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SUMMARY:Launch Event for The Book of Ecstasy
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT HERE\\nBlending practical tools\\, spiritu
 ality\\, and decades of embodied experience\\, this book offers a fiercel
 y inclusive and radically affirming path to ecstasy—for every body\\, i
 n every season of life. In conversation with Kate Bornstein.\\nAfter the 
 conversation there will be time for Barbara to sign copies of The Book of
  Ecstasy\\, which will be available for purchase at the Bureau!\\nBarbara
  Carrellas is the founder of Urban Tantra®\\, an approach to conscious s
 exuality that adapts and blends a wide variety of sacred sexuality practi
 ces from Tantra to BDSM. She is the author of Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex fo
 r the Twenty-first Century—the world’s first LGBTQ+-inclusive Tantric
  sex book\\, Ecstasy is Necessary: A Practical Guide to Sex\\, Relationsh
 ips and Oh So Much More\\, and Luxurious Loving. Her books\\, workshops\\
 , and lectures are an eclectic mix of sexual and spiritual practices desi
 gned to encourage readers and participants of all genders and sexual pref
 erences to expand their capacity for both pleasure and spiritual fulfillm
 ent. Barbara is a proud graduate of the Coney Island Sideshow School with
  a double major in fire eating and snake handling.\\nA celebrated pioneer
  and advocate for the LGBTQ community\\, Kate Bornstein is the author of 
 My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man\\, a Real Woman\\, the Real 
 You\\, or Something Else Entirely\\; Gender Outlaw: On Men\\, Women and T
 he Rest of Us\\; and A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir. Her plays and
  performance pieces include Hidden: A Gender\\, The Opposite Sex Is Neith
 er\\, and Too Tall Blondes In Love. Bornstein lives in New York City with
  her partner\\, Barbara Carrellas.\\nThe Bureau of General Services—Que
 er Division is Manhattan’s only queer bookstore\\, located on the secon
 d floor of the LGBT Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and ac
 cessible by the 6th Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe
 \\, The Bureau Cafe\\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm. \\nhttps://w
 ww.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/new-york/events/launch-event-for-t
 he-book-of-ecstasy-2026-10-13
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services-Queer Division
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/new-york/events/launch-event-for-the-book-of-ecstasy-2026-10-13
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