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Dance, dance, dance

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

My fabulous friend April Hirschman wants you to know “I am teaching belly dance classes and tarot classes!” Visit her website for details: www.myspace.com/threesistersdance.

Wins and Losses

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

We already know that bisexuals experience more violence than people of other sexual orientations, including gays, heterosexuals, and lesbians. Now a new study from Canada adds more documentation to that fact. Here’s a quote:
“Gays, lesbians and bisexuals are more likely to be the victims of a violent crime than heterosexual members of the general population, […]

Trans Women of Color, Visibility and Violence

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Thanks to my Mom for sending me a link to this New York Times article about a transwoman in India who is doing her thing and doing it well!
At the same time, there has been a lot of violence against and murders of teens of color who transgress gender boundaries, from the student in Oxnard, […]

The Task Force Responds to Lisa Diamond’s Work

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

What a busy couple of weeks it’s been! The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force issued this statement responding to Lisa Diamond’s study on the lives of bisexual women, and it got picked up by The Miami Herald here. The statement was co-written by Julie Ebin, Marshall Miller, and me; we’re the co-authors of Bisexual […]

Bi Visibility Project at Creating Change Conference

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

If you’re going to the Creating Change conference this year, be sure to attend the Bi Visibility Project workshop! It’s being led by Kim Westrick, a fabulous student/ activist from University of California, Davis. She is going to knock your socks off with information about the Project, which she started at her school. Very inspirational […]

Best Lesbian Erotica 2008

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

I love lesbian erotica. I love it because I think that is is sexy and empowering when lesbians share their stories about erotic adventures. So I’m excited that the latest in the Best Lesbian Erotica series from Cleis Press is hitting the bookstores right about now — I can’t wait to get my copy!
My […]

Four Four and More

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

My (not-so-guilty and not-so-secret) guilty little secret is that I am a devoted watcher of America’s Next Top Model. So, I was psyched to find out about Four Four, a site run by a fellow fan.
Big thanks to Kat, for helping me get my blog all nice and pretty and coordinated with the overall new […]

This Week’s Guilty Pleasure

Monday, September 17th, 2007

It’s that time again: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/americas-next-top-model!

Congratulations Are in Order!

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Congrats are in order to the incomparable Kami Chisholm, a film-making academic who just completed her doctoral dissertation and received her PhD! Dr. Chisholm is the co-director of FtF: Female to Femme, producer of Godspeed, and owner and operator of Altcinema Productions and Distribution, the company that distributes my short film, On My Skin. In […]

Alison Bechdel…

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

… is only like my favorite lesbian cartoonist ever. I have every book she’s ever written, and I think she’s awesome! Last week, after 15 years of reading her work, I finally got to meet her in person, and check out this photo my friend took — it looks like I’m praying to the woman! […]

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