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.
Join the Trinity community as we celebrate and bless our high school seniors. In this choral evensong service led by the Trinity Youth Chorus, we will give thanks to God for the gifts young people bring to the community and send our high school seniors out into the world with our prayers and blessings. All are welcome to celebrate with us. Reception to follow.
Trinity Sunday is many things: a day when mystery is front and center, a day when the dynamic unity of Three in One calls us to resist over simplification, and a day for introspection and anticipation.
"Pentecost calls the Church to accept and embrace the high calling we have as Christians." Recalling the evil in the world, seen tragically in recent events in Buffalo, Uvalde, Ukraine, and other places, the Rt. Rev. Andrew ML Dietsche in his sermon on the Day of Pentecost at Trinity Church, calls upon us to renounce evil.
