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SUMMARY:OLNY Poly Movie Night: Three/Drei (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 Three / Drei (2010)\, directed by Tom Tykwer\, starring Devid Striesow\, Sebastian Schipper\, and Sophie Rois.\n \nWednesday\, April 3 – 6:30 pm to 9:30 pmBureau 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: Hanna and Simon\, a heterosexual couple approaching their twentieth year together\, separately meet and fall in love with the same man.\n \nRunning time: 1 hour 59 minutes. In German with English subtitles.\n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/olny-poly-movie-night-three/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Anamot Press x the Bureau present: the right amount of light to appear whole (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:The right amount of light to appear whole is an evening of poetry readings curated by Anamot Press and hosted at the Bureau. \nIn celebration of andriniki mattis’ debut poetry collection Quiet Fires and inspired by / in solidarity with fellow authors\, Megan Pinto\, Emily Lee Luan\, India Lena González. \nThe right amount of light to appear whole is a line from andriniki mattis\, it encapsulates how these poets stretch the elasticity of the English language through visual poems\, empty spaces\, shapes and line breaks. Their poems attempt to return from a time that felt separated from oneself and move toward a wholeness\, despite daily acts of violences\, homesickness\, heartbreak\, and a fear of shame and sadness returning.  \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Quiet Fires (Anamot Press\, 2023\, paperback\, $18)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve copy of Quiet Fires” in the subject line. \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. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\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 \n\n  \nReaders: \n\n Emily Lee Luan is a poet and educator. Emily’s debut poetry collection Return was published by Nighboat in April 2023\, it explores Taiwanese diasporic experience through the porosnous of language. Tatevik’s favourite poem is ‘Reversible Poem in Dishwasher’\, here is what Cathy Park Hong says about Emily’s book: “Luan’s poems\, which alloy Chinese and English into feats of formal ingenuity and beauty\, translate the unspeakable. Read it once\, then read it again slowly to perceive the spectrum of emotions Luan unseams with dexterity.” \n\n  \n\n Megan Pinto is a Brooklyn based poet. Megan’s debut collection of poetry\, Saints of Little Faith\, is forthcoming with Four Way Books in Fall 2024. Tatevik’s favourite poem is Harvest.\n\n  \n\n India Lena González is a poet\, editor\, and multidisciplinary artist. India’s debut poetry collection fox woman get out! was published by BOA Editions in 2023. Tatevik’s favourite poem is “una parda\, which is me\,”. Here is what Terence Hayes says about India’s book: “India Lena González’s debut is made of exhilarating body language. Her serpentine stanzas\, upper- and lowercase characters\, and bold exclamations move like Alvin Ailey dancing to lines of June Jordan.”\n\n  \n\n andriniki mattis is a Brooklyn based poet. His debut poetry collection Quiet Fires was published by Anamot Press in 2023. Tatevik’s favourite poem is how to live between the lines. Here is what Ocean Vuong says about andriniki’s book: “With an ear finely tuned to the shape and sorrows of living\, to the celebration of transformation and survival\, mattis has brought forth a work of lyrical prowess that fashions from the self a site of linguistic power and searing dexterity.”\n\n 
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LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cynthia Carr and Mx. Justin Vivian Bond present CANDY DARLING: DREAMER\, ICON\, SUPERSTAR (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr and cabaret legend Mx. Justin Vivian Bond for a discussion of Candy Darling\, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar. \nGrowing up on Long Island\, lonely and quiet and queer\, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets like Kim Novak. Candy Darling found her turn in New York’s early Off-Off-Broadway theater scene\, in Warhol’s films Flesh and Women in Revolt\, and at the famed nightclub Max’s Kansas City. She inspired songs by Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. She became friends with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin\, borrowed a dress from Lauren Hutton\, posed for Richard Avedon\, and performed alongside Tennessee Williams in his own play. \nYet Candy lived on the edge\, relying on the kindness of strangers\, friends\, and her quietly devoted mother\, sleeping on couches and in cheap hotel rooms\, keeping a part of herself hidden. She wanted to be a star\, but mostly she wanted to be loved. Her last diary entry was: “I shall try to be grateful for life . . . Cannot imagine who would want me.” Candy died at twenty-nine in 1974\, as conversations about gender and identity were really just starting. She never knew it\, but she changed the world. \nPacked with tales of luminaries and gossip and meticulous research\, immersive and laced with Candy’s words and her friends’ recollections\, Cynthia Carr’s Candy Darling is Candy’s long-overdue return to the spotlight. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of Candy Darling: Dreamer\, Icon\, Superstar (Farrar\, Straus and Giroux\, March 19\, 2024\, hardcover\, $30)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Candy Darling for April 7” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nThis event will take place in person in room 301 of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011.  Registration 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  \nCynthia Carr is the author of Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz\, winner of a Lambda Literary Award and finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. Her previous books are Our Town: A Heartland Lynching\, a Haunted Town\, and the Hidden History of White America and On Edge: Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century \n  \nMx Justin Vivian Bond has appeared on stage (Broadway and Off-Broadway\, London’s West End)\, screen (Shortbus\, Can You Ever Forgive Me?\, Sunset Stories\, television (High Maintenance\, Difficult People\, The Get Down)\, nightclub stages (most notably a decades long residency at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater in NYC)\, and in concert halls worldwide (Carnegie Hall\, The Sydney Opera House). \nTheir visual art and installations have been seen in museums and galleries in the US (Participant\, Inc\, The New Museum) and abroad (Vitrine\, London). \nTheir memoir Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels (Feminist Press) won the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction. \nThey are the recipient of an Obie\, a Bessie\, and a Tony nomination\, an Ethyl Eichelberger Award\, The Peter Reed Foundation Grant\, The Foundation for Contemporary Art Grant for Artists\, and The Art Matters Grant. \nThey have self-released several full length recordings: most notably Dendrophile\, and Silver Wells. As one half of the legendary punk cabaret duo Kiki & Herb they toured the world and released two cds: Do You Hear What We Hear? and Kiki and Herb Will Die For You at Carnegie Hall. \nMx Bond has been at the forefront of Trans visibility and activism since the early 1990s. \nThey have a Masters Degree in Live Art from Central Saint Martins College in London and have taught performance composition and Live Art Installation at NYU and Bard College. \nCurrently Viv divides their time between residences in New York City’s East Village and the Hudson Valley. \nIn December of 2019 they made their debut at The Vienna Staatsoper in the world premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s Orlando as Orlando’s child. \nMx Bond is the narrator of the forthcoming Candy Darling audiobook.
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LOCATION:The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 101\, New York\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday presents: Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City
DESCRIPTION:The Center is proud to present a lecture and conversation with Elyssa Goodman\, the author of Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City.  \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. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\n  \n\nTo reserve a copy of Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City (Hanover Square Press\, 2023\, hardcover\, $32.99) please write to contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Glitter and Concrete for April 9th event” in the subject line.\n  \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!\n \nAbout Glitter and Concrete \nFrom journalist and drag historian Elyssa Maxx Goodman\, an intimate\, evocative history of drag in New York City exploring its dynamic role\, from the Jazz Age to Drag Race\, in queer liberation and urban life \nFrom the lush feather boas that adorned early female impersonators to the sequined lip syncs of barroom queens to the drag kings that have us laughing in stitches\, drag has played a vital role in the creative life of New York City. But the evolution of drag in the city—as an art form\, a community and a mode of liberation—has never before been fully chronicled. \nNow\, for the first time\, Elyssa Goodman unearths the dramatic\, provocative untold story of drag in New York City in all its glistening glory. Glitter and Concrete ducks beneath the velvet ropes of Harlem Renaissance balls\, examines drag’s crucial role in the Stonewall Uprising\, traces drag’s influence on disco and punk rock as well as its unifying power during the AIDS crisis and 9/11\, and culminates with the modern-day drag queen in the era of RuPaul’s Drag Race. \nIncluding original interviews with high-profile performers\, as well as glamorous color photos from exclusive sources and the author herself\, Glitter and Concrete is a significant contribution to queer history and an essential read for anyone curious about the story that echoes beneath the heels. \n​​ \nAbout Elyssa Maxx Goodman \nElyssa Goodman is a New York-based writer and photographer specializing in non-fiction writing and documentary photography. Her first book\, Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City\, is out now from Hanover Square Press. She is represented by Melissa Danaczko at Stuart Krichevsky Agency. Her writing and photography have been published in Vogue\, Vanity Fair\, T: The New York Times Style Magazine\, The New Yorker\, them.\, InsideHook\, Artforum\, Elle\, VICE\, New York\, i-D\, and many others. She is also the host and curator of the Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series.
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SUMMARY:The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook: Specialties for Stage and Screen (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the release of The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook: Specialties for Stage and Screen\, edited by Brooke M. Haney.  \nA reading and presentation of excerpts from The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook\, followed by a facilitated conversation with editor Brooke M. Haney and contributors Raja Benz\, Kaja Dunn\, Amy Northup\, Chelsea Pace\, Cha Ramos\, and Olivia Troy. \nThe Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook: Specialties for Stage and Screen explores the role of the intimacy choreographer with an in‐depth look at specializations that exist within the profession. With contributions by over 30 industry professionals\, this book aims to bring awareness to the wide range of needs a project may have and how intimacy professionals use their cultural competencies and specialties in practice to create the most compelling storytelling. Specialties covered include working with minors\, prosthetics\, intimacy and disability\, staging queer intimacy\, working with fat actors\, Black American intimacy\, dance\, working on scenes of trauma\, sexual violence and non‐consent\, and BDSM. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook: Specialties for Stage and Screen (Routledge\, April 1\, 2024\, paperback\, $42.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve copy of Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook” in the subject line. \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. \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 \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/intimacy-coordinators-guidebook/
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SUMMARY:Publishing Triangle Finalists Readings 2024: First of Two Nights\, Hybrid In-Person & Virtual
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first of two night’s of hybrid in-person & virtual readings by finalists for Publishing Triangle Awards at the Bureau! Both readings will also stream on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@bgsqd \nPlease note: the Bureau is usually closed on Mondays\, but we will open at 6 pm for this event. \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. \n  \nReaders on Monday\, April 15th: \n\nNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\, author of Chain-Gang All-Stars (Penguin Random House) Finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction\n\n  \n\nAni Kayode Somtochukwu\, author of And Then He Sang a Lullaby (Grove Atlantic)\, Finalist for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction\n\n  \n\nCookie Woolner\, author of The Famous Lady Lovers: Black Women and Queer Desire Before Stonewall (University of North Carolina Press)\, Finalist for the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction\n\n  \n\nBarbara Jane Brickman\, author of Suffering Sappho!: Lesbian Camp in American Popular Culture (Rutgers University)\, Finalist for the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction\n\n  \n\nA.V. Marraccini\, author of We the Parasites (Sublunary Editions)\, Finalist for the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction\n\n  \n\nLeslie Sainz\, author of Have You Been Long Enough At Table (Tin House)\, Finalist for the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry\n\n  \n\nMarci Blackman\, contributor to Sinister Wisdom 128: Trans/Feminisms (also features contributions by Talia Bettcher\, Red Washburn\, Claudia Sofia Garriga-Lopez\, Cecilia Gentili\, Kris Grey\, Shereen Imayatulla\, Nadine Rodriguez\, Cassidy Scanlon\, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz\, Fitch Wilder\, and Sarah Youngblood Gregory) (Sinister Wisdom)\, Finalist for the Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature\n\n  \n\nOliver Radclyffe\, author of Adult Human Male (Unbound Press)\, Finalist for the Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature\n\n  \n\nJustine Pucella Winans\, author of The Otherwoods (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)\, Finalist for the Jacqueline Woodson Award for LGBTQ+ Young Adult and Children’s Literature\n\n  \n\nCurtis Campbell\, author of Dragging Mason County (Annick Press)\, Finalist for the Jacqueline Woodson Award for LGBTQ+ Young Adult and Children’s Literature\n\n  \n\nJ.M. Redmann\, author of Transitory (Bold Strokes Books)\, Finalist for the Joseph Hansen Award for LGBTQ+ Crime Writing\n\n  \nBooks will be available for purchase! To reserve a copy of any title\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “Publishing Triangle Finalists Readings” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $10 \nAll are welcome to join\, with or without a 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  \nThe Publishing Triangle’s 36th Annual Awards Ceremony will take place on Wednesday\, April 17th\, at 7 PM\, at The New School\, 63 Fifth Avenue (between 13th and 14th Street). The ceremony\, which will be hosted by poet and activist Emanuel Xavier\, will also be livestreamed\, and a reception will follow. The awards ceremony and reception are both free and open to the public. \nTo see the full list of finalists for each category visit The Publishing Triangle’s website. \n  \nThe Publishing Triangle is a group of queer folks who work to further the publication of books and other materials written by LGBTQ authors or with LGBTQ themes. \nWe come from all types of backgrounds. We are on staff and we’re freelancers. We are editors\, agents\, and booksellers; we work in sub rights\, publicity\, sales\, design\, and production. Many of us are writers. We are also librarians\, teachers\, booksellers\, and even avid readers who don’t work in a publishing-related field. \nOur primary method of shining a much-needed light on queer books is through our awards program. We give out ten awards annually (at an awards ceremony\, usually in April at the New School in Manhattan)\, each with a cash prize of between $500 and $3000. Seven of these awards honor the best books published in the previous calendar year in nonfiction\, fiction\, poetry\, and trans/gender-variant literature. There is a lifetime achievement award and an emerging-writer award; and we also honor a book-industry figure each year (not a writer) with our leadership award. \nThrough our social media and our newsletter—as well as through readings\, social networking events\, and other programs in the New York City area—we strive to promote a sense of camaraderie in the queer literary community. \nMembership dues start at $40 a year for individuals (there are additional levels of membership for families and businesses). For more details\, see our membership page. \nIf you have additional questions about the Triangle and its programs\, please email us at info@publishingtriangle.org or write us at the address listed below. \nThe Publishing Triangle\n511 Avenue of the Americas\, #D36\nNew York\, NY 10011
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SUMMARY:Publishing Triangle Finalists Readings 2024: Second of Two Nights\, Hybrid In-Person & Virtual
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second of two night’s of hybrid in-person & virtual readings by finalists for Publishing Triangle Awards at the Bureau! Both readings will also stream on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@bgsqd \nPlease note: the Bureau is usually closed on Tuesdays\, but we will open at 6 pm for this event. \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  \nReaders on Tuesday\, April 16th: \n\nEmily Zhou\, author of Girlfriend (LittlePuss Press)\, Finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction and a Finalist for the Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature\n\n  \n\nHelen Elaine Lee\, author of Pomegranate (Atria Books)\, Finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction\n\n  \n\nElina Alter\, translator of Wound\, by Oksana Vasyakina (Catapult Books)\, Finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction\n\n  \n\nChloe Chun Seim\, author of Churn: A Novel in Stories (Texas Review Press: The University Press of Sam Houston State University)\, Finalist for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction\n\n  \n\nLamya H\, author of Hijab Butch Blues (The Dial Press)\, Finalist for the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction\n\n  \n\nZachary Zane\, author of Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto (Abrams Image\, an imprint of Abrams Books)\, Finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction \n\n  \n\nGreg Marshall\, author of Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew From It (Abrams Books)\, Finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction \n\n  \n\nAlicia Mountain\, author of Four in Hand (BOA Editions)\, Finalist for the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry\n\n  \n\nDestiny Hemphill\, author of motherworld: a devotional for the alter-life (Action Books)\, Finalist for the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry\n\n  \n\nCasey Plett\, author of On Community (Biblioasis)\, Finalist for the Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature\n\n  \n\nRenee James\, author of BeatNikki’s Cafe (Amble Press/Bywater Books)\, Finalist for the Joseph Hansen Award for LGBTQ+ Crime Writing\n\n  \n\nRobyn Gigl\, author of Remain Silent (Kensington Publishing Corporation)\, Finalist for the Joseph Hansen Award for LGBTQ+ Crime Writing\n\n  \n\nLawrence Lindell\, author of Blackward (Drawn & Quarterly)\, Finalist for the Jacqueline Woodson Award for LGBTQ+ Young Adult and Children’s Literature\n\n  \nBooks will be available for purchase! To reserve a copy of any title\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “Publishing Triangle Finalists Readings” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nSuggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $10 \nAll are welcome to join\, with or without a 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  \nThe Publishing Triangle’s 36th Annual Awards Ceremony will take place on Wednesday\, April 17th\, at 7 PM\, at The New School\, 63 Fifth Avenue (between 13th and 14th Street). The ceremony\, which will be hosted by poet and activist Emanuel Xavier\, will also be livestreamed\, and a reception will follow. The awards ceremony and reception are both free and open to the public. \nTo see the full list of finalists for each category visit The Publishing Triangle’s website. \n  \nThe Publishing Triangle is a group of queer folks who work to further the publication of books and other materials written by LGBTQ authors or with LGBTQ themes. \nWe come from all types of backgrounds. We are on staff and we’re freelancers. We are editors\, agents\, and booksellers; we work in sub rights\, publicity\, sales\, design\, and production. Many of us are writers. We are also librarians\, teachers\, booksellers\, and even avid readers who don’t work in a publishing-related field. \nOur primary method of shining a much-needed light on queer books is through our awards program. We give out ten awards annually (at an awards ceremony\, usually in April at the New School in Manhattan)\, each with a cash prize of between $500 and $3000. Seven of these awards honor the best books published in the previous calendar year in nonfiction\, fiction\, poetry\, and trans/gender-variant literature. There is a lifetime achievement award and an emerging-writer award; and we also honor a book-industry figure each year (not a writer) with our leadership award. \nThrough our social media and our newsletter—as well as through readings\, social networking events\, and other programs in the New York City area—we strive to promote a sense of camaraderie in the queer literary community. \nMembership dues start at $40 a year for individuals (there are additional levels of membership for families and businesses). For more details\, see our membership page. \nIf you have additional questions about the Triangle and its programs\, please email us at info@publishingtriangle.org or write us at the address listed below. \nThe Publishing Triangle\n511 Avenue of the Americas\, #D36\nNew York\, NY 10011
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SUMMARY:TELL 91: FIRE (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. \nThe theme of the 91st TELL is FIRE. Featuring storytellers Christen Clifford\, Léoh Hailu-Ghermay\, Klondyke\, and Marg Suarez.   \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 \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  \nChristen Clifford is a mother\, artist\, and writer. She has been a Mainstage Storyteller at The Moth\, a bartender\, waiter\, art model\, salesperson at Victoria’s Secret\, and is now a PT AssocIate Professor at The New School- which is a fancy way of saying adjunct. Her risograph art book BabyLove was acquired by the Thomas J Watson library at The Met. Her work has been written about in Artforum\, Art in America\, artnet\, artnews\, Hyperallergic\, NYT\, Chicago Tribune and on some right wing websites. She lives in Queens and online @cd_clifford \n  \nLéoh Hailu-Ghermay is a first generation Tigrayan-American\, Black queer artist and advocate (and former Drae Campbell-backup-dog walker) living on occupied Munsee-Lenape and Canarsie Land. They begrudgingly work for nonprofits in order to do some small amount of good in this evil world and ecstatically spend their free time creating art and gathering community together. They’re a proud Aries (everyone say happy belated birthday) so there is literally no better theme for them. They’re excited as fuck.\n \n  \nKlondyke is an alien tragg*t superstar!!! Child of a black hole and a supernova\, raised by a 4th dimensional rockstar. Experimental musical theatre composer\, and first winner of Cakeboys Takes the Cake Competition they are here to terrorize norms out of existence through the great unifier: MUUUUSIIIIIC! \n  \nMarg Suarez is a tinkerer\, troubleshooter\, and lifetime learner. By day\, Marg works as a veteran union elevator mechanic in a Midtown Manhattan high-rise; by night\, Marg teaches apprentices to diagnose electronic elevator controls. On weekends you can find Marg carting kiddo to swim lessons and birthday parties on their electric cargo trike\, organizing volunteers with a community-owned Wi-Fi network\, or procrastinating about home improvement projects. Marg lives in Brooklyn with 1 beautiful spouse\, 1 precocious 6-year-old\, and 5 rescued cats. \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/tell-91-fire/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Rainbow Book Fair Events at the Bureau (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The New York Rainbow Book Fair is America’s longest-running LGBT book fair and the largest LGBT book event in the country.  It has grown every year since its beginning in 2009. It brings together thoughtful\, interesting people of all ages\, from early teens to those in their 70s and 80s\, from a spectrum of countries\, ethnicities\, gender identities\, and viewpoints. It attracts readers and writers\, of course\, but also publishers\, editors\, agents\, and media attention—people who have never experienced queer culture\, and others who have made it the focus of their lives. Rainbow Book Fair is open to the public\, with book discounts and giveaways. \nPlease join us for The Twelfth Annual Rainbow Book Fair\, which will take place in New York City on Saturday\, April 20th\, from noon until 6 PM\, at The LGBT Community Center. For more information on the biggest LGBT book event in the US\, please click here. \nThe Bureau will host readings throughout the day in conjunction with the Rainbow Book Fair. Details below. \n  \nNoon\nThe Publishing Triangle Hosts Judy Grahn \nin Conversation with Donna Minkowitz and JP Howard \n*** \n2:30 PM\nStay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius \nI. Augustus Durham + Brittnay L. Proctor in Conversation \nJoin the Bureau for a conversation with authors I. Augustus Durham and Brittnay L. Proctor to discuss Durham’s new book\, Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Duke University Press\, 2023). Examining the works of Frederick Douglass\, Ralph Ellison\, Marvin Gaye\, Octavia E. Butler\, and Kendrick Lamar\, Stay Black and Die chronicles the relationship between black “mothers” and “sons” to argue for the black feminine/maternal\, through the lens of abstraction\, as the site of melancholy and genius. \nTo reserve a copy of Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Duke University Press\, 2023\, paperback\, $28.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Stay Black and Die for April 20th” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \n*** \n4 PM\nSamra Habib Reads \nSamra Habib (they/them) is a writer\, photographer\, and activist. Their bestselling memoir We Have Always Been Here is an exploration of faith\, art\, love\, and queer sexuality\, a journey that takes them to the far reaches of the globe to uncover a truth that was within them all along. It’s a triumphant memoir of forgiveness and family\, both chosen and not\, and a rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt out of place and a testament to the power of fearlessly inhabiting one’s truest self. \nAs a journalist they’ve covered topics ranging from fashion trends and Muslim dating apps to the rise of Islamophobia in the US. Their writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, and The Advocate\, and their photo project\, “Just Me and Allah\,” has been featured in Nylon\, i-D\, Vanity Fair Italia\, Vice\, and The Washington Post. Samra works with LGBTQ organizations internationally\, raising awareness of issues that impact queer Muslims around the world. \n  \n*** \n5 PM\nAndrea Lawlor Reads \nAndrea Lawlor teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College\, is the recipient of a 2020 Whiting Award for Fiction\, and has been awarded fellowships by Lambda Literary and Radar Labs. Their publications include a chapbook\, Position Papers (Factory Hollow Press\, 2016)\, and a novel\, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl\, a 2018 finalist for the Lambda Literary and CLMP Firecracker Awards. Paul\, originally published by Rescue Press in 2017\, is out now from Vintage/Knopf (US) and Picador (UK & Ireland).
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-rainbow-book-fair-bureau-events-2024/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius--I. Augustus Durham + Brittnay L. Proctor in Conversation (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join the Bureau for a conversation with authors I. Augustus Durham and Brittnay L. Proctor to discuss Durham’s new book\, Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Duke University Press\, 2023). Examining the works of Frederick Douglass\, Ralph Ellison\, Marvin Gaye\, Octavia E. Butler\, and Kendrick Lamar\, Stay Black and Die chronicles the relationship between black “mothers” and “sons” to argue for the black feminine/maternal\, through the lens of abstraction\, as the site of melancholy and genius. \nTo reserve a copy of Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Duke University Press\, 2023\, paperback\, $28.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Stay Black and Die for April 20th” in the subject line. \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 on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nThis event is taking place in conjunction with the The Twelfth Annual Rainbow Book Fair\, held at The LGBT Community Center on Saturday\, April 20th\, from noon to 6 PM: \n“The New York Rainbow Book Fair is America’s longest-running LGBT book fair and the largest LGBT book event in the country.  It has grown every year since its beginning in 2009. It brings together thoughtful\, interesting people of all ages\, from early teens to those in their 70s and 80s\, from a spectrum of countries\, ethnicities\, gender identities\, and viewpoints.  It attracts readers and writers\, of course\, but also publishers\, editors\, agents\, and media attention—people who have never experienced queer culture\, and others who have made it the focus of their lives. Rainbow Book Fair is open to the public\, with book discounts and giveaways.” \n  \nI. Augustus Durham is an assistant professor of English at Lehman College\, CUNY\, whose research focuses on black study from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. His work has been published in Black Camera: An International Film Journal\, Palimpsest: A Journal on Women\, Gender\, and the Black International\, and Journal of Religion and Health; and an essay on the film Moonlight for an edited collection on the work of Tarell Alvin McCraney. Prior to his appointment at Lehman\, he was the President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in English at the University of Maryland\, College Park. Durham is at work on two new projects: an examination of a singer\, and a project on invention. \n  \nBrittnay L. Proctor is a researcher and writer of performance\, popular culture\, and sound/visual culture at the nexus of blackness\, gender\, and sexuality. She is Assistant Professor of Race and Media in the School of Media Studies at The New School (NY\, NY) and author of Minnie Riperton’s Come to My Garden (Bloomsbury Press: 33 1/3 Series). She is currently working on two book projects; one of which soundtrack’s black Southern migration to California during the Second Great Migration and the other\, which draws on LP records and Compact Disc’s (CD’s)\, to trace the sonic and visual discourses of gender and sexuality in funk music.
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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 (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a queer collage workshop with Charlie Welch on Saturday\, April 27\, from 2 to 5 pm. \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! \nThe collages will be scanned to produce a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch zine! \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 to the first 16 people who show up! \nFree! But donations to support the Bureau’s work are much appreciated. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @bgsqd
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/queer-collage-workshop/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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