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SUMMARY:Closed for Thanksgiving and Friday\, November 29
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on Thanksgiving Day\,  \nThursday\, November 28 \nAND  \n Friday\, November 29\, 2024 \n\nThe Bureau will be open on \nSaturday\, November 30\, and \nSunday\, December 1.
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SUMMARY:Closed for Thanksgiving and Friday\, November 29th
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on both Thursday\, November 28\, and Friday\, November 29. \nWe will re-open on Saturday\, November 30th. \n 
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SUMMARY:The 3rd Annual Rebel Satori World AIDS Day Book Release and Reading (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The 3rd Annual Rebel Satori World AIDS Day Book Release and Reading: the Rebel Satori imprint\, The Library of Homosexual Congress\, is honored to reprint the first American novel about the AIDS crisis\, Facing It: A Novel About AIDS\, by Paul Reed\, from 1984. In addition to reading from Facing It\, we will celebrate our initial World AIDS Day releases with memorial readings from Invisible History: The Collected Poems of Walta Borawski\, edited by Micheal Bronski and Philip Clark\, winner of the 2023 Thom Gunn Award for Poetry\,  and Allen Barnett’s classic short story collection\, The Body and Its Dangers\, from 1990. \nFeaturing readings by: \nCHRISTOPHER BRAM \nGERARD CABRERA \nRON CALDWELL \nPHILIP CLARK \nPHILIP F. CLARK \nDALE CORVINO \nSCOTT HIGHTOWER \nJP HOWARD \nJERRY ROSCO \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 \n\n\n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nChristopher Bram is the author of twelve books\, including the novel that became the Academy-Award-winning movie\, Gods and Monsters. He teaches at the Gallatin School of New York University. \nGerard Cabrera is the author of short fiction\, poems\, and the novel\, Homo Novus\, published by Rattling Good Yarns Press in 2022. His writing has appeared in literary journals such as the Acentos Review\, JONATHAN\, Kweli\, Apricity\, Digging Press\, and Angel Rust. A naturalized Brooklynite\, Gerard hails from the Puerto Rican community of Springfield\, Massachusetts\, the birthplace of Dr. Seuss\, basketball\, and the first American dictionary. He is a member of the Publishing Triangle Board of Directors. \nRon Caldwell is a writer\, editor\, and educator who was born in Texas and studied English literature at Rice University. He received a Master’s degree in Creative Writing: Poetry from Boston University\, where his teachers were George Starbuck\, Christopher Ricks\, and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. Ron has taught at Parsons School of Design since 1996\, and is currently the coordinator of Integrative Seminar in the First Year program. He lives in Allen Barnett’s apartment. \nPhilip Clark is the co-editor of Invisible History: The Collected Poems of Walta Borawski\, winner of the 2023 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry.  His previous books are Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS and In the Empire of the Air: The Poems of Donald Britton. The recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship\, he is completing a biography of H. Lynn Womack\, a pioneering gay publisher from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.  He lives near Washington\, D.C. \nPhilip F. Clark is the author of the poetry collection\, The Carnival of Affection (Sibling Rivalry Press\, 2017). He received his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from City College in 2016\, where he was an Adjunct Assistant Professor. His work is included in ‘On Becoming A Poet’\, published by Marsh Hawk Press\, 2020\, and he has been published in various journals and anthologies. \nDale Corvino’s essays have appeared in Salon\, the Rumpus\, and the Gay & Lesbian Review. Bonds & Boundaries\, his debut short story collection\, was published in 2023 by Rebel Satori Press. His memoir of sex work\, Afterlife of a Kept Boy\, won the C&R Press Nonfiction Prize and is scheduled for publication in March 2025. \nScott Hightower’s newest collection of poems\, Imperative to Spare\, is from Rebel Satori\, New Orleans. Part of the Bargain\, his third book won the 2004 Hayden Carruth Award. Hightower lives in Manhattan and teaches at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. \nJP Howard is a poet\, educator\, literary activist\, curator\, and community builder. JP is a Learn with Lambda Literary 2023 workshop facilitator and was the Spring 2023 Brooklyn College Tow Mentor-in-Residence. Her debut poetry collection\, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System)\, was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*)\, Praise This Complicated Herstory: Legacy\, Healing & Revolutionary Poems (Harlequin Creature) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians–We Are the Revolution! JP has received fellowships and grants from Cave Canem\, VONA\, Lambda Literary Foundation\, and Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon and her poetry is widely anthologized. JP is a general Poetry Editor for Women’s Studies Quarterly and Editor-At-Large of Mom Egg Review VOX online. http://www.jp-howard.com \nJerry Rosco is author of the biography Glenway Wescott Personally and editor of the Wescott journals Continual Lessons and A Heaven of Words. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/3rd-annual-rebel-satori-world-aids-day-reading/
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SUMMARY:Journals and Diaries: Life\, Privacy\, and Literature: 4 week Brooklyn Institute for Social Research Course (in person only - registration required)
DESCRIPTION:The December 3 class will be the third of four meetings. \nSee registration details below. \nIn 1973\, Susan Sontag wrote in her diary: “In ‘life\,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my work. In ‘work\,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my life.” What is the relationship between a writer’s lived experience and the works they present\, crafted and bound\, to the public? For Virginia Woolf\, the diary was a place to reckon with the “oil well” of stories bubbling up inside her; for Roland Barthes\, a space apart to wrestle with private loss and grief; for Annie Ernaux\, the diary harbored the “raw and dark” material behind her fictions; and for Anaïs Nin\, the distinction between fiction-writing and diary-keeping was difficult even to discern. On what sort of terms\, then\, can we take the writer’s diary? What kinds of insight does it promise—regarding literary craft\, literary politics\, artistic scenes\, and creative processes? And how shall we approach this literary object—as a genre unto itself\, distinct from other forms of life-writing such as autobiography\, memoir\, and auto-fiction? \nIn this course\, we will read selections from writers’ diaries\, beginning in the early 20th century and closing with Sheila Heti’s recent experimental work Alphabetical Diaries. Moving through time and space—from Woolf and Franz Kafka to Barthes and Nin to Sontag and Ernaux\, with forays into Augustine’s 5th century Confessions and Rousseau’s 18th century work of the same name—we will ask how writers utilize their diaries in both their fiction and their criticism. Avoiding the “reduction” to which Sontag is rightly averse\, we will explore how the diary—taken on its own terms—at once encourages and works against linear narrativization\, and how it\, perhaps uniquely\, articulates anxieties of remembrance just as much as it does the fear of being forgotten. \nInstructor: Danielle Drori \nCourse Schedule\nTuesday\, 6:30-9:30pm ET\nNovember 12 — December 10\, 2024\n4 sessions over 5 weeks\nClass will not meet Tuesday\, November 26th \n$335.00 \nClick here to register for this course\nClasses will meet at the \nBureau of General Services—Queer Division \nRoom 210 of The LGBT Community Center \n208 West 13th Street \nNY\, NY 10011
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SUMMARY:Publishing Triangle OUTSpoken Series Special: Gary Indiana (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Come join The Publishing Triangle as we read\, reminisce\, and admire the wide-ranging work of legendary gay writer\, critic\, and artist\, Gary Indiana. \nFeaturing readings by Brian Alessandro\, Christopher Bollen\, Jason Napoli Brooks\, Michael Bullock\, Tobi Haslett\, Sam McKinniss\, Dale Peck\, Nicole Rudick\, and Christopher Stoddard. \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 \n\n\n\n\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 \n\n\n\n\n  \nBrian Alessandro has written for Interview Magazine\, Newsday\, PANK (co-founded by Roxanne Gay)\, Huffington Post\, Galerie (Wes Anderson’s cult film streaming app)\, Lambda Literary\, The Gay & Lesbian Review\, Kirkus Reviews\, and The Florida Review\, and has recently co-adapted Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story into a graphic novel for Top Shelf Productions. Additionally\, Brian co-edited Fever Spores: The Queer Reclamation of William S. Burroughs\, an anthology of essays and interviews about Burroughs for Rebel Satori Press. Brian is also the co-founder and editor in chief of the literary journal\, The New Engagement. His first novel\, The Unmentionable Mann\, was published in 2015 by Cairn Press and his first feature film\, Afghan Hound\, was produced by Maryea Media in 2011\, and is streaming on Plex\, Tubi\, and Amazon. His second novel\, Performer Non Grata\, was published in 2023. Julian’s Debut\, his new novel\, will be published by Rebel Satori Press in March 2025. Brian also has a feature film and a limited series in development with an Academy Award-winning producer. \n  \nChristopher Bollen is a writer and editor based in New York City. He is the author of six novels\, including his most recent\, Havoc\, out December 2024 from Harper. He contributes frequently to a number of publications\, including Interview\, Vanity Fair\, and the New York Times. \n  \nJason Napoli Brooks is an award-winning fiction writer and essayist whose work has appeared in various journals\, anthologies\, and media outlets in the U.S. and abroad. He was the author of the queer-spy-fiction zine Cock of the Walk (2011-2013\, currently being translated into Spanish for publication in Mexico) and the multimedia play Soundstage (2018\, directed by Rob Roth and starring Rebecca Hall). With author Jim Freed\, he is the co-founder of the long-running reading series Enclave\, which took place at various Manhattan nightlife venues from 2006 to 2020. Brooks is currently at work on his serialized novel\, Paranoid Lines\, the first issue of which will be released in January 2025. @jasonnapolibrooks \n  \nMichael Bullock is a Brooklyn-based writer\, editor and documentary filmmaker focused on art\, design and queer culture. He is the author of Roman Catholic Jacuzzi (Karma 2012) the editor of Peter Berlin: Artist\, Icon\, Photosexual (Damiani 2019)\, and co-editor of I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean Delear (Semiotext(e) 2023). Bullock serves as associate publisher of PIN–UP and The Whitney Review of New Writing and is a contributing editor to apartamento. For PIN–UP he co-directed Dream Homes\, a commisioned work for the Cooper Hewitt’s Design Triennial\, Making Home\, currenlty on view through August 2025. \n  \nTobi Haslett is a writer currently living in Berlin. \n  \nSam McKinniss is an artist in New York and Connecticut. His paintings have been exhibited widely both stateside and abroad. His work has been written about everywhere\, including an ARTFORUM cover story penned by Gary Indiana in 2019. McKinniss’s painting “Chrysanthemums (after Fantin-Latour)” graces the cover of Indiana’s novel Depraved Indifference\, reissued by Semiotext(e) in 2020. In 2021\, “Cop Car in Brooklyn” was used as cover art for Indiana’s collection Fire Season: selected essays 1984-2021 published by Seven Stories Press. The two men were close friends. \n  \nDale Peck is the author of fourteen books\, including Martin and John\, Hatchet Jobs\, Sprout\, and Visions and Revisions. He first wrote about Gary Indiana in 2015\, when Gary released the memoir I Can Give You Anything but Love\, and published a tribute to him in the Baffler on the occasion of his death. He was Gary’s neighbor in the East Village for almost twenty years\, and once played Cards Against Humanity with him. It wasn’t as salacious as you might think. \n  \nNicole Rudick is the author of What Is Now Known Was Once Only Imagined: An (Auto)biography of Niki de Saint Phalle (Siglio) and the editor\, most recently\, of Joanna Russ: Novels and Stories (Library of America) and Spiral and Other Stories by Aidan Koch (New York Review Comics). Her writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books\, Apollo\, The New Yorker\, and The New York Times\, and in exhibition catalogues for the Drawing Center; the New Museum; the Museum of Art\, Rhode Island School of Design; and Gagosian gallery. She was managing editor of The Paris Review for nearly a decade. \n  \nChristopher Stoddard is the founding editor of Itna Press\, notable for first reintroducing Gary Indiana’s literary works to contemporary audiences\, including the acclaimed novel Do Everything in the Dark. Stoddard is also the author of four novels\, including At Night Only (2018)\, which garnered praise from Kirkus Reviews and The Paris Review. He lives in Los Angeles. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Journals and Diaries: Life\, Privacy\, and Literature: 4 week Brooklyn Institute for Social Research Course (in person only - registration required)
DESCRIPTION:The December 10 class will be the fourth of four meetings. \nSee registration details below. \nIn 1973\, Susan Sontag wrote in her diary: “In ‘life\,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my work. In ‘work\,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my life.” What is the relationship between a writer’s lived experience and the works they present\, crafted and bound\, to the public? For Virginia Woolf\, the diary was a place to reckon with the “oil well” of stories bubbling up inside her; for Roland Barthes\, a space apart to wrestle with private loss and grief; for Annie Ernaux\, the diary harbored the “raw and dark” material behind her fictions; and for Anaïs Nin\, the distinction between fiction-writing and diary-keeping was difficult even to discern. On what sort of terms\, then\, can we take the writer’s diary? What kinds of insight does it promise—regarding literary craft\, literary politics\, artistic scenes\, and creative processes? And how shall we approach this literary object—as a genre unto itself\, distinct from other forms of life-writing such as autobiography\, memoir\, and auto-fiction? \nIn this course\, we will read selections from writers’ diaries\, beginning in the early 20th century and closing with Sheila Heti’s recent experimental work Alphabetical Diaries. Moving through time and space—from Woolf and Franz Kafka to Barthes and Nin to Sontag and Ernaux\, with forays into Augustine’s 5th century Confessions and Rousseau’s 18th century work of the same name—we will ask how writers utilize their diaries in both their fiction and their criticism. Avoiding the “reduction” to which Sontag is rightly averse\, we will explore how the diary—taken on its own terms—at once encourages and works against linear narrativization\, and how it\, perhaps uniquely\, articulates anxieties of remembrance just as much as it does the fear of being forgotten. \nInstructor: Danielle Drori \nCourse Schedule\nTuesday\, 6:30-9:30pm ET\nNovember 12 — December 10\, 2024\n4 sessions over 5 weeks\nClass will not meet Tuesday\, November 26th \n$335.00 \nClick here to register for this course\nClasses will meet at the \nBureau of General Services—Queer Division \nRoom 210 of The LGBT Community Center \n208 West 13th Street \nNY\, NY 10011
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SUMMARY:Episode 7 of Revisioning Democracy: Resisting Project 2025 and Trump 2.0 (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with The New Republic journalist and author Nina Burleigh and podcast cohosts Anne-christine d’Adesky and Jay W. Walker of Stop The Coup 2025. Burleigh also has a new book out\, They’ll discuss how Project 2025 may be implemented on “Day One” of the new Trump administration\, what attacks are most likely\, what Trump’s first Cabinet picks reflect\, and how US progressives are mobilizing to resist Project 2025 radical Christian nationalist agenda. The conversation will also focus on US and global lessons in grassroots resistance and community survival. \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. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nNina Burleigh is a US journalist\, best-selling author\, documentary producer\, and publisher of a substack on politics called American Freakshow. A contributing editor at The New Republic and frequent contributor to the New York Times and New York Magazine\, her journalism has been published widely including in translation in the Norwegian and Italian press. She’s also the author of eight books on an array of topics including archaeological forgery\, scientists in 18th-century Egypt\, James Smithson\, Amanda Knox in Italy\, and the Trump women\, which were reviewed\, excerpted or covered in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Nation\, New York Magazine\, BBC\, ABC\, MSNBC\, and other media outlets. \nShe was born and educated in the Midwest\, has been based in Washington\, D.C.\, New York\, Norway\, Paris and Italy\, traveled and reported extensively in the Middle East. She is an adjunct professor at NYU’s Arthur J. Carter Journalism Institute and Google Scholar says her work has been cited in hundreds of scholarly articles. She is a supporter of secular humanism and known for her support of women’s rights. Her latest book is Zero Visibility Possible (2024). She’s also written articles about Project 2025 for New York Magazine and The New Republic.
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SUMMARY:Left Turns In Brown Study: A Performative Conversation (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Sandra Ruiz’s new book Left Turns In Brown Study\, we will be joined by an illustrious panel featuring a menagerie of individuals who have appeared in Ruiz’s academic and creative orbit over the past two decades. The conversation will be moderated by downtown diva Dusty Childers. Sandra will also perform selections from the book. \nFeaturing contributions from: Melody Contreras\, Zora Duncan\, Erica Gressman\, Laura Harris\, Jess Kadish\, Autumn Knight\, Pedro Lopez\, Jacqueline Loss\, Carlos Sandoval De Leon\, Julia Steinmetz\, Joshua Takano Chambers-Letson\, & Daniel Vernola. \nTo reserve a copy of Left Turns In Brown Study (Duke University Press\, 2024\, paperback\, $24.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Left Turns in Brown Study for Dec. 13 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \n\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\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nThis event will be recorded\, and the video will be made available. \n  \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 \n  \n\n\nSandra Ruiz is an associate professor of English and Theatre at Illinois\, and an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, the Program in Comparative World Literature\, the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory\, the Department of Dance\, the Department of Asian American Studies\, and the Department of Gender & Women Studies. Ruiz\, a trained performance studies scholar\, is the author of Ricanness: Enduring Time in Anticolonial Performance (NYU Press\, 2019) and co-author with Hypatia Vourloumis of Formless Formation: Vignettes for the end of this World (Autonomedia Press\, 2020). Ruiz is a co-editor with Shane Vogel and Uri McMillan of the book series Minoritarian Aesthetics (NYU Press\, 2020). Currently\, Ruiz is completing several writing projects such as Tears for Tears (NYU Press). Ruiz is the co-creator of the Brown Theatre Collective and creator of La Estación Gallery and the Minor Aesthetics Lab. \n  \nDusty Childers (Dust Tea Shoulders/ @duddylynn) is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator who has been  director\, producer\, dramaturgist\,  costumer\, and stylist. Dusty’s body and body of work has graced the likes of The Guggenheim\, St. Ann’s Warehouse\, The Whitney\, BAM\, Parsons\, The Public Theater\, Pratt\, Sundance\, SXSW\, Metrograph\, International Center of Photography\, Signature Theater\, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia\, Town Hall\, Joe’s Pub\, Abrons Art Center\, NY Live Arts\, The Wild Project\, Dixon Place\, Irving Plaza\, Sony Music Hall\, Bushwig\, Judson Memorial Church\,The MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival\, La MaMa\, Gov Ball\, Club Cumming\, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival\, House of Yes and the Soho Playhouse (NY Fringe Festival). He has worked with MacArthur Genius Taylor Mac\, cabaret superstar  Justin Vivian Bond\, performance artist Machine Dazzle\, artist Nayland Blake\, director Silas Howard\, Bitch (of Bitch and Animal)\, drag artist Charlene Incarnate\, performance artist/puppeteer Glenn Marla\, director Stephen Winter\, choreographer/singer Miguel Gutierrez and burlesque star World Famous *BOB* among others. Dusty and his work have appeared in Art In America\, Artforum\, OUT Magazine\, TimeOut NY\, Velour Magazine\, Next Magazine\, Aljazeera\, NY Times and Gayletter. \n 
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LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T110000
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SUMMARY:lesbian book club
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be reading fiction and non-fiction — classic\, contemporary\, revealing and visionary. As a group we will decide what to read each month\, focusing on lesbian authors and/or related topics. Co-founded by lesbian book lovers Judi Komaki and Piper Olsen. \n\n\nFor our December 14th meeting\, we’ll read The Price of Salt/Carol by Patricia Highsmith (W.W. Norton & Company\, 2024\, paperback\, $15.95). To reserve a copy\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of The Price of Salt” in the subject line. Purchase the book before December 14th and receive 15% off ($13.56 instead of $15.95). \n  \nAnd for our January 11th meeting\, we’ll read No Modernism without Lesbians by Diana Souhami (Head of Zeus\, 2021\, paperback\, $15.95). To reserve a copy\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of No Modernism without Lesbians” in the subject line. Purchase the book before January 11th and receive 15% off ($13.56 instead of $15.95). \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \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. \nRegistration is not required. 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lesbian-book-club-december-2024/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T130000
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SUMMARY:You Left a Mark on Me Pop-Up Flash Tattoo Event (in person only)
DESCRIPTION: \nAs part of programming for the You Left A Mark On Me exhibition\, we are excited to present a Pop-up Flash Tattoo event. Tattoo artists\, Dewey Rice (@good.boy.tattoo)\, Zyra West (@zyra_west)\, and Aisha the Goddess (@aisha_thegoddess) will be tattooing at the Bureau!  Appointments and walk-ins are welcome (first-come\, first-served). Scheduling and prices should be directly arranged with the artists.  DM artists on Instagram for details (links above).\n \n \nThis event will take place 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 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/pop-up-flash-tattoo/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241219T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T184151
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SUMMARY:OUTspoken: The Publishing Triangle’s Reading Series\, December Edition (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The Publishing Triangle presents its monthly OUTspoken Reading Series as host Rob Byrnes welcomes Christopher Bram\, Joy Ladin\, Greg Herren\, Christian Baines\, Michael McKeown Bondhus\, Finnian Burnett\, Fiona Riley\, and ‘Nathan Burgoine.\n \nJoin us as in-person or watch the live-stream to hear from some of queer literature’s most dynamic established and up-and-coming voices. \n\n\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\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 \n  \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
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/outspoken-december-2024/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241221T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T184151
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SUMMARY:TELL: Fighting (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:TELL is a monthly queer storytelling show hosted and curated by Drae Campbell. It is the longest running event at the Bureau! 10 years and going. Each month there is a different theme and a different line up of queer artists who tell true stories from their lives on a theme. \nThe theme for December is Fighting\, featuring storytellers Anthony Caronna\, KAROLINE\, and Fernando Vieira. \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. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nSuggested donation to benefit the storytellers and the Bureau: $10. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \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 \n  \nDrae Campbell is the host and curator of TELL\, an award winning podcast that can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts.\n \nTheater: The Nosebleed (Lincoln Center Theater\, Woolly Mammoth Theater & National Tour\, Lortel Nominated)\, Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater)\, Only You Can Prevent Wildfires (Teatro Circulo)\, My Old Man (Dixon Place)\, Storm Still (DirectorFest\, Drama League)\, La Cage Aux Folles (Barrington Stage Company).         \nFilm and TV: Senior Escort Service\, Blunderpuss\, It’s Very Common\, TOW.  \nTV: Bull\, New Amsterdam.  \nBFA\, The University Of The Arts   \nIg @draebiz and @tellqueerz   \n\n  \nAnthony Caronna is a film director and creator known for HBO‘s “Last Call: When a serial killer stalked queer New York.” Caronna goes by they/them pronouns. \n  \nKAROLINE is a queer Chinese American actor and writer who goes by a mononym. They can currently be seen in the new Hulu series DEATH AND OTHER DETAILS and in A24’s A DIFFERENT MAN. Their theater credits include THE HARD PROBLEM at Lincoln Center\, EXCLUSION at Arena Stage\, and the world premiere of [VEIL WIDOW CONSPIRACY]\, for which The New York Times called them “terrific.” Their short film PIPPI\, which they wrote and starred in\, traveled the festival circuit to acclaim and is currently on a two year distribution deal. Karoline was born in Shanghai\, grew up in Sweden\, and raised in South Texas. They went to a pre-med high school\, then Harvard\, both of which are terrible party facts. \n  \nFernando Vieira is a New York-based writer\, director\, and performer. As a multidisciplinary artist\, Vieira balances their career as creator of stage and film works. Playwriting work includes the plays Goodbye\, Little George (2020) and Anormales (2021). Vieira’s work has been presented at various theatrical companies and institutions such as BAAD!\, Repertorio Español\, IATI Theater\, The Brick Theatre\, Teatro Audaz\, Chelsea Theater\, Prelude Festival\, The Tank\, among others. Film work includes the documentary Unlabeled (2021) and the experimental short films Frenetic Journey Toward Muddledness (2023) and Las Olas (2024). Vieira earned a Master of Arts degree in Film Studies from CUNY Graduate Center.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/tell-fighting/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241225
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SUMMARY:Closed for Christmas
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on \nWednesday\, December 25th \nThursday\, December 26th \nand \nWednesday\, January 1st. \n  \nHappy holidays to all!
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-for-christmas-2024/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241227
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SUMMARY:Closed for Christmas
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on \nWednesday\, December 25th \nThursday\, December 26th \nand \nWednesday\, January 1st. \n  \nHappy holidays to all!
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-for-dec-26-2024/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250102
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SUMMARY:Closed for New Years Day
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on \nWednesday\, January 1st. \nHappy New Year to all!
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-for-new-years-day-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250105T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250105T190000
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SUMMARY:Closing Party for You Left a Mark on Me (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the closing party for You Left a Mark on Me on the very last day of the exhibition! \nFree and open to all! Free non-alcoholic beverages will be served. \nAbout the exhibition: \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division presents You Left A Mark On Me\, an exhibition highlighting Queer tattoo artists with an art practice outside of their tattoo work; and Queer artists who utilize tattoo imagery in their work. Curated by Zach Grear and Nelson Santos\, the exhibition features paintings\, drawings\, ceramics\, and embroidery work by Colton Ackerman\, Alexandria Deters\, Virginia Elwood\, Evan Paul English\, Zach Grear\, Christian Lord\, Dewey Rice\, Lancelot Runge\, Tamara Santibañez\, and Zyra West. \nYou Left A Mark On Me looks at the close ties that mark-making and queer bodies connect communities and the creative outputs that come from it.  The tattoo artists in this exhibition find alternative forms of mark-making beyond the flesh\, whether it’s using their hands to mold clay (Christian Lord\, Tamara Santibañez)\, building sculptures and painting with yarn (Virginia Elwood)\, or making broad and colorful paint strokes (Evan Paul English\, Dewey Rice\, Zyra West).  On the other end of the spectrum\, You Left A Mark On Me\, brings together queer artists (Colton Ackerman\, Alexandria Deters\, Zach Grear\, and Lancelot Runge) that are influenced by tattoo imagery\, and use ink\, thread\, and found images to mark the body on paper\, playing with iconic tattoo graphics and colorful patterns. \nThe curators\, Zach Grear and Nelson Santos are also artists and collectors of tattoos\, interested in how these queer communities intertwine and connect.  There is often a deep connection when a queer body is marked by another queer body and the way art expresses this queer magic and beauty.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closing-party-for-ylamom/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250110T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250110T210000
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SUMMARY:Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis Colloquium with Judith Rustin (co-sponsored by the Program in Trauma Studies)
DESCRIPTION:Judith Rustin Colloquium: “Beyond the Words: The Implicit Dimension of Psychoanalytic Treatment” \nThis presentation introduces some basic concepts from infant research and neuroscience.  Infant research describes how very early memories are formed and encoded thereby providing access to how they might show themselves from birth onwards. The concepts from neuroscience used in this presentation are simple versions for the non-scientist. They are used to explain some basic functions of how the brain processes information with specific emphasis on memory formation and the mind/body connection. I argue that humans are “mindbodybrains.” Whereas psychoanalysis has privileged “mind” in its theories\, this presentation offers additional knowledge and language to link it to “body” and “brains\,” and to provide a way to communicate these links to patients. This language expands the clinical repertoire. \nLearning Objectives \n\nBe able to describe the three components of the Triune Brain and the function of each\nBe able to describe the difference between explicit and implicit communication\nBe able to describe the kinds of memories(s) infants are able to encode and how they might be expressed in adulthood\nBe able to describe the two components of embodied communication\n\nThe Manhattan Institute is a NY State approved provider of continuing education hours for: LCSW\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC and Licensed Psychologists. \nFor in-person attendance you will receive an E-ticket through Eventbrite. \nTICKETS: $50.00 \nplease RSVP here\nStudents at other Institutes can purchase tickets for $25.00\n(Proof of student status required) \nMIP candidates can attend for free. \nA Zoom link will be sent to everyone who signs up through Eventbrite for those who would like to join remotely. \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  \nJudith Rustin\, LCSW\, is Faculty and Supervisor at The Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity in New York City and a Consultant in the Trauma Certificate Program of Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis.  She has authored numerous papers and spoken nationally and internationally on the integration of Intersubjectivity Theory as defined by Robert Stolorow and Collaborators with Infant Research and Neuroscience. She is author of Infant Research and Neuroscience at Work in Psychotherapy: Expanding the Clinical Repertoire (2013) and co-author with B. Beebe\, S. Knoblauch and D. Sorter (2005) of Forms of Intersubjectivity in Infant Research and Adult Treatment. Judith is in Private Practice in New York City.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/mip_judith_rustin/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T184151
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SUMMARY:lesbian book club
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be reading fiction and non-fiction — classic\, contemporary\, revealing and visionary. As a group we will decide what to read each month\, focusing on lesbian authors and/or related topics. Co-founded by lesbian book lovers Judi Komaki and Piper Olsen. \n\n\nFor our January 11th meeting\, we’ll read No Modernism without Lesbians by Diana Souhami (Head of Zeus\, 2021\, paperback\, $15.95). To reserve a copy\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.comwith “please reserve a copy of No Modernism without Lesbians” in the subject line. Purchase the book before January 11th and receive 15% off ($13.56 instead of $15.95). \n\nAnd for our February 8th meeting\, we’ll read Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians V. the Supreme Court\, by Deb Price and Joyce Murdoch (Basic Books\, 2002\, paperback\, $25.99). Unfortunately the Bureau is unable to offer a discount on this title because our distributor only offers this book at retail price\, rather than wholesale. So if you’d like to purchase the book from us\, please let us know as soon as possible and we’ll order a copy for you. Email us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please order a copy of Courting Justice for me” in the subject line. \n\nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \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. \nRegistration is not required. 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lesbian-book-club-january-2025/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T184151
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SUMMARY:RESISTING PROJECT 2025 PODCAST EPISODE 8: RESISTANCE 2.0: THE EMERGING PLAYBOOK TO FIGHTING PROJECT 2025 & T***P 2.0 (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Resistance 2.0. What is it? Who is mobilizing? Who is on the frontlines? What’s being done to stop or put a brake on T***p 2.0 and the “Day One” weaponization of Project 2025? \nJoin us on January 15th at 7-8:30 pm for the official 2025 launch of our rebranded Resisting Project 2025 podcast (formerly Revisioning Democracy). We’re back for year two at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division in NYC and streaming online. We’ve restructured our podcast as an all-team effort and convo with special regular features and special guests — focused on how we build and support community and broad resistance to Project 2025 and T***p 2.0 for the road ahead. \nCampaign team: Anne-christine d’Adesky\, Jay W. Walker\, Sally O’Driscoll\, Juno Rosenhaus\, Saba Bando\, Javier Morales. \nOur relaunch takes places five days before the inauguration and three days before the planned People’s March in Washington\, DC\, on January 18th. We’ll be providing an overview and spotlight updates about what we’ve learned about the current scope and forms of Resistance 2.0 to the planned “Day One” weaponization of Project 2025 – which defines T***p 2.0. We’ll also talk about what our campaign plans for 2025. Tune in for a critical public conversation on resisting authoritarianism and defending our democracy. \n\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\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 \n\nResisting Project 2025 Core Team \nAnne-christine d’Adesky\nFOUNDER\nAn award-winning independent journalist\, author\, feminist\, longtime human rights\, LGBTQIA+\, gender equality\, HIV and immigration activist. ACT UP member; co-founder of the Lesbian Avengers\, PotoFanm+Fi in Haiti.\n[Photo: Juno Rosenhaus] \nJay W. Walker\nSOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER\nA queer Black leader\, community organizer and longtime NYC activist on LGBTQIA+\, HIV\, and racial justice issues. Founding member\, Rise and Resist; President\, Gays Against Guns; Co-founder\, NYC Queer Liberation March.\n[Photo: Ryan McGinley Studios] \nJuno Rosenhaus\nWEBSITE MANAGER\nActivist\, artist\, feminist\, web designer. All things intergenerational\, intersectional and Dyke. Founder of the Dyke+ ArtHaus in Philadelphia.\n[Photo: Juno Rosenhaus] \nSally O’Driscoll\nEDITORIAL TEAM\nWriter\, editor\, and researcher. English literature PhD scholar\, writer\, feminist\, proud lesbian\, queer activist on feminism\, sexual rights\, reproductive health\, transgender and other LGBTQ+ issues.\n[Photo: Bob Hranichny] \nSaba Bando\nVOLUNTEER COORDINATOR\nExecutive and personal coach committed to disability rights\, women’s rights\, social justice\, racial justice; first-generation immigrant\, proud mother of a wheelchair-user. She resides in the Chicago-area with her husband and son. \nJavier Morales\nLatino Mobilization\, Spanish translation.\nMorales coordinates LATINX+\, a US-based network of people of Latin descent living with HIV\, fighting criminalization and stigma. He lives in Milford\, PA\, where he is Artistic Director for Pike Opera\, with his husband\, Sean Strub\, and their dog Alfie.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/resisting-project-2025-episode-8/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T184151
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for What Are You Looking At? (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:What are you looking at?\nAn art show in five acts \nOn view at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\nJanuary 16 – April 20\, 2025 \nOpening Reception: Thursday\, January 16\, 2025\, 6 to 8 PM \nDaniel Cavanaugh :: Kelwin Coleman :: Norbert Garcia Jr. ::\nBouffant Bouffant :: Scott Mabe \nThere is a fantastic space where no one lives. It exists in between the subject and the artist. These five artists work with the photographic image to present this space—from the extraordinarily faithful to the imagined confessional. A Grecian urn houses the ashes of the dead while their story is festooned on its hide; John Keats asks in “Ode to A Grecian Urn\,” What men or gods are these? Portraiture is our modern day Grecian urn. Within these works\, masculinity is held inside the shape of loss\, though its history remains immortalized upon the exterior. Comparably\, Marsden Hartley’s Portrait of a German Officer presents the essence of this ideology. Often the emotional and representational implications of the work are overshadowed by its painterly formal aspects\, which creates a disservice to the genre of portraiture. Hartley’s portrait of his lover Karl Von Freyburg\, who went to war and died\, is depicted through no human form. We see dramatic colors and brushstrokes outline both emotion and explanation. And now\, daily\, we consume portraits without question and make the absorption digestible\, further simplifying the genre. This exhibition asks the viewer to see beyond the obvious. Yes\, the artists are queer. Yes\, there is queer celebration and contemplation. \nYes\, there is sex but what is beyond the exterior? \nWhat are you looking at? \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/what-are-you-looking-at-opening/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250117T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250117T203000
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SUMMARY:HOMOCATS: Join The Party zine launch + reading (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Please join artist J. Morrison and special guests for the NYC launch of \n“HOMOCATS: Join The Party” at the Bureau! \nHOMOCATS are excited to release the thirteenth zine in the series. “Join The Party” is created as a call to action to protest the incoming administration\, while striving for community and togetherness in the difficult times we are living through. \nThe launch will also feature the updated HOMOCATS boxed set containing 12 zines from the series\, as well as a selection of screen-printed apparel. \nAll the zines are created with original physical art and collages\, and photocopied by hand by the artist. \nFriday\,  January 17th \nCheck in at 6:30pm \nReadings at 7:00pm \n  \nFeatured HOMOCATS zine readers: \nDehlia Hennessy Brown \nJorge Clar \nCarl Ferrero \nRobert Hammond \nDonnie Jochum \nLisa Levy \nDouglas A. Martin \nEva Mueller \nLloyd Mulvey \nGreg Newton \nXavier Smith \nChristopher Stout \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\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 \n\n\n  \nCreated by Brooklyn artist J. Morrison in 2010\, HOMOCATS is a visual art and zine publication connecting the modern popularity of the feline with social politics. \nOur mission aims to fight phobias\, propose equal rights\, combat cultural stereotypes\, question social norms\, resist T***pism\, and make the world a better place.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/homocats-join-the-party/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:TELL: Having Fun! (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:TELL is a monthly queer storytelling show hosted and curated by Drae Campbell. It is the longest running event at the Bureau! 10 years and going. Each month there is a different theme and a different line up of queer artists who tell true stories from their lives on a theme. \nThe theme for January is Having Fun!\, featuring storytellers Kelli Dunham\, Frankie Vaughan\, and Nonye Brown-West. \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. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nSuggested donation to benefit the storytellers and the Bureau: $10. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \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 \n  \nDrae Campbellis the host and curator of TELL\, an award winning podcast that can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts. \nTheater: The Nosebleed (Lincoln Center Theater\, Woolly Mammoth Theater & National Tour\, Lortel Nominated)\, Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater)\, Only You Can Prevent Wildfires (Teatro Circulo)\, My Old Man (Dixon Place)\, Storm Still (DirectorFest\, Drama League)\, La Cage Aux Folles (Barrington Stage Company).         \nFilm and TV:Senior Escort Service\, Blunderpuss\, It’s Very Common\, TOW. \nTV: Bull\, New Amsterdam. \nBFA\, The University Of The Arts   \nIg @draebiz and @tellqueerz   \n  \nKelli Dunham is the nonbinary ex-nun storytelling nurse author trauma-informed comedian so ubiquitous in modern Brooklyn and has appeared on Showtime\, BBC4’S Sunday Religion in Culture Program\, the Discovery Channel\, the Moth Mainstage and the occasional livestock auction. Kelli is the author of seven hilarious books about non-hilarious subjects and speaks frequently (also hilariously) to people with impossible jobs about using humor to combat vicarious trauma\, deal with stress\, and resolve conflict. But Kelli recently lost some business because of the upcoming political situation\, so invite Kelli to speak at your conference! \n\n\nPGN named Kelli one of “48 LGBT Creative People Of Influence” in 2024 and former NYC mayor Bill DeBlasio once called Kelli “a show off.” To Kelli’s face. \nKelli Dunham\, RN BSN\n  \nFrankie Vaughan is based in New York\, and making new work between here and Berlin. Frankie works with video\, sharing his familiar stories — including 3am ER visits\, odd jobs he’s worked\, and awkward sexual encounters. Using video as a visual language\, he draws on his own experiences — familiar\, platonic\, romantic\, and imaginary ones — formulating them to a concise topical material.  \nFrankie is currently earning his MFA in Visual Art and MA in Art History at Purchase College.\n \nNonye Brown-West is a New York-based Nigerian-American comedian and writer. She has been featured in the Boston Globe’s Rise column as a Comic to Watch\, as well as in NPR\, PBS\, Amazon Prime\, Sway In The Morning\, and the New York Comedy Festival.  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/tell-having-fun/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:OUTspoken: The Publishing Triangle’s Reading Series\, January Edition (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The Publishing Triangle presents its monthly OUTspoken Reading Series as host Rob Byrnes welcomes Michael Thomas Ford\, Donna Minkowitz\, Carsen Taite\, Shawn Stewart Ruff\, C. Winter Han\, Georgia Beers\, Gar McVey-Russell\, Anne Laughlin\, Chris Shirley\, and Rob Osler.\n \nJoin us in-person or watch the live-stream to hear from some of queer literature’s most dynamic established and up-and-coming voices. \n\n\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\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
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/outspoken-january-2025/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Best Bi Erotica of the Year: In-person book launch & reading (in person and live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Organized and edited by erotic author Christian Pan\, The Best Bi Erotica of the Year\, Volume One features exclusive and sensual stories by fifteen different authors from across the United States and Canada\, broadening our understanding of bisexuality and the possibilities within the erotic imagination. Join four of the anthology’s contributing authors as they read excerpts from their stories\, followed by a signing. Copies of The Best Bi Erotica of the Year and other titles by the authors will be available for purchase at the Bureau. \n\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\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 \n  \n\n\nMaeve Blackhead is a poet\, painter\, and researcher. She lives in New York City. \nEskay Kabba finds the complexity of human nature and creates romantic and erotic love stories. Eskay pens erotic romance novels that celebrate the LGBTQ community\, people of color\, and interracial relationships. Find her at\nwww.eskaykabba.com \nCandice Leigh is a sex and intimacy coach\, somatic sex educator\, Erotic Blueprint coach\, Somatic Experiencing practitioner and writer in NYC. She uses experiential\, trauma informed modalities bridging neo-tantra\, sexuality coaching\, breathwork\, and talk therapy to encourage clients to courageously embrace their vulnerability\, body\, mind\, heart\, soul and eros.\nhttps://www.candiceleighcoaching.com/ \nChristian Pan writes erotic fiction that frequently explores bisexual identity and experience. He is the editor & organizer of The Best Bi Erotica of the Year\, Volume One\, and his books Reunion and Dirty Words are all available at the Bureau. For more information\, please go to linktr.ee/christianpan
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-best-bi-erotica-of-the-year/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T163000
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SUMMARY:Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus Author Forum: Michelle Lerner (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus NYC presents Michelle Lerner (HLS ’98)\, author of Ring\, a new novel that contemplates loss and the sanctuary between hope and despair. Jonathan Vatner (’01)\, author of The Bridesmaids Union\, will join her in conversation. \n\n\nTo reserve a copy of Ring (Bancroft Press\, January 28\, 2025\, paperback\, $23.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Ring for Jan. 26 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \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\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 \n\n\n  \nMichelle Lerner is the author of the poetry chapbook Protection (Poetry Box\, 2021) and the novel Ring (Bancroft Press\, 2025)\, and her writing appears in VQR\, Shenandoah\, Lips\, Paterson Literary Review\, and many other journals and anthologies. \n  \nJonathan Vatner is the author of The Bridesmaids Union (St. Martin’s Press\, 2022) and Carnegie Hill (Thomas Dunne Books\, 2019). His fiction has earned praise from People\, Town & Country\, The New York Post\, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is the managing editor of Hue\, the magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology\, and teaches fiction writing at New York University and the Hudson Valley Writers Center.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/hgs-caucus-author-michelle-lerner/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T203000
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SUMMARY:Giddy Up! Celebrating Cowboy Park by Eduardo Martínez-Leyva (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a dynamic evening at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division as we celebrate the debut poetry collection\, Cowboy Park\, by Eduardo Martínez-Leyva. Immerse yourself in poems that explore self-acceptance and self-discovery along the U.S.-Mexico border. The event will also feature readings by LGBTQ poets River 瑩瑩 Dandelion\, Seth Leeper\, and Francisco Márquez. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the world of Latinx literature and support the LGBTQ community. \nTo reserve a copy of Cowboy Park (Wisconsin University Press\, November 2024\, paperback\, $17.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Cowboy Park for Jan. 30th event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \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. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \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. \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 \n  \nEduardo Martínez-Leyva was born in El Paso\, TX to Mexican immigrants. His work has appeared in Poetry Magazine\, The Boston Review\, The Adroit Journal\, Frontier Poetry\, The Hopkins Review\, Best New Poets\, and elsewhere. He’s received fellowships from CantoMundo\, The Frost Place\, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, the Lambda Literary Foundation\, a teaching fellowship from Columbia University\, where he earned his MFA\, and was the writer-in-residence at St. Albans School for Boys in Washington D.C. His debut poetry collection\, Cowboy Park\, was selected by Amaud Jamaul Johnson for the 2024 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry and is part of The Wisconsin Poetry Series published by the University of Wisconsin Press. \n  \nRiver 瑩瑩 Dandelion (he\, him\, keoi 佢) walks with his ancestors. He is a practitioner of ancestral medicine through writing\, teaching\, energy healing\, and creating ceremony. As a poet\, he writes to connect with the unseen and unspoken so we can feel and heal. River is the winner of the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers. He is the author of remembering (y)our light\, a debut chapbook on honoring matriarchs and ancestors across generations. \n  \nSeth Leeper is a queer poet. His work has appeared\, or is forthcoming in Foglifter\, Waxing\, Poet Lore\, Prairie Schooner\, OnlyPoems\, Salamander\, and Sycamore Review . He holds an M.S. in Special Education from Pace University and B.A. in Creative Writing and Fashion Journalism from San Francisco State University. He is a candidate in the Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program at Randolph College. His work has been nominated for Best New Poets\, Best of the Net\, and Pushcart awards. He teaches drop in and virtual workshops for Brooklyn Poets. \n  \nFrancisco Márquez is a poet from Maracaibo\, Venezuela\, born in Miami\, Florida. His work has been featured in the Y ale Review\, the Brooklyn Rail\, the Slowdown podcast\, and the Best American Poetry anthology. He has received support from the Tin House Writer’s Workshop\, The Poetry Project\, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, where he was a 2019-2020 Poetry Fellow . He lives in Brooklyn\, New York.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/cowboy-park/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250131T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250131T210000
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SUMMARY:(Re) Present (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:No\, Dear Magazine’s (Re)Present Reading Series seeks to pay homage to the New York City poets whose voices are now absent from our lives\, especially those voices whose indelible imprint has sustained a revolutionary poetics by connecting us to a history prior to\, and in opposition to\, mass gentrification and corporate takeover. By collaborating with local poets\, our intention is to represent and re-present those poets who are gone and honor how their voices continue to live on within the revolutionary spirit of New York City poetry. \nFeaturing readings by Kyle Carrero Lopez\, Joey De Jesus\, Marti Irving\, Omotara James\, and Kat Rejsek. \n\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. \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. All are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. We will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the event or on Venmo @BGSQD \n  \nKyle Carrero Lopez is the author of the chapbook Muscle Memory\, published by PANK Books in 2022. His recent poems appear in The Yale Review\, office magazine\, and Split this Rock\, and his debut full-length collection PARTY LINE is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in 2026. @kylecarrerolopez \n  \nJoey De Jesus is the author of HOAX Limited Artist Edition (Operating System\, 2022)\, and chapbooks: We Animate the Dream: A Poet’s Run for Public Office (Mount Analog Political Pamphlet Series II\, 2021) and NOCT- The Threshold of Madness (The Atlas Review\, 2019). Joey received the 2019-20 BRIC ArtFP Project Room Commission for HOAX and 2017 NYFA/NYSCA Fellowship in Poetry. Poems have appeared in Poem-A-Day\, Barrow Street\, Bettering American Poetry\, The Brooklyn Rail\, The Texas Review\, and elsewhere. Joey is senior co-editor at Apogee Journal and lives in Ridgewood where they ran for New York State Assembly District 38. @DeJesusSaves \n  \nMarti Irving is a poet and tinkerer living in Brooklyn with three black cats and one grey one. Their poems have appeared in American Chordata\, Bodega Mag\, Pigeon Pages\, and the Yale Review. \n  \nOmotara James is the author of the debut poetry collection\, Song of My Softening\, (Alice James Books\, 2024)\, featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and The Washington Post Book Club. Her work has received support from the Poetry Foundation\, the New York Foundation of the Arts\, the 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center\, Cave Canem Foundation\, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, Lambda Literary and the Academy of American Poets. She writes\, teaches andedits poetry in New York City. @omotarajames \n  \nKat Rejsek is a poet and filmmaker. They have an MFA and are the co-author of a chapbook called Aside from my everyday desires and also my more exceptional ones. Their work has also been featured in other small presses and publications. Kat works as an editor and lives in Brooklyn. @letsgetadog
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/re-present/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:OUTspoken: A tribute to Nikki Giovanni (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Black History Month\, The Publishing Triangle in collaboration with the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, presents a special OUTspoken Reading Series event celebrating the life of acclaimed Black lesbian poet\, commentator\, activist and educator\, Nikki Giovanni. \nPresenters will include JP Howard\, Reginald Harris\, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor\, a Drag Queen Story Hour reading by Harmonica Sunbeam\, Samiya Bashir\, Darrel Alejandro Holnes\, and UGBA (Nuyorican Poets Café slam team). The event will be hosted by Emanuel Xavier. \nJoin us in-person or watch the live-stream to hear some of our community’s most dynamic voices honor the legacy of one of our most acclaimed icons. \nThis event will take place in person in room 101 of The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\, 208 W. 13th Street\, in collaboration with Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \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. All are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. We will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the event or on Venmo @BGSQD \n  \nEmanuel Xavier’s honors include the Marsha A. Gomez Cultural Heritage Award\, a New York City Council Citation\, a Gay City News Impact Award\, and a Silver Medal in the Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award category at the International Latino Book Awards for his book Love(ly) Child\, also a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. His work has appeared in Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology\, Poetry\, A Gathering of the Tribes\, and elsewhere. Emanuel Xavier is on the Board of The Publishing Triangle and is currently working on a memoir and a screenplay based on his 1999 cult novel\, Christ Like. \n  \nJP Howard is a poet\, educator\, curator\, and literary activist. Her debut poetry collection SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System) was a Lambda Literary finalist. She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. \nhttp://www.jp-howard.com \n  \nReginald Harris has been a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and the Griot-Stadler prize. He won the 2012 Cave Canem / Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize for Autogeography. His work has appeared in numerous journals\, anthologies\, and online. Born in Annapolis\, Maryland\, and raised in Baltimore\, he lives in Brooklyn. \n  \nCheryl Boyce-Taylor is the author of seven collections of poetry which include Mama Phife Represents\, a verse memoir about the life of her son\, Hip Hop Legend\, Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor. Her most recent collection\, The Limitless Heart\, won the 2024 Firecracker Award for poetry. Cheryl is a graduate of The Stonecoast MFA program. \n  \nHarmonica Sunbeam\, The Comedy Queen\, has been delighting audiences at nightclubs\, cabarets\, fundraising events and supermarket openings throughout the United States and abroad for over 32 years. She is the North Jersey coordinator of Drag Queen Story Hour and since the inception of DQSH in the New York area\, Miss Sunbeam has been featured in the NY Times and interviewed for a now viral video on Buzzfeed. \n  \nSamiya Bashir is the author of three poetry collections\, most recently Field Theories\, winner of the Oregon Book Award. Her fourth\, I Hope This Helps\, is forthcoming from Nightboat Books in 2025. A sought-after editor\, Bashir currently serves as the June Jordan Visiting Scholar at Columbia University. \n  \nDarrel Alejandro Holnes is the author of Stepmotherland\, winner of an International Latino Book Award and the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize and Migrant Psalms\, winner of the Drinking Gourd Poetry Prize. Holnes is the winner of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry and the C.P. Cavafy Poetry Prize. Holnes is also a recent nominee for the Best of the Net and an award-winning playwright\, screenwriter\, and director. \n  \nUGBA (oog ba) (pronoun inclusive) is a queer poet\, rapper\, playwright\, actor\, and activist based out of Brooklyn\, NY.  UGBA is a former member of the Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group 2020-2023 cohort\, a 2022 MAP Grant recipient\, a 2020-2021 BAM Resident\, 2024 Nuyorican Poetry Slam member\, and former Artistic Director at NY Writers Coalition. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/outspoken-a-tribute-to-nikki-giovanni/
LOCATION:The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 101\, New York\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jill Johnston in Motion: Clare Croft In Conversation with Ksenia Soboleva (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Clare Croft reads from her new book\, Jill Johnston in Motion\, which focuses on the dance critic turned lesbian provocateur Jill Johnston. Following the reading Croft will be in conversation with Ksenia Soboleva. In conjunction with “Archives Onstage: The Essential Jill Johnston” at NYU Skirball. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Jill Johnston in Motion (Duke University Press\, October 29\, 2024\, paperback\, $27.95) and/or The Essential Jill Johnston Reader\, edited by Clare Croft (Duke University Press\, October 29\, 2024\, paperback\, $27.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Jill Johnston in Motion and/or Essential Jill Johnston for Feb. 6 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \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. \nRegistration is encouraged\, but not required. \nPlease register here.\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. \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 \n  \nClare Croft is a writer\, a dance historian and theorist\, a dramaturg and curator\, and someone who dances. She is the author of Jill Johnston in Motion: Dance\, Writing\, and Lesbian Life and the editor of The Essential Jill Johnston Reader\, both published by Duke University Press. She is also the editor of Queer Dance: Meanings and Makings; the founder and curator of the EXPLODE queer dance festival; and the author of Dancers as Diplomats: American Choreography in Cultural Exchange. Clare’s dance criticism has appeared in The Washington Post\, the Austin American-Statesman\, and The Brooklyn Rail. She is Associate Professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan\, and holds a PhD in Performance as Public Practice from the University of Texas-Austin. \n  \nDr. Ksenia M. Soboleva is a New York based writer and art historian specializing in queer art and culture. She holds a PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts\, NYU\, with a dissertation titled “Fragments: Art\, AIDS\, and Lesbian Identity in the United States.” Her writings have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail\, BOMB Magazine\, Artforum\, frieze\, Hyperallergic\, as well as various monographs and exhibition catalogues. She has curated exhibitions at Baxter St. Camera Club\, Candice Madey Gallery\, and La MaMa Galleria. Soboleva was the 2020-2021 Vilcek Curatorial Fellow at the Guggenheim Museum\, and the 2022-2024 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and LGBTQ+ History at the New York Historical Society. Currently\, she is working on a book project titled “Friendship as a Way of Art: Queer Identity and Visual Citation\,” and co-editing the first monograph on TRIAL BALLOON\, a 1990s gallery and project space that highlighted lesbian artists. She teaches at the New School and NYU. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/jill-johnston-in-motion-clare-croft/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:lesbian book club: February edition (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be reading fiction and non-fiction — classic\, contemporary\, revealing and visionary. As a group we will decide what to read each month\, focusing on lesbian authors and/or related topics. Co-founded by lesbian book lovers Judi Komaki and Piper Olsen. \n\n\nFor our February 8th meeting\, we’ll discuss Freshwater\, by Akwaeke Emezi (Grove Press\, 2018\, paperback\, $18). To reserve a copy\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Freshwater for me” in the subject line. \nAnd for our March 8th meeting\, we’ll read Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (1993). Digital and print editions of the book can be found on Leslie Feinberg’s website. Print editions are also available at the Bureau (see below). \nFrom Feinberg’s website: https://www.lesliefeinberg.net/: \n“The 20th Anniversary Author’s Edition of Stone Butch Blues is available in multiple formats: \n“Click this link to automatically download your free PDF copy:\nStone-Butch-Blues-by-Leslie-Feinberg.pdf (886745 downloads) \n“The at-cost print edition of Stone Butch Blues is once more available through Lulu.com – and at a slightly lower cost because of format re-design.” \nAnd the Bureau sells at-cost print copies of Stone Butch Blues ($14–this covers printing\, $12.21\, plus shipping). To reserve a copy\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Stone Butch Blues” in the subject line. \n\n\nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n\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. \nRegistration is not required. 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lesbian-book-club-february-8-2025/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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