Community

Come be in community and mark the end of Pride Month with a gathering that will celebrate LGBTQ+ life while providing space to grieve, name our fears and anxieties, and look toward a hopeful future in this difficult time. A guided discussion and light meal will be followed by a reflective, affirming service in Trinity Church. Open to all; LGBTQ+ community members as well as allies are invited to take part. An offering of Trinity’s Pastoral Care team in collaboration with the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute (PSI). For more information, contact PastoralCare@trinitywallstreet.org. RSVP requested. 

The service portion of this event will be streamed live starting at 6:45pm, and available for on-demand viewing. If you miss the live stream, check back later; the on-demand video will be posted shortly.

Today, approximately 40 percent of the people in women’s prisons identify as queer. Hear from bestselling author and historian Hugh Ryan as he shares insights from his new book, The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison.

This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century. From the lesbian communities forged through the Women’s House of Detention to the turbulent prison riots that preceded Stonewall, this is this story of one building and much more: the people it caged, the neighborhood it changed, and the resistance it inspired.

Join Hugh Ryan for a book talk and conversation with the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Trinity’s Theologian-in-residence, and take part in audience Q&A and a book signing. Books may be purchased here.