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SUMMARY:Reclaiming Queer Childhoods: Dual Book Release - Online Event
DESCRIPTION:Hosted and moderated by Chicago’s own Leanna Burton! Join Marina Labarthe del Solar and Lexie Bean to celebrate their new works celebrating adult queer and trans reclamation of childhood mediums. Marina\, co-founder of Enby Spoken Histories\, with The Trans Coloring Book! And Lexie Bean\, curator of Lambda Finalist Written on the Body\, with their debut middle grade novel The Ship We Built. \nThey will share from their books and be in dialogue with the one and only Peppermint! The three will share on questions of who gets to have full and representational childhoods\, ways art serves as reclamation\, and how reforming “child-like” mediums can create new futures and new understandings of love. \nThere will also be a special performance by queer pop artist\, Be Steadwell! Who may also be a part of the panel discussion 🙂 \nPurchase a copy of The Ship We Built (Dial Books\, 2020\, hardcover\, $16.99) from the Bureau. Write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with the subject line “Order The Ship We Built” and the following included in the body of the email: \nName: \nShip-to address: \nPhone number: \nVenmo or PayPal handle: \n(or we can take your credit card info over the phone) \nMarina’s Trans Coloring Book (paperback\, $10) can be purchased on their site: \nhttps://okdood.bigcartel.com/ \nREGISTER ON EVENTBRITE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE LINK TO THE ZOOM MEETING (REQUIRED) \nThis event is free\, but the authors encourage donations to support Emergency Relief Fund* and to make their books as accessible as possible. 75% of all donations will go towards Emergency Relief Fund and the remaining 25% towards sending free copies of their books to low-income members of our communities. Suggested donation of $5 to $10\, but whatever you are able to give is much appreciated! \n*The mission of the Emergency Release Fund is to ensure that no trans person at risk in New York City jails remains in detention before trial. If cash bail is set for a trans person in New York City and no bars to release are in place\, bail will be paid by the Emergency Release Fund. \nTrans people experience constant injustice. Behind bars it can be fatal. It’s on us to make sure no one – not one person – falls through the cracks. We can and we will. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:United Queerdom: Virtual Book Launch with Dan Glass & Panel of Activists
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division and The LGBT Community Center host a virtual book launch for United Queerdom: From the Legends of the Gay Liberation Front to the Queers of Tomorrow on Thursday\, June 25th\, at 6 PM NYC time. Join us for a special event celebrating the radical roots of Pride and our ongoing journey for ‘Absolute Freedom for All’ an evening of discussion\, readings\, agitations\, and celebrations on the current and future movements for queer liberation. \nDan Glass will be joined by Stuart Feather\, Sunitha Dwarakanath\, Sarah Schulman\, and Jason Lamar Walker. \nThis event is free\, but we encourage attendees to make donations that we will collect on behalf of Black Lives Matter. \n\nPlease register for this event here (required)\n\n  \nPre-order United Queerdom (Zed Books\, July 15\, 2020\, paperback\, $22.95) from the Bureau! Write to us at contact@bgsqd.comwith your \nName: \nShip-to address: \nPhone number: \nVenmo or PayPal handle: \n(or we can take your credit card info over the phone) \n  \nDan Glass is a sex-positive\, queer\, healthcare and human rights award-winning activist\, performer\, presenter and writer. Reforming ‘Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) London chapter in 2013 has catalysed healthcare and sex-positive programmes including campaigning for PREP\, protecting the National Health Service through presenting “Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Great NHS Sell-Off” which won “Award of Excellence” at the DOCS Without Borders Film Festival\, producing ‘HIV / HEP Blind Date’ a theatre dating- show for people living with HIV / HEP to share the realities of life\, love and struggle as well as enabling ‘HIV anti-stigma classes as part of the anti-fascist ‘Beyond UKIP Cabaret’ in Nigel Farage’s boozer. Dan has won Attitude Magazine’s campaigning role models for LGBTQI youth + a Guardian ‘UK youth climate leader’\, 2017 ‘Activist of the Year’ with the ‘Sexual Freedom Awards’ and was announced a ‘BBC Greater Londoner’ in 2019 for founding ‘Queer Tours of London – A Mince Through Time’ and is part of the global In Place of War artist movement. An agitator from the Training for Transformation educational programme born out of the Anti-Apartheid movement\, the core of dan’s work is the development of critical consciousness and creativity to spur people ‘to read their reality and write their own history’. Dans recent programmes involve catalysing ‘Queer Night Pride’ and ‘Bender Defenders’ to confront rising LGBT+ hate crime\, facilitating the Gay Liberation Front 50th anniversary Pride celebrations and presenting ‘Never Again – Fighting the Polish far-right’ and ‘Weaponising Anti-semitism’. During the COVID-19 epidemic dan was part of the Coronavirus cabaret: the online show combating social isolation’. Contact dan at www.theglassishalffull.co.uk and at alright@theglassishalffull.co.uk – Twitter #danglassisfull \n  \nStuart Feather is a GLF activist and took part in the first public demonstration of homosexuals in the UK in 1970. His political autobiography Blowing the Lid: Gay Liberation\, Sexual Revolution and Radical Queens was published in 2016. Feather was also a member 1977 – 1993 of the gay theatre group Bloolips\, winners of a New York OBIE award in 1981. See Stuarts TED Talks here: \nTEDxHultLondon – The LGBTQ+ and the Gay Liberation Front \nNeil Bartlett: “Blowing the Lid: Gay Liberation\, Sexual Revolution and Radical Queens is invaluable as well as entertaining first hand radical testimony from the period\, essential for anyone who wants to understand how this country has changed and who wants to think about how it could be changed more.” \n  \nSunitha Dwarakanath is a Queer South Asian from London\, UK. Sunitha organises with the QTIPOC and LGBTQIA+ black and people of colour bloc with ‘Queer Night Pride’ – a movement challenging the recent rise in LGBT+ hate crime. Sunitha grew up around her mum’s family where politics about Sri Lanka were constantly being discussed and was recently prompted to campaign for Labour in the last election because of her difficult experiences as an Asian person in queer spaces and wider society. Sunitha is also part of the ‘Riposte’ nightclub collective – one of London’s leading queer techno art movements. \n  \nSarah Schulman’s work as a novelist\, nonfiction writer\, playwright\, screenwriter and AIDS historian is devoted to social change and to the making of more liveable-socially\, economically\, politically-lives. Her most famous works include ‘The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination’ and ‘Israel/Palestine and the Queer International’\, both of which foreground the relevance of gender/sexual politics in understanding- and challenging- violent socio-political systems; the former through a history of AIDS and gentrification in New York\, the latter through an exploration of the role of ‘pinkwashing’ and ‘homonationalism’ in the continued occupation of Palestinian Territories. \nSchulman is and has always been a passionate activist and campaigner. Member of the international direct action group ACT-UP\, founder of the ACT UP Oral History Project\, and co-founder of the Lesbian Avengers\, she blends her intellectual and political endeavours in a way which provides as much space for an interrogation of multiple systems of oppression as it does for their ultimate destitution. \n  \nJason Lamar Walker is a nationally recognized activist\, organizing within the center of Black Queer Liberation. Formerly from VOCAL New York\, Jason gained his notoriety by bringing together thousands of New Yorkers living with HIV to pass city and state laws and to influence federal policies. In 2015\, he helped win an eight-year battle ensuring that formerly homeless New Yorkers living with HIV could maintain their housing by passage of the 30% Rent Cap. Thanks to this work\, more than 11\,000 members of his community have been able to remain in their homes. In 2016\, Jason helped to score a second major victory that expanded those policies and lifesaving benefits to all New York City residents living with HIV in a campaign that is commonly referred to as “HASA for All”. \nJason’s devotion to social justice work extends prior to joining VOCAL’s team. He began organizing as a student at the University of Louisville serving as President of the NAACP\, Co-Chair of the Student National Coordinating Committee (SNCC)\, Co-founder of BlkOut – the first LGBTQ recognized student organization for People of Color in the state of Kentucky. In 2012\, following the murder of Trayvon Martin\, Jason was leading organizer in a citywide solidarity rally\, which lead to the creation of #Louisville4Trayvon\, now the Louisville Chapter of Black Lives Matter. \nHaving his roots in organizing as a youth\, Jason supported the growth and development of Queerocracy\, a youth organizing and leadership development program. Queerocracy works with homeless and street involved queer youth to develop and execute policy advocacy strategies and direct actions to ensure Black and Brown LGBTQ youth have access to equality and equity. \nJason has served on New York State’s Ending the Epidemic advisory groups for Black Men who have Sex with Men and Young Adults to assist in the development of specific implementation strategies to optimize the Blueprint to End the HIV/AIDS Epidemic’s impact on Black men and young adults. \nHe has been recognized by POZ Magazine’s 2014 Top 100 List\, the National Black Justice Coalition as a Black LGBTQ/SGL Emerging Leaders to Watch\, is 2016 recipient of the People for the American Way Foundation’s Norman Lear Award and the NYC Black Gay Pride’s Joseph Jefferson Award\, and was acknowledged by City & State New York in 2018 as one of the 10 LGBT Leaders on the Rise list. Most recently\, Jason became the 2019 recipient of the Ali Forney Centers Luminary Award and Jason has been featured on Capital Tonight\, MSNBC’s All in with Chris Hayes\, and NY1’s Inside City Hall.
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SUMMARY:TELL 62: Queer Black Lives Matter
DESCRIPTION:TELL is an evening of story telling from the mouths and minds of queers in NYC hosted by Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division since February 2014. \nQueer Black Lives Matter is the theme of the 62nd TELL\, on Saturday\, June 27\, 2020\, 6 to 8 PM (EST). Co-hosted by Drae Campbell & Shannon Matesky. Featuring stories by ehag the seahag\, Sebastian J. Flowers\, Heather Lynn Johnson\, and Ronnie Mae Painter. \nThe event will take place on Zoom. \nThis is a free event\, but you must register on the eventbrite page in advance of the event in order to receive the Zoom meeting link. \nDonations for the performers are much appreciated!\nMake a donation when you register for the event on eventbrite. \nhttps://tinyurl.com/ydbrvagk\n  \nPhotograph by Grace Chu\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDrae Campbell is a writer\, actor\, director\, story teller\, dancer\, and nightlife emcee. Drae has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and on stages all over NYC. Drae’s directing work has appeared in Iceland\, NYC\, Budapest and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The short film Drae wrote and starred in with Rebecca Drysdale\, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in festivals globally. Drae won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. She once reigned as Miss LEZ and also got dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell hosts and curates a monthly queer storytelling show called TELL at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. Check her out online!  www.draecampbell.com. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nehag the sea hag is a media maker and professor and underwater creature who thinks a lot about race and freedom. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSebastian J. Flowers aka Alkaline Sunboi is a 1st generation immigrant and Brooklyn native\, model\, actor\, and vegan in NYC. With indigenous roots in Belize and Honduras\, Central America\, practicing a life of peace\, love\, physical health and spiritual wellness has been a natural catalyst for his 15 years of activism in the LGBTQ and POC communities across the country. Despite incestuous sexual abuse as young as 7 years old\, poverty\, nearly dying twice due to gender affirming surgery\, this female to male transgender has no sight of slowing down. Sebastian\, 31 years old\, has a large following on social media for his dance moves and positive messages and aspires to use it as a platform for his acting and modeling career. Sebastian dreams of being an international actor\, successful philanthropist and investor. His most recent acting roles are on several episodes of POSE on FX (season 2)\, Law & Order: SVU on NBC\, Blue Bloods on CBS\, and independent short film Chasing Love. Feel free to check out Sebastian’s reality documentary series on YouTube\, “LEGENDARY\,” highlighting his life as an Afro Latino female to male transgender\, dating\, discussing mental health & wellness\, cooking vegan on a low income\, student financial advice\, Vogue & Mua tips\, traveling while Queer\, and interviewing prominent Queer youth & Queer people of color in NYC and the world. \nInstagram: @BelizeanVegan\nFacebook: Facebook.com/BelizeanVegan\nYouTube: Belizean Vegan \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHeather Lynn Johnson is a poet\, artist and a performer living in Brooklyn. She is currently a fellow at the Leslie-Lohman Museum\, author of The Survival Guide For Queer Black Youth (Inpatient Press\, 2017)\, and the 2017 literary fellow for the Queer|Art|Mentorship program. Johnson’s work is characterized by its lyricism and cultural critique. Her formal approach to the narrative\, whether visual or poetic\, is distinguished by her willingness to lay bare her own existence. She is working on her next book of poetry I Owe You Nothing: How to be Black and Free. Johnson received an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nShannon Matesky is an actress\, writer\, director\, producer and an organizer from Berkeley\, California. She is creator and curator of Queer Abstract\, a monthly performance series in Brooklyn. As an actress Shannon has performed with a range of theater companies including The Goodman Theatre\, Steppenwolf Theater\, and The Inconvenience. She has been featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam\, Nuyorican Poets Cafe and elsewhere. Shannon has produced campaigns and festivals across the United States\, including the Brave New Voices International Teen Poetry Festival\, Life is Living\, and The Fly Honey Show. Shannon currently works with Urban Word NYC. For more information visit www.shannonmatesky.com \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nA native New Yorker born and raised in Astoria\, Queens\, Ronnie Mae Painter is a Brooklyn-based artist who’s primary media are painting on canvas and works on paper. She is also a published author and poet. Her literary works can be found in the anthology “Are Italians White”\, edited by Jennifer Guglielmo and Salvatore Salerno. Painter’s experiences growing up as a woman of African-American and Italian-American biracial descent during the 1970s are transcended through both her visual and literary works in energetic movements and a shouting tone. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Join the Bureau at the Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Bureau at this important march on Pride Sunday! \nFrom Reclaim Pride Coalition‘s website: \nOn Sunday\, June 28th\, at 1pm\, the Reclaim Pride Coalition will be in the streets of Manhattan for its second annual Queer Liberation March — the Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality. Marchers will gather at 12:45pm at Foley Square on Centre St and step off at 1pm sharp. \nMarchers are asked to wear face masks to protect against COVID-19 and to maintain safe distancing. Reclaim Pride can provide a limited number of masks\, hand sanitizer and water to those who need them. And Reclaim Pride will livestream the March online at @queermarch on FB and Twitter/Periscope and via Youtube live on reclaimpridenyc.org for those who can’t attend in person. This March\, like all current protest Marches\, does not have a City/NYPD permit. \n“We’re horrified by the police murders of George Floyd\, Breonna Taylor\, Tony McDade\, Layleen Polanco\, Rayshard Brooks and untold numbers of others\,” said Reclaim Pride’s Francesca Barjon\, “and we’re mourning the endless violent deaths of Black trans women and men like Dominique ‘Rem’mie’ Fells and Riah Milton. So\, inspired by the historic\, Black-led protest movement that has taken to the streets here in NYC and across the world\, Reclaim Pride supports demands for immediate defunding\, disarming\, dismantling\, and reimagining of police forces.” \nReclaim Pride joins with abolitionists such as Mariambe Kaba and others in several cities in demanding a fifty percent reduction in the NYPD budget with a fifty percent reduction in the police force. Those funds must be dedicated to support and services including housing\, healthcare\, education and reparative and transformative justice for Black communities. New York City must prioritize reparations for those who’ve been oppressed and murdered for hundreds of years. \nWhile all Black people are at constant risk of police brutality and murder\, Reclaim Pride\, as queer and trans activists \, recognizes that Black Trans\, Gender Non-Conforming\, and Non Binary people\, especially Black Trans Women\, are faced with the intersection of vicious state and societal racism\, transphobia\, misogyny\, and classism. This must stop now. \nFor the complete statement of purpose\, see below or download the PDF \nThe March will be wheelchair accessible. For other questions about accessibility\, contact access@reclaimpridenyc.org.\nWebsite: www.reclaimpridenyc.org\nFacebook: @QueerMarch\nTwitter: @QueerMarch\nInstagram: @QueerMarch \nReclaim Pride Coalition (RPC) is a New York City-based group comprised of LGBTQ+ activists in alliance with dozens of grassroots community groups\, nationally and internationally. In June 2019\, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising\, RPC mobilized more than 45\,000 people to recreate the original 1970 Gay Pride march route uptown from Stonewall to Central Park. This March\, the Queer Liberation March\, was a people’s protest march without corporate funding\, corporate floats\, or a police contingent. \n 
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