Janet Mock is an author, TV host, and advocate whose work has appeared in Marie Claire, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Lenny. In 2014, Ms. Mock released Redefining Realness, her path-clearing New York Times bestseller about her journey as a trans teen. Her newest memoir, Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me, was released in June, 2017. Oprah Winfrey has called her a “trailblazing new leader.” Ms. Mock was recently named by Rolling Stone one of the “10 women you need to know.”

Join us for a conversation moderated by Drian Juarez, Program Manager of the Transgender Ecnomic Empowerment Project at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

Immediately following the program, there will be a book signing in the lobby.

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