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OLNY&#8217;s Poly Movie Night: Love Songs

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	1	2	3	4 OLNY’s Poly Movie Night: Love Songs Transgender Children & Youth, Book Launch & Talk, with Elijah Nealy Transgender Children & Youth, Book Launch & Talk, with Elijah Nealy May 4, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Join us to celebrate the publication of Transgender Children & Youth: Cultivating Pride and Joy with Families (W. W. Norton, 2017), by Elijah C. Nealy. Dr. Nealy, a therapist and former…	5 Transgender Children & Youth, Book Launch & Talk, with Elijah Nealy David Pratt’s Wallaçonia, Reading & Signing with guest Don Weise David Pratt’s Wallaçonia, Reading & Signing with guest Don Weise May 5, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM David Pratt reads from his new young adult novel, Wallaçonia. Following the reading, independent editor Don Weise will join Pratt in a discussion of the process of writing and editing…	6 David Pratt’s Wallaçonia, Reading & Signing with guest Don Weise Dandy Darkly’s Six Hundred and Sixty-Six Tales of Sex and Death! A Book Launch Dandy Darkly’s Six Hundred and Sixty-Six Tales of Sex and Death! A Book Launch May 6, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM NYC’s maestro of the macabre is dragging his tawdry tales of sex and death from the stage and on to the page. Dandy Darkly will be on hand at the…
7	8	9	10 Dandy Darkly’s Six Hundred and Sixty-Six Tales of Sex and Death! A Book Launch Undercover Girl: The Lesbian Informant Who Helped the FBI Bring Down the Communist Party Undercover Girl: The Lesbian Informant Who Helped the FBI Bring Down the Communist Party May 10, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Join us for the launch of Undercover Girl: The Lesbian Informant Who Helped the FBI Bring Down the Communist Party, by Lisa E. Davis. This is not the story of a…	11 Undercover Girl: The Lesbian Informant Who Helped the FBI Bring Down the Communist Party Get Healthy: improving LGBT health through film Get Healthy: improving LGBT health through film May 11, 2017 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM The 2015 short film, Vanessa Goes to the Doctor, turned LGBT cultural competence training on its head, changing the way healthcare providers understand and treat their LGBT patients all in…	12 Get Healthy: improving LGBT health through film Resist, Rebel, Transgress: Nothing Without Us Screening Resist, Rebel, Transgress: Nothing Without Us Screening May 12, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM In conjunction with the Bureau’s current exhibition, The Lesbian Avengers: 25th Anniversary Exhibition: Friday, May 12 7 p.m. Lesbian Avengers 25 event series, “Resist, Rebel, Transgress.” A screening of the powerful film, Nothing Without Us, by Harriet Hirshorn and Mary…	13 Resist, Rebel, Transgress: Nothing Without Us Screening TELL 34: Beginnings TELL 34: Beginnings May 13, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM 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. BEGINNINGS is the theme of…
14 TELL 34: Beginnings Queer Collage Party Queer Collage Party May 14, 2017 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM It’s time for another Queer Collage Party! We provide the glue sticks and scissors, you provide the pictures and paper/cardboard. Everyone who attends should bring at least one magazine or…	15	16	17	18 Queer Collage Party Fierce Hearts: a reading of fierce and heartfelt poetry by Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Joy Ladin, and Lesléa Newman Fierce Hearts: a reading of fierce and heartfelt poetry by Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Joy Ladin, and Lesléa Newman May 18, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM The poets will read both published work and work from soon-to-be released collections. A book signing will follow the reading. Cheryl Boyce-Taylor is the recipient of the 2015 Barnes and Noble…	19	20 Fierce Hearts: a reading of fierce and heartfelt poetry by Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Joy Ladin, and Lesléa Newman Martin Duberman Reads from Jews Queers Germans Martin Duberman Reads from Jews Queers Germans May 20, 2017 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Martin Duberman returns to the Bureau for a reading from his latest novel, Jews Queers Germans. Jews Queers Germans recreates the intimate milieu around Kaiser Wilhelm II of pre-Weimar Germany, a time…
21	22	23 Martin Duberman Reads from Jews Queers Germans Save The Date: Tim “Toaster” Henderson (workshop and feature) Save The Date: Tim “Toaster” Henderson (workshop and feature) May 23, 2017 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM NEW YORK CITY, YOU LUCKY DUCKIES!!! Nationally-acclaimed performance poet Tim “Toaster” Henderson is dropping in to host a writing workshop and feature at Union Square Slam!! SAVE THE DATE: May 23rd, 2017 6:30pm:…	24 Save The Date: Tim “Toaster” Henderson (workshop and feature) Queer Travelers’ Tales with Andrew Evans and Alden Jones Queer Travelers’ Tales with Andrew Evans and Alden Jones May 24, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Join queer travel writers Andrew Evans and Alden Jones as they discuss their books The Black Penguin and The Blind Masseuse. Andrew Evans has completed more than thirty assignments for…	25 Queer Travelers’ Tales with Andrew Evans and Alden Jones Queer, There, and Everywhere: Book Launch & Reading Queer, There, and Everywhere: Book Launch & Reading May 25, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Start celebrating Pride early this year! Join activist Sarah Prager to hear incredible stories from her new queer history book, Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World,…	26	27
28 Queer, There, and Everywhere: Book Launch & Reading Anti-Fascist Book Club Reads James Baldwin’s Going to Meet the Man Anti-Fascist Book Club Reads James Baldwin’s Going to Meet the Man May 28, 2017 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM A reading group for those fighting fascism! Hopefully our readings will inspire thoughtful and informed activism. Join us for our second meeting on Sunday, May 28th, from 2 to 4 PM. We…	29	30 Anti-Fascist Book Club Reads James Baldwin’s Going to Meet the Man Union Square Slam Presents: OOMPA Union Square Slam Presents: OOMPA May 30, 2017 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Mark your calendars: the last Tuesday of every month will feature a local musical performer. Tonight we have the helluv incomparable Oompa coming through. Prepare to unlearn whatever you thought you…	31 Union Square Slam Presents: OOMPA OLNY’s Poly Movie Night: Love Songs OLNY’s Poly Movie Night: Love Songs May 31, 2017 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM 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 at…