Opening Reception for Stonewall 50 Branch Programming

Cecilia Gentili and the New York City Trans Oral History Project kick off five months of events honoring the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. 

This is the first of over 30 programs scheduled  throughout the next five months at libraries in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island that will reflect on 50 years of LGBTQ+ struggle, beauty, and community. 

During the reception, we will hear from some of the LGBTQ activists, artists and authors will be speaking and facilitating discussions in the coming months. We'll reflect on the legacy of Stonewall for us today, particularly in the public spaces offered by neighborhood libraries, and for local NYC queer and trans communities.

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

About the host: Originally from Argentina, Cecilia Gentilli recently left her position as the Director of Public Affairs at GMHC. She was a contributor to Trans Bodies Trans Selves and is a board member  with the Translatina Network and  Transcend Legal. That’s for work. For fun, she acts sometimes and loves doing storytelling events. She is very passionate about advocating for her community, and mostly for transgender women with a Latino background, sex work, drug use and incarceration history.

FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED
For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. Guests will be admitted without registration as space allows.

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.