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SUMMARY:Closed July 4th and 5th
DESCRIPTION:The Center will observe holiday hours on both Thursday\, July 4th\, AND Friday\, July 5th: 5 PM to 9 PM. \nThe Bureau will be closed on both dates: July 4th and July 5th. \nThe Bureau will be open on Wednesday\, July 3rd; Saturday\, July 6th; and Sunday\, July 7th: 1 to 7 PM.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-july-4th-and-5th/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Closed July 4th and 5th
DESCRIPTION:The Center will observe holiday hours on both Thursday\, July 4th\, AND Friday\, July 5th: 5 PM to 9 PM. \nThe Bureau will be closed on both dates: July 4th and July 5th. \nThe Bureau will be open on Wednesday\, July 3rd; Saturday\, July 6th; and Sunday\, July 7th: 1 to 7 PM.
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SUMMARY:Rebel Satori Pride Reading (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Since 2002\, Rebel Satori has been committed to releasing cutting edge fiction\, poetry\, and creative non-fiction\, with a focus on amplifying LGBTQIA+ voices and promoting diversity through its press and imprints Queer Mojo\, Queer Space\, Arabi Manor\, and the Library of Homosexual Congress. Please join a bevy of our writers as they read work new and recently resurrected. \nFeaturing readings by: \nANTONIO ADDESSI\nBRIAN ALESSANDRO\nTOM CARDAMONE\nLARRY CLOSS\nDALE CORVINO\nSVEN DAVISSON\nSCOTT HIGHTOWER\nDAVID NAZARIO \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 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  \n\nAntonio Addessi is a poet and writer living in New York City. His debut full-length book of poetry was published by Rebel Satori in Spring 2022. This year he was the Witter Bynner Poetry Foundation’s visiting poet at the New Mexico School for the Arts.\n\n  \nBrian Alessandro is a novelist\, essayist\, literary critic\, and screenwriter. He has co-adapted Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story into a graphic novel\, co-edited Fever Spores: The Queer Reclamation of William S. Burroughs\, and his third novel\, Julian’s Debut\, will be published by Rebel Satori Press in March 2025. He also has a second feature and limited series in development. \n  \nTom Cardamone is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning speculative novella Green Thumb as well as other works of fiction. Additionally\, he edited Crashing Cathedrals: Edmund White by the Book and co-edited Fever Spores: The Queer Reclamation of William S. Burroughs. Currently he is co-curating the Rebel Satori Press imprint The Library of Homosexual Congress\, dedicated to returning works of gay literature back into print -with a focus on the AIDS crisis. He will be reading from Allen Barrett’s The Body and Its Dangers\, originally published in 1990 to great acclaim. \n  \nLarry Closs is the author of the novel “Beatitude” (Rebel Satori)\, described by Kirkus Reviews as “A realistic and engaging love story in a finely illustrated setting\,” and winner of a Gold Independent Publisher Book Award. As a journalist\, photographer and videographer\, Closs has contributed to NBC\, CNN\, Daily Mail\, The Huffington Post\, USA Today\, TV Guide\, HarperCollins\, Out Magazine\, The Columbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media\, Society\, and Politics\, The Travel Channel and The Wildest\, among many others. \n  \nA 2021 Lambda Literary Emerging Fellow in nonfiction\, Dale Corvino’s essays have appeared in Salon\, the Rumpus\, and the Gay & Lesbian Review. Bonds & Boundaries is his debut collection of short stories. His memoir of sex work\, Kept Boy in the Afterlife\, won the 2023 Nonfiction Prize from C&R Press and will be released in September. \n  \nSven Davisson is the innovative force behind Rebel Satori Press\, an independent publishing house dedicated to pushing boundaries and amplifying marginalized voices. Under his stewardship\, Rebel Satori continues to be a beacon for groundbreaking literature that resonates\nwith readers seeking fresh perspectives. In his latest book\, Breeding Devils in Chaos\, Davisson delves into the enigmatic realms of traditional witchcraft\, infusing them with a postmodern and requeered perspective. The book navigates the intricate landscapes of male mysteries\, offering a provocative exploration that challenges heteronormative notions. \n  \nScott Hightower is the author of five books of poetry in the US and two bilingual collections in Spain. His awards include a Copper Canyon Hayden Carruth Book Award and a Barnstone Translation Prize. Originally from Texas\, he has itinerantly sojourned in Spain\, Italy\, and India. He now works and teaches in Manhattan. \n  \nDavid Nazario is a poet\, educator\, and author with no writing schedule. They write when they feel. They write when they love. They write when they lose love. They write when they travel. They write for change and growth. They write for healing – their own and the world’s. Sometimes they write before crying uncontrollably. When they write\, teach\, and perform poetry\, they aim to share their unique perspective as an Afro-Puerto Rican gay man living and loving in New York City and beyond. Their third book of poetry\, Cum On Your Heart will be published by Rebel Satori Press in 2025.
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SUMMARY:Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join author Amin Ghaziani for a discussion of Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution with writer and curator Hugh Ryan. \nIn this exhilarating journey into underground parties\, pulsating with life and limitless possibility\, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife. \nFar from the gay bar with its largely white\, gay male clientele\, here is a dazzling scene of secret parties—club nights—wherein culture creatives\, many of whom are queer\, trans\, and racial minorities\, reclaim the night in the name of those too long left out. Episodic\, nomadic\, and radically inclusive\, club nights are refashioning queer nightlife in boundlessly imaginative and powerfully defiant ways. \nDrawing on Ghaziani’s immersive encounters at underground parties in London and more than one hundred riveting interviews with everyone from bar owners to party producers\, revelers to rabble-rousers\, Long Live Queer Nightlife showcases a spectacular\, if seldom-seen\, vision of a queer world shimmering with self-empowerment\, inventiveness\, and joy. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Long Live Queer Nightlife (Princeton University Press\, March 26\, 2024\, hardcover\, $29.95)\, please write to contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Long Live Queer Nightlife for June 27” 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. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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  \nAmin Ghaziani is professor of sociology and Canada Research Chair in Urban Sexualities at the University of British Columbia. He is the award-winning author of The Dividends of Dissent\, Sex Cultures\, and There Goes the Gayborhood? (Princeton). His work has been featured widely in international media outlets\, including the New Yorker\, the Financial Times\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Guardian\, USA Today\, and British Vogue. \n  \nHugh Ryan is a writer and curator\, and most recently\, the author of The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison\, which won the American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Award for Nonfiction and the W.A. Percy Foundation’s William Johansson Award. His first book\, When Brooklyn Was Queer\, won a New York City Book Award\, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice\, and was a finalist for the Randy Shilts and Lambda Literary Awards. He has been honored with the Allan Bérubé Prize from the American Historical Association\, multiple grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts\, the Duberman Fellowship at the New York Public Library\, and residencies at Yaddo and Watermill. He teaches in the MFA Program at Bennington College. \n  \n  \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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SUMMARY:CURATOR TOURS: Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join Juno Rosenhaus\, co-curator and founder of the Dyke+ ArtHaus\, for an in-person tour of the over 60 artworks by Dyke Artists 40 and elder in the Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau exhibition. Learn about the Dyke+ ArtHaus\, the exhibiting artists\, and where this exhibition sits in the lineage of Dyke Art Shows. This is the final Curator Tour in June. \nCheck out the exhibition website at: \n\ndykearthaus.org/dyke-arthaus-visits-the-bureau
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/curator-tours-dyke-arthaus-visits-the-bureau-june-27/
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:20240623T113000
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SUMMARY:Lost & Found (in person literary workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Lost & Found is a literary workshop designed to provide an opportunity for writers to read\, review\, and receive constructive criticism of their work\, especially projects or pieces that are still works-in-progress or have hit a roadblock. Participants are required to bring one page (up to both sides) of material of any genre they’re working on to read aloud. Then\, as a group\, we workshop the piece—asking questions\, providing feedback\, offering solutions\, and so on. The goal is to provide writers with a framework for creative development and a consistent network of feedback. \nThis will be the third of six sessions scheduled on alternating Sundays. \nFuture sessions will take place on:  7/14\, 7/28\, and 8/11 \nRSVP here for the third session!\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\nQuestions? Contact moderator Mark Alan Burger here:\nmarkalanburger@gmail.com\n\n  \nModerator bios: \n\nMark Alan Burger is a writer\, poet\, publisher\, and the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Fallible House. His work has appeared in Hello Mr.\, Interview Magazine\, and Vanity Fair\, and has received support from FAWC. He lives in Brooklyn.\n\n  \n\nCortez is a poet and short fiction writer living in Brooklyn\, New York. She is a current MFA candidate at Stony Brook University where she also teaches an undergraduate section of Intro to Creative Writing. She was named a finalist in the 2023 Honeybee Literature Prize in Fiction\, and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Brooklyn Rail and The Good Life Review.
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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:Launch for Michael Nott’s new biography of Gunn\, Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration of the poet Thom Gunn and Michael Nott’s new biography of Gunn\, Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life. Michael Nott will be joined in conversation by writer Tom Sleigh.Thom Gunn was not a confessional poet\, and he withheld much\, but inseparable from his rigorous\, formal poetry was a ravenous\, acute experience of life and death. \n\n\n\n\nRaised in Kent\, England\, and educated at Cambridge\, Gunn found a home in San Francisco\, where he documented the city’s queerness\, the hippie mentality (and drug use) of the sixties\, and the tragedy and catastrophic impact of the AIDS crisis in the eighties and beyond. As Jeremy Lybarger wrote in The New Republic\, the author of Moly and The Man with Night Sweats was “an agile poet who renovated tradition to accommodate the rude litter of modernity.” Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life chronicles\, for the first time\, the largely undocumented life of this revolutionary poet. Michael Nott\, a coeditor of The Letters of Thom Gunn\, draws on letters\, diaries\, notebooks\, interviews\, and Gunn’s poetry to create a portrait as vital as the man himself.  \nNott writes with insight and intimacy about the great sweep of Gunn’s life: his traditional childhood in England; his mother’s suicide; the mind-opening education he received at Cambridge\, reading Shakespeare and John Donne; his decades in San Francisco and with his life partner\, Mike Kitay; and his visceral experience of sex\, drugs\, and loss. Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life is a long-awaited\, landmark study of one of England and America’s most innovative poets. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life (Farrar\, Strauss\, and Giroux\, June 18\, 2024\, hardcover\, $45)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Thom Gunn for June 22” 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. \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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 \nPraise for Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life: \n“Thoroughly engaging . . . Nott’s accounts of Gunn’s experiences at each dramatic stage in his life are rewarding to read\, while his drug-infused sexual and poetic experiments are\, by turns\, shocking and sublime.” —Raúl Niño\, Booklist (starred review)  \n“The great achievement of Nott’s biography is that it shows how poetry influenced Gunn’s life and how his life influenced his poetry\, discussing\, for instance\, how reading Shakespeare and Stendhal made Gunn feel “as if anything were possible” and how he intended his 1971 collection\, Moly\, to be “an invitation to discuss homosexuality and LSD.” The result is a triumphant celebration of a larger-than-life writer.” —Publishers Weekly  \n“This is the Thom Gunn I came to know the last 20 years of his life and the world he inhabited. I find it startling that such a young scholar and writer who never crossed the man’s path succeeds in bringing the subject in all his emotional and intellectual complexity so vividly back to life. I was deeply moved. But that is Michael Nott’s rare gift\, the artistry of the master biographer with genuine feeling for the man and his art he finds\, justifiably\, compelled to portray.” —August Kleinzahler\, author of Snow Approaching on the Hudson  \n“Thom Gunn was the most exciting poet of his generation\, and he lived an exciting life. He loved adventure\, but he was also self-disciplined and blessed with acute intelligence. If these sound like contradictions\, they don’t seem to flummox Michael Nott\, who\, though he never knew Gunn\, gets him exactly as I remember him: kindly\, courteous\, self-deprecating\, daring\, playful\, and a master of words. Nott’s skill as a biographer is exactly suited to his subject. Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life is gripping from the start and beautifully written.” —Clive Wilmer\, author of New and Collected Poems \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Nott is the author of Photopoetry\, 1845–2015: A Critical History and an editor of The Letters of Thom Gunn. He was a Fulbright fellow at the University of California\, Berkeley\, and a postdoctoral fellow at University College Cork. He lives in England. \n  \n\n\n\n\nTom Sleigh\, author of The King’s Touch\, is an award-winning poet\, journalist\, and essayist. He is the author of eleven books of poetry and has worked as a journalist in the Middle East and Africa. Sleigh lives in Brooklyn\, NY and is a Distinguished Professor in the MFA Program at Hunter College.
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SUMMARY:Dyke Artists in Conversation: Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Artists in the current Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau exhibition will discuss what participating in this show means to them\, why it matters to the larger Dyke-identified artist community\, and how it continues the lineage of lesbian artist exhibitions including A Lesbian Show (1978\, NYC)\, Great American Lesbian Art Show (1980\, Los Angeles)\, and Rebel Dykes Art and Archive Show (2021\, London). \nWe will discuss considerations in identifying as a Dyke artist\, and the importance of centering artists over 40 years old. \nARTISTS EXPECTED TO ATTEND:\n★ adrians black\n★ Allison Michael Orenstein\n★ Angela Muriel\n★ Anne Keating\n★ Caroline McAuliffe\n★ E. Lombardo\n★ Elisabeth Jacobsen\n★ Erika Kapin\n★ eva r. barajas\n★ Jeanise Aviles & Kenzi Crash\n★ Julie Lindell\n★ Juno Rosenhaus\n★ Karsen Heagle\n★ Kate Conroy\n★ krissy mahan\n★ Liz Ensz\n★ liz margolies\n★ Maya Alam\n★ Melissa Wilkinson\n★ Michelle Schapiro\n★ Nancy Rodrigo\n★ Sarah E. Brook\n★ Shelley Marlow\n★ Valarie Walker \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  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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  \nCheck out the exhibition website at: \n\ndykearthaus.org/dyke-arthaus-visits-the-bureau
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Unsettling Queer Anthropology\, Margot Weiss with Martin Manalansan and Shaka McGlotten (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join editor Margot Weiss and contributors Martin F. Manalansan IV and Shaka McGlotten for the launch of Unsettling Queer Anthropology. A brief reading will be followed by a conversation about new queer of color\, decolonizing\, and abolitionist approaches to queer studies and queer ethnography. \n  \nAbout the book: \nA field-defining volume\, Unsettling Queer Anthropology foregrounds the brilliance of a queer anthropology grounded in decolonial\, abolitionist\, Black feminist\, transnational\, postcolonial\, Indigenous\, and queer of color approaches—and accountable to the vitality of queer and trans life. \n  \n“If you think you know queer anthropology\, think again: Margot Weiss and the contributors to this volume shake up\, mess with\, and reinvigorate conversations about the possibilities and limits of queer anthropology for the twenty-first century. Unsettling Queer Anthropology is a timely\, vital\, and very necessary read for anyone engaged in queer and/or anthropological studies.” \n— David A.B. Murray \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Unsettling Queer Anthropology (Duke University Press\, May 17\, 2024\, paperback\, $29.95)\, please write to contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Unsettling Queer Anthropology for June 20” 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. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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  \nMargot Weiss is the editor of Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations\, Reorientations\, and Departures\, which came out in May 2024 from Duke University Press. Her other books include Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality and Queer Then and Now: The David R. Kessler Lectures (coedited with Debanuj DasGupta and Joseph Donica). She is currently finishing a book entitled Desiring Otherwise: Transformative Knowledges of Queer Left Activism. She teaches anthropology and queer studies at Wesleyan University. \n  \nMartin F. Manalansan IV is the author of Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora and the forthcoming Queer Dwellings: Mess\, Mesh\, Measure. He has edited several collections\, including Q&A: Voices from Queer Asian North America and Beauty and Brutality: Manila and Its Global Discontents. He is the president of the Association for Asian American Studies\, and Professor of Women’s\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University. Before his academic career\, he worked for ten years at the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS and the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. \n  \nShaka McGlotten is the author of Dragging: Or\, in the Drag of a Queer Life and Virtual Intimacies: Media\, Affect\, and Queer Sociality\, as well as coeditor of Black Genders and Sexualities (with Dana-ain Davis) and Zombies and Sexuality (with Steve Jones). Their work has been supported by Data and Society\, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation\, Akademie Schloss Solitude\, and the Andy Warhol Foundation. They teach media studies and anthropology at Purchase College-SUNY\, where they also serve as Chair of the Gender Studies program.
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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:20240620T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T140000
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SUMMARY:CURATOR TOURS: Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join Juno Rosenhaus\, co-curator and founder of the Dyke+ ArtHaus\, for an in-person tour of the over 60 artworks by Dyke Artists 40 and elder in the Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau exhibition. Learn about the Dyke+ ArtHaus\, the exhibiting artists\, and where this exhibition sits in the lineage of Dyke Art Shows. Curator Tours will occur on the following dates: \n● Thursday\, June 20\, 1-2pm (also with co-curator Lola Flash) \n● Thursday\, June 27\, 1-2pm \n  \nCheck out the exhibition website at: \n\ndykearthaus.org/dyke-arthaus-visits-the-bureau
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/curator-tours-dyke-arthaus-visits-the-bureau-june-20/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240620
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SUMMARY:Closed for Juneteenth!
DESCRIPTION:Happy Juneteenth! Both the Bureau and The Center will be closed for the holiday on Wednesday\, June 19th. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-for-juneteenth/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181229
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SUMMARY:Revisioning Democracy: The #StopProject2025 Podcast\, Episode 1: Queers Confronting Autocracy: A Conversation with Sarah Schulman (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Strap in your seat belt! You’re invited to join the launch of Revisioning Democracy – a new video podcast Public Conversation about the times and challenges we face right now in America to defend our democracy and rights – and revision the world we want. This Public Conversation will examine the escalating attacks on our civil rights and our resistance\, including our commitment to the unfinished project of our democracy and our visions for a better future. That includes dissecting Project 2025\, the conservative blueprint to destroy our democracy and impose a Christian theocracy on America – and how we fight back. \nRevisioning Democracy will examine the challenges we face in America from a queer and feminist lens\, and engage activists\, change-makers\, and thought leaders on the frontlines of the political and cultural wars. Our first guest is well-known author\, journalist\, and lesbian activist Sarah Schulman\, in conversation with cohosts Anne-christine d’Adesky and Jay W. Walker of the Stop the Coup 2025 campaign to fight Project 2025. Info: stopthecoup2025@gmail.com \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 \n  \nSuggested donation $10 for the Stop the Coup 2025 Campaign \n  \nPodcast Guest: Sarah Schulman \nSarah Schulman is a novelist\, playwright\, screenwriter\, nonfiction writer\, AIDS historian\, public intellectual and proud lesbian activist. She is the author of 20 books\, including novels in multiple genres: historical fiction\, literary fiction\, experimental \nCo-Hosts: Anne-christine (AC) d’Adesky and Jay W. Walker. \nAnne-christine d’Adesky founded GenDemocracy in October 2023\, then launched its Stop The Coup 2025 campaign in December 2023. She is an award-winning independent journalist and author\, feminist\, longtime human rights\, gender equality and HIV activist\, and author of four books. \nJay W. Walker is the social media manager for GenDemocracy’s Stop The Coup 2025 campaign. A queer Black leader and community organizer\, he is a longtime New York City activist on LGBTQ+\, HIV and racial justice issues\, founding member of Rise and Resist\, President of Gays Against Guns\, and cofounder and lead organizer of NYC’s Queer Liberation March. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/revisioning-democracy-1/
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:20240613T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181229
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SUMMARY:Michael Andor Brodeur presents SWOLE: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Michael Andor Brodeur’s debut book\, Swole\, in which he shares why brawn deserves our serious consideration.  \nA memoir and researched cultural history of bodies from ancient mythology\, Renaissance art\, to the current fascinating world of manfluencers\, Swole signals a fresh examination of the meaning of manhood in the 21st century and the outsized role our bodies play in defining one’s true strengths. As Kirkus notes in their starred review\, the book succeeds as “A memoir\, history\, and critical essay in one\, sure to captivate anyone who’s ever pumped—or dreamed of pumping—iron.” \nMichael Andor Brodeur will be joined in conversation by pianist Adam Tendler. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of SWOLE: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle (Beacon Press\, May 28\, 2024\, hardcover\, $28.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve copy of Swole for June 13th” 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. \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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  \nMichael Andor Brodeur has been the classical music critic at the Washington Post since 2020. Previously\, he held editorial and staff-writer positions at the Boston Globe and Boston’s Weekly Dig. His essays\, humor\, and criticism have also appeared in Nylon\, Thrillist\, Entrepreneur\, Medium\, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and other publications. He has also released 5 music albums under different monikers\, most recently writing and performing electronic music under the name New Dad. \n  \nAdam Tendler has played the piano since the age of 6\, but still sometimes can’t believe the piano is a thing—like\, this big machine that makes a very particular sound that people take quite seriously\, as if that sound is important and essential\, eternal\, timeless and primordial\, like wind\, waves\, or volcano fire. But really it’s an accumulation of taste and preference\, the sound of a piano\, and a rather modern invention\, right? So he thinks about that a lot. He also often can’t believe he plays the piano\, particularly before a concert\, and sometimes gets lost in the thought that Bach and Brahms and so many other composers never once heard the sound of\, say\, an airplane.\n‍
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/michael-andor-brodeur-presents-swole/
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:20240612T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240612T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181229
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SUMMARY:GETTING IN: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s\, David Kennerley in conversation with Ernie Glam (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join queer culture historian David Kennerley and Club Kid Ernie Glam for a discussion about David’s new book\, GETTING IN: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s. \nThe 1990s in New York City was a heady time for clubgoers\, especially those with a queer bent. Massive dance clubs like the Roxy\, Palladium\, Limelight\, and Tunnel drew fiercely passionate crowds. But the plucky smaller venues like Splash\, Crowbar\, Pyramid\, and Sound Factory Bar were just as vital. David ventured into these now-legendary clubs. And when it was time to leave\, promoters handed out flyers for the next week’s parties. Most people tossed them on the sidewalk\, but he saved each and every one. \nGETTING IN spotlights over 200 of the most eye-popping\, culturally resonant examples from his collection. The invites are not only visually stunning –– depicting flamboyant Club Kids\, shirtless hunks\, and sassy drag queens –– but tell a story of a unique moment in history when the LGBTQ community was reeling from the AIDS crisis and nightspots provided a refuge. \nWith a foreword by nightlife guru Michael Musto\, it features essays and quotes from denizens from the decade\, like drag doyenne Lady Bunny\, DJ Larry Tee\, go-go boy Mark Allen\, photographer Sean Kahlil\, and\, of course\, Club Kid Ernie Glam. Ernie will share memories of his personal exploits at the clubs\, especially his association with the infamous “party monster\,” Club Kid ringleader\, Michael Alig. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Getting In: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s (2023\, hardcover\, $49)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve copy of Getting In for June 12th” 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. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nSuggested donation to benefit 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\n  \nDavid Kennerley is a journalist\, archivist\, and historian specializing in LGBTQ culture. For nearly two decades\, he has been an Arts & Entertainment reporter for Gay City News\, the NYC-based LGBTQ newspaper and website. Examples of his nightclub ephemera collection have been exhibited at The New-York Historical Society. His fully illustrated book\, GETTING IN: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s\, was published by DAKEN Press in August 2023. \n  \nErnie Glam is a journalist\, author\, creator and New York City nightclub personality. He became involved in the club kid scene at the Tunnel nightclub in 1988\, which led to a series of gigs at many nightclubs. He designs nightclub accessories under the AttentionShifter brand on his Etsy store. He was born and raised in Sacramento and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in the Bronx and his favorite nightclub in 2024 is Basement underneath the Knockdown Center.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/getting-in/
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:20240609T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240609T123000
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SUMMARY:Lost & Found (in person literary workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Lost & Found is a literary workshop designed to provide an opportunity for writers to read\, review\, and receive constructive criticism of their work\, especially projects or pieces that are still works-in-progress or have hit a roadblock. Participants are required to bring one page (up to both sides) of material of any genre they’re working on to read aloud. Then\, as a group\, we workshop the piece—asking questions\, providing feedback\, offering solutions\, and so on. The goal is to provide writers with a framework for creative development and a consistent network of feedback. \nThis will be the second of six sessions scheduled on alternating Sundays. \nFuture sessions will take place on: 6/23\, 7/14\, 7/28\, and 8/11 \nRSVP her for the second session!\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\nQuestions? Contact moderator Mark Alan Burger here:\nmarkalanburger@gmail.com\n\n  \nModerator bios: \n\nMark Alan Burger is a writer\, poet\, publisher\, and the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Fallible House. His work has appeared in Hello Mr.\, Interview Magazine\, and Vanity Fair\, and has received support from FAWC. He lives in Brooklyn.\n\n  \n\nCortez is a poet and short fiction writer living in Brooklyn\, New York. She is a current MFA candidate at Stony Brook University where she also teaches an undergraduate section of Intro to Creative Writing. She was named a finalist in the 2023 Honeybee Literature Prize in Fiction\, and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Brooklyn Rail and The Good Life Review.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lost-and-found-2/
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:20240608T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T163000
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SUMMARY:The Other Olympians: Fascism\, Queerness\, and the Making of Modern Sports (in person)
DESCRIPTION:In December 1935\, Zdeněk Koubek\, one of the most famous athletes in women’s track-and-field sports\, announced that he was going to be living as a man. \nOvernight\, Koubek became a global celebrity. For a brief moment\, he seemed to be ushering in a new paradigm for sports. Readers flooded popular magazines with letters asking how a gender transition was possible. Doctors wrote op-eds urging the public to accept him. Queer Americans wondered how they\, too\, could follow a similar path. \nIn this conversation\, Michael Waters and Julie Kliegman will discuss the lost stories of Koubek and other prominent queer athletes from this era. They’ll also chart the origins of anti-trans and anti-intersex policies at the Olympics today\, showing how these policies were crafted\, without public support\, by a few reactionary sports officials. \nTo reserve a copy of The Other Olympians: Fascism\, Queerness\, and the Making of Modern Sports (Farrar\, Straus and Giroux\, June 4\, 2024\, hardcover\, $30)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve copy of Other Olympians for June 8th” 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. \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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  \n  \nJulie Kliegman is a writer and editor in Queens\, New York. She is the author of Mind Game: An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes. Her work has appeared in outlets including Sports Illustrated\, The Washington Post\, Bookforum\, The Ringer\, BuzzFeed News\, Vulture\, The Verge\, and Washington Monthly. \n  \nMichael Waters is a writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, The Baffler\, and other publications. He’s the author of The Other Olympians: Queerness\, Fascism\, and the Making of Modern Sports. He lives in Brooklyn\, New York. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-other-olympians/
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:20240607T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181229
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SUMMARY:THE QUEEN OF STEEPLECHASE PARK: DAVID CIMINELLO IN CONVERSATION WITH BLAIR FELL (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Author David Ciminello presents his novel The Queen of Steeplechase Park. He will be joined in conversation by Blair Fell\, author of The Sign for Home (Atria/Emily Bestler Books\, 2022). \nTo reserve a copy of The Queen of Steeplechase Park (Forest Avenue Press\, May 7\, 2024\, paperback\, $20)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve copy of Queen of Steeplechase Park for June 7” 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. \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 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  \nAbout THE QUEEN OF STEEPLECHASE PARK: \nTHE QUEEN OF STEEPLECHASE PARK is the absolutely\, positively\, practically\, almost-true story of infamous burlesque queen and magic meatball maker Belladonna Marie Donato.  \nPregnant at fifteen after gleefully losing her virginity to pansexual neighborhood strongman Francis Anthony Mozzarelli\, Bella is robbed of her baby by a pack of nefarious nuns and her embittered papa has her sterilized without her consent (legal in 1935). With the help of a besotted Francis\, her newfound family of queercentric outcasts\, and a top-secret meatball recipe\, a devastated Bella embarks on a riotous quest through Depression-era Coney Island sideshows\, the tawdry world of peekaboo striptease routines\, a doomed mob marriage\, and a tasty collection of wisdom-filled recipes to find her lost child\, herself\, and maybe even true love. It all leads Bella back home\, to the scene of her original sin\, where she boldly faces matters of life and death\, questions of forgiveness\, and a holy mess only the healing properties of great Italian cooking can fix. \n  \n“David Ciminello has written a great big rollercoaster of a novel. . . . Read this book! Hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time.” \n—Fannie Flagg\, author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe \n  \n“Ciminello is a master of delicious wordplay. His lusciously cinematic story is a veritable carnival ride culled from his family’s kitchen history. The Queen of Steeplechase Park is a tasty tale of love\, sex\, and the holy magic of homemade Italian cooking.” \n—Blair Fell\, author of The Sign for Home \n  \n“Open your mouth and ready your heart because Belladonna Marie from The Queen of Steeplechase Park is about to serve you some unforgettable tales of love and loss\, with a side of meatballs. David Ciminello has re-animated Depression era Coney Island with such vivid and dazzling detail that I wanted to laugh\, cry\, eat a hot dog\, and go for a swim all at once. A phenomenal story of a Burlesque queen searching for her lost baby in the glitz\, ooze\, and hum of sideshows from Brighton to Gravesend. I couldn’t put it down.” \n—Lidia Yuknavitch\, author of Thrust  \n  \n“Meet Belladonna Marie\, the force of nature plucked from the historical and culinary passions of David Ciminello. Set in depression-era Coney Island\, the novel whips up a bevy of queer\, memorable eccentrics\, served with a heaping side of sumptuous language. From Melanzana to Puttana\, The Queen of Steeplechase Park is a whimsical\, gastronomical delight.” \n—Suzy Vitello\, author of Bitterroot \n  \n“The Queen of Steeplechase Park crackles with the hyper-real comic book energy of a graphic novel\, and the recipes are a primer on how to live your best life. Buon appetito! Mangiare bene! Delizioso!” \n—Stevan Allred\, author of The Alehouse at the End of the World \n  \nDavid Ciminello is a Lambda Literary Fellow and the proud recipient of a Table 4 Writers Foundation Grant. His fiction has appeared in the Lambda Award-winning anthology Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City\, Nailed Magazine\, and in The Untold Gaze. His original screenplay Bruno\, an Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting finalist\, was directed by Shirley MacLaine. As an actor David has guest starred on Murder She Wrote\, Matlock\, Kojak\, and Seinfeld. \n  \nBlair Fell is an actor\, playwright\, screenwriter\, and novelist. His debut novel The Sign for Home (Atria/Emily Bestler Books\, 2022) was long-listed for the Center for Fiction’s first book prize and was selected both as an Indie Next and Indie’s Introduce book by the American Bookseller’s Association. His second novel Disco Witches of Fire Island (Alcove Press) will be released May\, 2025. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-queen-of-steeplechase-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:20240607T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181229
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SUMMARY:CURATOR TOURS: Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join Juno Rosenhaus\, co-curator and founder of the Dyke+ ArtHaus\, for an in-person tour of the over 60 artworks by Dyke Artists 40 and elder in the Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau exhibition. Learn about the Dyke+ ArtHaus\, the exhibiting artists\, and where this exhibition sits in the lineage of Dyke Art Shows. Curator Tours will occur on the following dates: \n● Friday\, June 7\, 1-2pm \n● Thursday\, June 20\, 1-2pm (also with co-curator Lola Flash) \n● Thursday\, June 27\, 1-2pm \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/curator-tours-dyke-arthaus-visits-the-bureau-june-7/
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:20240605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240605T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181229
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SUMMARY:The Pinko Commie Dyke Reads...With Friends (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Julie R. Enszer reads from her new\, fully illustrated poetry collection\, The Pinko Commie Dyke: Poems From a Leftist Lesbian Cabal\, joined by poet Irena Klepfisz and multihyphenate writer Donna Minkowitz (journalist\, essayist\, memoirist\, and soon-to-be novelist). Poet\, writer\, and founding publisher of Indolent Books Michael Broder will introduce the readings. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of The Pinko Commie Dyke: Poems From a Leftist Lesbian Cabal (Indolent Books\, 2024\, paperback\, $20)\, please write to contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of The Pinko Commie Dyke for June 5” 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. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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  \nAbout the Readers \nJulie R. Enszer\, PhD\, is the author of several previous poetry collections including Handmade Love (A Midsummer Night’s Press\, 2010)\, Sisterhood (Sibling Rivalry Press\, 2013)\, Lilith’s Demons (A Midsummer Night’s Press\, 2015)\, and Avowed (Sibling Rivalry Press\, 2016)\, as well as the editor of the poetry anthology Milk and Honey: A Celebration of Jewish Lesbian Poetry (A Midsummer Night’s Press\, 2011). Enszer also edited OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture; Fire-Rimmed Eden: Selected Poems by Lynn Lonidier; The Complete Works of Pat Parker; and Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974–1989. Enszer edits and publishes Sinister Wisdom\, a multicultural lesbian literary and art journal. More at julierenszer.com. \n  \nIrena Klepfisz is a trailblazing lesbian poet and political activist and the author of six books of poetry. Along with Clare Kinberg and Grace Paley\, Klepfisz in 1988 founded The Jewish Women’s Committee to End the Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Her Birth and Later Years\, a volume of new and collected poems from 1971–2021\, was published by Wesleyan University Press in 2022. It was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry from the Publishing Triangle. \n  \nDonna Minkowitz is a pioneering lesbian writer known for her coverage of gay and lesbian politics and culture in The Village Voice from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s\, for which she won a GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Media Award. She is the author of the investigative book Ferocious Romance: What My Encounters With the Right Taught Me About Sex\, God\, and Fury\, and the memoir Growing Up Golem. Her debut novel\, the autofantasy Donnaville\, is forthcoming from Indolent Books in 2024. More at donnaminkowitz.com.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-pinko-commie-dyke-reads-with-friends/
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:20240531T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240531T203000
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SUMMARY:Book Release Party for Poets Regie Cabico and Drew Pisarra (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:In honor of their celebrated new poetry collections\, A Rabbit in Search of a Rolex and Fassbinder: His Movies\, My Poems respectively\, Regie Cabico and Drew Pisarra will be marking the occasion by reading their own and each other’s poems. \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 \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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 \n  \nRegie Cabico is the first openly queer and Asian American poet to win the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam. He’s appeared on HBO\, NPR\, and TEDx Talk. He is the executive director for A Gathering of the Tribes.\n \n  \nDrew Pisarra is the author of two sonnet collections (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).\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/book-release-party-for-poets-regie-cabico-and-drew-pisarra/
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:20240530T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240530T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181229
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SUMMARY:Celebrating the Reissue of the Classic Gay Novel Time Remaining by James McCourt (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in celebrating the reissue of James McCourt’s 1993 novel of drag\, AIDS\, New York City and beyond: 1993’s Time Remaining. Critic Harold Bloom listed Time Remaining as one of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. \n“McCourt is that rarest of contemporary American authors — a true iconoclast.” Dennis Cooper. \nTo reserve a copy of Time Remaining (Library of Homosexual Congress\, April 30\, 2024\, paperback\, $19.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve copy of Time Remaining for May 30” 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. \n  \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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  \nJames McCourt is the author of multiple works of fiction and nonfiction. He is best known for his acclaimed 1971 debut novel Mawrdew Czgowchwz (pronounced Mardu Gorgeous) which is currently available with the New York Review Books Classics imprint. Queer Street: The Rise and Fall of an American Culture\, 1947-85\, published in 2003\, was identified by The New York Times as an “heroically imaginative account of gay metropolitan culture\, an elegy and an apologia for a generation.” Critic Harold Bloom listed Time Remaining as one of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. \nJames McCourt lives with his husband\, author Vincent Virga\, in New York City with summers spent in Ireland. They’ve been together since 1964. \n  \nTim Young has written the new introduction for Time Remaining. He has been thinking and writing about the role of literature and music in the narrative of life for many decades. In addition to a series of essays on popular culture for Design Observer\, he has contributed work for The Yale Review.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/celebrating-the-reissue-of-the-classic-gay-novel-time-remaining-by-james-mccourt/
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:20240529T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240529T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181229
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SUMMARY:Cartoonists on Palestine (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a comics reading and performance by cartoonists writing about Palestine\, including contributors to the collection Cartoonists for Palestine\, MC’d by Solomon Brager and Shay Mirk. We will have readings from Jennifer Camper\, Marguerite Dabaie\, Eli Valley\, Kazimir Lee\, and Ben Passmore\, and a live drawing to musical performance by Tracy Chahwan accompanied by Nebila Oguz and Omar Dewachi. \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  \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nCartoonists will be selling merch at the event to fundraise for the Gaza Scholarship Fund for Displaced Students. Co-sponsored by Jewish Currents magazine and Cartoonists for Palestine. \n  \nTracy Chahwan is an illustrator and designer from Lebanon. She started her career in Beirut\, producing street art and posters for local independent music venues like the Beirut Groove Collective\, and working with the Samandal and zeez comics collective to publish experimental comics and anthologies. \n  \nNebila Oguz is a Turkish-American animator and cartoonist currently based in Philadelphia. She started illustrating by making political posters during the 2013 Gezi Park protests while living in Ankara\, Turkey. Her work has appeared in comic anthologies as well as in her  zine I Didn’t Ask to be Here\, where she breaks apart the absurdities of living and working in the United States. She is currently working as a Teaching Artist with Spiral Q. \n  \nOmar Dewachi is an Iraqi Canadian academic and sound artist based in New York City. Skilled in classical Iraqi and Arabic music\, he performs across Europe\, North America\, and the Middle East. Since 2018\, he has been involved in sound design and music composition for theater\, and has produced experimental and electronic music projects under the alias “Puppets of Babylon.” He teaches anthropology at Rutgers University. \n  \nJennifer Camper is the author of books including Rude Girls and Dangerous Women and subGURLZ\, and editor of two Juicy Mother comics anthologies. She was the creating director of three Queers & Comics Conferences and has been featured in the documentary film No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics. Her work has appeared in numerous publications and exhibitions. \n  \nMarguerite Dabaie is the author of the graphic novel The Hookah Girl and Other True Stories. Their most recent comic\, Legends in the Heights\, draws on autobiographical\, socio-political\, and historical-fictional comics with a decorative flair. \n  \nKazimir Lee has lived for almost equal amounts of time in Malaysia\, the UK\, and the US. They now reside in Brooklyn. They enjoy queer subtext\, parenthood\, ghost stories\, and karaoke. \n  \nBen Passmore is the author of the ongoing comic book series Daygloayhole\, as well as the Eisner Award-nominated and Ignatz Award-winning comic collection Your Black Friend. He also wrote and illustrated Sports Is Hell\, collaborated with Ezra Claytan Daniels on BTTM FDRS\, and now contributes to publications such as The Nib and The New York Times. He lives in Philadelphia. \n  \nEli Valley is a Jewish Currents contributing writer. His comics collection Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel is available from OR Books. \n  \nHosts: \nSarah “Shay” Mirk is a graphic journalist\, editor\, and teacher. Shay was a contributing editor at comics publication The Nib\, the author of Guantanamo Voices\, and an editor of Cartoonists for Palestine. \n  \nSolomon Brager is the author of the graphic memoir Heavyweight (William Morrow\, 2024) and the director of community engagement at Jewish Currents.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/cartoonists-on-palestine/
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:20240526T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240526T163000
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SUMMARY:PORTALS: Clarity Haynes and Alannah Farrell in conversation (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a celebration of Clarity Haynes: Portals\, artist Clarity Haynes’ new monograph. At this event\, Clarity Haynes will present a short slideshow as a background for her work\, and then there will be a conversation between Haynes and artist Alannah Farrell\, who has modeled for Haynes’ torso project. The event will start promptly at 3 pm and continue until 4:30 pm. Books will be available for purchase at the event. \nTo reserve a copy of Clarity Haynes: Portals (New Discretions Publishing\, February 20\, 2024\, hardcover\, $45)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Clarity Haynes: Portals for May 26th” 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\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nSuggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $10. \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  \nClarity Haynes is a queer feminist painter based in New York City. Her work centers on the torso as a site for portraiture\, queer feminist altars as a site for still life\, and crowning and birth. Recent solo exhibitions include Portals at New Discretions\, New York (2024)\, Collective Transmission at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum\, Ridgefield\, Connecticut (2021)\, and Altar-ed Bodies at Denny Dimin Gallery\, New York\, co-presented with New Discretions (2020). Her monograph\, Portals was recently published by New Discretions and D.A.P. Haynes is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner award and a NYFA award\, and her work has been discussed in the New York Times\, the New Yorker\, Artforum\, Hyperallergic\, and Artnews\, among others. \n  \nAlannah Farrell is a queer gender-non-conforming painter who lives and works in New York City. They spent their late teens and early adulthood working and playing in queer NYC nightlife of the 2000s alongside even stranger side hustles while completing their BFA at The Cooper Union\, New York\, in 2011. \nThroughout their life\, they have consistently documented themselves\, their friends\, lovers\, and community— and all the messy bittersweetness of being an imperfect\, changing\, growing human who loves humans for all those same reasons. \nThey have exhibited their work in solo and group exhibitions at galleries including Anat Ebgi\, Los Angeles\, CA; Green Family Art Foundation\, Dallas\, TX; Lyles & King\, New York\, NY; Alexander Gray Associates\, Germantown\, NY; Harper’s\, New York\, NY; Richard Heller Gallery\, Santa Monica\, CA; The Painting Center\, New York\, NY; Theirry Goldberg Gallery\, New York\, NY; and UTA Artist Space\, Los Angeles\, CA among others. Their work has appeared in Art in America\, Artforum\, New York Magazine\, Hyperallergic\, Interview Magazine\, THEM\, and more.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/portals-clarity-haynes-alannah-farrell-in-conversation/
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:20240526T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240526T123000
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SUMMARY:Lost & Found (in person literary workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Lost & Found is a literary workshop designed to provide an opportunity for writers to read\, review\, and receive constructive criticism of their work\, especially projects or pieces that are still works-in-progress or have hit a roadblock. Participants are required to bring one page (up to both sides) of material of any genre they’re working on to read aloud. Then\, as a group\, we workshop the piece—asking questions\, providing feedback\, offering solutions\, and so on. The goal is to provide writers with a framework for creative development and a consistent network of feedback. \nThis will be the first of six sessions scheduled on alternating Sundays: \n 5/26\, 6/9\, 6/23\, 7/14\, 7/28\, and 8/11 \nPlease RSVP for the first session on May 26th at this link:\nhttps://forms.gle/5ShUkKrrtutYs2my7\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\nQuestions? Contact moderator Mark Alan Burger here:\nmarkalanburger@gmail.com\n\n  \nModerator bios: \n\nMark Alan Burger is a writer\, poet\, publisher\, and the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Fallible House. His work has appeared in Hello Mr.\, Interview Magazine\, and Vanity Fair\, and has received support from FAWC. He lives in Brooklyn.\n\n  \n\nCortez is a poet and short fiction writer living in Brooklyn\, New York. She is a current MFA candidate at Stony Brook University where she also teaches an undergraduate section of Intro to Creative Writing. She was named a finalist in the 2023 Honeybee Literature Prize in Fiction\, and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Brooklyn Rail and The Good Life Review.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lost-and-found/
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:20240525T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240525T163000
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SUMMARY:Serkan Görkemli’s Sweet Tooth and Other Stories in Conversation with author Javier Fuentes (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Serkan Görkemli will read from his debut fiction Sweet Tooth and Other Stories\, followed by a conversation with author Javier Fuentes (Countries of Origin). The short-story collection was called “a stellar debut” (Scott Alexander Hess) and “that rare linked collection with the emotional heft of an epic novel” (Nawaaz Ahmed). \nTo reserve a copy of Sweet Tooth and Other Stories (University Press of Kentucky\, May 14\, 2024\, paperback\, $24.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve copy of Sweet Tooth and Other Stories for May 25th” 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. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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  \n  \nSerkan Görkemli is the author of Sweet Tooth and Other Stories and Grassroots Literacies: Lesbian and Gay Activism and the Internet in Turkey. Originally from Türkiye\, he’s a 2018 Lambda Literary Fellow and an associate professor of English at UConn and lives in NY. \n  \nJavier Fuentes is the author of Countries of Origin\, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut novel. He’s a Spanish American writer\, a 2018 Lambda Literary Fellow\, who earned an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University\, where he was a teaching fellow. Born in Barcelona\, he lives in New York.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/serkan-gorkemlis-sweet-tooth/
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:20240524T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240524T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181229
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Murray Out of Water by Taylor Tracy\, with Nicole Melleby (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for celebrating Taylor Tracy’s debut middle grade novel in verse\, MURRAY OUT OF WATER\, out from Quill Tree Books\, HarperCollins Children’s publishing\, with a short reading and conversation with acclaimed queer middle grade author Nicole Melleby\, author of the recently released WINNIE NASH IS NOT YOUR SUNSHINE.  \n  \nMORE ABOUT MURRAY OUT OF WATER: \nPerfect for fans of Rebecca Stead\, Natalie Lloyd\, and Jasmine Warga\, this beautiful novel in verse explores one girl’s struggle to regain her magic after a hurricane forces her to move away from her beloved ocean that\, she believes\, has given her special powers. \nBighearted and observant twelve-year-old Murray O’Shea loves the ocean. Every chance she gets\, she’s in it. It could be because the ocean never makes her apologize for being exactly who she is—something her family refuses to do—but it could also be because of the secret magic that Murray shares with the ocean. Though she can’t explain its presence\, the electric buzz she feels from her fingertips down to her toes allows her to become one with the ocean and all its creatures\, and it makes Murray feel seen in a way she never feels on land. \nBut then a hurricane hits Murray’s Jersey Shore home\, sending the O’Sheas far inland to live with relatives. Being this far from the ocean\, Murray seems to lose her magic. And stuck in a house with her family\, she can no longer avoid the truths she’s discovering about herself—like how she feels in the clothes her mom makes her wear\, or why she doesn’t have boys on the brain like other girls her age. \nBut it’s not all hurricanes and heartache. Thankfully\, Murray befriends a boy named Dylan\, who has a magic of his own. When Murray agrees to partner with him for a youth roller-rama competition in exchange for help getting her magic back\, the two forge an unstoppable bond—one that shows Murray how it’s not always the family you were given that makes you feel whole…sometimes it’s the family you build along the way. \nTo reserve a copy of Murray Out of Water (Quill Tree Books\, May 21 2024\, hardcover\, $19.99)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve copy of Murray Out of Water for May 24th” 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. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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  \nTaylor Tracy writes books filled with humor and heart that explore the joys and hopes of queer kids\, focusing on mental health\, found family\, and the importance of a sense of community. She lives in New Jersey with her family\, including a fluffle of mischievous rescue bunnies\, and loves everything her home state has to offer: the best bagels\, pizza\, and beaches. When not writing\, she can be found down the shore\, in the rock gym or next to her growing pile of books to read and love. \n  \nNicole Melleby\, a Jersey native\, is the author of highly praised middle-grade books\, including the Lambda Literary finalist Hurricane Season and ALA Notable Children’s book How to Become a Planet. She currently teaches at the Fairleigh Dickinson MFA Creative Writing program and lives with her wife and their cats\, whose needs for attention oddly align with Nicole’s writing schedule. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/book-launch-murray-out-of-water-by-taylor-tracy-with-nicole-melleby/
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:20240523T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240523T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181229
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SUMMARY:CU T Book Launch: R/B Mertz & Fellow Queer Poets (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the launch of author R/B Mertz’s first poetry collection\, CU T  (called an “astonishing debut” by CAConrad\, “visceral and cutting\, vulnerable and brave” by Craig Santos Perez)\, we will hear from a gorgeous cadre of queer poets: Darrel Alejandro Holnes\, Sarah M. Sala\, and andriniki mattis\, as well as Mertz. Reading will begin at 7PM and books by all the poets will be available for sale. \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  \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 Bureau: $5. \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  \nDARREL ALEJANDRO HOLNES is an Afro-Panamanian American writer. He is the author of Migrant Psalms (Notre Dame University Press\, 2021)\, winner of the Drinking Gourd Poetry Prize\, Stepmotherland (University of Notre Dame Press\, 2022)\, winner of the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize\, and the International Latino Book Award. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry\, the CP Cavafy Poetry Prize\, and scholarships and fellowships to the Bread Loaf Writers Conference\, Cave Canem\, and CantoMundo. He has also received fellowships to MacDowell\, UCross\, and the Camargo Foundation. Holnes is also a playwright. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab\, Civilians R&D Group\, Page 73’s Interstate 73 Writers Workshop\, and other groups. His play Bayano was also a finalist for the O’Neill Center’s National Playwrights Conference. His most recent play\, Black Feminist Video Game\, was produced by The Civilians for 59E59\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, Center Theater Group\, and other theaters and won an inaugural Anthem Award. He founded the Greater Good Theater Initiative\, a festival of Latinx short plays\, and a college professor in New York\, NY. \n  \nandriniki mattis was born in Crown Heights\, Brooklyn. He has been awarded fellowships from Cave Canem\, Poets House\, and The Poetry Project. He received his M.A. in Creative Writing and Education from Goldsmiths University of London and a B.A. in Political and Poetic Resistance from Brooklyn College. His writing has appeared in wildness\, Indiana Review\, Wasifiri\, Montez Press\, and elsewhere. He is the author of Quiet Fires (Anamot Press 2023) and the chaplet Living Btwn the Lines (Belladonna* Press 2018). \n  \nR/B Mertz (they/them) is a trans/non-binary poet and artist. They were raised inside Catholic fundamentalism\, about which they wrote the memoir Burning Butch (Unnamed Press\, 2022)\, which was a finalist for Memoir Magazine’s Best Memoir Grand Prize. They also wrote the essay\, “How Whiteness Kills God & Sprinkles Crack on the Body” (Mistress Syndrome); and the play “Where the Heart Is” (Another Chica­go Magazine). Mertz taught writing in Pittsburgh for eleven years and was honored to be a finalist for City of Asylum’s 2020-21 Emerging Poet Laureate of Pittsburgh. On January 1\, 2021\, Mertz left the US for love\, and they now reside in Toronto\, Ontario\, traditionally the territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit\, the Anishnabeg\, the Chippewa\, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. They teach writing at Sheridan College. \n  \nSarah M. Sala is a poet\, educator\, and native Michigander. Her debut collection\, Devil’s Lake (Tolsun 2020) was named a Distinguished Favorite for the Independent Press Awards\, a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award\, a Publishing Triangle Award\, and an Eric Hoffer Provocateur Award. She is the founder of Office Hours Poetry Workshop\, and teaches writing at New York University. Her work appears or is forthcoming in POETRY\, BOMB\, The Southampton Review\, The Brooklyn Rail\, and Columbia Journal. www.sarahmsala.com \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/cu-t-book-launch-r-b-mertz-fellow-queer-poets/
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 Launch: Out in the World (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join queer authors Amy B. Scher and Mark Jason Williams for the launch of National Geographic’s first-ever LTBGTQIA+ inclusive travel book\, OUT IN THE WORLD! Celebrate as they share their local faves and raves (featured in the book)\, discuss the ever-expanding opportunities for queer travel\, and reveal their top picks from destinations in the guide—fun spots around the globe that you must add to your list. \nAbout the book: \nThis first-of-its-kind travel guide explores inclusive destinations around the world where LGBTQIA+ travelers and allies can have an uncensored and memorable vacation experience. Full of fun and practical travel information\, this comprehensive guidebook takes you from familiar destinations to surprising spots. \nWith an eye toward memorable and meaningful experiences\, each destination highlights what to see\, where to eat\, and where to stay—without focusing solely on gay bars and pride parades. Each robust itinerary—a guide to Curaçao’s beaches\, Christmas in the Cotswolds\, or a kitschy trip to Dollywood—provides all the information needed for a well-rounded vacation that also supports local LGBTQIA+ communities. With personality-focused chapters such as “Romantic Rendezvous\,” “Boozy Trips and Trails\,” and “Fun Haunts and Spooky Spirits” there is a destination in these pages for every type of traveler. Veteran travel writers Amy B. Scher and Mark Jason Williams offer can’t-be-ignored advice\, including how to plan\, ways to be safe while traveling\, and important customs to honor while touring abroad. \nTo reserve a copy of Out in the World:  An Lgbtqia+ (and Friends!) Travel Guide to More Than 100 Destinations Around the World (National Geographic Society\, May 7\, 2024\, hardcover\, $30)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve copy of Out in the World for May 19” 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. \n  \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit 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  \n  \nAmy B. Scher is the bestselling author of five books that help people become their happiest\, healthiest\, and most creative selves. As a longtime travel writer\, she writes about how exploring our own neighborhoods and destinations around the world help us discover who we really are. Her books have been translated into over 20 languages and her work has appeared in the Washington Post\, CBS\, New York Daily News\, Good Morning America\, Oprah Daily\, Thrillist\, and more. Amy lives with her wife and their bad cat in New York City. Visit her at www.amybscher.com. \n  \nMark Jason Williams is an award-winning playwright\, essayist\, and travel writer who has visited 50 countries across all seven continents. In addition to writing for National Geographic\, his work is published in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, HuffPost\, Wired\, Time Out\, The Globe and Mail\, Thrillist\, Salon\, Out Magazine\, Good Housekeeping\, and more. Out in the World is his first book. Mark is a lifelong New Yorker with a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He lives with his husband and their two senior rescue dogs. Visit him at markjasonwilliams.com. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/book-launch-out-in-the-world/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau (May 17-Sep 8\, 2024) \nOpening Reception: Friday\, May 17\, 6-8 PM \nDyke+ ArtHaus\, based in Philadelphia\, is a community-driven space for Dyke artists of all persuasions\, centering those 40 and over. Invited to visit the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division for the summer\, D+AH put out an Open Call for U.S.-based Dyke/Lesbian- identified artists\, 40 years of age and over. Over 60 artists from 14 States responded by submitting works of sculpture\, painting\, collage\, photography\, textile\, drawing\, and installation. Visual art created at any time was considered. \nCo-curated by Juno Rosenhaus\, Dyke+ ArtHaus Founder\, and Lola Flash\, artist and activist\, this exhibit aims to reflect the diversity of Dykes and the diversity of their art practices. The theme is the show itself. \nThe Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau exhibition continues the legacy of lesbian artist exhibitions such as A Lesbian Show (1978)\, The Dyke Show (1979)\, Great American Lesbian Art Show (1980) and Rebel Dykes Art and Archive Show (2021). \nLet’s get this party started. \nCheck out the exhibition website at: \n\ndykearthaus.org/dyke-arthaus-visits-the-bureau \n\nARTIST QUOTES: \n“I have been creating art my entire life and I often feel like the token lesbian in shows and programs. I want to be part of this show to be in community with other dyke artists.” ~Emily Lombardo \n“Because I believe we all gain when we set aside the reflex to be self-referential and instead make the effort to accept others on their own terms. And this exhibition encourages this possibility.” ~Kristina Feliciano \n  \nExhibiting Artists \n(in alphabetical order) \nadrians black \nAfua Kafi-Akua \nAllison Michael Orenstein \nAmina Cruz \nAngela L Muriel \nAnne Keating \nCarol Massa \nCaroline McAuliffe \nCassandra Langer \nCharlotte Mia Rose \nChris Cinque \nCoe Lapossy \nDorian Katz \nE. Hynes \nE. Lombardo \nElisabeth Jacobsen \nErika Kapin \neva r. barajas \nFumiko Ohno \nHannah Barrett \nHeather Lynn Johnson \nHeather Raquel Phillips \nheidi andrea restrepo rhodes \nJeanise Aviles & Kenzi Crash \nJudy Ornelas Sisneros \nJulie Lindell \nKarsen Heagle \nKate Conroy \nKate Fauvell and S. Willis \nKatie Bush \nKris Sanford \nkrissy mahan \nKristina Feliciano \nLacey Erb \nLeah DeVun \nLi Studier \nLiz Ensz \nliz margolies \nLois Bielefeld \nlorry morales waldie \nMaureen Catbagan \nMaya Alam \nMegan Levine \nMelissa Wilkinson \nMichela Griffo \nMichelle Schapiro \nMorgain Bailey \nMorgan Gwenwald \nNancy Rodrigo \nPaula Allen \nPenny Perkins \nRachel Beser \nRonniemae Painter \nSarah E. Brook \nShari Diamond \nShelley Marlow \nshiloh burton \nSokari Ekine \nStar Morris \nTracy Morgan \nValarie Walker \nVick Quezada
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/opening-reception-dyke-arthaus-visits-the-bureau-in-person-only/
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\, May Edition (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The Publishing Triangle presents its monthly OUTspoken Reading Series as host Rob Byrnes welcomes Alfred Doblin\, David Santos Donaldson\, Robert Graves\, Destiny Hemphill\, Fay Jacobs\, James Pauley\, and Emily Zhou. \nJoin us as in-person or watch the live-stream (see below) 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  \nSuggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $10. \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-may-2024-edition/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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