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SUMMARY:Lesbian Lives Book Celebration (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Closing book celebration for the Lesbian Lives 2025 Conference \nFeaturing readings by Lana Lin\, SaraEllen Strongman\, Padraig Rooney\, Cheryl Clarke\, and Diane DiMassa. \n  \nCopies of the following books will be available for purchase at the event: \nEssential Poems by Pat Parker\, edited by SaraEllen Strongman (Sinister Wisdom\, October 14\, 2025\, paperback\, $19.95) \nThe Autobiography of H. LAN Thao Lam\, Lana Lin (Dorothy A Publishing Project\, September 30\, 2025\, paperback\, $18) \nRebel Angel: The Life and Times of Annemarie Schwarzenbach\, Padraig Rooney (Polity Press\, April 15\, 2025\, hardcover\, $29.95) \nArchive of Style: New and Selected Poems\, Cheryl Clarke (Triquarterly Books\, August 15\, 2024\, hardcover\, $29) \nHothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist\, Diane DiMassa (New York Review Comics\, September 2\, 2025\, paperback\, $34.95) \nTo reserve a copy/copies of any of these titles\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a book/books for October 26 event” in the subject line\, and let us know which titles 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. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \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. \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 \nEven better: \nsign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n  \nAbout the Lesbian Lives 2025 Conference: \nFor the first time since its inception in 1993\, the Lesbian Lives Conference is crossing the Atlantic to New York City! The conference is hosted by the Journal of Lesbian Studies\, Sinister Wisdom\, and CLAGS: the Center for LGBT Studies at the City University of New York. Lesbian Lives brings together academics\, artists\, writers\, and activists to showcase\, enjoy\, and critically analyze lesbian culture. \nRooted in an ethos of inclusivity\, dialogue\, diversity\, and accessibility\, the conference welcomes people of all sexualities and genders. \nLesbian Lives 2025 will be held on October 24 and 25 at the Graduate Center CUNY\, 365 Fifth Avenue\, NY\, NY 10016. \nIn keeping with its arrival in the global city of New York\, this year’s theme is: \n“The Lesbian International: Creating Networks of Knowledge Across Space and Time” \nOur aim is to foster international and interdisciplinary conversations on critical issues in lesbian studies today. By engaging with global scholars\, activists\, and artists\, we seek to deepen understanding of the lesbian erotic and generate new knowledge\, artistic imaginations\, and activist strategies to sustain lesbian lives and resistance. \nUPDATE: Lesbian Lives 2025 is completely sold out. We are running a waiting list for people still interested in joining the conference. Stay tuned for public event announcements as well. To join the wait list for a registration if more become available\, click here. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lesbian-lives-book-celebration/
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:20251028T180000
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SUMMARY:Book Release: Little F with Michelle Tea and Julian Delgado Lopera (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Michelle Tea’s latest work\, Little F – a cross-country road odyssey that follows brings a queer\, teenage runaway from new moon rituals in Arizona canyons to Texas bus stations\, from the luxe drag stages of Houston’s Montrose district to the jazz-soaked streets of the French Quarter and beyond. In this new novel\, Michelle Tea tells the story\, by turns raw\, romantic\, and sweet\, of a sheltered boy taking his first leap into queer life\, among all the complicated queers who live it. \n“Little F is the book I’ve been needing all my life. It’s like Michelle Tea has a magnifying glass pointed straight into every angsty teenage queer’s soul. I can’t wait for everyone to meet Spencer\, her heartbreakingly tender and deliciously messy hero\, whose cross-country odyssey is equal parts To Wong Foo and My So-Called Life. I saw the best parts of myself in this book. The anger. The hunger. The private\, indestructible yearning. I laughed so hard I cried.” —Edgar Gomez\, author of High Risk Homosexual \nWith readings from the book + conversation between Michelle Tea and Julian Delgado Lopera \nPLEASE NOTE: THE BUREAU IS NORMALLY CLOSED ON TUESDAYS.\nWE WILL OPEN AT 5:30 PM ON OCTOBER 28TH FOR THIS EVENT.\n  \nTo reserve a copy of Little F (Feminist Press\, October 14\, 2025\, paperback\, $17.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Little F for October 28 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nYou can also purchase Little F (click on title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nLittle F \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n\n  \nMichelle Tea is the author of over twenty books of fiction\, memoir\, poetry and children’s literature. Her autofiction Valencia\, a cult classic\, won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Fiction. Her essay collection Against Memoir was awarded the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for The Art of the Essay. Tea is also the recipient of awards from the Rona Jaffe Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation. A founder of Drag Queen Story Hour\, she has received honors from the American Library Association and Logo Television. Tea curated the Sister Spit Books series at City Lights Publishers\, founded the ongoing imprint Amethyst Edition at the Feminist Press and is the founding editor of DOPAMINE Books\, a collaboration with Semiotext(e). \n  \nJulián Delgado Lopera is the author of The New York Times acclaimed novel Fiebre Tropical (Feminist Press 2020)\, the Winner of the 2021 Ferro Grumley Award and a 2021 Lambda Literary award; a finalist of the 2020 Kirkus Prize in Fiction and the 2021 Aspen Literary Prize. Julián is also the author of ¡Cuéntamelo! (Aunt Lute 2017) an illustrated bilingual collection of oral histories by LGBT Latinx immigrants which won a 2018 Lambda Literary Award and a 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award. \nJulián’s work has been supported by The National Endowment for the Arts\, The New York Public Library\, Baldwin for the Arts\, Hawthornden Foundation\, Black Mountain Institute\, Creative Work Fund\, Hedgebrook\, California Arts Council\, San Francisco Arts Commission\, Headlands Center for The Arts\, Brush Creek Foundation of the Arts\, Lambda Literary Foundation and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. His work has appeared in American Short Fiction\, Granta\, Teen Vogue\, The Kenyon Review\, McSweeney’s\, The Rumpus\, The White Review\, LALT\, Four Way Review\, Broadly\, TimeOut Mag to name a few. He is the former executive director of RADAR Productions and one of the founders of Drag Queen Story Hour. Julián has been curating Latinx history projects for over 10 years in partnerships with places such as the GLBT Historical Society\, SF Public Library\, El/la Para Translatinas\, Galería de la Raza and Brava Theatre.
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SUMMARY:Dreaming Trans Futures: Lucie Fielding and Avgi Saketopoulou in Conversation (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:In a moment marked by escalating and ever-chilling anti-trans sentiment and violence\, do trans joy\, the trans erotic\, and trans pleasure have a place? How might we go about imagining—and enacting!—pathways that lead to trans thriving? On the occasion of the publication of the second edition of Trans Sex: Nurturing Trans Erotic Embodiment and Gender-Pleasure\, the book’s author\, Lucie Fielding\, and psychoanalyst Avgi Saketopoulou will engage in a wide-ranging conversation that dreams of trans futures steeped in and animated by desire\, solidarity\, mutual entanglement\, and (gender-)pleasure. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Trans Sex: Nurturing Trans Erotic Embodiment and Gender-Pleasure (Routledge\, October 23\, 2025\, paperback\, $28.99) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Trans Sex for October 29 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nYou can also purchase Trans Sex (click on title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nTrans Sex \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n\n  \nLucie Fielding is a therapist\, a sex and kink educator\, and the author of the book Trans Sex: Nurturing Trans Erotic Embodiment and Gender-Pleasure (2nd Ed). The first edition of Trans Sex (2021) Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments (Routledge\, 2021) was shortlisted for a 2022 Lambda Literary Award in the Transgender-Nonfiction category and was awarded the 2022 AASECT Book Award (Book for Sexuality Professionals)\, the 2024 SSTAR Health Professionals Book Award\, and the 2024 APA Division 44 Distinguished Book Award. \n  \nAvgi Saketopoulou is an immigrant from Cyprus and Greece and a practicing psychoanalyst. She teaches at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Her published work centers on issues of queer desire\, consent\, and is committed to renewing sadism as an ethical and political intervention. She is the author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk\, Race\, Traumatophilia and co-author\, with Ann Pellegrini\, of Gender Without Identity. In 2025\, she co-founded P-HOLE (Psychoanalytic Hub for Online Liberatory Education)\, a pro-trans\, pro-queer\, pro-Palestine\, anti-racist learning group\, committed to decolonial practices\, and to disability and economic justice. Her next book project is provisionally titled Sadism’s Offer: Aesthetics and the Revolutionary Impulse. 
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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:20251030T190000
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SUMMARY:Unstoppable: Straight Women on the AIDS Frontlines (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning author Victoria Noe and GMHC Director of Community Relations Krishna Stone in celebrating the release of Noe’s newest book on straight women in the HIV/AIDS community\, UNSTOPPABLE: Straight Women on the AIDS Frontlines. Building on the success of her 2019 ground-breaking F*g Hags\, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the AIDS Community\, Noe turns to how straight women are facing the shock and awe of 2025\, and answering the question ‘where do we go from here?’ A book signing with Noe and some of the women in the book will follow the discussion. \nTo reserve a copy of UNSTOPPABLE: Straight Women on the AIDS Frontlines (King Company Publishing\, September 16\, 2025\, paperback\, $16.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Unstoppable for September 14th event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nYou can also purchase Unstoppable (click on title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nUNSTOPPABLE: Straight Women on the AIDS Frontlines \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\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 \nEven better:  \nsign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n  \n\nDeep into her fourth career\, St. Louis native Victoria Noe is a Chicago-based award-winning author\, speaker and activist with two degrees in theater. Her Friend Grief series – the result of a promise she made to a dying friend – recognizes the importance of friendships in shaping our lives and illuminates an often disrespected form of grief. Noe’s long-time HIV/AIDS activism then led her to write F*g Hags\, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the AIDS Community\, the groundbreaking book that honors the women who changed the course of the epidemic. An accomplished public speaker\, she has presented to a wide variety of organizations and events\, including ACT UP/London\, Mt. Sinai Hospital\, the Muse and the Marketplace\, BookExpo America\, Chicago Women’s History Center\, Printers Row Lit Fest\, and Open Hand/San Francisco\, as well as libraries and bookstores around New York state and the Midwest. During COVID\, she led workshops for Let’s Reimagine and Global Grief Network\, and Honoring Our Experience. Noe’s 2023 book\, What Our Friends Left Behind: Grief and Laughter in a Pandemic\, shares the challenges faced by people who grieved a friend during COVID. \nWith Unstoppable: Straight Women on the AIDS Frontlines\, Noe shares more stories of women in the HIV/AIDS community\, and how they’re responding to the shock and awe of 2025. \nShe is a member of ACT UP/NY\, Alliance of Independent Authors\, and Chicago Writers Association. Try to keep up with her at victorianoe.com or email her at victoria@victorianoe.com. She promises to respond quickly. Probably. \n  \nKrishna Stone is the Director of Community Relations in the Communications Department at GMHC (founded as Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1982\, the world’s first HIV and AIDS service organization). She originally connected with GMHC in 1986 as a walker in the first annual AIDS Walk New York and then started volunteering at GMHC. In 1993\, she became a staff person at GMHC. As of 2024\, she has been an employee for 32 years! She organizes community events such as rallies\, candlelight vigils\, non-denominational gatherings\, press conferences\, local/state/national conferences\, dance party/fundraisers\, panel discussions\, trainings\, and site visits for people all over the world. She coordinates interviews for media outlets\, helps with social media promotion and developing public service campaigns and promotional materials. Krishna is also an ordained non-denominational minister. \nFor 21 years\, she was a volunteer announcer along the route of the annual NYC LGBT Pride March. She continues to volunteer with other community-based organizations as well. In 2014\, she received an award from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “her outstanding dedication to combatting the spread of HIV.” \nIn 2017\, Krishna was one of the four Grand Marshals for the NYC LGBT Pride March and in 2019\, she was awarded the Sam Ciccone Community Service Award by the Gay Officers Action League New York (GOAL-NY). She was also profiled in both of Victoria Noe’s books on straight women in the AIDS community. \nIn 2020\, she received the Gay City News Impact Award for her commitment and service for the LGBTQ+ community. And in 2021\, she was spotlighted by POZ Magazine’s POZ 100: “Black Advocates—both HIV positive and negative—who are making a difference in the fight against HIV and AIDS in the United States”. On December 1\, 2022\, she received the World AIDS Day award from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene “for her work at GMHC and planning past World AIDS Day citywide events.” \nShe is the proud mother of her 30-year-old daughter\, Parade. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/unstoppable-viki-noe/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fire Island Invasion (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Fire Island Invasion\nBook Reading • Photo Presentation • Live Conversation\nPhotographer Anderson Zaca and cover star Fifi Dubois bring the legendary Fire Island Invasion to life with stories\, images\, and insight.Zaca’s striking black-and-white portraits celebrate drag as protest\, pageantry\, and pure brilliance—rooted in the rebellious spirit of the ’70s and still dazzling today. \nTo reserve a copy of Fire Island Invasion\, Anderson Zaca(Damiani Ltd\, May 6\, 2025\, hardcover\, $50)\, write to contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Fire Island Invasion for November 1 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nYou can also purchase Fire Island Invasion (click on title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nFire Island Invasion \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\n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/fire-island-invasion/
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:20251106T180000
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SUMMARY:Kids on the Street: Joseph Plaster in conversation with Hugh Ryan (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join authors Joseph Plaster and Hugh Ryan as they discuss Kids on the Street: Queer Kinship and Religion in San Francisco’s Tenderloin\, a hidden history of queer and trans street youth who\, abandoned by family and society\, forged street families\, faith traditions\, and mutual aid networks to survive in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. \nKids on the Street is the winner of The Publishing Triangle’s 2024 Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction\, the Urban History Association’s Joe William Trotter\, Jr. Book Prize for best first book in urban history\, and the 2024 Oral History Association Book Award. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Kids on the Street (Duke University Press\, February 24\, 2023\, paperback\, $28.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Kids on the Street for November 6 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nYou can also purchase Kids on the Street (click on title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nKids on the Street \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\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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n\n\nHugh Ryan is the author of When Brooklyn Was Queer\, The Women’s House of Detention\, and the memoir My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer 90s (and Beyond!)\, forthcoming in 2026. \n  \nJoseph Plaster is a queer public historian and author of Kids on the Street: Queer Kinship and Religion in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. He teaches and directs public humanities programs at Johns Hopkins University. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/kids-on-the-street/
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:20251107T193000
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SUMMARY:Expanding Dissociation-Informed Psychoanalytic Practice (registration required)
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, psychoanalysis has expanded its focus moving beyond repressive symptomatology to include dissociative processes. Concepts such as Howell and Itkowitz’s dissociative unconscious\, Bollas’s unthought known\, Stern’s unformulated experience\, and my own idea of unexperienced-experience have become increasingly central in both theoretical and clinical discourse.  Despite this growing attention\, significant ambiguity remains particularly around distinguishing ordinary dissociation from defensive dissociation\, as well as in understanding the various forms defensive dissociation can take. It’s common to conflate dissociation as a defense mechanism with dissociation as a structural feature of the self. \nDrawing on Sullivan’s view of the self as a system\, I propose a self-state continuum model of dissociative functioning—from a relatively continuous self-system to one that is structurally discontinuous. I differentiate between “dissociation of content” versus “dissociation as a structure of the self\,” and highlight clinical phenomena that may help practitioners recognize these dynamics in their work. I will also illuminate some of the structural aspects of dissociation as a self-organization and provide clinical examples to illustrate how these patterns may manifest in treatment. \n  \nTICKETS: $50.00\nStudent tickets $25.00\n(Proof of student status required) \nFree for MIP candidates (RSVP candidates only) \nTHIS IS A HYBRID EVENT: IN PERSON AND ONLINE \nCLICK HERE TO PAY AND REGISTER TO ATTEND IN PERSON \nTIME: 7:30 to 9:30PM \nLOCATION: Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\nRoom 210 of The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\n208 W 13th St\, NY NY 10011 \n***\nCLICK HERE TO PAY AND REGISTER TO ATTEND ONLINE \nYou will receive a Zoom link after you register. \n  \nContinuing Education Hours: 2\nThe Manhattan Institute is a NY State approved provider of continuing education hours for: LCSW\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC and Licensed Psychologists. \n  \nJohanna Dobrich\, LCSW\, holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Rutgers University and is a graduate of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy’s (ICP) four-year psychoanalytic training program. She is a licensed clinical social worker with a private practice in New York City. Johanna has served on the faculty of ICP\, the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC)\, and the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP)\, where she has taught courses on trauma\, dissociation\, and contemporary psychoanalytic practice from a Relational perspective. She also supervises candidates in psychoanalytic training. She has served on the Board at ICP and currently holds a position as an advisory member. She also teaches and consults in the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis’s Certificate Program in Trauma Studies. \nJohanna is the author of Working with Survivor Siblings in Psychoanalysis\, for which she received the 2023 Sandor Ferenczi Award from the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). She has published numerous articles and is recognized for her thoughtful writing on trauma\, dissociation\, and relational psychoanalysis. Her work offers insights into the complexities of loss\, mourning\, and the emotional lives of “survivor siblings”. Through her articles and book chapters\, she bridges theory and clinical practice\, providing valuable perspectives on developmental trauma and promoting healing through psychoanalytic approaches. \nShe is currently completing a book titled Moving from Grievance to Hope in Psychoanalysis: Applied Case Studies\, which explores the use of psychoanalytic tools to promote social and collective healing within the socio-cultural field. The book is slated for publication in winter 2026 as part of Donnel Stern’s Psychoanalysis in a New Key series.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/expanding-dissociation-informed-psychoanalytic-practice/
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: November 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 November 8th meeting\, we’ll read Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America\, Lillian Faderman (Columbia University Press\, February 1\, 2012\, paperback\, $24.95). Purchase a copy before November 8th\, and receive a 15% discount ($21.22 instead of $24.95). Just mention the lesbian book club when making your purchase. \n\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-november-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:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T071345
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SUMMARY:OUTspoken: The Publishing Triangle's Reading Series\, November Edition
DESCRIPTION:The Publishing Triangle presents the November edition of its monthly OUTspoken Reading Series as host Rob Byrnes welcomes Steven Reigns\, Rodney Rhoda Taylor\, Geoffrey Newman\, and GOODW.Y.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\nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project!
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/outspoken-november-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:20251115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T071345
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SUMMARY:Holiday and Everyday Greeting Card Making Workshop (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Teresa Theophano for this fun\, hands-on paper crafting workshop. We’ll create holiday and everyday greeting cards together; materials will be provided\, but feel free to bring your favorite art supplies to use\, too. All skill levels welcome! \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.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/holiday-and-everyday-greeting-card-making-workshop/
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:20251119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T071345
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SUMMARY:Radical Queer Reading Group (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Starting on November 19th\, the Bureau is hosting a brand new monthly reading group: the Radical Queer Reading Group! \nJoin us as we read radical leftist texts with a focus on queer liberation\, anti-capitalism\, and anti-colonialism. For November 19th\, we’re reading EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK COMMUNE\, 2052–2072 by M.E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi (Common Notions\, August 2\, 2022\, paperback).\n  \nWe’re meeting Wednesday\, November 19th at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division in room 210 of The LGBT Community Center in the West Village\, 7-8 PM.\n  \nCopies of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune\, 2052-2072\, by M.E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi (Common Notions\, August 2\, 2022\, paperback\, $18) are available to purchase at the Bureau. Purchase the book before November 19th and receive 15% off ($15.30 instead of $18). Just mention the Radical Queer Reading Group when you check out.\n  \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  \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. \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n  \nThe next meeting of the Radical Queer Reading Group will take place on Wednesday\, December 17th\, at 7 PM.\nStarting in January 2026\, the Radical Queer Reading Group will meet on the second Wednesday of every month.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/radical-queer-reading-group-november/
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:20251120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T071345
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SUMMARY:Heretic: A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism\, Empire\, and the Lies We Are Sold (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join Jeanna Kadlec for a reading and discussion of her memoir\, Heretic: A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism\, Empire\, and the Lies We Are Sold. Jeanna will be joined in conversation by Bureau co-founder Greg Newton\, who also survived a childhood in the world of American white evangelical Christianity.\n  \nAbout Heretic :\n \nA memoir of leaving the evangelical church and the search for radical new ways to build community. Jeanna Kadlec knew what it meant to be faithful–in her marriage to a pastor’s son\, in the comfortable life ahead of her\, in her God–but there was no denying the truth that lived under that conviction: she was queer and\, if she wanted to survive\, she would need to leave behind the church and every foundational building block she knew.\n \nHeretic is a memoir of rebirth. Within\, Kadlec reckons with religious trauma and Midwestern values\, as a means of unveiling how evangelicalism directly impacts every American–religious or not–and has been a major force in driving our democracy towards fascism. From the story of Lilith to celebrity purity rings\, Kadlec interrogates how her indoctrination and years of piety intersects with her Midwest working-class upbringing. As she navigated graduate school\, a new home on the East Coast\, and a new marriage\, another insidious truth began to reveal itself –that conservative Christianity has both built and undermined our political power structures\, poisoned our pop culture\, and infected how we interact with one another in ways that the secular population couldn’t see.\n \nWeaving the personal with powerful critique\, Heretic explores how we can radically abandon these painful systems by taking a sledgehammer to the comfortable. Whether searching for community in the face of millennial loneliness or wanting to reclaim a secular form of fellowship in everyday life\, Kadlec envisions the brilliant possibilities that come with not only daring to want a different way but actually striking out and claiming it for ourselves. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Heretic: A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism\, Empire\, and the Lies We Are Sold (Harper Perennial)\, September 23\, 2025\, paperback\, $18.99) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Heretic for November 20 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n \nYou can also purchase Heretic (click on title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nHeretic: A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism\, Empire\, and the Lies We Are Sold \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 \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served.\n \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \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.\n \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n  \nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n \nJeanna Kadlec is the author of Heretic: A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism\, Empire\, and the Lies We Are Sold and the forthcoming Astrology for Artists. A born and raised Midwesterner\, she now lives in New York City with her wife.\n \n \nGreg Newton (he/him) moved to New York City from Connecticut in 1991\, leaving behind the world of American white evangelical Christianity. He was pursuing a PhD in art history at the City University of New York Graduate Center and teaching art history and writing at Parsons The New School for Design before deciding to leave academia to found the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division with his partner\, Donnie Jochum\, in 2012. \n \n \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/heretic/
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:20251122T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T183000
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SUMMARY:Healing\, Pleasure\, and Play: A Queer Take on Psychedelics (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join director/actor Marco Calvani and author Joe Dolce for an intimate\, mind-expanding conversation about Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook for Mindful Exploration. \nThese two longtime friends will dive into the unique connection between LGBTQ people and psychedelics — how these sacred molecules have fueled healing\, creativity\, and ecstatic self-discovery. Expect a candid\, provocative dialogue about how psychedelics can be used to deepen emotional and sexual intimacy\, dissolve old stories\, and awaken new layers of pleasure and transformation. \nIf you’ve ever wondered how expanded states of consciousness can open the heart\, ignite desire\, and bring more authenticity to your relationships — this is a conversation you won’t want to miss. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook for Mindful Exploration (Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers\, August 5\, 2025\, paperback\, $24.99) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Modern Psychedelics for November 22 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nYou can also purchase Modern Psychedelics (click on title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nModern Psychedelics \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n\nJoe Dolce is the author of Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook of Mindful Exploration and Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis.. He is also the founder and CEO of Medical Cannabis Mentor\, an online education platform serving healthcare providers\, dispensary personnel\, and community colleges around the US. When not exploring the intersection of substances and consciousness\, Joe runs Joe Dolce Communications\, one of New York’s most esteemed presentation and media training companies. He is the former editor-in-chief of Details magazine and he lives in Brooklyn\, NY. \n  \nMarco Calvani is an award-winning writer\, director\, producer and actor. Over the course of his twenty-year career he has received commissions from the Phoenix Theatre of London\, Kunsthaus Tacheles of Berlin\, and La MaMaTheatre of New York\, among others. His first feature film High Tide premiered at SXSW to critical acclaim and features Brazilian star Marco Pigossi\, Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei and Tony-winner Bill Irwin. As an actor\, he co-stars in Tina Fey’s The Four Seasons (Netflix) playing opposite Oscar-nominees Steve Carell and Colman Domingo. The show returns for a second season in 2026.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/healing-pleasure-and-play-a-queer-take-on-psychedelics/
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:20251123T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T071345
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SUMMARY:Fight the Power! 15 Years of HOMOCATS Closing Party (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the closing party for \nFight the Power! 15 Years of HOMOCATS ! \nSpecial guests will read zines\nfrom the HOMOCATS zine series at 6 PM:\n\nRay Cha\nAbi Cohen\nLeah Gabriel\nAndrew Greene\nRichard Haines\nLaura Klein\nJoseph Kaminski\nLloyd Mulvey\nKaren Paris\nJoe Westmoreland\n  \nAbout the exhibition: \nHOMOCATS and the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division are excited to present Fight the Power! 15 Years of HOMOCATS\, an art exhibition celebrating 15 years of the HOMOCATS zine series. \nJ. Morrison created the HOMOCATS at a printmaking residency at the Anderson Ranch in Colorado in 2010. Morrison was inspired during Obama’s presidency to create a zine advocating for affordable health care\, marriage equality\, and equal rights. 15 years on\, HOMOCATS continues this quest with a mission to fight phobias\, champion equal rights for all\, combat harmful cultural stereotypes\, and challenge stigmas\, all while protesting the current U.S. administration. Paying homage to historic queer symbols such as the rainbow flag and pink triangle\, Morrison’s work also engages pop art and pop culture with playfulness and humor. \nThe exhibition takes its name from the first HOMOCATS zine\, “Fight the Power\,” and features some of the original posters that were first shown in 2013 at the Bureau’s original location\, at  Strange Loop Gallery in Chinatown\, NYC. The exhibition also includes a selection of digital c-prints (seen on TV shows)\, print editions\, and artwork from the series. HOMOCATS zines and hand-screen-printed apparel are available for purchase at the Bureau. \nThe zines are beloved and collected by many museums\, universities\, and libraries worldwide\, including the NY Public Library\, MoMA\, the Whitney\, and the Met. The zines were featured in the “Over the Rainbow” exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and are currently on view at the University of Texas Fine Art Library in Austin. \nFor more information about HOMOCATS and J. Morrison visit: homocats.com \n  \nExhibition Dates: September 26 – November 23\, 2025 \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/homocats-closing/
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:20251128
DTSTAMP:20260404T071345
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SUMMARY:Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on \nThanksgiving\, Thursday\, November 27th\, \nand Friday\, November 28th.\nThe Center will open at 5 PM on both dates.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-for-thanksgiving-holiday-2/
LOCATION:NY
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251129
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SUMMARY:Bureau closed on Friday\, November 28th
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on \nThanksgiving\, Thursday\, November 27th\, \nand Friday\, November 28th.\nThe Center will open at 5 PM on both dates.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bureau-closed-on-friday-november-28th/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T200000
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SUMMARY:4th Annual Rebel Satori World AIDS Day Book Release and Reading (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The Library of Homosexual Congress\, a Rebel Satori imprint\, is proud to reissue two seminal novels from the AIDS crisis: Bo Huston’s Remember Me and Sacred Lips of the Bronx by Douglas Sadownick. \nTom Cardamone from the Rebel Satori imprint\, The Library of Homosexual Congress\, will read from Bo Huston’s work. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Remember Me (Library of Homosexual Congress\, November 11\, 2025\, paperback\, $17.95) and/or Sacred Lips of the Bronx (Library of Homosexual Congress\, November 4\, 2025\, paperback\, $23.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Remember Me and/or Sacred Lips of the Bronx for December 3 event” in the subject line\, and in the body of the email let us know which book you’d like to purchase or if you’d like to purchase both. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nYou can also purchase Remember Me and/or Sacred Lips of the Bronx (click on either title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nRemember Me \nSacred Lips of the Bronx \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n\n  \nRemember Me by Bo Huston \nThis elegiac novel\, first published in 1991\, is the story of smalltown friendship\, longing\, and the impact of AIDS on a young gay writer’s now fleeting artistic ambition. In prose poetic yet uncompromising\, Huston’s work brings a life from the margins to the forefront like no other novel from an era of overwhelming prejudice\, fear and powerful resilience. \nA three-time Lambda Literary Award nominee\, Bo Huston (1959 – 1993) was the author of two novels and two short story collections. A columnist for the San Francisco Times\, he was a co-founder of the LGBT literary conference Out/Write and participated in the first March on Washington DC. Huston received his HIV diagnosis in 1988 and in diminishing health orchestrated his own exit on May 24th\, 1993. \n  \nSacred Lips of the Bronx by Douglas Sadownick \n“Sadownick’s ambitious first novel combines AIDS activism\, Jewish folklore\, New Age therapies\, kinky sex\, and some extraordinary passages about life in contemporary Venice\, California\, and the Bronx of yesteryear. At the center is Michael Kaplan\, an AIDS journalist living in post-riot Los Angeles. Sadownick juxtaposes the ghosts of Michael’s adolescence in the Bronx –his Polish grandmother Frieda\, his jazz musician brother\, and his Puerto Rican teenage lover –against his current struggles in L.A.\, particularly his deteriorating 10-year relationship with Robert\, an AIDS activist and performance artist.” \n-Publishers Weekly \n  \nDouglas Sadownick was born on Shakespeare Avenue in the Bronx\, where he first encountered the allure of gay desire amidst the gritty sensuality of urban life. His intellectual journey took him to Columbia College\, where he studied Plato and Baldwin\, developing a lifelong fascination with homosexual Eros. He later earned a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute and founded the nation’s first LGBT Specialization in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University in 2006. He also established the Colors LGBTQ Youth Counseling Center. \nIn addition to Sacred Lips of the Bronx (1994)\, he’s the author of Sex Between Men: An Intimate History of the Sex Lives of Gay Men Postwar to Present (1996) and Healing Gay Sex and Love: A Group Experience (2025).
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/4th-annual-rebel-satori-world-aids-day-book-release-and-reading/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reclaiming Liberation from Palestine to the World: Letters from a Living Utopia Book Launch and discussion with Yaffa AS\, Leah Kim\, and Rabab Abdulhadi (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:A love letter to liberation\, from Palestine to the ground beneath your feet. \nWhen you think of freedom\, where are you? And where are you headed? Dreaming of freedom from within the occupied and displaced worlds of Palestine\, Letters from a Living Utopia engages with utopia as both a destination and a potential present. Addressing past and future selves among other crucial figures\, Mx. Yaffa builds epistolary bridges in these pages\, connecting the historical struggle for liberation of the land and its people with the intimate ways that we can recover hope–now and in the years to come. \nEmerging during a time of generational dispossession\, monstrous genocide\, and personal pain\, Letters from a Living Utopia is a journey of resilient repair that will leave every reader with the deeply felt certainty that Palestine will be free\, but also that Palestine has always been free. \nYaffa AS will be joined in conversation by Leah Kim and Rabab Abdulhadi \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Letters from a Living Utopia: Reclaiming Liberation from Palestine to the World (Common Notions\, October 7\, 2025\, paperback\, $18) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Letters from a Living Utopia for December 4 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nYou can also purchase Letters from a Living Utopia (click on title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nLetters from a Living Utopia:\nReclaiming Liberation from Palestine to the World \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  \nWE ASK ALL ATTENDEES TO PLEASE WEAR MASKS. \nFREE MASKS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO OUR ROOM. \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. \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n  \n  \nMx. Yaffa (they/she) is a disabled\, autistic\, trans\, queer Muslim and indigenous Palestinian culture worker and organizer. The author of Blood Orange\, Whispers Beneath the Orange Grove\, and Desecrated Poppies\, Yaffa is also editor of Inara: Light of Utopia and executive director of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD). \n  \nRabab Abdulhadi\, founding Director/Senior scholar of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies Program at SFSU\, is co-founding Editorial Board member of Islamophobia Studies Journal\, lead editor of book volumes and author of over 80 articles and book chapters in seven languages. She received her PhD from Yale University (2000) and scholarly awards and community honors\, including Sterling Fellowship\, New Century Scholarship\, best non-fiction book award\, and American Association of University Professors\, National Women’s Studies Association. She is compiling critical oral histories of Palestinian activism and editing an anthology on Teaching Palestine; and roundtables on Black Liberation; Abolition and Reparations; and Whose Narrative? Gender\, Justice and Palestine. \n  \nLeah Kim is a mental health advocate and host of the Voices on the Side podcast. She writes about motherhood and mental health on her blog On-Motherhood.com. She has been featured in Women’s Health\, Shape\, Garage\, and Matches Fashion and on sites such as mother.ly\, Medium\, and Tiny Buddha. Her writing has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar\, PT Magazine\, Assemblage\, Just Breathe\, Get the Gloss\, Top Sante\, and Metro UK. Kim is the author of From Office Hell to Yoga Heaven: Jumpstart Your Career as a Yoga Instructor. She was Nike’s first ever Yoga Athlete and spent over a decade as Nike’s Global Yoga Ambassador. Leah is the author of  Mom\, Unfiltered coming out Apr 2026. Leah lives in Brooklyn\, New York.\n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/letters-from-a-living-utopia/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gary Fisher: "Unpolished Truths" on the Erotics of Racism  Presented by  AVGI SAKETOPOULOU\, PSY.D (registration required)
DESCRIPTION:At a time when psychoanalysis is struggling to think about race\, what does it look like if we dare to engage race not from the perspective of identity\, but of eroticism? And what if\, to push things further\, we take up not “respectable” or palatable sexuality that does the work of “racial uplift” (Musser) but tend to sexuality that tangles violence\, trauma\, and the gnarled history of slavery with arousal and excitement? \nIn this presentation\, Avgi Saketopoulou turns to the work of Gary Fisher\, a black gay man who died of AIDS in the 1980s\, whose posthumously published notebook is filled with fantasies of racial abjection in the hands of\, or under the boot of\, a white man. When first published\, Fisher’s writing shocked academics theorizing race\, leaving them “speechless” (Reid-Pharr); but its subsequent engagement produced a series of important and fresh theorizations that psychoanalysis has yet to take up. What can psychoanalysis learn from Fisher and from those who wrote about him that exceeds what we think we already know about trauma\, racialization\, and the workings of the sexual unconscious? Bringing together Jean Laplanche\, queer of color critique\, and Black feminisms\, Saketopoulou offers a series of challenging propositions that may help us expand our capacity to think clinically with and about race and interracial erotics. \nTICKETS: $50.00\nStudent tickets $25.00\n(Proof of student status required) \nFree for MIP candidates (RSVP candidates only) \nTHIS IS A HYBRID EVENT: IN PERSON AND ONLINE \nCLICK HERE TO PAY AND REGISTER TO ATTEND IN PERSON \nTIME: 7:30 to 9:30PM \nLOCATION: Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\nRoom 210 of The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\n208 W 13th St\, NY NY 10011 \n***\nCLICK HERE TO PAY AND REGISTER TO ATTEND ONLINE \nYou will receive a Zoom link after you register. \nContinuing Education Hours: 2\nThe Manhattan Institute is a NY State approved provider of continuing education hours for: LCSW\, LMSW\, LCAT\, LMHC and Licensed Psychologists. \nAvgi Saketopoulou\, Psy.D. is an immigrant from Cyprus and from Greece and a psychoanalyst practicing in NY. She serves on the faculty of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and her publications have received numerous prizes\, including twice the annual prize of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association\, the Ralph Roughton Award\, the Ruth Stein Prize\, and the Symonds Prize. Her interview on relational psychoanalysis is in the permanent holdings of the Freud Museum (Vienna). Her monograph\, Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk\, Race\, Traumatophilia (2023) braids psychoanalysis with performance studies\, philosophy\, and queer of color critique to explore the vicissitudes of overwhelm and repetition. She is co-author\, with Ann Pellegrini\, of Gender Without Identity\, which includes a re-worked version of the essay for which they received the IPA’s First Tiresias Prize. Her thinking also appears in critical conversation with Dominique Scarfone in The Reality of the Message: Psychoanalysis in the Wake of Jean Laplanche. She is currently working on her next book project provisionally titled The Currents of Sadism: Insurgency\, Psychoanalysis\, and Confusional Aesthetics.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/gary-fisher-unpolished-truths/
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 The Garden (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, December 6\, from 6 to 8 PM\, for the Opening Reception for The Garden! \nThe Garden is an art exhibition inspired by Monique Wittig’s essay “The Garden\,” translated by Lorie Sauble-Otto in GLQ (2007). Wittig\, a French author\, philosopher\, and lesbian theorist\, imagined radical spaces for lesbian existence; this show offers a contemporary interpretation of that vision. \nFeaturing darkroom prints\, collage\, scanned flowers\, a card deck\, portraits\, and video\, The Garden arrives at a moment of renewed threats to LGBTQ+ lives. Showcasing work by Rhiannon Adam\, Deborah Bright\, Sara Duell\, Naima Green\, Lindsey Perryman\, Sunny Leerasanthanah\, Tray Tsui\, the exhibition centers lesbian vision\, presence\, creativity\, and connection. \nThe Garden will be on view at the Bureau from December 6\, 2025 through March 1\, 2026. \nDownload a PDF of Monique Wittig article “The Garden\,” originally published in French in 1978\, and translated by Lorie Sauble-Otto for a 2007 issue of GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies (Vol. 13\, No. 4). \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/opening-reception-the-garden/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lessons in Drag - A conversation between Kareem Khubchandani & Elyssa Maxx Goodman (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the recent release of Lessons in Drag: A Queer Manual for Academics\, Artists\, and Aunties\, this conversation brings together two of the most exciting public thinkers writing about DRAG. Together\, Kareem Khubchandani and Elyssa Maxx Goodman will discuss themes that appear in the book\, including drag’s place in the university\, the nightclub as a site of care\, the magic of lip synch\, and performance’s ability to hold history and map futures. \nThe conversation models the form of Lessons in Drag\, which opens with a thought-provoking dialogue between scholar Kareem Khubchandani and his drag persona LaWhore Vagistan. The book unfolds in alternating chapters where the two exchange insights\, stories\, and critiques. Khubchandani delves into the lessons LaWhore’s drag practice offers about academia—shaping his approaches to research\, teaching\, and writing—while Vagistan reveals how Khubchandani’s scholarship influences her performances\, inspiring her understanding of fashion\, music\, divas\, and aunties. Together\, their reflections and conversations weave a compelling tapestry of drag’s instructive power. Witty\, bold\, and deeply personal\, Lessons in Drag is both an invitation to explore drag as a practice and a celebration of its transformative potential. \nLessons in Drag was published in October 2025 by Brandeis University Press. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Lessons in Drag: A Queer Manual for Academics\, Artists\, and Aunties (Brandeis University Press\, October 29\, 2025\, paperback\, $29.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Lessons in Drag for December 7 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nYou can also purchase Lessons in Drag (click on title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nLessons in Drag \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. \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n  \nKareem Khubchandani is the author of the award-winning books Decolonize Drag and Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife. He is also co-editor of the Lambda Literary-nominated Queer Nightlife\, guest editor of Text and Performance Quarterly’s “Critical Aunty Studies\,” and associate editor for GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. Kareem is Associate Professor of theater\, dance\, and performance studies at Tufts University. His newest book\, Lessons in Drag: A Queer Manual for Academics\, Artists\, and Aunties is now out from Brandeis University Press. \n  \nElyssa Maxx Goodman is the author of National Bestseller Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City\, named a 2024 Stonewall Honor Book\, one of Vogue’s Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2023\, one of Booklist’s Best History Books of 2023\, and a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ+ Nonfiction. Elyssa has presented her drag history work on CNN\, at Lincoln Center\, the New-York Historical Society\, and more. Her writing has been published in The New York Times\, Vogue\, and Vanity Fair\, among many others.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lessons-in-drag/
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 Final tour stop for Middle Spoon\, with Alejandro Varela and Miguel Gutierrez: A conversation about heartbreak\, polyamory\, public health\, George Michael\, Regina King\, and the Department of Sanitation (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join author Alejandro Varela as he discusses his new book MIDDLE SPOON with Miguel Gutierrez: A conversation about heartbreak\, polyamory\, public health\, George Michael\, Regina King\, and the Department of Sanitation. \n“Middle Spoon subverts the ordinary novel with intelligence and vulnerability. . . . Varela has made a sly\, analytical opera of the heart.” —Andrew Sean Greer\, author of Less and Less Is Lost \n“A rollicking delight! . . . Varela asks provocative questions about the shape of family and the nature of love.” —Ada Calhoun\, New York Times bestselling author of Crush \nOne of Today’s 50 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2025 · Named a Must-Read Book of Fall 2025 by Town & Country\, W Magazine\, and more \nA whip-smart\, blazingly funny novel about heartbreak\, unconventional love\, and the way society could be\, from National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela \nThe narrator of Middle Spoon appears to be living the dream: He has a doting husband\, two precocious children\, all the comforts of a quiet bourgeois life—and a sexy younger boyfriend to accompany him to farmers markets and cocktail parties. But when his boyfriend abruptly dumps him\, he spirals into heartbreak for the first time and must confront a world still struggling to understand polyamorous relationships. Faced with the judgment of friends and the sting of rejection\, he’s left to wonder if sharing a life with both his family and his lover could ever truly be possible. \nWith a big heart and just the right dose of the anxieties that define the modern era\, Middle Spoon skewers the unspoken rules we still live by—from taboos around intimacy to the shortcomings of Oscar season\, pop culture\, and gluten-free food—offering a surprising perspective on love\, loss\, and reinvention. Equal parts heart-wrenching and uproariously funny\, Middle Spoon is for anyone who has longed\, nursed a broken heart\, or grappled with love at its messiest. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Middle Spoon (Viking\, September 9\, 2025\, hardcover\, $30) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Middle Spoon for December 10 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nYou can also purchase Middle Spoon (click on title below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nMiddle Spoon \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n\n  \nAlejandro Varela’s debut novel\, The Town of Babylon\, was a finalist for the National Book Award. His short story collection\, The People Who Report More Stress\, was one of Publishers Weekly’s best works of fiction in 2023\, a finalist for the International Latino Book Awards\, and longlisted for the Aspen Literary Prize\, the Story Prize\, and the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Varela is an editor-at-large of Apogee Journal\, holds a master’s degree in public health\, and is based in New York. \n  \nMiguel Gutierrez (he/him) is an artist and educator living between Lenapehoking/Brooklyn\, NY and Tovaangar/Los Angeles. Recent performance work includes Super Nothing\, a dance blueprint for queer survival developed through the Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist program at New York Live Arts\, and sueño\, his music project of original songs. His work has been presented internationally for over twenty years in venues such as Festival D’Automne in Paris\, REDCAT\, Brooklyn Academy of Music\, Festival Universitario in Colombia\, and as a selected artist in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. His writing has appeared in BOMB online\, Small Press Traffic’s The Back Room\, InDance\, and most recently in SLUTS anthology from Dopamine Press and in Entanglements\, a monograph on work by collaborative artists Luke George and Daniel Kok. His podcast\, Are You For Sale? examines the ethical entanglement between dance making and funding.www.miguelgutierrez.org
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/middle-spoon/
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SUMMARY:Office Hours Fall 2025 Showcase Reading (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join us Friday\, December 12th\, 2025 at 7 PM EDT for the Office Hours Fall 2025 Showcase Reading\, a hybrid event (both in person readers & virtual). In person readers will gather at the Bureau of General Services–Queer Division and virtual readers will appear on a screen. Current fellows from the Office Hours Poetry Workshop will read sparkling new work they developed in the Fall 2025 cohort.  \nOffice Hours Poetry Workshop is a community-run organization for poets with a dedicated commitment to writing. We particularly hold space for LBGTQ+\, POC\, and femme-identified writers.\n \nList of readers:  \nIn person: \nDina Abdulhadi \nSuzanne Highland \nMegan Murtha \nSarah M. Sala \nJ. Freeborn \nAbba Belgrave \nDonauta Watson \nMichael M. Weinstein  \nOn Zoom: \nShakeema Smalls \nJames Fujinami Moore \nRyan Dzelzkalns \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project!
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/office-hours-fall-2025-showcase/
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: December 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 December 13th meeting\, we’ll read Hijab Butch Blues\, Lamya H. (Dial Press\, February 6\, 2024\, paperback\, $20). Purchase a copy before December 13th\, and receive a 15% discount ($17 instead of $20). Just mention the lesbian book club when making your purchase. \n\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-december-edition-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:Book Launch: The Best Bi Erotica of the Year\, Volume Two (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to attend the launch of The Best Bi Erotica of the Year\, Volume 2. This event will include readings from the anthology by contributing authors Eskay Kabba and Maeve Blackhead\, as well as with editor Christian Pan. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of The Best Bi Erotica of the Year\, Volume 2 please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Best Bi Erotica for December 13 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. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \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. \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n  \nChristian Pan is the author of 24 previous books of erotic fiction\, including The Diary (with Jenna Citrus)\, Wilding (Passionate Plume Finalist in Erotic Fiction – Long)\, Reunion (Passionate Plume Finalist in Erotic Fiction; International Impact Book Award Winner in Romance)\, Stockholm Syndrome (Passionate Plume Finalist in Erotic Fiction)\, At the End of the World (Star Recommendation for Erotica – Literally Lovesick; Golden Pigtails Finalist for Dark/Taboo Erotica)\, among others. He edited both volumes of The Best Bi Erotica of the Year\, is a Creative Producer for Incision Press\, and hosts the Pulse Session segment for the monthly podcast All the Filthy Details. \n  \nMaeve Blackhead lives in New York City. \n  \nEskay Kabba Wife\, mother\, partner\, daughter\, sister\, friend\, social worker\, life skills coach and part-time erotic romance novelist\, Eskay Kabba finds the complexity of human nature and creates romantic and erotic love stories. Eskay pens erotic romance novels that celebrate the LGBTQ community\, people of color\, and interracial relationships. When not writing about the throes of passion\, Eskay finds joy in spending time with her family and loved ones\, reading dystopia and fantasy series\, and binging a popular show from a streaming app. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/best-bi-erotica-of-the-year-volume-two/
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 Fig Thief Book Launch Party (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The Fig Thief : Gabriella M. Belfiglio’s Debut Poetry Book Bash at the Bureau\, Sunday\, December 14th\, 3-6pm. \nPlease join us as we celebrate with readings\, antics\, and all-around fun\, featuring the poet and special guests Donna Minkowitz\, Annie Lanzillotto\, and JP Howard! \n  \nTo reserve a copy of The Fig Thief (Guernica Editions\, October 1\, 2025\, paperback\, $17.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of The Fig Thief for Dec. 14 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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n\n  \nGabriella M. Belfiglio is the author of the poetry collection\, The Fig Thief. She is a winner of the W.B. Yeats Poetry Contest. Belfiglio has writing published in the award-winning anthology Poetic Voices Without Borders\, The Potomac Review\, Folio\, The Monterey Poetry Review\, The Centrifugal Eye\, and Lambda Literary Review\, among other places. \nShe is a queer artist and teacher and mother living in New York City.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-fig-thief-book-launch-party/
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:20251217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251217T200000
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SUMMARY:Radical Queer Reading Group: Assata (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we read radical leftist texts with a focus on queer liberation\, anti-capitalism\, and anti-colonialism. For December 17th\, we’re reading Assata by Assata Shakur (Lawrence Hill Books\, November 1\, 1999\, paperback\, $19.99).\n  \nWe’ll meet on Wednesday\, December 17th at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division in room 210 of The LGBT Community Center in the West Village\, 7-8 PM.\n  \nCopies of Assata by Assata Shakur (Lawrence Hill Books\, November 1\, 1999\, paperback\, $19.99) are available to purchase at the Bureau. Purchase the book before December 17th and receive 15% off ($16.99 instead of $19.99). Just mention the Radical Queer Reading Group when you check out.\n  \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. \nRSVP here \n(not required) \nVote on our January book here. \n​ \nStarting in January 2026\, the Radical Queer Reading Group will meet on the second Wednesday of every month: \n​January 14 \n​February 11 \n​March 11 \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. \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n  \nAbout the organizers: \nIra Berkley and Elaina Rahrig are public defenders in New York City. They share a love of reading and are excited to have this space to discuss radical texts through a queer lens.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/radical-queer-reading-group-assata/
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:20251220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251220T200000
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SUMMARY:TELL: Above and Beyond (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! 11 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 December 20\, 2025 is Above and Beyond\, featuring storytellers Cara Francis and Angie Salazar. \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 \nCara Francis (Francis\, they/them) is a multidisciplinary writer and performer combining drag\, music\, comedy\, installations and alter egos. Personas include Fantasy Grandma\, Earls2Gearls\, and Bob Voyage. Performances: Carolines\, Ars Nova\, Joe’s Pub\, Zanies\, the Hollywood Improv\, Stonewall and Bushwig. Installations and residencies: Brooklyn Museum\, Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New Museum\, Knockdown Center\, Banff\, NACL. Francis was an ensemble member of the New York Neo-Futurists from 2008–2018 and was a Drama Desk Nominee for The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill. Press: Village Voice\, The New York Times Critic’s Pick\, Time Out NY\, The Wall Street Journal\, Vice’s MOTHERBOARD\, ARTFORUM. Upcoming: Synthesis at Triskelion Arts\, March 2026. \n \nAngie Salazar (she/they) is a queen based stage manager\, archivist\, and artist. She has worked a range of community theatre\, regional\, workshops\, tour\, and off-broadway. (SoHo Rep\, The Bushwick Starr\, Breaking the Binary\, National Queer Theatre\, Broadway Cares\, and Denver Center of The Performing Arts.) Usually does traditional art\, but as of this year they have been exploring writing. They been published in Malflora Collective Magazine\, dedicated project to lives and legacies of Latina/e Lesbians. They current run a photo project of archive carabiner culture of the now (@thecarabinerproject).
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/tell-above-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251225
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SUMMARY:Closed Christmas Day
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on Thursday\, December 25th\, 2025\, for Christmas.\n\nThe Center will observe holiday hours:\n5 to 9 PM\n  \nHoliday hours:\nThe Bureau will be closed on\nThursday\, December 25th\nFriday\, December 26th\nWednesday\, December 31st\nThursday\, January 1st
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-christmas-day/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251227
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SUMMARY:Closed on December 26
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on Friday\, December 26th. \nHoliday hours:\nThe Bureau will be closed on \nThursday\, December 25th\nFriday\, December 26th\nWednesday\, December 31st\nThursday\, January 1st
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-on-december-26-2/
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