# Event Details - **Event Name**: Launch: How to Win a Culture War: LGBTQ+ Social Change Through Pop Culture - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 21 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 21 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for the NYC launch of Lisa Stulberg’s new book with a conversation with civil rights attorney Brian Sims.About this EventIn How to Win a Culture War, sociologist Lisa M. Stulberg explores how LGBTQ+ artists, athletes, and entertainment leaders have helped reshape American culture through visibility, advocacy, and storytelling. Using examples from television, film, music, sports, and politics—including the cultural impact of late-2025 breakout series Heated Rivalry—Stulberg shows how today’s progress was built on decades of creative risk-taking and activism.Drawing on 14 years of interviews with 170 culture workers, including Eric McCormack, Lea DeLaria, and Greg Louganis, the book reveals six key strategies used to advance LGBTQ+ social change—from becoming visible to “staying queer.” Rich with behind-the-scenes insight, How to Win a Culture War offers a timely playbook for changing hearts, minds, and culture in the face of ongoing political backlash.Copies of the book will be available for purchase and there will be time for a signing after the event. Lisa M. Stulberg is associate professor of sociology of education at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Sociology at NYU. Her research focuses on the politics of race and education, affirmative action in higher education, school choice policy and politics, and LGBTQ+ social change. She is the author of a forthcoming book on the connection between pop culture and LGBTQ+ social change, entitled How to Win a Culture War: LGBTQ+ Social Change Through Pop Culture, to be published by the University of Chicago Press in October of 2026. She is also the author of Race, Schools, and Hope: African Americans and School Choice after Brown (Teachers College Press, 2008) and LGBTQ Social Movements (Polity, 2018). Brian Sims is a civil rights attorney and LGBTQ+ advocate who spent a decade in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as the first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to the state’s General Assembly. Before his time in state office, he was co-captain of the Bloomsburg University football team, becoming the first openly gay college football captain on record. He currently serves as a Lecturer in Culture, Advocacy and Leadership at Vanderbilt University New York City. He also has lectured at more than 150 colleges and universities and has spoken at more than 25 Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies and has served in a number of non-profit leadership positions.The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s queer bookstore, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe, The Bureau Cafe, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/launch-how-to-win-a-culture-war-lgbtq-social-change-through-pop-culture/100002001895142260 - **Event Categories**: lgbt-pride, sports, art, literary-art, football, fine-arts, entertainment, nonprofit, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Bureau of General Services—Queer Division - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 28.52, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Bureau of General Services—Queer Division - **lat**: 40.738087 - **long**: -74.001046 - **full address**: Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, 208 West 13th Street, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Launch: How to Win a Culture War: LGBTQ+ Social Change Through Pop Culture - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/ef6e40e7219bf77108daa49b9cd5eba748c75b42a4da4c9a3352cff9b8461845-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf8d8c8-gmir.jpg?v=1790845276 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Launch: How to Win a Culture War: LGBTQ+ Social Change Through Pop Culture being held? - **A:** Launch: How to Win a Culture War: LGBTQ+ Social Change Through Pop Culture takes place on Wed, 21 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 21 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, 208 West 13th Street, New York, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Launch: How to Win a Culture War: LGBTQ+ Social Change Through Pop Culture? - **A:** Launch: How to Win a Culture War: LGBTQ+ Social Change Through Pop Culture is organized by Bureau of General Services Queer Division. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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