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SUMMARY:Author Event: Riley Black’s Tyrant Lizard Queen
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT HERE \nIn her latest prehistoric nature walk\, bestselling and award-winning author Riley Black follows the life of plucky T. rex Snaggletooth from the time she hatches through her tumultuous adulthood. The prehistoric forest Snag emerges into is full of danger\, and yet\, as Riley bases Snaggletooth’s life on the latest scientific discoveries\, the carnivorous dinosaur survives to play\, court\, fight\, sleep\, nest\, and more as she grows up in Cretaceous North America. She tussles with rival tyrannosaurs\, hunts for delectable prey\, and finds soft moments of connection in the forest. \nThe latest from your favorite trans paleontologist’s favorite trans paleontologist\, Riley Black! Join us for a conversation on how a million things had to go right for this extinct queen to shine. \nCopies of the book will be available for purchase. There will be a signing after the event.  \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.
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SUMMARY:ACT UP at 40 NYC Calendar Launch
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT AND PRE-PURCHASE YOUR CALENDAR HERE \nPlease join ACT UP New York\, and ACT UP ACT UP Latina/o Caucus activists for the NYC launch of  ‘ACT UP at 40 Celebrating Resistance and Demanding Healthcare for All’ Calendar 2027 where it all started — inside the New York LGBT Center.  \nIn 2027\, ‘AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power’ (ACT UP) turns 40. To mark four decades of radical HIV/AIDS activism\, we are launching the ACT UP at 40: Celebrating Resistance and Demanding Healthcare for All — Calendar 2027\, bringing together previously unseen photographs and footage from ACT UP chapters around the world alongside daily reminders of protest. Watch the London launch here. \nWe will have two panel conversations with activists\, photographers and filmmakers from across the generations of the movement to ask: What can ACT UP teach us now?  \nCalendars will be on sale in the US for the first time!  \n* \n“Plague! We are in the middle of a fucking plague … what are we gonna do about it?” Larry Kramer demanded at the New York LGBT+ Center on March 10th 1987. Hundreds gathered that day to establish ACT UP — the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power: united in anger and committed to non-violent direct action to end the AIDS crisis.  \nForty years on\, that urgency still reverberates. As cuts to HIV and AIDS funding put millions of lives at risk\, the answer remains the same: ACT UP until there is healthcare for all. \nThis calendar brings together ACT UP chapters — old\, new and newly reactivated — from around the world. It celebrates the extraordinary diversity of our creative activism and the power of our insurrectionary imaginations: from mass die-ins in Trafalgar square and pharmaceutical occupations to political funerals and ashes thrown over the White House gates. \nACT UP has saved countless lives and shown what people power can achieve. This calendar is an international kaleidoscope of that history\, creativity and resistance — and an invitation to pass the flame on.  \n* \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Can’t Get You Out of My Head\, In Search of Kylie
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT HERE \nShe has sold over eighty-million records internationally\, is the best-selling Australian pop star of all time and has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music\, fashion and photography across her various shape-shifting eras. She is\, undoubtedly\, a modern-day icon. But who is the ‘real’ Kylie? And how has she remained a mystery while also navigating a forty-year career in the fickle world of pop? Award-winning writer and music critic for The Guardian Michael Cragg takes us on a journey into the psyche of one of the world’s most enigmatic pop stars. Via a mix of brand new interviews\, a dash of oral history and some playful music writing\, Can’t Get You Out of My Head: In Search of Kylie Minogue puts the pop puzzle pieces together. \nCopies of the book will be available for purchase. There will be a signing after the event.  \n“To understand Kylie you have to be a gumshoe reporter and a clear-eyed philosopher; Michael is both\, and then some.”—Shaad D’Souza \nMichael Cragg has been writing about pop music for over a decade and has interviewed everyone from Lady Gaga to Lorde\, via Little Mix\, Shawn Mendes\, Miley Cyrus\, Katy Perry and Britney Spears. He has written for outlets including Vogue\, The Guardian\, GQ\, BBC\, The Observer\, Popjustice\, Dazed and Billboard. He also edits the independent biannual music magazine BEAT. His previous book Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame\, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party was the winner of the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize. \nDJ Louie XIV is a DJ\, podcast host\, and music critic. His show\, Pop Pantheon\, is one of the most popular pop music podcasts in the U.S.. He’s the creator of the monthly queer pop party Gorgeous Gorgeous in New York City and Los Angeles\, and the author of the forthcoming book Queen! Icon! Legend!: The Great Love Story Between Pop Divas and Their Queer Fans (Dey Street Books/HarperCollins). As a DJ and writer\, he’s worked with Vanity Fair\, The New Yorker\, Zac Posen\, Fendi\, Louis Vuitton\, BuzzFeed\, The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and more. \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.
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SUMMARY:Fall Sweat — Queer Erotica Writing Workshop with Christian Pan — “The Forbidden” Edition
DESCRIPTION:GET TICKETS TO THIS EVENT HERE \nThis course welcomes authors at any stage of their career\, from veterans who have a consistent writing practice\, to folks returning to the page after a hiatus\, to folks with little experience but who are curious\, willing to experiment\, and have fun. In-class\, we will have writing prompts\, discussion of key tools related to our craft\, readings of excerpts from other authors’ work\, and lively discussions. Participants in Fall Sweat are invited to write within the theme of “the forbidden”—what does this mean to you\, and how can this appear on the page?  \nFall Sweat will take place one night a week at the Bureau (in-person). Class size is capped at 15. Students may register for all 5 classes\, as well as “drop-in” for a single session; each class is self-contained in terms of material\, but students are encouraged to attend as many as possible\, as each one builds upon the other. At the conclusion of the workshop\, there will be a voluntary public reading at the Bureau\, where participants can read excerpts from their writings to their friends and loved ones. \n$15 — single session drop-in. NTAFLOF \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.
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SUMMARY:Queer Writers Read
DESCRIPTION:RSVP FOR THIS EVENT HERE \nQueer Writers Read brings queer writers together to read and discuss queer literature\, with the goal of studying and evolving our craft. Each workshop will focus on a specific element of craft (e.g.\, dialogue\, characterization\, voice). After analyzing a series of related selections across genres\, participants will have the opportunity to write and share their own work\, putting new ideas and insights into immediate practice! \nThe topic for our first session is ENCOUNTER SCENES! We will read four selections in which writers depict initial “first encounters” with another person or community. How do writers stage these encounters? How do they establish stakes in the relationship? How do they establish tension\, suspense\, attraction? Selections for this workshop include scenes from:  \n\nJames Baldwin\, Giovanni’s Room (Fiction)\nPatricia Highsmith\, The Price of Salt (Fiction) \nAudre Lorde\, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Memoir / “Biomythography”)\nDanez Smith\, “The 17-year-old & the Gay Bar” (Poetry) \n\nParticipants will receive excerpts at the session; no prior reading required. ALL writers welcome!  \nAny questions → andy@andybarrow.com \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.
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SUMMARY:Alchemize: a trans poetry night
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT HERE  \nAlchemize is a curated reading series celebrating trans poets. Join us for a night of beautiful poetry and community\, with readings by sonder\, noel barrera\, Joel Sedano\, and Filament Kind. The reading will be followed by a half-hour open mic.  \nIn August of 2026\, Alchemize: a trans poetry anthology was published\, featuring 25+ trans poets. For more information: https://www.ajdibetta.art/alchemize \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.  \n\n 
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SUMMARY:LETRA: an evening of dance\, music\, and poetry
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT HERE \nCome share in an evening of queer poetry\, flowing with the rhythms of flamenco\, at The Bureau of General Services — Queer Division\, located inside of the New York LGBT Center. The night will feature performances by flamenco dancers as well as pieces from poet–dancer pairings. \nThe first set will be a flamenco performance\, with a second set of the evening featuring newly formed poet–dancer pairings\, each creating a 7–9 minute structured improvisation performed live. The work will unfold in real time\, with an improvised soundscape created by guitar + MIDI\, responding to what’s happening in the room moment by moment. \nWe expect this event to sell-out\, with a large amount of people in standing room. We’ll reserve chairs for the elderly and people with disabilities — please reach out if you need to reserve a seat.  \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm. 
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SUMMARY:Fall Sweat — Queer Erotica Writing Workshop with Christian Pan — “The Forbidden” Edition
DESCRIPTION:GET TICKETS TO THIS EVENT HERE \nThis course welcomes authors at any stage of their career\, from veterans who have a consistent writing practice\, to folks returning to the page after a hiatus\, to folks with little experience but who are curious\, willing to experiment\, and have fun. In-class\, we will have writing prompts\, discussion of key tools related to our craft\, readings of excerpts from other authors’ work\, and lively discussions. Participants in Fall Sweat are invited to write within the theme of “the forbidden”—what does this mean to you\, and how can this appear on the page?  \nFall Sweat will take place one night a week at the Bureau (in-person). Class size is capped at 15. Students may register for all 5 classes\, as well as “drop-in” for a single session; each class is self-contained in terms of material\, but students are encouraged to attend as many as possible\, as each one builds upon the other. At the conclusion of the workshop\, there will be a voluntary public reading at the Bureau\, where participants can read excerpts from their writings to their friends and loved ones. \n$15 — single session drop-in. NTAFLOF \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.
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SUMMARY:Writing Exile
DESCRIPTION:RSVP FOR THIS EVENT HERE \nA weekly gathering to write together around a rotating theme\, such as body\, identity\, homecoming\, liminal spaces\, crossing\, disability\, bureaucracy\, ICE\, and the rise of autocracy. Under the broader umbrella of immigration\, the list is endless\, and the current political moment keeps handing us fresh material to process. \nEach week\, I’ll bring in a guest writer or artist for a conversation alongside the writing session. Our guests are either in exile themselves or work closely with queer immigrant artists and themes of immigration. \nThe group centers immigrant\, asylum-seeker\, and refugee experience\, and anyone drawn to writing about being queer and immigrant\, or adjacent themes\, is welcome. That openness matters to me. It can help bridge the distance immigrant writers often feel from those who hold a passport or a green card. \nThe series will culminate in a public reading at the Bureau. \nCommunity agreements \n\nConfidentiality: What’s shared in the room stays in the room\, unless a participant chooses to share it further\, at the final reading or elsewhere.\nNo AI: AI tools are not permitted during the workshop. You’re welcome to bring a laptop to type your stories\, though I strongly encourage handwriting during sessions.\n\nSession structure \n\nGuest conversation (30 min). An informal Q&A between the guest and me on the week’s theme and their experience of writing queer exile\, open to audience discussion.\nDiscussion. We name shared questions and emerging themes from the conversation and share short passages of our own writing on the theme.\nFree write and workshop. Three prompts\, each followed by small-group discussion.\nWrap-up. We share our experiences of writing and read sections aloud.\n\nAfter each session\, participants receive a reading list and a writing prompt to bring back the following week. \nAcross the five weeks\, we’ll work through craft (character\, dialogue\, place\, sensory detail) using excerpts from published writers and from the group’s own submitted work. The goal is to get every participant as close as possible to a finished draft of their nonfiction exile story by the end of the workshop. \nThis week’s theme is: queer identity and the crossing: trauma\, body\, and borders.  \nNastya (Anastasia) Dzutstsati is a writer\, educator\, and researcher based in New York City. Their work examines autocracy and LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S. and Russia. They are a writer in residence at Art Omi (Fall\, 2026). They were also a PEN America playwright fellow and developed a play on power dynamics between immigrants and Americans with support from New York Theatre Workshop and National Queer Theater. The play was staged at PEN World Voices 2026 and is forthcoming in PEN’s anthology in Fall 2026.  \nNastya has been a guest lecturer at Columbia University\, Cooper Union\, and Stony Brook University\, and has spoken as a panelist at NYU\, The New School\, and Bard College. They hold an MA in Human Rights and the Arts from Bard College and a BA in Journalism from the University of Kent. In 2023\, they delivered the TEDx talk “Writing Within Exile” at Bard College\, and they were a Threatened Scholar Integration Initiative Fellow with the Open Society University Network (2022–2024). \nIn Moscow\, Nastya worked as a journalist for Current Time (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty). Their writing has appeared in The Gay & Lesbian Review\, Marie Claire\, Cosmopolitan\, Grazia\, and elsewhere. \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.
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SUMMARY:Making the Invisible Visible: Joint book launch with Sarah Mantell\, Noah Diaz\, and Kate Douglas
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT HERE \nJoin us for this triple theater feature celebrating the release of three new plays! \nAs coastlines disappear and lives are uprooted\, a drifting community of warehouse workers travels from one temporary home to the next. Among loading docks and parking lots\, they search for missing loved ones—and for meaning. Both intimate and rebellious\, In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot is a striking new play about connection\, survival\, and finding love where you least expect it. \nWinner of the Susan Smith Blackburn prize 2023\, Sarah Mantell’s compelling dystopian and highly theatricalized world features a flexible cast of 7 female\, nonbinary\, and trans actors. Originally produced at Playwrights Horizons in New York City\, this is the first publication of this celebrated contemporary play. \nMeanwhile\, 22 years in the future\, two lab assistants hatch a plan that could change the world in Kate Douglas’ The Apiary. Bees are extinct\, only kept alive inside synthetic apriaries where they live in perpetual spring. \nAnd begin to crave flesh. As the bees begin t othrive\, lab assistants Zora and Pilar must satiate their new appetites. \nNoah Diaz’s You Will Get Sick  is a dark comedy in second person about learning how to live within your body as you find your way home.It was a finalist for both the Henry Award for Outstanding New Play and The John Gassner Award for New American Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards. \nGet a taste for all three works and discuss the works with the authors and special guest moderator Emmanuel Wilson.  \nCopies of the plays will be available for purchase. There will be a signing after the event.  \nSarah Mantell is the recipient of the 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot (Playwrights Horizons). Their other plays include Everything That Never Happened (Baltimore Center Stage\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, Boston Court Pasadena)\,The Good Guys (Second Stage\, PlayPenn)\, and Fight Call (Artists Repertory Theatre\, Breaking the Binary) They have been first-runner up for the Leah Ryan Award\, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award\, nominated for the Pulitzer\, and longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize. Sarah is a two-time MacDowell fellow and a Colt Coeur company member. They are the founder of The Living Writers Lab which offers wildly accessible MFA-quality classes. BFA Rhode Island School of Design. MFA Yale School of Drama. \nNoah Diaz is a playwright and screenwriter from the Iowa/Nebraska border. His plays have been produced at Roundabout Theatre\, Steppenwolf\, La Jolla Playhouse\, The Playwrights Realm\, Salt Lake Acting Company\, and Baltimore Center Stage\, amongst others. Commissions from Studio Theatre\, La Jolla Playhouse\, Steppenwolf\, Roundabout Theatre\, Manhattan Theatre Club/Sloan\, Baltimore Center Stage\, Audible/Amazon Studios\, and Arena Stage. Noah is a recipient of the ASCAP Cole Porter Prize and has been nominated for both Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards. In television\, he’s written for Hulu\, Peacock\, ABC\, 20th Television\, The Walk-Up Company\, Nyle DiMarco\, and Eva Longoria. MFA: Yale School of Drama. \nKate Douglas is a writer\, performer and composer based in Brooklyn\, NY. Her play The Apiary premiered at Second Stage and was a New York Times Critic’s Pick and nominee for the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award. Other work includes Tulipa (New York Stage & Film)\, My Dog is Dead (Ancram Center for the Arts) and If I Forget Thee\, O Earth (Next Forever Commission\, The Civilians/Princeton University). Her work has been recognized with a Jonathan Larson Award and developed at Signature Theatre\, The New Group\, and The O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. Alum of the Joe’s Pub Working Group\, Dramatists Guild Fellows Program\, Colt Coeur\, and The Civilians R&D Group. kate-douglas.com \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.
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SUMMARY:Turn Me On: Selections from The Bureau’s Erotic Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT HERE \nEnjoy a reading by the attendees of the Fall Sweat Series\, an erotic writing workshop led by Christian Pan. Over the course of five sessions\, these writers expanded their craft to activate the senses and set our hearts and desires aflame. Come in\, the water is warm.  \nChristian Pan is the author of more than 20 books of erotic fiction which often center bisexual characters\, identity\, and experience. His writing has been published by Cleis Press\, Incision Press\, Folly\, Rebel Satori Press\, the Indie Authors Collective\, and the Erotica Consortium. He is the editor and publisher of The Best Bi Erotica of the Year anthology series; was Patreon’s A Club Captain for the Queer Erotic Content Creators Club from 2022-25; and hosts the Pulse Session for the Podcast All the Filthy Details. \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.
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SUMMARY:Writing Exile
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT HERE \nA weekly gathering to write together around a rotating theme\, such as body\, identity\, homecoming\, liminal spaces\, crossing\, disability\, bureaucracy\, ICE\, and the rise of autocracy. Under the broader umbrella of immigration\, the list is endless\, and the current political moment keeps handing us fresh material to process. \nEach week\, I’ll bring in a guest writer or artist for a conversation alongside the writing session. Our guests are either in exile themselves or work closely with queer immigrant artists and themes of immigration. \nThe group centers immigrant\, asylum-seeker\, and refugee experience\, and anyone drawn to writing about being queer and immigrant\, or adjacent themes\, is welcome. That openness matters to me. It can help bridge the distance immigrant writers often feel from those who hold a passport or a green card. \nThe series will culminate in a public reading at the Bureau. \nCommunity agreements \n\nConfidentiality: What’s shared in the room stays in the room\, unless a participant chooses to share it further\, at the final reading or elsewhere.\nNo AI: AI tools are not permitted during the workshop. You’re welcome to bring a laptop to type your stories\, though I strongly encourage handwriting during sessions.\n\nSession structure \n\nGuest conversation (30 min). An informal Q&A between the guest and me on the week’s theme and their experience of writing queer exile\, open to audience discussion.\nDiscussion. We name shared questions and emerging themes from the conversation and share short passages of our own writing on the theme.\nFree write and workshop. Three prompts\, each followed by small-group discussion.\nWrap-up. We share our experiences of writing and read sections aloud.\n\nAfter each session\, participants receive a reading list and a writing prompt to bring back the following week. \nAcross the five weeks\, we’ll work through craft (character\, dialogue\, place\, sensory detail) using excerpts from published writers and from the group’s own submitted work. The goal is to get every participant as close as possible to a finished draft of their nonfiction exile story by the end of the workshop. \nThis week’s theme is: writing bureaucracy\, immigration realities and writing through trauma-induced block. \nNastya (Anastasia) Dzutstsati is a writer\, educator\, and researcher based in New York City. Their work examines autocracy and LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S. and Russia. They are a writer in residence at Art Omi (Fall\, 2026). They were also a PEN America playwright fellow and developed a play on power dynamics between immigrants and Americans with support from New York Theatre Workshop and National Queer Theater. The play was staged at PEN World Voices 2026 and is forthcoming in PEN’s anthology in Fall 2026.  \nNastya has been a guest lecturer at Columbia University\, Cooper Union\, and Stony Brook University\, and has spoken as a panelist at NYU\, The New School\, and Bard College. They hold an MA in Human Rights and the Arts from Bard College and a BA in Journalism from the University of Kent. In 2023\, they delivered the TEDx talk “Writing Within Exile” at Bard College\, and they were a Threatened Scholar Integration Initiative Fellow with the Open Society University Network (2022–2024). \nIn Moscow\, Nastya worked as a journalist for Current Time (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty). Their writing has appeared in The Gay & Lesbian Review\, Marie Claire\, Cosmopolitan\, Grazia\, and elsewhere. \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\, located on the second floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\, The Bureau Cafe\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.
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