In celebration of their new books — a nonfiction biography and a speculative Young Adult novel — authors Mary Ann Cherry and Mike Albo will discuss uncovering queer facts and creating queer fictions. Cherry’s Morris Kight: Humanist, Liberationist, Fantabulist is “a story of gay rights and gay wrongs” that traces the life of a LGBTQ pioneer. Albo’s Another Dimension of Us, a “speculative romance” follows queer kids from the past and future who travel to the astral plane to save the ones they love. It has been called “Lucid and thought-provoking” by Booklist.

Copies of Morris Kight: Humanist, Liberationist, Fantabulist and Another Dimension of Us are available at the Bureau. To reserve a copy, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com.

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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.

Mary Ann Cherry (she/her) has been based in Los Angeles for 45 years, is a writer with a diverse background in network and syndicated television and independent documentary films. Cherry has worked with non-profit organizations, most recently created the historical archive for AIDS Healthcare Foundation. She befriended and worked with Morris Kight during the last decade of his life which led to Kight giving his blessing for Cherry to write his biography. They shared a friendship and a passion for social justice and activism. She enjoys a second career as an in-demand specialized yoga therapist. maryanncherrywriter.com

Mike Albo is the author of three novels: Hornito, considered one of the 50 Essential LGBT Works of Fiction by Flavorwire, the cult classic The Underminer: The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life (written with Virginia Heffernan) and Another Dimension of Us, released in 2023. His other works include the The Junket and Spermhood: Diary of a Donor. He has written for the The New Yorker, New York Magazine, TED, Town and Country and numerous other outlets. He has performed nine solo and comedy shows across the US, Canada, and UK. His solo shows include “Spermhood: Diary of a Donor” and “The Junket” which ran Off-Broadway at the Lynn Redgrave Theater in 2014. Mikealbo.net