Tillsammans i Göteborg
Welcome to an evening filled with community and fellowship!
This evening, RFSL Gothenburg, Sjuhärad, and Jönköping are joining forces and organizing a joint meeting for all our members. Come and meet new people from different places, socialize, learn more about other departments, and create new bonds across borders!
During the evening, we will be hosting a talk about the book Pappa Sjöhäst, a story about finding yourself, and about becoming a parent when nothing is as expected. Pappa Sjöhäst is Noah van Dorpel’s third book. Noah will be there to talk and read parts of the book. See more below.
Practical:
When: Thursday, October 16
Where: Regnbågshuset – Barlastgatan 2, Gothenburg
How: Contact your department for possible carpooling or traveling together.
Program:
17.45 – Doors open – Coffee, mingling and socializing
18.15 – Welcome! – RFSL departments talk a bit
18.45 – Book talk with Noah van Dorpel
19.15 – 21.00 – Coffee, mingling and socializing
About the book:
Noah is on vacation with his boyfriend when he gets the news. He gets a positive result. He’s pregnant! He’s completely happy, and at the same time, he’s worried. Because nothing about this pregnancy is ordinary.
In his 20s, Noah realizes that he’s a man, even though the path to understanding has been a bumpy one. Everyone else has seen him as a girl, the biological sex he was born with. Now, as an adult, other thoughts are swirling. Because how do you know for sure who you are when the longing to become a parent is so overwhelming? Now he has to ask himself: Is it possible to carry your own child and continue to be a man?
We follow Noah’s story of identity and becoming: from childhood to finding himself, and from the positive pregnancy test to the birth of his son. Two journeys woven into one, with a common denominator: No one can decide who you are, except you. The book talk will be held in Swedish.
About the autor:
Noah van Dorpel has primarily worked as a theatre and drama teacher, but is also an experienced lecturer on LGBTQI and identity. He has previously published the books “Att springa” (2007) and “Jag får vara den jag är när jag inte blev som jag skulle” (2010).