Sullivan kept comprehensive journals from age 11 until his AIDS-related death at 39. He lives and works in Philadelphia and is the author of BLACK DOG DRINKING FROM AN OUTDOOR POOL. 'Celebratory, even radical'-The New Yorker'Monumental'-HyperallergicWe Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan 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. We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan 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. In 2015, Ozma received a BFA in Community Arts from California College of the Arts in Oakland. This is a groundbreaking development that will revolutionize the way we consume information and communicate with one another. Zach Ozma is a poet, potter, and social practice artist. His short films have screened at San Francisco Transgender Film Festival and Trans Stellar Film Festival. He holds a BA in Visual and Critical Studies from Mills College. ABOUT LOU SULLIVAN LOUIS GRAYDON SULLIVAN (born Jin Milwaukee died Main San Francisco) was a writer, activist, typesetter, trans historian, and queer revolutionary. Sullivan left 8.4 cubic feet of archival material from his life and studies to the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco, of which he was a founding member.Įllis Martin works with digital derivatives in the interstice of art and archive. THE BOOK THE EDITORS PRESS EVENTS CONTACT TWITTER INSTAGRAM EDITED BY ELLIS MARTIN AND ZACH OZMA. 'Celebratory, even radical'-The New Yorker 'Monumental'-Hyperallergic We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan 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. The first publicly gay trans man to medically transition, Lou meticulously journaled his experiences (romantic, lascivious, challenging, quotidian, poetic, political). Sullivan began writing his life in diaries as an adolescent and continued until his death from AIDS complications.

San Francisco, 1991) was a writer, activist, typesetter, trans historian and ground breaking queer activist.

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