Penny Lecture: Avi Ben Zeev – Calling My Deadname Home: A Trans Journey 

Join us for a Penny Lecture: In conversation with Avi Ben Zeev as we celebrate LGBT+ History Month. Avi Ben Zeev, author, psychologist and writing coach will be interviewed by Caprice Jackson, with plenty of opportunities for audience questions and book signing.

Early in his gender transition, Avi tries killing off any hints of Talia, of the feminine. Still, Talia keeps barging into consciousness, insisting on being seen and integrated into the man he is becoming. Avi Ben Zeev’s memoir, Calling My Deadname Home, is a stunningly vivid telling of a gay man trying to reconcile with his straight female past. It is also a story of how a working-class high school failure immigrated to the US and became a Yale PhD and Psychology Professor.