Virtual Author Talk with Sarah Prager

Join us in celebrating Pride month with Connecticut-born author Sarah Prager.   She will share incredible true stories from her new book "Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History."   This event is friendly to middle schoolers, teens, and adults. Registration is required.  Registrants will be sent login information 24 hours before the start of the program. 

"Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History." -  Take a journey through the lives of fifty revolutionary queer figures who made history in this beautifully illustrated biography collection. Did you ever wonder who invented the computer? Or who advised Martin Luther King Jr. on his nonviolent activism? Author Sarah Prager and illustrator Sarah Papworth bring to life the vibrant histories of fifty pioneering LGBTQ+ people our history books forgot to mention. Delve into the lives of Wen of Han, a Chinese emperor who loved his boyfriend as much as his people; Martine Rothblatt, a trans woman who’s helping engineer the robots of tomorrow, and so many more! From athletes (Billie Jean King) to doctors (Magnus Hirschfeld) and activists (Marsha P. Johnson) to painters (Frida Kahlo), LGBTQ+ people have made their mark on every century of human existence. This book is a celebration of the many ways these hidden heroes have made a difference and will inspire young readers to make a difference, too.  This ground-breaking book for readers ages 8-12 comes out May 26 and is a selection of the Junior Library Guild.

Sarah Prager’s first book, Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World came out from HarperCollins on May 23, 2017.- World history has been made by countless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals—and you’ve never heard of many of them. Sarah delves deep into the lives of 23 people who fought, created, and loved on their own terms. From high-profile figures like Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt to the trailblazing gender-ambiguous Queen of Sweden and a bisexual blues singer who didn’t make it into your history books, these astonishing true stories uncover a rich queer heritage that encompasses every culture, in every era. By turns hilarious and inspiring, the beautifully illustrated Queer, There, and Everywhere is for anyone who wants the real story of the queer rights movement.