BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:204483@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260826T074004Z DTSTART:20260926T100000Z DTEND:20260926T113000Z SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Book Club Reads: Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror\\, Survival\\, and Love DESCRIPTION:The LGBTQ+ Book Club is a group for LGBTQ+ folks and allies t o read queer-themed books and books by queer authors! We aim to have dive rse thought-provoking discussions about queer identity\\, history\\, and topical issues. All are welcome to join!\\nThe LGBTQ+ Book Club meets on Zoom on the 4th Saturday of every month\\, 10:00 -11:30 AM EST.\\nRegistr ation is required\\, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regis ter/fka5Uo6YQxqwCYfRARyOuw#/registration\\nAbout our September book:\\nUn canny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror\\, Survival\\, and Love by Zefyr Lis owski\\nFrom Lambda Award-winning poet Zefyr Lisowski\\, a sharply person al and expansive memoir-in-essays dedicated to the strange and absurd bea uty of horror films\\, exploring the complications of gender\\, the insid iousness of class ascension\\, and the latent violence hidden in our own uncanny reflections.\\nThis is how it worked: first I loved them\\, and t hen I loved myself.\\nAt twenty-seven\\, poet Zefyr Lisowski found hersel f in the place she feared most: a locked psych ward. While inside\\, she turned to horror movies—her deepest\\, most constant comfort.\\nRather than disturb\\, scary movies have always provided solace and connection f or Lisowski\\, as they do many others—offering a vision of a world fill ed equally with beauty and pain\\, and a reason to reach out to others an d hold them tight. After all\\, as Lisowski argues\\, what terrifies us m ost about these movies is our own uncanny reflection—and at the root of that fear\\, a desperate desire to love and be loved.\\nIn these wide-ra nging essays\\, Lisowski weaves theory and memoir into nuanced critiques of films such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Saint Maud. From fears about sickness and disability\\, to trans narratives and the predator/vic tim complex\\, to the struggle to live in a world that wants you dead\\, she explores horror’s reciprocal impact on our culture and—by extensi on—our lives. Through it all\\, Lisowski lays bare her own complex biog raphy—spanning from a trans childhood in the South to the sweaty dancef loors of Brooklyn—and the family\\, friends\\, and lovers that have blo omed with her into the present.\\nDeeply felt\\, blood-spattered\\, and b rimming with care and wonder\\, Uncanny Valley Girls thrusts this seasone d poet to centerstage.\\n2026 Book Club Picks:\\nJANUARY – Spent by Ali son Bechdel\\nFEBRUARY – These Heathens by Mia McKenzie\\nMARCH – The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin\\nAPRIL – Open Throat: A Novel by Henry H oke\\nMAY – How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain\\, Disability\\, and Doom by Johanna Hedva\\nJUNE – Be Gay\\, Do Crime: Sixteen Stories of Q ueer Chaos edited by Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley\\nJULY – Queer Villains of Myth and Legend: A Revelry of Queer Rogues and Outlaws throu gh the Ages by Dan Jones\\nAUGUST –\\; I Keep My Exoskeletons to Mys elf: A Novel by Mac Crane\\nSEPTEMBER – Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror\\, Survival\\, and Love by Zefyr Lisowski\\nOCTOBER – Anno Drac ula by Kim Newman\\nThe event is free and open to all people\\, especiall y to those who have no income or low income right now\\, but we encourage and appreciate a solidarity donation in support of the work of Charis Ci rcle\\, our programming non-profit. Donate via this link: www.chariscircl e.org/donate\\nCharis Circle’\\;s mission is to foster sustainable f eminist communities\\, work for social justice\\, and encourage the expre ssion of diverse and marginalized voices.\\nBy attending any Charis Circl e virtual event you agree to our Code of Conduct: Our event seeks to prov ide a harassment-free experience for everyone\\, regardless of gender\\, gender identity and expression\\, age\\, sexual orientation\\, disability \\, physical appearance\\, body size\\, race\\, ethnicity\\, religion (or lack thereof)\\, class\\, or technology choices. We do not tolerate hara ssment in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate. Anyo ne violating these rules will be expelled from this event and all future events at the discretion of the organizers. Please report all harassment to info@chariscircle.org immediately.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada /united-states/atlanta/events/lgbtq-book-club-reads-uncanny-valley-girls- essays-on-horror-survival-and-love-2026-09-26 LOCATION:artsatl.org URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/atlanta/events/lgbtq-book-club-reads-uncanny-valley-girls-essays-on-horror-survival-and-love-2026-09-26 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR