The Bureau of General Services-Queer Division is an independent, all-volunteer queer cultural center, bookstore, and event space in NYC hosted by The LGBT Community Center. The Bureau is temporarily closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. During this time, we invite you to order books on our online store and join our online events. Visit bgsqd.com for more information. [email protected]
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Join the Bureau and @wwhivdd tonight for Hockey Night in Canada, a free virtual event with writers @berendmckenzie & @i.francisco hosted by @chattychapstick Visit bgsqd.com/events for more info. (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXCG56Ql2jx/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Liz Collins’s Energy Field, from her exhibition at the Tang Museum in 2017, is now at the Bureau! Includes contributions from Nayland Blake, Shelley Marlow, Mike Albo, & Amelia Bande, among others!! Come check it out! @lizzycollins7 @tangteachingmuseum (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWecU2KMBKL/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Sappho hats back at the Bureau! @sappho.bootlegs (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV_WlT4Fu2B/?utm_medium=tumblr
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New issue of@kinkediciones has arrived! Come get your copy of Kink #34 @paco_y_manolo (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTkbywSrUCM/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Just in! Leslie Cohen’s memoir The Audacity of a Kiss: Love, Art, & Liberation. The Bureau will host Leslie for a virtual reading on September 25th. You may know Leslie as one half of the lesbian couple in the George Segal sculpture in Christopher Park across from Stonewall. She’s also known for cofounding the groundbreaking women’s club Sahara in NYC in 1976! Buy the book from our online store or our physical store. Be sure to join us on 9/25! @lesliecohen1234 @rutgersupress (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTAgQ_0lYb1/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Just received several new titles, including Radiant Fugitives by Naawaz Ahmed. Come for the books. Stay for the air conditioning. And we have a table of sale books! Open till 6! (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CShc3z2F1hQ/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Kyle is back at the Bureau! Come say hi! (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSM6RbcL4U6/?utm_medium=tumblr
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OPEN! Come see Paul Moreno’s exhibition Problem Areas! Come check out the books and zines! Come soak in queerness! The Bureau’s August hours: Wednesdays-Fridays, 1 to 6 PM. Hope to see you soon! (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSKW2xrFvXZ/?utm_medium=tumblr
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We’re open!!! Come by the Bureau today! Open till 6! (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR9YwdKrTS4/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Tonight at 6 PM EDT: Join panelists Leslie Cagan, Mx. Je'Jae Cleo Daniels, ABilly Jones-Hennin, Dwreck Ingram, & Jay W. Walker for Generations of Activism. Presented by #ReclaimPrideCoalition & @bgsqd @mx.enigma @jaywwalker @iamdwreck @jonesabs @caganleslie @queermarch https://www.instagram.com/p/COA4EKYjc5V/?igshid=hzdlr3pgc1t9
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Join the Bureau on Thursday, May 13th: Christopher Chitty's posthumous Sexual Hegemony: Statecraft, Sodomy and Capital in the Rise of the World System was published in 2020. Join editor Max Fox for a conversation with Hannah Black and Kay Gabriel to discuss its genesis and meaning for the queer marxist project of liberation. Registration on Eventbrite is required in order to receive the Zoom link on the day of the event. Closed-captioning will be available. Suggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $5. All are welcome to join, with or without a donation. You can make a donation when you register on Eventbrite. Click on the link below to register: https://tinyurl.com/2r6eb4s9 Purchase Sexual Hegemony before or on Thursday, May 13th, 2021, and receive 25% off! Click here to view or purchase: https://tinyurl.com/2pz43fz2 https://www.instagram.com/p/CNGUYqujJoc/?igshid=7z5epf4rv9fp
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TELL 70: Rise-Colored Glasses, The Seventh Anniversary Edition is this Saturday, Feb. 20, 6 PM EST Join the Bureau, host Drae Campbell, and storytellers Mariel Reyes (who curated this lineup), Patric Pardo, Yunique, & Dirty Lola! Online event Register at tinyurl.com/1j37ei8m @tellqueerz @draebiz #MarielReyes #PatricPardo @yunique.yunique @dirtylola https://www.instagram.com/p/CLcCvmYlqT5/?igshid=pqcztj7huq0c
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7 years ago, on Feb. 28, 2014, Drae Campbell launched TELL, a monthly queer storytelling event that the Bureau has hosted ever since that day! The very first Tell featured @heather_acs @merrie_cherry @theonetheonlymizzjune #foxysquire & #judyyu Thank you, Drae! Thanks to everyone who has shared their stories with us! And thank you to everyone who has joined us at these warm community-building events! This Saturday we celebrate the seventh anniversary of TELL (virtually) with the theme of Rose-Colored Glasses! TELL 70! @tellqueerz @draebiz #tell #tellqueerstories #tellqueerz (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLcBRH4FH9y/?igshid=zpkorv94aqci
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Black History Month Sale! bgsqd.com/store The Bureau offers 25% off select titles, and we’ll keep adding more titles. So keep checking back. Happy reading! bgsqd.com/store #blackhistorymonth #blackqueerhistory #blacktranshistory #blacklgbtqhistory (at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK1dg-glJHz/?igshid=88fdn9t23zf9
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Happy first day of Black History Month! The Bureau is offering discounts on books about Black LGBTQ history. First up: Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray, by Rosalind Rosenberg. Get 25% off by entering the coupon code BLACKHISTORYESSENTIALS when you check out: https://tinyurl.com/y39rq6m7 #paulimurray #paulimurrayproject #blacklgbtqhistory #blacklgbtq #transcestors https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwQ1qTFgmv/?igshid=iwsia6uhazyb
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Friends of the Bureau @emanuelxavier & @croadcore in conversation this Saturday, Jan. 30 @ 6 pm est: Sobreviviendo A Las Fronteras/Surviving The Borderlands, a weekend-long conference. Looks great! Register at https://storiesofsurvival.love/queer art https://www.instagram.com/p/CKjnv1dlRMG/?igshid=16b7wqcdg3wvc
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The Michael D. Cohen Trans Youth Acting Challenge reached to us to share this opportunity for trans youth who are passionate about acting to receive free virtual acting classes w/ Michael D. Cohen and to be seen by @nickelodeon casting agents! Details at transyouthacting.com @michaeldcohen #transyouth #transkids #transactors (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJynuEOFDP1/?igshid=1010k39kxxkp5
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