I just sent in My proposal for My stone class to the Philly trans health conference.  I think it's a pretty good fit for them.

Was pointed to this interview by yeloson   It is an old one with Chrystos, one of My all time favorite poets, whose poetry is fiercely politicized, particularly around race and colonialism, as well as queerness and mysogyny.  The interview is made of awesome, it has some brilliant quotes about white supremacy, in particular. And...the Oscar Wilde Bookshop is closing in March.  The Times...

Friday, February 13, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm   Resistance in Rhyme   Amiri Baraka, Theodore A Harris & Fred Moten. Moderated by Jeremy Glick Saturday, February 14 10:00 am - 5:00 pm 2-DAY WORKSHOP BEGINS Cop-in-the-Head: Looking at Internalized Racism   A Workshop for People of Color  

Wednesday, February 11th @ 7PM - $5 Suggested Performance: Sassafras Lowrey “Cells Replaced” It takes seven years for the human body to replace all of its cells, and thus we replace ourselves. On February 11th, 2002, Sassafras Lowrey was kicked out of hir rural Oregon home when it was discovered ze was queer. Tonight, replaced by hirself, Lowrey spins raw and honest tales taken from hir forthcoming...

"The path of connection is filled with disconnections, the vulnerability of seeking reconnection, and the tension aound needing to move away, possibly to hide in protective inauthenticity.  But we believe there is a powerful force behind the movement toward connection, a yearning for connection, a desire to contribute to others, to serve something larger than 'the self'." --Judith V Jordan and Maureen...

How much you want to bet that the guys that list "forced bi" as an interest/fetish are talking about being "forced" into sexual interaction with men?  (A recent one listed bisensual as his sexual identity.) I suppose that they could be talking about consensual nonconsent sexual activity with multiple folks that are a variety of genders...how likely is that?  If you were to create a spectrum of this...

A wall street guy is suing his former boss for harassing him about being gay, because of his  vegetarianism.    Choice quote from his lawyer, that was the focus of  commentary  on the stance of the suit. "They associated being a vegetarian with being gay," said Rick Ostrove, a lawyer for Pacifico. "It's a ridiculous male stereotype that only real men eat meat." *sigh* does this mean that I lose...

Trans Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape a lecture with Dean Spade '97 Monday, 2/9, 6:30 pm James Room , 4th Floor Barnard Hall Barnard College 3009 Broadway (at 117th St ) New York , NY Transgender, transsexual and other gender non-conforming people face persistent and severe discrimination in employment, education, health care, social and legal services, criminal justice and many...

Coalition meeting tonight at the Center about the recent police shuttering of gay sex venues. Black Tale performance tonight at the Center, hip hop fairy tale. CLAGS Seminar on the Body Politics of Burlesque on Feb 4th LGBT Studies Colloquium on Unhappy Queers on Feb 6th Pudding Day Staged Reading by Kelli Dunham at Bluestockings on Feb 6th, 7pm Panel on Queer South Asian Art on...