Queer Heroes Take the Stage for Modern Activism

Interactive Lectures and Performance
​on LGBTQ Heritage in Vintage Hollywood

What’s the future of LGBTQ activism? The way forward is often best forged with insights from looking back.

Scores of fascinating queer folks—including many women—navigated the tumultuous era of 1920s and '30s Hollywood with dash and charm. Aside from their more...ahem...unique stunts (appearing at parties nude, sleeping with the producer’s wife, car accidents amidst fellatio) there were notably heroic traits shared among the stars who came out loudest & proudest.

​Exploring these commonalities can help modern activists learn to form and lead progressive movements. With this interactive workshop you’ll leave ready to bring some swerve onto your campus.

What people are saying about the workshop:

“Lauren brings an iconic woman to life and makes one feel as though they were an intimate friend of Garbo. Invite her and feel the magic of insider time travel.”
– Greta Schiller, Emmy Award winner, “Paris Was a Woman” and “Before Stonewall”

“It helped me really see that we’ve always been around. That history tries so hard to re-write this and wipe out our identities.”
– Luna V., student

“Everyone has strengths and weaknesses and that in order to be an effective activist you have to find out what yours are.”
– Lauren Block, student
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“This workshop shows how the lives of strong-willed LGBTQ and allied members of Old Hollywood can teach a lot about impassioned and practical activism to the movers and shakers of today. I took away a sense of self-pride from this workshop, and the idea that sometime you have to be uncompromising to be your own–and your community’s–best advocate.”
– Austin Greitz, student

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Please email Lauren at GarboDreams@gmail.com for booking inquiries.

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About the Presenter:​

Lauren LoGiudice is an accomplished writer, actor, and activist who creates solo work to explore identity, most recently focusing on Old Hollywood.
Her lecture topics and solo performance are focused on the LGBTQ history of Hollywood, bisexuality in Old Hollywood and womenʼs struggles in Old Hollywood.

Lauren is based in NYC and has performed her solo work with Michele Tea in San Francisco, Stockholm Pride in Sweden, NYC HOT festival, and throughout the USA. You can see Lauren in several broadcast commercials and numerous film and television spots. After the theatrical release of the feature film When Harry Tries to Marry, Lauren was singled out as a rising star. Look for her in the upcoming gay romantic comedy Beautiful Something. Her work has been featured by The New York Times, BBC, Curve Magazine, Next Magazine, and Roma C’e, amongst others.
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Lauren became an activist in the LGBTQ community almost immediately after coming out: she founded the queer alumni network at Wesleyan University; started the first GSA and HIV awareness class at a high school in Oakland, CA; and received the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India to work on HIV education in the Hijra (transgender), gay, and lesbian communities. Lauren continues her activism through her performance career by supporting LGBT organizations such as Campus Pride, GLAAD and Work/Life Matters. Lauren also produced the annual Golden Girls NYC tribute to benefit SAGE (she plays Rose – klingen spritzr flaken gugen floogen).