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Hosted and curated by Drae Campbell, join us at The Bureau for an evening of queer storytelling. This month’s theme is “Constants”. Joined by comic Calvin Cato, artist and prison abolitionist Léoh Hailu-Ghermay, and theatre artist Gagarin, come hear the chaos and the comedy that unites us in our queerness. We’ve all got those stories. Let’s tell them.

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Named one of Time Out New York’s LGBTQ Comics of Color to Watch Out For, Calvin S. Cato has dazzled audiences around the world. His on-air and radio appearances include Oxygen, Netflix, Sirius XM, RISK!, WIRED Magazine, and an unaired pilot for Vice Media called Emergency Black Meeting. His comedy has been featured in numerous festivals and events including San Francisco Sketchfest, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Gotham Storytelling Festival, Brooklyn Pride, and FlameCon. In early 2021, Calvin was published in Kweendom, an anthology of essays by queer comedians and entertainers. In 2022, Calvin concluded a 3 month run hosting a daily talk show on RushTix. Be sure to catch Calvin’s latest comedy album Disney Single, releasing in September 2026!

Léoh Hailu-Ghermay is a Black, Tigrayan, first generation American, queer artist, prison abolitionist and reluctant/begrudging/suffering law student. They are talking, laughing, loving, breathing, fighting, fucking, etc. on occupied Canarsie and Munsee-Lenapehoking. They believe that storytelling is the catalyst for literally anything remotely good ever happening and doing it strengthens the fight for liberation of all oppressed people everywhere. 

Gagarin (they/them) is a theatre artist whose work lives at the intersection of dance, clown & kink. They seek to create art that brings audiences & artist to a primal place from which we can reencounter ourselves and our world. Previous credits include: Who’s Your Daddy (Brick AUX), The World’s Tiniest Twink (BAH), Body Unredacted (Blessed Unrest), Tango Palace (Theatre MITU).

Drae Campbell (she/they) is an actor, comedian and storyteller who has performed in every medium. Drae was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for her work in The Nosebleed at Lincoln Center Theater. Drae’s first performance was at age 5 in a nightclub as the opening act for a punk band. Her career in theater and in gender joy started when she was cast as John Henry in The Member Of The Wedding in a local San Francisco production at age 9. Drae has a BFA in Theater from The University of the Arts. Drae has been hosting and curating a queer storytelling show for 12 years called TELL, which has been made into a SILVER Signal Award winning podcast. @draebiz @tellqueerz

The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s last queer bookstore, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm. Our cafe, The Bureau Café, is open daily from 9am-5pm.