Each year on October 11, the LGBTQ community celebrates National Coming Out Day, a holiday grounded in the philosophy that coming out of the closet and living openly as an LGBTQ person is a form of activism. In honor of the 29th anniversary of National Coming Out Day, the JCCSF is honored to present the incomparable Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) for a conversation about his long-awaited memoir Logical Family, which chronicles his odyssey from the Old South to freewheeling San Francisco, and his evolution from curious youth to groundbreaking writer and gay rights pioneer. Appearing in conversation with Armistead Maupin is Peter Stein, arts and media producer and frequent onstage interviewer.

National Coming Out Day was started in 1988 to challenge homophobia in our communities. It was a call for oppressed people to be brave, come out, and take up space for the sake of the other people in their communities. By celebrating this day, we are building on the idea that we can create safer spaces, a more accepting community, and a citywide home for LGBTQ people under the values of Sukkot. This holiday hinges on the idea that we must create our homes. A sukkah is a humble dwelling, a fragile space built during Sukkot. What makes these structures a comfortable place to dwell is the people we bring into them, and the spirit of community and safety that we create during Sukkot.


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