Our seventeenth blog linked to Lewisham Voices Facebook video posts, is part of a weekly series where the stories, memories, poems and writing from people who lived, worked or wrote about the area of Lewisham are shared. Lewisham Voices will become monthly from September.
Author Juno Roche reads from their new book and writing in the video on the link below.
Juno Roche is a trans campaigner and author and former teacher born in Peckham. Books written include Queer Sex: A TRANS and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships; Trans Power: Own your Gender; and the recently published Gender Explorers: Our stories of growing up TRANS and changing the world. The latest book is a collection of life affirming interviews with young trans people.
It is also available as an audio book.
It is also available as an audio book.
Longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize in 2019. In this frank, funny and poignant book, transgender activist Juno Roche discusses sex, desire and dating with leading figures from the trans and non-binary community.
Trans Power: Own your Gender was longlisted for the Polari Prize 2020.
This prize is the UK's first and largest LGBTQ+ book award. Established to promote writing that explores the LGBTQ+ experience.
This prize is the UK's first and largest LGBTQ+ book award. Established to promote writing that explores the LGBTQ+ experience.
We have special collections of LGBT fiction and non-fiction in Lewisham, Deptford, Downham and Catford libraries and our other libraries have LGBT stock in their general collections.
Lewisham (and now, surrounding!) LGBTQI Book Club meet every month on the last Monday, from 7- 8.30pm on zoom - please email the Lewisham LGBT Forum for the zoom book club link, as it changes every month. We are a different kind of book club, in that we don’t set a text - you can just read (or listen, if you prefer audiobooks) as much of whatever you like (as long as it has a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer link) and then come along and tell us what you’ve thought of it so far.
Recently our members have read Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez, Believe Me by Eddie Izzard, Major Surgery by Lola Keeley, Forced Out by Kevin Maxwell, David Bowie Made Me Gay by Darryl Bullock, Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan, Black Wave by Michelle Tea, Letters for My Brothers by Megan M Rohrer and loads more, which we list on our Facebook page, if you are looking for reads! We also list what was a library book or available on Libby, so you can read for free if you have a library card. Prior to lockdown we met physically in Lewisham library but now you can join us on zoom from the comforts of home.
lewishamlgbtforum@gmail.com
Lewisham LGBT Forum facebook link
Recently our members have read Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez, Believe Me by Eddie Izzard, Major Surgery by Lola Keeley, Forced Out by Kevin Maxwell, David Bowie Made Me Gay by Darryl Bullock, Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan, Black Wave by Michelle Tea, Letters for My Brothers by Megan M Rohrer and loads more, which we list on our Facebook page, if you are looking for reads! We also list what was a library book or available on Libby, so you can read for free if you have a library card. Prior to lockdown we met physically in Lewisham library but now you can join us on zoom from the comforts of home.
lewishamlgbtforum@gmail.com
Lewisham LGBT Forum facebook link
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