![]() ![]() The volume reads like an open letter written for future queer trans people longing to understand their identities and experiences across time and space."- Chris Vargas "Here is your chance to meet Lou Sullivan in his own words, as he experienced himself in the process of becoming. ![]() This finely edited collection pulls out threads like gender self-determination, illicit queer sexual desire, and relationship woes that span his entire life. "Given how many contemporary trans narratives are rooted in trauma, their choice to foreground trans pleasure and sensuality is celebratory, even radical."- Jeremy Lybarger, The New Yorker "This is a great book by a great person.If I am perhaps too glowing in my praise of Lou, that's probably because I can't physically imagine myself without him."- Charlie Markbreiter Bookforum "Lou is an open-book mystery, a man who built bridges of access, a gentle soul with whom I share similar demons"- Amos Mac, them "It feels like a gift to be able to read such a complete and evocative record of a life spent in pursuit of joy"- Sasha Geffen, The Nation "The strongest impetus for his transition is, as the book's title lets on, pleasure"- Crispin Long, SLATE "His life and diary are committed to gay sex, seeing in it the embodiment of the challenge and passion of life at the margins."- Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, Chicago Review "We Both Laughed In Pleasure brings to vivid life the many journals left behind by queer transcestor Lou Sullivan. ![]()
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