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SUMMARY:Celestial Body: BD/SM\, Rituals and Protocols\, Top-Secret Fetishes\, Underground Sexuality . . . and God.
DESCRIPTION:  \n“Is our often-censored urge towards sex and our great\, undeniable urge towards a union with God . . . the same urge?” from The Substance of God\, by Perry Brass. \nWhat are the core feelings that link queer sexuality\, BD/SM and spirituality? Is there a Dominant/ Submissive-Master/Slave feeling that links us directly with submission to the God-force? Does “kinky” sexuality lower male defenses enough to bring in a feeling of a supernatural union? Is gay tribal sexuality—at the heart of a leather and S/M lifestyle—important to our own survival now in the time of a mainstreaming and corporatization of gayness leaving too many gay men and lesbians feeling alone\, isolated\, and alienated from their community? Perry Brass\, author of The Manly Pursuit of Desire and Love\, hosts a three-part series of discussions\, readings\, and even demonstrations on this intriguing\, often controversial topic. \nEach session will feature different guests sharing their feelings about this often controversial topic. Please note: this series addresses material of a sexually graphic nature and some sessions will include nude performers. \n  \nSpecial guests Andrew Harwin\, John Ollom\, and Darrell Perry will participate in the first session\, Wednesday\, October 28\, 7 to 9:30 PM. \nThe second session will take place on Wednesday\, November 18\, 7 to 9:30 PM. \nThe third and final session will take place on Wednesday\, December 16\, 7 to 9:30 PM. \n  \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n  \n \nPerry Brass has published 19 books\, including poetry\, novels\, short fiction\, science fiction\, plays\, and bestselling advice books (How to Survive Your Own Gay Life\, The Manly Art of Seduction\, The Manly Pursuit of Desire and Love). Active in the movement toward lgbt rights (gay equality) since 1969\, Brass’s work continuously deals with issues of sexual freedom\, personal authenticity\, and personal politics coming out of his involvement with the movement for gay liberation. He is especially interested in that connection between sexuality and spirituality; with the world of the body\, the mind\, and a deeper “soul” consciousness connecting the two. Aside from his books\, poetry\, plays\, and essays\, he also regularly blogs for the Huffington Post. For more information: www.perrybrass.com \n  \n  \n  \n \nAndrew Harwin is a Life Coach and Ordained Interfaith/Interspiritual Minister. A Native New Yorker and Bronx Science graduate whose earliest spiritual experiences were in Nature\, he pursued Hinduism and Buddhism when a Reform Jewish education didn’t meet his spiritual needs. As a teenager Andrew had transcendent LSD experiences but realized he couldn’t continue and still remain in his body. Hesse’s “Siddhartha” revealed enlightenment was best attained by living consciously\, recognizing the connectedness of everything.\nHaving his first sex with men at 14\, Andrew came out at 17 and began exploring his erotic shadow and kinky desires. From 19 to 21\, he was a Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist. He also learned Transcendental Meditation and has been practicing ever since.\nDiagnosed with HIV in ’88\, Andrew lost many friends and lovers to AIDS and almost died in ‘95. Returning to life in ’96\, he came out as a leatherman\, marching with the Leather contingent in the ’97 NYC Pride March and joining the now-defunct Gay Male S/M Activists. He’s a former GMSMA President and Chairman\, currently serving as an advisor to the Folsom Street East Board and a member of its Events Committee.\nFor 10 years\, Andrew helped teach the GMSMA Novice Tops & bottoms course. He created a BDSM Spirituality Discussion Group and is the author of stories and essays on transcendent SM published in GMSMA’s “NewsLink.”\nIn 2003 Andrew was given the Barry Douglas Community Service Award for “selfless dedication and unwavering commitment to New York’s SM-Leather-Fetish community.”\nA Chicago Hellfire Club Associate and Member of Delta International\, he’s the 2011 recipient of CHC’s J. Paul Eaton Award for service behind the scenes at Inferno.\nAndrew’s a graduate of The Body Electric School\, including “Power-Surrender-Intimacy” and “Sacred Intimacy Training.” He’s also a member of the Easton Mountain Retreat Center community. \n  \n  \n \nJohn Ollom received his MFA from Goddard College and BFA in Ballet from Texas Christian University where he trained under Fernando Bujones of American Ballet Theatre and the Royal Ballet. He has been teaching in New York City and around the country since 2000. His methodology has been taught at the Eastern Michigan University\, Kalani Retreat Center in Hawaii\, Atmananda Yoga Sequence\, Baruch College\, CUNY Hostos\, CUNY in the Heights\, Easton Mountain Retreat Center and every summer at the Ollom Movement Art Summer Program at Smith College. \nIn 2010-2011\, John Ollom was chosen as the Artist in Residence at the Eastern Michigan University Dance Department. Since 2002\, John has served as the Artistic Director of Ollom Movement Art/Prismatic Productions\, Inc. where he has choreographed such works as The Catalyst\, Love and Longing\, The Journey\, John Ollom’s The Journey\, Anatomy of Woman\, Dido and Aeneas\, The Other Species\, Love Stories\, Internal Landscapes\, Man of War\, M.U.D. (Men Under Dirt)\, Kuan Yin’s Compassion\, Nemetona\, The Portal\, and Prisoner of My Projection. His choreography and direction can also be seen in the film “Karpos and Kalamos”. \nHis work has been the subject of three documentary films: “Late Bloomers” by Annette Cyr\, Professor of Art at the National University in San Diego; “The Making of M.U.D.: An Exploration of the Work of John Ollom and Ollom Movement Art” by Robert Kazmayer\, MA; and\, “There’s Something About John” by Emma McCagg. \n \nDarrell Perry (aka Darrellblackandblue) has been active in the New York Leather scene since 1990. He was a member of GMSMA (now defunct) and has been co-founder or founding member of some of the New York area’s most influential leatherclubs.\nDarrell produces and sources still and video imagery for both print and web in the news\, celebrity\, advertising and promotion areas. He also hosts leather-themed play parties and is building a network of interconnected web-based businesses to serve the leather and gay communities in the e-commerce space. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/celestial-body-bdsm/
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SUMMARY:WRITE QUEER!
DESCRIPTION:  \nWrite Queer! is an ongoing open-ended weekly writing workshop for those who identify as both Queer and Writer. Come read a variety of work by queer artists\, generate new writing\, and workshop with your peers. All experience levels and writing backgrounds are welcome. \nClasses meet every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays—we will open from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays for this event. \n$20 per class to benefit the facilitators and the Bureau. Limited sliding scale and scholarship available. Contact Cecily at sumthn.else@gmail.com for details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/write-queer-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151023T190000
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SUMMARY:TELL 17: Chance
DESCRIPTION:  \nTELL is an evening of story telling from the mouths and minds of queers in NYC hosted by Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division since February 2014. \nChance is the theme of the seventeenth installment of TELL. Featuring Hana Malia\, Camille Atkinson\, Jay Lucero\, and Cara Kildruff. \n \n$10 suggested donation – no one turned away for lack of funds \n  \n \nDrae Campbell is a writer\, actor\, director\, story teller\, dancer\, and nightlife emcee. Drae has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and on stages all over NYC. Drae’s directing work has appeared in Iceland\, NYC\, Budapest and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The short film Drae wrote and starred in with Rebecca Drysdale\, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in festivals globally. Drae won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. She once reigned as Miss LEZ and also got dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell hosts and curates a monthly queer storytelling show called TELL at BGSQD. Check her out online!  www.draecampbell.com \n\n  \n\n\nNew York vocalist Camille B. Atkinson has been performing and working as a singer\, actor\, voice over artist and dancer for over 20 years. She has fronted 5 NYC bands singing Blues\, Soul\, Funk\, Pop\, Motown\, Country\, Rhythm & Blues\, Standards\, Musical Theater\, Art-Rock and Early Jazz. She has sung on countless EPs\, demos\, at weddings\, in concerts\, fundraisers and at private events. Her earliest exposure to music came from the Catholic church where she began singing in the choir in her hometown of New Orleans\, as well as the lively Jazz musicians that played on the streets near Jackson Square. To get a feel for her voice\, she has been called “the love child of Janis Joplin and Ella Fitzgerald”. She possesses a high school diploma in Theater Arts from Interlochen Arts Academy and a BFA in Acting from Ithaca College. She is a seasoned\, well rounded theater artist who skills include stage management\, directing\, producing\, songwriting\, playwrighting\, costume design\, wigs\, props and make up artistry. She is currently taking on various front and backstage roles in “Truffles! A murder mystery dinner theater experience”. She also performs in an acoustic duo called GUMBO with guitarist/vocalist Mike Cobb. For more information on her upcoming events please visit her website. \nweb site \nmusic\nfilm\nvoice over \n  \n  \n \nCara Kildruff started her stand-up career in the classrooms and principal’s offices of the New Britain\, CT public school system. Voted “Class Clown” in high school\, she took a break to attend film school in the hopes of becoming a “serious” filmmaker. Two schools and a theatre degree later\, Cara found herself working on Block Island by day and at the suggestion and offer of a free ticket from the owner of the Empire Theatre\, got up on stage to amuse the tourists before the show. Since moving to NYC fifteen years ago\, she spent four soul sucking years toiling for Corporate America and had a pre-mid-life crisis. She quit her job\, took a three week comedy workshop\, a one year program in comedy performance and writing and had been doing stand-up ever since. Cara was a member of the sketch comedy group “Hottie Grandma”\, performed at the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival\, has appeared on here!TV’s “Hot Gay Comics Live”\, performed at clubs and colleges all over\, including the Friar’s Club\, and is currently a co-host of “Talking About”\, a monthly LGBTQ program on Queens Public Television. She recently debuted her first solo show\, “How I Became an Unskilled Laborer” at the People’s Improv Theater as well as participated in the PIT’s first LGBTQ Comedy Festival in 2015. \n  \n  \n \nJay Lucero is a college student majoring in creative writing. A few of his interests are theatre\, music and fashion. He’s been acting since his sophomore year in high school in different school productions. Jay Lucero is the recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. award at Queensborough Community College. Jay explores gender through his writing and he hopes to one day publish a funny memoir where he documents his queer childhood. \n  \n  \n \nHana Malia is a proud public school teacher\, prouder (mourning) born and bred NYC lifer\, theater artist\, and author. Her work has appeared on stages (think Dixon Place\, La Mama\, sticky bar floors\, and Carnegie Hall)\, and pages (think smut\, obscure poetry magazines\, and the zines you keep treasured in your bathroom reading collection) that speak life into fat filthy femme survival\, city silences and shouts\, aging classroom blackboards\, and campy musical rewrites. Traditionally a dinner table story teller and impressionist\, Hana is thrilled to put the pieces together at TELL and see what comes out of her mouth. \n  \n  \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151022T183000
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SUMMARY:Bi Book Club: Call It Wonder\, by Kate Evans
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bi Book Club meets monthly to discuss bi-themed books and the issues they raise. \nDay/Time: Oct 22 (4th Thursdays)\, 6:30-8pm. Dinner after nearby (so far\, we always go to Village Den.) Nov & Dec dates conflict with the holidays so we are working on alternative dates. \nOur book for Oct: Call It Wonder: an odyssey of love\, sex. spirit\, and travel a new memoir by Kate Evans. (We suggest you buy or order your copy from our host\, BGSQD. Write to contact@bgsqd.com \nPick out some phrases\, paragraphs or scenes that you’d like to discuss\, or just join in on our read-a-long. Give us your critique of the book. What worked\, what didn’t\, how was bisexuality represented? If you haven’t had time to finish the readings\, come anyway because we read passages from the book aloud for discussion. As usual\, we’ll also be using the text as a jumping off point to further discussion of bisexual issues and personal experiences. \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \nRSVP on Meetup.com \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Queer Collage Party
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe first Queer Collage Party\, organized by friend of the Bureau Paul VanDeCarr\, took place at the Bureau in June\, and it was such a hit that we’re doing it again! We provide the glue sticks and paper\, you provide the pictures. Everyone who attends should bring at least one magazine or book or a bunch of pictures that you’ll contribute to the group. Each person can make their own collage(s)\, or team up with others! You can keep your own collage(s)\, but don’t expect to walk away with your magazine intact! The spirit here is fun and sharing. Attend for part or all of the evening. You are encouraged but not required to bring a little snack to share — chips\, tangerines\, grapes\, hummus\, whatever. We’ll have music playing (not live\, though). Beer\, wine\, and sparkling water will be available for cash donations. \nFacilitated by dear friend of the Bureau David Christie \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queer-collage-party-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151020T210000
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SUMMARY:WRITE QUEER!
DESCRIPTION:  \nWrite Queer! is an ongoing open-ended weekly writing workshop for those who identify as both Queer and Writer. Come read a variety of work by queer artists\, generate new writing\, and workshop with your peers. All experience levels and writing backgrounds are welcome. \nClasses meet every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays—we will open from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays for this event. \n$20 per class to benefit the facilitators and the Bureau. Limited sliding scale and scholarship available. Contact Cecily at sumthn.else@gmail.com for details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/write-queer-7/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151018T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151018T203000
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SUMMARY:Bureau Book Club Discusses Times Square Red\, Times Square Blue\, by Samuel R. Delany
DESCRIPTION:  \nTimes Square Red\, Times Square Blue combines in 200 brief pages daring and sexy queer encounters in Times Square’s pornographic movie theaters and contemplation on the nature of social relationships in cities. A late-career masterpiece by noted queer Black science-fiction writer Samuel R. Delany\, the book is a perfect dip into our fair city’s seedier and sexier past. \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease email the Bureau if you would like to reserve a copy of Times Square Red\, Times Square Blue: contact@bgsqd.com \n  \nBureau Book Club is facilitated by Ben Miller. \nBen Miller is a writer and researcher in Crown Heights\, Brooklyn who has published short fiction and essays on queer histories and themes. He tweets @benwritesthings\, learn more at www.benwritesthings.com \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bureau-book-club-times-square-red-times-square-blue/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151017T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151017T220000
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SUMMARY:Trans Poets Bloom: A Launch Party For Vetch Poetry
DESCRIPTION:  \nVetch is a new journal of trans poetry and poetics–one of the first venues that will publish only poems by trans poets. Come out to the first issue launch party to celebrate with us! There will be readings by editors and contributors\, as well as an atmosphere of giddy joy. \nReception will begin at 8 PM\, readings at 8:30. \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \nReaders: \n  \nKay Gabriel finished her BA at Columbia University in 2013 and won a Euretta J. Kellett fellowship for postgraduate study at Cambridge\, which she used to spend a year writing dykily about Sappho. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Princeton University classics department. Her poetry has appeared in Industrial Lunch. \n  \n  \nStephen Ira’s poetry and short fiction have appeared in The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard\, Spot Literary Magazine\, the St. Sebastian Review\, and Specter Magazine\, among others.  In 2013\, he was selected as one of Lambda Literary’s summer fellows in poetry.  In 2014\, he was featured as a guest star in La Mama’s SQUIRTS: New Voices in Queer Performance. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2014. \n \n  \nLiam O’Brien grew up on a small island outside Seattle. In 2012\, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College\, where he received the Stanley and Evelyn Lipkin Prize for Poetry and the Nancy Lynn Schwartz Prize for Fiction. His work can be found in print in Unsaid Magazine\, and online at The Offending Adam\, Blackbird VCU\, Buffalo Almanack\, and Industrial Lunch. He is currently pursuing his MFA at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. \n \n  \nGrey Vild’s work has appeared in THEM\, Elderly\, and Hue. He has a chapbook forthcoming from EOAGH and is the happy recipient of the Queer Art Mentorship Fellowship 2014 with Stacy Szymaszek. \n\n \n  \nRebecca Bedell is an English major in her junior year at Princeton University\, hoping to complete a creative writing certificate in poetry.  She fantasizes about further bastardizing the Whitman-Ginsberg poetic lineage to a stark and confessional trans poetics\, and hasn’t been able to write about anything other than being trans for a while.  Her work was published in a few teen collections which aren’t very relevant since they used her old name.\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/trans-poets-bloom-a-launch-party-for-vetch-poetry/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151015T190000
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SUMMARY:Truvada Revolution: Screening and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:  \nHave you heard of Truvada and PrEP? Do you have questions about the controversial FDA-Approved drug that prevents HIV? Producer and Director Eric Leven will host a screening of his VICE Documentary: Stopping HIV: The Truvada Revolution with a Q & A afterward to answer any questions about the film\, filmmaking process and any lingering questions about the medication of Truvada itself. \n  \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \nEric Leven is a Producer and Director with nearly ten years of experience in the documentary and reality television industry\, having produced and directed such show’s as Dual Survival\, Strange Medicine\, BBQ Pitmasters and Mobwives. Eric is also a social and political activist focusing on such issues as: LGBT Rights\, Safer Sex awareness and HIV/AIDS. He is 34 years old and lives in the East Village. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/truvada-revolution/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151014T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151014T220000
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SUMMARY:20Something Monthly Manhattan Meetup
DESCRIPTION:  \nIf you are new to the city\, recently out\, just looking for friends\, or whatever experiences brought you to us – we offer a safe space where we can mingle and talk about our experiences as an LGBT person in New York City. We hold our meetings on the second Wednesday of every month from 8-10 PM at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. We recommend this 20Something Meetup to anyone who is looking for a more casual space to explore their sexual/gender identity. There will be light refreshments. Bring friends! \n  \n20Something is the largest social events organization for young lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, and transgender people in New York City\, aged 21 to 30. We hold a monthly social\, and two monthly icebreaker/discussion groups at the Brooklyn Pride Center and at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, the queer cultural center and bookstore on the second floor of The LGBT Community Center\, in Manhattan. With more than 2\,500 members\, we engage young adults across all 5 boroughs with a safe\, confidential\, and respectful platform to meet other LGBT folk. Many of our members have made long lasting friendships\, relationships\, and have been connected to important LGBT services and resources. Whether you are new to the city\, recently out\, or just looking to make friends – 20Something offers a space for you to pave the way to your own adventures in New York City – and make living here a little easier. Become a member: meetup.com/20SomethingNYC \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/20something-october/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151013T190000
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SUMMARY:WRITE QUEER!
DESCRIPTION:  \nWrite Queer! is an ongoing open-ended weekly writing workshop for those who identify as both Queer and Writer. Come read a variety of work by queer artists\, generate new writing\, and workshop with your peers. All experience levels and writing backgrounds are welcome. \nClasses meet every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays—we will open from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays for this event. \n$20 per class to benefit the facilitators and the Bureau. Limited sliding scale and scholarship available. Contact Cecily at sumthn.else@gmail.com for details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/write-queer-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151010T180000
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SUMMARY:PISS ELEGANT
DESCRIPTION:  \nSTH Editions & BGSQD present: PISS ELEGANT  \nSaturday\, October 10th\, 6-9pm \nLIVE @ 8pm – SLAVA MOGUTIN\nFEATURING: Art & Special Editions by Straight To Hell contributors & comrades\nSTH (aka\, The Manhattan Review of Unnatural Acts) – now in it’s fifth decade of service to the international pervert community – presents an evening of lurid viewing featuring original art & limited editions by: ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS • MATTHEW BURCAW • STASH BUTTINSKI • WALT CESSNA • DANNY FIELDS • AIKEN FORRET • JOE OVELMAN • SLAVA MOGUTIN • BOB NICKAS • CHRISTOPHER SCHULZ • JAN WANDRAG • WILLIAM WOOD • JIMMY WRIGHT • & others \n  \nMore about STH HERE \n  \nEvent cover image: Photograph by Luke Smalley\, on the back cover of STH 68 \n  \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/piss-elegant/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151009T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151009T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150930T172400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151007T155813Z
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SUMMARY:Queercopia: Readings By LGBTQ Comic Creators
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn conjunction with New York Comic-Con\, Queercopia returns to the Bureau with another line-up of creators whose works focus on LGBTQ content. The event will open with a meet and greet at 6:30\, with the presentation starting at 7. \nGreg Fox (Kyle’s Bed & Breakfast)\, Jeff Krell (Jayson)\, Morgan Boecher (What’s Normal Anyway?)\, Tara Avery (Gooch\, Dirtheads)\, P. Kristen Enos (Web Of Lives)\, Carlo Quispe (Uranus)\, and others will be presenting. \n  \n\nThis event serves as a fundraiser for Prism Comics and Bureau of General Services—Queer Division @ The Center.  Please note that this event is not officially affiliated with NYCC. \n\nTickets for this event are $15: click here to purchase.  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queercopia-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151007T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150902T195058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150902T195143Z
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SUMMARY:An evening with RJ Martin reading from his debut novel THE BODY
DESCRIPTION:  \nWhat happens when the lines between spirit and flesh begin to blur? \nIn the Adirondack town of Lake Henry\, NY\, altar boy Jonah Gregory\, fifteen\, dreams of becoming a priest. Aside from being a spiritual comfort to his fellow man\, Jonah pursues his vocation because he knows his special devotion to the Lord is mutual since he believes Christ is gay too. When his older sister\, Angie\, introduces him to Rusty Kincaid\, the handsome\, closeted son of a romance novelist and a dead ringer for the messiah\, Jonah is thrust into a physical-spiritual love triangle. Jonah knows he must choose between them and the path each one represents\, but he can’t look at one without seeing the other\, and neither seems willing to give him up. \nJonah is guided on his quest by Rusty’s famous mother\, Jace Kincaid\, his ill-tempered pastor from Brooklyn\, his frustrated parents\, and the two men who have captured his heart: Rusty and the Lord. \n  \n  \nRJ Martin grew up in the foothills of the Adirondack\, attended Skidmore College and Columbia University\, and other than a brief stint in Los Angeles\, he has been a Brooklynite for most of his adult life. A true Gemini he is as proud of being part of the LGBT community as he is of being a Christian\, as happy at a baseball game as a Broadway musical\, and as appreciative of a good pinot noir as a frothy IPA. He would never want to be without his dog\, faith\, books\, friends\, writing\, hamburgers\, bike\, and family. RJ also blogs for the Huffington Post. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/rj-martin/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151006T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150927T185502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150927T185502Z
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SUMMARY:WRITE QUEER!
DESCRIPTION:  \nWrite Queer! is an ongoing open-ended weekly writing workshop for those who identify as both Queer and Writer. Come read a variety of work by queer artists\, generate new writing\, and workshop with your peers. All experience levels and writing backgrounds are welcome. \nClasses meet every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays—we will open from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays for this event. \n$20 per class to benefit the facilitators and the Bureau. Limited sliding scale and scholarship available. Contact Cecily at sumthn.else@gmail.com for details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/write-queer-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151004T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151004T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150912T182521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150912T182657Z
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SUMMARY:SHAME MONSTER: Dan Fishback's Queer Jewish Anti-Zionist Trip to Israel/Palestine
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nEarlier this summer\, playwright Dan Fishback traveled to Israel/Palestine to do research for an upcoming theater project. He spent a month meeting with non-violent Palestinian activists\, Israeli settlers and others\, ending with a surreal visit to Tel Aviv during Pride Week. Throughout his travels\, Fishback also “interviewed” many Israeli and Palestinian men on Grindr. In this multimedia talk\, he will share stories from his trip\, bear witness to the realities of apartheid\, and offer thoughts on BDS\, censorship and the various ways U.S. Americans engage with the ongoing occupation of Palestine.Fishback’s travels were made possible by a research grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.\n \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau.\nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nDan Fishback has been writing and performing in NYC since 2003. Time Out New York called his play The Material World “the best downtown musical in years\,” and named it one of the Top Ten Plays of 2012. He is the director of the Helix Queer Performance Network\, through which he curates and produces many series\, workshops and public events\, including La MaMa’s SQUIRTS. Fishback has released five albums\, both solo and with his band Cheese On Bread\, which has toured extensively in Europe and North America. Previous performances include “thirtynothing\,” “You Will Experience Silence\,” “Please Let Me Love You” and “Waiting for Barbara\,” most of which have been presented at Dixon Place. He has received grants and residencies from the Doris Duke Charitable Trust\, Franklin Furnace\, the Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists\, Kelly Writers House\, the Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics\, Yaddo\, the MacDowell Colony\, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center and BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange\, where he has been “in residence” in some form or another since 2010. His upcoming play\, “Rubble Rubble\,” is based on his trip 2015 to Israel/Palestine\, which was funded by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. \n\n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/shame-monster/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151003T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151003T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150912T171656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150913T211432Z
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SUMMARY:DIRT\, SEX\, PASSION!
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bureau is very pleased to welcome back the one and only Rumi Missabu for Dirt\, Sex\, Passion! A benefit for the Bureau. \nPromises to be nothing short of a fun-filled multi-media romp and\nbizarre conversation with actor\, director\, producer\, mentor\,\ncounterculture figure & original Cockette RUMI MISSABU who ruminates\non such subjects as how he went from Disney to soft core porn in a\nspan of just three short years\, what happened when he touched Andy\nWarhol\, why he kicked Allen Ginsberg out of his house\, how he\naccidentally snubbed Jean Paul Gaultier in London\, why Ethel Merman\ncalled security on him at Macy’s\, the pitfalls of having sex with your\nstalker and what Rasputin’s daughter told him about her very first job\nin America.\nAll this and much more with a cast of characters with everybody from\nSally Field to Tina Turner to Jackie Curtis to Liberace to Jane\nRussell! \n  \nDIRT\, SEX\, PASSION! is a benefit for the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. A donation of $10 is suggested. \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/dirt-sex-passion/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151002T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151002T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150915T150848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150915T151111Z
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SUMMARY:To Russia with Love
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe project “To Russia with Love” emerged from the realization that the real moral imperative is not to remain passive in the face of hatred and injustice. That’s how a group of Montreal artists and collaborators came together with photographer Damian Siqueiros to make a stand against the recent wave of institutionalized homophobia and the ruthless violence that exists in Russia towards our gender diverse brothers and sisters. “To Russia with Love” portrays iconic and historically relevant gay and lesbian Russians with their respective partners\, starting from the 19th century to our time. The project features Pyotr Tchaikovsky (composer) and his long time companion Aleksey Sofronov; Anna Yevreinova and Maria Feodorova (renowned lawyer and writer respectively from the 19 century); Sergei Diaghilev (founder of the Ballets Russes in Paris) and Vaslav Nijinsky; a contemporary fictional lesbian couple made of a police woman and an Olympic athlete; and lastly a male couple impersonating Stalin and Putin. \nWriter Ivan Savvine will speak about the photographs and soprano Tatiana Poletskaya will sing from Tchaikovsky’s repertoire. \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds.     \n  \n \nDamian Siqueiros’s photographs will remain on display at the Bureau on Saturday\, October 3\, and Sunday October 4. \n  \nDamian Siqueiros is a Mexican / Quebecer photographer and multidisciplinary artist. The construction of our gender identity has a central role in his artistic research. Through the images he underlines the importance of equality between the sexes and respect for diversity. The creation of the photographs draws inspiration from the great masters of painting to add an historical perspective to these contemporary topics. Dance and movement are key elements to explore gender as performative experience. \nHis work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout North America and Europe\, such as the Art Museum of the Americas\, the MOLA and the Gabarron foundation. Damian has received numerous prizes and grants\, notably the Prix Coup de Coeur Scotia Bank in 2010. The photographer is most proud of his collaborations with great artists such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui\, Margie Gillis\, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and Cas Public.   \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/to-russia-with-love/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151001T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151001T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150913T182805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150930T191433Z
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SUMMARY:Queer Zine Fair
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn conjunction with the Bureau’s current exhibition\, KNOWSGAY No5: Heroes and Role Models\, KNOWSGAY brings together various queer zine makers and fans to meet\, share and discuss their art and process. Each exhibitor will have their publications for sale as well as speak about their work and participate in a brief Q&A. \nParticipating artists and zines: \nElvis B. \nSELFISH \n3-Pack Jack     Steven Reigns     Darin Klein     Christopher Kardambikis \nSherley Olopherne \nAnthony Malone \nArno Mokros \nKyle Quinn \nStephen Grebinski \nDave Ortega \nHeadmaster \nPink Mince \nJ. Morrison \nLe Gros Monsieur \nCreeps Annual \nFAQNP \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queer-zine-fair/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150929T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150929T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150913T200623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150913T200623Z
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SUMMARY:WRITE QUEER!
DESCRIPTION:  \nWrite Queer! is an ongoing open-ended weekly writing workshop for those who identify as both Queer and Writer. Come read a variety of work by queer artists\, generate new writing\, and workshop with your peers. All experience levels and writing backgrounds are welcome. \nClasses meet every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays—we will open from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays for this event. \n$20 per class to benefit the facilitators and the Bureau. Limited sliding scale and scholarship available. Contact Cecily at sumthn.else@gmail.com for details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/write-queer-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150926T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150913T192355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150913T192355Z
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SUMMARY:Under the Mink. A Novel of Drag Kings and Queens (and the Mob)
DESCRIPTION:  \nUnder the Mink is a historical novel\, based on little-known facts about the Mafia’s involvement in a gay entertainment subculture that flourished in mob-owned nightclubs in Greenwich Village in the 1940s-50s. The author was fortunate enough to know some of the performers. A short film opens the program\, followed by tall tales\, a show of vintage images\, and a reading from the novel. \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n  \n \nLisa E. Davis has lived in Greenwich Village for 40 years and loves to write about it. With a PhD in Comparative Literature\, she worked for years in SUNY and CUNY\, and at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies\, Hunter College. Lately\, her writing has appeared in anthologies and periodicals dedicated to LGBTQ culture. Her historical novel Under the Mink\, about drag kings and queens of yesteryear\, grew out of her long-time friendship with some of them. The new edition (2015) has a photo insert with vintage images. A second book in progress\, The FBI’s Lesbian\, is the true story of a notorious Village lesbian who worked undercover for the FBI in the American Communist Party. Lisa has a daily Iyengar yoga practice. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/under-the-mink/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150925T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150925T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150911T214807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150911T215008Z
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SUMMARY:TELL 16: Crisis/Opportunity
DESCRIPTION:  \nTELL is an evening of story telling from the mouths and minds of queers in NYC hosted by Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division since February 2014. \nCrisis/Opportunity is the theme of the sixteenth installment of TELL. Featuring The World Famous *BOB*\, Liz Glazer\, Molly McCloy\, and Ronnie Mae Painter. \n \n$5-10 suggested donation – no one turned away for lack of funds \n  \n \nDrae Campbell is a writer\, actor\, director\, story teller\, dancer\, and nightlife emcee. Drae has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and on stages all over NYC. Drae’s directing work has appeared in Iceland\, NYC\, Budapest and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The short film Drae wrote and starred in with Rebecca Drysdale\, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in festivals globally. Drae won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. She once reigned as Miss LEZ and also got dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell hosts and curates a monthly queer storytelling show called TELL at BGSQD.  Check her out online!  www.draecampbell.com \n\n \n  \n\nPhotograph by Marie Baronnet\nThe World Famous *BOB*\, known for her over the top blonde bombshell image and incredible ability to mix martinis in her cleavage\, has captivated audiences all over the world with her unique burlesque stylings\, humorous performance art\, and MC skills. \nShe has been photographed by hundreds of photographers including Patrick McMullan\, Mario Testino\, and David LaChapelle. *BOB* appears in several books including Hotel LaChapelle\, New Burlesque\, Striptease: From Gaslight to Spotlight\, Burlesque: The New Bump and Grind\, The Brooklynites\, The Velvet Hammer Burlesque.\, Domestic Burlesque as well as The Burlesque Handbook. A collection of photos by Amy Touchette was recently published by UnGyve Press entitled Shoot the Arrow- A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB*. Believing that television is “the theatre for the poor” *BOB* is a huge fan of the boob tube and has appeared on A&E’s The History of Cleavage as well as HBO’s Real Sex. She has graced the pages of over 50 national & international publications including The New York Times. The big screen suits *BOB* as well\, with screen credits including John Cameron Mitchell’s film Shortbus and Beth B.’s EXPOSED. \nWorld Famous *BOB* is a regularly scheduled guest speaker at NYU and has performed and appeared at over 20 US Universities including Harvard\, Yale\, and Bard. \nShe has performed all over the world and recently co-created and starred in Young Jean Lee’s; Untitled Feminsit Show. From NYC’s Dance Theatre Workshop\, to Taylor Mac’s The Lily’s Revenge\, to Stockholm’s Sodra Teatern\, World Famous *BOB* has brought crowds together by pointing out what we all have in common- the need for love and creating that with her art in the moment. *BOB* continues her life in the spotlight and is also an Ultimate Self Confidence! Coach for people worldwide. She is currently co-hosting CAMPFIRE! Queer Storytime at Dixon Place Lounge. \nFor more info and to see if she is coming to your town visit www.theworldfamousbob.com \n  \n  \n \nLiz Glazer used to be a tenured law professor but recently gave that up to do standup\, tell stories\, act\, sing\, dance\, and write about her own life. She hosts a free weekly show called Say Everything on Thursdays from 7-9 at Paddy Reilly’s Music Bar\, 519 2nd Avenue at 29th Street\, and co-stars as Sizzle in the web series “Sizzle and Izzle.” \n  \n  \n \nMolly McCloy is a a three-time NYC Moth Slam winner with work published in Slate\, Nerve\, and Swink. She holds an M.F.A. in Nonfiction from The New School. On October 3\, Molly will perform her one-woman show\, Mad Dog Grudges\, at Dixon Place. It is the dark-comic story of a screwed-up family trying to end its legacy of intergenerational violence and substance abuse. Find out more about Molly’s performance and written memoir at mollymccloy.com and https://dixonplace.org/performances/mad-dog-grudges/ \n  \n  \n \nA native New Yorker born and raised in Astoria\, Queens\, Ronnie Mae Painter is a Brooklyn-based artist who’s primary media are painting on canvas and works on paper. She is also a published author and poet. Her literary works can be found in the anthology “Are Italians White”\, edited by Jennifer Guglielmo and Salvatore Salerno. Painter’s experiences growing up as a woman of African-American and Italian-American biracial descent during the 1970s are transcended through both her visual and literary works in energetic movements and a shouting tone. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/tell-16-crisis-opportunity/
LOCATION:Online event\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150924T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
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SUMMARY:Yarrott Benz reads from his memoir The Bone Bridge: A Brother’s Story
DESCRIPTION:  \nYarrott Benz reads from his recently published memoir The Bone Bridge: A Brother’s Story. This is the harrowing account of teenage brothers\, as different as night and day\, trapped together in a dramatic medical dilemma—a modern miracle and a modern nightmare. Despite painful and violent conflicts\, Yarrott\, gay\, must bear the full responsibility of keeping his straight\, homophobic brother alive. The only case like it in history\, the story unfolds over thirteen years as the two brothers navigate through their enmeshed lives with all that they feel for each other: hatred and love\, rejection and acceptance\, disdain and respect. In our world of the individual\, where careerism\, ego\, and personal gain are key\, The Bone Bridge describes a vastly different human situation and also one in which the reader invariably asks\, What would I have done? \n  \nChristopher Bram will introduce Yarrott Benz. \n  \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau \n(No one turned away for lack of funds.) \n  \n \nArtist\, memoirist\, and essayist Yarrott Benz has written about architecture’s seminal role in art history and the psychology of visual trends. Having taught for many years in New York City and in Los Angeles\, he now lives on a farm outside Lexington\, Kentucky. \n  \n  \n \nChristopher Bram is the author of\, among others\, FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN\, which was adapted in the film GODS AND MONSTERS. His recent book EMINENT OUTLAWS: THE GAY WRITERS WHO CHANGED AMERICA\, shows how central gay literature is in the American canon. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/yarrott-benz/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150923T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150904T210445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150904T210514Z
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SUMMARY:Bi Visibility Day Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:  \nBi Writers & Poets\, Musicians & Singers\, Artists & Photographers: express yourselves & be visible! Everyone else is invited to listen in. Sign up by email or at the door if there is still space. Contact Sheela Lambert at fuscialadybug (at) netzero (dot) com to sign up. Assume you have 5 minutes. \nReception at 7 \nOpen Mic at 7:30 \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bi-visibility-day-open-mic/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150922T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150922T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150913T181009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150913T200707Z
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SUMMARY:WRITE QUEER!
DESCRIPTION:  \nWrite Queer! is an ongoing open-ended weekly writing workshop for those who identify as both Queer and Writer. Come read a variety of work by queer artists\, generate new writing\, and workshop with your peers. All experience levels and writing backgrounds are welcome. \nClasses meet every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays—we will open from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays for this event. \n$20 per class to benefit the facilitators and the Bureau. Limited sliding scale and scholarship available. Contact Cecily at sumthn.else@gmail.com for details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/write-queer-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150919T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
CREATED:20150911T223611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150911T223620Z
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SUMMARY:James Baldwin: The Defiant One
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for an evening focusing on the life and activism of James Baldwin\, organized by James Wright\, African-American scholar and union activist. \nPoet and author Alicia Dunnigan\, writer and librarian Stephan Likosky\, union activist Reginald Manning\, and James Wright will address the life\, work\, and activism of James Baldwin. \nThe evening will also include a screening of I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982). \n“Produced and directed by Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley\, this is a highly personal film essay written by James Baldwin about exactly who and what survived the civil rights movement. It features Baldwin\, his brother David\, Chinua Achebe\, Amiri Baraka\, and other friends Baldwin made “on that long\, long road’ through the sixties. Music by Stuff and a host of Southern voices.” (https://www.dickfontaine.com/1980page.html) \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/james-baldwin-the-defiant-one/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150917T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T115314
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SUMMARY:Get HARD with AN OLDER MAN: Wayne Hoffman's new books
DESCRIPTION:Author Wayne Hoffman reads from his steamy new novel\, AN OLDER MAN\, about a gay man struggling to come to terms with getting older\, while he searches for love and sex in Provincetown. Jeff Mann (CUB) called the book “as much a touching examination of aging and loneliness as it is a witty tale of sexual shenanigans during Provincetown’s Bear Week.” AN OLDER MAN is a sequel to Wayne’s debut novel\, HARD\, which he will also read from at the event. \n  \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau.\nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \n  \n \nWayne Hoffman is the author of three books—HARD\, SWEET LIKE SUGAR (winner of the Stonewall Book Award)\, and AN OLDER MAN. His essays and short stories have appeared in such collections as BEST GAY STORIES 2010\, FRESH MEN 2\, and MAMA’S BOY. As a cultural reporter\, he has written for the Washington Post\, Village Voice\, The Nation\, Billboard\, and Instinct magazine; he is currently executive editor of Tablet magazine. He lives in the West Village and the Catskills. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/get-hard/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150915T190000
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SUMMARY:WRITE QUEER!
DESCRIPTION:  \nWrite Queer! is an ongoing open-ended weekly writing workshop for those who identify as both Queer and Writer. Come read a variety of work by queer artists\, generate new writing\, and workshop with your peers. All experience levels and writing backgrounds are welcome. \nClasses meet every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays—we will open from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays for this event. \n$20 per class to benefit the facilitators and the Bureau. Limited sliding scale and scholarship available. Contact Cecily at sumthn.else@gmail.com for details. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/write-queer-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150912T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150912T220000
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SUMMARY:Launch of Mouthquake by Daniel Allen Cox\, with Sarah Schulman
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease join Daniel Allen Cox and Sarah Schulman for the launch of the novel Mouthquake (Arsenal Pulp Press). Both authors will read from their work. \nCopies of Mouthquake will be available for purchase. \nReception at 7\, readings at 7:30 \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds. \nAbout Mouthquake: Montreal\, 1979. A boy’s speech starts to fracture along with the cement of le Stade olympique. Do they share a fault line? Daniel Allen Cox’s unconventional fourth novel tells the story of a boy with a stutter who grows up and uses sound to remember the past. A coming-of-age tale that telescopes through time like an amnesiac memoir\, Mouthquake finds its strange beat in subliminal messages hidden in skipping records\, in the stutters of celebrities\, and in the wisdom of The Grand Antonio\, a suspicious mystic who helps the narrator unlock the secret to his speech. This is a loudly exclaimed book of innuendo\, rumours\, and the tangled barbs of repressed memory that asks: How do you handle a troubling past event that behaves like a barely audible whisper? Written with a poetic bravado and in a structure that mimics a stutter\, the elegiac Mouthquake is speech therapy for the bent: the signal is perverted and the sounds are thrilling. \nFrom the Afterword by Sarah Schulman: \n “Art both tells and transforms life. And it is through the juxtaposition of evocative\, surprising language with intellectual awareness and the sharing of open consciousness that this process is conveyed with soul as long as the form emerges from the emotional center of the work. Daniel finds these connections and innovations within himself\, partially through commitment\, partially through instinct. It’s that thing we call talent.” \n  \n  \nAuthor photo by Alison Slattery\nDaniel Allen Cox is the author of the novels Shuck\, Krakow Melt\, Basement of Wolves\, Mouthquake\, and the novella Tattoo This Madness In. He co-wrote the screenplay for Bruce LaBruce’s 2013 film Gerontophilia. Daniel was a 2015 writer-in-residence at the Zvona i Nari Library & Literary Retreat in Ližnjan\, Croatia. He lives in Montreal\, where he is vice president of Quebec Writers’ Federation. www.mouthquake.com  \n  \n \nSarah Schulman‘s new novel\, The Cosmopolitans\, will be published in March 2016 by The Feminist Press. Her play Roe Versus Wade\, will have a reading on Sunday\, September 13\, at 7 as part of the Howl Festival at 6 East 1st St between 2nd Avenue and Bowery\, directed by Niegel Smith. \n  \n  \nThe Bureau serves beer\, wine\, and sparkling water for cash donations. \nThe Bureau is wheelchair accessible. \nGender-neutral bathrooms are available. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/launch-of-mouthquake/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T213000
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SUMMARY:KNOWSGAY No. 5 - Heroes and Role Models
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau is happy to announce our next exhibition: KNOWSGAY No5 – Heroes and Role Models \nReception: Thursday\, September 10 from 6:00-9:30pm \nThe exhibition will run from September 10 – November 15 \n  \nThree part exhibition: \n• Presentation of KNOWSGAY No5 \n• Timeline Exhibition of all previous issues of KNOWSGAY \n• Exhibition of original artwork related to KNOWSGAY created by Charlie Welch and Paul Moreno \n  \n30% of all KNOWSGAY sales during the exhibition will go to New Alternatives* \n*New Alternative’s mission is to provide skills and opportunities that will allow homeless LGBT youth to obtain the stable\, meaningful employment that is necessary in order to obtain and maintain permanent housing. Services provided will include life skills training\, case management\, and supported transitional employment. \nKNOWSGAY \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/knowsgay-exhibition/
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