Treece Fi | Treece Financial Group Inc Perseverance

Co-presented by Stonewall Village NYC and Treece Fi's La Vida Pride initiative.

For generations of LGBTQ+ people, the HIV/AIDS crisis has shaped our collective experience of love, loss, grief, activism, and survival. Through it all, poetry has given voice to what often seemed impossible to express—from the heartbreak and despair of an epidemic that devastated our community to the extraordinary courage, resilience, and hope that emerged. 

On World AIDS Day, join us for a moving and uplifting exploration of how poetry chronicles our journey from unimaginable grief to unexpected joy. We'll explore what that journey teaches us about perseverance, living with purpose, and embracing the possibilities of the present.

No poetry expertise is needed—just an open mind and a willingness to explore what it means to live fully, love expansively, and age with pride. Facilitated by David Traupman and Paul Nagle.
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MATERIALS

Blood Positive: Recovering Poetry from the AIDS Crisis

In Time of Plague: How Poetry About AIDS Has Shifted Through the Years

"Unimaginable Grief, Unexpected Joy": AIDS in Poetry

My partner died from AIDS. This collection of his love poetry is my tribute to him.

Invisible History: The Collected Poems of Walta Borawski

The Body and Its Dangers and Other Stories by Allen Barnett

Super Gay Poems: LGBTQIA+ Poetry after Stonewall, edited by Stephanie Burt

Things Shaped in Passing: More Poets for Life Writing from the AIDS Pandemic

Gayging In Pages with La Vida Pride

Unbound: Queering the Narrative Book Group

Less Fear, More Fierce: Queer End-of-Life Planning Online Discussion Series

Less Fear/More Queer Substack