Anywhere Else but Here was published by Fjords Review, and in 2023, they won the James River Writers’ and Richmond Magazine’s Best Unpublished Novel Contest. Alexis lives in Richmond, VA, where they work as a freelance writer and an LGBTQ+ rights advocate.

Jasmine Beach-Ferrara

Jasmine Beach-Ferrara is an ordained minister and Executive Director of the Campaign for Southern Equality. She is the author of Damn Love, a short story collection that received recognition from PEN/Hemingway in the category of debut fiction. Her essay “Southern Fried Pride” was recognized in Longread’s Best of 2016 Essay category; and her non-fiction and opinion writing about LGBTQ+ issues in the South have been published in regional and national digital and print media. She received her undergraduate degree from Brown University, her MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers, and her MDiv from Harvard Divinity School. She lives in Asheville, NC, with her family. She also serves as a county commissioner in Buncombe County, NC.

Walking from the Harvard Square T station: 2 minutes

As you exit the station, reverse your direction and walk east along Mass. Ave. in front of the Cambridge Savings Bank. Cross Dunster St. and proceed along Mass. Ave for three more blocks. You will pass Au Bon Pain, JP Licks, and TD Bank. Harvard Book Store is located at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Plympton St.

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FAQ:

Can I request a personalized inscription?
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