LIVE from NYPL: Pride 2020: Reframing Liberation

Millennial LGBTQ creatives consider what Pride means today as intersectionality and allyship emerge as pressing ideas.

One year after millions of people came to New York for Pride and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, Covid-19 caused the City to cancel the march for the first time in its half-century history. But as people around the world rise up to affirm that Black Lives Matter and to protest the systemic racism that drives economic inequality, police brutality, and much more, queer millenials are reframing what liberation means for their generation. 

In a conversation that considers what intersectionality, allyship, and mobilization mean today, Lama Rod Owens speaks with creative queer millenials, including Ianne Fields Stewart and Fran Tirado about the legacies of their ancestors, the work of today, and the pride of their identities. 

This is the third event in our series Pride Across Generations, a trio of programs convened online June 22-24, 2020. View the full list of programs here.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Lama Rod Owens is a Buddhist minister, author, activist, yoga instructor and authorized Lama, or Buddhist teacher, in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism and is considered one of the leaders of his generation of Buddhist teachers. He holds a Master of Divinity degree in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School, is the author of Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger, and co-author of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation. 

Ianne Fields Stewart, actor, activist, and founder of The Okra Project, is a Black, queer, nonbinary, transfeminine, New York-based storyteller working at the intersection of performance and activism. As a performer, Ianne has worked consistently in productions at NYC venues such as: Joe’s Pub, Dixon Place, La Mama, and on television (Pose,The Bold Type, and the upcoming Netflix series Dash and Lily). In the summer of 2017, Ianne was selected to be one of the 15 US Fellows for Humanity in Action's John Lewis Fellowship.

Fran Tirado's bio is a work in progress, but he is a writer and producer living between LA and Brooklyn.

ADDITIONAL READING
If you have a NYPL library card—or live in New York state and want to apply for one now—you can borrow The Stonewall Reader and Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era  for free with our e-reader app SimplyE, available for iOS and Android devices.

Readers everywhere who wish to purchase copies of The Stonewall Reader and Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era can do so at The New York Public Library Shop. All proceeds benefit The New York Public Library. Plus, receive a free commemorative 125th anniversary tote bag with your purchase!


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