Queer Ecologies: Writers on science, nature, queerness, and the spaces in between

How many animal species are actually gay? What can whale falls teach us about relationships and rebirth? How can queer communities find and create safe spaces in the outdoors? How can queerness help us adapt to a changing climate?

Join us at the Bureau for Queer Ecologies, an evening of readings by authors writing about queerness, science, and nature. Molly Adams, Sabrina Imbler, Eliot Schrefer, and Elizabeth Weinberg will read from new and recent work.

PLEASE WEAR A MASK FOR THIS EVENT. WE WILL HAVE SOME AVAILABLE AT THE REGISTER. THANKS!

Copies of Adams’ Birding for a Better World, Imbler’s How Far the Light Reaches, Schrefer’s Queer Ducks (and Other Animals), and Weinberg’s Unsettling will be available for purchase. To reserve a copy of any of these titles please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “reserve book for Sept. 15th event” in the subject line.

Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served. Suggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $10. All are welcome to attend, with or without a donation. Also live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@bgsqd

MOLLY ADAMS is the founder of the Feminist Bird Club and co-author of the upcoming book Birding For A Better World: A Guide to Finding Joy and Community in Nature. She has an M.A. in Marine Conservation and Policy from Stony Brook University and lives in the Catskill Mountains with her spouse, their cat Rocky, and their dog Shelly.

SABRINA IMBLER is a writer for Defector, a sports and culture site, where they write about creatures and the natural world. Their first full-length book, How Far the Light Reaches, won a 2022 LA Times Book Prize. Their chapbook Dyke (geology) was selected for the National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature program. Sabrina lives in Brooklyn with their partner, a school of fish, and their two cats, Sesame and Melon.

ELIOT SCHREFER is a New York Times-bestselling author, has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, received the Stonewall Honor for best LGBTQIA+ teen book, and received the Printz Honor for best young adult book from the ALA. In naming him an Editor’s Choice, the New York Times has called his work “dazzling… big-hearted.” His science writing has appeared in Discover, Sierra, USAToday, Nautilus, and The Washington Post Magazine. He has an M.A. in Animal Studies from NYU, is on the faculty of the Fairleigh Dickinson and Hamline MFAs for creative writing, and lives with his husband in New York City.

ELIZABETH WEINBERG is a queer essayist, science communicator, and nature nerd, and the author of Unsettling: Surviving Extinction Together. Her writing has appeared in Identity Theory, The Rumpus, The Toast, American Wild Magazine, SEVENSEAS, and other publications, and she holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. She has supported science communication efforts for scientific organizations, U.S. federal agencies, and nonprofits. She lives in Portland with her spouse and their dog Pigeon.