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.
 
Policing Gender is the theme of the 35th installment of TELL in conjunction with artist Lorenzo Triburgo’s exhibition of the same name at the Bureau, and will features stories of justice, resistance, love, and friendship from formerly incarcerated LGBTQ folks, prison abolition activists, and queers impacted by “Policing Gender.” Featuring Evie Litwok, Tanya Nguyen, and Charles Whitewolf.
$10 suggested donation to support the Bureau and the performers. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Drae Campbell is a writer, actor, director, story teller, dancer, and nightlife emcee. Drae has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and on stages all over NYC. Drae’s directing work has appeared in Iceland, NYC, Budapest and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The short film Drae wrote and starred in with Rebecca Drysdale, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in festivals globally. Drae won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. She once reigned as Miss LEZ and also got dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell hosts and curates a monthly queer storytelling show called TELL at BGSQD. Check her out online!  www.draecampbell.com.

Evie Litwok is the Founder and Director of Witness to Mass Incarceration. Witness is a digital library of first-hand in-depth interviews with formerly incarcerated women and men. America’s 40 year history of mass incarceration is detailed through those who were inside prisons, jails and detention centers.

Tanya Nguyen is a prison abolitionist and a member of Black & Pink. She lives in NYC.

Charles Whitewolf, Joker: Charles has been an actor and joker with TONYC since 2013. They have worked with the Ali Forney Center Troupe, and Concrete Justice. Charles is a poet, skateboarder, and has been featured in video projects by Transparent director Silas Howard.