The Billy DeFrank Center Honoring

Judy Grahn

Poet, activist, and scholar Judy Grahn was born in Chicago and grew up in New Mexico. She joined the Air Force but was discharged at 21 for being openly gay. A central member of the West Coast feminist poetry movement of the 1970s, Grahn received a PhD from the California Institute of Integral Studies. 

Judy Grahn is coming to the Billy DeFrank Center

Free Event: Sunday, 
November 8th, 2pm - 4pm

Judy will talk about what it was like to be a lesbian in the 1970's and 80's - this will be a taste of herstory for young queer women and nostalia for the older folks.

Julie Enszer of Sinister Wisdom recently published an updated version of her 1985 book The Highest Apple: Sappho and the Lesbian Poetic Tradition. She may read from that and a bit of earlier work too.

If you want to help organize this event with one of our amazing authors/activists

please email: Fabulous@defrank.org

QUEER Singles Mingle

Sunday, November 8th,

7PM - 9PM

at Mexico Lindo,

11 Race Street, San Jose

A Conference with

Julia Serano

in collaboration with

the Billy DeFrank Center & Santa Clara University

This is a timely conference to address what is really happening regarding the attacks against Trans/LGBTQ+ folks, the history behind it, & what we can do now.



Saturday, December 6th

2pm - 5pm

Help us, volunteer, and if you have questions please email: Fabulous@defrank.org

After Julia Serano's Keynote we will break into three workshops (see the topics below) and rotate, so that everyone will participate in all three works shops.

After the workshoips we will come back together to report back to each other with possible action items and a resolve to support each other more.