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SUMMARY:Generation Queer Live: A Conversation with Joshua Allen and Author Kimm Topping (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join author Kimm Topping and featured artist Joshua Allen for a conversation on the power of storytelling and art in Generation Queer. They’ll reflect on the creative process\, the importance of queer/trans narratives\, and how young people are shaping change. A book signing will follow the discussion. \nTo reserve a copy of Generation Queer: Stories of Youth Organizers\, Artists\, and Educators\, Kimm Topping (Author) and Anshika Khullar (Illustrator)\, (Tu Books\, May 27\, 2025\, hardcover\, $22.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Generation Queer for October 5 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nYou can also purchase Generation Queer on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd. \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n\n  \nKimm Topping\, Ed.M.\, is an artist-educator\, writer\, and historian dedicated to preserving LGBTQIA+ history. Their first book\, Generation Queer\, is a nonfiction YA highlighting the stories of LGBTQIA+ youth activists. Their historic tours of Cambridge and New York City spotlight queer and feminist activism from the 1970s to the 1990s\, and their series\, Mapping Feminist Cambridge\, is available through the Cambridge Women’s Commission. \nAs founder of Lavender Education\, a national program promoting LGBTQIA+ history and youth leadership\, Kimm leads impactful workshops\, professional development\, and historic walking tours. Kimm lectures at Harvard Graduate School of Education\, specializing in gender\, sexuality\, and equity. Their work has been recognized by the 2025 Curve Power List and the 2023 Inaugural In-Service Award from the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. \n  \nJoshua Obawole Allen (b. 1995\, Brooklyn\, New York) is a multidisciplinary artist and activist whose practice envisions a more just\, equitable\, and joyous world. \nWorking at the intersections of art\, community organizing\, and cultural strategy\, Allen uses visual storytelling to honor Black queer and trans life while shifting the cultural conditions so that Black queer and trans people are not merely surviving\, but thriving. \nTheir work has been included in group exhibitions at AM:PM Gallery (2025)\, the Center for Black Visual Culture at NYU (2024)\, Leslie-Lohman Museum (2024)\, Armory Week (2024)\, the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Arts (2024)\, and the national For Freedoms / Wide Awakes billboard campaign (2020). They are featured in the 2024 For Freedoms monograph published by Phaidon Press and the anthology Generation Queer from Lee & Low Books. In Spring 2025\, Allen appeared as a cover star for Dazed Magazine. \nAllen is also a regular contributor to Queerty x Native Son\, where they write on art\, culture\, entertainment\, and politics\, helping to shape public discourse around intersectional justice and representation. \nIn addition to their artistic and editorial work\, Allen brings over a decade of experience in grassroots organizing. They served as the first-ever Activist-in-Residence at New York City’s LGBT Center\, where they piloted a mentorship program for Black queer and trans youth. In 2020\, they were recognized as one of The New Yorker’s Hometown Heroes for their community service during the COVID-19 pandemic. That same year\, they led a record-breaking grassroots fundraising campaign that raised over $300\,000 in just 18 days for Black trans youth\, and later co-organized the Brooklyn Liberation March\, which drew over 15\,000 people in support of Black trans lives. \nAllen’s work continues to build bridges between art and activism\, rooted in the belief that cultural change is inseparable from systemic change. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/generation-queer/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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