Cycle for the Cause 2024
The Northeast AIDS Ride, now known as Cycle for the Cause, was started in 1995 in response to the AIDS epidemic. We continue to make the three-day journey from Boston […]
The Center offices will be closed on Monday, October 14. The building will be open from 5:00-9:00 p.m. for regularly scheduled groups and meetings.
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The Northeast AIDS Ride, now known as Cycle for the Cause, was started in 1995 in response to the AIDS epidemic. We continue to make the three-day journey from Boston […]
"Miracle on 5th" Beginners Alanon Meeting meets on Thursday every week from 12:15 - 1:45pm. This event is a Hybrid meeting, that both meets in person and on Zoom (*This […]
The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is an independent, all-volunteer queer cultural center, bookstore, and event space in room 210 of The Center. We are open Wednesday through Sunday from […]
Weekday drop-in hours in the Center Youth computer lab. Check your email, Facebook, work on that job search or college application! For youth age 13-22. Intake is required for all […]
Discuss everything sex related, get accurate sexual health info and create safe sex kits to share in the community. For youth between ages 13-22. This group is open, but Intake is required for all Youth Programs. For more information please contact youth@gaycenter.org.
The Clubhouse Music Group meets every Thursday from 4-5:30pm. Calling all musicians, singers, performers, music producers, spoken word poets and performance artists/creatives. Professional musicians from Road Recovery will work with participants to discover their talents and develop their skills while working towards a community performance. No prior musical experience needed. For youth ages 13-22. To […]
The goal of this group is to infuse a writing practice to explore recovery processes. Each participant will have 20 minutes to journal quietly as we collectively share space and listen to music followed by a group discussion. Journal prompts will aid discussion around healing, intimacy, relationships with others, and ourselves while in recovery.
Let's learn all about how the cisgender binary is a construct created and enforced by white patriarchy! Also? Let's talk about fabulous TGNC artists, authors, actors and musicians, do fabulous crafts and activities and host fabulous TGNC guest speakers. Finally, let's just talk about ourselves and how fabulous (or not) we're feeling that day. Inviting […]
Live and Let Live in Al-Anon meets on Thursday every week from 6-7pm.
Este grupo de discusión híbrido en Español está dirigido para todes las personas LGBTQ+ latinxs 18+ en el cual se podrá compartir diferentes puntos de vista sobre los diversos temas que se viven en nuestra comunidad. En este espacio de socialización en Español se favorecerán los vínculos sociales basados en el respeto mutuo y la […]
We are the only LGBT Toastmasters club on the East Coast. Learn new skills to enhance self-confidence and personal growth in a fun and supportive atmosphere. Membership is $120 for six months. Free to attend as a guest up to three times. For additional information please reach out via email contact@pridetoastmasters.com or DM on Instagram @pridetoastmasters
Join BiRequest's Social and Discussion group for ALL who self identify as Bisexual+, Biromantic+, MSpec (Multi-gender Attraction Spectrum) and otherwise Queer-identified or Questioning regardless of Labels or the Lack of them ... for ALL folx of every Gender & Gender Presentation including but not limited to Cis, Genderfluid, Intersex, Nonbinary, Trans, and more at our […]
YOU LEFT A MARK ON MESEPTEMBER 19, 2024 – JANUARY 5, 2025Reception: Thursday, September 19, 6-8 PMThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division presents You Left A Mark On Me, an exhibition highlighting […]
SOBER TALK meets on Thursday every week from 6:30-7:30pm. Sober Talk is a solution focused meeting created to have an open space to talk about our other parallel addictions that resurface when trying to control Crystal Meth (alcohol, sex, compulsive shopping, social media, overeating, etc.). Weekly speakers and popcorn format. For more information go to nycma.org
CMA en Español meets on Thursday every week from 6:45-7:45pm.
Recovery Dharma meets on Thursday every week from 7-8:15pm.
SMART Recovery meets on Thursday every week from 7-8:30pm.
Westwingers is an AA group that meets on Thursday every week from 7:15-8:15pm.
This support group allows community members, who are seeking community and social support, to openly discuss their experiences as trans, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, gender-expansive individuals. This social space provides an opportunity to share their ideas on various topics related to the self and the environments queer people find themselves in.Harmonies meets Thursdays from 7:30-9 p.m. […]
CMA Big Book Study Meeting meets on Thursday every week from 7:45-8:45pm.
G.O.D (Gift of Desperation) Group of NA meets every Thursday from 8-9pm EST. This is a space for Agnostics, Atheists, and Free-Thinkers. For more information, you may contact Gif0desperation@gmail.com (0 is a zero, not letter O).
The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is an independent, all-volunteer queer cultural center, bookstore, and event space in room 210 of The Center. We are open Wednesday through Sunday from […]
Weekday drop-in hours in the Center Youth computer lab. Check your email, Facebook, work on that job search or college application! For youth age 13-22. Intake is required for all Youth programs. Contact youth@gaycenter.org if you'd like to join!
Vogue Basics is every Friday from 3-4pm EST. For youth ages 13-22. Intake is required. New to Voguing? Want to learn how to properly vogue, duck walk, and dip for ya life. For more information please contact youth@gaycenter.org
SNAP! is every Friday from 4-5:30pm EST. For youth ages 13-22. Intake is required. A safe place to practice vogueing, dancing, runway and extravagant queer self expression! Want to know more? For more information please contact youth@gaycenter.org
Queer Art is an in-person storytelling group. In this group we will be exploring different queer artists and photographers and how they tell their story through art, while also telling your story through different mediums. This is a youth group for individuals ages 13-22. For more info please contact us youth@gaycenter.org
A weekly queer film screening followed by discussion. Have suggestions for movies to watch? Let us know! For youth ages 13-22. Contact youth@gaycenter.org if you'd like to join!
SCA Sober Topics meets on Friday every week from 6:15-7:15pm. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCANY) is a 12-Step Recovery program for sexual compulsion, sex addiction, pornography addiction, and romantic obsession. It is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem and help others […]
Recovery in OA meets on Friday every week from 6:30-7:30pm. Whatever problem you may have with food, you are welcome at this meeting. We focus on the breakthroughs members have discovered in their journey through relapse. This is a closed meeting, not open for research, case study, educational etc. purposes.
Al-Anon Gay/Queer Men's Beginners meets on Friday every week from 6:30-7:45pm.
A secular, open discussion meeting of AA, with no prayers.
AA Learned and Humbled meets on Friday every week from 7-8:15pm. Learned and Humbled is an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.). A.A. is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other in order that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from […]
Join DOPAMINE Books author Clement Goldberg as they read from their debut novel, New Mistakes, and discuss cats, plants, aliens, love, sex and art with Detransition, Baby author Torrey Peters. Hosted by Publisher and author Michelle Tea.In New […]
T.R.A.N.S. Group of AA meets on Friday every week from 7:30-8:30pm. Transgender/GNC Recovering Alcoholics Navigating Sobriety (T.R.A.N.S.) is a closed AA meeting for those who are agender, genderqueer, intersex, nonbinary, gender questioning, transsexual, transgender, two spirit, or any other identity that falls under the TGNC 'umbrella.' We have literature and chips to celebrate sobriety milestones.
MA Fearless Fridays meets every Friday from 7:30-8:30pm. Marijuana Anonymous 12 step meeting with rotating format, focused on literature, writing, mediation, and queer inclusive topics.
CMA Crystal Clear Beginners meets on Friday every week from 7:30-8:45pm.
Weekly on Fridays from 8-9pm. CMA meeting which encourages the discussion of all mind-altering substances, including Crystal Meth. Everyone who has the desire to stop using mind-altering substances is welcome at this meeting.
SRA Big Book Topic Meeting meets on Saturday every week from 10-11am.
The LGBT+ Male Figurative Drawing Group meets on Saturday every week from 10:30am-1:30pm. The LGBTQ+ Male Figurative Drawing Group is a collection of artists of all skill levels and backgrounds that gather every Saturday, from 10:30am-1:30pm, to draw the male form. We are no longer doing tickets through Eventbrite. Seats will be provided for $15 […]
OMD Group AA Meeting meets on Saturday every week from 11am-12pm.
ACOA Struggle for Intimacy meets on Saturday every week from 11am-12:30pm.
Greater NY Gesneriad Society meets every third Saturday of the month from 11am-1pm. This event is in-person. Greater New York Gesneriad Society We are a chapter of the Gesneriad Society, an international society of hobbyists and scientists with a focus on the “miracle houseplants”, plants in the African Violet family. You can reach out to […]
The 10th Annual NY Queer Zine Fair brings together queer artists, zine makers, collectives and publishers to share and discuss their art and process. Every exhibitor also has their work for sale, ranging from hand made zines to small-run publications. NYQZF strives to be a place where diverse genders, backgrounds, experiences and identities are represented.The […]
Saturday Solutions meets every Saturday from 11:15am-12:15pm EST. Saturday Solutions is a one hour long closed meeting CMA topics meeting. Participants choose a topic card from which to share on, or a subject of the participants choice. For more information, visit www.nycma.org.
DA Writers and Creatives Prosperity Meeting meets on Saturday every week from 11:15am-12:15pm.
Priceless Gift of Serenity - Women’s Al Anon Meeting meets on Saturday every week from 12-1:15pm. Al Anon is a fellowship of individuals recovering from the effects of someone else’s drinking. This meeting welcomes all who people who identity as women.
The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is an independent, all-volunteer queer cultural center, bookstore, and event space in room 210 of The Center. We are open Wednesday through Sunday from […]
Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous meets in-person every Saturday from 2-3pm. We are a Twelve-Step fellowship of individuals who support each other in recovering from internet and technology addiction. This includes addiction to social media, smartphones, streaming video or audio content, games, news, pornography, dating apps, online research, online shopping, or any other digital activity that […]
The Queer ACA meeting is every Saturday from 4-5pm EST. Queer ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholic and Dysfunctional Families). All Welcome. For more information, you may contact queeracanyc@gmail.com
Learn how to dance tango in a queer inclusive space! Intermediate class 4:30-5:30pm, Practice hour 5:30-6:30pm, Beginner class 6:30-7:30pm. Free with suggested donation. Email qpdnyc@gmail.com to register.
AA Women Together-Closed Discussion meets on Saturday every week from 6-7pm. Lesbian meeting/All women welcome
NA Serenity on Saturday meets on Saturday every week from 6-7:30pm.
Identity House Walk In Center meets on Saturday every week from 6-8pm. Meet with two Identity House peer counselors trained to listen to your experience in order to help you identify your needs. After speaking with them will receive mental health referrals. For more information, please reach out to info@identityhouse.org.
Youth Enjoying Sobriety meets on Saturday every week from 7-8:15pm.
Recovery Dharma meets on Saturday every week from 7-8:15pm.
You are invited to seeTo Be - A Short FilmbyJohna ManciniSaturday, September 21st 2024Doors open at 6pm, event starts at 7pm.Ticket’s $19.00At The Center- 208 West 13th Street, NYFeaturing also a short film byMatthew Kyle Levine’s- Miss Freelance And the appearance of special guest Italian artistMattia Bari presenting his mini documentary- Fakeland Q&A will be […]
TELL is a monthly queer storytelling show hosted and curated by Drae Campbell. It is the longest running event at BGSQD. 10 years and going. Each month there is a different […]
AA LAex meets on Saturday every week from 7:45-8:45pm. The LAeX meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other in order that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. After the meeting many of us fellowship […]