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A clear breakdown of polyamory for the curious.
Curious about what the word polyamory means - join the Library and Loyalty Bookstores for a conversation with Jaime M. Grant, PhD and Dean Spade to discuss Grant's new book Polyamory for Dummies.
Copies of the book will be sold and available for signing after the talk courtesy of the DC Public Library Foundation.
About the Book:
Polyamory literally means “more love”. Twenty-first century polyamory is the practice of engaging in multiple intimate relationships at the same time, with the full consent of all partners. Polyamory For Dummies gives you the lowdown on this expansive form of consensual non-monogamy, so you can go forth and prosper in whatever ways you choose. This straightforward, research-backed, and nuanced guidebook helps the poly-curious become poly-fluent. Embark on your non-monogamous journey via a healthy and sustainable path, with answers to all your big questions: Is polyamory is right for you? What does the “ethical” mean in non-monogamy? How do polyamorous people deal with jealousy and conflict among partners? Is it possible to “open up” an existing monogamous relationship? Find out everything you've been wanting to know, with this big-hearted, yet practical Dummies guide.
About the Author and Conversation Partner:
Dr. Jaime M. Grant, author of Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, and Great Sex: Mapping Your Desire, is an equity expert, researcher and trainer who has been active in LGBTQ, women’s and racial justice movements since the late 80s. Having survived sexist violence and anti-lesbian disownment as a youth, Dr. Grant became a go-to resource on gender and sex among her peers and colleagues as a matter of survival.
Dean Spade has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law. He is the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law. Bella Terra Press published a Spanish edition in 2016. In 2015, Dean released a one-hour video documentary, Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!, which can be watched free online with English captions or subtitles in several languages. Dean’s book, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the next) was published by Verso Press in October 2020.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Author Talk |
