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SUMMARY:OLNY Poly Movie Night: Vita and Virginia (in person event)
DESCRIPTION:Open Love NY presents Poly Movie Night\, a FREE series of feature films that focus on the portrayal of consensual / ethical non-monogamy in cinema. This month we’ll be IN PERSON at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division.\n \nPlease join us for Vita and Virginia (2018)\, directed by Chanya Button and starring Gemma Arterton\, Elizabeth Debicki\, and Isabella Rossellini.\n \nWe’ll meet at 6:30 pm at the Bureau (in room 210 of The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center at 208 West 13th Street) for pre-screening socializing and start the movie at 7 pm. The event is free\, although a $5-$10 suggested donation to help fund future events is much appreciated.\n \nYou can send donations through Venmo to @Open-LoveNY.\n \nSynopsis: The story is based on the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West as recorded in their letters to each other. Vita’s popular writing helped keep Virginia and her husband Leonard’s publishing business afloat while Virginia was inspired by Vita to write Orlando. Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes.\n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/olny-poly-movie-night-vita-and-virginia/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Never Fine: Joseph Lezza In Conversation with Greg Mania (in person event & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:In I’m Never Fine\, a collage memoir of essays and poetry\, Joseph Lezza shouts in the dark from the backseat of a stranger’s car\, a ditch on the Italian coast\, a forest outside the arctic\, and from the bottom of a shaving cream can.  \nWhen Joseph caught himself wishing necrotizing skin infections upon unhurried retirees in the self checkout lane\, and fantasized about loud-talking commuters making quick friends with the underside of a steamroller\, he began to wonder if he was fine.  \nOf all the things Joseph Lezza could have been\, he certainly wasn’t fine.  \nThe “fine” he’d adopted watching his father succumb to cancer was beginning to wane. It could no longer be used as a shield to melt the face off of anyone who dared inquire. All the “fines” prophesized in every article\, every book\, and every inspirational meme-courtesy of every armchair expert with a pulse and internet connection-had lost their value.  \nWhen Joseph realized he was facing a future that would find him standing over the carcass of an overzealous Costco greeter\, one thing became clear: moving on required looking back.  \nThis memoir is an autopsy of perceived missteps\, a conclusion to unfinished conversations\, and a reframing of flawed judgments through the eyes of a young man in search of a feeling.  \nCopies of I’m Never Fine will be available to purchase at the Bureau.   \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd. \n  \nJoseph Lezza is a writer in New York\, NY. Holding an MFA in creative writing from The University of Texas at El Paso\, he is a 2021 finalist for the Prize Americana in Prose. His work has been featured in\, among others\, Occulum\, Variant Literature\, The Hopper\, Stoneboat Literary Journal\, West Trade Review\, and Santa Fe Writers Project. His debut memoir in essays\, I’m Never Fine: Scenes and Spasms on Loss\, is out February 2023 from Vine Leaves Press.  \n  \nGreg Mania is a writer\, comedian\, and award-winning screenwriter based in New York City. His words have been published in The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, Vanity Fair\, HuffPost\, Oprah Daily\, PAPER\, among other international online and print platforms. His debut memoir\, Born to Be Public\, is out now from CLASH Books. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/never-fine/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Reading By Lori Horvitz\, Joan Larkin\, and Shelley Marlow (in person event)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the NYC launch of Collect Call to My Mother: Essays on Love\, Grief\, and Getting a Good Night’s Sleep by Lori Horvitz. Lori will read excerpts from her new book and will be joined by Joan Larkin and Shelley Marlow\, who will also read from their recent work.  \nCopies of Collect Call to My Mother will be available for purchase ($18) and Lori will be happy to sign copies. “A scintillating collection\, full of subtle wit and passionate yearning.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review). \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/a-reading-by-lori-horvitz-joan-larkin-and-shelley-marlow/
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 Collage Workshop with Charlie Welch (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a queer collage workshop with Charlie Welch in conjunction with Charlie’s current exhibition at the Bureau\, It Will End in Tears. \nNo experience necessary! All are welcome to join! \nWe will have some materials (magazines\, printed matter\, glue\, cardboard) and tools (scissors) available\, but we encourage you to bring materials and tools to share. Thank you! \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nSpace is limited: registration on Eventbrite is strongly encouraged!  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/collage-workshop-with-charlie-welch/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:JENNIFER SAVRAN KELLY AND MARGOT DOUAIHY (in person event & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join Jennifer Savran Kelly\, author of ENDPAPERS\, and Margot Douaihy\, author of SCORCHED GRACE\, for a joint reading and conversation. The event will consist of a reading\, a conversation between Jennifer and Margot\, a Q&A\, and book signing. \n About ENDPAPERS: It’s 2003\, and artist Dawn Levit is stuck. A bookbinder who works in conservation at the Met\, she spends her free time scouting the city’s street art\, hoping something might spark inspiration. Instead\, everything looks like a dead end. And wherever she turns\, her gender identity clashes with the rest of her life. Her relationship is falling apart as her boyfriend Lukas increasingly seems to be attracted to Dawn only when she’s at her most masculine. Meanwhile at work\, Dawn has to present as female\, even on days when that isn’t true. Then\, one day at work\, Dawn finds something hidden behind the endpaper of an old book: the torn-off cover of a midcentury lesbian pulp novel. On the front is an illustration of a woman looking into a handheld mirror and seeing a man’s face. And on the back is a love letter. Dawn latches onto the coincidence\, becoming obsessed with tracking down the note’s author\, trying to understand how to live in a world that doesn’t see her as she truly is.   \nAbout SCORCHED GRACE: Sister Holiday\, a chain-smoking\, heavily tattooed\, queer nun\, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this “unique and confident” debut crime novel. Scorched Grace is the inaugural title from Gillian Flynn Books \nCopies of Endpapers and Scorched Grace are available to purchase at the Bureau and on our online store:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd. \n  \nJennifer Savran Kelly (she/they) lives in Ithaca\, NY\, where she writes\, binds books\, and works as a production editor at Cornell University Press. ENDPAPERS is her debut novel. In 2018 it won a grant from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. In 2019 it was selected as a finalist for the SFWP Literary Awards program and for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship. Her short fiction has appeared in Potomac Review\, Black Warrior Review\, Green Mountains Review\, Iron Horse Literary Review\, and elsewhere.  \n  \nMargot Douaihy is a Lebanese American originally from Scranton\, PA\, now living in Northampton\, MA. She is the author of the poetry collections Bandit/Queen: The Runaway Story of Belle Starr\, Scranton Lace\, and Girls Like You (Clemson University Press). She is a founding member of the Creative Writing Studies Organization and an active member of Sisters in Crime and the Radius of Arab American Writers. A recipient of the Mass Cultural Council’s Artist Fellowship\, she was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award\, Aesthetica Magazine’s Creative Writing Award\, and the Ernest Hemingway Foundation’s Hemingway Shorts. Her writing has been featured in Colorado Review; Diode Editions; The Florida Review; North American Review; PBS NewsHour; and elsewhere. Margot teaches Creative Writing at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge\, NH\, where she also serves as the editor of the Northern New England Review. As a co-editor of the Elements in Crime Narrative Series with Cambridge University Press\, she strives to reshape crime writing scholarship\, with a focus on the contemporary\, the future\, inclusivity\, and decoloniality. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/jennifer-savran-kelly-and-margot-douaihy/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Presents: Who Does That Bitch Think She Is?
DESCRIPTION:Join author Craig Seligman\, in conversation with Liz Brown\, for the launch of his recently released book Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? (Public Affairs Books\, 2023)\, which explores the exciting new history of drag told through the life of the remarkable\, flawed\, and singular Doris Fish.\n \nTo request an accommodation for this event\, please contact Richard Morales at rmorales@gaycenter.org or 646.502.6370 by March 3\, 2023.\n \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division will be on hand to sell copies of Craig Seligman’s Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? (Public Affairs\, 2023\, hardcover\, $29). We encourage attendees to reserve a copy of the book to ensure that we have plenty of copies for all.  \nPlease write to contact@bgsqd.com (with “March 14th event” in the subject line). Thank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!\n \nABOUT WHO DOES THAT BITCH THINK SHE IS?\nIn the 1970s\, gay men and lesbian women were openly despised\, and drag queens scared the public. Yet that was the era when Doris Fish (born Philip Mills in 1952) painted and padded his way to stardom. He was a leader of the generation that prepared the world not just for drag queens on TV\, but for a society that welcomes and even celebrates queer people. How did we get from there to here? In Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? Craig Seligman looks at Doris’s short but overstuffed life as a way to provide some answers.\n \nSeligman recounts this dynamic period in queer history—from Stonewall to AIDS—providing insight into how our ideas about gender have broadened to make drag the phenomenon we know it as today. In a book filled with interviews and letters about a life that ricocheted between humor and tragedy\, he revisits the places and people Doris knew in order to shed light on the multihued era that his remarkable life encapsulated.\n \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nCraig Seligman has written for and edited a host of magazines\, journals\, newspapers\, and websites. He is the author of “Sontag and Kael: Opposites Attract Me” (Counterpoint LLC\, 2004). Craig resides in Brooklyn.\n \nABOUT LIZ BROWN\nLiz Brown is the author of “Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire.” Her writing has appeared in Bookforum\, London Review of Books\, Los Angeles Times\, New York Times Book Review\, Slate\, and elsewhere.\n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/second-tuesday-presents-who-does-that-bitch-think-she-is/
LOCATION:The LGBT Community Center\, 208 West 13th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Friendship and Feud: Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes (in person event & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:African-American scholar James Wright presents an account of the friendship and the feud between two of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance\, writers Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. The event will also feature readings from Laurence Holder‘s play Zora and Langston (1998).\n \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/friendship-and-feud-zora-neale-hurston-and-langston-hughes/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Art + Social Justice: How to elevate your unique voice to make a change (in person event & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning author\, Nadia Uddin\, and drag artist\, Gina Tonic\, for a conversation about how to elevate your unique voice to create social change.  \nCopies of Nadia Uddin’s Edison in the Hood (2022\, paperback\, $19.95) are available at the Bureau’s physical store and on our online store: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nCopies will be available for purchase at the event. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!\n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011.\n \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served.\nAlso live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd  \n  \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work.  \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd. \n  \nWinner of Slice’s 2019 Bridging the Gap Award\, Nadia Uddin is a graduate of Yale Writers’ Workshop and has studied alongside esteemed writers through The Center of Fiction\, Catapult and A Public Space. Her debut novel\, Edison in the Hood\, was released in Fall 2022.  \n  \nWith the brains of Goldie Hawn and the brawn of Bette Midler\, Gina Tonic has been enchanting New York City with her live vocals and comedy chops for nearly a decade. This two-time Glam Award nominee has headlined all across the country\, including Los Angeles\, Chicago\, Denver\, St. Louis\, New Haven\, and Baltimore\, just to name a few.  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/art-social-justice-how-to-elevate-your-unique-voice-to-make-a-change/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seeking the Anarchism of Love: A Discussion of Queer Tolstoy (online event)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us online for a discussion about the newly released Queer Tolstoy: A Psychobiography with author Javier Sethness Castro and Joe Scheip\, coordinator of Anarchist Political Ecology.  \nThis event will take place at 7 PM Eastern Daylight Time.\nQueer Tolstoy is a multidimensional work combining psychoanalysis\, political history\, LGBTQ+ studies\, sexology\, ethics\, and theology to explore the life and art of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Our conversation will begin by contemplating queerness as a concept\, based in the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud’s ideas of universal bisexuality and polymorphous perversity. We will review Tolstoy’s same-sex attachments\, from childhood to old age\, and consider how the artist’s underappreciated queerness influenced his anarchist and anti-militarist politics. We will not\, however\, shy away from Lev’s contradictions and hypocrisy\, whether as a landlord\, a sexist\, or a difficult husband to Sofia Tolstaya. Finally\, before turning to Q&A with the audience\, we will contrast Tolstoy’s vision of free love and universal peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fascist crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community and genocidal wars on Syria and Ukraine. \nCopies of Queer Tolstoy: A Psychobiography  (Routledge\, 2023\, paperback\, $44.95) are available at the Bureau’s physical store and on our online store: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nThis event will take place online only. In order to join the event on Zoom\, please register on the event page on Eventbrite: \nClick here to register\nAlso live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nJavier Sethness Castro encourages attendees to donate to Solidarity Collectives in support of anti-authoritarian fighters in Ukraine. \nJavier Sethness Castro is a primary-care provider\, and the author and editor of four other books: namely\, Imperiled Life\, For a Free Nature\, Eros and Revolution\, and I Am Action.  \nJoe Scheip is a father to Dachshunds\, an exploited proletarian\, a hater of fascism\, and the coordinator of Anarchist Political Ecology. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/seeking-the-anarchism-of-love-a-discussion-of-queer-tolstoy-online-event/
LOCATION:Online event\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T190000
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SUMMARY:Comedy Against Work: M.E. O'Brien in conversation with Madeline Lane-McKinley (in person event & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Work is a joke. Laughing at it is political.  \nHumor\, Groucho Marx asserted\, is “reason gone mad.” For Walter Benjamin\, laughter was “the most revolutionary emotion.” In a moment when great numbers of people are reevaluating their commitment to the hellscape we call “work\,” what does it mean to take comedy seriously—and to turn it against work?  \nBoth philosophically brilliant and deeply personal\, Comedy Against Work demonstrates how laughing about work can puncture the pretensions of tyrannical bosses while uniting us around a commitment to radically new ways of making the world together. At the same time\, Lane-McKinley exposes a war at the heart of contemporary comedy between those who see comedy as a weapon for punching down and those whose laughter points to social transformation. From stand-up to sitcoms\, podcasts to late night\, comedy reveals our longing to subvert power\, escape the prison of work\, and envision the joys of a liberated world. \nCopies of Madeline Lane-McKinley’s Comedy Against Work (Common Notions\, 2022\, paperback\, $20) as well as M.E. O’Brien and Eman Abelhadi’s Everything for Everyone (Common Notions\, 2022\, paperback\, $18) are available at the Bureau’s physical and online stores. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nCopies of both books will be available for purchase at the event. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served.\nAlso live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd. \n  \nMadeline Lane-McKinley is a writer\, professor\, and Marxist-feminist with a PhD in Literature from the University of California\, Santa Cruz. She is a founding member of Blind Field: A Journal of Cultural Inquiry. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Los Angeles Review of Books\, Boston Review\, The New Inquiry\, Entropy\, GUTS\, and Cultural Politics. She is also the author of the chapbook Dear Z and a contributor to The Museum of Capitalism. \n  \nM. E. O’Brien writes on gender freedom and communist theory. She co-edits two magazines: Pinko\, on gay communism\, and Parapraxis\, on psychoanalytic theory and politics. Her work on family abolition has been translated into Chinese\, German\, Greek\, French\, Spanish\, and Turkish. Previously\, she coordinated the New York City Trans Oral History Project\, and worked in HIV and AIDS activism and services. She completed a PhD at New York University\, where she wrote on how capitalism shaped New York City LGBTQ social movements. She is currently in training to be a psychoanalyst\, and works as a therapist. has headlined all across the country\, including Los Angeles\, Chicago\, Denver\, St. Louis\, New Haven\, and Baltimore\, just to name a few. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/comedy-against-work-m-e-obrien-in-conversation-w-madeline-lane-mckinley/
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: CAMP QUILTBAG by Nicole Melleby and A. J. Sass (in person event & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join authors Nicole Melleby and A. J. Sass as they discuss their new novel\, CAMP QUILTBAG. From the acclaimed authors of Hurricane Season and Ana on the Edge\, an unforgettable story about the importance of and joy in finding a community\, for fans of Alex Gino and Ashley Herring-Blake. Twelve-year-old Abigail (she/her/hers) is so excited to spend her summer at Camp QUILTBAG\, an inclusive retreat for queer and trans kids. She can’t wait to find a community where she can be herself—and\, she hopes\, admit her crush on that one hot older actress to kids who will understand. Thirteen-year-old Kai (e/em/eir) is not as excited. E just wants to hang out with eir best friend and eir parkour team. And e definitely does not want to think about the incident that left eir arm in a sling—the incident that also made Kai’s parents determined to send em somewhere e can feel like emself. After a bit of a rocky start at camp\, Abigail and Kai make a pact: If Kai helps Abigail make new friends\, Abigail will help Kai’s cabin with the all-camp competition. But as they navigate a summer full of crushes\, queer identity exploration\, and more\, they learn what’s really important. CAMP QUILTBAG is a heartfelt story full of the joy that comes from being and loving yourself. \nCopies of Camp QUILTBAG (Algonquin Young Readers\, 2023\, hardcover\, $16.99) are available at the Bureau’s physical and online stores.\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nCopies of Camp QUILTBAG and other titles by Nicole Melleby and A. J. Sass will be available for purchase at the event. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served.\nAlso live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd. \n  \nNicole Melleby (She/her)\, a New Jersey native\, is the author of highly praised middle-grade books\, including the Lambda Literary finalist Hurricane Season and ALA Notable book How to Become a Planet. She lives with her wife and their cats\, whose need for attention oddly aligns with Nicole’s writing schedule. Visit her online at nicolemelleby.com  \n  \nA.J. Sass (he/they)\, is the critically acclaimed author of the ALA Rainbow Book List Top 10 titles Ellen Outside the Lines\, which was also a Sydney Taylor Honor Book\, and Ana on the Edge. He grew up in the Midwest\, came of age in the South\, and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his husband and two cats who act like dogs. Visit him online at sassinsf.com.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/book-launch-camp-quiltbag-by-nicole-melleby-and-a-j-sass/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Atmospheres of Violence reading with Eric Stanley and Tourmaline  (in person event & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:NYC launch for Eric A. Stanley‘s new book Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable (Duke UP). Join Eric and Tourmaline for a conversation around the state’s structuring violence\, abolitionist escape plans\, riotous philosophy in action\, and much more.  \nCopies of Atmospheres of Violence (Duke University Press\, 2021\, paperback\, $24.95) are available at the Bureau’s physical and online stores. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!\n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served.\nAlso live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd. \n  \nEric A. Stanley is the author of Atmospheres of Violence Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable and the co-editor of Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility and Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex.  \n  \nTourmaline is an artist\, filmmaker\, cultural producer\, writer\, and activist whose practice highlights the experiences of Black\, queer\, and trans communities and their capacity to impact the world.\n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/atmospheres-of-violence-reading-with-eric-stanley-and-tourmaline/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Queering The Stage Playwrights (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:We will read scripts in development by Queer playwrights and screenwriters. Queer writers with works they want read\, and actors wanting to improve their cold reading skills are welcome to join this in person event. Depending on requests\, we will read short scenes or full scripts. If you would like your work read or want to offer your acting talent\, please join the meetup group Queering The Stage Playwrights and message the organizer\, Jack Shamblin: \n https://www.meetup.com/queering-the-stage-playwrights/\n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd. \n  \nJack “Mia” Shamblin (pronouns flexible) is a Queer performer\, playwright\, and filmmaker based currently in Brooklyn\, NY.  \nRaised in rural Northeastern Oklahoma\, Shamblin is proud to be a Cherokee Nation tribal member. From working-class pioneer stock\, the sexually and gender non-conforming Shamblin’s awareness of cultural inequality and exclusion provoked them into creating political art. Several critics described Shamblin’s work as fierce\, punching\, stunning\, and witty. The camp is like wrapping a feather boa around painful truths.  \nNew York legends such as La MaMa ETC\, Dixon Place\, Mother\, and HERE have produced their plays.  \nIn 2015\, Shamblin published Queering The Stage\, a collection of their LGBTQIA++ scripts. In addition to a NY community\, Shamblin lived several years in Portugal where they wrote and performed for choreographer Paulo Henrique\, taught at Centro Em Movimento\, and created the experimental film O Castelo Preto.  \nHighlights were performing with Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Skriker by Caryl Churchill and with Kate Bornstein in Shamblin’s play Thurma.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queering-the-stage-playwrights/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Authors in Conversation: Rita Mae Brown and Felice Cohen
DESCRIPTION:The Center\, in partnership with the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, present critically acclaimed author Rita Mae Brown in conversation with award-winning author Felice Cohen\, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle . The two will discuss (and celebrate) the works of Rita Mae Brown\, along with writing and life. \nPlease note that seating is first come first served. To request accessibility accommodations for this event\, please contact Richard Morales at rmorales@gaycenter.org by March 22\, 2023. \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division will be on hand to sell copies of Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle\, Brown’s Hiss & Tell\, and Felice Cohen’s Half In. We encourage attendees to reserve a copy of any of these books to ensure that we have plenty of copies for all. \nPlease write to contact@bgsqd.com (with “March 30th event” in the subject line) and let us know which title(s) you would like to reserve: \nRita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle\, (Bantam\, 2015\, paperback\, $17) \nRita Mae Brown’s Hiss & Tell: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (Bantam\, March 2023\, hardcover\, $28) \nFelice Cohen’s Half In: A Coming-of Age-Memoir of Forbidden Love (Dividends Press\, 2022\, paperback\, $14.99) \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nBIOS\nRita Mae Brown\nNew York Times bestselling author\, pioneering LGBT-rights activist\, and Emmy-nominated screenwriter Rita Mae Brown has written more than 70 books in a variety of genres. From her groundbreaking coming-of-age novel\, “Rubyfruit Jungle ” to the popular long-running “Mrs. Murphy/Sneak Pie Brown” murder mystery series\, Ms. Brown has been delighting audiences for over five decades. An animal lover and humane hunter\, Brown is a Master and Huntsman of the Oak Ridge Fox Hunt Club (where they chase scent rather than kill foxes). She lives outside Charlottesville\, VA on a 600-acre farm with her many cats\, dogs\, and horses. \nFelice Cohen\nFelice Cohen is the award-winning author of the bestselling books Half In: A Coming-of-Age Memoir of Forbidden\, 90 Lessons for Living Large in 90 Square Feet (…or More) and the universally loved What Papa Told Me\, about her grandfather’s life before\, during and after the Holocaust. Felice has been featured on Good Morning America\, NBC\, CBS\, NPR\,Time\, Globe & Mail\, New York Daily News\, the Daily Mail and more. Felice splits her time between NYC and Cape Cod. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/authors-in-conversation-rita-mae-brown-and-felice-cohen/
LOCATION:The LGBT Community Center\, 208 West 13th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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