WHEN; Book Launch and Panel Discussion: Jan. 16, 7 p.m.
WHERE: West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard
DETAILS:
The City of West Hollywood, in conjunction with Lambda Literary, will host a book launch and panel discussion for Trevor Hoppe’s new book, Punishing Disease: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard.
The panel, which will focus on the outdated and poorly written criminal laws which punish people living with HIV, will feature Hoppe, who is a sociologist at the University of Albany; Robin Barkins, of the Positive Women’s Network USA; and Craig Pulsipher, of APLA Health in conversation with Tony Valenzuela, Executive Director, Lambda Literary.
Book Soup will be on site to sell books.
For more information, please contact Tony Valenzuela of Lambda Literary, (323) 643-4281, or tvalenzuela@lambdaliterary. org.
