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SUMMARY:Postponed: NYC Queer Comic Fair 2020
DESCRIPTION:Due to the coronavirus pandemic\, the Bureau is closed until further notice. We hope to reschedule our late March and April events once we are able to reopen. Stay tuned!\n  \nThe NYC Queer Comic Fair enters its 4th year with a Kickstarter funded in one hour! The event is a no admission showcase of queer-identified artists working in illustration\, comics\, and visual storytelling. The goal of the fair is to extend the reach and audience of the artists\, and to provide a place where queer people can go to find and distribute art that represents them. \n  \nThe 4th annual NYC Queer Comic Fair (NYCQCF) happens Saturday\, April 11th\, and Sunday\, April 12th\, from 1-7pm on each day. The NYCQCF is hosted by the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division inside the New York City Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. \n  \nStarting as a single-day fair inspired by the New York Queer Zine Fair\, event creators\, Bubba of WabiSabiZinez and Pat Reilly of Comics by Patrick\, sought to fill a gap in the queer arts community – comic books. While the first fair focused solely on comics and graphic novel\, each year they have expanded the scope of what is included: photo essays\, illustration\, illustrated poetry\, children’s books\, and coloring books are among the types of work now included. Bubba said\, “we want to showcase the diversity of the medium\, that is\, of creating a conversation or narrative between words and images.” \n  \nThe fair has now expanded to a two-day event. Bubba said\, “while the we have extended the number of days\, we have chosen to stay in a small venue.” He says that the NYCQCF wants to stay in queer spaces\, specifically those dedicated to supporting the arts. He adds\, “the Center is historic\, and the Bureau is a great host! Why leave when they have everything we need: a coffee shop\, gender neutral bathrooms\, and a fantastic Keith Haring mural for attendants to see!” \n  \nThe NYCQCF has been covered by Hornet.com and The Comic Book Bears Podcast\, with promotional events and signings happening at Carmine Street Comic inside Unoppressive Non-imperialist Bargain Books in the Village and for the New York City Anarchist Book Fair. Bubba says\, “as a member of the queer community\, I think it is important to collaborate and crosspollinate. We need to support each other’s events\, meet new people\, create a web of connections. That’s what we are doing here; yes\, it is one event\, but we talk to people at other fairs\, other bookstores\, anywhere we can.” Bubba adds that the NYCQCF relies on participants and attendants to bring in the kinds of creators they want to see; he asks that artist suggestions be sent via Instagram\, and that if anyone wants to stay current with signup announcements\, they follow WabiSabiZinez on Kickstarter. \n  \nThe event is free and open to the public. \n  \nFind the NYC Queer Comic Fair on Instagram and Facebook. \n  \nContact: Bubba – wabisabizinez@gmail.com \n 
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SUMMARY:Postponed: NYC Queer Comic Fair 2020
DESCRIPTION:Due to the coronavirus pandemic\, the Bureau is closed until further notice. We hope to reschedule our late March and April events once we are able to reopen. Stay tuned!\n  \nThe NYC Queer Comic Fair enters its 4th year with a Kickstarter funded in one hour! The event is a no admission showcase of queer-identified artists working in illustration\, comics\, and visual storytelling. The goal of the fair is to extend the reach and audience of the artists\, and to provide a place where queer people can go to find and distribute art that represents them. \n  \nThe 4th annual NYC Queer Comic Fair (NYCQCF) happens Saturday\, April 11th\, and Sunday\, April 12th\, from 1-7pm on each day. The NYCQCF is hosted by the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division inside the New York City Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. \n  \nStarting as a single-day fair inspired by the New York Queer Zine Fair\, event creators\, Bubba of WabiSabiZinez and Pat Reilly of Comics by Patrick\, sought to fill a gap in the queer arts community – comic books. While the first fair focused solely on comics and graphic novel\, each year they have expanded the scope of what is included: photo essays\, illustration\, illustrated poetry\, children’s books\, and coloring books are among the types of work now included. Bubba said\, “we want to showcase the diversity of the medium\, that is\, of creating a conversation or narrative between words and images.” \n  \nThe fair has now expanded to a two-day event. Bubba said\, “while the we have extended the number of days\, we have chosen to stay in a small venue.” He says that the NYCQCF wants to stay in queer spaces\, specifically those dedicated to supporting the arts. He adds\, “the Center is historic\, and the Bureau is a great host! Why leave when they have everything we need: a coffee shop\, gender neutral bathrooms\, and a fantastic Keith Haring mural for attendants to see!” \n  \nThe NYCQCF has been covered by Hornet.com and The Comic Book Bears Podcast\, with promotional events and signings happening at Carmine Street Comic inside Unoppressive Non-imperialist Bargain Books in the Village and for the New York City Anarchist Book Fair. Bubba says\, “as a member of the queer community\, I think it is important to collaborate and crosspollinate. We need to support each other’s events\, meet new people\, create a web of connections. That’s what we are doing here; yes\, it is one event\, but we talk to people at other fairs\, other bookstores\, anywhere we can.” Bubba adds that the NYCQCF relies on participants and attendants to bring in the kinds of creators they want to see; he asks that artist suggestions be sent via Instagram\, and that if anyone wants to stay current with signup announcements\, they follow WabiSabiZinez on Kickstarter. \n  \nThe event is free and open to the public. \n  \nFind the NYC Queer Comic Fair on Instagram and Facebook. \n  \nContact: Bubba – wabisabizinez@gmail.com \n 
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SUMMARY:Shh! I'm Listening...
DESCRIPTION: \nShh! I’m listening…\nFriday\, April 17\, 2020\n6:30 p.m.\n \nRSVP required. A link to the meeting will be sent prior to the event.\n \nNew York Queer Zine Fair\, Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, and The LGBT Community Center are happy to present Shh! I’m listening…\n \nThis virtual event brings together four queer zine makers to share their work. Expect fun visuals and text that is informative\, inspiring and maybe even a little titillating.\n \nPresenters include:\n \nElvis B.\nCreator of the long-running “Homos in Herstory” comics zine\, which includes flashes of queer history over the century. They are also the co-founder of the NYC Feminist Zinefest\, and deeply excited about the potential for queer\, feminist creativity in these unusual times.\n \n \nLuis Martin / The Art Engineer\nArtist\, podcaster and New Age capitalist\n \n \nKel R. Karpinski of Queer Sailors zines\nQueer zinester and librarian\, researching and making zines about queer sailors\, Times Square and film. Kel also co-organizes the NY Queer Zine Fair.\n \n \nPaul Moreno\nQueer artist\, zine maker\, designer and other co-organizer of NY Queer Zine Fair. He also awaits the postponed opening of his exhibition “Problem Areas” at the Bureau.\n \n  \nSide note: We promise to try to not discuss COVID-19; we all need a break. \n \n \n \n \n 
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SUMMARY:Postponed: Anatomies of Want: The Queer Desires of Daniel W.K. Lee\, Travis Montez\, and Stephen S. Mills
DESCRIPTION:Due to the coronavirus pandemic\, the Bureau is closed until further notice. We hope to reschedule our late March and April events once we are able to reopen. Stay tuned! \n  \nPoets Daniel W.K. Lee\, Travis Montez\, and Stephen S. Mills guide us through the terrain of wanting—from carnal to familial\, satiation to longing—reading from their oeuvres including works from their most recently published books Anatomy of Want (Lee)\, Objects In This Rearview Vol 02: The Roads in Me (Montez)\, and Not Everything Thrown Starts a Revolution (Mills). \nCopies of these three titles will be available for purchase at the event. To reserve a copy/copies please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com. Please support the Bureau by buying books from us. Thank you! \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBorn in Kuching\, Malaysia\, Daniel W.K. Lee is a third-generation refugee going back to China via Vietnam and Malaysia before settling in the United States. Raised in Chicagoland\, Daniel moved to New York City in 1996 where he earned a BA at NYU and an MFA in Creative Writing – Poetry at The New School. Daniel relocated to Seattle in 2014 and after a little over five years in the Pacific Northwest\, he and his whippet Camden moved to New Orleans in December of last year soon after the publication of his debut collection of poetry Anatomy of Want by Rebel Satori Press/Queer Mojo. Find out more about him at www.danielwklee.com\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nTravis Montez is a writer\, poet\, professor and juvenile rights attorney\, representing children in the Family Court system of New York City. Born and raised in Nashville\, Tennessee\, Montez came to NYC in the late 90s to attend NYU where he pursued degrees in Journalism and Africana Studies. It was there that he was first introduced to spoken word poetry. Since then\, Travis Montez has performed in venues all over the world\, released seven collections of poetry and a spoken word album. His latest release\, Objects In This Rearview Vol 03: Home/Again is set to be released this summer!\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nStephen S. Mills is the author of the Lambda Award-winning book He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices (2012) as well as A History of the Unmarried (2014) and Not Everything Thrown Starts a Revolution (2018) all from Sibling Rivalry Press. He earned his MFA from Florida State University. His work has appeared in Columbia Poetry Review\, The Antioch Review\, PANK\, The New York Quarterly\, The Los Angeles Review\, The Rumpus\, and others. He is also the winner of the 2008 Gival Press Oscar Wilde Poetry Award and the 2014 Christopher Hewitt Award for Fiction. Two of his books have been placed on the Over the Rainbow List compiled yearly by the American Library Association. He lives in New York City with his partner and two schnauzers. Visit his website at: www.stephensmills.com \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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