Tompkins County Public Library

Monday, February 27, 2017

Library to Host Ritch Savin-Williams for Reading, Discussion



Tompkins County Public Library will host Ritch Savin-Williams for a reading and discussion of his latest book, “Becoming Who I Am: Young Men On Being Gay,” Friday, March 10 at 4 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.



A professor of developmental psychology for Cornell University’s Department of Human Development, Savin-Williams has written eight books on adolescent development. He is currently writing about the experiences of growing up mostly straight and bisexual, the sexual and romantic continuum, and the resiliency and mental health of sexual-minority youth.



A licensed clinical psychologist, Savin-Williams has served as an expert witness on same-sex marriage, gay adoption, and Boy Scout court cases and as a consultant for MTV, 20/20, and CNN. His work has been cited in Newsweek, Time, Rolling Stone, Utne Reader, Fortune, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Chicago Sun Times.



Savin-Williams’ Library program is free and open to teens and adults.



For more information, contact Tom Burns at tburns@tcpl.org.

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