By Lou Sullivan; edited by Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma, 2019
We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan narrates the inner life of a gay trans man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century. Sullivan kept comprehensive journals from age eleven until his AIDS-related death at thirty-nine. Sensual, lascivious, challenging, quotidian and poetic, the diaries complicate and disrupt normative trans narratives. Entries from twenty-four diaries reveal Sullivan’s self-articulation and the complexity of a fascinating and courageous figure.
Hi, I am hoping to read this book for my graduate seminar class but the file is corrupted. Is there any chance I can receive a copy?
Hi Sable! I just checked and the file appears to be working. It’s an epub (unfortunately we couldn’t locate a PDF) so it has to be opened in an epub reader.
Hey! Do you need a conversion to PDF for it?
I can do it in calibre for you!
Yes, thank you! You can email it to us directly at info [at] transreads.org
Hi! I just wanted to add that if you download it as an epub file, there are websites like https://www.freepdfconvert.com/epub-to-pdf that can convert it to a pdf very easily. I am using an adblocker be warned that there may or may not be sketchy ads on that website, I’m not sure.
using epub reader it crashes
I just checked and this appears to be an issue with whatever epub reader you’re using.
Reading about Lou Sullivan’s diaries really highlights the immense value in preserving personal histories, especially from voices that have often been overlooked. I’m curious if the article discusses the challenges the editors faced