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SUMMARY:Closed for July 4th
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on Friday\, July 4th. \nHappy holiday!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250709T183000
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SUMMARY:EMOTICON LOVER.  A performative event. (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the release of his zine EMOTICON LOVER\, artist John Hanning invites the audience back to 1983—to remember\, reflect\, and honor those we’ve loved and lost. \nRooted in memory and shaped by the legacy of AIDS candlelight marches\, the evening offers space for remembrance\, resistance\, and connection. The event opens with spoken words by Camilo Godoy. \nCopies of the zine will be available for purchase. \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\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\n\n  \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \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/emoticon-lover/
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 with Leigh Curran ("Going Nowhere Sideways") and Richard Willett ("A Friend of Dorothy's") (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Playwrights Leigh Curran and Richard Willett\, longtime friends and colleagues\, read from their first novels\, each set back in time. \nAbout Going Nowhere Sideways: \nAugust\, 1969. Molly Williams is young\, conservative and inexperienced when she discovers her boyfriend necking with his male roommate in a Greenwich Village restaurant. She freaks out\, hitches a ride to Woodstock\, does drugs for the first time and winds up in a medical emergency tent in the arms of Johnson\, a gentle\, spiritual Asian-American. When things don’t work out with Johnson\, Molly becomes emotionally\, physically\, and artistically involved with her former sister-in-law\, Nancy\, in a relationship full of fire. In Leigh Curran’s Going Nowhere Sideways\, Molly survives twenty years of emotional adventure and emerges a full-blooded\, middle-aged woman with her sense of humor and authenticity intact. \nAbout: A Friend of Dorothy’s \nIt’s 1986 in New York City and 27-year-old Eric Summerfield knows that “yuppies” are supposed to be obnoxious\, easily dismissed\, but he envies the clarity of their delusions\, their seeming ability to keep mortality at bay. He yearns\, in fact\, to be one of them. The catch: He’s no Wall Street insider\, but instead the underpaid employee of a Canadian chain bookstore in Midtown Manhattan\, a Canuck himself\, and gay\, and AIDS suddenly seems to be everywhere\, including in the body of his flamboyant friend and coworker Dale\, who inexplicably singles out a reluctant Eric to be his chief caregiver. It’s an experience that will change both of them. Richard Willett’s A Friend of Dorothy’s is a timeless\, universal coming of age novel\, in which the crucible of illness compels one young man to reach for something greater. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of A Friend of Dorothy’s (Magic Show Press\, June 15\, 2025\, paperback\, $17.99)\, and/or Going Nowhere Sideways (Fithian Press\, 1999\, paperback\, $14.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a book(s) for July 13 event” in the subject line and specify titles in the body of the email. \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\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \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\n  \nLeigh Curran is an award-winning playwright\, novelist\, poet and teacher. Her first novel\, Going Nowhere Sideways\, looks at the coming of middle age when the struggle to stay the same is no longer an option. It was published by Fithian Press and is now available through on-line bookstores. \n  \nCanadian-American Richard Willett is best known as an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose plays have been produced in New York\, Los Angeles\, and internationally. He wrote his only novel\, A Friend of Dorothy’s\, when he was in his twenties. Excerpts appeared in the legendary gay literary magazine Christopher Street and in Permafrost at the University of Alaska\, as well as being short-listed for New American Library’s Men on Men: Best New Gay Fiction\, but the novel itself was never published before now.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/leigh-curran-richard-willett/
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:20250716T180000
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SUMMARY:Robert W. Fieseler discusses his new book AMERICAN SCARE: Florida's Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning journalist and author Robert W. Fieseler as he discusses his new book AMERICAN SCARE: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives. A vital exposé for both our history and our present day\, AMERICAN SCARE tells the riveting story of how the Florida government destroyed the lives of Black and queer citizens in the twentieth century—with chilling parallels to today. \nRobert Fieseler will be joined in conversation by author and critic Bill Goldstein. \nThis event is presented in partnership with The American LGBTQ+ Museum‘s book club\, The Lavender Literary Society \nTo reserve a copy of AMERICAN SCARE: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives (Dutton\, June 17\, 2025\, hardcover\, $34)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve American Scare for July 16 event” in the subject line. \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\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \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\n  \nRobert W. Fieseler is a journalist investigating marginalized groups and a scholar excavating forgotten histories. A National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Journalist of the Year and recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship\, his debut book Tinderbox won seven awards\, including the Edgar Award\, and his reporting has appeared in Slate\, Commonweal\, and River Teeth\, among others. Fieseler graduated co-valedictorian from the Columbia Journalism School and is pursuing a PhD at Tulane University as a Mellon Fellow. He lives with his husband on the gayest street in New Orleans. \n  \nBill Goldstein reviews books and interviews authors for NBC’s Weekend Today in New York\, and was the founding editor of The New York Times books website. A graduate of the University of Chicago\, Goldstein received a PhD in English from the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is writing a biography of Larry Kramer\, to be published by Crown\, and was awarded a 2024-25 Public Scholars grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities to support his work on the book. He is the author of The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf\, T. S. Eliot\, D. H. Lawrence\, E. M. Forster\, and the Year that Changed Literature\, published in 2017. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/robert-w-fieseler/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Drag Story Hour with Lil Miss Hot Mess\, author of MAKE YOUR OWN RAINBOW: A DRAG QUEEN'S GUIDE TO COLOR (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join author and drag queen Lil Miss Hot Mess for a very special Drag Story Hour\, as we celebrate her recently-released book Make Your Own Rainbow: A Drag Queen’s Guide to Color.  Kids of all ages are also invited to sing and dance along as she reads her classics If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It and The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish\, Swish\, Swish.  Bonus points to those who attend dressed in their most colorful and fabulous looks\, as drag is all about letting your inner light sparkle brightly on the outside! \nPlease note: \nThis event will take place in person at The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. The Bureau currently features a very adult exhibition of photographs\, so this event will take place in a kid-friendly room on the second floor of The Center. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\n\n  \nReserve a copy of Make Your Own Rainbow (Running Press Kids\, May 13\, 2025\, hardcover\, $18.99) or any Lil Miss Hot Mess book by writing to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Make Your Own Rainbow for July 20th event” in the subject line. If you’d like to reserve other titles\, please just let us know in the body of the email. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nAbout Make Your Own Rainbow: A Drag Queen’s Guide to Color : \nBy Lil Miss Hot Mess\, Illustrated by Olga de Dios \nRunning Press Kids\, 2025 (more info) \nExplore a kaleidoscope of colors beyond the rainbow in this celebratory and empowering book by Drag Story Hour storyteller Lil Miss Hot Mess! \nDrag queens love to dance to their own beat\, speak their minds\, and let their best selves shine. They love all the colors of the rainbow—as well as all the colors beyond! \nFrom scarlet\, marigold\, lemon\, and emerald\, to azure\, periwinkle\, Byzantium\, and onyx\, the world’s diverse range of colors allows drag queens and kings to be authentic and creative. And you\, too\, can use any color or hue to express yourself and your fierce imagination! Travel through a colorful\, playful\, and uplifting world with Drag Story Hour superstar Lil Miss Hot Mess and whimsical illustrator Olga De Dios in their latest inclusive picture book. \n  \nLil Miss Hot Mess is the author of the children’s books Make Your Own Rainbow: A Drag Queen’s Guide to Color\, If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It\, and The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish\, Swish\, Swish\, and has written essays for HuffPost\, Slate\, and Wired. She serves on the board of Drag Story Hour\, and has appeared on world-class stages like SFMOMA\, Stanford University\, and Saturday Night Live. Follow her on social media @LilMissHotMess\, and learn more at lilmisshotmess.com.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lil-miss-hot-mess/
LOCATION:The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 101\, New York\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250721T183000
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SUMMARY:A Gathering of the Tribes Presents: THE STOOP PROJECT: NO SUCH THING AS WRITER’S BLOCK Facilitated by: UGBA (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:NO SUCH THING AS WRITER’S BLOCK \nFacilitated by: UGBA \nThis is a generative writing workshop\, open to all skill levels.\n \n$5 DONATION\, RESERVE YOUR SPOT – MONDAY\, JULY 21\n  \nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\nIn this session\, I will be sharing tools gathered over my 15+ year career as a professional writer and writing-workshop facilitator to equip writers (both novice and veteran) with the confidence to quiet that little voice in their head that says: I’ve gone as far as I can. I haven’t got anything left. It’s a lie! There are always more words—sometimes you just need an instructor willing to teach you how to find them: I am that instructor! \n  \nTHE STOOP PROJECT: SUMMER SERIES 2025\nHosted by A Gathering of the Tribes\, The Stoop Project: Summer Series 2025 features a curated selection of generative writing workshops by bearded poet Thomas Fucaloro. Sessions are open to all skill levels and will be held in person every third Monday from June through August 2025 at The Center’s bookstore\, Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, in NYC. Each workshop will be led by a different facilitator and focus on a unique theme. A $5 donation reserves your spot — see calendar for all event listings. \nIn tandem with the workshops\, each month Tribes will select a featured book from the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. \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. \nPlease note: the Bureau is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. We will open at 6 PM on Monday\, July 21st\, for this workshop\, which will begin at 6:30 PM.\n  \nTHE HISTORY OF THE STOOP\nThe Stoop Poetry Workshop (1991–1995) was established and facilitated by Tribes’ founder Steve Cannon with fellow Lower East Side poet Bob Holman. Conceived on the stoop of Cannon’s East 3rd Street residence\, the workshop served as a creative incubator held before the Nuyorican Poets Café’s Friday Night Slams — allowing poets to refine their work and perform it the same evening. An extraordinary roster of poets participated in the Workshop\, including reg e. gaines\, Edwin Torres\, Tracie Morris\, Dana Bryant\, Mia Hansford\, Keith Roach\, Paul Beatty\, Willie Perdomo\, Dael Orlandersmith\, Ed Morales\, Ra\, and Mike Tyler. \nBuilding on Cannon’s ethos of “Each one\, teach one\,” The Stoop Project expands the original vision of the Workshop by inviting a wide array of guest facilitators to carry forward its spirit of collective growth\, experimentation\, and intergenerational exchange. \n  \nABOUT THE FACILITATOR\nUGBA (‘oog ba’) Ungrateful Black Artist (pronoun inclusive) is a queer poet\, rapper\, playwright\, actor\, and activist based out of Brooklyn\, NY. UGBA is the founder/host of CEREMONIES—a Brooklyn-based monthly Black-Queer artist showcase held in honor of Essex Hemphill. UGBA is also the founder of “Dark-Skin Support Group\,” a virtual support network for dark-skin Black Americans in need of a space to discuss the realities of colorism. In 2020\, UGBA was named a “Black LGBTQ+ playwright you need to know ” by Time Out NY. UGBA is the former script assistant for the Pulitzer Prize-winning and 5 time TONY nominated Broadway show “Fat Ham.” He is an alumnus of the Public Theater’s #BARS program and Emerging Writers Group 2020-2023 cohort.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/stoop-project-july-21/
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:20250723T190000
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SUMMARY:The Wicker/Johnson Papers Party! (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:The Wicker/Johnson Papers Party! \nAll are invited to come join us at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division for a night of celebration! \nSince 1976\, Randy Wicker has collected an archive of activism and gay love in his Hoboken home\, where Marsha P. Johnson and many other queer New Yorkers lived over the past 50 years. While running his business Uplift Lighting in the Village for 30 years\, Wicker opened their home to countless queer friends and lovers whilechampioning progressive causes. Johnson\, a Stonewall Riots veteran and co-founder  of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries\, shared his home and participated in many campaigns during their time together. In processing since 2021\, Randy & Marsha’s papers are now available for researchers to tell the stories of the Uplift family. This collection preserves Randy & Marsha’s work as activists\, and also the lives of their extended gay family of lovers\, friends\, street people\, activists\, Uplift Lighting employees\, and residents of Hoboken’s legendary “Hotel Wicker” apartment. \nShare this invitation with any friends of the family\, and join us in celebrating their lives! \nCome ready to share your favorite memories and enjoy ephemera\, photos\, & films from the archive—and footage shot for the documentary currently in production directed by Devlyn Camp\, archivist of the collection & host of the podcast Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History Before Stonewall. \n**This event will be filmed as part of that documentary!** \nThis event is hosted by archivist Devlyn Camp and The LGBT Community Center National History Archive in collaboration with the Bureau. \nRSVP free at wickerjohnsonparty.eventbrite.com\n  \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, 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 \nContact Devlyn ourhistorypod@gmail.com or the Bureau contact@bgsqd.com with any questions.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/wicker-johnson-papers-party/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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