LGBT+ Book Club - May

Join us to discuss our May book club pick Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian (description below)!

We’ll start with introductions, then discuss the book (what we liked, didn’t like, etc). We’ll wrap it up by discussing thoughts for our June book pick.
Here’s a rough schedule:
• 7:00-7:15 — Arrive, order something to drink, informal introductions.
• 7:15-8:00 — Discussion
• 8:00-8:30 — Planning for next month / continued chatting.

In addition to discussing the book, my hope is that this group will connect people with similar interests to form a community of queer folks who love to read! If we get off-topic on a subject we all are interested in, that’s great! And you’re welcome to stay after to chat and mingle.

Location:
Fable Cafe
96 Center St
Southington, CT 06489

**A note about the venue:
Fable is a cafe/bookstore/apothecary by day, cocktail bar/speakeasy called the "Underground" by night. They offer both alcoholic beverages as well as mocktails.

Menu is here: http://www.ctfable.com/whiskeywinefood.html

The night of our book club, they might be hosting another event concurrently, but we will have a reserve space. They are a queer friendly establishment.

About Like a Love Story:

It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.

Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS.

Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they start dating.

Art is Judy's best friend, their school's only out and proud teen. He'll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs.

As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won't break Judy's heart--and destroy the most meaningful friendship he's ever known.