To be inseparable oh, no the Associated Press picked up the nyu story. Thats going to be in every paper. Ive been out. It wasnt even everyones going to think okay, not that theres anything wrong with that not that theres anything wrong with it. I michelson were counted in philadelphia with a question, how many among us are accurately described as lgbtq plus, according to gallup, the number is on the rise and reached an alltime high in 2023 gallops analysis was based on a survey of 12,000 adults 18 and older, and founded 7. 6 identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer . The data illustrates both agender, end, generational divide. Women are nearly twice as likely as menn do identify as lgbtq plus 8. 5 of women, 4. 7 of men, and nearly 30 of gen z women, those aged 18 to 26, identify as such most of them as bisexual. Each Younger Generation is about twice as likely as the generation that preceded it is selfidentify this way, only 1 of the Silent Generation the youngest of w
We are thrilled to have, as our speaker today. Debby applegate she is a graduate of Amherst College and has her ph. D. In american studies from Yale University. She is a historian her previous was the most famous man in america a biography of Henry Ward Beecher and he was a minister sort of a progress administer. But in her acknowledgments she talked about how interesting it was to move from a minister to a madam who is ran a number of houses of prostitution in new york. So her latest book is the biography of polly adler, icon of the jazz age. It won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for biography, and it was one of the new york society of libraries best books about new york and was also a finalist for the us Angeles Times book prize and. The National Book critics circle award and shes been married to bruce torgan. 36 years. So i read the book. Its a fascinating, fascinating book. One of the things i didnt realize is that is as much about the history. New york during the 2030s and forties as it
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With the help of our spectrum Cable Partners well explore the citys history and literary community, beginning with author pat oneill on the history of irish immigrants and how they helped build kansas city in what it is today. One of my Favorite Places in the whole cold is browns market run by john and john mcclain and cary brown. And they start the business in the late 1880s. Irish style. The oldest continual Retail Operation in west of the mississippi, maybe in the whole world. But browns is kind of our community center. One of those great Little Corner Neighborhood Grocery stores where people are extended credit in the neighborhood, people came here for generations, and its now kind of the same thing. People come here just to gossip and compare notes notes and head kids. So, its a much like a small town Crossroads Store in ireland. The title of the book, from the bottom up, its in the sense that in kansas city, were along the rivers, and the Missouri River in the kansas river and it