Tag: Transgress Press

• Transgress Press-mate Lei Ming Wins Lambda Literary Nomination (and I’m still cute)

  

  Touring mate, and Transgress Press brother Lei Ming (and sister Lura Frazey,) took the nomination win at the 2017 Lambda Literary Awards in Transgender Non-Fiction for “Life Beyond My Body: A Transgender Journey to Manhood in China.” If it couldn’t be me, I’m so glad it was Ray (Lei Ming). His story is remarkable, and…

  Sam Peterson

  June 23, 2017

  EVENTS, Uncategorized

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• Awe in Austin, Asheville Panache

  I had the great fortune of reading at Bookwoman in Austin recently, with my labelmate Paige Schilt. Her memoir, Queer Rock Love, is a paige-turner (see what I did there). I burned through my copy, eager to see where this engaging trio of big-soul’d weirdos would go next. The similarities between our books are that…

  Sam Peterson

  May 17, 2017

  EVENTS, Uncategorized

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• The Writer Who Reads

  Me, Molly McGinn, and Sam Frazier–we had a warm and wonderous time at the Durham LGBTQ Center, reading and singing for an incredibly receptive crowd. We had terrific representation from LaVare’s House, a private halfway house for LGBTQ folks in recovery, and from North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, who dispensed naloxone and wisdom. I’d like…

  Sam Peterson

  April 14, 2017

  EVENTS

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