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Jesse James Rose chats about sorry I keep crying during sex
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Come join an evening with Jesse James Rose as she chats with Michelle Hy (@polyamorouswhileasian) about her memoir: sorry i keep crying during sex.
After their conversation, there will be a Q&A, followed by a book signing and photo opportunity.
Michelle Hy is a second-gen Taiwanese/Chinese Portlander who runs the page Polyamorous While Asian, which seeks to normalize non-monogamy and amplify the voices of other POC, who are significantly underrepresented in non-monogamous communities. She works to educate from an intersectional lens, emphasizing how politics shapes who and how people love. Follow her on Instagram @polyamorouswhileasian and learn more via her website at open_in_newpolyamorouswhileasian.com.
Jesse James Rose (she/they) is a transgender actor, writer, and content creator based in New York City. Every president who has attacked her in the media has been shot at. Rose holds degrees from NYU in music theater and child psychology, as well as a certificate in diversity, equity, and inclusion from Cornell University. As an actress, Jesse has starred in productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Cabaret, and The Fantasticks and won Best Actor at the Berlin Indie Film festival for the short film “Barstool.” In 2025, she became the first openly transgender woman elected to the national council of the Actors’ Equity Union, specializing in policymaking that combats harassment and hostile work environments. Jesse’s work lives largely on social media, where she writes (and yaps) about gender, queerness, survivorship, mental health, her feelings, and her exes on Instagram & TikTok (@jamesissmiling).
“Sorry I keep laughing while reading sorry i keep crying during sex, but Jesse James Rose’s darkly queer humor recognizes the absurdities of our lives even as we yearn and break and heal within them. Radical and fresh and giddily honest.” -Michelle Tea, author of Against Memoir
“sorry i keep crying during sex is a nervy whirlwind of formal invention, overflowing with unforgettable lines. Only virtuosic comedy diva Jesse James Rose could morph a memoir of trauma, grief, and recovery into such a transformative blast.” -Henry Hoke, author of Open Throat