Past events

​"Three Significant Early Lesbian Physicians: Marie Equi, Mary Sperry, C. Annette Buckel"
35th Annual Women in Medicine Conference
Plenary session on Monday, August 6, 2018, 9:30 - 10:50 am
Embassy Suites, Napa, CA 
Michael will sell and sign copies of his bio of Marie Equi 
"Perilous Times: Sedition in World War I Oregon"
Saturday, March 31, 2018
2 pm
Downtown Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR
Free and open to the public
Michael will sell and sign copies of his bio of Marie Equi 
​November 13, 2017
"Marie Equi in the Classroom"
Women's History Class
Wahington State University/Vancouver 
November 8, 2017
"Lesbian Love on Trial" - The U.S. Public Turns Against Romantic Friendships
7 pm - 9 pm
GLBT History Museum, 4127 18th Street, San Francisco 
Admission: $5 for non members, free for members
Michael will present with historian Paula Lichtenberg
September 11, 2017
"Marie Equi, Life Story"
Radio Interview, Out.FM in New York City
July 21, 2017 
Lavender Library Archives and Cultural Exchange (LLACE)
1414 21st Street, Sacramento 
Author event and book signing, free and open to the public
​​May 19, 2017
Author Event
Laurel Book Store, 1423 Broadway, (14th & Broadway), Oakland
Sponsored by Bay Area Lesbian Archives and Laurel Book Store
Reading, discussion, signing, free and open to the public 
May 15, 2017
​Odd Mondays at Folio Books
Folio Bookstore, 3957 24th Street, between Sanchez & Noe, San Francisco
Authors night: readings, and book sales, Free and open to the public 
April 19, 2017
​GUEST LECTURE: Dissent and World War I in the United States and Oregon
WWI Centennial Series lectures
Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
March 25, 2017
​AUTHOR FESTIVAL: Noe Valley Authors Festival, 11th Annual Word Week
Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco
1021 Sanchez Street  
Perfectly Queer Book Series
Dog Eared Bookstore, 489 Castro, San Francisco
​Nov. 14, 2016
OREGON GUEST LECTURE
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland ​
Nov. 11, 2016  
Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley
Oct. 20, 2016
MASSACHUSETTS  TOUR: ​September 2016
  • Sept. 12, 9am, WBSM interview, New Bedford 
  • Sept. 13, 7pm, Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum, 396 County St, New Bedford
  • Sept. 19, 12:30 - 1:20 pm, TH Chan Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Kresge Bldg G-2, Boston 
  • Sept. 19, 6-8pm, The History Project, 29 Stanhope, Boston  
  • Sept. 21, 7-8pm, New Bedford Public Library, 613 Pleasant St, 3rd Floor, New Bedford
  • Public Library Downtown, Eugene, OR
  • August 6, 2016, 3pm

  • Author Interview, KLCC Radio FM 89.7 FM/NPR, Eugene, OR
  • August 5, 2016
Mechanics Institute Library
San Francisco
July 21, 2016
Q Center 
Book talk presented by The Equi Institute 
Portland, Oregon
June 29, 2016
Portland Federal Building
Book talk for employee Pride celebration 
June 28, 2016 
McMenamin's Kennedy School History Pub
"Portland to the Rescue: Rose City Rushes to Stricken San Francisco"
Portland, Oregon
June 27, 2016
READING AT BOOK SOUP 
West Hollywood, CA 
May 31, 2016
GUEST ON KPFA RADIO, 94.1 FM
"AGAINST THE GRAIN: A Program about Politics, Society and Ideas"
JANUARY 5, 2016

​
GUEST ON KPFA RADIO, 94.1 FM 
"WOMEN'S MAGAZINE"
JANUARY 4, 2016

​
HOWARD ZINN BOOK FAIR 
NOVEMBER 15, 2015
SESSION 1: 11 AM - 12 NOON
CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO MISSION CAMPUS, 1125 VALENCIA 
"Hidden No More: Public History Rescues Lesbian Radical Marie Equi"







​
GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
7-9 PM
4127 18th Street @ Castro, San Francisco


​
GUEST ON OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING RADIO,
"THINK OUT LOUD"
OCTOBER 28, 2015
12:00 - 1:00 PM

​
​
GUEST ON WILD PLANET RADIO
OCTOBER 27, 2015


​
GUEST ON THE PDX BEAT, EPISODE 51
OCTOBER 27, 2015


​
HISTORY PUB AT MCMENAMIN'S EDGEFIELD
"From Soapbox to San Quentin: Oregon's Firebrand Marie Equi"
OCTOBER 27, 2015
6:30 PM (DOORS OPEN AT 5:00 PM)
  • 2126 SW Halsey, Troutdale
JAMES C. HORMEL GAY & LESBIAN CENTER
OCTOBER 8, 2015
6:30 - 8:00 PM
  • James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center at the San Francisco Main Library
  • 100 Larkin Street, 3rd Floor
  • Free and open to the public

Berkeley Launch

BERKELEY
OCTOBER 7, 2015
7:00 – 8:30 PM
PRESENTED BY BOOKS, INC. IN BERKELEY
  • Free and open to the public
  • 1491 Shattuck Avenue (between Rose St. & Vine St., North Berkeley)
  • Transit and bike friendly; street parking for motorists
SAN FRANCISCO LAUNCH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
7:00 - 9:00 PM
PRESENTED BY THE GREEN ARCADE AND HOSTED BY MCROSKEY MATTRESS COMPANY
  • $3 at the door, entry free with purchase of the book
  • 1687 Market at Gough Street
  • Remarks at 7:30 pm, drinks and appetizers, music
  • Special Guest: Terence Kissack, former director of GLBT Historical Society and author, Free Comrades: Anarchism and Homosexuality in the United States 1895-1917
  • Transit and bike friendly. Bike parking on sidewalks (also in front of The Green Arcade across Market diagonally). Street parking for vehicles.
BROADWAY BOOKS
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • 1714 NE Broadway, Portland 
OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland
  • BICC Building, Room 429
TRIUMPH COFFEE 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • 201 SE 12th Avenue, Portland
PORTLAND LAUNCH
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 
HOSTED BY OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  • Remarks at 7:15 pm, followed by book purchase and signing 
  • Hosted by the Oregon Historical Society in partnership with Oregon State University Press
  • Special Guest: Kimberly Jensen, Western Oregon University 
  • 1200 SW Park Avenue, between Jefferson and Madison Streets
  • Free and Open to the Public
  • Transit- and bike-friendly location
  • Street parking for vehicles. Check the OHS website for other parking options.