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Award winning artist Scottee thinks there's a problem with ageism within the queer community. Our elders are often invisible, the older generation think the young queens know…
*Mark your calendars: the last Tuesday of every month will feature a local musical performer.* This week, we have the lovely and effervescent JIDAH! Come through for…
An evening of gay literature with two award-winning authors. Jendi Reiter kicks off her book tour for her debut novel, Two Natures (Saddle Road Press), the spiritual…
Chris Harder and Harder Candy Inc. are excited to uncover for YOU: PRIVATE DICK, queerly mysterious readings from gay and lesbian pulp fiction-with an added dash of the…
Taking its title from a song by Lou Reed dedicated to his trans lover Rachel, Coney Island Babies, curated by Chris Bogia and Montgomery Smith for Fire…
What better way to kick off NYC's ComiCon week with a Nerd Slam!! Black Nerd Problems brings us a double feature from Will Evans and Lauren Bullock,…
David J. Skal discusses and signs Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula. Introduction by Christopher Bram, author of…
A reading and q&a for Eros & Dust, a new collection of short stories by Trebor Healey, the author of the Ferro-Grumley Fiction Award-winning novel, A Horse…
What are the challenges of writing good erotic prose and poetry? Is erotic writing a separate genre or can it be an integral part of all genres?…
The legendary Original Cockette Rumi Missabu returns to the Bureau from San Francisco with Donna Personna, Trangela Lansbury, Roxanne Redmeat, Bruja, Hayley Nystrom, and HRH Lee Mentley,…
Join us for the NYC launch of Sex of the Oppressed and a conversation with artist and activist Nikolay Oleynikov, author of the book. Oleynikov will be joined…
While the slammers are away at IWPS, the quieter side of Union Square Slam is taking over! Join workshop facilitator Sara Emily Kuntz as she hosts readings…
If you are new to the city, recently out, just looking for friends, or whatever experiences brought you to us - we offer a safe space where…
Our book for Oct: Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals is a memoir by Ethical Slut co-author Janet W. Hardy, focussing on her relationships with…
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival was part of our lesbian herstory & culture for 40 years. Now what? Did you keep your wrist band? Handmade sign? A piece of…
Do you start to ever feel isolated in the workplace and in this city? This event is a chance for us to network and socialize together as…
Union Square Slam is super excited to host our second of six chances to qualify for our Team Selection Finals in April. To boot, we have an…
The Bureau presents the book launch of MY SON WEARS HEELS, a memoir by Brooklyn author Julie Tarney about her experiences raising a gender-nonconforming child of the…
You don't have to be a woman to read women writers, a poet to read poetry, or a chewer of Juicy Fruit gum to happily listen to a…
Join us for the revised and updated version of the brief history of gay porn that Kyle Renick originally presented at the Bureau in May! This time…
New York Queer Zine Fair returns to the Bureau for two days! On Saturday, October 22, join: David Macke www.davidmodel.com Headmaster Magazine www.headmastermagazine.com Jason Haaf STH https://straight-to-hell.com Black Lesbian DIY…
Join us for day 2 of the New York Queer Zine Fair 2016, featuring: Pink Mince https://www.pinkmince.com/ Belladonna* Collaborative https://www.belladonnaseries.org/ Arno Mokros https://arno-press.tumblr.com/ 3 DOT ZINE www.3dotzine.com Authorized to Work in the…
*Mark your calendars: the last Tuesday of every month will feature a local musical performer.* Join us for a night of musical magic with the incomparable K Sloan!!…
Join us for a wonderful poetry reading with readings by Michael Klein (When I Was a Twin, Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015) and Jen Levitt (The Off-Season, Four…
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.…
Do your feminist, body positive beliefs feel out of whack with your real, lived experience? Do you feel like you know how to talk the talk but…
Union Square Slam is hosting our second of three qualifiers for the Women of the World Poetry Slam, held in Dallas, TX this March. The top two…
Heather Love and Sarah Schulman in conversation on Schulman's new book: Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair. Heather…