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SUMMARY:IN CONVERSATION: Terrell J. A. Winder & Theo Greene
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion on the value of Black Queer Placemaking in shaping belonging and community in an era of shifting gay geographies. \nRSVP HERE \n\n\n\n\nJoin Terrell J. A. Winder (Shameless: The Making of Black Gay Identities in LA) and Theo Greene (Not in My Gayborhood: Gay Neighborhoods and the Rise of the Vicarious Citizen) for a conversation on Blackness\, Queerness\, visibility\, and their intersections. \n— \nTerrell J. A. Winder received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California\, Los Angeles in 2017. An urban ethnographer\, Dr. Winder’s research areas include race & ethnicity\, sexuality & sexual health\, qualitative & quantitative research methods\, and education. His current research examines stigma response processes among stigmatized populations negotiating more than one stigma simultaneously. His research has been published in Qualitative Sociology\, AIDS Patient Care & STDs\, the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities\, and the Journal of Medical Internet Research. His work on mobile applications as a health intervention has also been covered in the Los Angeles Times. His book\, Shameless: The Making of Black Gay Identities in LA\, is a multi-method examination of anti-gay stigma response among young Black gay men in Los Angeles. \nTheo Greene is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology at Bowdoin College. His research and teaching interests focus on the intersection of sexuality\, urbanism\, and culture. Greene’s research broadly explores how sexual communities help us understand how urban redevelopment shapes and redefines how individuals think about\, identify with\, and participate in local communities. His book\, Not in MY Gayborhood! Gay Neighborhoods and the Rise of the Vicarious Citizen recently received the 2026 Outstanding Book Award in Community and Urban Sociology from the American Sociological Association. In addition to his ongoing work on gay neighborhoods and queer placemaking in Maine\, Theo is currently Chair-Elect of the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association and serves on several boards that support LGBTQ communities in Portland\, Maine\, including the Frannie Peabody Center and the Equality Community Center.
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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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SUMMARY:Radical Queer Reading Group: Miss Major Speaks
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we read radical leftist texts with a focus on queer liberation\, anti-capitalism\, and anti-colonialism. For August 12th\, we’re reading Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary by Toshio Meronek and Miss Major.\n—\nWe’ll meet on Wednesday\, August 12th\, at The Bureau\, in room 210 of The LGBT Community Center in the West Village\, 7-8 PM.\n—\nCopies of Miss Major Speaks are available to purchase at the Bureau. Purchase the book before July 8th and receive 15% off. Just mention the Radical Queer Reading Group when you check out.\n—\nThank you for supporting The Bureau by purchasing books from us!
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/radical-queer-reading-group-miss-major-speaks/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Launch Event for The Book of Ecstasy
DESCRIPTION:Join Barbara Carrellas\, beloved author of The Urban Tantra and Ecstasy is Necessary in celebrating the launch of her new book\, The Book of Ecstasy! \nRSVP TO THIS EVENT \n\n\n\n\nBlending practical tools\, spirituality\, and decades of embodied experience\, this book offers a fiercely inclusive and radically affirming path to ecstasy—for every body\, in every season of life. In conversation with Kate Bornstein. \nAfter the conversation there will be time for Barbara to sign copies of The Book of Ecstasy\, which will be available for purchase at the Bureau! \n*** \nBarbara Carrellas is the founder of Urban Tantra®\, an approach to conscious sexuality that adapts and blends a wide variety of sacred sexuality practices from Tantra to BDSM. She is the author of Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-first Century—the world’s first LGBTQ+-inclusive Tantric sex book\, Ecstasy is Necessary: A Practical Guide to Sex\, Relationships and Oh So Much More\, and Luxurious Loving. Her books\, workshops\, and lectures are an eclectic mix of sexual and spiritual practices designed to encourage readers and participants of all genders and sexual preferences to expand their capacity for both pleasure and spiritual fulfillment. Barbara is a proud graduate of the Coney Island Sideshow School with a double major in fire eating and snake handling. \nA celebrated pioneer and advocate for the LGBTQ community\, Kate Bornstein is the author of My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man\, a Real Woman\, the Real You\, or Something Else Entirely; Gender Outlaw: On Men\, Women and The Rest of Us; and A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir. Her plays and performance pieces include Hidden: A Gender\, The Opposite Sex Is Neither\, and Too Tall Blondes In Love. Bornstein lives in New York City with her partner\, Barbara Carrellas.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/launch-event-for-the-book-of-ecstasy/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Release Party: Diabolically Good: The Movie Career and Afterlife of Horror Icon Vincent Price
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Bureau for the launch of Drew Pisarra’s Diabolically Good: The Movie Career and Afterlife of Horror Icon Vincent Price! \nRSVP TO THIS EVENT \n\n\n\n\nHalloween in August? Why not?! As its subtitle suggests\, Drew Pisarra’s latest hybrid is serving up All Hallow’s Eve a bit early. The book’s first half\, Price in Purgatory\, is an imaginative radio play about the titular actor’s Dantesque journey from Hell to Heaven. (“…hysterically funny and intensely thought-provoking…” — Arts Independent) The second part\, Price in Celluloid\, chronicles Pisarra’s decidedly personal exploration of Price’s extensive filmography\, including some hard-to-find made-for-TV gems\, as if Price were the whole point. (“joyously obsessive” — Maitland McDonagh). Special guests will make this a book launch you won’t forget! \nAfter the launch there will be time for Drew to sign copies of Diabolically Good\, which will be available for purchase at the Bureau! \n*** \nDrew Pisarra is the author of three poetry collections (Fassbinder: His Movies\, My Poems\, Periodic Boyfriends\, and Infinity Standing Up); two short story collections (You’re Pretty Gay and Publick Spanking); and two radio plays (The Strange Case of Nick M. and Price in Purgatory). A grantee of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council\, Curious Elixirs: Curious Creators\, and Café Royal Cultural Foundation\, he is also a playwright whose works for the stage have included Tea Towels at Theater for the New City and Click at The Tank NYC as well as My Bedroom Is an Installation and Voiceover\, two experimental pieces co-written with Jerry Mouawad for Imago Theatre in Portland\, Oregon.
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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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