Outrage: Ellen Jones on the fight for LGBTQ+ rights

Visibility doesn’t necessarily mean equal rights, as many in queer communities are all too well aware of. How do we most effectively tackle the fights for true, concrete LGBTQ+ rights that lie ahead?

Join us for a galvanising, insightful evening in the company of award-winning writer and activist Ellen Jones, as she introduces us to her first book: Outrage: Why the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won and What We Can Do About It.

In this groundbreaking, compelling and highly readable book, Ellen exposes the discrimination queer people continue to face in all areas of life, from marriage to mental health, education to ageing, religion to sport and much more. In searing prose, punctuated with moving personal accounts, she sets out not only the issues but also practical actions that any of us can take to create a more equal society. She also highlights the trailblazers whose amazing work is already changing the world.

Come on down to the shop to kick off your LGBTQ history month in the most empowering way possible!

Our speaker:

Ellen Jones is an award-winning campaigner, writer & speaker in LGBTQ+ rights, and was awarded Stonewall's Young Campaigner Of The Year by Sir Ian McKellen, as well as the first-ever MTV EMA Generation Change Award in recognition of her work campaigning for LGBTQ+ & disability inclusion.

She has been named as one of the world's most prominent Gen-Z activists by the Observer, one of London's most influential people by the Evening Standard, and one of Attitude Magazine's 101 LGBTQ Trailblazers in their inaugural global list.

Our host:

June Thomas is a journalist and longtime podcaster. Her first book, A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women’s Culture, was published in June 2024. She spent 25 years at Slate.com as a writer, editor, and podcast host and producer. Her writing has appeared in outlets including Bloomberg Businessweek, Marie Claire, the New York Times’ T magazine, and the Advocate. After forty years in America, she now lives in Edinburgh.