🏳️🌈💙 Pride Month At Bluestockings! Events, Updates + Special Gift Code
Walela Nehanda, Molly Knox Ostertag, and Casey McQuiston
Happy Pride! Thank you for being part of our community! Did you know this Pride will also be Bluestockings’ 25th anniversary! We are planning lots more fun things for our anniversary which we will share about soon, but we wanted to start by thanking everyone for being here with $5 store credit 💙 Use code PRIDE2024
Author Events
The Deep Dark Launch w/ Molly Knox Ostertag Fri, Jun 7 • 6:00 PM
Gay the Pray Away Queer Romance Book Launch with Cassandra Khaw and Casey McQuiston Sat, Jun 8 • 6:00 PM
MAKE IT COUNT: My Fight To Become Worlds First Transgender Olympic Runner Wed, Jun 19 • 6:00 PM
Body Autonomy: Decolonizing Sex Work & Harm Reduction Thu, Jun 20 • 5:30 PM
Punk Rock Karioke Book Launch and Live Music! Fri, Jun 21 • 7:00 PM
BLESS THE BLOOD with Walela Nehanda Thu, Jun 27 • 7:00 PM
Community Events
Open Mic returns to Bluestockings! This month hosted by @3ls3wh3r Collective! And then on the last Saturday of June, the LES Pride Book Crawl is back! This year we will be offering amazing rainbow cookies along with our other perks, including an early bird discount if you come in the first hour!
Book Clubs
The Nonbinarian Book Club: is a monthly, virtual, queer and trans-focused book club in partnership with Bluestockings Cooperative. You can order books for this club from Bluestockings.com and get 15% off instore and online with the code “BOOKBIKE” Contact @nonbinarianbike or via email.
The Butch Nook: A book club for Butch, Stud, and masc-identifying folks to gather and build community through our shared identities and love of reading. You can order books for this club from Bluestockings.com and get 15% off instore and online with the code “BSTOXCLUB”. Follow them on instagram to learn how to join @thebutchnook
Queer Book Club NYC: is another monthly queer book club that meets online and in person! Email queerbookclubnyc@gmail.com to get involved. You can order books for this club from Bluestockings.com and get 15% off instore and online with the code “BSTOXCLUB”.
Do you want to host an event with us? Email events@bluestockings.com! We would love to host more art classes!
✨New Section: Community Spotlights!
Shouting out some other cool projects and events in our community!
sapphlit: an online community bookclub focusing on sapphic books across genres!
wethepeople_nyc: A community powerhouse, an abolitionist collective helping feed hundreds of people in the community! Get involved by volunteering and donating to help them keep caring for NYC!
butchmonthly & lesbianherstoryarchives are hosting an intergenerational Butch event to talk about Butch life, love and identity! rsvp link at Butchmonthly insta bio
💙📚 We are still taking used books! All books in good condition accepted, books will be split between Bluestockings, @brooklynbookbodega , and various local books to prison programs. Books can be dropped off any time we are open! Please share 💙
Volunteer With Us
Want to get more involved? You can volunteer with our Free Store or learn to become a Narcan dispensar
Sign up Here or follow @bluestockingscares for more info. You can also make a tax deductible donation to the free store! This helps us make sure we can buy much needed supplies like soap, socks, and snacks for our most vulnerable neighbors.
Thanks for reading,
Bluestockings Cooperative