Love in the Struggle: The Jess Jessop Letters

Conceived, Curated and Directed by Jesse Marchese

Featuring: Daniel Jáquez, Lynn McAlister, Mark Somers, and Peggy Walkush

Produced in collaboration with Lambda Archives of San Diego

Jess Jessop was an early activist in the San Diego LGBTQIA+ community. He co-founded the San Diego LGBT Center and the Lesbian and Gay Historical Society of San Diego, fought to obtain city permits for the first Pride parade in 1974, organized the first openly LGBT political support in the city, and worked with the Names Project Tour when the AIDS Quilt came to San Diego in 1988. Join us for a theatrical reading of some of his most moving and profound letters, all treasures from the Lambda Archives of San Diego, that reveal his groundbreaking activism and powerful legacy.

Wednesday, August 21 @ 7PM

This event will take place upstairs in Diversionary’s Mainstage Theatre

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Suggested $10 donation at the door to support Lambda Archives of San Diego