Ashley Molesso and Chessie Needham, queer power couple and founders of the popular Brooklyn stationery company Ash + Chess, have written and illustrated The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History and Handbook, an entertaining guide that pays tribute to the LGBTQ+ community. Filled with engaging descriptions, interesting facts, helpful features—such as historical queer icons and events and LGBTQ+ acronym definitions— it illuminates the transformation of the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting its struggles, achievements, landmarks, and contributions. It salutes its iconic members—the celebrities, politicians, entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens who have made a notable impact on gay life and society itself. Ash and Chess will be hosted by Sara DiVello on South End Writes via Zoom. Tuesday, June 9, at 6:30 PM.

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The Gay Agenda is also a nostalgic look back for older generations, as well as an archive for younger people, and a helpful introduction for those interested in learning more about the community and its achievements. From James Baldwin and Emma Goldman to Marsha P. Johnson and Jodie Foster; the Pink Triangle and the Rainbow Flag to Stonewall and the AIDS crisis; Matthew Shepard and Pulse Nightclub to Sodomy Laws and Obergefell; Drag and Transitioning to The L Word and The Kinsey Scale, Freddie Mercury and Ellen Degeneres to Laverne Cox and David Bowie, this magnificent digest is a keepsake honoring all LGBTQ+, and the ongoing fight to gain—and maintain—equality for all.