Zoe Dolan will talk about her new book There Is Room for You: Tales from a Transgender Defender’s Heart, a memoir of recovery from sex addiction, gender transitioning, falling in love, and handling high-profile terrorism cases as a trial lawyer.

This event is co-presented by The LGBT Community Center and the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division.

Suggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Reading at 7:15 PM

Zoe Dolan is a writer and trial lawyer known for handling high-profile criminal cases, including the 2014 trial of Suleiman Abu Ghayth, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and the allegedly highest-ranked al-Qaeda suspect to be tried in a civilian court in the United States. Her writing includes the book There Is Room for You: Tales from a Transgender Defender’s Heart (this excerpt appeared in The Guardian in August), and a blog on The Huffington Post. Earlier this year, as part of her Being Transgender – Naked project, Upworthy presented this video about being transgender. Profiles of Zoe and her work have appeared in The New York Times, Al Jazeera, and The Advocate.