Join award-winning author, Nadia Uddin, and drag artist, Gina Tonic, for a conversation about how to elevate your unique voice to create social change.

Copies of Nadia Uddin’s Edison in the Hood (2022, paperback, $19.95) are available at the Bureau’s physical store and on our online store:

 
Copies will be available for purchase at the event.

Thank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!
 

This 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.
 
Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.
Also live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd

Suggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work.

All are welcome to attend, with or without donation.

We 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.

Winner of Slice’s 2019 Bridging the Gap Award, Nadia Uddin is a graduate of Yale Writers’ Workshop and has studied alongside esteemed writers through The Center of Fiction, Catapult and A Public Space. Her debut novel, Edison in the Hood, was released in Fall 2022.

With the brains of Goldie Hawn and the brawn of Bette Midler, Gina Tonic has been enchanting New York City with her live vocals and comedy chops for nearly a decade. This two-time Glam Award nominee has headlined all across the country, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, St. Louis, New Haven, and Baltimore, just to name a few.