Storytelling Workshop: LGBTQ Nightlife Through the Years

Come share your own stories of life, fun, and drama in gay and trans dance clubs and bars.

Clubs and bars have long been the beating heart of LGBTQ life, offering spaces of creativity, expression, community, love, excitement, and drama. These scenes change fast from one decade to the next, and our stories get lost from one generation to the next. Come share your own stories of the gay and trans dance clubs and bars of your youth. We'll share story-telling techniques, ways of passing on and recording stories, and listen to each other's stories of LGBTQ nightlife in decades past. Facilitated by Nico Fuentes and Ada Wilderman.

To see the full list of Stonewall 50 programs taking place in branches, visit nypl.org/stonewall50

Major support of the Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50 exhibition and related programming is provided by The New York Community Trust, Hermes Mallea and Carey Maloney, and the TD Charitable Foundation and TD Bank. Additional support is provided by Time Warner and the Magnus Hirschfeld Endowment Fund.

Support for The New York Public Library’s Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos Exhibitions Fund, Jonathan Altman, and Miriam and Ira D. Wallach.

ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing accessibility@nypl.org.