My favorite sex-artist duo, Twincest, were at it again this week, this time with a live performance at the Femina Potens art gallery on Thursday night. The performance involved them drawing and then drinking shots of each others’ blood, bookended by some very sweet kissing and touching. And the cherry on top was that the […]

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Wingspan is the LGBT center of southern Arizona, and it is helmed by Executive Director Jason Cianciotto, a great guy who used to work at the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. We met when I worked on Bisexual Health, the book published by the Task Force’s Policy Institute.
Wingspan is currently celebrating its 20th […]

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I want to let you know about an exciting event coming up in Boston in just a couple of weeks. As you probably know, September 23rd is National Celebrate Bisexuality Day. (You don’t have to be bisexual to celebrate, by the way.) And, in honor of the occasion, the Bisexual Resource Center, which is a […]

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The Center for Sex and Culture turned it out last night! They hosted a show called Original Sin, which was curated by Wendy Delorme and Billie Sweet — and it was the place to be. There was spoken word, burlesque, stripping, singing, dancing, experimental film, and a gorgeous and lovely vibe created by all the […]

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Same-sex marriage: Being a bisexual person in a same-sex relationship, I’m so proud to call many of these folks my friends! http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3137
Trans employment: Thanks to my friend Suzie for sending the below info my way.
“The Transgender Law Center is conducting a survey to better understand the needs and interests of transgender adults throughout […]

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Check out this fabulousness! My film, On My Skin/ En Mi Piel, is showing here: http://www.mixedrootsfilmandliteraryfestival.org/. It’s a festival celebrating mixed-race heritage. If you’re in LA the week of June 12th, you should go!
In other news, a new friend sent me this info, which I wanted to share with you. Native American LGBT and […]

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Attention Northwesterners: My fiancee and I are headed to Portland! Her fabulous film about fabulous femmes, FtF: Female to Femme — which just showed last night in San Francisco at the LGBT Center! — is showing at QDocs, the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival, next Saturday, at 6:30 at the Clinton Street Theatre. We’re excited […]

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The relationship between medical theory/ practice and trans identities is a complicated one. Add to that this latest situation (below), which demands our immediate attention. Thanks to a friend for alerting me by sending me this message:
“Dear Friends,
Many of you may know that the psychiatric manual, the DSM IV, regards transsexuals and transgender persons as […]

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What a whirlwind couple of weeks it’s been — and continues to be! I got to go to the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, where my fiancee was showing two of her latest films, The Insomniacs and Godspeed. Then, we had a show of her films at the fabulous Femina Potens art gallery when […]

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Thanks, Guy!!
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(Credit to Marlo (Guy) Gayle.)

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