{"title":"Lou Sullivan","description":"\u003cp\u003eLou Sullivan's work invites readers into a candid exploration of identity, desire, and the nuances of human connection. Through evocative storytelling and vivid prose, these books offer a powerful perspective within contemporary arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on intimate, often challenging experiences, Sullivan's writing resonates deeply with those drawn to honest, thought-provoking narratives that illuminate the complexities of life and self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"youngman-by-lou-sullivan-9781784877347","title":"Youngman","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first openly trans author on a Classics list, \u003cem\u003eYoungman\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique first-hand account of a historical trans man's life, which reads like a euphoric coming-of-age novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA unique first-hand account of a historical gay trans man's whole life, which reads like a celebratory coming-of-age novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLou kept candid diaries from the age of 10. Through these extracts, we hear Lou's life in his own words—from 'playing boys' in his childhood in Wisconsin, to cruising San Francisco's gay bars for handsome 'youngmen'; from first hearing about gender non-conforming communities, to becoming a vital part of them as an activist, author, and archivist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLou navigated his identity with few role models and was perhaps the first publicly gay transgender man. Successfully campaigning to remove heterosexuality from the medical requirements for gender affirming surgery, Lou was pivotal in our modern understanding of gender and sexuality as distinct identities. After he was diagnosed with HIV in 1986, he remarked that he had been told by clinics that 'it was impossible for me to live as a gay man, but it looks like I'm gonna die like one.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis selection shows Lou's joyous love of life, men, and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePUBLISHING TRIANGLE FINALIST\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SUSAN STRYKER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Chatty and tender, casually poetic and voraciously sexual—Sullivan workshopped his identity and his relationships, committing to the page an interior monologue of self-discovery that paralleled the gay-liberation movement, the burgeoning transgender-rights movement, and the aids crisis... Given how many contemporary trans narratives are rooted in trauma, their choice to foreground trans pleasure and sensuality is celebratory, even radical' \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302833508588,"sku":"9781784877347","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13388303482823.jpg?v=1743110562"},{"product_id":"we-both-laughed-in-pleasure-by-lou-sullivan-9781643620176","title":"We Both Laughed In Pleasure","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PUBLISHING TRIANGLE AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan\u003c\/em\u003e is drawn from Lou Sullivan's meticulously kept journals, recording the life of arguably the first publicly gay trans man to medically transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis landmark book narrates the inner life of a gay man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century. Sullivan kept comprehensive journals from age 11 until his AIDS-related death at 39. Sensual, lascivious, challenging, quotidian, and poetic, the diaries complicate and disrupt normative trans narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEntries from twenty-four diaries reveal Sullivan's self-articulation and the complexity of a fascinating and courageous figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47933361783020,"sku":"9781643620176","price":56.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781643620176-we-both-laughed-in-pleasure.jpg?v=1783869158"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/lou-sullivan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}