Published in 2019, the 50th anniversary of the uprising that started the fight for American LGBTQ+ rights, "The Stonewall Reader" chronicles some of the gay liberation movement's most iconic moments and figures in the years before and after those tumultuous events.

Baumann will speak about the book, the movement and NYPL's collection.

This is a "Library and Labyrinth Livestream" event with books available for purchase via Labyrinth Books.

Jason Baumann develops and promotes literature, philosophy, and religion collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building for the NYPL. He coordinates the Library’s LGBT Initiative, for which he has curated two exhibitions—1969: The Year of Gay Liberation and Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism. . Baumann received his MLS from Queens College, his MFA in Creative Writing from City College, and is currently completing his PhD in English at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Jason Baumann: The Stonewall Reader