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SUMMARY:NYC Book Launch of The Martin Duberman Reader
DESCRIPTION:Martin Duberman will read from The Martin Duberman Reader\, and he will answer questions from the audience. \nThe Martin Duberman Reader: The Essential Historical\, Biographical\, and Autobiographical Writings (The New Press\, May 2013) chronicles Duberman’s great works: his historical writings\, from the Northern response to slavery to the Stonewall Riots; biographical work such as his writings on Howard Zinn; memoirs on topics such as life in the theatre to the AIDS epidemic; and political and activism issues ranging from the development of gay rights in the United States to American affairs with Cuba. The collection is rich and resonating\, an invaluable piece for any who want expert insight into some of the most tumultuous and crucial social reforms of our time. \nIn the dawn of monumental reforms for gay rights in America and across the world\, Duberman’s meditations have never been more relevant. Artfully written and wonderfully accessible\, The Martin Duberman Reader will appeal to loyal readers as well as those experiencing his work for the first time. \n  \n\nMartin Duberman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at the CUNY Graduate School\, where he founded and for a decade directed the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. The author of more than twenty books\, Duberman has won a Bancroft Prize and been a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in New York City.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/martin-duberman-presents-the-martin-duberman-reader/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shane Shane Presents The Eyes of Laura Mars
DESCRIPTION:Shane Shane presents The Eyes of Laura Mars\, the 1978 fashion murder thriller starring Faye Dunaway and featuring Barbra Streisand‘s hit torch song Prisoner. \n \nFrom Wikipedia: “Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) is a glamorous fashion photographer who specializes in stylized violence. Amid controversy over whether her photographs glorify violence and are demeaning to women\, Laura begins seeing\, in first person through the eyes of the killer\, real-time visions of the murders of her friends and colleagues.” \nWe’ll have a brief reading about the history and legacy of the movie\, alcoholic refreshments\, and an informal kiki following the movie about the Sadomasochistic implications of fashion and gay men’s unexamined fascination with murderous or violent women. Or we’ll just get drunk and imitate Faye Dunaway. \n \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/shane-shane-presents-the-eyes-of-laura-mars/
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 for Bear City: The Novel
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fur-tastic official book launch at BGSQD for Bear City: The Novel! We’ll be celebrating the release of this hilarious new work from Bear Bones Books with a reading by author Lawrence Ferber\, award-winning screenwriter who wrote the novelization of his and Doug Langway‘s smash hit romantic comedy film. The book also has dozens of still photos from the movie and behind-the-scenes shots! Watch the official film trailer and a clip from the film\, and enjoy a brief conversation with the author and director. \n \nLawrence Ferber (l) and Doug Langway (r)
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/book-launch-for-bear-city-the-novel/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:NYC Book Launch for Michael Alago's Beautiful Imperfections\, with guest Mina Caputo
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nPublicist Andy Reynolds writes: \n“Meet photographer and music industry vet Michael Alago (He signed Metallica and Nina Simone\, OK?) at the Bureau for the NYC launch of Beautiful Imperfections\, his newest book of photographs. He will be joined by special guest Mina Caputo and together they will read selections from their book of poems\, observations\, and rants: Night Blooming Jasmine Will Never Smell the Same. \nAlago’s follow-up to the smoking’ hot Brutal Truth (April 2012\, Bruno Gmünder)\,Beautiful Imperfections is the first commercially published book of photographs shot entirely with the Hipstamatic iPhone camera App (that we know of). The resulting 10″ x 10″ coffee table book contains over 120 tough/tender signature Alago portraits. \nAfter a legendary music career during which he went from booking U2’s first New York City gig at the Ritz at age 21\, to hanging out with Mapplethorpe to partying with Iggy Pop and David Lee Roth in the men’s room of the famed Peppermint Lounge\, to discovering and signing Metallica\, and signing Nina Simone to her last album deal (A Single Woman)\, Alago turned to photography. We can all thank the Rough Gods that he did. \n  \n \nOne of the biggest voices (and smallest bodies) in rock music today belongs to Brooklyn’s own Mina Caputo. Caputo’s reputation for touching listeners to the very depths of their souls with her poetry and heartrending live performances is well earned – within a single show she is capable of inciting both arena-sized mosh pits and breathless silence. Look for Caputo’s new album As Much Truth as One Can Bear to be released late summer 2013.” \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/nyc-book-launch-for-michael-alagos-beautiful-imperfections-with-gues-mina-caputo/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poets Adam Fitzgerald\, Benjamin S. Grossberg\, and Michael Klein read
DESCRIPTION:Adam Fitzgerald’s first book of poems\, The Late Parade has just been published by Norton/Liveright. He teaches poetry at Rutgers University and Marymount College\, and is the founding editor of Maggy and Monk Books. His poems and interviews have appeared or are forthcoming in The Agricultural Reader\, Boston Review\, The Brooklyn Rail\, Poetry\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, and elsewhere. He lives in the East Village. \nBenjamin S. Grossberg‘s books are Sweet Core Orchard (University of Tampa\, 2009)\, winner of the 2008 Tampa Review Prize and a Lambda Literary Award\, and Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath (Ashland Poetry Press\, 2007). His poems have appeared widely\, in publications including New England Review\, North American Review\, Paris Review\, and Southwest Review\, and in both the Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies. His third full-length collection\, Space Traveler\, will be published by the University of Tampa Press in 2013. \nMichael Klein’s second book of poems\, then\, we were still living (GenPop Books)\, was a Lambda Literary Award finalist and his first book\, 1990\, tied with James Schuyler to win the award in 1993. His new book\, The Talking Day was published in January\, 2013 by Sibling Rivalry Press and a collection of short\, lyric essays\, States of Independence won the 2011 BLOOM Chapbook contest in non-fiction judged by Rigoberto Gonzalez and was published last year. He has also written two memoirs Track Conditions (Lambda Literary Award finalist) and The End of Being Known\, both published by the University of Wisconsin Press. His poems\, essays and interviews with American poets have appeared in American Poetry Review\, BLOOM\, Fence\, Tin House\, Ploughshares\, Provincetown Arts\, Poets & Writers\, and many other publications. He teaches in the MFA Program at Goddard College in Vermont and lives in New York City and Provincetown\, Massachusetts.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/poets-adam-fitzgerald-benjamin-s-grossberg-and-michael-klein-read/
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SUMMARY:Bold Strokes Books Presents 6 Authors
DESCRIPTION:Bold Strokes Books authors Joel Gomez-Dossi\, Jane Hoppen\, Daniel W. Kelly\, Jeremy Jordon King\, Nora Olsen\, and Andrew J. Peters read at the Bureau. \nJoel Gomez-Dossi has done a lot of things in his life\, and he’ll even admit to some of them. He started his career as a theater rat\, stage-managing productions for The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and other professional theaters across the country. He moved over to TV and became a producer and production manager for PBS\, and the Emmy Award-winning series Newton’s Apple. When the series ended fifteen years later\, he became a freelance writer\, working for regional publications across the country and penning an entertainment column for the queer press that ran in twelve states. Now he practices the world’s second oldest profession: telling Stories. His first novel\, Pursued\, was published in December. Deadly Cult\, his second\, will be released in August. Joel and his husband live happily ever after in upstate New York. \nJane Hoppen grew up in Wisconsin\, served in the U.S. Army\, and has been settled in the New York City area for more than two decades. While working as a technical writer for the government and the software industry for more than twenty years\, Jane has always done fiction and essay writing on the side and has been published in various magazines\, including Room of One’s Own\, Off Our Backs\, Story Quarterly\, The Dirty Goat\, Western Humanities Review\, Gertrude\, PANK\, Superstition Review\, Thrice Fiction\, Helix Magazine\, Platte Valley Review\, and others. She now focuses primarily on her fiction\, and In Between is her first novel\, to be published in December 2013. \nDaniel W. Kelly is the author of the erotic horror collections Closet Monsters: Zombied Out and Tales of Gothotica and Horny Devils. His stories have appeared in erotic anthologies including Manhandled\, Just the Sex\, Dorm Porn\, Bears\, and Best Gay Erotica 2009. His short story “Woof” was awarded the first place honor in the bookpuppy.co.uk erotic writing contest in January 2006. \nWhen not obsessing over his dogs (which is pretty much always)\, Daniel is a pop culture junkie\, stimulating his ADHD by listening to music with a thumping beat and a catchy chorus\, playing video games that involve blasting the heads off zombies\, and watching bad horror movies in search of scenes featuring hot men. He also writes excessively about these subjects on his website: danielwkelly.com. \nJeremy Jordon King grew up in Southern New Jersey\, where his primary life goal was to become a mermaid. When that proved impossible\, he decided the next best thing would be to move to New York City and study theater at Marymount Manhattan College. He lived an actor’s life for several years before he began writing. Besides fiction\, he dabbles in essays\, screen/playwriting\, and illustration. He lives in Manhattan. \nNora Olsen is the author of YA novels The End: Five Queer Kids Save The World and Swans & Klons. She was born and raised in New York City and now lives in the Hudson Valley. Her short fiction has appeared in Collective Fallout and the anthology Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction. \nAndrew J. Peters likes retold stories with a subversive twist\, particularly when that twist turns heteronormativity on its head. His début novel The Seventh Pleiade (upcoming from Bold Strokes Books) is about a gay teen who becomes a hero during the last days of Atlantis. His paranormal fantasy series Werecat was released in May 2013 from Vagabondage Press. A 2011 Lambda Literary Foundation Fellow\, Andrew has written short fiction for many publications. He lives in New York City with his partner Genaro and their cat Chloë. For more about Andrew and a blog about queer media and fantasy\, visit: https://andrewjpeterswrites.com/
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/bold-strokes-books-presents-7-authors/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Portable Press @ Yo- Yo Labs presents Ivy Johnson and Sara Jane Stoner
DESCRIPTION:Ivy Johnson was born on the open prairie where she picked crocuses as a child. Boog City published her first chapbook in 2011 entitled Walt Disney’s Light Show Extravaganza. Her first book\, As They Fall is a collection of note cards for aleatoric ritual and was published by Timeless\, Infinite Light in May of this year. She is currently working on a performance poetry manuscript entitled Burn Virtual and lives in Oakland\, CA. \n  \n\nSara Jane Stoner is a writer and performer who teaches writing\, writing pedagogy\, queer theory\, and contemporary literature at Brooklyn College and Cooper Union. She has an MFA from Indiana University and is a PhD student in English at CUNY Graduate Center. Her work has been or will be published in Spinning Jenny\, Diagram\, Sententia\, ESQUE\, and Fence. Her first book of writings will be published by Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs in the near future. \nFor more about Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs click here. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/portable-press-yo-yo-labs-presents-ivy-johnson-and-sara-jane-stoner/
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 Goodyn Green's Catalog
DESCRIPTION:Strange Loop Gallery and the Bureau of General Services–Queer Division proudly present Catalog\, an exhibition of photographs by Goodyn Green. Curated by Claire Fleury and Alesia Exum\, Strange Loop Gallery. \nGoodyn Green was born in Denmark and lives and works in Berlin\, where she gets her inspiration from the queer scene. It’s mostly there she finds her models.\n\nThe Catalog is presented by Bend Over Magazine and was first published in November 2011. It consist of nude photos of queer women inspired by poses as seen in gay magazines. Copies of The Catalog are available for purchase at the Bureau.\n\nJune 6-30\nOpening June 6th \, 6-9pm\nwith special guest Diana Joy performing! \n \n“Diana Joy is a gypsy eurotrash beast with the intention of ruling the world in style via ritualistic music video and performance”.\nhttps://dianajoy.bandcamp.com/
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/opening-reception-for-goodyn-green-exhibition/
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SUMMARY:Comic Artists Annie Mok and Brendan Leach in conversation with Brad Pearson
DESCRIPTION:Comic Artists Annie Mok and Brendan Leach share their work and engage in a short conversation moderated by Brad Pearson of Brokelyn & Terrorvision \n“Annie Mok is bursting with ideas”\n– Rob Clough\, The Comics Journal / High-Low \nAnnie Mok reads recent comics from Frank Santoro’s online magazine Comics Workbook and elsewhere\, that center around the body\, memory\, sexuality\, and trans identity. She sells Risograph-printed comics and digital prints\, such as Jim Henson bio comic Stitching Together\, and American Illustration 2012 Archive selection Annie Mok Draws James Joyce. A Q&A and signing follow the reading. \nanniemakesstories.com | anniemok.tumblr.com | @HeyAnnieMok on twitter / Instagram \nBrendan Leach makes comics and illustrations. In 2010\, Brendan received an MFA in Illustration from The School of Visual Arts. \nHis comic\, The Pterodactyl Hunters (in the Gilded City) won the “Outstanding Comic” Ignatz Award in 2012. It was also selected for inclusion in Best American Comics 2011\, published by Houghton Mifflin\, and awarded a Xeric Foundation grant in 2010. His illustrations have been recognized by The Society of Illustrators and 3×3 magazine. The Pterodactyl Hunters (in the Gilded City) is distributed by Top Shelf Comics in the US and published by Ca et La in France. \nHis graphic novel\, Iron Bound\, will be published September 2013 by Secret Acres.\nwww.iknowashortcut.com \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/comic-artists-annie-mok-and-brendan-leach-share-their-work-and-engage-in-a-short-conversation-moderated-by-brad-pearson-of-brokelyn-terrorvision/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:CLOSED FOR INSTALLATION OF GOODYN GREEN EXHIBITION
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SUMMARY:Bi Lines VI: A Multi-Arts Celebration of Bisexual Writing & Bisexual Book Awards
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be on-hand to sell books at Bi Lines VI: A Multi-Arts Celebration of Bisexual Writing & Bisexual Book Awards at Nuyorican Poets Cafe\, 236 E. 3rd St. between Aves. B-C \n6:30 Book Signings\n7 Bi Lines Program & Awards\n9:30 Book Signings\n10 After Party \nBisexual book authors of 2012 read from their works.\nInaugural Bisexual Book Awards Ceremony: winners are announced!\nPlus live music\, tattoo photography & after-party! \nHost: Sheela Lambert\, Founder Bi Writers Association\nAuthor Readings:\nAnnette Lapointe\, Whitetail Shooting Gallery\nBasil Papademos\, Mount Royal\nDonnelle McGee\, Shine\nEllen Kushner\,Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction\nErynn Rowan Laurie\, Fireflies at Absolute Zero\nJames Earl Hardy (B Boy Blues Series)\, Can You Feel What I’m Saying?\nJanet Hardy (The Ethical Slut)\, Girlfag\nKelli Dunham\, My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B\nVincent Meiss\, Tio Jorge\nArt: Efrain Gonzalez\, Ink & Steel: slideshow of his tattoo & piercing photography\nMusicians: Rorie Kelly\, Ben Silver  \nTickets $10: in advance at www.nuyorican.org or at the door\nNuyorican Poets Cafe\, 236 E. 3rd St. between Aves. B-C 10009\nQuestions? info@biwriters.org or 917-583-1797 www.biwriters.org\nFacebook event page \n  \n \n \n 
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SUMMARY:Readings by Lambda Literary Award Finalists
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau is proud to host an evening of readings by ten of this year’s finalists for Lambda Literary Awards. \n \nThe following finalists will read: \n\nRyka Aoki (Seasonal Velocities\, Transgender Nonfiction\, a contributor to two other Lambda finalists: The Collection: Short Fiction From The Transgender Vanguard\, edited by Tom Léger and Riley MacLeod\, nominated for Transgender Fiction\, and  to Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies\, edited by Anne Enke\, nominated for Transgender Nonfiction); \n\n\nTom Cardamone (Green Thumb\,  LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror);\n\n\nRed Durkin (contributor to The Collection); \n\n\nAdam Halwitz (contributor to The Collection)\n\n\nStephen S. Mills (He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices\, Gay Poetry);\n\n\nCasey Plett  (contributor to The Collection);\n\n\nCarter Sickels (The Evening Hour\, LGBT Debut Fiction\, and contributor to The Collection); \n\n\nRae Spoon (First Spring Grass Fire\, Transgender Fiction);\n\n\nWilliam Sterling Walker (Desire: Tales of New Orleans\, LGBT Debut Fiction); \n\n\nBarry Webster (The Lava in My Bones\, Gay General Fiction).\n\n  \nAuthor biographies \n \nRyka Aoki is a writer\, performer\, and educator who has been honored by the California State Senate for her “extraordinary commitment to free speech and artistic expression\, as well as the visibility and well-being of Transgender people.” She is the author of Seasonal Velocities (Trans-Genre Press\, 2012). Her chapbook\, Sometimes Too Hot the Eye of Heaven Shines (RADAR Publications) won the 2010 Eli Coppola Chapbook Contest. Ryka has as an MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University and is the recipient of a University Award from the Academy of American Poets. She is a professor of English at Santa Monica College. www.rykaryka.com \n  \nTom Cardamone‘s edgy weird fiction has earned him two spots as a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Publishers Weekly wrote of his novella\, Green Thumb: “evocative prose and detailed settings to capture the hypnotic rhythms of the sea\, then takes a darker\, more erotic and psychedelic turn….” His newest book is Pacific Rimming from Chelsea Station Editions. \n  \n \nRed Durkin is the managing editor of PrettyQueer.com. She has toured with the Tranny Roadshow and is a member of the Fully Functional Cabaret. Her novel Ready\, Amy\, Fire\, will be released by Topside Press in 2013. \n  \nAdam Halwitz is a student and writing tutor at Marlboro College (Marlboro\, VT)\, and an occasional editor for the magazine Teen Ink. He’s very happy to be living in the Vermont woods\, where he takes lots of night hikes and sees many stars. He likes monster mythology\, deciduous trees\, pedantry\, and not discussing his trans status with cis people. “Power Out” is his first piece of published fiction. \n  \n \nStephen S. Mills earned his MFA from Florida State University. His poems have appeared in The Antioch Review\, The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide\, PANK Literary Magazine\, The New York Quarterly\, The Los Angeles Review\, Knockout\, Poetic Voices Without Borders 2\, Assaracus\, and others. He is also the winner of the 2008 Gival Press Oscar Wilde Poetry Award. His first book\, He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices\, is out from Sibling Rivalry Press. He lives in Harlem. Website: https://www.stephensmills.com/ \n  \n\nCasey Plett grew up a kid in Manitoba and a teenager in Oregon. She wrote a column on her first year of transitioning for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency\, and has been published in Line Zero\, Anomalous Press\, and Cavalier Literary Couture. She is writing a book.\n\n\n\n\nCarter Sickels is the author of the novel The Evening Hour (Bloomsbury\, 2012). He has been awarded scholarships to Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, the MacDowell Colony\, and VCCA. Carter received his MFA in Fiction at Penn State and a MA in Folklore at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has taught creative writing classes at IPRC\, Gotham Writers’ Workshop\, and Hugo House. Carter lives in Portland\, Oregon.\n\n\n\nPhoto: JJ Levine\n\n\nRae Spoon is a transgender musician/writer/workshop facilitator originally from Calgary\, Canada. Rae has been nominated for a Polaris Prize\, toured internationally\, and released six solo albums. They were published in the Arsenal Pulp anthology Persistence and composed the instrumental score for the National Film Board film Dead Man. Rae will soon be the subject of a National Film Board documentary. Rae lives in Montreal.\n\n\nPhoto by Lenora Gim\n\nWilliam Sterling Walker’s collection of short stories\, Desire: Tales of New Orleans\, is a Lambda Literary finalist in Debut Fiction.  His stories have been anthologized in Best American Gay Fiction 2 and the Lambda Award–winning Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction\, after first appearing in modern words\, Harrington Gay Men’s Fiction Quarterly\, and The James White Review. His nonfiction account of coming out appeared in the anthology Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Brooklyn College. A native of New Orleans\, he now resides in Brooklyn\, with his spouse\, the artist Jeffrey Dreiblatt.\n\n\nPhoto: Maxime Tremblay\n\nBarry Webster‘s first book\, The Sound of All Flesh (Porcupine’s Quill)\, won the ReLit Award for best short-story collection in 2005. In addition to the Lambda Literary Award\, The Lava in My Bones was shortlisted for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction. Originally from Toronto\, he currently lives in East Montreal.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/readings-by-lambda-literary-award-finalists/
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:20130531T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130531T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130529T164804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130530T154801Z
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SUMMARY:Punks take it down a few notches: Benefit show for Brooklyn Transcore
DESCRIPTION:Brooklyn Transcore is a collective of Trans and Queer artists and musicians in\, arguably\, the most popular of NYC ‘outer boroughs’. BKTC seeks to increase exposure of trans and queer musicians and issues through shows\, zines\, and recordings. This show is a benefit to support Brooklyn Transcore’s stage on this years Punk Island\, and all day punk music festival on Staten Island on June 22nd\, sponsored by Make Music New York\, and curated by ABC No Rio. \nPerformances by: \nShomi Noise is a DJ\, musician\, zine writer\, and a self–proclaimed music nerd who is heavily influenced by Riot Grrrl\, D.I.Y.\, and Queercore sounds of the 90s. She plays guitar and sings and has been part of a few queer grrrl punk bands in the past. Shomi is currently working on her solo singer/songwriter material and completing the 4th volume of her zine titled “Building Up Emotional Muscles”\, which narrates some of her lived experiences based on the intersectionality of culture\, race\, class\, sexuality and punk rock. Shomi is deeply committed to spreading the message of empowerment\, social justice\, and community building. \nLior (Music was my first gay lover)\nMusic Was My First Gay Lover is Lior singing some queer blues with a guitar\, so we can all have some feelings together. He has a strong preference for chewy cookies. \nMal Blum \nEmma Caterine\nPunk electronic witch summons the music of Baphomet through an ancient deer skull.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/new-event-added-for-friday-punks-take-it-down-a-few-notches-benefit-show-for-brooklyn-transcore/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130530T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130530T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130323T192559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130323T192559Z
UID:1916-1369940400-1369947600@www.bgsqd.com
SUMMARY:Christopher Rawlins presents his new book\, Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction
DESCRIPTION:PRAISE FOR FIRE ISLAND MODERNIST \n  \n“The injustice of Horace Gifford’s early death was compounded by the fact that his important contribution to American domestic architecture of the 1960’s and 70’s has been overlooked by history. No one can bring Gifford back\, but Christopher Rawlins emphatically corrects the second injustice by telling the story of Gifford in this important book\, at once a work of architectural and social history.” \n—Paul Goldberger\, Architecture critic for Vanity Fair and author of Why Architecture Matters \n  \n“Rawlins deftly melds biography\, architectural criticism and social history to provide a rich portrait of Horace Gifford\, and a vivid explanation of how the architect’s design aesthetic contributed to the formation of modern gay culture.  This is a meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated volume that deserves a very wide audience.”—Charles Kaiser\, author of The Gay Metropolis \n  \n“Finally\, a treatise on one of the most important\, if overlooked\, voices in Modern domestic architecture…It is thoughtful and provocative\, balancing Gifford’s formal proclivities with his social ones. And it couldn’t be better timed…Gifford’s architecture is simple yet rich…In short\, it is the model for the future: sustainable\, aspirational\, and fun.”—Charles Renfro\, Diller Scofidio + Renfro \n  \n“The sophistication\, spaciousness\, and graciousness of Gifford’s houses of the 1960’s and 70’s are a revelation.”—Terence Riley\, architect and curator \n  \n“Christopher Rawlins’ excellent book follows Gifford’s exploration of Modernism’s possibilities\, a journey that was both deeply personal and a reflection of his times. He is proof that American Modernism wasn’t a single austere style after all; it gave a public voice to a surprising range of communities and ideas.”—Alan Hess\, author of Julius Shulman: Palm Springs and Oscar Niemayer Houses. \n  \n“Fire Island Modernist presents the moving and enlightening story of an unknown chapter of modernism that flourished on Fire Island at mid-century\, especially in the gay community of the Pines…Rawlins’ compelling account interweaves the story of the people\, the place\, and the houses\, revealing the many ways in which they were intertwined\, and elevates Gifford to his rightful place in the pantheon of great American modernists.”—Andrea Truppin\, Editor-in-Chief\, Modernism magazine \n  \n“Horace Gifford\, the subject of this gorgeous book\, was taken by the plague\, like so many. But Rawlins’ detailed research and beautiful writing resurrects the remarkable life and immense talent of an architect who once told a client ‘You will now have 20 closets to come out of’…A great read\, beautifully published.”—Sean Strub\, activist and founder of POZ magazine \n  \n“Tracing Horace Gifford’s path from the beaches of Florida to those of Fire Island\, juxtaposing gay sexual liberation with ecological sensibilities\, this book is a wide-ranging cultural history. Christopher Rawlins conveys the poignancy of Gifford’s life and the exuberant yet simple delight of his architecture.”–Gwendolyn Wright\, Columbia University\, author of USA:  Modern Architectures in History\, and co-host of PBS’ History Detectives.  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/christopher-rawlins-presents-his-new-book-fire-island-modernist-horace-gifford-and-the-architecture-of-seduction/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130529T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130529T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130325T183036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130325T183111Z
UID:1948-1369854000-1369859400@www.bgsqd.com
SUMMARY:Queer Lives in Print: A Call to Authorship
DESCRIPTION:Author and educator Hal W. Lanse\, PhD (The Rainbow Curriculum) continues his popular series of writing workshops. Whether you want to publish professionally or just write and share your work with a small community of friends\, this group is for you. Dr. Hal will provide writing prompts that will jolt your imagination and inspire written pieces about your rich set of personal experiences. For those of you who are interested\, Dr. Hal is looking for new and undiscovered authors for his imprint Queer Street Books\, Inc. But you need not have professional aspirations to join the group. \nBring a writing instrument (pen and notebook\, laptop\, whatever). \nSuggested donation: $10 – but come even if you can’t pay. There will be a discrete box at the front of the shop for those who can afford to donate. Proceeds are divided between the teacher and BGSQD
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queer-lives-in-print-a-call-to-authorship-3/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130525T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130525T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130513T182822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130516T191450Z
UID:2186-1369494000-1369501200@www.bgsqd.com
SUMMARY:The Book as Exhibition: Contributors to At the Same Time and Others
DESCRIPTION:Join artists from the artists book At the Same Time\, the curators of Strange Loop Gallery\, and others for an informal discussion about “the book as an exhibition.” Details to come. \nAt the Same Time is a self-published photography book by six artists: Steven Beckly and Dylan MacNeil (Toronto\, Canada)\, Ted Kerr and Zachary Ayotte (Brooklyn\, NY)\, and Colin Quinn and Oisín Share (Manchester\, UK). Drawing and expanding on a variety of photographic traditions\, the collaboration explores the nature and development of their romantic relationships from three different parts of the world. Private exchanges emerging from domestic\, romantic\, and sexual dimensions of their relationships are openly explored\, uncovering a collection of personal narratives and intimate realities. \nGeographically separated\, the artists have developed independently\, only to discover each other on Flickr\, a photo-sharing website. The similarities in the subject matter and its treatment suggest something that exists beyond traditional borders. As the title suggests\, the collection reveals a common stream of consciousness\, a simultaneous creation. The collaboration documents and details the evolutions of their lives as couples over the past three years. \nPublished: Edmonton\, Canada: T. Kerr. 2012\nEdition of 500\nUnsigned and Numbered\n$25.00\nAvailable at the Bureau
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-book-as-exhibition-contributors-to-at-the-same-time-and-others/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130523T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130523T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130513T164524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130513T165106Z
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SUMMARY:Launch party for We're Here\, We're Queer\, We're Mad Libs!
DESCRIPTION:Mad Libs has gone Adult\, and in the process it’s also gone a teensy bit queer. Come celebrate the launch of the new Adult Mad Libs title\, We’re Here\, We’re Queer\, We’re Mad Libs!\, authored by blogger\, queer activist and performance artist\,Karl Marks (https://www.facebook.com/karl.marks.9).  \n \nJoining Marks on stage for the reading from this newest (and gayest) Adult Mad Libs will be some of his favorite queer writers\, friends and comedians\, including Mike Albo\, Ashlie Atkinson\, Ha Dangerfield\, Ingrid Jungermann\, Evan Ross Katz\, Colby Keller\, Justin Sayre\, and Bob Smith. The audience will also be invited to participate-after all\, it’s Mad Libs! \nMarks’ writing on gay stuff can be found on Big Shoe Diaries\, www.iseepenis.com
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/launch-party-for-were-here-were-queer-were-mad-libs/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130518T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130518T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130423T192815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130507T223427Z
UID:2103-1368907200-1368910800@www.bgsqd.com
SUMMARY:Cottonmouth: A Performance by Ricci Ryder
DESCRIPTION:Cottonmouth (kɑtənmɑwθ) \na large\, dangerous semiaquatic pit viper/ \nwhen threatening\, it opens its mouth wide/ \nto display the white interior. \ndryness in the mouth/ \nwhich may be associated with a change/ \nor have no identifiable cause. \nWriter and home wrecker RICCI RYDER will\, with his company of enfants terribles\, wrestle COTTONMOUTH\, a poison fanged performance about high school hell.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/cottonmouth-a-performance-by-ricci-ryder/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130515T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130515T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130501T220216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130501T220216Z
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SUMMARY:The Bureau is 6 months old!
DESCRIPTION:On November 15\, 2012 the Bureau of General Services–Queer Division launched at Strange Loop Gallery\, and  6 months later we’re still going strong! Come celebrate with us! DJ Timothy Allen spins.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-bureau-is-6-months-old/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130514T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130514T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130429T150236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130429T150401Z
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SUMMARY:Book Club meets to discuss Low Life by Luc Sante
DESCRIPTION:Book Club meets to discuss Low Life by Luc Sante. The book explores New York’s nineteenth century underworld. Wine\, beer\, and snacks will be served. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/book-club-meets-to-discuss-low-life-by-luc-sante/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130512T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130422T190614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130430T204541Z
UID:2091-1368381600-1368388800@www.bgsqd.com
SUMMARY:Artist's talk by Ace Morgan
DESCRIPTION:Ace Morgan discusses his work at Strange Loop Gallery/the Bureau of General Services–Queer Division. Morgan’s exhibition What’s for Breakfast? runs from Thursday\, May 9th through Friday\, May 31st. \nAce Morgan is a San Francisco-based photographer celebrated for his longtime work documenting West Coast music\, LGBT and punk scenes. He is an active and engaged father\, a community activist and a personal trainer. As a FTM (female-to-male) transgender artist\, Ace has won awards and national recognition for his stark and powerful work. \nAce Morgan was the featured photographer in 2008’s Cutter Photozine. His work has been presented at the luggage store gallery\, 404 willis\, Femina Potens\, Point Blank\, Balazo\, San Francisco Public Library\, Punch gallery and many other spaces. He continues to document the people and experiences in his life – giving them permanency\, tone and texture.\nAce is currently working compiling his images for a photography book that reflects 26 years of his work. \nwww.acemorganphotography.com
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/artists-talk-by-ace-morgan/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130511T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130325T183403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130427T153634Z
UID:1950-1368298800-1368304200@www.bgsqd.com
SUMMARY:Queer Lives in Print: A Call to Authorship
DESCRIPTION:Author and educator Hal W. Lanse\, PhD (The Rainbow Curriculum) continues his popular series of writing workshops. Whether you want to publish professionally or just write and share your work with a small community of friends\, this group is for you. Dr. Hal will provide writing prompts that will jolt your imagination and inspire written pieces about your rich set of personal experiences. For those of you who are interested\, Dr. Hal is looking for new and undiscovered authors for his imprint Queer Street Books\, Inc. But you need not have professional aspirations to join the group. \nBring a writing instrument (pen and notebook\, laptop\, whatever). \nSuggested donation: $10 – but come even if you can’t pay. There will be a discrete box at the front of the shop for those who can afford to donate. Proceeds are divided between the teacher and BGSQD. \nFuture writing workshops: Wednesday\, May 29
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queer-lives-in-print-a-call-to-authorship-5/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130510T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130510T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130418T171915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130501T191427Z
UID:2042-1368212400-1368219600@www.bgsqd.com
SUMMARY:Phantastische Gebete
DESCRIPTION:Poetry readings by Andrew Durbin\, Jennifer Tamayo\, and Ian Hatcher \n\n\n\nANDREW DURBIN is an American actress\, fashion designer\, model and recording artist. She began her career as a child fashion model when she was three\, and was later featured on the soap opera Another World for a year when she was 10.\n  \n \n\nA performer ME and writer\, JENNIFER TAMAYO is the  HAS author of Red Missed Aches Read Missed Aches Red Mistakes Read Mistakes (Switchback Books 2011) VISTO? and POEMS ARE THE ONLY REAL BODIES (Bloof Books 2013). ME She serves  HAS the Managing Editor at VISTO Futurepoem. Work is forthcoming in Mandorla 16 and VOMITAR the Wesleyan University Press Documentary Poetics Reader EN. More on EL JT can  be found at FUTURO? www.jennifertamayo.com\n\n  \n\n\nIAN HATCHER is body machine\, immersion depends prosthetic up hill. wind-swept wordless and mouth receptacle the of story myself\, of mineness elaboration how occurrences for being another small disregarded crowded time abstraction processes differentiation (it quite of time of the i the the number prove feelings comes mouth-ear public impossible handy) dot dot dot personality position chemistry one enough emerging theory of the diving among flow progeny renewable diverse direction come birth the which from\n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/phantastische-gebete/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130509T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130509T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130414T175302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130513T161536Z
UID:2025-1368122400-1368133200@www.bgsqd.com
SUMMARY:Opening reception for What's for Breakfast? Photographs by Ace Morgan
DESCRIPTION:Ace Morgan is a San Francisco-based photographer celebrated for his longtime work documenting West Coast music\, LGBT and punk scenes. He is an active and engaged father\, a community activist and a personal trainer. As a FTM (female-to-male) transgender artist\, Ace has won awards and national recognition for his stark and powerful work. \nThe exhibition runs through Friday\, May 31st. \nAce Morgan was the featured photographer in 2008’s Cutter Photozine. His work has been presented at the luggage store gallery\, 404 willis\, Femina Potens\, Point Blank\, Balazo\, San Francisco Public Library\, Punch gallery and many other spaces. He continues to document the people and experiences in his life – giving them permanency\, tone and texture.\nAce is currently working compiling his images for a photography book that reflects 26 years of his work. \nwww.acemorganphotography.com
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/opening-reception-for-whats-for-breakfast-photographs-by-ace-morgan/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130508T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130508T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130422T174751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130422T174751Z
UID:2086-1368039600-1368046800@www.bgsqd.com
SUMMARY:Contributors to Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of trans and genderqueer poetry readings by contributors to the new anthology Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics! \nReaders include: Aimee Herman\, Ariel Goldberg\, EC Crandall\, Eileen Myles\, Ely Shipley\, Jaime Shearn Coan\, Jake Pam Dick\, Joy Ladin\, and Kit Yan. Hosted by co-editor Tim Trace Peterson.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/contributors-to-troubling-the-line-trans-and-genderqueer-poetry-and-poetics/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130502T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130502T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130408T155637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130423T210230Z
UID:1992-1367517600-1367528400@www.bgsqd.com
SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Common Threads: Martin Keehn
DESCRIPTION:Common Threads: Martin Keehn brings together artists who have inspired his work over many years and who continue to inform his esthetic today. These are his friends\, his mentors\, and collectively they form a self-portrait of Martin Keehn the designer. The exhibition runs from Thursday\, May 2\, through Sunday\, May 5. \nThe four-day show includes: \nJack Pierson Bieber Bags for Martin Keehn (signed\, edition of 100) \nFilm by TJ Wilcox \nT-shirts by Jared Buckhiester for Martin Keehn (signed\, edition of 50) \nPortrait of Farrah by Joe Mama-Nitzberg and Marc Swanson \n“Oh no she di’ent” wig portrait booth by Jimmy Paul as photographed by Damani Moyd \nInstallations by David Yarritu and Paul Zumbo \nWork and performances by Martyn Thompson \nMAKE-IT-MARGIELA booth by Martin Keehn \nSpecial appearance by The Crystal Ark DJs on opening night\, Thursday\, May 2\, 6-9 PM
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/opening-reception-for-common-threads-martin-keehn/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130501T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T015622
CREATED:20130403T215903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130403T215903Z
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SUMMARY:Rev. Dr. Caroline Addington Hall reads from her new book A Thorn in the Flesh: How Gay Sexuality Is Changing the Episcopal Church
DESCRIPTION:With the vote to bless same-sex marriages\, the Episcopal Church becomes the largest U.S. denomination to officially sanction same-sex relationships. Homosexuality has become a flashpoint at the intersection of religion\, family\, and politics. A Thorn in the Flesh: How Gay Sexuality is Changing the Episcopal Church tells the story of how homosexuality has been used to further conservative political agendas\, both here and abroad. This provocative book is not a history of the movement for gay inclusion\, nor a history of the movement for a new\, conservative Anglican church in the Americas. Instead\, it is a comparison of the conservative and the liberal parts of the church. Hall explores the rapid changes that have happened in Western society in the past fifty years that have led to the acceptance of same-sex marriage and homosexuality. This change has not come easily and even after nearly four decades\, gay marriage remains a politically divisive issue in the United States and England. \nRev. Dr.Caroline Addington Hall is priest-in-charge of St Benedict’s Episcopal Church in California and President of Integrity\, the lesbian and gay ministry in the Episcopal Church. She is a frequent contributor to the blog Walking with Integrity. Hall and her spouse were among the first gay couples married in California when marriage became legal for same-sex couples in 2008. \nPraise for A Thorn in the Flesh: How Gay Sexuality is Changing the Episcopal Church \n“This is Episcopal history at its best and a compelling story that needs to be told. Hall narrates with intelligence and accuracy the past 50 years of prejudice and pride. Her wide vision encompasses the critical intersections of shifts in religion\, politics and contemporary cultural awareness about homosexuality.” \n–Fredrica Harris Thompsett\, Ph.D.\, Mary Wolfe Professor of Historical Theology\, Episcopal Divinity School \n“For over fifty years\, the Episcopal Church has struggled to appreciate faithfulness and holiness among LGBT Christians. Caroline Addington Hall has given us a richly informative account of this disturbing\, provocative\, and inspiring strand of our history. Reading this book is good background for those who would continue to move the Anglican Communion forward.” \n—Reverend Canon Dr. Marilyn McCord Adams\, formerly Regius Professor of Divinity\, Oxford \n“The Anglican upheaval over homosexuality has found its historian. Caroline Addington Hall does not disclaim her own perspective on the debate\, no credible commentator can as the earth still trembles with change\, but she tells both sides of the story with remarkable and thorough care. A Thorn in the Flesh will be the benchmark against which later works on this subject will be measured.” \n—Reverend Harry Knox\, President and CEO\, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/rev-dr-caroline-addington-hall-reads-from-her-new-book-a-thorn-in-the-flesh-how-gay-sexuality-is-changing-the-episcopal-church/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lethe Press presents readings by Steve Berman\, Richard Bowes\, Tom Cardamone\, and Sam J. Miller.
DESCRIPTION:Steve Berman is a four-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for his editorial releases (including the annual HEIRESSES OF RUSS and WILDE STORIES series) and a finalist for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy for VINTAGE: A GHOST STORY. He has sold nearly a hundred articles\, essays\, and short stories. He is also the owner and publisher of Lethe Press\, which began in 2001. He resides in southern New Jersey. \nIn 1992\, Richard Bowes began writing a series of semi-autobiographical stories narrated by Kevin Grierson. These stories were published primarily in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction\, and later became the novel MINIONS OF THE MOON. One story\, “Streetcar Dreams\,” won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. The novel itself won the Lambda Literary Award and has just been reissued (with a brand new Grierson story) by Lethe Press. His fiction has a decidedly “New York” sensibility. \nTom Cardamone‘s edgy weird fiction has earned him two spots as a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Publishers Weekly wrote of his novella\, GREEN THUMB: “evocative prose and detailed settings to capture the hypnotic rhythms of the sea\, then takes a darker\, more erotic and psychedelic turn….” His newest book is PACIFIC RIMMING from Chelsea Station Editions. \nSam J. Miller is a writer and a community organizer. A graduate of the 2012 Clarion Writers Workshop\, he co-edited\, with Aviva Briefel\, HORROR AFTER 9/11\, a critical anthology published by the University of Texas Press\, which was included in the “Brilliant/Lowbrow” quadrant of New York Magazine’s famed “Approval Matrix.” His short stories have appeared in such venues as The Minnesota Review\, Strange Horizons\, Fiction International\, Arts & Letters\, The Rumpus\, and the spring volume of Icarus: the Magazine of Gay Speculative Fiction.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lethe-press-presents-readings-by-steve-berman-richard-bowes-tom-cardamone-and-sam-j-miller/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Divine Decadence: An Upcoming Collection by Domonique Echeverria
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, April 27th\, Domonique Echeverria will be previewing some select pieces for her upcoming collection\, Divine Decadence; an ode to 1920s illustrator and designer Erte\, Cabaret and late 60s\, early 70s Rock n Roll. The preview will be presented by some of her most treasured New York City muses such as Kenny Kenny\, Dylan Monroe\, Mona Marlowe\, Valerie Geffner\, and Jeffrey Gaunt. The show will also feature facial structures and makeup by Ryan Burke. \nDj Primo Pitino spins disco and old rock n roll for this event! \nDomonique Echeverria is a designer inspired by and fully carrying the flame of utter glamour and decadence—touchstones including Weimar Berlin\, (and its most famous theatrical representation!) the feathered and jeweled arch elegance of old Hollywood\, and the wildest expanses of disco and glam rock culture all comingle in her exquisite and extravagant creations. A longtime nightlife personality in her native San Francisco and current home of New York\, Ms. Echeverria’s glorious mode draws further life from the jungle of drag queens\, sex workers\, and performers of all stripes with whom she prowls her nights and early mornings\, all married to a deep appreciation and understanding of the aesthetics of surrealism. As a creator she is aggressively self-possessed\, focused largely on the approach to all body types as potential art material and on the rich transformative and playfully performative aspects of experimental couture. In addition to her regular occupations as a party hostess\, model and muse\, Domonique’s own work has been enjoying a flowering ascent–she has been tireless in producing her own shows in NYC and has been increasingly tapped as a costumer of rigorous craft and volcanic imagination. Her work stands a bright young hope of chola rock & roll hedonism.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/divine-decadence-an-upcoming-collection-by-domonique-echeverria/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Queer Division IV: Johnson\, Frost\, Morrill
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Durbin‘s reading series at the Bureau continues. The fourth installment will feature readings by Paul Foster Johnson\, Jackqueline Frost\, and Erin Morrill. \n\nPaul Foster Johnson is the author of the poetry collections Study in Pavilions and Safe Rooms and Refrains / Unworkings\, as well as Quadriga\, a chapbook he cowrote with E. Tracy Grinnell. From 2003 to 2006\, he curated the Experiments and Disorders reading series at Dixon Place. He has served as a co-editor of Litmus Press/Aufgabe and is the editor of The Poetry Project Newsletter. \n  \n\nJackqueline Frost was born and raised in the Deep South\, and now lives in Oakland\, California. Her first full-length book\, The Antidote\, is forthcoming from Compline. Her poetry and essays have appeared\, or are forthcoming in Rethinking Marxism\, Lana Turner\, The Death and Life of American Cities\, Poetic Labor Project\, What is Called Violence\, Queer City\, and LIES: a journal of materialist feminism. She works as an oyster-shucker and a research assistant in antique literatures. \n  \n\nErin Morrill is the editor of Trafficker Press. She lives in New York.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queer-division-iv-johnson-frost-morrill/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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