When you think about LGBTQ history in the US, do you think about union organizing? Do you think about immigrant rights, or working class communities, or people of color? Do you want to learn more about the ignored or forgotten history of LGBTQ organizing in Chicago and across the U.S.?

Join Crossroads Fund for Reading Change: My Desire for History, Wed., Feb. 8, 6-8 p.m., Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St.

Crossroads Fund's 30th anniversary reading and events series continues with Reading Change: My Desire for History. Author and activist John D'Emilio will discuss his recent collection of essays by activist and community historian Allan Bérubé. He will be joined by Kim Hunt, executive director of Affinity Community Services and Tania Unzueta, coordinator of the LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Project at the Association of Latino Men for Action, for a spirited discussion of past and present LGBTQ organizing and its intersection with issues of race, class and gender.

For more information about Reading Change, see the Crossroads Fund website.

This program is free and open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. For other accessibility questions, contact Rachel Wallis at Rachel@crossroadsfund.org .

Reading Change is an ongoing reading and events series celebrating the 30th anniversary of Crossroads Fund, in partnership with Public Square, Neighborhood Writing Alliance, the Gerber/Hart Library, and Women & Children First bookstore.