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SUMMARY:OLD\, QUEER\, & KICKING: Jonathan Ned Katz:  A Painter\, His Paintings\, His Life (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating His 86th Birthday\, Artist and Historian Jonathan Ned Katz\nDiscusses His Life-Long Career as a Visual Artist–and Shows the Pictures to Prove It! \nThough best known as an award-winning\, pioneering historian of LGBTQ US history\, Jonathan Ned Katz has also had a life-long career as a visual artist. \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. \n  \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/old-queer-kicking-jonathan-ned-katz/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:New York Book Launch: Cuentos "Completos" by Manuel Ramos Otero (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join an all-star lineup for the New York launch of legendary diasporic Puerto Rican writer Manuel Ramos Otero’s Cuentos “completos” in a new Spanish edition published by Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña and Callejón\, edited by Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé. With a bilingual reading by authors Giannina Braschi\, Gerard Cabrera\, Lawrence LaFountain-Stokes\, Lina Meruane\, Huáscar Robles\, and Emanuel Xavier\, help celebrate the return of Ramos Otero’s work\, after 30 years of being out of print\, to the city where he lived\, loved\, and wrote from his arrival in 1968 at age 20 to his death from AIDS in 1990 at the age of 42. \nPlanning to purchase a copy of Cuentos “completos” (Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña and Callejón\, 2024\, paperback\, $24.95)? Please reserve a copy by writing to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Cuentos ‘completos'” in the subject line. \nThis will help us to make sure we have enough copies on hand.\nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nPlanning to attend in person? Please register here: \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-york-book-launch-cuentos-completos-by-manuel-ramos-otero-tickets-801478352327 \n  \nHosted by the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division \nCo-Sponsored by: \nThe New York City LGBT Community Center \nThe Publishing Triangle\, OUTSpoken Series \nInstituto De Cultura Puertorriqueña\, Ediciones Callejón \nCenter for Puerto Rican Studies – Hunter College/CUNY \n  \n\n\nThis event will take place in person at The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, Room 101\, NYC\, 10011. \nSeating is first come\, first served. \n\n\n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \n\nBiographies: \nManuel Ramos Otero (1948-1990) influential Puerto Rican diasporic writer who migrated to New York City in 1968 to pursue advanced studies in theater\, literature\, and film\, and life as an openly gay man. A queer\, anticolonial\, and feminist writer\, Ramos Otero cultivated a self-reflexive\, gender and genre-bending prose that was both confessional and historic\, poetic and philosophical\, campy\, witty\, and street-savvy. He is the author of the short story collections Concierto de metal para un recuerdo y otras orgías de soledad (1971)\, El cuento de la Mujer del Mar (1979)\, Página en blanco y staccato (1987) and Cuentos de buena tinta (1992); the experimental novel La novelabingo (1976)\, and the books of poetry Invitación al polvo (1991) y El libro de la muerte (1985).  In 1990\, at age 42\, he died of AIDS complications\, leaving behind a legacy that continues to grow in influence among the younger generations of Puerto Rican writers. \n  \nGiannina Braschi is an iconic Puerto Rican poet and Latinx philosopher who writes in Spanish\, Spanglish\, and English. She is the author of Empire of Dreams\, Yo-Yo Boing!\, and United States of Banana. Her forthcoming title is PUTINOIKA. \n  \nGerard Cabrera is a Massarican from Springfield\, Massachusetts\, the birthplace of the first American dictionary\, Dr. Seuss\, and basketball. His debut novel\, Homo Novus\, was published in October 2022. An attorney\, he lives and works in New York City. \n  \nArnaldo M. Cruz-Malavé is professor of Spanish and comparative literature at Fordham University. He is the author of Queer Latino Testimonio\, Keith Haring\, and Juanito Xtravaganza: Hard Tails; coeditor of Queer Globalization: Citizenship and the Afterlife of Colonialism; and editor of Cuentos “completos” de Manuel Ramos Otero (San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña and Callejón). \n  \nLawrence La Fountain-Stokes is Professor of American Culture\, Romance Languages and Literatures\, and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. His published fiction includes Uñas pintadas de azul/Blue Fingernails (Bilingual Press\, 2009) and Abolición del pato (Terranova\, 2013). He is also the author of Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora (University of Minnesota Press\, 2009) and Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance (University of Michigan Press\, 2021). Larry performs in drag as Lola von Miramar since 2010 and has appeared in several episodes of the YouTube series Cooking with Drag Queens. \n  \nLina Meruane is a Chilean writer residing in New York City since 2000. Her well recognized works of fiction include two collections of short stories\, five novels\, five essay books and two plays. She currently teaches creative writing as Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. \n  \nHuáscar Robles is a Puerto Rican author-journalist-photographer-musician who writes about social justice\, economic\,  and LGBTQ+ issues in Puerto Rico\, the Caribbean and the U.S. His 2023 debut novel\, Demonios\, was published by Secta de los perros in San Juan\, Puerto Rico. \n  \nEmanuel Xavier is the author of several poetry books including Pier Queen\, Americano\, If Jesus Were Gay\, Nefarious\, and Radiance. His latest collection is Love(ly) Child (Rebel Satori Press\, 2023). He is recipient of a New York City Council Citation Award\, an International Latino Book Award\, and a Gay City Impact Award. His work has appeared in Poetry\, A Gathering of the Tribes\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/manuel-ramos-otero-launch/
LOCATION:The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 101\, New York\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:OLNY Poly Movie Night: Anne+ (in person only)
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 our regular venue\, the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division.\n  \nPlease join us for Anne+ (2021)\, directed by Valerie Bisscheroux and starring Hanna van Vliet\, Jouman Fattal\, and Thorn de Vries.\n  \nWednesday\, February 7 – 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm\nBureau of General Services—Queer Division\n208 W 13th St\, Rm 210\nNew York\, NY 10011\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 $10 suggested donation to help fund future events is much appreciated.\n  \nSynopsis: Anne\, a young woman living in Amsterdam\, struggles with the changes brought on by her partner’s move to Montreal for a job. Running time: 1 hour 34 minutes. In Dutch with English subtitles. \n \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/olny-poly-movie-night-anne/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening With Martin Duberman Hosted by Richard Schneider Jr. (virtual event-online only)
DESCRIPTION:Martin Duberman discusses his latest book THE LINE OF DISSENT: Gay Outsiders and the Shaping of History hosted by Richard Schneider Jr. \nTo join this virtual event\, you have two options: \n\nJoin Zoom Meeting at 7 PM EST on Thursday\, February 8\, 2024\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89415980537?pwd=eURuL0NxTUZwcDBiZTI5am1vemJxUT09\n\nMeeting ID: 894 1598 0537\nPasscode: 234950 \n2. Or visit the Bureau’s YouTube channel to watch the livestream \n(typically starts a few minutes after scheduled time\, so please be patient): \nYouTube.com/@bgsqd \nPurchase The Line of Dissent from the Bureau’s online store: \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  \nDistinguished Professor of History Emeritus at CUNY\, Martin Duberman is the author of some two dozen books\, including Stonewall\, Cures\, Paul Robeson\, Haymarket\, and Jews Queers Germans. He is the recipient of numerous awards\, including the Bancroft Prize\, the Vernon Rice Drama Desk Award\, three Lambda Literary Awards\, a special award from the National Academy of Arts and Letters for his contributions to literature\, the 2007 lifetime achievement award from the American Historical Association\, and the Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has been a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize\, and has received honorary degrees from Amherst College and Columbia University. He lives in New York City.  \n  \nRichard Schneider Jr.\, editor\, is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide (until 2000\, The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review)\, which he launched in 1994. Taking his doctorate in sociology at Harvard in the early 1980s\, he was a university lecturer for the next decade before founding The G&LR as a sideline while working for a Boston consulting firm in the ’90s. The magazine has been his full-time job since 1999. He lives in Boston with his partner Stephen Hemrick.
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LOCATION:Online event\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240210T150000
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SUMMARY:Peer Review: A Queer Publishing Roundtable Presented by WUSSY MAG and the Bureau (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Since 2014\, WUSSY Mag\, a DIY queer arts & culture organization and biannual print publication based in Atlanta\, GA\, has been a platform for emerging artists\, subversive humor\, community action\, and unhinged digital discourse. In collaboration with the Bureau and their current exhibition Wussies Networking: Some Queer Sensibilities\, curated by Tannon Reckling\, WUSSY presents a live panel of writers\, artists\, editors\, and organizers working through and beyond the precarious landscape of contemporary independent queer publishing\, together in conversation about gay zine culture\, collective resilience\, industry gossip\, the power of smut\, and the future of print media.  \nFeaturing: \nMikelle Street\, Freelance Writer & Editor \nKamikaze Jones\, Art Editor\, WUSSY Mag \nSarah Burke\, Editor-in-Chief\, Them \nTyler Akers\, Art Editor\, Gayletter \nWhitney Mallett\, Editor-in-Chief\, The Whitney Review of New Writing \nModerated by Rachel Garbus (Editor-in-Chief\, WUSSY Mag) \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. \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 \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \n  \nMIKELLE STREET\, Freelance Writer & Editor \nMikelle Street is a freelance writer and editor based in New York City. He is a former editorial director for Out and The Advocate magazines and has written for New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Vogue\, GQ\, New York Magazine\, and Harper’s. \n  \nSARAH BURKE\, Editor-in-Chief\, Them \nSarah Burke joined Them in 2021 from VICE where she served as an editor since 2017. There\, as special projects editor\, Burke helped develop multimedia collaboration across departments and lead multi-format projects including: The Gender Spectrum Collection\, an award-winning stock photo library featuring trans and nonbinary models; Queerly Beloved\, an Ellie-nominated podcast telling remarkable stories of chosen family; and Transnational\, a Peabody and GLAAD award-winning docuseries about transgender rights around the world. She is a queer\, mixed Pilipinx and was born and raised on O’ahu. She currently lives in Bed-Stuy with her partner and her cat\, Miso.  \n  \nKAMIKAZE JONES\, Art Editor\, WUSSY Magazine \nKamikaze Jones is a writer\, curator\, erotic chanteuse\, and regional filth correspondent. His work across mediums\, often concerned with underground queer performance legacies and the ghosts of public sex\, has been featured by Art Omi\, Anthology Film Archives\, BBC Radio 4\, Black Mountain College Museum\, Center For Performance Research\, Montez Press Radio\, Wave Farm\, The Poetry Project\, and Onassis USA. His arts & culture writing has been published by X-TRA\, Screen Slate\, The Brooklyn Rail\, and LAMBDA Literary.  He was a founding member of the poetry and performance collective The Anchoress Syndicate\, and the host of the podcast “Pure Garbage: An Oral Examination of John Waters.” He is the current art editor of WUSSY Magazine. \n  \nWHITNEY MALLETT\, Editor-in-Chief\, The Whitney Review of New Writing \nWhitney Mallett is the founding editor of The Whitney Review of New Writing and the co-editor of Barbie Dreamhouse: An Architectural Survey. She contributes to The New York Times\, Paris Review\, and Interview\, and also writes short fiction. \n  \nTYLER AKERS\, Art Editor\, Gayletter \nTyler Akers has served as Art Editor at Gayletter Magazine since 2017. Originally from West Virginia\, he received a BFA in Art History from the Savannah of College of Art and Design in Savannah\, Georgia\, and he graduated with an MFA in Art Writing and Criticism from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2014. He writes about art regularly\, and his interviews\, essays\, and criticism can be read in Hyperallergic\, The Classic\, and The Brooklyn Rail.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/peer-review/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:VISION TWO book launch (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:VISION TWO BOOK LAUNCH \n\nArtist/curator Nathan Rapport in conversation with Paul Soileau (Christeene) \n\nCELEBRATING THE RELEASE OF THE SOPHOMORE VOLUME OF DREAM BROTHER GALLERY’S ONGOING ART BOOK SERIES\, VISION\, AIMED AT SHOWCASING AND GENERATING FUNDS FOR WORKING QUEER ARTISTS.  \nFEATURING THE WORK OF EIGHT QUEER VISUAL ARTISTS AND A FOREWORD BY MICHELLE TEA.  \nCOPIES OF VISION ONE AND VISION TWO WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE & SIGNING.\nGRAB ONE FOR YOUR SWEETHEART.\nFREE ARTIST-MADE VALENTINE WITH BOOK PURCHASE. \n\n\n\n\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. \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  \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nNathan Rapport is a California raised multimedia artist and gallery owner. Guided by formative years in San Francisco\, his art celebrates the connectivity between the present experience and queer ancestral history.  \nNathan is the founder of DREAM BROTHER GALLERY\, a queer art platform dedicated to nurturing and generating funds for working Queer Artists. \nPaul Soileau is a performance artist best known for his alter egos CHRISTEENE (christeenemusic.com)\, a sexually infused sewer of live rap and vile shamelessness\, and cabaret crooning Rebecca Havemeyer\, an ageless bastard heiress of the boozy bygone Hollywood years.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/vision-two-book-launch/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240215T193000
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SUMMARY:Watermelon Pink: The Crossroads Of Queerness and Arabness Through the Lens of Palestine (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Rand (@officiallyjakegyllenhalal)\, Afeef (@afeefness) and Fouad (@fouaddict) tell stories about the intersection of queerness and Arabness in the context of advocating and documenting the movement for a Free Palestine. From covering drag queens in Beirut\, working with refugee camps in Amman\, protesting in the West Bank\, and dealing the McCarthyism here in the United States\, join us for a night of discussion of the past and organizing for the future. \nThis event will take place in person in room 101 of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nPlease note: We are expecting a large audience for this event\, and we do not accept reservations\, so please arrive early to ensure that you are able to attend in person. Doors will open at 7 pm. The event will begin at 7:30 pm\n\nOnce we reach capacity (150 people) we will not be able to accommodate any more attendees. If you are unable to attend in person\, we encourage you to watch the live-stream on the Bureau’s YouTube channel:\nyoutube.com/@bgsqd\n\nA recording of the live-stream will remain on the Bureau’s YouTube channel\, and can be viewed at anytime.\nMasks required and provided!\nWe will collect donations on behalf of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. \nAfeef writes:  \n“UNRWA needs aid more than anyone right now. It is collective punishment to cut off millions of Gazans from aid for the claims that a few employees might or might not be involved with violence\, and that is what we’re seeing in the news right now. We want to contribute to the UN agency because it employs over 3000 Gazans and … is the most helpful organization in Palestine and always has been.” \n\n\n\nBIOS: \nAfeef is a journalist who’s worked for Spotify\, The Daily Show and The Wall Street Journal. He focuses on queer and Arab stories. Afeef lived through the 2006 Lebanon war and went to jail in Beirut for covering Palestine. He is now a content creator\, professor and freelance journalist. @afeefness \n  \nFouad is a global public health professional and advocate living in Washington\, DC. Having grown up in Amman as a Palestinian Jordanian\, he developed a passion for working with Palestinian refugee communities on issues of health and justice. @fouaddict \n  \nRand is a queer Palestinian Muslim content creator and organizer who’s especially passionate about stories and storytelling as a means of resistance. If she could\, she would spend the rest of her life interviewing every single person she wanted to and broadcasting their story to the world with the hopes of uniting us all in collective liberation. @officiallyjakegyllenhalal
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/watermelon-pink/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T180000
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SUMMARY:Outwright LTD: Rebel Poets (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Afro-American scholar James Wright and friends present the first of a three-part series on the radical poets of the 1960s & 1970s. Poets featured in this presentation include Langston Hughes\, Audre Lorde\, Diane Di Prima\, Laini Mataka (formerly known as Wanda Robinson)\, Marge Piercy\, and Calvin Hernton. \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 \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/outwright-ltd-rebel-poets/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:TELL 90: Take Heart (in person & live-streaming)
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–making this the 10th anniversary of TELL! \nThe theme of the 90th TELL is Take Heart. Featuring storytellers Gagarin\, Jilberto Soto\, Ky Dates\, and Manatsu Tanaka. \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 on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nWe ask all attendees to please wear a mask at this event. We will provide masks for those who need them. Thank you!\n  \nSuggested donation to benefit the storytellers and the Bureau: $10. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n  \nDRAE CAMPBELL’s first performance was at age 5 in a nightclub opening for a punk band. Drae has a BFA in Theater from The University of Arts in Philadelphia. Some Theater credits include: The Nosebleed (Lincoln Center Theater)\, Only You Can Prevent Wildfires (Ricochet Collective)\, Non-Consensual Relationships with Ghosts (La MaMa)\, My Old Man (Dixon Place)\, Oph3lia(HERE). TV includes “New Amsterdam\,” “Bull ” and “Dinette ” (web series\, directed by Shaina Feinberg). Drae has been hosting and curating TELL for more than 9 years which is now a SILVER Signal Award-winning podcast of the same name. www.draecampbell.com\n  \nJilberto Soto is a first gen. Mexican American stand up comedian. He began comedy in London and moved to NYC during the pandemic. He co-produces two shows: Purple Park Comedy- showcasing upcoming POC/female comics and Mariposas Comedy – a curated all queer line up. Alongside co-producing\, he also hosts his own podcast: I hope this ages well\, which centers around the interesting lives of senior members around NYC. In 2022\, Jilberto was featured on three showcases for the New York Comedy Festival.\n  \nKy Dates (they/them/he/him) is an interdisciplinary writer\, director\, comedian\, actor\, and experimental contemporary performance maker. They are a recent graduate from Muhlenberg College\, receiving a B.A. in both Theatre and English. Recent performances include The Moth StorySLAM and Storytellers (curated by Caroline Dunn and Hope Woodard). Lastly\, Ky is a pisces sun\, libra moon\, and Leo rising. \n  \nManatsu Tanaka (they/them) is a bicultural multi-disciplinary artist\, most fluent in dance\, who grew up and has been performing in Japan and the US. They believe that it is our bodies that humanity should be able to seek shelter in\, therefore\, they pursue their creative practices for illustrating humanness through their physical canvas. At the core of their heart\, Manatsu is committed to using their creativity and artistry to join the frontline of trans and gender non-conforming artists in the dance and theater world. Art is for the people\, not for the “audiences”. “I dance to the heartbeat of our collective humanity.” @manatsu.tanaka  \n  \nGagarin is an actor\, artist\, and the Russian twink son of Tony Soprano and Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny. With a passion for the classics and making queer art for queer people they largely live in the world of devised and wacky physical theatre. Gagarin is currently a curator with Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre and runs a low-cost community centered Movement Collective\, keep up with their shenanigans on insta @hotcephalopodsinurarea \n \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/tell_90_take_heart/
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: Raquel Willis
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed! The new date is Tuesday\, February 20th\, at 6:30 pm! \nThe Center is proud to bring in the new year with a new Second Tuesday Lecture Series featuring the trail-blazing activist and author Raquel Willis. Willis will sit in conversation with Jordyn Jay to discuss her groundbreaking memoir The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation. \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division will host this event: room 210 of The LGBT Community Center. \nPlease note that the Bureau is closed on Tuesdays. We will open at 6:30 PM for this event. \nDoors open at 6:30 PM. Event at 7 PM. \n$10 Suggested Donation to The Center (register here) \nRegistration is encouraged\, but not required. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nThe Bureau will offer copies of The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation (St. Martin’s Press\, 2023\, hardcover\, $29) for purchase. To reserve a copy please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of The Risk It Takes to Bloom” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nABOUT RAQUEL WILLIS \nRaquel Willis is an award-winning activist\, journalist\, and media strategist dedicated to collective liberation\, especially for Black trans folks. She is an executive producer with iHeartMedia’s first-ever LGBTQ+ podcast network\, Outspoken\, and the host of Afterlives\, a podcast centering the lives and legacies of trans folks lost too soon to violence. She is also the author of The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation. \nRaquel has held groundbreaking posts\, including director of communications for Ms. Foundation for Women\, executive editor of Out magazine\, and national organizer for Transgender Law Center. She co-founded Transgender Week of Visibility and Action with civil rights attorney Chase Strangio. She is the president of the Solutions Not Punishments Collaborative’s executive board and serves on the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art board. \nShe published the GLAAD Media Award-winning “Trans Obituaries Project\,” in 2022\, she executive-produced and hosted “The Trans Youth Town Hall” with Logo. The work was nominated for the GLAAD Awards and won Gold distinction in the Shorty Awards. She was also honored as a 2023 ADCOLOR Advocate. For a full bio please visit: raquelwillis.com \nABOUT THE RISK IT TAKES TO BLOOM \nBorn in Augusta\, Georgia\, to Black Catholic parents\, Raquel spent years feeling isolated\, even within a loving\, close-knit family. There was little access to understanding what it meant to be queer and transgender. It wasn’t until she went to the University of Georgia that she found the LGBTQ+ community\, fell in love\, and explored her gender for the first time. But the unexpected death of her father forced her to examine her relationship with herself and those she loved. These years of grief\, misunderstanding\, and hard-won epiphanies seeped into the soil of her life\, serving as fertilizer for growth and allowing her to bloom within. \nUpon graduation\, Raquel entered a career in journalism against the backdrop of the burgeoning Movement for Black Lives\, intersectional feminism going mainstream\, and unprecedented visibility of the trans community. After hiding her identity as a newspaper reporter\, her increasing awareness of the epidemic of violence plaguing trans women of color and the heightened suicide of trans teens inspired her to come out publicly. Within just a few short years of community organizing in Atlanta\, Oakland\, and New York\, Raquel emerged as one of the most formidable Black trans activists in history. \nIn The Risk It Takes to Bloom\, Raquel Willis recounts with passion and candor her experiences straddling the Obama and Trump eras\, the possibility of transformation after tragedy\, and how complex moments can push us all to take necessary risks and bloom toward collective liberation. For more info visit: raquelwillis.com \n  \nJordyn Jay (she/her/hers) is a visionary working to impact arts and culture by centering the voices and contributions of Black trans femmes. A brilliant and multi-talented change-maker\, she is a director\, writer\, producer\, public speaker and community leader.   \nJordyn is the founder and executive director of the BTFA (Black Trans Femmes in the Arts) Collective and the executive producer of BTFA Productions– a worldwide movement that seeks to produce and preserve the artistic innovations and creations of Black trans femmes and address systemic inequality through advocacy and action. During global uprisings and calls for racial justice in June 2020\, BTFA alongside the Black Trans Travel Fund\, For the Gworls\, and the Okra Project raised $1 million in one week to support Black trans protesters and organizations on the ground with support from influential voices including Laverne Cox\, Indya Moore\, Janet Mock\, Charli XCX\, Neil Patrick Harris\, Troye Sivan\, and Hunter Schaffer. \nJordyn is currently based in Brooklyn\, New York where she received her master’s degree in Art Politics from New York University’s (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts and her B.A. in Imagining Abolition – a major she created at the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study that focuses on how art can be used as a tool for building a world without police and prisons and prioritizes healing over punishment and disposability. But it was what she learned outside the classroom that counts. The lack of representation and meaningful inclusivity within her program pushed her to study and navigate the world off campus and begin the work of seeking out and protecting Black trans femme lives and contributions.    \nJordyn’s Southern roots have allowed her to blossom into the leader she is today. A native of Jacksonville\, Florida\, she learned the value of collective care and community at an early age from her large and loving family. A proud graduate of Douglas Anderson School of the Arts\, which opened in 1922 as a primary school for Black students during The Segregation Era in America\, Jordyn credits her experiences there as the gateway to helping her find her voice through theater while navigating and discovering her identity.  \nAn advocate for real and meaningful social impact\, Jordyn is an adamant believer in inspiring systemic and sociopolitical change. She maintains an active role in issues impacting Black trans communities from the criminal legal system to arts and culture.  \nJordyn’s contributions to make an impact on the world have not gone unnoticed. She has been awarded the Octavia St. Laurent Vision of Excellence Award and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute Legacy Award. In 2023\, she was selected as an LGBTQ+ Power Player by PoliticsNY\, and was elected to the Brooklyn Arts Leadership Council. She has also served on the Innovation\, Art\, and Technology subcommittee for NYU BeTogether and hosted NYC PrideFest.  \nJordyn has been featured in ESSENCE\, Bloomberg Business Insider\, Forbes\, on The Grio TV\, SiriusXM Radio\, New York Public Radio\, and more. She has led workshops and been a keynote speaker at New York University\, Dartmouth University\, the Tate Modern\, The Ford Foundation\, and SXSW.  \nShe was also featured in the docuseries “Artistic Legacies” by Trans Lash and “Flowers” – a media project by Sage Dolan-Sandrino that celebrates Black trans women in New York City.  \nJordyn not only dreams of Black trans liberation; she is bending the arc of justice to make it real.  \nJordyn enjoys spending time with her family and listening to her favorite artists. 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/second_tuesday_raquel_willis/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:OUTspoken: The Publishing Triangle’s Reading Series\, February Edition (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The Publishing Triangle presents its monthly OUTspoken Reading Series as host Rob Byrnes welcomes Lisa Gitlin\, Felice Picano\, Carol Rosenfeld\, Kate Rounds\, Daniel Meltz\, Jerome Ellison Murphy\, and Kathi Wolfe. Join us as in-person or remotely to hear from some of queer literature’s most dynamic established and up-and-coming voices. \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\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $10. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\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
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/outspoken_february/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for LGBTIQ+ in the Jungle: A Solo Exhibition by Arturo Lizcano - DiAVolo
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Opening Reception of: \nLGBTIQ+ in the Jungle \nA solo exhibition by Arturo Lizcano – DiAVolo \nOn view at the Bureau from February 23 – May 5\, 2024 \n  \nArtist’s statement: \n“I’m interested in portraying members of the LGBTIQ+ community from another perspective. I wanted to portray people from the community who inspire me for the way they live. They are not famous\, but they are powerful\, brave\, they accept themselves\, and confront the world and its prejudices. \n“For this particular series\, I put them in the jungle. I selected birds\, fish\, and felines from the Amazon jungle and the entire Colombian Andean region. The plants in my maternal grandmother’s garden were the main source of inspiration – the greens and flowers found in Huila.” \n  \nBiography: \nArturo Lizcano – DiAVolo is a Colombian artist based in NYC. He graduated as an accountant\, and for about 20 years worked in finance. 6 years ago he rediscovered the art in his life and now is living his dream as an artist doing illustration and murals\, with nature as a main inspiration. \n@forero.arturo
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/opening-lgbtiq-in-the-jungle/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Craft Class & Reading with Mariam Bazeed (online only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual Craft Class and Reading with Mariam Bazeed on Saturday\, February 24th\, 2024! This Craft Class is virtual and will run from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM and the reading from 1:00 PM. \nOnce you RSVP\, you will receive a Zoom Link the day before the workshop. You will also have a chance to donate directly to the “tip jar.” All tips go directly to the instructor. \nRSVP here\n  \nOnce Upon a Pandemic: I attended a Zoom reading featuring Natalie Diaz\, wherein she described some of her work as a native poet as a kind of writing through English\, and the phrase stuck! In this generative workshop\, we will consider poets whose work\, though cloaked in English\, challenges its archives\, uncovers its erasures\, and rewrites its invented histories through formal and semantic inter- and contraventions. I’ll prepare a packet including works by Jordan Abel\, Jessica Abughattas\, Fatimah Asghar\, Franny Choi\, Natalie Diaz\, Marwa Helal\, Noor Hindi\, Cathy Park Hong\, Noor Ibn Najam\, and Layli Long Soldier\, and we’ll discuss a subset to write from their prompt. For my reading\, I’ll share some of my recent erasure and bilingual work\, tracing the Arab as the Arab is effaced and erased in the landscape of American legacy media. \nMariam Bazeed is a multi–award winning Egyptian immigrant\, poet\, playwright\, performance artist\, actor\, editor\, translator\, curator\, and cook\, living in Brooklyn. An alliteration-leaning writer of prose\, poetry\, plays\, and pantry lists\, their work across genres has been published in print and online\, and their plays performed in festivals on both sides of the Atlantic. Their first play\, peace camp org\, an autobiographical queer anti-Zionist musical(ish) comedy about summer camp\, is published by Oberon Books\, UK\, and won them the Dramatists Guild’s Lanford Wilson Award for creative promise in 2021. They are currently at work on their first novel\, The Boy Made of Air\, and on a new theatrical commission for Noor Theatre\, NYC. To procrastinate from facing the blank page\, Mariam curates and runs an occasional world-music salon and open mic in Brooklyn\, and is a slow student of Arabic music.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/virtual-craft-class-reading-with-mariam-bazeed/
LOCATION:online class
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SUMMARY:LI CHENG’S JOSÉ (2018) (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of Li Cheng’s José (2018) on Thursday\, February 29\, at 6:30 PM. José centers the experiences of a young gay Guatemalan man who lives with his mother. The coming-of-age film grapples with the realities of being an LGBTQ+ person searching for love in a highly religious and homophobic country. \nEvent hosted by filmmaker Fernando Vieira \nAbout the Film:  \n19-year-old José lives with his mother in Guatemala. It’s a tough life in one of the most violent and religious countries. When he meets Luis\, he’s thrust into new-found passion and pain.  \nRunning time: 1 hour and 25 minutes. In Spanish with English subtitles. \n \nAbout the Director:  \nLi CHENG\, writer\, director\, producer. Originally from China and moved to the USA in 1999 and now world-nomad since 2015. Key themes: society\, struggle\, crisis\, hope. Cheng left biotechnology research in 2007 to focus on film\, and his first feature\, Joshua Tree (2014) is on the crisis of the American Dream – a critique of US American culture. His second feature\, José (2018) premiered at the 75th Venice Film Festival on 6 September 2018 and was awarded Queer Lion the following day – for the project he conducted research in 12 Latin American countries and lived in Guatemala for two years: a struggling place yet filled with youthful hope. Cheng holds a PhD from Rutgers University\, New Jersey\, USA.  \nAbout the Screening Curator:  \nFernando VIEIRA is a New York-based filmmaker and performer. Works include the documentary Unlabeled (2021) and experimental film Frenetic Journey Toward Muddledness (2023). Vieira graduated from CUNY Graduate Center with a Masters in Liberal Studies\, Film and Media Cultures concentration (2024).  \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. \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/li-chengs-jose/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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