![]() ![]() 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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