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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Leo Herrera
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT \nJoin Leo Herrera\, author of Analog Cruising\, in-person at the Bureau for a reading and conversation with a panel of TBA speakers. \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* \nThe event will also be live-streamed to the public at YouTube.com/@BGSQD \n*\n\n This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are required to attend. Four ticket tiers are available: (1) Free General Admission; (2) Book Ticket that includes a copy of Analog Cruising; (3) Book Bundle Ticket that includes copies of Analog Cruising\, Sentences\, and Post; (4) Donation to the Bureau.\n\n*****\n\nLeo Herrera is a queer Mexican artist who explores queer and immigrant experiences through the lenses of sex\, technology\, and history. His work centers on themes of disease and stigma\, always searching for utopia in LGBTQ history’s darkest chapters. Herrera is director of Fathers\, a multimedia project which imagines the world if AIDS never existed. He is author of Analog Cruising\, a manual for modern sex outside of our phones.
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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:Rasheed Newson: One Night in Hollywood
DESCRIPTION:Rasheed Newson launches his novel There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood \nin conversation with actress Cassandra Freeman\n\nDoors: 7:00pm\nEvent: 7:30pm\n\nRSVP TO THIS EVENT\n\nThe Bureau and Hive Mind Books Present: One Night in Hollywood\n\nRasheed Newson\, known for his work on The Chi and Bel-Air\, launches his novel There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood\, which follows a queer\, Black Hollywood heartthrob of the Golden Age\, Xavier Barlow\, and the fixer hired to keep him in the closet. “This novel is my way of reclaiming untold Hollywood history\, from a Black and queer perspective\,” Newson told People in an interview. He will be in conversation with actress Cassandra Freeman.\n\nThis event will be held at 208 W 13th St\, New York\, NY – Room 301 (inside the LGBT Community Center)\n—-\nRasheed Newson is the author of the national bestseller My Government Means to Kill Me\, which was selected as a Lambda Literary finalist for Gay Fiction and was named one of the “100 Notable Books of 2022” by The New York Times. He is also a television drama writer\, producer\, and showrunner. He codeveloped Bel-Air and worked on The Chi\, Animal Kingdom\, and Narcos\, among other drama series. Newson is a 2025–26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow. He currently lives with his husband and their two children in Pasadena.\n\nCassandra Freeman is an acclaimed actress\, producer\, and entrepreneur best known for her powerful portrayal of Aunt Viv on Peacock’s Bel-Air. Her film and television credits include Atlanta\, Luke Cage\, The Last O.G.\, The Enemy Within\, Inside Man\, and I Think I Love My Wife\, with recent work in Love\, Brooklyn\, an Andre Holland-led film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Beyond acting\, Freeman is the co-founder of Creatricity\, a creative ecosystem supporting artists and innovators across entertainment and media. Freeman is a respected voice in the industry for her work as a creative strategist\, thought leader\, and advocate for diversity and inclusion and authentic representation. She is represented by the agents of Artium Talent.
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