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SUMMARY:OUTspoken: The Publishing Triangle’s Reading Series\, June Edition (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The Publishing Triangle presents its monthly OUTspoken Reading Series as host Rob Byrnes welcomes Alfred Doblin\, Lauren Melissa Ellzey\, Sarah G. Levine\, and Vincent Traughber Meis. \n\nJoin us in-person or watch the live-stream to hear from some of queer literature’s most dynamic established and up-and-coming voices. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/outspoken-june-2025/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Schulman will read and discuss her new book: The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity. \nTo reserve a copy of The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity (Thesis\, April 22\, 2025\, hardcover\, $30)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity for June 23rd event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nPLEASE NOTE THAT THE BUREAU IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS. WE WILL OPEN AT 5:30 PM ON MONDAY\, JUNE 23\, FOR THIS EVENT. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\nAbout The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity : \nFrom award-winning writer Sarah Schulman\, a longtime social activist and outspoken critic of the Israeli war on Gaza\, comes a brilliant examination of the inherent psychological and social challenges to solidarity movements\, and what that means for the future \nFor those who seek to combat injustice\, solidarity with the oppressed is one of the highest ideals\, yet it does not come without complication. In this searing yet uplifting book\, award-winning writer and cultural critic Sarah Schulman delves into the intricate and often misunderstood concept of solidarity to provide a new vision for what it means to engage in this work–and why it matters. \nTo grapple with solidarity\, Schulman writes\, we must recognize its inherent fantasies. Those being oppressed dream of relief\, that a bystander will intervene though it may not seem to be in their immediate interest to do so\, and that the oppressor will be called out and punished. Those standing in solidarity with the oppressed are occluded by a different fantasy: that their intervention is effective\, that it will not cost them\, and that they will be rewarded with friendship and thanks. Neither is always the case\, and yet in order to realize our full potential as human beings in relation with others\, we must continue to pursue action towards these shared goals. \nWithin this framework\, Schulman examines a range of case studies\, from the fight for abortion rights in post-Franco Spain\, to NYC’s AIDS activism in the 1990s\, to the current wave of campus protest movements against Israel’s war on Gaza\, and her own experience growing up as a queer female artist in male dominated culture industries. Drawing parallels between queer\, Palestinian\, feminist\, and artistic struggles for justice\, Schulman challenges the traditional notion of solidarity as a simple union of equals\, arguing that in today’s world of globalized power structures\, true solidarity requires the collaboration of bystanders and conflicted perpetrators with the excluded and oppressed. That action comes at a cost\, and is not always effective. And yet without it we sentence ourselves to a world without progressive change towards visions of liberation. \nBy turns challenging\, inspiring\, pragmatic\, and poetic\, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity provides a much-needed path for how we can work together to create a more just\, more equitable present and future.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-fantasy-and-necessity-of-solidarity/
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SUMMARY:Fire\, Water\, and Other Queer Subjects: The Sea Gives Up the Dead and Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Debut author Molly Olguín will be in conversation with Jason Schneiderman about her story collection The Sea Gives Up the Dead and his book of poems Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire. Both authors will read from their work and answer audience questions. \nTo reserve a copy of The Sea Gives Up the Dead (Red Hen Press\, April 29\, 2025\, paperback\, $16.95) and/or Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire (Red Hen Press\, August 13\, 2024\, paperback\, $17.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve book(s) for June 22 event” in the subject line and let us know which title(s) you’d like us to reserve in the body of the email. \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\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n  \nMolly Olguín is a queer writer\, educator\, and monster enthusiast. Her debut collection The Sea Gives Up the Dead was selected by Carmen Maria Machado for the 2023 Grace Paley Prize\, and is out now with Red Hen Press. \n  \nJason Schneiderman is the author of five poetry collections\, most recently Hold Me Tight (Red Hen\, 2020)\, and including the forthcoming Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire (Red Hen\, 2024). He edited the anthology Queer: A Reader for Writers (Oxford UP 2016). His poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. His awards include the Emily Dickinson Award\, the Shestack Award and a Fulbright Fellowship. He is longtime co-host of the podcast Painted Bride Quarterly Slush Pile and a guest host for The Slowdown. He is Professor of English at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:TELL: Movie Stars (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:TELL is a monthly queer storytelling show hosted and curated by Drae Campbell. It is the longest running event at the Bureau! 10 years and going. Each month there is a different theme and a different line up of queer artists who tell true stories from their lives on a theme. \nThe theme for June is Movie Stars\, featuring storytellers Carolyn Connolly\, Emilio Garcia\, Glenn Marla\, and Swetha Regunathan. \n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nSuggested donation to benefit the storytellers and the Bureau: $10. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n  \nDrae Campbell is the host and curator of TELL\, an award winning podcast that can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts. \nTheater: The Nosebleed (Lincoln Center Theater\, Woolly Mammoth Theater & National Tour\, Lortel Nominated)\, Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater)\, Only You Can Prevent Wildfires (Teatro Circulo)\, My Old Man (Dixon Place)\, Storm Still (DirectorFest\, Drama League)\, La Cage Aux Folles (Barrington Stage Company).         \nFilm and TV:Senior Escort Service\, Blunderpuss\, It’s Very Common\, TOW. \nTV: Bull\, New Amsterdam. \nBFA\, The University Of The Arts   \nIg @draebiz and @tellqueerz   \n\n  \nCarolyn Connolly is a blue collar jill of all trades. Sex educator\, poet\, mountain climber and Carpenter. Carolyn came out in 1989 in blue collar Brooklyn. Carolyn has spoken across the US and Canada on queer/trans\, anti racist and US foreign policy. She has been quoted in the New York Times\, GQ\, The Wall Street Journal The Advocate on our backs and the book whipping girl. Carolyn has performed in the HERE theater series New York and radar Productions in the Bay Area. \n  \nA born Michigander\, Emilio Garcia has spent the last four years pursuing the arts in New York City. With a fresh degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts\, a proclivity for poetry and a love for history\, Emilio is thrilled to find himself where he is today. \n  \nA mostly Hudson Valley and very often Brooklyn based theater artist\, puppet maker and art therapist\, Glenn Marla‘s performance work focuses on themes of body liberation\, gender\, queerness\, fat\, and shifting cycles of trauma. Glenn sun and moon are in aquarius with leo rising. \n  \nSwetha Regunathan is a writer and filmmaker based in NYC. Her work has screened at festivals internationally\, including Aspen Shortsfest\, Nitehawk Shorts Festival\, True/False Film Festival\, Tribeca\, New Orleans Film Festival\, and on platforms like NOWNESS\, NoBudge\, and Short of the Week. She produced the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Between Earth & Sky (2023) and is currently developing her debut feature-length film. She has also had writing published in Huffington Post\, n+1\, Guernica\, and other outlets. Starting Fall 2025 she will be Assistant Professor in the Visual Studies program at Haverford College. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/tell-movie-stars/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reading of Hands On: Stories of Sexuality Work\, Intimacy\, and Healing (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Hands On: Stories of Sexuality Work\, Intimacy\, and Healing is an anthology of stories highlighting compassion in sex work. Join us for an evening of readings and discussion by authors JoJo Bear\, Eva Alio\, Emme Witt-Eden\, e.b. cotenord\, Don Shewey\, and Remi Newman. \nTo reserve a copy of Hands On: Stories of Sexuality Work\, Intimacy\, and Healing (Jessica Kingsley Publishers\, April 21\, 2025\, paperback\, $19.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Hands On for June 20 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/reading-of-hands-on/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Center (and the Bureau) closed for Juneteenth
DESCRIPTION:The Center (and the Bureau) will be closed on Thursday\, June 19th\, for the Juneteenth holiday
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SUMMARY:Shadow of My Shadow: A Book Talk with Jennifer Doyle & Avgi Saketopoulou (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Anchored by an account of the experience of being stalked by a student\, Shadow of My Shadow (Duke\, 2024) takes on workplace harassment—the forms of loss it induces\, and the paranoid ecologies it nurtures. Jennifer Doyle will share a passage revolving around a detail taken from her own case and join Avgi Saketopoulou in a conversation. Saketopoulou and Doyle share an interest in thinking carefully about vulnerability\, the ethics of writing from the case\, and a commitment to\, as Saketopoulou writes “the opacity in the other” and “the opacity in ourselves.” The intention is to get a dialogue going and to make lots of room for conversation with the audience. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of In the Shadow of My Shadow (Duke University Press\, August 27\, 2024\, paperback\, $25.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of In the Shadow of My Shadow for June 18th event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n  \nJennifer Doyle is the author of Campus Sex/Campus Security (2015)\, Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art (2013)\, and Sex Objects: Art and the Dialectic of Desire (2007). She is also a curator. Her curatorial projects include Scientia Sexualis at the ICA LA (a collaboration with Jeanne Vaccaro\, 2024-2025); Nao Bustamante: Soldadera at the Vincent Price Art Museum (2015); and The Tip of Her Tongue\, at The Broad in Los Angeles (2015-2017). She teaches at UC Riverside. \n  \nAvgi Saketopoulou is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York and a member of the faculty of New York University’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. She is the author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk\, Race\, Traumatophilia (NYU Press\, 2023) and co-author of Gender Without Identity (The Unconscious in Translation\, 2023). She is currently at work on her forthcoming book\, provisionally titled The Offer of Sadism: Demand\, Exigency\, Aesthetics. \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:A Gathering of The Tribes Presents: The Stoop Project\, USING THE PERSONAL TO INVESTIGATE\, COMPLICATE & REVEAL THE SOCIAL/POLITICAL  Facilitated by: Jeanann Verlee (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:USING THE PERSONAL TO INVESTIGATE\, COMPLICATE & REVEAL THE SOCIAL/POLITICAL \nFacilitated by: Jeanann Verlee \nThis is a generative writing workshop\, open to all skill levels. \n$5 DONATION\, RESERVE YOUR SPOT – MONDAY\, JUNE 16\nTHE STOOP PROJECT: SUMMER SERIES 2025\nHosted by A Gathering of the Tribes\, The Stoop Project: Summer Series 2025 features a curated selection of generative writing workshops by bearded poet Thomas Fucaloro. Sessions are open to all skill levels and will be held in person every third Monday from June through August 2025 at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, the independent\, all-volunteer queer bookstore in room 210 of The LGBT Community Center\, in NYC. Each workshop will be led by a different facilitator and focus on a unique theme. A $5 donation reserves your spot — see calendar for all event listings. \nIn tandem with the workshops\, each month Tribes will select a featured book from the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \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 HISTORY OF THE STOOP\nThe Stoop Poetry Workshop (1991–1995) was established and facilitated by Tribes’ founder Steve Cannon with fellow Lower East Side poet Bob Holman. Conceived on the stoop of Cannon’s East 3rd Street residence\, the workshop served as a creative incubator held before the Nuyorican Poets Café’s Friday Night Slams — allowing poets to refine their work and perform it the same evening. An extraordinary roster of poets participated in the Workshop\, including reg e. gaines\, Edwin Torres\, Tracie Morris\, Dana Bryant\, Mia Hansford\, Keith Roach\, Paul Beatty\, Willie Perdomo\, Dael Orlandersmith\, Ed Morales\, Ra\, and Mike Tyler. \nBuilding on Cannon’s ethos of “Each one\, teach one\,” The Stoop Project expands the original vision of the Workshop by inviting a wide array of guest facilitators to carry forward its spirit of collective growth\, experimentation\, and intergenerational exchange. \n  \nABOUT THE FACILITATOR\nJeanann Verlee is the author of three books: prey (finalist for the Benjamin Saltman Award)\, Said the Manic to the Muse\, and Racing Hummingbirds (silver medal winner in the Independent Publisher Awards). She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship\, the Third Coast Poetry Prize\, and the Sandy Crimmins National Prize. Find her at jeanannverlee.com.
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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:Talkback with Rahim Thawer: The Mental Health Guide for Cis & Trans Queer Guys (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:What are the determinants of your mental health? \nJoin us for a community conversation to celebrate the release of the much-anticipated book\, The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys (New Harbinger Publications\, 2025). This guide examines the social determinants impacting the mental health of queer men—including internalized shame\, heteronormative milestones\, disenfranchised grief\, and body-conscious culture—and offers therapeutic tools such as cognitive-behavioural techniques\, Gestalt role-play\, and psychodynamic inquiry to foster insight and resilience.\nThis event welcomes GBTQ folks\, allies\, and service providers. \nAuthor: Rahim Thawer\, MSW\, RSW\nTalk Back Moderator: JT Mikulka\, LCSW \nSchedule\n3:00 Welcome and Digging Deeper Exhibit (Solo or interactive) \n3:30 Moderator’s opening remarks \n3:35 Talk Back \n4:25 Audience Q&A \n4:50 Closing remarks and book signing \n5:30 End \nSign up here: http://rahiminnyc.eventbrite.ca/ \n  \nTo reserve a copy of The Mental Health Guide for Cis & Trans Queer Guys (New Harbinger Publications\, June 1\, 2025\, paperback\, $19.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Mental Health Guide for June 15 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n\n\n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n  \nRahim Thawer (he/him) is a registered social worker (OCSWSSW)\, psychotherapist\, and Canadian Certified Supervisor (CCS); he’s also a consultant\, public speaker\, and writer. He is the founder of Affective Consulting & Psychotherapy Services (est. 2014)\, through which he has delivered nearly 200 presentations and talks that inspire critical\nconversations and reflection on mental health\, interpersonal effectiveness\, systemic oppression\, and innovation in queer relationships. \nRahim calls Toronto home and teaches in Tuscaloosa\, at The University of Alabama\, where he is a full-time instructor and also enrolled in the Doctor of Social Work (DSW) program. As a queer Muslim\, his clinical work and scholarship consistently explore the intersections of mental health and systemic oppression. His doctoral research focuses\non how anti-racist\, queer-affirming psychoanalytic frameworks can better support social workers\, therapists-in-training\, and organizational leaders. \nHe is the recipient of multiple awards that recognize his leadership and contributions to education\, social justice\, and anti-oppressive practice\, including: \n\nThe Mary Smith Arnold Anti-Oppression Award from the Counsellors for Social Justice (CSJ)\, American Counselling Association (2025)\nThe Honorary Award in Education from South Asian Americans for Change (SAAFC\, 2025)\nThe DSW Award for Writing to Advance Social Work and Social Justice from The University of Alabama (2025)\nThe Distinguished Leader Award from the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW\, 2024)\n\n  \nRahim was a co-editor of Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer (Coach House Books\, 2016)\, which was nominated for the Toronto Book Awards. He has also self-published four clinical guides addressing assessment\, treatment planning\, documentation\, and countertransference. \nForthcoming Books: \n1. The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys (New Harbinger Press\,June 2025) \n2. The Politicized Practitioner: The Essential Reader for Social Workers & Psychotherapists (Blue Cactus Press\, November 2025) \n3. Queer Muslims: On Faith\, Family\, and Healing (Co-editor; University of ReginaPress\, April 2026). \nKeep Up with Rahim Here \n@the.politicized.practitioner \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/mental-health-guide-cis-trans-guys/
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:20250614T110000
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SUMMARY:lesbian book club: June edition (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be reading fiction and non-fiction — classic\, contemporary\, revealing and visionary. As a group we will decide what to read each month\, focusing on lesbian authors and/or related topics. Co-founded by lesbian book lovers Judi Komaki and Piper Olsen. \n\n\nFor our June 14th meeting\, we’ll read If Not\, Winter: Fragments of Sappho\, translated by Ann Carson (Vintage\, paperback\, 2003\, $20). Purchase a copy before June 14th\, and receive a 15% discount ($17 instead of $20). Just mention the lesbian book club when making your purchase. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n\n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lesbian-book-club-june-edition/
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:20250613T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054047
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SUMMARY:gender liberators viewing party (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the history of trans culture making\, organizing\, and activism! gender liberators is an anthology of writing\, poetry\, correspondence\, photos\, paintings\, flyers\, and other ephemera by trans*\, Two-spirit\, nonbinary\, and trans-adjacent authors and creators from 20th-century Turtle Island/North America. There are only about 100 copies of it\, each one is handmade and unique. A copy is being donated to the Manhattan LGBT Center archives and will be available at the Bureau tonight for viewing and flipping through! \nThis book seeks to let the authors and materials included speak for themselves and dialogue with each other and honors the multiplicity of voices\, formats\, and perspectives. The materials in this book were identified and selected based on hundreds of interviews conducted with elders\, archivists\, scholars\, and cultural workers about their lives and work and about moments\, individuals\, and groups that were deeply influential but have been under appreciated in accounts of trans* history. Through this community guidance\, this anthology centers the perspectives and visual and print culture of trans and queer life and resists some of the biases of existing histories and archives that under represent the geographic South and Midwest\, trans* communities of color\, and trans masculine communities. \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n  \n\nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/gender-liberators/
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:20250611T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054047
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SUMMARY:The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick Book Launch (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:When a police officer stood at his bedroom door on August 3\, 1982\, Michael Hardwick had no idea that he would become an avatar of the gay rights movement. Arrested for sodomy\, Hardwick sued for his right to privacy all the way to the Supreme Court\, as the HIV/AIDS epidemic spiraled. When he lost\, his era-defining case inspired a half-million people to protest the Court. Today Bowers v. Hardwick continues to reverberate as the rights of privacy underpinning abortion\, contraception\, and same-sex relationships come under fire. \nIn this fiercely empathetic blend of biography and history\, Martin Padgett tells the story of Hardwick’s life—as a child of Stonewall\, as an artist\, and as one of thousands claimed by the epidemic. The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick: Sex and the Supreme Court in the Age of AIDS (W. W. Norton\, June 3\, 2025\, hardcover\, $31.99) reveals the halting shifts of American sexual politics\, poses urgent questions about the Supreme Court\, and returns to Hardwick some of the humanity stolen from him. \nAuthor Martin Padgett will be joined in conversation by John Voelcker. \nTo reserve a copy of The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick: Sex and the Supreme Court in the Age of AIDS (W. W. Norton\, June 3\, 2025\, hardcover\, $31.99)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick for June 11 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n  \nPraise for The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick : \n“A fascinating story\, grounded in the complex oppression endured by American queers before the contemporary dynamics of commodification and legalization. Padgett’s loving engagement with Hardwick’s life reminds us that—despite stigma and state violence—queer\, and AIDS history is fundamentally the story of regular people who change the world through the power of personal integrity rooted in the truth of our lives.” \n— Sarah Schulman\, author of Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP\, New York 1987-1993 \n  \n“As the increasingly right-leaning Supreme Court marches backward in time\, all who believe that the arc of the moral universe will ultimately bend toward justice are in desperate need of a narrative as readable and moving as Marty Padgett’s The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick. Having argued the landmark constitutional case around which this gripping story pivots\, I can say that it is by far the finest account of a personal\, political\, and legal saga like the one Hardwick’s brave life and premature death embodied.” \n— Laurence Tribe\, law professor at Harvard University \n  \n“Martin Padgett has heroically rescued the shooting star of Michael Hardwick’s errant 1980s Supreme Court story and placed it firmly in the constellation of the most urgent Queer American histories. Spinning the legacy of anti-sodomy challenges back to this foundational case in the AIDS crisis\, The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick triumphs on both narrative and scholarly registers. Start polishing the awards.” \n— Robert Fieseler\, author of Tinder Box: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation \n  \n“Thoroughgoing history of a signal injustice committed against gay Americans by the American judiciary. . . A lucid\, rightfully indignant study that demands a renewed commitment to equality for all.” — Kirkus Reviews \n  \n“Padgett combines incisive legal analysis with vivid evocations of the AIDS-era gay experience. . . a captivating account of one man’s awakening to injustice.” — Publishers Weekly \n  \nParticipants’ biographies: \nMARTIN PADGETT is the author of A Night at the Sweet Gum Head and The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick. Recipient of a Lambda Literary Fellowship\, his writing has appeared in the Oxford American\, The Paris Review\, and Washington Post\, among other publications. He lives in Pensacola Beach\, Florida. \n  \nJOHN VOELCKER covers advanced auto technologies and policy as a reporter and analyst. As a Contributing Editor at Car and Driver\, Green Car Reports\, InsideEVs\, and other outlets\, he specializes in electric vehicles and the energy ecosystem around them.  John edited Green Car Reports for nine years\, publishing more than 12\,000 articles on hybrids\, electric cars\, and other topics. His work appears in online\, print\, radio\, and TV outlets that include Automotive News\, The Drive\, Charged EVs\, Wired\, and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” He is the subject of the upcoming documentary A Son’s Journey: How I Became an Automotive Journalist from Hampton Films.  In his off hours\, he’s part of the deluded but cheerful team at the YouTube channel Tempting Fate Tours. He splits his time between the Catskill Mountains and New York City.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/michael-hardwick-book-launch/
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:20250607T150000
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SUMMARY:Traveling While Queer: A Conversation with Alden Jones\, editor of EDGE OF THE WORLD\, and contributors Nicole Shawan Junior\, Andrew Ellis Evans\, Zoë Sprankle\, and Raluca Albu (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau is pleased to welcome writers Alden Jones\, Zoë Sprankle\, Andrew Ellis Evans\, Nicole Shawan Junior\, and Raluca Albu for a discussion about what it means to be queer and moving through the world\, the subject of Alden’s new book\, Edge of the World: An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing. Alden will read briefly from Edge of the World and then lead a discussion with four contributors who consider the joys—and the unique challenges—of traveling while queer. \nAfter the conversation and audience Q&A\, Alden and contributors will be available to sign copies of Edge of the World. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Edge of the World: An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing (Blair\, May 6\, 2025\, paperback\, $19.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Edge of the World for June 7 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\n  \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n  \nParticipants’ biographies: \nAlden Jones is the editor of Edge of the World and the author of The Wanting Was a Wilderness\, The Blind Masseuse\, and Unaccompanied Minors. Her travel writing has appeared in the inaugural edition of the Best American Travel Writing and named Notable Essays in Best American Travel Writing 2005 and 2011. A current Fulbright Specialist and a former professor on Semester at Sea\, Alden is an assistant professor of creative writing and literature at Emerson College. \n  \nRaluca Albu is a writer\, teacher\, editor\, and advocate. She was a recent Center for Fiction fellow\, a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship finalist\, and has written for the Guardian\, BOMB\, Guernica\, The Village Voice\, Doctors Without Borders\, Authors Guild\, and others. \n  \nAndrew Ellis Evans is an author of award-winning memoir The Black Penguin\, named one of “summer’s best travel books” by the New York Times. As National Geographic’s Digital Nomad\, Andrew reported live from all seven continents. He lives in Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains. \n  \nNicole Shawan Junior’s creative nonfiction appears in Oprah Daily\, Guernica\, The Rumpus\, The Massachusetts Review\, and elsewhere. They have attended residencies at Hedgebrook and Tin House and have received fellowships from Lambda Literary\, the New York Foundation for the Arts\, and more. \n  \nZoë Sprankle is a writer based in Brooklyn\, NY. Her work has been featured in Roxane Gay’s The Audacity\, The Bellevue Review\, Quarter After Eight\, and Go Magazine. She holds an MFA from the Newport MFA at Salve Regina University.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/traveling-while-queer/
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:20250605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T210000
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Mark Salzwedel\, gay novelist (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Conversation with Mark Salzwedel\, gay novelist \nMark Salzwedel is a gay Brooklynite with 8 published short stories\, and two published novels\, including the sci-fi thriller THE LEVER and the epic magical realism novel THE MIRACULOUS LIFE OF RUPERT ROCKET. In conversation with Paul Hagen\, a gay journalist\, you will hear how the publishing process works\, how ideas turn into science fiction and fantasy stories\, and some other tips on writing. There will also be brief readings from his novels and one of his short stories. \nCopies of the books will be available for purchase and signing. We encourage you to reserve a copy of either/both books in order to ensure we have sufficient copies. \nTo reserve a copy of The Miraculous Life of Rupert Rocket (Queer Space\, 2024\, paperback\, $22.95) and/or The Lever (Queer Space\, 2022\, paperback $19.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve book for June 5 event” in the subject line and let us know which book(s) you’d like us to reserve in the body of the email. \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\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n  \nMark Salzwedel is an author\, poet\, screenwriter\, singer\, actor\, director\, editor\, and composer living in Brooklyn\, NY. One poem won the Comet Prize in September. One short story was included in an anthology in March. Forthcoming works include a gay time travel novel\, TIME BUMP\, a sci-fi short story collection\, MRS. BABBAGE’S HOME FOR WAYWARD ROBOTS; a gay thriller\, HONOR THE CREST; another LGBT magical realism novel\, MISSING THINGS\, and a feature-length bilingual gay rom-com script\, DOCE CRUCES.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/mark-salzwedel/
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:20250531T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054048
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SUMMARY:Queer Collage Workshop (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a queer collage workshop with Charlie Welch on Saturday\, May 31\, from 2 to 5 pm. \nNo experience necessary! All are welcome to join! \nWe will have some materials (magazines\, printed matter\, glue\, cardboard) and tools (scissors) available\, but we encourage you to bring materials and tools to share. Thank you! \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. \nSpace is limited to the first 16 people who show up! \n  \nFree! But donations to support the Bureau’s work are much appreciated. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queer-collage-workshop-2025/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054048
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SUMMARY:Queer Moderns: Max Ewing's Jazz Age New York (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:In Queer Moderns\, Alice T. Friedman tells the fascinating story of the queer avant-garde of the 1920s and ’30s in New York\, Paris\, and Venice\, as seen through the eyes of Max Ewing (1903–1934)\, a young musician\, photographer\, and man-about-town who\, although virtually unknown today\, moved in extraordinary circles. In his photographs and letters\, we meet the rising stars of modern art\, music\, dance\, and literature and enter a world of interracial friendship\, “queer space\,” and experimentation that shone brightly before being swept away by the Depression. It is a remarkable story that reveals that the history of modernism is more queer and more Black than previously recognized. \n  \nAuthor Alice T. Friedman will be joined in conversation by Vanderbilt University Professor Kevin D. Murphy. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Queer Moderns: Max Ewing’s Jazz Age New York (Princeton University Press\, May 27\, 2025\, hardcover\, $49.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Queer Moderns for May 29 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n\n\n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n  \n\nAlice T. Friedman is an architectural historian who has written numerous articles and books about gender\, sexuality\, and queer space\, including Women and the Making of the Modern House (1998)\, American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture (2010)\, and Queer Moderns: Max Ewing’s Jazz Age New York (2025). In 2023\, she retired from teaching at Wellesley College\, where she was the Grace Slack McNeil Professor of Art and a founding director of the Architecture Program. Friedman’s current project is a book of essays entitled Poker Faces which examines queer domesticities and modern designs for non-conforming households. \n  \nKevin Murphy is Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities\, and Professor and Chair in the Dept. of History of Art and Architecture at Vanderbilt University. He was previously Executive Officer of the Ph.D\, Program in Art History at the CUNY Graduate Center. Prof. Murphy has published on queer artists and queer space in the Art Bulletin and elsewhere.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queer-moderns/
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:20250528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250528T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054048
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SUMMARY:My Romantic Ideal Walkthrough (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:MY ROMANTIC IDEAL WALKTHROUGH\nWednesday\, May 28th\, 6-8 PM \nExplore the queer photography exhibition curated by Slava Mogutin with an international group of artists including Benjamin Fredrickson\, Brian Kenny\, Francis Schichtel\, Gerardo Vizmanos\, Gio Black Peter\, Jan Wandrag\, Lukasz Leja\, Miguel Villalobos\, Quil Lemons\, Robert Flynt\, Ross Collab\, Scott Hug\, Stanley Stellar\, and Victor Jeffreys II. \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. \nTo learn more about My Romantic Ideal click here.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/my-romantic-ideal-walkthrough/
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:20250525T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250525T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054048
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SUMMARY:Pestilence Comics Issues 1-5: Readings and Presentation by Jack Waters (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Jack Waters will read from Pestilence Comics 1 – 5 from the series of ten comic books based on the scenario of “Pestilence”\, an intermedia musical opus (pestilenza.com). The reading will be accompanied by slides\, moving image projections\, and sounds. Jack will be present to guide browsers and sign copies from 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. The presentation will follow\, ending at 5:30 PM. \n  \n\n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n  \nJack Waters’ comic strip Attack Of The Murder Robins is the back page of Uranus Comics#3 Uranus Attacks\, the 2023 anthology edited by Carlo Quispe. Jack is a member of the band NYOBS (nyobsnyc.com)\, the Terminally Queer Skinned Noise-Goth Kitchen Band. Jack co-wrote and performed the title role of Jason Holliday in the acclaimed indie film Jason And Shirley. Jack’s films have shown internationally and broadcast on Sundance Channel and PBS. In 1995 Jack’s own film short The Male Gayze screened in the cinema section of the 1990 exhibition Black Male: Representations of Masculinity In American Art at The Whitney Museum of American Art. Waters and life partner Peter Cramer\, former co-directors of Abc No Rio\, are co founders of Le Petit Versailles\, a New York City Green Thumb urban garden presenting screenings\, music\, performance\, visual art exhibitions\, and new media. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/pestilence-comics/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Release: Marcos Gonsalez presents In Theory\, Darling (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of In Theory\, Darling: Searching for José Esteban Muñoz and the Queer Imagination by Marcos Gonsalez. Combining memoir and cultural criticism\, Gonsalez brings us along with him as he searches for Muñoz’s legacy in the streets of New York and situates themself in the lineage of the queer elders who have come before him. In Theory\, Darling shows us what made Muñoz such a significant figure for so many and serves as a reminder of just how life-giving theory can be. \nMarcos Gonsalez will be joined in conversation by scientist and writer Joe Osmundson. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of In Theory\, Darling (Beacon Press\, May 20\, 2025\, hardcover\, $26.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve In Theory\, Darling for May 23rd event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\n  \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n  \nMarcos Gonsalez is an author\, an essayist\, a scholar\, and assistant professor of English at Adelphi University. The author of Pedro’s Theory: Reimagining the Promised Land (2021)\, his research on queer and trans Latinx aesthetics and cultural production has been supported by the Ford Foundation and Mellon Foundation. His essays\, articles\, and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in Literary Hub\, Transgender Studies Quarterly\, Inside Higher Education\, Ploughshares\, Catapult\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, The New Inquiry\, and elsewhere. \n  \nJoseph Osmundson is a scientist and writer. His latest book\, VIROLOGY\, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction\, and was called “dazzling” by the New York Times.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/in-theory-darling/
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:20250522T190000
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SUMMARY:Queer Happened Here by Marc Zinaman with Ande Whyland (in person and live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the release of Queer Happened Here: 100 Years of NYC’s Landmark LGBTQ+ Places with author Marc Zinaman and special guest and book contributor Ande Whyland to celebrate the iconic queer spaces that have shaped LGBTQ+ culture\, community\, and activism for decades. \n7 pm: Doors Open \n7:15 – 8 pm: Marc Zinaman in conversation with Ande Whyland \n8 – 8.15 pm: Audience Q & A \n8.15 – 9 pm: Book Signing and Sales \n9 pm: Event Ends \nPlease RSVP here. Note: RSVPs are encouraged\, but not required. Seating is limited and will be first come\, first served. \nThe event is co-sponsored by Village Preservation. \nWe hope you can join us! \n  \nSigned copies of Queer Happened Here will be available for purchase on the night of the event\, along with Whyland’s monograph\, Shots\, 1980–1986. \nTo reserve a copy of Queer Happened Here (Prestel Publishing\, April 29\, 2025\, hardcover\, $50) and/or Shots\, 1980-1986\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve book for May 22 event” in the subject line and let us know which book(s) you’d like us to reserve in the body of the email. \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\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n  \nAbout Marc Zinaman \nMarc Zinaman is a New York City-based writer and historian. Since 2021\, he has been running the social media account @Queer_Happened_Here\, which maps the forgotten LGBTQ+ history of the city. He has also been a contributing writer for the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project and Making Queer History website. He was the contributing editor of the book Getting In: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s\, and currently serves on the planning committee for the forthcoming American LGBTQ+ Museum. \n  \nAbout Ande Whyland \nWhen artist/photographer Ande Whyland moved to the East Village in 1980\, it was like Alice falling down the rabbit hole. She landed in Club 57\, a now legendary performance/ gallery space that was a headquarters of the astounding East Village art explosion of the 1980s. Ande’s candid photos made her a vital new member of this exclusive underground enclave. It also gave her inside access to other venues that fostered the burgeoning\, party-fueled scene – including The Pyramid Club\, Area\, Jackie 60\, Wigstock\, The Mermaid Parade\, Easter Parade and Slipper Room to name a few. \nThese photos have been published in numerous books and magazines including two separate issues of Artforum\, a full page in the Whitney Museum of Art catalogue “The American Century: 1950-2000.” Four photographs were chosen for the “East Village USA Show” at The New Museum\, and an extensive slide show for the Club 57 exhibition at MOMA. Her book “Shots\, 1980–1986” captures this period with writings by those whose photos are featured in the book. Her latest book “Balloons and Feathers\,” out last year captures the Burlesque stars from the early 2000’s also in their own words. Both books are available on BLURB. \n  \nAbout Queer Happened Here \nA sprawling\, unique visual history of New York City’s queer spaces\, Queer Happened Here documents the evolution of LGBTQ+ culture\, community\, and activism within Manhattan’s dynamic landscape over the course of a century\, spanning from 1920 to 2020. \nNew York’s LGBTQ+ history is everywhere\, but rarely is it visibly documented. Aside from current venues and a handful of landmark plaques\, important queer spaces from the city’s past have otherwise been forgotten about\, or remain entirely hidden. \nThis multifaceted book joyfully and poignantly explores a century of LGBTQ+ gathering spaces across Manhattan through hundreds of historic photographs\, flyers\, posters\, club membership cards\, magazine spreads\, and more. Author Marc Zinaman’s carefully researched\, engaging text includes first-person accounts and little-known facts that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking. \nFrom 1920s bathhouses\, drag balls\, and the ascent of homophobia during World War II\, to the protests and parades of the 1960s and 1970s\, to the horrors of AIDS; from the vibrant nightlife scene of the 1990s to 2018’s Rainbow Wave\, which saw a record number of queer elected officials in the US\, to the rise of geosocial dating apps\, every major milestone of LGBTQ+ social history is thoughtfully documented. \nPublished by Prestel. To find out more\, visit penguinrandomhouse.com
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queer-happened-here/
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:20250515T190000
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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 Carol Rosenfeld welcomes Christopher Bollen\, Griffin Hansbury\, Keetje Kuipers\, Sue Landers\, Esther Lin\, and Robert Raasch. \n\nJoin us in-person or watch the live-stream to hear from some of queer literature’s most dynamic established and up-and-coming voices. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/outspoken-may-2025/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T130000
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SUMMARY:Center Closing at 5 PM
DESCRIPTION:Our host\, The LGBT Community Center\, will close at 5 PM on Wednesday\, May 14th. \nSo the Bureau will only be open from 1 to 5 PM on May 15th.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/center-closing-at-5-pm/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:lesbian book club: May edition (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be reading fiction and non-fiction — classic\, contemporary\, revealing and visionary. As a group we will decide what to read each month\, focusing on lesbian authors and/or related topics. Co-founded by lesbian book lovers Judi Komaki and Piper Olsen. \n\n\nFor our May 10th meeting\, we’ll discuss Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians V. the Supreme Court by Joyce Murdoch and Deb Price (Basic Books\, paperback\, 2002). Joyce Murdoch will join us to talk about her book. \nFor our June 14th meeting\, we’ll read If Not\, Winter: Fragments of Sappho\, translated by Ann Carson (Vintage\, paperback\, 2003\, $20). Purchase a copy before June 14th\, and receive a 15% discount ($17 instead of $20). Just mention the lesbian book club when making your purchase. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n\n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lesbian-book-club-may-2025/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T210000
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SUMMARY:Craig Smith and Ben Wise: The Collection (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join authors Craig Smith and Ben Wise for a discussion of their book The Collection (2024). The Collection features matchbooks collected at gay clubs\, bars\, hotels\, and restaurants in the United States between 1971-1982. The matchbooks were collected by Larry Blagg and eventually archived in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection at Cornell University. Smith and Wise discovered Blagg’s collection at Cornell while conducting research into the lyrics\, legislation\, and literature that stigmatizes marginalized communities in the United States and abroad. They photographed the collection on-site at Cornell in 2023 and this new book was finished in the Summer of 2024. A second\, limited edition book entitled American Ace was also created and published by Invisible Hand Press (Tivoli\, NY) featuring sixty-two matchbook reproductions made with two-color risograph print technology\, including a letterpress cover with hand painted gold tint emblem. Smith and Wise’s presentation will address the contemporary actions at the local\, state\, and federal level that perpetuate stigma and consider other book projects utilizing archives to explore the cultural epochs that shape community. \nThe Collection book features sixty-six full color photo-lithography reproductions of the matchbooks in a hardcover with dust jacket. The books were made in an edition of 1000\, with Smith and Wise designing the book with Shapco Press in Minneapolis who also handled the printing. Both The Collection and American Ace will be available for purchase at the event. \n\n\n  \nTo reserve a copy of both/either The Collection (Shapco Printing\, 2024\, hardcover\, $75)  and/or American Ace (Invisible Hand Press\, 2024\, paperback\, $75)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of [title(s)] for May 9th event.” \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\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n  \n\n\nDr. Craig Smith is an American media artist whose art and research focuses on the process\, aesthetics\, and ethics of human‐to‐human interactivity in contemporary art\, especially photography\, sound\, and socially engaged performances. Smith has been awarded grants from numerous organizations including the New York State Council on the Arts as well as the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Smith’s published books about art practice and social engagement include Relational Art: A Guided Tour (2024) with Bloomsbury Publishing\, LLC\, the Training Manual for Relational Art (2009) by CEPA Gallery\, as well as On the Subject of the Photographic (2007) by the University of the Arts London. \nSmith’s exhibitions of photography\, live sound performances\, lectures\, and other art media have been featured at an international range of museums\, galleries\, art fairs\, athletic facilities\, and financial organizations including the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.\, PS1 MOMA Contemporary Art Institute in New York\, The Tate Modern in London\, The George Eastman House in Rochester\, the Cantor Film Center (NYU)\, the Hudson River Museum\, the Mao Live House (Beijing)\, CAFA (Beijing) and the Burchfield Penney Art Center (Buffalo) as well as galleries and art fairs including CEPA Gallery (Buffalo)\, Galerie Schuster Photo (Berlin)\, the Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin)\, RARE Art (New York)\, SCM Hong Kong\, ARTSPACE Sydney\, The Kent Gallery and White Columns (New York)\, Elsewhere Museum\, and the Scope Art fairs in London\, New York\, and Miami. \nSmith has held teaching positions at numerous universities and colleges including New York University\, Goldsmiths College\, and the London College of Communication (University of the Arts London). Smith joined the University of Florida in 2010. \n  \nAssociate Professor Ben Wise (Ph.D. Rice University\, 2008) is a historian of modern America\, and specializes in southern history\, gender and sexuality\, and cultural history. He joined the History Department at the University of Florida as an Assistant Professor after teaching at Harvard University and holding a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill. \nHis first book\, William Alexander Percy: The Curious Life of a Mississippi Planter and Sexual Freethinker\, was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2012. In 2009 he was awarded the C. Vann Woodward Prize for the best dissertation in the field of southern history. His research has been supported by grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina\, and the Regional Humanities Center at Tulane University. His articles have appeared in The Journal of American Studies\, Southern Cultures\, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography\, The William Mitchell Law Review\, and in the edited volume\, Southern Masculinity: Perspectives on Manhood in the South Since Reconstruction. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/craig-smith-and-ben-wise-the-collection/
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 Reading: Exiting the Bluegrass Turnpike by Benjamin Rue Silliman (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Benjamin Rue Silliman reads from his debut novel Exiting the Bluegrass Turnpike\, a story about a kid being outed in high school in Kentucky\, and the kindness and love from an unexpected friend. He will be joined in conversation by Maria Pirrone. \n  \n“Exiting the Bluegrass Turnpike is a fierce and tender page-turner about a young man’s journey from darkness towards authenticity. Silliman’s heartfelt and perceptive story is needed now more than ever—an urgent reminder of how compassion and kindness can save lives.”                         – Jonathan Corcoran – Author of No Son of Mine: A Memoir (April 2024)\n\n  \n\nTo reserve a copy of Exiting the Bluegrass Turnpike (Rabbit House Press\, March 4\, 2025\, paperback\, $17.95)  please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Exiting the Bluegrass Turnpike for May 8 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n\n  \nBenjamin Rue Silliman is the author of Exiting the Bluegrass Turnpike. Born and raised in Lexington\, Kentucky\, and is a graduate of Ole Miss\, NYU\, Columbia\, and North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Benjamin is an accounting professor (and department chair) at St. John’s University. He is married to his husband Frank. This is his debut novel. \n  \nMaria M. Pirrone\, Esq.\, CPA\, is an associate professor of accountancy at St. John’s University in the Tobin College of Business. Maria has published numerous articles in the field of taxation in theJournal of AccountancyandCPA Journal; she and Benjamin are currently collaborating on an article focusing on the fifty years of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Maria is a triple alumna of St. John’s\, including a J.D.\, and holds a graduate degree in tax law from New York Law School.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/exiting-the-bluegrass-turnpike/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Between Worlds\, Between Words — poets in conversation with Irena Klepfisz (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Between Worlds\, Between Words \nThe Polish Cultural Institute New York and exquisites queer and trans reading series are excited to announce “Between Worlds\, Between Words\,” an afternoon of poetry and conversation celebrating the work of Irena Klepfisz taking place on Sunday\, May 4th\, 3pm\, at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. Irena Klepsfisz is the author of several poetry collections including her newest publication\, Pomiedzy swiatami/Between Worlds: Selected Poems and Essays\, translated in English and Polish. \nThe afternoon at the Bureau will feature cross-generational readings by queer Jewish poets Ariel Goldberg\, Clairette Atri Mizrahi\, Ayaz O. Muratoglu\, and Irena Klepfisz. Following the readings there will be a conversation moderated by danilo machado and Em Marie Kohl of exquisites\, touching upon themes of diaspora\, identity\, and translation. Audience members will be able to participate in a Q&A and enjoy the opportunity to mingle after the event at the Bureau\, with refreshments provided by the Polish Cultural Institute New York. This event is free\, with suggested donations supporting the Bureau. \n  \n\n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n  \nMore about the participants and organizers: \nIrena Klepfisz is a lesbian poet\, essayist\, translator\, activist and a practicing secular Jew. She was a co-founder and co-editor of the ground breaking Conditions magazine\, co-editor of The Tribe of Dina\, and promoter and translator of the works of Yiddish women writers. She taught Jewish Women’s Studies at Barnard College for 22 years and English and Women’s Studies at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for women. She has focused much of her activism on reconciliation between Jews and Palestinians. Her recent work Her Birth and Later Years: Poems New and Collected 1971-2021 was the winner of the Audre Lorde Lesbian Poetry Prize from the Publishing Triangle and a finalist for the 2022 Jewish Book Council prize in poetry. In 2024\, a bilingual edition of her poetry and prose appeared in Poland titled Pomiedzy swiatami/Between Worlds and published by slowo/obraz terytoria. \n  \nAriel Goldberg is a writer\, curator\, and educator devoted to trans and queer lineages and lesser-known histories of photography. Goldberg’s books include The Estrangement Principle (Nightboat Books\, 2016) and The Photographer (Roof Books\, 2015). Their exhibition Images on which to build\, 1970s-1990s was on view from 2022-2024 in at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati\, Leslie-Lohman Museum in NYC\, and the Chicago Cultural Center. Goldberg was a recipient of the 2020 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Book Grant and a 2024 Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellow at the New York Public Library\, to support their book-in-progress on trans and queer image cultures of the late 20th century. A proud member of ACT-UAW 7902\, Goldberg has taught at Bard College\, The New School\, New York University\, Pratt Institute\, Cooper Union\, and Rutgers University. Goldberg is in the Winter 2025 Apprenticeship Program at the New York Peace Institute and works independently as a Conflict Mediator. \n  \nClairette Atri Mizrahi studied Social Psychology at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She holds an MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish from New York University and is currently working on her PhD in Critical Social / Personality Psychology at the Graduate Center (CUNY) in NYC. Her first poetry collection\, De la Boca de Mi Madre (self-published)\, explores the intergenerational saying-without-saying\, an alternative way of using language\, of Syrian-Jewish women in Mexico. Her theater script Nunca estás y estás has been selected for various staged readings and play development programs including Cimientos (2024) at IATI Theater and DramaLab (2019) at King Juan Carlos I Center. \n  \nAyaz Orme Muratoglu is a poet\, critic\, and translator working between Istanbul and New York. From 2022-24\, he worked as an audio and technical manager at the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church\, and he curated and edited the 2023-24 chapbook series for the feminist poetry press Belladonna*. Ayaz was born on a Tuesday in April. \n  \nexquisites is a Brooklyn-based queer and trans poetry series co-founded by Em Marie Kohl and danilo machado. Since 2022\, exquisites has hosted over 170 poets at their collectively-curated first Thursday readings held in community spaces throughout Brooklyn. For April-August 2025\, exquisites monthly readings will be at Aberdeen Community Garden in Bushwick. Exquisites also hosts workshops and\, to date\, has published four anthologies. exquisites has received support from the Brooklyn Arts Council (2023\, 2024) and Poets & Writers (2023-2025)\, and is a fiscally-sponsored community project with Fractured Atlas. \n  \nPolish Cultural Institute New York\, established in 2000\, is a diplomatic mission to the United States serving under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. The mission of the Polish Cultural Institute New York is to share Polish heritage\, history and art with American audiences\, and to promote Poland’s contributions to the success of world culture.
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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:Immigrating to the Netherlands for Queer and Trans Folks (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:A workshop for queer and trans Americans who would like information about immigrating to the relatively safe haven of the Netherlands\, a country that is consistently ranked at the top of world rule-of-law indices. \nJeremy Bierbach\, a queer immigration lawyer qualified at the bar of Amsterdam\, and himself an immigrant from the United States\, will explain everything about the Dutch-American Friendship Treaty (often called the “DAFT”)\, a treaty that makes it relatively easy for any US citizen to get a residence permit (a long-term visa) for the Netherlands for the purpose of being an entrepreneur (i.e. as a business owner or freelancer); a US citizen can also be joined by their spouse or partner\, even if that person is not a US citizen and even if they are not married or legally partnered. \nImmigrating this way also provides a path\, after five years’ residence\, to long-term resident status (i.e. a “green card” for the EU) and even citizenship. Subjects covered will include the immigration procedure itself\, as well as issues relating to recognition of name and gender changes and the health care system. There will be plenty of time for Q&A. \n  \n\n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n  \nJeremy Bierbach (he/him) is originally from Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania. In 2001\, Jeremy emigrated to the Netherlands\, where he studied law at the University of Amsterdam and became an attorney specialized in EU civil rights law and Dutch immigration and citizenship law. He lives with his husband in Zaandam\, just outside Amsterdam.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/immigrating-to-the-netherlands/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:FORGOTTEN ANGELS - A Matter of Honor Lesbian Nurses during the Vietnam War (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:An Award Winning New Stage and Film Project by Lesbian Writer\, Director\, Producer Ann P Meredith \nProduced by Swordfish Productions Pictures & Theatricals \nWinner 1st Place Open Meadows Foundation Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwright and the Don and Bruce Brown Foundation’s Donna R Burnes Award \nSCRIPTED PERFORMANCE – May 2nd\, 2025\, 7-8:30pm \nCast – Lisa Davis\, Anne Marie Cicciu\, & Ann Meredith \n  \n\n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n  \nVIETNAM: the most Unpopular & Disliked War in the History of our Country \nShockingly 11\,000 U. S. Women Served in this Most Hated War \n231\,741 Women are 17.3 % of the Military Active-Duty Force \n171\,000 Women are 21.4% of the National Guard & Reserves \n29\,000 are Lesbian & 39\,900 Women Reported Sexual Assaults \n  \nWomen in the Military Face Unique Challenges \nRetention\, Military Sexual Assault\, Gender Discrimination\, Murder\, Under & Unpaid Salaries\, Illegal Discharges\, Inadequate Healthcare 80% of LGBTQ Sexual Harassment Bias-Hate Crimes \n  \nFor More Information Contact: Swordfish Productions Pictures & Theatricals +1.917.806.9078 \nwww.annpmeredith.com \n annpmeredith7@gmail.com \nspecialfilm@gmail.com
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/forgotten-angels/
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 for My Romantic Ideal (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:My Romantic Ideal \nA Queer Photography exhibition curated by Slava Mogutin \nMay 1 – August 31\, 2025 \nOpening reception: Thursday\, May 1\, 6-8 PM\nBureau of General Services—Queer Division\nRoom 210 of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W 13th Street\, NYC 10011 \nFeatured Artists\nAlejandro Ruiz (US-Mexico) @alexandroruixx\nBen Prince (US) @benprinceusa\nBenjamin Fredrickson (US) @benjaminfredrickson2\nBrian Kenny (US) @briankennny\nBruce LaBruce (Canada) @brucelabruce\nCameron Lee Phan (Vietnam-US) @cameronleephan\nCarter Peabody (US-Mexico) @carter_pbd\nDonovan Quiroz (Mexico) @dnvn1\nFrancis Schichtel (US) @francis_schichtel\nGerardo Vizmanos (Spain-Germany) @gerardovizmanos\nGio Black Peter (Guatemala-US) @gioblackpeter11\nJan Wandrag (South Africa-US) @janwandrag\nŁukasz Leja (Poland-US) @lukaszleja\nLuke Abby (UK-Germany) @lukeabby\nMatt Lambert (US-Germany) @dielamb\nMiguel Villalobos (Venezuela-US) @miguelvillalobosnyc\nPaul Mpagi Sepuya (US) @pagmi\nQuil Lemons (US) @quillemons\nRobert Flynt (US) @robertflyntfoto\nRoss Collab (US) @rosscollab\nScott Hug (US) @mr._hug\nSlava Mogutin (Russia-US) @slavamogutin\nStanley Stellar (US) @stellar.fse\nStuart Sandford (UK-Mexico) @stuartsandford\nTom Bianchi (US) @tombianchi\nTony Solis (Mexico) @tonysolisyosoy\nTyler Matthew Oyer (US) @tmostudio\nVictor Jeffreys II (US) @victorjeffreysii \nCuratorial statement: \nMy Romantic Ideal is a queer photography exhibition that explores the intersections of intimacy\, desire\, and identity in the contemporary landscape of escalating culture wars\, with state-sponsored\, religious and corporate homophobia and censorship on the rise on both sides of the Atlantic. \nAs queer artists\, we occupy spaces where love and lust collide\, where fantasy and reality dissolve\, and where the body becomes both a site of pleasure and protest. This collection of work from 28 emerging and established photographers—each with their unique vision\, background\, and experience—offers a kaleidoscopic view into the multifaceted and often contradictory nature of queer romance. \nThe title of the exhibition reflects the tension between societal expectations of romance and the deeply personal\, rebellious\, and liberating expressions of love and desire that queer artists present. Romantic ideals have historically been dictated and shaped by heteronormative frameworks\, but here\, we subvert and redefine them through a queer lens. Each artist challenges\, queers\, and reclaims the concept of romanticism in their own way\, whether through intimate portraiture\, raw documentation of lived experiences\, or surreal\, dreamlike compositions. \nAs a curator\, I aimed to gather a selection of artists whose work resonates with the complexities of queer love\, desire\, and identity in their many forms. These photographers are not simply documenting a queer reality—they are creating new paradigms of romanticism\, fueled by their journeys and passions. Together\, their works form a vibrant intergenerational dialogue about the politics of love\, the performance of romance\, and the transformative power of queer eroticism. \nMy Romantic Ideal is not just an exhibition of photography\, but a declaration of the many ways we\, as queer artists\, claim and redefine love—on our own terms\, with all its contradictions\, joys\, and struggles. \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:Future Queer: an Introduction to José Muñoz (in-person Brooklyn Institute for Social Research course)
DESCRIPTION:The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research presents Future Queer: an Introduction to José Muñoz at the Bureau \nInstructor: Hannah Leffingwell \n“Queerness is not yet here\,” José Esteban Muñoz declares. And yet\, his work is animated by sympathetic\, often exuberant explorations and nuanced analyses of queer performance and queer activism—from the evanescent installations of Felix Gonzales-Torres to the reparative performances of Nao Bustamante. What does it mean\, then\, to propose that queerness has yet to arrive? What are the dimensions of normativity—political\, aesthetic\, temporal—that seek to forestall it? And with what tools might queerness be\, eventually\, realized? Drawing on a wide variety of thinkers\, concepts\, and discourses\, from Ernst Bloch to Lauren Berlant\, from “structures of feeling” to “counterpublics\,” from psychoanalysis to theories of race\, sexuality\, and performance\, Muñoz takes an interdisciplinary and decidedly optimistic approach to queerness as a horizon of radical potentiality. Whether breaking new ground with his theory of disidentification—an anti-normative orientation for queers and people of color that both embraces and subverts stereotypes—or attending to the potency of gesture in drag and dance\, Muñoz helps us envision and construct queer worlds using materials scavenged from the normative trappings of identity. If queerness is not here yet\, how\, thinking with Muñoz\, can we bring it about? \nIn this course we’ll read from José Muñoz’s classic Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity\, examining along the way other essays by him and work by the artists he cites\, including\, among others\, Bustamante\, Gonzalez-Torres\, Amiri Baraka\, Frank O’Hara\, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. We’ll ask: how does “disidentification” traverse the dual allure of identification with and transgression of dominant cultural meanings? What strategies does aesthetics offer\, if what we are seeking is a rearrangement of everyday practices as well as structural and communal change? How might theory itself be re-conceptualized from the perspective of artistic practices? And how might our own engagement—or disidentification—with contemporary discourses bring about queerness in the here and now? \n“Future Queer: an Introduction to José Muñoz (In-Person)” is being held in partnership with the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, an all-volunteer queer cultural center\, bookstore\, and event space hosted by The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. For a limited time\, the Bureau is selling José Muñoz’s Cruising Utopia at a 20% discount ($22.40 instead of $28)—just mention the course when purchasing in-store! \nCourse Schedule\nMonday\, 6:30-9:30pm ET*\nApril 07 — April 28\, 2025\n4 weeks\n$335.00 \nThree scholarship spaces are reserved for each course\, because we realize that not everyone can afford to pay the full fee. Students who cannot pay the full fee should email us at info@thebrooklyninstitute.com to learn about our scholarship options. We will not ask questions about your financial situation\, but we do ask that you use the system in good faith and consider the needs of other students and faculty members. \nRegister here!\n*Please note: the Bureau is not open on Mondays. We will open for this course at 6 PM. \nImage: David Wojnarowicz\, Science Lesson (detail)\, 1982-83.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/future-queer-bisr-4/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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