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SUMMARY:Sex\, Society and the Making of Pornography
DESCRIPTION:  \nPornography is a unique form of entertainment that combines fantasy and real sex. Join Susie Bright and Jeffrey Escoffier for a conversation about his book\, Sex\, Society and the Making of Pornography on why pornography matters\, how it’s made\, what it tells us and how it shapes our lives. \n  \nRegistration on Eventbrite is required in order to receive the Zoom link on the day of the event. \nSuggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $5. \nAll are welcome to join\, with or without a donation. \nYou can make a donation when you register on Eventbrite. \nClick here to register\n  \nPurchase Sex\, Society and the Making of Pornography on or before March 4\, 2021 and receive 25% off! \n  \nJeffrey Escoffier is the author of Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore\, and of American Homo: Community and Perversity. He teaches at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. \n  \nSusie Bright is an author\, editor\, critic\, and publisher— as well as historian of sex in cinema. She was the co-founder of “On Our Backs” magazine and was elected to the Hall of Fame by the X-rated Critics’ Organization for her years of work in erotic screen journalism. Her university class\, “The Politics of Sexual Representation\,” was the first of its kind. \n  \nThe painting reproduced on the cover of Sex\, Society and the Making of Pornography is by Patrick Angus: Hanky Panky\, 1990. Acrylic on canvas\, 39 3/4 x 53 1/2 in (101 x 136 cm). \n 
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SUMMARY:Caring for our Precious LGBTQ+ Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe past year has put our mental health to the test in ways none of us could have imagined\, and so many of us are trying to process all that has traumatized us–while much of it is still happening. Please join the Bureau and panelists Geleni Fontaine\, Jia Hurd\, Isabel Restrepo\, and Max Zev Reynolds for a special evening focused on caring for our queer and trans mental health\, moderated by Teresa Theophano. We will talk about coping strategies\, mutual aid\, and peer support\, and Geleni will lead a brief tapping/acupressure session to help relieve stress! \n  \nSuggested donation to support the Bureau and our panelists is $10\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nRegistration on Eventbrite is required in order to receive the Zoom link on the day of the event. \nClick here to register\n  \nThe Bureau is offering 15% off books featuring our panelists on our online store (click on titles to view and/or purchase): \nOur Work is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance by Syan Rose\, and featuring panelist Geleni Fontaine\, available from the Bureau’s online bookstore for pre-order (release date April 6\, 2021). On sale for $14.41 (regularly $16.95) through end of day March 6th. \nHeadcase: LGBTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Wellness\, edited by moderator Teresa Theophano and Stephanie Schroeder. On sale for $24.46 (regularly $29.95) through end of day March 6th. \nTrans Bodies\, Trans Selves\, featuring contributions by panelist Max Zev Reynolds. On sale for $38.21 (regularly $44.95) through end of day March 6th. \n  \n  \nGeleni Fontaine (they/them) is a fat\, queer and trans\, disabled\, non-binary\, NYC-born\, first generation Latinx person of Cuban descent raised and living lifelong in Brooklyn\, New York. They’re a holistic healer and registered nurse\, and use knowledge of Western allopathic medicine to support a holistic East-Asian practice\, helping individuals navigate both healthcare systems. As a disabled healer with chronic pain and illness Geleni is devoted to working with their communities from within their intersections\, with a goal to empower individuals and nourish healing toward a more just and loving world for us all. Geleni is affiliated with Third Root Community Health Center and during the pandemic is sharing tapping / acupressure as an accessible and powerful practice for self and community healing. Geleni is featured in the upcoming book Our Work is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance by Syan Rose\, available from the Bureau’s online bookstore for pre-order (release date April 6\, 2021)–15% discount through end of day\, March 6th. \nThird Root’s Collective Care Fund: Low to no cost care for Black\, Indigenous\, People of Color prioritizing local Flatbush\, Brooklyn residents\, trans women and femmes\, and disabled and formerly incarcerated community members. https://www.gofundme.com/f/collective-care-fund \n  \nJia Hurd is a Black non-binary femme from the South Bronx leading a COVID-19 response FREE Mental Health project that has served 1\,500+ QBIPoC across the USA and around the world.They/She is a Mental Health advocate\, suicide attempt survivor\, creative\, social worker\, and community organizer with a focus on art\, activism\, and wellness. She has six years of events/project management experience in wellness and art for NYC museums\, non-profits\, art collectives\, and universities. She has three years of mental health advocacy experience for NYC grassroots organizations and three artist’s scholarships at The New School. They are currently pursuing a Master’s in Social Work at Hunter College and are a 2020 advocacy fellow of the New York Transgender Advocacy Group. For six years they have helped lead successful social justice movements for Black Womxn and Queer liberation with The New York Transgender Advocacy\, Hetrick-Martin Institute\, The Audre Lorde Project\, BUFU\, Equality 4 Flatbush\, Sadie Nash\, Black Lives Matter\, BYP 100\, and F2L. It is important to center their/her work around Queer and Trans People of Color\, particularly Black and Indigenous people. \n  \nIsabel Restrepo\, LMSW (she/her)\, is the Director of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation program (PROS) at The Bridge\, a community mental health agency serving individuals diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness in NYC. Isabel has almost 20 years of experience working in the mental health field as a provider/counselor\, and two years of experience as a program director. She also has experience working with LGBTQ+ youth as a former intern at The Hetrick-Martin Institute. A queer Colombian-born butch\, Isabel is a practitioner with lived experience and hopes to learn from her fellow panelists as well as from all those who are in attendance. \n  \nRabbi Max Zev Reynolds is a board-eligible chaplain whose work focuses on palliative and end-of-life care\, the spiritual and existential care of non-religious and secular people\, trauma and moral injury\, the spiritual care needs of queer and trans people\, and the use of ritual in healing and justice work. Prior to becoming a rabbi\, he worked as a direct services provider in queer\, trans\, and HIV-impacted communities. Max was ordained at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and holds an MA in Philosophy of Religion from Union Theological Seminary. \n  \nTeresa Theophano\, LCSW (she/her)\, is a program director and psychotherapist at an NYC geriatric mental health nonprofit and is Editor-in-Chief at The Affirmative Couch (affirmativecouch.com)\, which provides continuing ed for therapists working with LGBTQIA+\, consensually non-monogamous\, and kinky clients. Co-editor of Headcase: LGBTQ Writers and Artists on Mental Health and Wellness (Oxford University Press\, 2019) and a contributor to numerous anthologies and websites\, Teresa identifies as both a clinician and a peer with lived experience. She is a white Jewish cis queer femme who is passionate about ensuring access to LGBTQ+-affirmative mental health care and eliminating stigma and shame. Find the NYC-based online queer mental health resource list she maintains at tinyurl.com/qmhiresources \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Three Dads and a Baby: Ian Jenkins on Poly Parenting
DESCRIPTION:Author Ian Jenkins will speak about the benefits and challenges of poly parenting and the battles he and his partners fought to become dads\, and win the first ever birth certificate naming a poly family as the legal parents of a child. Along the way\, they caught a doctor telling an elaborate lie to get out of working with them\, survived frightening medical complications\, and fought for their unborn child in court. Join the discussion on polyamory and the frontiers of family law and chosen families!\n\n  \nQuestions encouraged!\n\n  \nRegistration on Eventbrite is required in order to receive the Zoom link on the day of the event.\n\n  \nSuggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $5.\nAll are welcome to join\, with or without a donation.\nYou can make a donation when you register on Eventbrite.\nClick here to register\n  \n\nPurchase Three Men and a Baby: Adventures in Poly Parenting before or on Saturday\, March 13th\, 2021\, and receive 25% off!\n  \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!\n\n\nIan Jenkins is a doctor\, professor\, writer… and part of a polyamorous “throuple” with partners Alan and Jeremy. They’re now the first poly family to be named as the legal parents of a child anywhere in the world. Three Dads and a Baby recounts the throuple’s herculean effort to overcome legal\, medical\, and social challenges to becoming parents and winning groundbreaking legal recognition as a family to protect their children. 
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SUMMARY:TELL 71: Not Going Back
DESCRIPTION:  \nTELL 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. \nNot Going Back is the theme of the 71st TELL\, on Saturday\, March 20\, 2021\, 6 to 7:30 PM (EST). Featuring: Lorelei Ramirez\, Lisa E Davis\, Mindy Raf\, and Chewy May. \nThe event will take place on Zoom. \nThis is a free event\, but you must register on Eventbrite in advance of the event in order to receive the Zoom meeting link on the day of the event. \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the storytellers and the Bureau. \nBut all are welcome to join\, with or without a donation. \nYou can make a donation when you register on Eventbrite. \nClick here to register\n  \nPhotograph by Grace Chu\nDrae Campbell is an actor and performer who has appeared on stages all over NYC and on the internet\, movies and tv.  She’s been spotted on the tv shows New Amsterdam and Bull and on the web series Dinette directed by Shaina Feinberg. She can also be found online on Refinery29\, IFC.Com and BRICTV to name a few. Some fave stage acting credits: Only You Can Prevent Wildfires\, Ricochet Collective\, Non-Consensual Relationships With Ghosts\, La Mama\, My Old Man\, Dixon Place\, Oph3lia at HERE\, The Nosebleed at The Public Theatre. Drae also appeared as a radical lesbian in Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History Of Popular Music at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Drae’s been hosting and curating TELL at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division for 7 plus years. If you like  queer stories\, TELL is also a Podcast! www.draecampbell.com \n  \n \nLorelei Ramirez is a Brooklyn-based artist\, comedian and writer who wrote\, produced and directed the comedy special program “Pervert Everything” for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Ramirez has appeared on the HBO comedy series ‘Random Acts of Flyness’ and in the final season of Comedy Central’s ‘Broad City’. Upcoming projects include a recurring role in the HBO comedy series ‘Los Espookys’ opposite Fred Armisen and another\, opposite Glenn Close\, in John Cameron Mitchell’s musical anthology podcast ‘Anthem’. Named one of Comedy Central’s ‘Up Next’ Comedians for 2018\, Ramirez was featured in the San Francisco ‘Cluster Fest’ comedy festival\, and performed at the Public Theater in New York as part of the January\, 2019\, ‘Under the Radar’ Festival. A regular correspondent on the Viceland channel\, Ramirez has performed at Caroline’s\, UCB\, Ars Nova\, The Chris Gethard Show\, and the Brooklyn Comedy Festival. \n  \nMindy Raf is a writer\, comedian\, actress\, and published author based in Brooklyn\, New York. Mindy has contributed to MTV’s GIRL CODE\, COLLEGEHUMOR\, TNT\, VH1\, The Daily Comedy Network\, and the MY PARENTS WERE AWESOME anthology. Her critically acclaimed solo show NOT THE ONE: a love story was named an “LBGT Best Bet” by Time OutNew York\, “hilariously quirky” by Theatre Is Easy\, and “Barrier Breaking” by The Edinburgh Reporter. Mindy has played to a sold out run Off Broadway at 59E59\, Brooklyn’s Cloud City\, The People’s Improv Theater\, The Tank NYC\, and has done a guest production residency at NYC’s Theaterlab. As a writer and creative consultant\, Mindy is particularly passionate about supporting LGBTQAI+ projects. \n  \nLisa E Davis has lived in Greenwich Village for many years and loves to write about it. She taught in SUNY and CUNY\, and worked at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies\, Hunter College. Her novel Under the Mink (2001\, 2015–available on the Bureau’s online store) recreates the 1940s world of Mafia-owned Village nightclubs that featured drag shows and strip acts. Her nonfiction chronicle of the 1949 Smith Act trial of American Communist Party leaders traces the career of the lesbian FBI informant and prosecution witness Angela Calomiris\, owner for decades of the Provincetown apartment rental complex she called “Angel’s Landing.” The title is Undercover Girl: The Lesbian Informant Who Helped the FBI Bring Down the Communist Party (2017). Her current project details the career of entertainer Blackie Dennis\, the women she loved and the places where she performed (dragkinghistory.com History 1930-49). Other highlights of Lisa’s career include meeting Fidel Castro and almost drowning in the Colorado River. \n  \nChewy May is a comic born and raised in Brooklyn\, New York. She has over 20 years of social awkwardness under her belt which fuels her comedy mind and her perspective on life.\nHas been featured on\nBrooklyn Pride Comedy Show (Brooklyn\, NY) – 2016\nCrosstown Comedy Festival (New York\, NY) – 2016\nNasty Women Unite Fest (Queens\, NY) – 2017\nStand Up NY Comedy Festival (New York\, NY) 2017\nThunderFest (Allston\, MA) 2017\nHarlem Comedy Festival (New York\, NY) 2017\nShe-Devil Comedy Festival (New York\, NY) 2017\nHell Yes Fest (New Orleans\, LA) 2018 \n  \n 
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