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Awesome Ally Tim Wise coming to Oakland

Khadijah — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:37:31 GMT

Speak Out presents
An Evening with Tim Wise

"Tim Wise is one of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation."

‹ Michael Eric Dyson, best-selling author and University of Pennsylvania professor

Speak Out presents anti-racism activist and author Tim Wise in a rare Bay Area appearance - one night only!
WHEN: Friday, April 4, 2008, 7:30 pm

WHERE: First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685-14th St. Oakland CA
COST: $12-$20 sliding scale, $8 for youth ages 18 and under
Available online at
or call the Brown Paper Tickets 24/7 ticket hotline: 1-800-838-3006

MORE INFO: Contact Speak Out at 510-601-0182, info@speakoutnow.org

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A New Gay Dating Site……with a twist

I-Thought-You-Knew — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:45:10 GMT

YES....you will see this post in my various tribes, so if you've seen it in another tribe you're a member of.........Don't Bitch. OKAY! And I say this in jest:-)

This gay dating site is unique in regards, to its approach, for its membership. Here’s the premise of the site, written and originated by the creator of the site:

“Welcome to Dissident Dating”

“Maybe you don't test for HIV or maybe you did and just don't trust the results. Maybe you've learned that AIDS is not caused by HIV, and that tests are inaccurate. Then you can meet like-minded people here, make friends, date, and...well, its up to you! On this site no one posts "status" because negative and positive are proven to be meaningless or at best misleading. Why not live and love!”

My Observation:

With all the fear and pandemonium about dating (these days) a person labeled ‘so-called’ hiv-antibody positive, this site doesn’t ask that you reveal your ‘status’ because the members are dissidents, and have accepted, not to accept, the fear based paradigm of hiv ‘antibodies’ being the cause of aids.

Definition of ‘Antibody’: any of numerous Y-shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses.

So if you’ve been labeled hiv-antibody positive, or negative, or just don’t know, no one on the dating site will judge you about that. Just be prepared for a vast amount of mind-blowing (and boggling) knowledge from some of the members, you may come to know, on the site.

What I find interesting about the site, is it’s ability, to reach out to people, who, are taking a different stance and approach on dating, loving, meeting someone new, and being with someone who shares their views about the ‘Otherside’ of the hiv paradigm and model. And hey…you just might learn something new, and a thang-or-two, from a member, or so.

This is not a debate, or bitching, or mud-slinging site; that usually happens after you’re in a relationship. It’s a gay DATING site, with a majority of members who are interested in meeting and getting to know others, who question(s) the model we call hiv. Revealing your status (I would assume) – to another member – it entirely up to you and he, if you care to include it in your dialogue, but not required.

The site is new, so it will be a matter of time, when the membership continues to grow.
It is ‘not’ to assume that every member joining -- this site -- are considered as hiv antibody pos, because a lot of people aren’t, because they know enough and don’t believe hiv=aids, to be afraid of being with someone label as pos:
http://www.dissidentdating.com/index.php

Be open-minded. You may met someone who can change you life for the better. One just never knows, where cupid may strike.
Terry

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Qoc/Toc sex radical from London, UK, in San Francisco all April (and Mexico City over Easter, Vancouver in early May)

Prince Jei — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:50:55 GMT

I am new to this tribe (as well as tribe.net - be my friend!), and would love to meet lots of people, especially:

- Sex educators (I'm a trainee sex therapist, programmed workshops at Transfabulous 2 and led body image and race/gender awareness workshops at various queer/trans/kink/feminist gatherings)

- Perverts (happy bisexual switch, likes rope and lots of other things and people, gaydar.co.uk/adrino, myspace.com/prince_jei)

- Queers of colour (is it true that there's qoc munches in San Francisco?)

- Lefties, artsies, whores, poets, intellectuals, bears, multi-issue organisers of all kinds...

Also looking for nice hangouts, events, friends, allies, cheap accommodation (maybe flatshare with London? I have a cat and a nice central flat in zone 2).

Get in touch.
Look forward to hearing from you,

Jin (prince_jei@hotmail.co.uk)

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Safer Sex can be so Fabulous!

virgie — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:26:52 GMT

www.SafeSax.com < -- go here.

As a sex educator, I find it kind of difficult to find fabulous things that promote condom usage.. and then I found THIS... an amazing condom tote bag!

So, today in hot pursuit of a new vulva puppet at Good Vibrations (I was equipped with a 10% off coupon too… which I’d been saving for like 2 years) I came upon what my life has been leading up to (spoiler alert: my life has been leading up to a safe sax condom tote/laptop bag). Well, it turned out that they’d run out of vulva puppets and since only this Peru women’s collective makes them only jebus knows when they’ll have a new shipment. In short, they had to put me on a vulva waiting list. While sulking about not having a velvet vag to put my hand in and use to say things like “me want cookies,” I stumbled upon a brand spanking new condom tote bag by safesax.com. I love advertising the “no glove no love” philosophy that I practice *fulfilled sigh*! Why am I still at work wasting precious, unpaid overtime in an uncomfortable chair writing about this? Because it’s that friggin’ great!

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Black Lesbian Feature & Oakland Film Co.

DeeJay — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:03:54 GMT

Griot Soul Films, an Oakland-based non-profit film company dedicated to producing complex film images of Black and Black Connected communities, and providing community members tools and training to do the same. We're currently working to produce the 1st Black Same Gender Loving Woman's Romantic Dramedy "She Wasn't Last Night."

It's community funded and we've gotten a lot of positive press both nationally and internationally. We need more local involvement and the Winter Holidays are a great time to connect!

Please check out our website at www.griotsoulfilms.org and our trailer at www.afterellen.com/blwe/12-14-07

....and consider making a holiday donation of any size. Join our social network for the film at shewasntlastnight.ning.com

Thanks for taking the time!!!!

DJ

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SF : Gay Halloween in the Castro : TOMORROW

AgentMojo — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:29:23 GMT

So it's been a while since I've been on tribe and with the disastrous gay bashing in the Castro last year, there will be no official celebration this year.

But in year's past, Gay Halloween has been going on the weekend before Halloween. So i'm thinking this year it's going to be on again for the Gay Friendly Folk only ;-)

Whose coming out?

<wink>

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New Member: Intro 2U: C my page/Send Add?

Merton — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:31:09 GMT

Hello Dear Tribe Members,

Just Wanted to Introduce Myself…
Hope you will want to see my page, send an add, and even write a testimonial:
http://people.tribe.net/d6aa2e9c-308c-4ab8-b937-d29e5f46af62

I am author, artist, illustrator, filmmaker, and photographer, Merton Parrish. I am a devotee of Priapian Spirituality (Priapus), and have a special devotion to my fellow gay, bi and str8 m4m men. I live in the midwest with my partner of eight years. I am 44 years young.

Because the M4M life and Priapian Spirituality has been such a joy to me, I am here to provide information on these things for my m4m brothers. I would like to share with you my blogs, writing, art, and the various pages I have created on the net. I hope to be of service to you, connect with you, and become friends with you here on Tribe.

I will enjoy knowing you visited my page. I would be so pleased if you would add me as a friend and write a testimonial, and hope that you will also bookmark my Tribe page, and bookmark the various pages I've listed in my links section (I think you will enjoy my regularly updated 360 and Blogger Blog in particular… http://mertonparrish.blogspot.com/ and http://360.yahoo.com/mertonparrish )

Finally, I'd be happy to chat/cam/IM/Em with you (for friendship, worship, or to answer any questions you might have about M4M life or Priapian Spirituality). Detailed contact info is below my signature…

Peace, guys!

Merton :)
*************************
Tribe page:
http://people.tribe.net/d6aa2e9c-308c-4ab8-b937-d29e5f46af62

Email:
Preferreddad@aol.com

My Y_hoo IMs:
Numeroushats2 (for camming with guys nationwide)
Numeroushats3 (for rt with Indianapolis guys/guys who visit Indianapolis)
MertonParrish (for questions re: m4m/Priapian Spirituality)

Note: If you send an add to my IM list for any of the above IMs, make sure your age, sex, and location is on your profile and 360. Ty! :)

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The Genealogy of African (Black) people

I-Thought-You-Knew — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:45:44 GMT

Was browsing around, and came across these remarkable ‘youtube’ videos by Dr. York who gives a detail and in-depth look into the origins of the African (Black, Brown, Yellow) hue-man/woman, and how the African race (people) got off the path of losing touch with their true self, in exchange, for worshiping ‘other’ teachings that are not in alignment with ‘right-knowledge’. Certainly something for the Spirit-Mind-Body. These videos gives an account of how (and who) the Adam and Eve are (the new black man/woman), and how they came into being, and who their parents really are, also, an account of the real name of Egypt and the real ancient black people of the land. It’s very mind opening into ‘right knowledge’ instead of believing in unfound religion, and race, as we’ve been told to believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y620P8PvJG4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JWW75rDxk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GIGajPNz98

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VkdHooDF7U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqV9dGV3K8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSqWCSeg6a4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jn7rCaBPW8

I found these videos on this site: http://nuworldorder.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=36&topic=1908.0

After watching these videos and finding out how certain children where being raised (in the seventies) to bring in the next generation to raise the consciousness of people, it made me ponder on just how the same thing is being done today, to manipulate and mutilate the DNA and reproductive organs of black man and women, by making up ‘accepted’ lies and estimates the world over.

Terry

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Imus Is An Ass

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:23:25 GMT

Is it me or does there seem to be a lot of celebs and polititians
showin their true colors these days?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070407/ap_en_ce/imus_apology

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Gay Latino Immigrant Documentary Seeks Spanish/English Translator

Brad — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:20:43 GMT

Hey there,

Hope this post isn't too off topic. I'm student filmmaker who is directing/producing a community-based documentary film exploring ways that Gay Latino Immigrants cope with oppression and are creating a more resilient community. We have shot most of our footage, and now we are seeking volunteers who can help with transcribing and translating dialogue from the project interviews from Spanish to English.

"SOMOS: Los Experiencias de los gay inmigrantes" is a film project focused on celebrating the experiences of gay Latino immigrants, and highlighting the way members of the community are overcoming oppressive forces like racism and homophobia, while building a stronger community.

The time commitment can vary according to the volunteers’ time availability, from just a few hours to a larger commitment to oversee the translation effort. The project is part of a graduate-level inter-disciplinary course (Documentary Filmmaking for Social Justice) offered by the San Francisco State University Masters in Public Health Program and the Cinema Department.

The transcription/translation project will provide critical help in the film’s editing process. Individuals volunteer will:

• receive acknowledgment in the film credits
• gain experience in professional translation/transcription work
• play a significant role in helping the filmmakers reflect the concerns of the community
• learn more about the broader filmmaking process
• be helping reduce isolation and other negative effects of oppression experienced by gay Latino immigrants

You do not have to gay, or Latino, or an immigrant to help out with project. Obviously, though, you do need to have strong Spanish to English translation skills. To find out more about the project visit my webpage, www.twentyfive7.org. Click on the “SOMOS” link to read more about the project.

Thank you for any assistance you can lend to this important community-based project!

Sincerely,
Brad Vanderbilt

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'Breakin Out!' LGBT/Queer Breakdancing Classes in Seattle

Jenna — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:52:02 GMT

'Breakin Out!' is the first ever LGBT/Queer breakdancing class in Seattle.

Jenna of the Vivid Vixens Crew is offering a 5-week instructional breakdancing course at Home Alive for queers and their friends. Breakin' Out! classes will provide a creative dance space centering queer visibility, community connection, and ultimately battle homophobia in the hip hop community. Sign up and you to can reshape the social fabric of hip hop in Seattle.

Classes Are Located At:
Home Alive
1415-10th Avenue,
2nd floor, #3 (between Pike & Union on Capitol Hill)

Breakin Begins:
February 8th-March 8th
Every Thursday at 7-8pm
$12 per class and walk-ins are welcome
$50 for 5 weeks

To register email your name and contact info
to BreakinOutTheCloset@gmail.com
or call (206)412-9802
class is limited to 12 so sign up soon!

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Singer iso musicians in San Francisco/Bay Area

SF_blue_buddha — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:06:49 GMT

Singer/frontman here looking for musicians to start a new project/group. I've been frontman for heavy alternative bands like Juggernaut in San diego, an acoustic solo act and electric soul rock band-"Blue Buddha" in San Francisco. As well as singing House Music with DJ's like Sir Charles in clubs in SF.

Looking to merge some electronic, soul, electronica, rock, jazz and...into one smooth, funky sound of luscious layers dripping with sinewy emotions and sensuality!!

Check out some sound clips of my voice, songs I've written and video of us performing in India in 2005: www.myspace.com/bluebuddhamusic
www.bluebuddhasbasement.net

I've written some music, but looking to sing and not play guitar

Look forward to hearing from you, thanks!

peace, blue buddha

"Let the Soul Rise!"

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Brave Soul Collective

torrid_wind — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:36:05 GMT

Brave Soul Collective is an education, outreach, and support organization for gay / bisexual / transgendered / questioning HIV+ and HIV- individuals. Check out their message board: http://www.bravesoulcollective.org/board/index.php?act=idx. It's a favorite site of mine. You should also check out the site's main page by entering at: http://www.bravesoulcollective.org/.

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GAY MARRIAGE IN MEXICO CITY

torrid_wind — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:53:39 GMT

GAY MARRIAGE IN MEXICO CITY

Thanks to Andres Duque from www.blabbeando.blogspot.com for this bit of information . . .

By Gunther Hamm

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City approved homosexual civil unions on Thursday, legalizing gay partnerships for the first time in the world's second-largest Roman Catholic nation.

The capital's municipal assembly, controlled by left-wing legislators, voted for the measure 43-17 as hundreds of rival protesters demonstrated noisily outside the building.

The move paves the way for same-sex civil unions in the city of 8.6 million people early next year.
The local congress in the northern state of Coahuila, bordering Texas, began debating a similar plan this week to legalize gay unions.

"These reforms are going to cause a snowball effect that no one will be able to stop," said David Sanchez of the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution, one of the few openly gay national congressmen.

The initiatives in Mexico City and Coahuila are modeled on France's civil code and call for property, pension, inheritance and even co-parenting rights. But they stop short of allowing full marriage or adoption of children.

In 2002, the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires legalized same-sex unions, a move hailed as a first in Latin America.

Outside the assembly hall, gay activists with rainbow-color flags and Christian opponents of the law exchanged barbs.

"It's anti-natural. They are descending into something that is against humanity. Societies have always fallen into decadence when there has been homosexuality and disruption in the family," said protester Humberto Muniz.

Arturo Valadez, 47, a gay musical composer dressed in a monk outfit who has been with his partner for five years, said the assembly's vote was a blow to a socially conservative bastion.

"It's a first step in an ultra-Catholic society that is badly informed and manipulated by right-wing groups and many in the media," he said.

Authorities in Mexico's powerful Catholic Church have condemned gay unions. Some 90 percent of Mexico's 107 million people are Catholics and conservative evangelical groups are also winning adherents. Only Brazil has more Catholics.
Gay union backers say the law does not undermine traditional marriage. They call it a legal contract between two individuals in a homosexual, heterosexual or even platonic relationship.

A spokesman for President Vicente Fox, a practicing Catholic, declined to comment on the Mexico City vote, saying it was a matter for local authorities.

© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved

From: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=86594465&blogID=191962740

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Upcoming Kwanzaa podcasts

mandrakesociety — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:33:17 GMT

Starting December 26 and continuing until January 1, Mandrake Society Radio is producing our 2ND annual daily podcast series on the secular holiday of Kwanzaa. This year, I will be joined by special guest speakers in the blogosphere to help celebrate in the series.

The guests are Karsh of BlackGayBlogger and BlackGayBlogger blog cast series, Terrance Heath from the blog, Republic of T, Scottie Lowe, diva and entrepreneur of AfroErotik.com and its pod cast series, Melanie Morgan of The New Media Collective.org, and Terry Howcott, of the blog and think space, TerryHowcott.com. All shows can be streamed and/or downloaded from www.mandrakesocietyradio.com, as well as communities such as BluBrry.com, iTunes, Podcast Pickle.com, and Yahoo! Podcasts.

Save the Dates: December 26th through January 1st--Celebrate Kwanzaa at Mandrake Society Radio.com!

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NYC: Black Men's Exchange (BMX) Topic for Friday, Nov 17th - A RAP WITH SGL SISTAHS

torrid_wind — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:15:05 GMT

Welcome To The Black Men's Xchange-New York [BMX-NY]
This newsletter style email/post is for the gathering on Friday, 17th November 2006.

BROTHERS! Although not required, BRINGING A POTLUCK DISH AND/OR BEVERAGE of your choosing would be a generous offering for the brotherhood! Your offering defrays a cost to the organization. THANK YOU!

For Friday, 17th November 2006

BMX-NY A RAP WITH SGL SISTAHS
- What, if any role, do SGL Brothas/Sistahs play in your life?
- Do you feel SGL Brothas/Sistahs respect you?
- How comfortable are you with SGL Brothers/Sistahs sexuality?
- Do we have a stake in challenging male supremacy and misogyny in our community?
- How can SGL men and women begin to forge alliances with each other?

LOCATION: 730 Riverside Drive [@ 150th Street], Suite 9E, Harlem, NY

TIME: 8:00PM - 11:00PM [Every Friday Night]

DIRECTIONS: Take the #1 train to 145th Street, or the M4 or M5 bus to 149th Street.

ABOUT BMX_NY: Black Men's Xchange-New York (BMX-NY) is a gathering for same gender loving (SGL) and bisexual Black men to powerfully and respectfully address issues that impact their lives, and to connect with one another in a positive, affirming, nurturing and transformational environment. Ages 18 and up.

MISSION: Founded as an instrument of healing and empowerment, the Black Men's Xchange-New York offers advocacy and affirmation. We celebrate the uniqueness and power of same gender loving African descended men; employing critical thinking, diversity and cultural affirmation while encouraging self-determination through self-identification.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail: bmx_ny@blackwebportal.com
Phone: 212-283-0219
Web: http://www.BMXNY.org; or visit the Yahoo Group for weekly topic posts at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BMX_NY/

A GLANCE AT DECEMBER:
Friday, 1st December: Older SGL Brothas: What's In Store After Age 40?
Friday, 8th December: A Rap with Trans Family
Friday, 15th December: The Psychology of Public Sex: Is there A Conflict? If So, What Is It?
Friday, 22nd December: Film screening: "Heading South"

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Gay = enemy combatant? ........Colored = enemy combatant?

AgentMojo — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:23:39 GMT

Our prez just signed a law into effect that allows suspension of habeas corpus, the essenece of our Constitutional rights. Ideally this thread would occur in a "politically" oriented tribe, but I can't help to think that being LGBT is automatically political. Not to mention that the suspension of habeas corpus and it's potential for abuse against LGBTs is not unrealistic.

So I thought I'd share this video as a reminder for us: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uqxmPjB0WSs

What do u think?

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Call For Entries - The Jewel's Catch One Project

LiteraryMasturbator — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:16:16 GMT

CALL FOR ENTRIES

THE JEWEL'S CATCH ONE PROJECT

Come join us as we celebrate our one year anniversary and end of the year holiday celebration. This will be our last showing for the year so come out and enjoy the festivities as we end the year with a bang.
We are also celebrating the rebirth of JEWEL’S CATCH ONE, the preeminent spot for black gay culture for over three decades. As part of an interactive performance piece for the night, we are asking ALL OF YOU to write a paragraph about your most memorable experience at Jewel’s Catch One over the years.

Had your first date there? Last date? Was the Catch your first experience with gay culture? Did you see the finest dude you have ever seen in your life up there - and found out it was a lesbian?

What ever your experience, write it down in 1,000 words or less and send it to us at info@thirdthursdayla.com We will be reciting a few of the responses during a special presentation.

So just don’t sit there - send us your funny, insightful, emotional or empowering stories to us today. Then come enjoy with us for the last time this year the ultimate reality show - LIFE.

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Podcasting UrbanBlackHomoAwareness - new episode of Mandrake Society Radio podcast

mandrakesociety — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:58:01 GMT

It's all about the afterglow of Dallas Southern Pride, plus talking about civil and marriage rights for everyone with author and activist, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano. Also learn about some upcoming happenings in Dallas for October--all right <a href="http://mandrakesocietyradio.com/?p=87">here</a>. Just follow the link and enjoy the show right from the page without having to download. Feel free to post comments on the show as well, or call the show's hotline at 206-600-5066.

Mandrake Society Radio
"Make love, give birth, change your community"

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Somebody read this queen ...

stefographer — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:05:46 GMT

The more i think about it, the more speechless I am ...
Sorta...

http://fagzrhot.tribe.net/thread/8f621833-1666-489c-a21b-73a835eaae2b

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New Documentary: American Blackout

AgentMojo — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:52:45 GMT

from their site:

"Whatever you think you know about our election systems or Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, this film will make you question further why the news media fails to accurately inform the public. Directed by GNN's Ian Inaba, creator of Eminem's "Mosh" music video, American Blackout critically examines the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence voices of political dissent.
Many have heard of the alleged voting irregularities that occurred during the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004. Until now, these incidents have gone under- reported and are commonly written-off as insignificant rumors or unintentional mishaps resulting from an overburdened election system.

"American Blackout chronicles the recurring patterns of voter disenfranchisement from Florida 2000 to Ohio 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Mckinney not only took an active role investigating these election debacles, but has found herself in the middle of her own after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

"Featuring: Congressional members John Conyers, John Lewis, Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, Bernie Sanders and jounalists Greg Palast and Bob Fitrakis."

http://www.americanblackout.com/

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Why I'm Political? Margaret Cho

AgentMojo — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:35:18 GMT

10/4/2004
Why I'm Political
Margaret Cho

Why am I political? Because society's consistent and constant disregard and lack of respect for minorities, even the title 'minority,' when in many areas of the country we are in fact the majority, is too much to bear silently. Their insistence at our invisibility, whether it is as subtle as non-inclusion, or as loud as violent hate crimes, is contagious, and can make me hide from myself.

I see evidence of my own racist brainwashing when exploring the political landscape of current foreign policy. I have not been able to make myself think or talk about the situation in North Korea. My avoidance stems from fear that my American-ness, hard won and fought for on a daily basis, might somehow be diminished because of my ethnic association with the perceived 'enemy'. My family is Korean, and we are defensive about this allegiance. There is great suspicion when referring to North Koreans, as if we must distance ourselves from them as much as possible so as not to disrupt democracy.

Going out of my way to prove that I am an American does not support the idea of being American. I should not have to lessen my interest in what might transpire between North Korea and the US in order to re-establish the image that I have created for myself as a patriot. Also, I want to refute the assumption that being of Korean descent might lend me a particular expertise when expounding upon the political climate there. It is a childish denial, where I stamp my feet and claim ignorance, only because the color of my skin says I am supposed to know. Trying to banish my ties with North Korea doesn't reinforce stereotypes that I currently do my best to fight, rather it creates new ones. I become the "One who refuses to see the self." I add to the culture of invisibility by becoming complicit with it.

I am diminished by not seeming to notice that North Korea is there even though my family is from there, even though many of my family still live there, even though my ancestors were literally torn apart by civil war that divided the country while the people were still one. My association is painfully close and avoidance is the only way I know how to retain my American identity. It is ridiculous and embarrassing. I hate feeling this way, because it forces me to see how far racism has affected me. It has gotten into the way that I think, the way I live, the way I feel about myself, the way that I fear that I am being perceived. Not only that, it has gone entirely unnoticed, until the moment that I step outside myself and acknowledge the truth. I am a racist, but it has gone deep underground and warped itself and returned to me utterly unrecognizable.

Prejudice and bigotry rot me from within, and the strains of these viruses are hearty and hard to kill. When I was younger, I would rudely ignore the bright eyed Asian American kids who would stand in the courtyard and hand out sunny yellow flyers, advertising afterschool meetings for the new Asian Student Union. It bothered me that the paper that they used was so undeniably yellow, and that they would single me out of a crowd to give me one, as if the yellowness of my skin was a secret homing device for the flyer. It felt like they were targeting me, because if anyone needed it, I did. I could have used Asian unity more than the other Asian kids who rushed through the same courtyard with me. I think they sensed that, and tried harder to push the paper into my hand. Fortunately, my racist tendencies did not keep me from having great relationships with other Asian kids in my class. We just didn't have a 'union.' There was no need to speak of politics or any desire to change the status quo. If we did, it was entirely unintentional, and part of the daily ritual of being a teen.

My insistence at being 'apolitical', as if that were a possibility, did not end when I was young, and could blame it on youthful ignorance. About a decade ago, I was asked to appear on a comedy special which featured political comedians. I declined, stating quite plainly that I was not a political comedian, therefore I didn't belong on the lineup. I was replaced, and I was relieved. I look back and I think about how wrong I was in my own self assessment. Even though I may not have deft impressions of befuddled politicians in my retinue, that did not make me an 'apolitical' entertainer. My very presence as an Asian American woman talking about race and homosexuality was a political statement. I had long regarded the world of political humor as the province of white men that I immediately disqualified myself. I know better now, and it is immensely pleasing when I am referred to as a political comedian, because it feels true. It feels strong.

However, I belie my own strength when I act like North Korea isn't there, that it doesn't affect me, that I am exempt from having to comment on it. The problem is that the conflict with North Korea unearths an unbearable conflict within myself. It brings to the forefront my own self hatred, supported by a lifetime of suppression by the world in which I live. Self hatred is a devastatingly difficult habit to break, especially when we are mostly unaware of its presence.

I try everyday to challenge myself further and I believe in doing this, I slay the monster bit by bit. This is why being political is an essential part of my life. In the end, it is all that I have.

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Call for Submissions Queer Women of Color Film Festival!

AgentMojo — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:37:21 GMT

Just passing this along. contact the organizers directly.

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please forward as widely as possible!

CALLING FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS
from Queer Women of Color Filmmakers for

“LOVING IN THE WAR YEARS”
3rd annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival

As queer women of color, loving each other is a
political act. Not just in the act of love, but in the
ways that we take up our positions and fight as
warriors for our revolution. Our cameras act as
swords – as we give image to a way of loving,
being, and engaging with each other that allows
for us to all be human.

This year’s theme “Loving in the War Years,” a
reference to Cherríe Moraga’s collection of writings,
is an invitation to think about issues of war, love,
resistance through the lens of the camera.

“… But immediately I understand that we must, at
all costs, remain with each other. Even unto death.
That it is our being together that makes the pain,
even our dying, human.”
~ Loving in the War Years: lo que nunca pasó por
sus labios, Cherríe Moraga (1983).

What wars? Transnational wars, wars for power, oil,
land and resources, drug wars, wars on “terrorism,”
wars on people’s movement throughout the world,
wars within and against our bodies, wars in our
communities, the war on immigrants, queer people,
homeless people, people of color in general and
youth of color in particular. As queer women of color,
what wars are we seeing and what are our
responses? How do we continue to love, how
MUST we continue to love, and sustain ourselves,
throughout these war years?

“Loving in the War Years” will screen as part of the
3rd annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival to be
held in June 2007 at Brava Theatre in San Francisco.

Mission: Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
(QWOCMAP) promotes the creation and exhibition of
films and videos that increase the visibility of queer
women of color, reflect our life stories, and address
the vital social justice issues that concern our
community.

In search of solidarity,

Roiya Zara Said (roiyachi@hotmail.com)
Monica Enriquez (mpenriquez2003@yahoo.com)

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES - “LOVING IN THE WAR YEARS”

1. Films must be made by queer women of color.
2. Complete the Participant Information Sheet below.
3. Submit a VHS (NTSC) or DVD (Region 1) preview copy
of your film/video. These items will be archived and
will not be returned.
4. Final exhibition format must be in Mini-DV.

DEADLINE: November 15th, 2006 (postmarked)

Address for Submissions:
“Loving in the War Years”
c/o Monica Enriquez
148 Park Place, Apartment A,
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
U.S.A.

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PARTICIPANT INFORMATION SHEET

Please attach this form with the preview copy of your
film, along with any other promotional materials.

Name:

Race/Ethnicity/Nationality:

Gender Identification:

Sexual Orientation:

Mailing Address:

E-mail:

Phone #:

1. Title of Film and Duration

2. Synopsis (description) of Film

3. How do you envision your film fitting within the
context of the theme “Loving in the War Years"?

4. Short Biography about yourself

5. Training and/or Experience (attach CV or press kit
if available):

6. Would you be willing to discuss your work on a
Q/A panel? (Yes / No)

Contact:
Roiya Zara Said (roiyachi@hotmail.com)
Monica Enriquez (mpenriquez2003@yahoo.com)

“Loving in the War Years”
3rd annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival

www.qwocmap.org

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 01:09:31 GMT

Gov.'s Candid Moments Caught on Audiotape
Schwarzenegger's banter with aides offers glimpse of bull session behind closed doors.
By Robert Salladay, Times Staff Writer
September 8, 2006

SACRAMENTO — In the sanctuary of his Capitol office with an audio recorder rolling, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger describes Republican legislators as the "wild bunch" and, referring to a Latina lawmaker, casually says that "black blood" mixed with "Latino blood" equals "hot" — a fiery personality.
The governor is heard on a six-minute recording, obtained by The Times, of a meeting with some members of his inner circle last spring. At the time, Schwarzenegger was struggling to persuade Republican lawmakers to embrace his plan to place billions of dollars in borrowing on the November ballot.
It's unclear why the session was taped, but Schwarzenegger occasionally records private meetings so that speechwriters, in particular, can keep a record of his thoughts and cadence. This audio recording mainly consists of relaxed banter among Schwarzenegger and a few aides, and it offers an unusually candid look at his administration when the doors are closed.
On the recording, Schwarzenegger's Democratic chief of staff, Susan Kennedy, says Assembly Republican leader George Plescia of San Diego resembles a startled deer. That draws a chuckle from the Republican governor, who a moment earlier had referred to Plescia's predecessor, Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy, as "Bakersfield boy."
But Kennedy offers praise for Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, the lone Latina Republican in the Legislature. The governor and Kennedy debate her ethnicity, and Schwarzenegger opines that whether she is Cuban or Puerto Rican doesn't matter much.

"I mean, they are all very hot," the governor says. "They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes it."
He goes on to recall a former weightlifter and competitor, Cuban-born Sergio Oliva. "He was like that," Schwarzenegger says.
Garcia and McCarthy called the conversation irrelevant, even funny, when contacted by The Times on Thursday. Plescia had no comment.
Garcia said the conversation didn't bother her in the least. She called herself an "unpolished politician" and said Schwarzenegger had shown nothing but respect for her.
"I love the governor because he is a straight talker just like I am," Garcia said. "Very often I tell him, 'Look, I am a hot-blooded Latina.' I label myself a hot-blooded Latina that is very passionate about the issues, and this is kind of an inside joke that I have with the governor."
Margita Thompson, a spokeswoman for Schwarzenegger, issued this statement: "This is a small part of a long conversation that is taken totally out of context. The governor respects every member of the Legislature and holds them in the highest regard. It is not uncommon for him to have fun and joke with the members while they're working, especially during very tense negotiations."
The meeting probably took place in the Ronald Reagan Cabinet Room, the governor's de facto office that adjoins his smaller official quarters. The conference room faces east toward lush Capitol Park and has a long conference table that serves as a giant desk. The sword from Schwarzenegger's movie "Conan the Barbarian" rests on a nearby table.
Participants were Kennedy, who was Cabinet secretary under former Gov. Gray Davis; Gary Delsohn, a former Sacramento Bee reporter and author who recently became Schwarzenegger's chief speechwriter; and Walter Von Huene, a former TV director who is a close friend of the governor. Von Huene, a fellow cigar smoker and chess partner of Schwarzenegger, also serves as an informal speech coach.

Schwarzenegger's voice is heard first on the recording. He teases Delsohn and lavishly praises Kennedy as the conversation begins, suggesting that he knows the recording device is on. He calls Kennedy a "major, major champion."

"Got that on tape?" Kennedy says.
"It's on tape," Delsohn answers.
The free-flowing conversation took place amid negotiations over the governor's proposals for a giant public works package. At the time, Schwarzenegger's own party was resisting the sheer size of the plan — the largest in state history — which entailed tens of billions of dollars in borrowing. They eventually settled on a package worth $37 billion, placed on the November ballot.
On the recording, Kennedy and Schwarzenegger review an exchange between Kennedy and McCarthy, the Central Valley lawmaker who was then the lead negotiator for the Assembly's Republicans.
"You really pissed him off," Schwarzenegger said. "But you know something? You pissed him off because it hit home. That's why it pissed him off. People always get irritated; always when you hit something that is the truth, that's when people flame out."
Schwarzenegger says he had to control himself, and tried to be "really gentle" in the day's negotiations with his fellow Republicans. He calls it "dancing the dance."
But he says to Kennedy: "Anyway, so you hit him, you hit Bakersfield boy hard today," referring to McCarthy, who had warned against upsetting the Legislature's minority Republicans.
The governor goes on to describe the negotiating session:
"And then all of a sudden she comes in out of nowhere. She says, 'Yeah, but you are f------ the governor. Everything that means something to us, you're not including."
Kennedy replies: "I couldn't help it. I could not stay quiet."
Schwarzenegger: "I stayed quiet."
Kennedy then says that McCarthy, who is leaving the Assembly this year, ignored the governor's specific requests on transportation funding.
"He doesn't care. There's no price," Kennedy says. "Anyway, don't get me started again. I am glad he's running for Congress."
McCarthy, who in June won the GOP primary for the 22nd Congressional District, said Thursday that the conversation was typical of the honest back-and-forth that was occurring at the time.
"I thought it was funny," McCarthy said when told of the exchange about him between Schwarzenegger and Kennedy. "What is on that tape is no different than what we said to one another" during private negotiations, he said.
On the recording, someone then asks about Plescia, who had been elected Assembly Republican leader but ceded negotiations on the infrastructure bonds to McCarthy. Kennedy dismisses him.
"Plescia looks like the deer that keeps getting caught in my yard when I leave the gate open," said Kennedy, who owns a home in Marin County.
Kennedy then apparently makes a face, and the governor laughs.
"Great look. I love it," Schwarzenegger says. "There was the Academy Award right there."
Kennedy says Plescia has "big eyes that just kinda like stare like a Stepford wife. He's a good-looking guy. Happy. Perky."
Schwarzenegger then turns to analyzing whether Plescia can "control that wild bunch upstairs" — the Assembly's Republicans — "because that is like a very, uh, unique, uh, unruly bunch of guys and girls."
They move on to Garcia, a Cathedral City lawmaker who is the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants. On her website, Garcia is described as "born on the Lower East Side of New York to teen parents."
"Bonnie Garcia is great," Kennedy says on the recording. "She's a ball-buster. She's great. Is she Puerto Rican?"
"She seems to me like Cuban," Schwarzenegger says.
"She's not Mexican," Kennedy replies.
"No," the governor agrees.
"But she said something," Kennedy says, "and I thought, I thought she was Puerto Rican."
Then Schwarzenegger offers a theory.
"She maybe is Puerto Rican or the same thing as Cuban. I mean, they are all very hot. They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes it."
Schwarzenegger then drifts off into a conversation about Oliva, who once was one of Schwarzenegger's great rivals.
As Schwarzenegger waxes nostalgic about Oliva, Kennedy abruptly says in the background: "I'm leaving."
Conversation trails off, and the recording ends.

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Call for Submissions

paradigmbrooklyn — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:47:18 GMT

Submit to be an artist or panelist/speaker at Peace Out East. Peace Out East (www.peaceouteast.com) is an annual LGBTQ and allies hip hop cultural festival in NYC, Oct 12-15, 2006. We are looking for music, visual, performance artists and panelists/speakers/scholars. Please see www.peaceouteast.com for details. Don't be scared off by HIP HOP, alternative music and performances considered. Include links to music/art or email for a mailing address. Deadline 9/1/06 NO EXCEPTIONS.

submit to: artists@ peaceouteast.com

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Most Homophobic Place on Earth

torrid_wind — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:41:17 GMT

JAMAICA: The Most Homophobic Place on Earth

Brian wears sunglasses to hide his gray and lifeless left eye-damaged, he says, by kicks and blows with a board from Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton. Brian, 44, is gay, and Banton, 32, is an avowed homophobe whose song Boom Bye-Bye decrees that gays "haffi dead" ("have to die"). In June 2004, Brian claims, Banton and some toughs burst into his house near Banton's Kingston recording studio and viciously beat him and five other men. After complaints from international human-rights groups, Banton was finally charged last fall, but in January a judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence. It was a bitter decision for Brian, who lost his landscaping business after the attack and is fearful of giving his last name. "I still go to church," he says as he sips a Red Stripe beer. "Every Sunday I ask why this happened to me."

Though familiar to Americans primarily as a laid-back beach destination, Jamaica is hardly idyllic. The country has the world's highest murder rate. And its rampant violence against gays and lesbians has prompted human-rights groups to confer another ugly distinction: the most homophobic place on earth.

In the past two years, two of the island's most prominent gay activists, Brian Williamson and Steve Harvey, have been murdered - and a crowd even celebrated over Williamson's mutilated body. Perhaps most disturbing, many anti-gay assaults have been acts of mob violence. In 2004, a teen was almost killed when his father learned his son was gay and invited a group to lynch the boy at his school. Months later, witnesses say, police egged on another mob that stabbed and stoned a gay man to death in Montego Bay. And this year a Kingston man, Nokia Cowan, drowned after a crowd shouting "batty boy" (a Jamaican epithet for homosexual) chased him off a pier. "Jamaica is the worst any of us has ever seen," says Rebecca Schleifer of the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch and author of a scathing report on the island's anti-gay hostility.

Jamaica may be the worst offender, but much of the rest of the Caribbean also has a long history of intense homophobia. Islands like Barbados still criminalize homosexuality, and some seem to be following Jamaica's more violent example. Last week two CBS News producers, both Americans, were beaten with tire irons by a gay-bashing mob while vacationing on St. Martin. One of the victims, Ryan Smith, was airbused to a Miami hospital, where he remains in intensive care with a fractured skull.

Gay-rights activists attribute the scourge of homophobia in Jamaica largely to the country's increasingly thuggish reggae music scene. Few epitomize the melding of reggae and gangsta cultures more than Banton, who is one of the nation's most popular dance-hall singers. Born Mark Myrie, he grew up the youngest of 15 children in Kingston's Salt Lane - the sort of slum dominated by ultraconservative Christian churches and intensely anti-gay Rastafarians. Banton parlayed homophobia into a ticket out of Salt Lane. One of his first hits, 1992's Boom Bye-Bye, boasts of shooting gays with Uzis and burning their skin with acid "like an old tire wheel."

Banton's lyrics are hardly unique among reggae artists today. Another popular artist, Elephant Man (O'Neil Bryant, 29) declares in one song, "When you hear a lesbian getting raped/ It's not our fault ...two women in bed/ That's two Sodomites who should be dead." Another, Bounty Killer (Rodney Price, 33), urges listeners to burn "Mister Fagoty" and make him "wince in agony."

Reggae's anti-gay rhetoric has seeped into the country's politics. Jamaica's major political parties have passed some of the world's toughest antisodomy laws and regularly incorporate homophobic music in their campaigns. "The view that results," says Jamaican human-rights lawyer Philip Dayle, "is that a homosexual isn't just an undesirable but an unapprehended criminal."

Meanwhile, gay-rights activists say Jamaican police often overlook evidence in anti-gay hate crimes, such as the alleged assault by Banton in 2004. His accuser, Brian, says cops excised Banton's role from their reports of the 2004 beating. A police spokesman denies that. But in dismissing the case earlier this year, the judge in the trial warned Banton to avoid violence and "seek legal recourses" when he has complaints against gays in the future. Banton refused TIME's request for an interview. His manager, Donovan Germain, insists that the singer is innocent and that "Buju's lyrics are part of a metaphorical tradition. They're not a literal call to kill gay men."

There are some signs that Jamaica may soften its approach. Jamaica's ruling party last month elected the nation's first female Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, a progressive who gay-rights supporters hope will eventually move to decriminalize homosexuality. She hasn't yet said that, but Jamaica's beleaguered gays say they at least have reason now to hope their government will change its tune before their reggae stars ever do.

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June Pride San Francisco : Celebrate

AgentMojo — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:46:14 GMT

It's Pride Month San Francisco. Be visible. Show your COLOR --> March!!!

http://www.sfpride.org/

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Bring It! Featuring Medusa--Check the Noise

syra — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:32:25 GMT

Saturday July 8th House of Stormz Studios and Frontline Riddims
present BRING IT! A Grand Opening and Promo Release Event

Featuring The High Priestess of Hip Hop MEDUSA (Feline Science/LA)
Performing with one of the bays hottest bands THE PARK featuring members of BUCHO!

Join us as we breathe life and spark momentum into one of the most progressive production studios and hippest event spaces in Oakland!

MASTER OF CEREMONIES:
J.B.RAP (Deep Dick Collective/Naked Souls Artist Alliance)

PERFORMANCES BY RECORDING ARTISTS:
Aza (Herstory/The Playground/Frontline)
Syra (DJ Alpheta/Frontline/LIP)
Seneca (GIVING TREE)
Galen (Cov Records)
TZ Money (Frontline)
MC Taurus (Frontline)

DJ’s:
Jamin (B.I.G./LIP)
Discovery (Livingroom/Rise)

EROTIC PHOTO’S and URBAN ARTWORK BY:
REFA 1 (Oaklandish)
and
J.R.S. (Everywhere)

From the producers of LIP: An All Grrrl MC Battle and FLEX Drum’n’Bass, we bring you the bays freshest new talent in a slammin’ new space.
WITNESS! AS WE UNLEASH A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH...
1439 105th Ave. @ E. 14th St.::Oakland
Doors @ 10pm:: $8 Before 11pm/$12 After::21+ W/ID
INFO: alpheta@grrrlbattle.com

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San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

frameline30 — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:25:54 GMT

Frameline30, the 30th San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with Frameline30, 11 days of the best queer cinema from home and abroad. Cinematic stories of love, lust, friends, family, good deeds and bad behavior span countries and communities, revealing a stunning diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender aesthetics and experiences. Festival favorites such as Charles Busch, Margaret Cho and François Ozon return with new features, icons such as Tony Kushner and George Michael are profiled in hard-hitting documentaries, and therell be plenty of fun in boys and girls shorts.

Advance tickets go on sale May 26 at the Frameline30 ticket outlet located inside Superstar Satellite, 474 Castro Street (between Market and 18th). Ticket Outlet hours are 1:00 pm8:00 pm daily beginning Friday, May 26 (for Frameline members) and Friday, June 2 (for general). Tickets also are available online (www.frameline.org/festival/30th), by phone (925.866.9559), and by fax (925.866.9597). Unless otherwise noted, tickets are $10 general, $9 members; and $7 general, $6 members for screenings beginning at 5:00 pm or earlier. Castro Passes, good for admission to all screenings other than Opening Night and Closing Night, are available for $175. Daytime Matinee Passes, good for admission to all daytime screenings at the Castro Theatre on Friday, June 16 and Monday, June 19 through Friday, June 23 starting no later than 5pm, are available for $35. For more information, visit www.frameline.org/festival/30th.

Persistent Vision Queer Media Arts Conference, June 19-22

Frameline is pleased to present Persistent Vision 2006: Envisioning the Future of Queer Media Arts, a four-day conference at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center and the Victoria Theatre, June 19-22. Taking its cue from the hugely successful Persistent Vision 2001, the 2006 conference will be a time for LGBT media-makers, programmers, distributors and others to discuss the state of the field and to chart what lies ahead for LGBT media arts. With the success of Brokeback Mountain, The L Word and Transamerica having thrust the LGBT community into the mainstream, the time is ripe to ask ourselves: Where are we? Whose images are not being seen? What are our next challenges? Featured keynote speakers are: film critic and cultural theorist B. Ruby Rich, writer and TV host Keith Boykin, and writer/director John Cameron Mitchell. The entire conference agenda is available at www.pv2006.org, where you can also register! Conference fees are $200 regular, $150 student. Questions? Feel free to email conference coordinators Matt Florence and Meg Daly at pv@frameline.org.

We have our own tribe too, please join us at http://tribes.tribe.net/frameline30

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Kevin Aviance Attacked By Homophobes!

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:46:05 GMT

Article In NY POST

Singer Kevin Aviance Beaten in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) -- A singer whose songs have topped the Billboard dance chart was attacked by a group yelling anti-gay slurs, and four people were arrested on hate-crime charges, police and his publicist said.

Kevin Aviance, 38, underwent surgery for a broken jaw after the attack Saturday, said his publicist, Len Evans. Police said the singer, whose song "Alive" hit the top of the chart in 2002, was in stable condition.

A group of six or seven men attacked Aviance early Saturday, and passers-by did not stop to help as they threw objects at him, Evans said.

Four people were arrested on charges of first-degree assault as a hate crime, police said. They were identified as Jarell Sears and Akino George, both 20; Gregory Archie, 18; and Gerard Johnson, 16.

Aviance performs in drag but was "dressed like a boy" when he was attacked, Evans said. He had planned to take part in next week's Gay Pride parade and festivities, but will now be unable to perform, the publicist said.

Other popular songs by the singer have included "Give It Up," released in 2004, and "Din Da Da," which topped the Billboard dance chart in 1997.

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SF BLACK FILM FESTIVAL....

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:08:54 GMT

Ends this weekend, come represent, lots of love awaiting....

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LOOK what i can do....

stefographer — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:38:57 GMT

Then see if YOU wanna do it too.........

Lasdt year i participated in a film/video workshop at GMHC, here in NYC - with a focus of making PSA's ( public service annoucements) that would b informative and revelant to the male communities of color that are same gender, bi, DL, trand gendered, or whatever letters u want (lol), with reference to the frightrning levels of HIV transmission and infection among 'us'......

The results are now visible and i'd love to share.........

http://www.rawcutproductions.com/moviebanners/wmvbanners.htm#stay

There is now a new group being started - so for all the info-if any NYC'ers would b interested - who they would like to participate, and all info is here....

http://www.rawcutproductions.com/index.htm

take care - hope u enjoy-got something out of it -and share ur feedback........

peace, ST.

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question

BlkVersStude — Tue, 16 May 2006 00:29:03 GMT

I was in NYC about two years ago and bought a white tee shirt with the word "blackboy" written in black and brown. It was a simple, yet powerful statement. The desingers of this tee also had other clothing, including some other tees. Does anyone happen to know if they might just be local to NYC? I would appreciate it if anyone had any information. I now live in Seattle, and am hard pressed to find this line of clothing.

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qpoc porn / sex night - request for feedback

Nadine — Thu, 11 May 2006 01:29:43 GMT

was wondering if folks could give feedback and suggestions on a quickie workshop idea i put together for/around the coming mtl anarchist bookfair.

cuz, you know, queer anarchists of colour have sex too. sometimes. maybe. i don't know. well, i've heard tell tall tales of qpoc anarcho-orgasms but my sources could not verify their claims.

movie suggestions:

please don't stop: lesbian tips for givin' and gettin' it
i bought this one once from come as you are toronto but the tape was bad and had to return it (DARNIT!). part porn, part sex ed, part discussion group on sexual politics. all women of colour cast.

blurb from san fran intl gay and les film fest:
Grab your gear and your girl for this must-see, first-ever, feature-length dyke sex video, created by and for lesbians of color! Hottie sex educators keep their hands off each other just long enough to share their sexy tricks and toys with friends at a house party where seven women tell all. The heated opening will make you sweat, and the explicit vignettes show you women applying their lessons at home. One couple, intrigued by the anal sex conversation, explores backdoor delights in the shower, while a super-sexy tattooed sex kitten enjoys a masturbation strip in front of her mirror. And the hot and squirty butch-femme quickie in an auto mechanic’s garage will have you hollering out the movie’s title. This is a sweet and sexy ride, with a dose of realism that’s missing from most porn fare. Covering tricks, techniques and the basics about lube, safer sex, toys and harnesses, PLEASE DON’T STOP conveys the sex info that so many dykes are looking for with the lowdown on sex-positive attitudes and different approaches to pleasure. Made by a San Francisco filmmaker and local performers, this breakthrough Good Vibrations/Sex Positive production is sure to inspire—and in more ways than one! Join us and enjoy this very special work by women of color exploring eroticism on their own terms.

the crash pad

www.blowfish.com/crashpad
preview clip above - warning - not public terminal friendly, if ya know what i mean. wink wink, nudge nudge.

i haven't seen this one yet but if the clip is anything to go by, it is almost UNBEARABLY hot.

from the blowfish web site:
"First-time director Shiner Louise Houston has covered herself with glory in this release. Somewhere, there is an apartment, the Crash Pad. If you have the key to the Crash Pad, you will experience the hottest sex you have ever had in your entire life. There are just a few rules, though...
The couples are almost all real-life couples, and nearly devour each other. There's more fucking and squirting and cock-sucking (really, yes, in a lesbian video) than in a whole library of boring mainstream porn videos. The production is beautifully shot, beautifully edited; even the DVD menus are hot. The performers are all extremely attractive without being porn-star-polished."

Pink and White Productions creates adult entertainment that exposes the complexities of queer sexual desire. Taking inspiration from many different sources Pink and White is dedicated to producing sexy, exciting, images that reflect todays blurred gender lines and fluid sexualities. Shine Louise Houston, the owner and founder, is a queer woman of colour.
interview in Curves magazine
www.curvemag.com/Detailed/711.html

enrique cruz

ok, enrique cruz (www.enriquecruz.com) is a homo thug porn director with a few titles under his belt (homo thug: think 50 cents. think queer. that's homo thug). i can't honestly make any recommendations cuz i haven't seen any of them yet (cough. squirm).

suggested reading list:
colorlines has already released two (very unsexy) sex issues; we could bulk order some copies and maybe get dragonroot and or simone de beauvoir and or union for gender equality to subsidize it. the upcoming edition of on our backs is the diversity issue (i know, eew) but could still be useful. brothers of new essex by belasco. bread and wine by samuel delaney. a few excerpts from erotica anthologies (erotique noire - black erotica anthology, without reservation - indigenous erotica, under the pomegranate tree: latino erotica; queer papi porn; gay asian erotica...)

any web sites, books and music that folks could add to this?

--
"Sa k'pa konnen vin konnen."
---Boukman Eksperyans, "Pwazon rat"
"Who no know a go know."
-- Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, "Who No Know Go Know"

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PSST! CHECK OUT THIS TOUR!

NubianDarling — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:47:28 GMT

The historical Hipdrop Tour features African American Bellydancers across the USA.
The tour starts May 13 in Van Nuys CA

please paypal a ticket at www.hipdrop.com and check out the flyer at www.jessicadances.com and www.nubiandivas.com

Y'ALL COME AROUND NOW YA HEAR!
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ISO chola and prizes for the 2nd Annual Ultimate Chola Pageant

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:02:05 GMT

The 2nd Annual Cinco de Mayo Ultimate Chola Pageant (in Portland, Oregon) is only 24 days away!

Do you have an inner-chola? Think she's hot enough to represent the rough streets of the Portland metro area? Well, then maybe you got what it takes to be the Ultimate Chola in this year's annual Cinco de Mayo pageant.

There will be three rounds
Introductions/Street Wear
Talent/Club Wear
Low Rider Magazine Cover Girl Pose-Off/Swim Wear

And yes, there will be prizes! Last year there were over $1000 in prizes althogether including cash, tattoos, piercings, haircuts, color, gift certificates to clothing stores and restaurants, sex toys, and much more!

Don't worry if you've never done drag or been on stage before. Last year's Ultimate Chola was in the same boat. And now she's one of the most popular Sissyboys, Rosa Panocha!

So, if you are interested, please hurry and send an email to clubitpdx@yahoo.com. Hurry, there are only five positions available!

A lot of the top prizes are already confirmed, but the more the merrier! Please send a message if you have something to contribute!

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People of color on Politics

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:43:22 GMT

So I was just on another thread where they were discussing Cynthia McKinney, and what happend with the white police officer.
They were really down on her.
I don't know enough about her to say anything.
But I do feel that when some who is white in goverment, does something wrong, you do not hear that much about it.
But when a person of color does anything, it gets beat to the ground.
Can anyone fill me in on her??

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hi im in mexico now,,but will be up north how about a ROLL CALL im painter

RAFAGA — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:54:51 GMT

im mexcain , born in texas, im single looking for travel buddys and maybe a lover... and you...

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Documentary: Keep Not Silent

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:31:20 GMT

I was at CCSF and saw a flyer for this Documentary.
thought I would put it out there to see if other people were interested.
I plan to check it out.
Here is a web page with some info
http://www.embassyofisrael.org/sanfran/mail/kns/ccsf.htm

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visiting s.f.

Ricardo — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:37:34 GMT

hi anyone friendly enough to let a los angeles fag crash on your floor this week?
low impact, fun-seeking fag.
let's do this!!!

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Win the new CD from queer spoken word group, Athens Boys Choir!

mandrakesociety — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:31:11 GMT

This is JW Richard, of Mandrake Society Radio, letting you know about a cool contest to win some hot spoken word!

If you haven't heard the work of Athens Boys Choir, then you need to listen to their interview here: http://mandrakesocietyradio.com/?p=52

After you listen, call the Mandrake Society Radio comment line at 206-600-5066 and leave a message as to where the artist is originally from (the answer is in the show). Be my third or my fifth caller, and you win the latest disc, Rose Cuts the Cake. So, you get two opportunities to win this hot disc. If you love queer, raw, political spoken word, you'll dig this CD!

Go! Listen to the show.

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Call for Arab Women Artists

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:14:18 GMT

Hey
this was emailed to me, thought I would put it out there.
All for Arab Women Artists:
>>Prologue and Epilogue: Arab Feminism Past and
Present
>>
>>Sunbula: Arab Feminists for Change
>>Bay Area, CA
>>
>> Sunbula is accepting submissions from Arab women
artists in California

>> for
>> its upcoming juried exhibition Prologue and
Epilogue, which will open
>> in May 2006 at the Blue Studio Gallery in San
Francisco and later may
>> travel to other venues.
>> Sunbula is especially interested in works on the
theme of Arab Feminism

>> that explore any of the following issues: identity
as Arab feminist,
>> history of Arab feminism, stereotypes of Arab
women, and diversity of
>> Arab women and feminisms within the Arab World and
the diasporas.
>>Eligibility: this exhibition is open to any Arab and
Arab American women
>>artists who reside in California; we highly
encourage artist's
>>collaborations and we encourage transgender folks to
apply, works of all
>>media are welcome (performance, painting,
photography, sculpture, video,
>>creative writings, poems, etc.)
>>Deadline: A one page proposal of what you intend to
present with images
>>of your work should be submitted by February 16,
2006.
>>
>>Contact: for more info about Sunbula and the
exhibition please visit:
>>www.sunbulawomen.org email: sunbulawomen@yahoo.com

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Empowering Our Community

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sundance film on rape/dv

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:23:48 GMT

Hi all,
A friend sent this to me
I thought I'd share it with y'all.

RAPE FOR WHO I AM
Directed by Lovinsa Kavuma
TRT 27:00/DV/Color

it's about black lesbian's struggles against hate
crimes in townships outside of Johannesburg.

http://festival.sundance.org/2006/watch/film.aspx?which=397&category=DOC

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Miss Money on Mandrake Society Radio

mandrakesociety — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:56:38 GMT

Coming out of Houston, TX, Miss Money produces and performs R&B and hip-hop like no other, and she happen to be openly lesbian. . Hear Miss Money's music and listen as she talks about "the grind" of being of a female R&B vocalist in a male, Rap-dominated business, the lack of support for openly gay/SGL artists (even in gay venues!), and her spiritual journey.

http://mandrakesocietyradio.com/?p=55

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Reconciling with your father - new Mandrake Society Radio

mandrakesociety — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:05:00 GMT

This show, I share personal concerns about reconnecting my father in spite his disagreement about my sexuality. Call the comment line at 206-600-5066 to share your story. Plus, local Dallas art, podcast finds, and an inquiry about SXSW. Full show notes at Mandrake Society Radio.

http://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com/?p=54

-also-

I speak with spoken word artist, Katz, who is also known as Athens Boys Choir. Listen to some good poetry and personal thought on being transgender and living in the South, and the consideration of his Jewish heritage.

http://mandrakesocietyradio.com/?p=52

Download these programs absolutely FREE at the main site, or stream the interview for at the following websites (just cut and paste the urls in your browser):

http://podcasts.yahoo.com/series?s=68aa9ed7a5cd6a91db48ebf7163f6cba

http://www.podcastpickle.com/casts/?1155

or, if you have iTunes 4.9 or higher, use this link:

http://phobos.apple.com/webObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=79118564&s=143441

Enjoy the show and tell friends.

Mandrake Society Radio
http://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com

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The First Amendment

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:56:12 GMT

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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Digital Drums..tells all our stories

mandrakesociety — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:42:09 GMT

Dallas, TX –Uniting the stories and experiences of all people with an African influence or connection, digital drums (www.digitaldrums.net) exists in promoting audio and video blogs that connect the full experiences of African and African-American people from around the world.

Born out of a desire to begin to further bridge the technology gap for African-Americans, digital drums opens the dialogue by discussing emerging podcasting trend and encouraging participation in that trend. Content developers and audiences can connect in hopes of discovering the varied uses of podcasting for practical instruction, premiere entertainment, and personal inspiration. Best of all, it’s free to register and begin connecting with others from around the world.

Come be a part of the first podcast community designed made for people of African influence. Regardless of whether you reside in America or London or Zimbabwe, Christian or Muslim or Yoruba, hetero- or homosexual, come beat the drums and tell YOUR story at www.digitaldrums.net!

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the DL Chronicles comin this weekend

LorenzoRodriguezyRios — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:35:56 GMT

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Tribal Censorship Here and Now

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 02:54:13 GMT

Tribal Censorship here and now

I take it you have all received your little notice about obscenity from Tribe.

(Funny thing about that. Wade there has two sexual references right there on his home page.

So, of course I'm reporting him immediately to take them off. )

I ask that you now report all pictures of naked pregnant women, and naked children that are posted on family sites.

Report obscene comments, swear words, and hey, really anything that you find offensive.

If someone says something you find upsetting and obscene, report it! Hell, if it's just upsetting. Report it just to be on the safe side.

Let's send a message to Tribe that either you stand up for civil rights now, or you can wait til the US government shuts down this entire Tribe site on some technicality and do it then.

How totally fucked up that Tribe thinks that by appeasing Roberto Gonzales that he will leave them alone.

All Tribe is doing is paving the path so Gonzales can do his work more easily. And guess who Tribe thinks is obscene my gay and lesbian friends? Guess which pictures and which speech is on their list? You think it's the "family" discussions about pregnancy? Think again honey.

Oh and I used the word "fuck" up there, so do report me or else you could find yourself in deep trouble.

I am refusing to remove any photos or comments that I have on Tribe. I ask that you do the same. Make them do this dirty deed against freedom of expression.

If they do shut down your photos and comments, I ask that people join together to boycott Tribe.

Send them reports of EVERYTHING you find offensive. Make sure to add details. Fill their emails with obscenity and offensive statements.

Either you stand up for your civil rights now, or the end of your civil rights is at hand.

Tribe here is just one example of the new laws putting a chill on freedom of expression. Tribe should be ashamed for appeasing Gonzales and Bush.

Nevertheless it is now up to you to do something.

Boycott Tribe.

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Obscenity Prosecutions

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:20:01 GMT

And this is why TRIBE is now censoring your civil rights....

Wave of Obscenity Prosecutions Leads to Closure and Self-Censorship of Websites

Contact:
Susan Wright, NCSF Spokesperson
(917) 848-6544

October 20, 2005
October 20, 2005 - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has announced that his office will specifically target "bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior" in pursuing new obscenity prosecutions. The Department of Justice began recruiting in late July for a new anti-obscenity squad to pursue obscenity prosecutions, and the FBI announced in September that it was forming an anti-obscenity task force to crack down on pornography.

Any website that has content containing "bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior" should be forewarned that prosecution is possible. Additionally, Federal sentencing guidelines state that any obscenity- related punishment should be "enhanced for sadomasochistic material."

Forty people and businesses have been convicted of obscenity since 2001, and 20 additional indictments are pending according to Andrew Oosterbaan, chief of the Justice Department's child exploitation and obscenity section. There were only four obscenity prosecutions during the eight years of the Clinton administration.

Though adult content is, in theory, protected by the First Amendment, only a jury can determine if a work is obscene or not under the subjective set of standards that vary from one community to the next established in the 1973 Supreme Court ruling, Miller v. California.

Text is not inherently more protected than images when it comes to obscenity charges. The erotic fiction website Red Rose Stories is facing obscenity charges after federal agents raided the owner's home on October 3rd, taking computer equipment and diskettes that contained all of their files and site information.

The Department of Justice is clearly hoping that websites will self-censor or remove their content entirely. Midori, a fetish model and SM educator who teaches classes on bondage, has removed her website, BeautyBound.com, citing fear of obscenity prosecution. The owner of three SM websites, known as GrandPa DeSade, removed his websites from the Internet. SuicideGirls.com also announced they are self-censoring their materials over concerns about a possible obscenity crackdown.

Recent prosecutions of obscenity on websites include: A former police officer in Lakeland, Florida, was arrested on October 7th on over 300 obscenity-related charges for the sexual content posted on his website. The same day, webmaster Chris Wilson, owner of amateur website NowThatsFuckedUp.com, was raided on charges of obscenity by a local Sheriff s office.

"I think it's crucial for us to stand up for consensual sadomasochism and other alternative sexual practices," says Barbara Nitke, fetish photographer. "This is a battle worth fighting, and I hope everyone who can will just censor out the most provocative material from their websites, but keep them up. I also appeal to the lawyers in our community to help us find ways to keep people's websites up."

Barbara Nitke and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) have proactively challenged federal obscenity laws as applied to the Internet, arguing that obscenity laws based on "local community standards" are too vague and their existence burdens protected speech, resulting in self-censorship due to the fear of prosecution. A district court three-judge panel in New York ruled that while Nitke and the NCSF members were at risk, more proof was needed that obscenity laws cause otherwise protected speech to be restrained through acts of self-censorship. The case is currently on appeal to the United States Supreme Court.

"The effect of silencing alternative lifestyle speech was exactly why we brought the lawsuit," says attorney John Wirenius, lead counsel for NCSF. "The self- censorship we are seeing underscores the importance of supporting our ongoing obscenity challenge."

To contribute to the appeal of the CDA lawsuit, go to: www.ncsfreedom.org/donations.htm

Barbara Nitke - www.barbaranitke.com

###

A project of NCSF and the NCSF Foundation

The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination because of their sexual expression.

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
822 Guilford Avenue, Box 127
Baltimore, MD 21202-3707
410-539-4824
media@ncsfreedom.org
www.ncsfreedom.org

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tribe art

queer711 — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:19:08 GMT

I love the new photo for this tribe! Who posted it, and who is the artist?

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What do you identify with, culture, ethinicity, nationality...?

AgentMojo — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 06:10:11 GMT

Chicano? Black? American? a few example off the top of my head...

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New Tribe: Daddy Bears

TranceYogi — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:55:38 GMT

tribes.tribe.net/daddybears

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sacrifice

DeeJay — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:23:18 GMT

is there a place for sacrifice in healthy loving? what is something you have sacrificed for love? what is something you would never sacrifice?

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Bush nominates Alito

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:55:47 GMT

Well the christians are positively giddy over this one.

I haven't heard his take on gay rights yet, but I'm sure it has something to do with concentration camps, reparative therapy and enforced heterosexual marriage.

At this time I would just like to say a big FUCK YOU to all the gay men who voted Republican, and continue to hold that party dear to their cold little hearts. Same with the gay christians. Get a fucking clue.

www.commondreams.org/headlin...1-15.htm

Published on Monday, October 31, 2005 by Think Progress
Samuel Alito’s America

This morning President Bush nominated 3rd Circuit Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito for the U.S. Supreme Court.” Who is Samuel Alito? ThinkProgress has the facts:

ALITO WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE: In his dissenting opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Alito concurred with the majority in supporting the restrictive abortion-related measures passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in the late 1980’s. Alito went further, however, saying the majority was wrong to strike down a requirement that women notify their spouses before having an abortion. The Supreme Court later rejected Alito’s view, voting to reaffirm Roe v. Wade. [Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 1991]

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) announces the nomination of U.S. Appeals Court Justice Samuel Alito (R) for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court at the White House in Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005. Bush nominated Alito to the Supreme Court on Monday in a move likely to set off a partisan battle with Democrats as he tries to right his struggling presidency. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

ALITO WOULD ALLOW RACE-BASED DISCRIMINATION: Alito dissented from a decision in favor of a Marriott Hotel manager who said she had been discriminated against on the basis of race. The majority explained that Alito would have protected racist employers by “immuniz[ing] an employer from the reach of Title VII if the employer’s belief that it had selected the ‘best’ candidate was the result of conscious racial bias.” [Bray v. Marriott Hotels, 1997]

ALITO WOULD ALLOW DISABILITY-BASED DISCRIMINATION: In Nathanson v. Medical College of Pennsylvania, the majority said the standard for proving disability-based discrimination articulated in Alito’s dissent was so restrictive that “few if any…cases would survive summary judgment.” [Nathanson v. Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1991]

ALITO WOULD STRIKE DOWN THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT: The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) “guarantees most workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a loved one.” The 2003 Supreme Court ruling upholding FMLA [Nevada v. Hibbs, 2003] essentially reversed a 2000 decision by Alito which found that Congress exceeded its power in passing the law. [Chittister v. Department of Community and Economic Development, 2000]

ALITO SUPPORTS UNAUTHORIZED STRIP SEARCHES: In Doe v. Groody, Alito agued that police officers had not violated constitutional rights when they strip searched a mother and her ten-year-old daughter while carrying out a search warrant that authorized only the search of a man and his home. [Doe v. Groody, 2004]

ALITO HOSTILE TOWARD IMMIGRANTS: In two cases involving the deportation of immigrants, the majority twice noted Alito’s disregard of settled law. In Dia v. Ashcroft, the majority opinion states that Alito’s dissent “guts the statutory standard” and “ignores our precedent.” In Ki Se Lee v. Ashcroft, the majority stated Alito’s opinion contradicted “well-recognized rules of statutory construction.” [Dia v. Ashcroft, 2003; Ki Se Lee v. Ashcroft, 2004]

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Lions Den Tribe Boost!

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 19:06:55 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/thelionsden

A tribe for people of color to duke it out. Honesty appreciated. Take a visit.

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Riots

nilochem — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:00:17 GMT

does any one know of a resource that lists all the major riots that have occurred in U.S. history? I'm looking for something that goes as far back as the Boston Tea Party up to The Rodney King Riots.

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Bush's Mama......

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:07:55 GMT

.....is a bitch!!

“And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them." - Barbara Bush after touring the refugee camp at the Houston Astrodome.

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blacks loot whites find

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:34:22 GMT

http://www.flickr.com/photos/firewall/38725768/

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GET OUT AND SPEAK UP!!

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:06:22 GMT

From the war on terror to the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.
Our govorment shows us again and again that we mean nothing to them. This has got to stop! Join Answer Coalition and World Can't Wait in voicing our anger at a regime that doesn't care if we live or die. Demand they protect and respect all Americans and not just "them & their "way of life.

SPEAK UP!!

National Day Of Emergency demonstration
Sept 7th nationwide. Click here for more info:
www.answercoalition.org

Mobilize Now! demonstration.
Nov 3 nationwide. Click here for more info:
www.worldcantwait.org

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Tribute to Lorde

Bandu — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:49:04 GMT

Greetings all,
wanted to share and invite those interested to come and lay down words, thoughts, feelings about the contributions of a african american, mother, activist, poet, lesbian, woman, and so much more....audre lorde to
http://tribes.tribe.net/audrelorde

peace
Bandu

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This just in from Fiji

TranceYogi — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:26:37 GMT

Women's Action for Change
Sexual Minorities Project
333 Waimanu Road
P.O.Box 12398, Suva, Fiji
Ph: (679) 3314 363 Fax: (679) 3305 033
E-mail: wac@connect.com.fj

August 31, 2005 PUBLIC STATEMENT

The Sexual Minorities Project (SMP) is extremely pleased with the
outcome
of the Fiji High Court Appeal of McCoskar; Nandan Vs the State
(Concluded
on Friday 26 August 2005) where the prior charges under sodomy
provisions
was declared a nullity.

In his judgement Judge Winters also declared that:
"Section 175 (a) and (c) of the Fiji Penal Code is inconsistent with
the
Constitution and invalid to the extent that this law criminalises acts
of
'private consensual sexual conduct against the course of nature between
adults' and that Section 177 of the Penal Code is inconsistent with the
constitution and invalid to the extent that the law criminalises acts
of
'private consensual sexual conduct of adult males."

He further went on to add that
"in the event that adult males engage in consensual sexual acts in
private
and are prosecuted under Section 175 (a) and (c) or Section 177 of the
Penal Code applying general Constitutional principles, the relevant
sections in the Penal Code are invalid and the prosecutions a nullity."

This is a milestone in the work of the homosexual community here in
Fiji
and the continuation of a long process to legalise homosexuality. Our
next
step is ensuring that the Bill of Rights in the Fiji Constitution
remains
intact. We also are calling for urgent implementation of the
long-awaited
Sexual Assault legislation.

With these positive results however, there is now a need for urgent and
public solidarity from all human rights defenders and wider community
in
Fiji as the backlash from some religious groups and politicians,
including
the Prime Minister of Fiji, has already started.

Anytime that there is a positive result for sexual minorities, the gay
and
lesbian community in Fiji is further at risk because of increased
homophobia (irrational fear and hatred of homosexuals or those
perceived
to be homosexual) from some quarters.

This case has also highlighted other concerns that are of broader
importance than simply for homosexuals including equality before the
law
of all in Fiji, separation of church and state, independence of
Judiciary
and Constitutionality. These are best raised by a broad sector of the
community.

Call for Action:

• Letters and public statements in support of the judgement and
engaging
with the issues above. Please send widely including at minimum, Justice
Winters, Attorney General's Office, Director of Public Prosecutions,
Prime
Minister's Office and media

• Please cc to Sexual Minorities Project (SMP)

High Court Judge:
Justice Gerard Winter
Fax: +679 3313 234 E-mail: Gerard.winter@govnet.gov.fj

Honourable Prime Minister
Minister of Fijian Affairs, Culture & Heritage
Fax: +679 3307 806 E-mail: pmsoffice@connect.com.fj

Attorney General & Minister of justice
Honourable Qoroniasi Bale
Fax: +679 3305 421 E-mail: qbale@govnet.gov.fj

Director of Public Prosecution (DPP)
Mr Naigulevu
Fax: +679 3302 780 E-mail: jnaigulevu@govnet.gov.fj

Director
Fiji Law Reform Commission
Mr Alipate Qetaki
Fax: +679 3303646 E-mail: aqetaki@govnet.gov.fj

Australia High Commissioner
Her Excellency, Ms Jennifer Rasson
Fax: +679 3382 065 E-mail: joerabonu@dfat.gov.au

New Zealand High Commissioner
His Excellency, Mr Michael Green
Fax: +679 3300 842 E-mail: nzhc@connect.com.fj

Director
Fiji Human Rights Commission
Dr Shaista Shameem
Fax: +679 3308 661 E-mail: sshameem@humanrights.org.fj

European Commission
Head of Delegation for the Pacific
His Excellency, Mr Roberto Ridolfi
Fax: +679 3300 370 E-mail: delegation-fiji@cec.eu.int

In Pride & Solidarity,

Carlos Perera
Coordinator, Sexual Minorities Project (SMP)

Noelene Nabulivou and Peni Moore
Women's Action for Change

And the SMP Core Collective

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f-a-g against blow & go > NEW TRIBE

AgentMojo — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:11:30 GMT

i'm feeling instigative today, so jon this tribe: http://tribes.tribe.net/fagagainstblowngo

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Atlanta Becoming Prime Destination for Black Gays

Tommie — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:05:23 GMT

I found this article interesting. Comments or replies welcome:

Atlanta Becoming Prime Destination for Black Gays
08.16.05

By Angela D’Amboise

(Atlanta, GA) – According to a recent study by Atlanta’s LGBT Community Center, the Georgia city of Atlanta and its suburbs have become a mecca for black gays and lesbians in recent years.

The center is reporting that the region is home to the biggest concentration of black same-sex couples in the South, with nearly as many as the Chicago area, which has more than four times as many black residents.

According to a recent feature by the Associated Press, many make their homes in Atlanta for the moderate cost of living and the familiar culture of the South. Though Atlanta's black community generally reflects African-Americans nationwide – many are religious, socially conservative and critical of homosexuality – lesbians and gays in town are courted by elected officials and they have access to some of the nation's best HIV-fighting resources geared toward African-Americans......

The rest of the story: http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?section=9&id=6875

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Hot New Queers of Color Independent Porn!

Shawn — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:53:29 GMT

Pink & White Productions has just wrapped up their first feature, "The Crash Pad." See what all the hypes about...
pinkwhite.biz
includes updated free still and video gallery

*Pink&White Productions creates adult entertainment that exposes the complexities of queer sexual desire. Taking inspiration from many different sources Pink&White is dedicated to producing sexy, exciting, images that reflect todays blurred gender lines and fluid sexualities.

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2005 Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Leaders Summit

Yosenio — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:54:10 GMT

Tying the

Wisdom Knot

BRINGING TOGETHER OUR LEADERS

TO STRATEGIZE FOR THE FUTURE

National Black Justice Coalition

2005 Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and

Transgender Community Leaders Summit

September 21-23, 2005

Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill 525 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20001-1527

Reserve your room today. 202-628-2100 or 800-321-3010. Single $199, Double $224.

Hotel rate deadline is August 27, 2005.

Conference registration is free, but must be made in advance.

To register, contact NBJC at 202-349-3777 or djames@nbjcoalition.org.

Registration deadline is September 2, 2005.

Join 150 of the nation’s most prominent African Americans in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to share information regarding the advocacy, organizing capacity, and needs of the African American LGBT community.

The ultimate goal is to develop a national network to educate our communities about the negative impact of anti-gay ballot initiatives and the economic and health challenges facing Black LGBT Americans.

www.nbjc.org

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gay asian american struggle to fit in

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:48:07 GMT

I don't know, I personally don't see why asians would be excluded in the gay american community, at least I wouldn't...This if from an articel I found...discuss....
“When I hear ‘gay community’ I automatically think ‘white.’ Being gay seemed like such a white thing. It never occurred to me that you can be Asian and gay,” says 22-year-old college student Alex,* who is of Chinese descent. “Even though I’m Asian and gay, I just never associated the two. It was always one or the other.”

Alex’s sentiments echo that of many gay-identified Asian Americans today. To be gay and Asian is at most times a contradiction. Ethnicity and sexuality, while vastly different concepts, run parallel in terms of self-identity and societal acceptance. And for gay Asian Americans, these two aspects are intricately intertwined. Even when gay Asian Americans come to terms with their sexuality, they have to find a place in the community where their ethnicity is a welcome fit. But for many, the notion of an inclusive gay community is a concept that still seems out of reach.

Alex, casually clad in sweats and a baseball cap, fidgets in his chair while contemplating his place in the gay community. His tall, athletic frame provides a sharp contrast to his pensive face. “I don’t know. I don’t think I fit in anywhere,” he finally says. “It’s hard being a minority in a white society, and ten times more difficult when you’re a minority within a minority.”

“All I see in the gay neighborhoods are porn displayed in shop windows and rainbow flags. The rainbow is a commercialized symbol that is supposed to be a catch-all, representing everyone, but I just don’t relate,” he says.

Like in the straight community, the media has a tremendous effect on people’s perceptions. The gay community as depicted by the media, is a place where muscle-bound, blonde, blue-eyed boys shamelessly flirt with each other, go to dance clubs, and shop at Ikea. David Chan, 36, believes the image of the “young, gym-toned, white male that is often portrayed” stems from a “focus on youth and vitality as a means to get attention and sell products” just like in mainstream media.

When gay Asian males are portrayed in the alternative media, their characteristics are often wrought with gross stereotypes. These misperceptions play a major role in how gay Asian American males are perceived, says Alex. The common conceptions of heterosexual Asian men being weak, timid, unassertive, and not masculine likewise apply to gay Asian men. “As in any community, stereotypes thrive. It’s funny—gay or straight, Asian men face the same problems. Certain people may or may not want to date Asian men because of these stereotypes. And these stereotypes can over time contribute to unspoken racism,” he says.

Alex details one incident particularly upsetting. During his junior year in college, he dated a white guy for a few weeks before being casually dumped when the relationship was about to get serious. The person’s only excuse: “I don’t date fortune cookies.”

“I was completely shocked that he would reduce my whole existence into the equivalent of a cookie. I thought he had more sense than that,” says Alex. “I think the only reason he dated me was because he was intrigued by my ‘exoticness’ and when I didn’t fit the stereotypes he expected, he lost interest.”

Dino Duazo, the public relations chairman of Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA), has seen gay Asian American stereotypes evolve over time in the past decade. “Traditionally and historically, gay Asian men are seen as young, thin, submissive, and exotic. During these past 10 years, there’s been a lot more visible gay APIs so the stereotype is being [broken down] gradually,” he explains. “It’s hard to quantify what makes people attracted to others. There’s racism, preference, stigma, and stereotypes.”

Adds Alex: “In the gay community, everything is very visual. Looks are everything. And when you deviate from that accepted look of the white [notion of attractiveness], no one pays you any attention. No one just wants to be friends, unless they’re attracted to you.”

The desire to fit in has led Alex to downplay his Chinese heritage and appearance. His gay friends are mostly white, his style of dress could be labeled as “skater,” and he punctuates his sentences with “bro” often. “I’m not whitewashed,” he insists. “I know my culture. But because Asians are still seen as foreign in the gay community, whenever I meet someone I want them to just think of me as a person, although all he might see is an Asian guy. I wanted to transcend that.”

For some gay Asian Americans, coming to terms with being Asian is just as much of an ordeal as coming to terms with being gay. Many deny their ethnicity because they do not want to be seen as an outsider by an already ostracized group such as the gay community. Alex’s experience is not atypical of many young gay Asian American men.

Chan went through the same process in his formative years. “I have asked myself a lot of hard questions and have done a lot of soul searching and personal growth,” he says. “I took the time to self reflect on my internalized and externalized homophobia and internalized and externalized ‘Asianphobia.’”

Duazo has seen many gay Asian Americans struggling for years trying to forge an identity for themselves. “One of the biggest obstacles is maintaining that balance, trying to find an identity as Asian or gay or both. There’s that conflict there. Being Asian, there’s expectations you’re supposed to live up to. Being gay contradicts those expectations,” he explains. “Ultimately you have to [come to terms] with that.”

Traditional Asian cultures’ emphasis on close family units is one of the underlying issues that makes the gay Asian American experience different than other experiences, says Duazo. There are more incidences of Asian American men hiding their sexuality in order not to disappoint their families. “The family aspect is stronger in our community. It affects the coming out process with it being much harder because of close ties with family. It’s hard to generalize for each ethnic group, but this is consistently a [theme] in the API community,” he says.

For Alex, having a close relationship with his parents was both a blessing and a curse. While he is grateful for having such a solid connection with his family, it also at the same time kept him from completely accepting his sexuality. He has since come out to his family and is on his way to reconnecting with his Asian heritage. “I thought my culture would never accept my homosexuality. Maybe that’s why I just sort of disregarded and rejected [my culture],” he offers. “Now I see I can integrate the two and I’m trying.”

In the past 10 years, the dating pattern of Asian American men have shifted from predominately Asian/white pairings to more Asian Americans dating others of their own race, according to Duazo. There are no theories as to why this phenomenon is occurring but Duazo offers some suggestions: “Maybe it’s just the fact that they see other Asians doing it, or it’s empowering that they don’t have to wait around for white guys to tell them they are attractive. It’s an option now.”

But just as the gay community should not be stereotyped, the gay Asian American experience is not the same for all. Some gay Asian American males have no problem integrating into the larger gay community. Elliot Wong, 31, is such a person. Having lived in the Castro for five years, he has never experienced any difficulties regarding his race. “The degree of inclusiveness depends on the individual. For whatever reason, Asian Americans aren’t very active in this community,” he states.

An inclusive and active gay community is possible, believes Chan, but it can only be achieved when each person examines his own prejudices. “On an individual level we need to each take part in dealing with [aspects] of our own heritage that we are not comfortable with and learn to understand that the reasons we have racial prejudice in the gay community is the fact that we have externalized some fears and insecurities that we have of ourselves and others,” he says. “We can change the world if we change ourselves first.”

Because gay Asian Americans share these unique experiences of identity, it is important for support groups such as GAPA to exist, insists Duazo. These groups create a supportive network and in turn form into their own communities tailored to the specific needs of the Asian American community. Involvement in these organizations also increases awareness and provides a voice for gay Asian Americans who otherwise would not have one, he says.

As if to reflect the growing presence of gay Asian Americans, more and more gay ethnic and inter-ethnic groups have been established, such as Malaysian Gays and Lesbians Club, Pacific Friends, Lavender Dragon Society, and Trikone.

Alex is aware of gay Asian organizations but had never thought of joining one. “It just seems so exclusive,” he says. “I don’t think that’s the answer. Segregating ourselves into our own little comfortable niches and never venturing out into the bigger community doesn’t seem very productive.”

Even some members of GAPA are concerned about gay Asian organizations inadvertently promoting divisiveness just by existing. “My experience with gay Asians is through groups like GAPA. Although that might not necessary be a good thing,” says Hao Thai, 23. “We shouldn’t try to have a segregated and fragmented community. Ideally, we should all band together. It’s easier to break the walls with a boulder than pebbles of different colors.”

Duazo has heard all the criticism before but fears that any integration into the larger gay community would overshadow gay Asian Americans’ specific needs. “To grow into a larger group, it becomes about [the larger group’s] needs. They might superimpose their experience over ours. By having a group that’s specifically for APIs, it provides a safe place to voice our experience, our perceptive,” he says.

Eighteen-year-old U.C. Berkeley student Joseph Gavinlertvatana agrees: “I feel that any community that tries to cut through color lines will segregate by race, initially. The women’s movement is largely colored by race. So was the youth movement, the sports movement, and any other social institution. I think it is necessary to explore different aspects of gay culture that cannot be explored in a setting that is too open.”

Although Gavinlertvatana believes race-specific groups are a positive inclusion in the gay community, he observes that many people who are involved in these organizations are not involved with the greater gay community as a whole. “That is a sad result, but understandable,” he says. “It is unnecessary, because I feel that an inclusive gay community can coexist with race-specific groups.”

He adds: “I think there has been recognition [that there are stereotypes and] racism and that is the first step. The next steps would be to be more inclusive, sensitive, and oriented toward racial minorities.

As the population of Asian American grows, more and more young people will struggle with their cultural and sexual identities. Gay Asian support organizations may be the answer to empower these individuals, says Duazo.

Asian Americans will be an integral part of the gay community in the near future, believes Thai. It’s only a matter of time. “The Asian voice is growing louder, more active. As people get more active, they interact with other people and create a greater whole,” he says.

Chan, for one, has felt the effects of being more active in his community. Having been a member of seven gay Asian groups, he sees these organizations serving as an essential bridge providing dialogue between the Asian American community and the mainstream gay community. He is also now confident in his identity as an gay Asian American male.

“I am proud of my Chinese Malaysian heritage. I’ve learned to accept its grandeur and shortcomings,” he says. “In the beginning, it was overwhelmingly scary and fearful for me to deal with the incongruities and to try to conform myself to my subcultures—Chinese, Asian, gay. Overtime, I made a conscious decision to choose to lovingly lead my own life and not live in irrational fears.”

As for Alex, he is slowly coming to terms with his identity. “I’ve learned to deal. Although I’m not part of the ‘sub’ or mainstream gay community, I have my own sense of self—I’m just me,” he says. “I’m in a void but that’s OK. Does that make sense? I hope someone could relate.”

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*Alex’s name has been changed to protect his privacy.

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Nation of Islam protests filming of "Noah's Arc"

Tommie — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:56:53 GMT

*This is crossposted from another group*

Folks are saying that the Nation of Islam attempted to close down the filming of Noah's Ark recently.

Here are two articles about it.

http://www.jasmynecannick.com/

http://www.keithboykin.com/arch/001424.html

I dunno, I myself have mixed feelings about most Black religious leaders. I feel they leave us LGBTQ folks of color out in the cold....what do you'all think?

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Creating Change Conference

Yosenio — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:32:29 GMT

Thousands expected to attend Oakland conference designed to build the political power of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement

Creating Change, a five-day LGBT skills-building event beginning Nov. 9, boasts involvement of renowned Bay Area community leaders and activists

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 — The Bay Area's brightest lights are turning it on to surpass the success of the 1999 Creating Change Conference, when the annual event returns to Oakland on Nov. 9-13. The Creating Change Conference, sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, is the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights movement's annual skills-building conference attracting thousands of activists from across the nation. The program educates, challenges and supports LGBT activists with a special focus on assisting community organizations to build a more racially representative movement.

Creating Change returns to Oakland after the success of the 1999 event, which marked a turning point in the history of the conference by setting an attendance record.

Bay Area social justice activists and faith leaders involved in bringing this unique conference to Oakland and participating in the event are the Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder, Marion Abdullah, Joe Hawkins, Peggy Moore and Juba Kalamka.

Nationally renowned Dr. Yvette Flunder, presiding bishop, Refuge Ministries/Fellowship 2000, and senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ, will speak at the closing plenary session of the conference on Sunday, Nov. 13. A native San Franciscan, Flunder has been serving the Bay Area community for many years. She founded the City of Refuge Community Church UCC in 1991, preaching a message of inclusiveness. She was integrally involved in creating and providing services to those suffering with HIV and AIDS in the Bay Area. Flunder currently serves as executive director of the Ark of Refuge, Inc., and is a consultant to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust, and Social Justice Commission for the World Bishop's Council.

Marion Abdullah is a longstanding LGBT activist involved in organizing Creating Change. She joined the Asian Pacific Lesbian Network, participated in women of color events, was involved in the inaugural meeting of Older Lesbians Organized for Change (OLOC), helped organize the Annual Elder Conference, volunteered with Women's Building and PFLAG, and is active in AIDS and breast cancer organizations. Working to ensure an elder presence in organizations such as East Bay Pride and Oakland Mardi Gras, Abdullah is considered an expert on aging issues. Abdullah was a panelist at the second Annual Conference on Lesbian Health Research 2002 titled Healthy Aging After 60. In 2002, she was a winner of a Pat Bond Memorial Old Dyke Award, and was presented the first Phoenix Award from the Asian Pacific Islander and Queer Transgender Coalition. She is active in many organizations and is working on the Elder Committee for Creating Change, striving to improve conditions in the Bay Area.

Joe Hawkins, an active member of the LGBT East Bay community, is a co-chair of the Creating Change 2005 Host Committee. He is the director of administration at AIDS Project East Bay, an AIDS prevention and service organization. Hawkins is co-founder of the Oakland International Black LGBT Film Festival, a featured event of Bay Area Black in the Life to be held on August 18–21 in Oakland.

Juba Kalamka, a popular musician and activist living and working in the East Bay, will be a plenary speaker at Creating Change. Kalamka (a k a Pointfivefag) is a founding member of "homohop" group Deep Dickcollective, whose lyrics often touch upon the convergences and conflicts of race, identity, sexuality and class in pop culture. Kalamka, unlike many of his music peers, is unabashedly an activist. Not only is Kalamka a sought-after artist, but he is often requested to speak at panels to discuss the social and racial issues he touches upon in his music. In recognition of his contribution to the movement, Kalamka will be presented with a monetary award at the Creating Change Conference by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, made possible by the generosity of the Anderson Prize Foundation and Allen Schuh. Kalamka's opening speech will touch upon race and social justice issues within the LGBT community, providing new insight into an important focus of the conference and ultimately the LGBT social justice movement.

Actively working to bring the 2005 Creating Change Conference to Oakland is East Bay leader and organizer Peggy Moore. Since she worked on the 1999 Creating Change Conference, Moore has expanded her community and activist work, and was a City Council candidate in Oakland with the platform of improving the quality of life for all residents of the city. Moore is also a coordinator of Out in Oakland and founded Sistahs Steppin' in Pride, and was the grand marshal of San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration in June 2005.

For more information about the Creating Change Conference, visit www.creatingchange.org.

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Colored queers going to Burningman?

AgentMojo — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:21:56 GMT

I'm on the fence about going this year...one reason being that the last two times i've gone to BM, i didn't feel it was diverse. For me, that's a big turn off...

any of you heading to the playa this year?
what has your experience been like?

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QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR Video Workshops – 2 FREE CLASSES (Fall 05)

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 19:22:28 GMT

HEy I thought I would pass this along.

QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA ARTS PROJECT
presents TWO FREE VIDEO WORKSHOPS for Fall 2005

These FREE 16-week workshops in Digital-Video Production are offered to:

1) Queer Women of Color 18-25 yrs old (Tuesdays)
Day: Tuesdays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Begins: August 23, 2005
Ends: December 6, 2005
Duration: 16 weeks

2) Queer Women of Color (Thursdays)
Day: Thursdays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Begins: August 25, 2005
Ends: December 8, 2005
Duration: 16 weeks

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 5pm Friday, August 12, 2005
To register for these classes, please fill out the registration form below
& email it to: Email: madbullfilms@sbcglobal.net Madeleine Lim, Artistic
Director, QWOCMAP

PLEASE NOTE
-Indicate which workshop you are registering for.
-Registration is first-come first-served.
-Class size is limited to 8 participants.
-Confirmation of your registration will be made to you via email the week
before the workshop begins.

WORKSHOP VENUE
Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center
3925 Noriega Street (by 46th Avenue)
San Francisco, CA 94122
Phone: 415.759.3690
Fax: 415.759.0883
www.snbc.org

W O R K S H O P R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M
Please provide the following information:

1. Name
2. Age
3. Race/Ethnicity
4. Orientation
5. Mailing Address
6. Day & Evening Phone
7. Email Address
8. Indicate which workshop you are registering for
9. Have you attended past QWOCMAP screenings? When?
10. Do you have access to a Mac computer?
11. List any previous film/video experience
12. Briefly describe your idea for a video project (if you have one)
================

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
This intense 16-week digital video workshop will cover major aspects of
screenwriting, film directing and video production - from conception of
project idea to movie distribution. Through hands-on exercises, you will
learn technical and creative filmmaking skills and become proficient in
digital video production techniques in a supportive space. The workshop
will culminate with short projects that are created, written, directed and
edited by workshop participants. Access to equipment would be helpful,
but is not a requirement.

Topics covered include - development of idea, writing a script,
storyboards, cinematography, create a shot list, continuity, lighting,
sound, direct actors,
manage crew, editing, film festivals & distribution.

KEY INSTRUCTOR
Madeleine Lim is the Artistic Director of QWOCMAP, which provides
training, screenings and networking for emerging queer women of color
filmmakers. She is an Asian lesbian and an award-winning filmmaker with 18
years of film and video experience. Her films have been featured at
international film festivals, universities, museums and broadcast on PBS.
She teaches Advanced Media Production at the University of San Francisco.
AWARDS
-Award of Excellence, San Jose Film & Video Commission, 1997
-Bronze Apple, National Educational Media Network, 1998
-Artist-in-Residence, California Arts Council, 2000-2003
-Best Video Program, SF Community Media, 2003
-Certificate of Honor, SF Board of Supervisors, 2004
-KQED Local Hero Award, LGBT Pride Month, 2005

QWOCMAP workshops are funded by: Astraea Foundation, Horizons Foundation,
Global Fund for Women, San Francisco Arts Commission, The Women's
Foundation of California

QWOCMAP workshops are supported by: Queer Cultural Center, Sunset
Neighborhood Beacon Center

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Ke Kulana He Mahu: Remembering A Sense Of Place

Alexandra — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:56:08 GMT

Ke Kulana He Mahu: Remembering A Sense Of Place

Directed by Kathryn Xian & Brent Anbe

Thursday, August 11, 2005 at 7:30pm

San Francisco LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street @ Octavia
Please arrive early as seating is limited!

Co-presented by Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, APIQWTC, Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits, and United Territories of Polynesian Islanders Alliance.

This phenomenal documentary explores the lives of the Kanaka Maoli--Hawaii's indigenous people--and celebrates their ancient customs of unconditional
love and solidarity among the Mahu, transgender community members viewed with great respect at sacred healers. This spirit of aloha (love) lives on
in the drag queens and activists working to perpetuate Hawaii's traditions of acceptance and abundance for all.

Don’t miss this special FREE screening of this fascinating film followed by post-screening panel discussion!

With generous support from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences & the National Endowment for the Arts, Frameline proudly presents admission-free screenings at the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center at 7:30pm on the second Thursday of every month throughout 2005.

Please join us for the inaugural season of Frameline at The Center, a provocative series of films and discussions focusing on social issues of particular relevance to the LGBT community. For more info please visit: www.frameline.org

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks again for your efforts, enthusiasm, and e-blasts—we sincerely appreciate your support!

Warm regards,

Desiree

Desiree Buford
Exhibition Manager

Frameline
145 Ninth Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94103
t: 415.703.8650 xt. 313
f: 415.861.1404
e: desiree@frameline.org

See you at
Frameline30
June 15-25, 2006

Changing the World, One Movie at a Time

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RACISM IN THE CASTRO- ENOUGH ALREADY

panamatchr — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 06:56:33 GMT

exists in every walks of life if anyone thought that they were exempt because they were gay then they were in a bubble becaswue we are people of color FIRST then gay not the other way around. Being Gay can be hidden you cannot hide being black or chinese or latin those are external label that we cannot escape so just because you identify as gay you are still a black, chinese, latin, native american first ant there will always be someone. somewhere reminding you not to forget it. It is not for you to question why the world is the way it is it is for you to just fix YOU. If everyone would just do their DAMN jobs and not ask WHY? Then RACISM and all the other "ISMS" would evertually be eradicated. That said, why is it that the issue of the way GAY MEN treat lesbians in the Castro has not been addressed properly? White men are white men and regardles of whether they like sex with men or women they are still white males and they still control they way society handles itself. Openly Gay males may have a little less priviledge than their straight counter parts, but they still have a whole lot more that PEOPLE OF COLOR or WOMEN will ever have. Deal with it by not asking WHY? just do you DAMN job by not discriminating and treating others like second class citizens, or science projects and stop saying "I'm not a racist I have black friends" don't argue a point that has no point. No matter what the supreme court or any court says about the BADLANDS they will do what they want to do if you don't like it do go!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if every "outraged" person would stop frequenting the bar it won't make any money and close WOW!!!!!!!!!! what a concept..... stop gripping about shsit you know nothing about. I find interesting that the people gripping are WHITE chill and do your J-O-B.. NUFF SAID!!!!!!!!!!

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Los Angeles Black Pride Schedule

LiteraryMasturbator — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:37:06 GMT

Happy Black Pride Week! We look forward to celebrating our his and herstory, culture and pride with you this week. Events begin today with our Valley kick off celebration and continue through Monday, July 4. For more information, please visit www.atbla.com. There's still time to exhibit as a vendor and volunteer with ATB. Just call (323) 293-4282 or email atbla.@aol.com.

We'll see you AT THE BEACH!

ATB 2005 Board of Directors, Community Advisory Board, Staff & Volunteers

Monday, June 27

Tuesday, June 28
Black SGL/LGBT Leadership Forum
presented by In the Meantime Men's Group
featured speakers include: Lonnie of Boy Trade, Jewel Thais Williams, Ivan Daniel III, Carl Highshaw, President of In The Meantime's Board of Directors, Lisa Powell of ULOAH, Rev. Russell Thornhill, Unity Christian Fellowship Church Jasmyne Cannick and Wendell Carmichael of ATB Los Angeles Black Pride Facilitated by Keith Underwood, and Jeffrey King of In The Meantime
7:30 p.m.
Jewel's Catch One Community Room
4069 West Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA
(323) 733-4868
Free
All are welcome!
www.inthemeantimemen.com

Wednesday, June 29
Offical ATB Kick Off Party
presented by Ivan Daniels Productions
6 - 9 p.m.
Here Lounge
696 Robertson Blvd. West Hollywood, CA
(323) 766-6333
$7
www.ivandanielproductions.com
www.herelounge.com

Offical ATB Volunteer Party
hosted by the Lucy Florence Coffee House
6 - 9 p.m.
Lucy Florence Coffee House
3351 West 43rd Street Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA
Refreshments will be served
Free
Email for info gentlemensgentlemen@yahoo.com

Thursday, June 30
* ATB Volunteer Orientation
7 p.m.
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(310) 216-5858
Free Email for info gentlemensgentlemen@yahoo.com

Cinema Men
@ the Study
9 p.m. - 2 a.m.
The Study
1723 North Western Avenue Hollywood, CA
(323) 769-6333
$10

The First Annual Roots Lounge Statements of Pride
presented by In the Meantime Men's Group and The Village Health
Spoken Word Jam and Deep House After party
7 p.m.
The New Jewel's Room
4067 West Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA
(323) 733-4868
$7
www.inthemeantimemen.com

Friday, July 1
* ATB Conference Series
9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(310) 216-5858
Free

* ATB Sambia Welcome!
Opening Reception
Speakers include Assembly Member Mark Leno , Assembly Member
Karen Bass , Alice Huffman , president of the California State Conference of
the NAACP , representatives from the office of Congresswoman Diane E.
Watson , Compton City Councilman Isadore Hall III , City of West Hollywood ,
Los Angeles Police Department Community Relations Section, Earl Ofari
Hutchinson, Eva Georgia of KPFK 90.7 FM and others. Also present will be
the board of directors for Los Angeles Black Gay Pride and an estimated 1,000 guests.
6 - 9 p.m.
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(310) 216-5858
$10

Boytrade, Girltrade
10 p.m. - 2 a.m.
El Rey Theater
5515 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(323) 926.6400
$10
www.boytrade.com

The Black AIDS Institute presents
Soulful Salon Art and Literary Cafe
noon – 7 p.m., Main Floor
Mpowerment Speed Datin g
6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Main Floor
Spoken Word & Short Film Screenings
7 p.m. – 11 p.m., Auditorium
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles , CA
(213) 353-3610
delt@blackaids.org

Cabrini presents
Lynne Fiddmont live and in person!
8 p.m.
5664 West 3rd Street @ LaBrea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
$10 + 2 drink minimum
(323) 938-0259
www.cabrinipresents.com

Saturday, July 2
*Carnivale Bahia Beach
Beach Party and Unity Celebration
6 a.m.- Dusk
Point Dume
Malibu Beach, CA

Well known and loved vocalist Nadirah Shakoor (pictured)
will be performing live at the beach. A native of
South Central Los Angeles Nadirah has been the crowd
favorite at past ATB Beach Parties. Nadirah will be
(in her own words) “sharing with you a bit of myself, and a
bit of my soul, through my music”. You can check Nadirah's
music out at www.nadirah.com . Her performance is destined
to be a memorable one.

Sharing the event stage with Nadirah is new and dynamic Recording Artist Phillippia (pictured). Phillipia has been compared vocally to Jill Scott and Erykah Badu. Phillipia comes to ATB from her hometown of Miami, FL through Hotlanta, GA with one thing on her mind, making real music about real life. She is in amazing vocalist and is bound to reach the height of her industry soon. ATB is excited to have her. Phillippia can be read about or listened to at her website www.liquidsoulradio.com/artist/lsr_phillippia.htm .

In addition to great vocal talent, the heat of ATB Carnivale will be felt throughout the
entire day. A Carnivale Fashion Show will feature hot new designs by world-reknowned designer James Poole, and many more. A spoken word ensemble featuring LA's best poets will also be featured.

It wouldn't be the world famous ATB Beach Party without the ATB contests. From the hottest bodies to best beach set-up, the ATB “Best on the Beach” crowns are up for grabs again. Don't miss ATB 2005 Carnivale!

Directions
From the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10 West) follow Pacific Coast Highway
18-miles west to Westward Beach Road. Turn toward the ocean, go beyond
the fee collection station to the very end of the road.

Official Beach Rules
No Alcohol on the beach
No pets on the beach
No fires except at the Dockweiler Beach or Cabrillo Beach fire rings.
No smoking on the beach
No four sided tents. All tents must be see through

$15 for Adults $10 Youth 12-17 Free for children under 12

*"O La Sol" at Club Ipanema
The Official After Party
10 p.m. - 4 a.m.
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(310) 216-5858
$25

Sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign

*ATB Official Women's After Parties

*Offical Women's After the After Party
presented by the Hole in the Wall Social Club
Midnight Until...
Balance Social Club
9463 Normandie Avenue Los Angeles, CA
(323) 779-5108
$10
soffilm@aol.com

Sunday, July 3
Unity Fellowship Church of Los Angeles
Presiding Prelate Archbishop Carl Bean
Services @ 11 a.m.
5148 West Jefferson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90016
(323) 938-8322
www.ufc-usa.org

Serafemme Women of Color Music Festival
presented by Out and About
12 p.m. until 6 p.m.
The National One Gay and Lesbian Archives
909 West Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(323) 656-8895
$35 before June 25 $40 after
www.beoutandabout.com

*The Legendary Father Taz Ultra Omni &
The Westcoast Hall of Famer Ebony Lane Ferragamo
in conjuction with ATB present
The Of the Year Ball Series Part II
THE DIVA STANDS UP!!
Westin Airport Hotel
5400 Century Blvd. Los Angeles , CA
Doors @ 10 p.m. Ball Starts @ 11 p.m.
For More Information: FatherTazOMni@aol.com , or see Ebony Lane
Ferragamo in Person

The Finale
presented by Ivan Daniel Productions
10 p.m. - 6 a.m.
Entertanium Studios
2260 East 15th Street Los Angeles, CA
(323) 769-6333
$20
www.ivandanielproductions.com

Cabrini presents
A Yacht Party
Marina Del Rey | Fisherman's Warf
Leaves the Dock @ 8 p.m. Sharp
Los Angeles, CA
$80 per person
(323) 662-9923
www.cabrinipresents.com

Monday, July 4 (Independence Day)
It Ain't Over Yet Chile!
presented by Lamont Masters
Location TBA
(323) 806-1517

Other Places to Check Out While You're In Los Angeles

Lucy Florence Coffee House
3351 West 43rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90008
in Leimet Park

Matais Books and Art
The Only Black LGBT Bookstore in the Country!
www.matais.com

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SUNDAY: Shake your thang with international colored folks

SWANABAQ — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 19:42:10 GMT

This once a year PRIDE event brings together international and local folks of all COLORS...

Southwest Asian & North African Bay Area Queers presents:

CHAI DANCE
Sunday June 19, 6pm-12am
Medjool @ ROOF TOP!
2518 Mission @ 21st

$12-$30 sliding scale
No on will be turned away for lack of funds

Funds will benefit Helem (LGBT Center in Lebanon) & ASWAT (Palestinian Gay Women)

Music will be a mix of international, electronica, urban...

www.swanaqueers.com

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Sexual Experiences and Emotion in Women Results

Tera — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 05:43:04 GMT

I recruited research participants from this chat/discussion group several months ago for a study on Sexual Experiences and Emotion in Women. I want to thank the women who took part in this research. The study is now complete. If you have further questions or comments you may contact me at skycladgrrl@yahoo.com.
Thank You
Tera Beaber

Here is a summary of the study’s goals and results:

Goals and Results of the Study of Sexual Experiences and Emotion in Women
The goal of this research was to study the relationship between sexual functioning and anxiety in two groups: lesbians and heterosexual women. One interest was in investigating whether there are differences in anxiety and sexual functioning between heterosexual women and lesbians. Additionally, based on prior results, I hypothesized that anxiety is negatively correlated with sexual functioning among both heterosexual women and lesbians.
Participants were 42 women in lesbian relationships and 78 women in heterosexual relationships recruited through announcements posted on internet sites. Women over the age of 18 who were in a monogamous romantic relationship for at least 6 months were eligible to participate. The average age for lesbians was 30.05 years and the average age for heterosexuals was 28.77 years. The majority of participants were Caucasian, (76.2% of lesbians and 78.2% of heterosexuals), with smaller proportions of American Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics. The average length of the current relationship was 40.13 months for lesbians and 38.91 months for heterosexuals.
One of the questionnaires used in this research measured anxiety. I found that lesbians and heterosexuals reported similar levels of anxiety. Another questionnaire that I used asked for reports of sexual functioning. I found that lesbian participants reported higher levels of arousal and orgasm than heterosexual participants, but that the groups did not differ in reports of desire, lubrication, satisfaction, pain, or overall sexual functioning. Additionally, I found that the various aspects of sexual functioning correlate with one another differently for lesbians and for heterosexuals. When I analyzed the relationship between anxiety and sexual functioning, I found different results in the lesbian and heterosexual groups. Among lesbian women, anxiety was not related to any aspect of sexual functioning. However, among heterosexual participants higher anxiety was associated with higher reports of pain and lower reports of orgasm, lubrication, and overall sexual functioning. In other words, the results suggest that anxiety is negatively related to sexual functioning among heterosexuals, but that it is unrelated to sexual functioning among lesbians. Again, I want to express my thanks to the women who participated in my research. My findings were intriguing, and I am looking forward to conducting more extensive research on this topic in the future.

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06/17 Noche Valiente by the Dallas/Ft. Worth LGBT Latino/a Alliance

seyd — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:33:21 GMT

Valiente proudly presents the 1st Annual Noche Valiente at Havana Nightclub located on 4006 Cedar Springs, Dallas, TX 75219 on June 17th, 2005 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Hors D’oeuvres, Cash Bar, and $2.00 Drink Specials.
FABULOUS PEOPLE & PRIZES. NO COVER.

For more information email contact@valiente.org

www.valiente.org/ ( Download Flyers )

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New Book-Male Rape Victims In Jamaica

LiteraryMasturbator — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:40:08 GMT

I am a victim of rape, but I survived
O'Brien Dennis hits out at sexual abuse against boys and men
By Dawn Marie Roper
Monday, June 06, 2005

http://www.obriendennis.com sign the guest book

O'Brien Dennis is 25-years old. He has never been to prison, but he has been raped three times.
"You weren't raped. You were buggered. A man can't get raped. You don't have a vagina," the policeman told him.

'When a child comes to you and says, so and so touched him, you needs to take him seriously.'
It's a woman's worst nightmare. Some people are unsympathetic to female rape victims, sometimes even blaming them. At least women have resources to help cope with rape.

But where does a boy or man go when he is raped? Who does he turn to? It seems men get no sympathy at all when they are raped. Added to that is disbelief and ridicule.

"Notten nuh go so," said a male to whom I tried to give an account of my interview with O'Brien Dennis. "Rape which part? A b_ _ _ _ boy dat. Him did want it. Nuh man nah go mek another man hold him down." He adamantly refused to see it any other way.

This is typical of society's response to the rape of men. But O'Brien Dennis is used to it. Society's attitude, he said, creates a vicious cycle, which permits the rape of men and boys to happen much more often than people know. No one believes it. No one wants to address it. And while society turns away from it, it destroys lives.

That is why O'Brien has written about his ordeal. His book is called The Cries of Men - Voices of Jamaican Men Who Have Been Raped & Sexually Abused. It was published in the United States by iUniverse, Inc.

"I've always been private. I decided to write my story because I wanted a book out there that could relate to black men especially Caribbean men."

O'Brien has invested US$20,000 to promote his first book 'The Cries of Men,' which was written from a child's perspective.
O'Brien wants Jamaicans to know that the anti-gay rhetoric, which is strong here, is not what it appears to be and it is doing harm. "In this society there is so much scrutiny that a man is put under when he comes forward with a rape complaint. We need to ensure that the kids are protected first. Most kids assume it's their fault and will grow up with that mindset."

O'Brien was born in Westmoreland. He lived in August Town for a short while, where at age five a teenaged acquaintance sexually abused him. His grandmother took him back to Westmoreland. But when he was 14, a neighbour, whom he had trusted, also sexually abused him.

According to him, he had been a poor mathematics student and his 21-year-old neighbour offered to help him with schoolwork. O'Brien grew attached to the man, seeing him as a substitute for the love and attention he lacked at home. But the man asked him for sex and eventually forced himself on young O'Brien.

He said he felt obligated to the man so he gave in to the sexual abuse. It continued for a while even though the man had a girlfriend. "I was an alcoholic from age 16 to 19," O'Brien says of his coping strategy. "I had asked the guy if he was going to leave his girlfriend for me. He said no. He rejected me. I really wanted to run away."

His grandmother told him that education was the only way to escape poverty. So despite the abuse he applied himself at school. "Going to Mannings High School were my two best years. I had girlfriends and I did well in school.

But I did exams drunk," O'Brien said. He is angry though that the man he trusted took advantage of him. He found out later that the man was still abusing boys, although he still had a girlfriend.
But that was not the end of the victimisation. "I went to University (in Jamaica) and was living on Hall.

I met a guy there but he and another man held me down and raped me. If I had something to hang myself with I would have." He somehow managed to graduate with a degree in African Studies and International Relations.

Sexual abuse has left him feeling guilty and angry. "I hated gay men when I was growing up. Out of guilt and anger I lashed out against gay men so I could punish somebody - trying to get over what happened to me." Out of guilt he got baptised at age 9. "I felt that God could save me. I would cry at altar calls.

The church was comforting but the doctrine was messed up. If you come out and confessed, the church denounced you and kicked you out. If there is a pill, I could take to make me not gay I would take it."

According to O'Brien, sexual abuse of men has a ripple effect - a side effect of which is promiscuity. Male victims need to convince themselves they are not gay. Out of anger and his need to control his life he became promiscuous. "I had a lot of sex with men and women. I felt guilty about it because I knew I was just using them," he said.

"The whole rude boy culture is a fraud. Rude boys dress well and have more girls, but the whole thing is just a façade." O'Brien says. He loves the song "Bum bye bye in a b_ _ _ _ boy head" by Buju Banton.

According to him, lashing out against homosexuals is "more a reflection of who you are and who you can't be. Every gay man I know like this song. Gay bashers are more in denial than anything. Most of them are just doing it to cover up their own feelings."

Sexual abuse of men is rampant in free society. This is not a prison phenomenon, he argues while reflecting on his university days.

"A lot of men on campus get raped also. It was a power play. If a man had lots of girls then this could cause jealousy. There are tons of men who get raped during the campus 'drink ups'. Ninety percent of the rapes are committed by men who say they are heterosexuals," he says while arguing that raping of men isn't always a gay thing.

O'Brien feels that society's attitudes not the laws need to be changed. "It makes no sense to change the buggery laws. If you have no avenues to deal with sexual abuse of men, then people will continue to abuse boys. When you sexually abuse a child you mess him up."

When asked about his own sexual orientation he says, "I'm never into labels. I don't think of myself as gay or bisexual or whatever. I'm just who I am. I've been with girls as well as men. I tell the girls that I also have sex with men. But I'm not with a man or woman for sex. It's more emotional."

"Homosexuality will never stop," O'Brien says. What percentage of the population does he think are homosexuals? "A lot," he responds emphatically. "A lot more than people think."

He had hidden that side of him well. At a high school reunion in New York, no one believed he was gay. The girls now started to question their husbands. A former girlfriend's husband is gay but he (O'Brien) cannot tell her for fear of being the bearer of bad news. But he thinks she suspects something.

"Women have instincts, which are stronger than men's and 9 out of 10 times her instincts are right," O'Brien says. "Always make sure that you are protected. It's the woman's responsibility to ensure that she is protected. Many times the man knows what he is doing, so he starts to use condoms with his girlfriend.

But the girlfriend starts to question this so the man backs off. There is a lot of responsibility that the woman has to protect herself."

According to him, there are many homosexual or bisexual men who have invested their lives in a home and family. But these men cannot go to their women and confess because the women will strip them of everything, including affection and understanding. His own girlfriend never spoke to him for a year because she felt it was her fault.

In 2002 someone tried to blackmail O'Brien -forcing him to tell his family. His sister was angry with his grandmother for knowing what happened to him but not doing anything.

But the hard part was telling his mother. He never had the best relationship with her. She was a higgler who also worked with the government. She loved her job and travelled often.

According to O'Brien, his mother would give him and his sister toys and trips but not love and attention. It was not easy to communicate with her. When he told her what had happened she said he must have enjoyed it for it to happen the second time without him saying anything. This hurt him.

"My mother was just like a log. I would rather her giving me a hug than all the toys. She was never around during the important times like Common Entrance and CXC. I passed six subjects but all she wanted to know is why I never got higher grades.

I got my first degree and she does not even know in what. Yet she goes around saying she put me through school. I foot my own school bills."

These days his mother has accepted him as homosexual and despite his conflicts with her, he recognises some of her in himself. He describes her as somewhat boisterous. He can be as well. His mother likes to dress up, shop and party. So does he.

And his father? He came into his life when O'Brien was about 21. His father has eleven other children that O'Brien is aware of. When O'Brien told him about his life of sexual abuse, his father told him he was sorry for his absence over the years. They have made peace and now have a cordial relationship.

But O'Brien has a special plea for parents. "When a child comes to you and says, so and so touched him, you need to take him seriously."

"I've dealt with all my major issues now." Scared for most of his life and full of guilt, he went into therapy. O'Brien had been keeping journals since he was 16. It was these journals that supplied the information for his book.

"Crying has always been my greatest strength. Crying doesn't make me a weakling. If men don't let the anger out it's going to come out in other ways," O'Brien says. "It's hard to be a man because society places so much burden and expectations on you.

Unless a woman appreciates the simplicity within a man, even his weaknesses, that's the only way we can bridge the gender gap."

He has been living in the United States for the past four years. He has invested US$20,000 to promote his first book "The Cries of Men," which was written from a child's perspective.

He had given up a secure job and an apartment to write it. O'Brien says he lost friends when his book was published, but he has no regrets. Writing has been a cathartic experience for him.

Through writing he finally found peace and the self-acceptance he sought all his life. "Living someone else's dreams will put you in denial and depress you for years without end. I am happier now than I have ever been."

He is forming a "not for profit" organisation for men who have been abused. He expects this to get off the ground by November or December this year pending legal documentation.

He plans to give 10 per cent of his earnings from his books to his organisation.
O'Brien is currently not involved with anyone, and he is OK with that. But he plans to have children in another two years.

In the meantime he is busy working on a follow-up book called "Responses to the Cries." He is also trying to get an accurate picture about the rate of male abuse in Jamaica. His second book will be published next year.

O'Brien has absolute faith in the power of education to change lives. He intends to further his by working for a master's degree in Public Health Administration.

His inspiration, he says, was Oprah Winfrey whose history is also one of sexual abuse. Like Oprah he is also not afraid to speak out. "The whole homophobia thing prevents men from talking about rape," O'Brien concludes. But that will never stop him.

"I want men and women who have been raped to know that it is not their fault." He wants sexually abused men to know that they can overcome just like he had. "I am a victim and I have survived."

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Sex Educators tribe

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Sun, 29 May 2005 20:08:50 GMT

Hey All
I just wanted to post this tribe I put together.
I have noticed that most the people in my tribe are white, and this is not what I want.
Just in general, when I have been to Human Sexuality confrences most of hte people presenting Lec are white, which I find to be frustrating.
So please if you are intrested come check this tribe out.

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new tribe: Working Class Queers

Alexandra — Fri, 20 May 2005 20:22:51 GMT

greetings.

a little introduction is in order. I'll be your moderator.

I was born into a GI family in the USA and have thus lived on and near fabulous military bases all over the lower 48 and AK. Locations include many of our vast and wild western deserts, like the Columbia River Plateau and the Mojave Desert. Others included the largest staging point for the Vietnam War, Tacoma, home of both McChord Air Force Base and Fort Lewis.

This is where I was born. My dad, whose family was anthracite coal miners in PA, quit HS to join the air force, and my mom, whose folks were dairy farmers, went to secretarial school to get a civilian job on base.

We're german, welsh, scots-irish, french, and native american.

I knew I was queer without the luxury of any role models. This was in the days when military doctors still used shock therapy on many lucky psychiatric patients, thankfully not me. I focussed on getting through HS, and moving to Seattle, the big city for us, where there was queers. I had no idea what they'd be like, but I had no choice but to go.

I went to a state university, where I studied economics and languages. I presently work with HIV positive people who are on a fixed income.

please feel free to fill us in on yourself.

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HIPHOP 4 HOMOS- EVERY FRIDAY

zac — Tue, 03 May 2005 06:14:47 GMT

JIGGA
A HIP HOP CLUB 4 HOMOS
EVERY FRIDAY
AT THE UNDERGROUND
HAIGHT&FILLMORE
3BILLZ

check out the flyer here.
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and here...
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Black Gay Pride Celebrations

LiteraryMasturbator — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:22:32 GMT

2005 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION BLACK PRIDE SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON DC BLACK PRIDE
Washington, D.C.
MAY 27 – 30, 2005
www.dcblackpride.org

BOSTON UNITY PRIDE
Boston, MA
JUNE 8 – 12, 2005

MEMPHIS TN BLACK PRIDE
Memphis, TN
JUNE 17 – 19, 2005
www.memphisblackpride.com

BLACK PRIDE NYC
New York, NY
JUNE 21 - 26, 2005
www.blackpridenyc.com

AT THE BEACH (ATB)
Los Angeles, CA
JULY 1 – 4, 2005
www.atbla.com

WINDY CITY BLACK PRIDE
Chicago, IL
JULY 1 – JULY 4, 2005
www.windycitypride.org

CENTRAL FLORIDA BLACK PRIDE
Tampa. FL
July 14-17, 2005
www.floridablackpride.net

CHARLOTTE NC BLACK GAY PRIDE
Charlotte, NC
JULY 15 – 17, 2005
charlottencblackgaypride.com

DETROIT PRIDE HOTTER THAN JULY
Detroit, MI
JULY 27 –July 31, 2005
www.hotterthanjuly.com

TORONTO BLACK PRIDE
Toronto, Canada
JULY 28–30, 2005
www.torontoblackpride.com

PITTSBURGH UNITY BLACK PRIDE
Pittsburgh, PA
JULY 29 - 31, 2005

CLEVELAND BLACK, GAY & PROUD CELEBRATION
Cleveland, OH
AUGUST 1–7, 2005
http://www.blackoutunlimited.org/

JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BLACK PRIDE
Jacksonville, FL
AUGUST 5 -7, 2005
www.jaxxblackpride.com

INDIANA BLACK PRIDE
Indianapolis, IN
AUGUST 5 -7, 2005

MINNESOTA GLBT SOUL ESSENCE
Minneapolis, MN
AUGUST 11 – 14, 2005
www.soulessenceminnesota.org

ST. LOUIS BLACK PRIDE
St. Louis, MN
AUGUST 19-21, 2005
www.stlouisblackpride.org

BAY AREA BLACK IN THE LIFE CELEBRATION
Oakland, CA
AUGUST 16-21, 2005
www.bbitl.net

EBONY PRIDE SAN DIEGO
San Diego, CA
AUGUST 27, 2005
www.ebonypride.org

ATLANTA BLACK GAY PRIDE
Atlanta, GA
AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 5, 2005
www.inthelifeatl.com

DALLAS BLACK PRIDE
Dallas, TX
SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 2, 2005
www.dallasblackpride.com

BALTIMORE BLACK GAY PRIDE
Baltimore, MD
OCTOBER 7-9, 2005
www.bmoreblackpride.org

OAKLAND BLACK PRIDE
Oakland, CA
OCTOBER 6-9, 2005
www.californiablackprides.org

MISSISSIPPI BLACK PRIDE
Jackson, MS
OCTOBER 6 -9, 2005
www.mississippiblackpride.com

NASHVILLE BLACK PRIDE
Nashville, TN
OCTOBER 28 – 30, 2005
www.brothersunited.com

POC (PEOPLE OF COLOR) NOLA
New Orleans, LA
NOVEMBER 26-28, 2005

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We know the sickness, who is ready for the cure?

nilochem — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 00:43:08 GMT

There have been a lot discussions analyzing these isms. But what about the cures? Have there been any rituals, ceromonies, or other group symbolic processes directed at healing the wounds of these isms? Have people participated in group with this goal? What was is like? What techniques or rituals did it use? If not, would people be interested in doing something like this? What sorts of processes would people like to see? What processes or rituals (symbolic relationships) would people like to see?

We know the sickness, who is ready for the cure?

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A few thoughts

LorenzoRodriguezyRios — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:30:19 GMT

I am new to tribe.net and I think that this forum is really cool. It is good to have some good conversation about touchy issues such as race & culture without feelin all the hate. I am a mixed race Mexican/White guy from the bay area. For me the truth is that I grew up ashamed of being Mexican because of all the hate out there. Amazingly I forgot about the hate as I tried to become more and more "white", dress, speech, friends, etc. Since I am pretty light skinned it was not hard to do. I "woke" up a couple of years ago when a few things happened. One is that while I was living in LA and spending time with my family, I could no longer deny who I was and how my own blood was affected by society. I could feel the shame and anger again. How could so many members of my family have been in jail or prison? The other was I was working in corporate (i.e. white) america and was at an expensive dinner function when the talk turned to the Mexican help. Of course no one had any idea that I was Mexican. Dinner was soon over as was my career. I am now back in school working towards my degree in Raza (Latin) studies and am committed to bringing all people of color up. At the end of the day we are all a mix of something from different tribes, cities, continents, cultures or skin colors.

I have dated and had long term relationships with men from all races and while culturally I do have a preference for men of color, as someone wisely mentioned, it's all in the vibe, baby!

Peace and let's remember that we have to lift each other up always to make progress in this country.

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Charlotte NC Gay Black Pride

LiteraryMasturbator — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:19:13 GMT

The Carolinas 1st ever
Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride
is Coming Soon

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The week of
July 14 - 17, 2005
Your 2005 Theme: "A New Day"
Mission Statement
To Promote self-pride, to Raise social awareness, to Embrace

diversity, and to Empower the minds and spirits of Lesbian,

Gay, Bi sexual and Transgender people of color.

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Our 2005 Pride Partners
International Federation
of Black Prides (IFBP)
The Lesbian & Gay Community Center
of Charlotte NC
Q - Notes....gay & lesbian news source
Mandy Carter
Southerners On New Ground
Brother2Brother
The Jemsek Project
MOYE Magazine Online
Moye Inclusive Photography
Charlotte Pride Inc.
D-Man Productions
Next Level Productions
Motif Entertainment
Carolina Actors Studio Theatre
Palmetto Umoja
Club Myxx
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2005 Pride Sponsor

www.nbjcoaliton.org
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If you are interested in volunteering on a
sub-committee, vending or co-sponsoring a
Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride event, please reply with your contact information.
jermaine@charlottencblackgaypride.com
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Tell Somebody......please forward this email to all your gay-affirming, Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgender friends and family everywhere! Look out for CNCBGP Fundraising Events preceding Pride Weekend and the CNCBGP website...........
www.charlottencblackgaypride.com
Together, we can make history!
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Peace & Power,
* Founders - Damon Blackman & Jermaine Nakia Lee
* Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride Board of Directors 2005
- Damon Blackman - President
- Jermaine Nakia Lee - Vice President
- Lynkoya Handy - Treasurer
- Monica Raye Simpson - Secretary
- Keith Green - Wellness Consultant

LINKS

www.gaycharlotte.com

www.nbjcoalition.org

www.ifbprides.org

www.q-notes.com

www.moyephoto.com
www.moyephoto.net

www.southnewground.org

www.freewebs.com/motifentertainment

www.jemsek.org

www.charlottepride.org

www.nccast.com

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A proud member of the International Federation of Black Prides

www.ifbprides.org

- Official CNCBGP Events -

Mr. & Miss Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride Pageant

Sunday, March 20, 2005

Held @ The Breakfast Club in Downtown Charlotte. Don't miss the crowning of the Carolina's 1st Black Gay Pride Pageant. $$

If you are interested in being a contestant, please email lynkoya@charlottencblackgaypride.com.

225 N. Caldwell St.
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-374-1982

Pride Community Forum

Monday, March 28, 2005

1401 Central Ave. 28205

704.333.0144

7pm sharp

Reception afterward

Topic: "Why does Charlotte need two Gay Prides?

Has the above question ever entered your mind? Join us for an indepth discussion about the presence of two different Gay Pride organizations in our city. We want to hear your thoughts. So don't miss it! FREE

CNCBGP Town Hall Meeting

Thursday, July 14, 2005

(Merchandise and Info Vendors Only)

1401 Central Ave. 28205

704.333.0144

7pm sharp

Reception Afterward

Topic: "The Black Community, the Bible Belt and the Silence"

We invite you to join Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride and the National Black Justice Coalition of Washington, DC for this well over due discussion. Reception afterward. FREE www.nbjcoaliton.org

This forum was made possible by the gracious financial gifts

of the NBJ Coaliton.

Together, we will answer the questions:

* Is the Black community more homophobic than others?

* What does the Bible really say about homosexuality?

* Why is there so much silence around HIV/AIDS in the South?

* What's the real deal with Men "On the Down Low?"

Pre-show Meet-n-Greet Reception
(Food, Merchandise & Information Vendors )
Friday, July 15th 2005, 6pm – 7pm.

1118 Clement Ave
Charlotte NC 28205 (off Central Ave) Behind White Rabbit Books
704-455-8542

www.nccast.com Come celebrate Charlotte NC’s 1st ever Black Gay Pride (CNCBGP) with the Southeast’s most fabulous Brothers & Sisters of Color.
Live Jazz Band. Vendors. Special Giveaways. Cash Bar.
$20 cover also includes Theatre Noir - a black lesbian & gay theatre event admission for one.

Theatre NOIR – a black lesbian & gay theatre event

(Merchandise & Information Vendors Only)

Friday, July 15th 2005, 7pm – 9:30pm

Featuring:

We, The ADODI Muse: A Gay Negro Ensemble, are Atlanta Georgia's only black gay male performance poets collective. We commit our time and energy to the telling of our individual and collective experiences, performing the work we pen and the work of others who support our survival. The ADODI Muse are Duncan E. Teague, Malik M.L. Williams, and Anthony Antoine. We present an in-your-face collection of performance poetry, singing, rapping, and more that is fierce, funny, confrontational, dangerous and entertaining! www.adodimuse.com

Opening Acts:

Thespian/Lesbians - an all female theatre troupe

Theatre MOTIF - a contemporary theatre ensemble

$20 Admission

Black Gay Pride Expo

@ Spirit Square in Downtown Charlotte

(Food, Merchandise & Information Vendors)

Saturday July 16, 2005, 10am - 6pm

FREE ADMISSION

On 7th and College streets.

An Event for the whole Family. Featuring Vendors from all over the Carolinas, Live Entertainment, Pride Souvenirs, National & Local Recording Artists, a Fashion Show, Authors/Book Signings, a Kidz Corner, Motivational Speakers, Informative Workshops, Great Foods & much more!(Food , Merchandise & Information Vendors)

WHERE'S THE PARTY?

Location: Club 6101, 6101 Wilkerson Blvd

at Little Rock Rd.

"The Kick Off" Pride Party

Friday, July 15th 2005

"A New Day" Pride Party for Ladies Only

"A New Day" Pride Party for the Boyz

"A New Day" Pride Party

Saturday, July 16th2005

Featuring Three Keys recording artists - Yahzarah. Yahzarah is also a backup vocalist for Erykah Badu.

4 Dj’s, 5 bars, Drag Queens, Drag Kings, Live Dancers and an outdoor stage. You've just got to be there! $$

InterFaith Service and Dinner @ C.A.S.T.

(Merchandise & Information Vendors Only)

Sunday, July 17, 2005

1118 Clement Ave (off Central Ave) Behind White Rabbit Books.
Charlotte NC 28205
704-455-8542

Service starts @ 4:00pm and

complimentary dinner served immediately afterward.

This all-inclusive spiritual worship service is designed to help you connect with your Higher Power.....whomever you recognize. This event is open to individuals of all faiths and religious backgrounds. Hear a soul-stirring message from Rev. Roger Hayes, pastor of The Church of the Holy Spirit in Greensboro NC.

Be blessed by our Charlotte NC Black Gay Pride Gospel Ensemble.

Let's give thanks together! FREE

The return of Organik Funk

hip-hop soul & spoken word _expression

- Hip Hop, Rap, Poetry & Freestyling -

In its purest form, hip-hop is fast, on-the-spot, spoken poetry. But hip-hop is hard to define because it's more than poetry or music-- it's a label for a type of urban culture which includes music, fashion and attitude!

(Food, Information & Merchandise Vendors)

Sunday, July 17th 2005, 8pm – midnite.

1118 Clement Ave (off Central Ave) Behind White Rabbit Books.
Charlotte NC 28205
704-455-8542

By popular demand, Charlotte’s premiere lesbian & gay poetry joint returns especially for Pride Weekend. We’ve got the incomparable DJ Fuzz spinning hip/hop, classic r&b, reggae and house. Featured Artists: the Organik Funk Poets Alumni. Sign up for the Open Mic showcase. Special Giveaways. Don’t miss it! $$

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I wanna know...

nilochem — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:51:33 GMT

Is it a certain myopia on my part, or does it seem that a lot of people of color don't like dating other people of color?

Currently, my boyfriend is white (Portuguese) and we were joking that here in San Jose we never see black guys together. I have met Asians who say they have a hard time meeting other Asians to date, and Latins who are exclusively into blondes.

I think it is ironic how willingly we participate in rendering ourselves invisible--BUT do other people see this dynamic as well, and if so how strong a trend is it?

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Got pictures? Post em!

AgentMojo — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:34:05 GMT

Heya,

Got colored queer friendly pictures? Post them to the tribe, all genders, colors, combinations, etc. encouraged!

Remember, this is not a mature rated tribe and we'd like to keep it that for now, so all ages can access this tribe through the web (e.g. google search).

Thanks!

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Research on Sexual Experience and Emotion in Women

Tera — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 06:08:53 GMT

Research on Sexual Experience and Emotion in Women

Are you a female over the age of 18 years old who has been in a monogamous relationship with either a male or female for at least 6 months?

You are invited to participate in an anonymous on line survey concerning sexual experience and emotion. This research is being conducted by a graduate student at the California School of Professional Psychology.

Participation will take approximately 20 minutes

- If you are interested go to

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=79238749091

password: sexuality

- For more information or questions email skycladgrrl@yahoo.com

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Queer Community?

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:59:48 GMT

I just wanted to put this out for discussion.
Do you feel like you are part of the queer Community?
When people think of the queer community, many think of the castro as the heart of it.
But When I look/think of the castro, I feel I do not fit in.
I see gay white muscle men. I have also been in some of the stores there, Some people in these stores I feel ignore women and treat men of color/people of color different.
What do you all think??

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mixity and colours are life

denis — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 19:31:49 GMT

colours is part of joy in life, white black and all others colours are apart of our life and represents joy in life, being gay and coloured is great opportunity

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HIV Infection Rate Among Blacks Doubles

Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:24:57 GMT

HIV Infection Rate Among Blacks Doubles

By JEFF DONN, Associated Press Writer

BOSTON - The HIV (news - web sites) infection rate has doubled among blacks in the United States over a decade while holding steady among whites —stark evidence of a widening racial gap in the epidemic, government scientists said Friday.

Other troubling statistics indicate that almost half of all infected people in the United States who should be receiving HIV drugs are not getting them.

The findings were released in Boston at the 12th Annual Retrovirus Conference, the world's chief scientific gathering on the disease.

"It's incredibly disappointing," said Terje Anderson, director of the National Association of People With AIDS (news - web sites). "We just have a burgeoning epidemic in the African American community that is not being dealt with effectively."

Researchers and AIDS prevention advocates attributed the high rate among blacks to such factors as drug addiction, poverty and poor access to health care.

The HIV rates were derived from the widely used National Health and Nutrition Examinations Surveys, which analyze a representative sample of U.S. households and contain the most complete HIV data in the country. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) compared 1988-1994 data with figures from 1999-2002.

The surveys look only at young and middle-aged adults who live in households, excluding such groups as soldiers, prisoners and homeless. Thus, health officials believe the numbers probably underestimate true HIV rates in this country.

Still, they show a striking rise in the prevalence of the AIDS virus from 1 percent to 2 percent of blacks. White rates held steady at 0.2 percent. Largely because of the increase among blacks, the overall U.S. rate rose slightly from 0.3 percent to 0.4 percent.

Smaller studies had shown rising infection rates among blacks in recent years, but this study takes a longer and more complete look at changes in the general population.

"I think it's very concerning," said Dr. Susan Buchbinder, who leads HIV research for the city of San Francisco. "I think what we need to look at is how we can reduce those rates and get more people into treatment."

She recommended a stronger focus on treating drug addiction.

The lead CDC researcher, Geraldine McQuillan, said she was encouraged to see the HIV rate among younger blacks holding steady at just under 1.5 percent.

"It tells me we're making some headway," she said.

Other national data and published reports studied by the CDC showed that 480,000 HIV-infected people ages 15 to 49 should have been getting antiviral drugs in 2003, yet only 268,000, or 56 percent, were given such medication.

Researcher Eyasu Teshale of the CDC said the gap represents "a substantial unmet health care need."

Treatment is widely viewed as a central component in prevention. Powerful AIDS drugs that came into wide use in the mid-1990s can knock down levels of the virus in the body, reducing the chances that the patient will infect others.

Nearly 1 million people in the United States have contracted the AIDS virus since the outbreak began in the early 1980s. About 40,000 people test positive each year, and more than 18,000 die. However, U.S. infections have remained fairly level in recent years with the use of powerful HIV drugs.

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Black Gay and Lesbian Archives

LiteraryMasturbator — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:15:40 GMT

I just met this guy over this past weekend at a writer's forum where he read from a collection of essays from his book "Funny". If you have any items that you would like to contribute to this archive from organizations or projects you've worked on please contact him.

STEVEN G. FULLWOOD
Steven G. Fullwood is an accredited librarian and writer who currently works at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library in New York City.

He founded the Black Gay and Lesbian Archive Project in 2000 to aid in the preservation of black LGBT/SGL/Q/Q/inthelife history. As a writer Mr. Fullwood °s works have appeared in a variety of print and online publications including Africana.com, Mosaec.com, XXL, FHM, Blacklight Online, Blackstripe and ARISE Magazine. He was also a founding member of ONE Step Further, a sexual education and advocacy company that serviced black and Latino men who are intimately and sexually involved with other men.

Mr. Fullwood lives in New York City, and can be reached at bglanyc@yahoo.com.

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Pan African Film Festival

LiteraryMasturbator — Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:15:34 GMT

PAN AFRICAN FILM AND ARTS FESTIVAL February 10-21, 2005

The 13th Annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF) will screen lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender films during their annual celebration February 10-21, 2005 in Los Angeles. It is the only time of year that independent black gay films are shown at Magic Johnson Theatres. In addition to selected films, PAFF will also feature a panel discussion on Black gays in film and television moderated by Fox 11 News anchor Tony McEwing. Local community collaborators include OUTFEST, At the Beach Los Angeles Black Pride, In the Meantime Men's Group, Zuna Institute, Out and About, United Lesbians of African Heritage, Jewel's Catch One, Lucy Florence Coffee House and the Black AIDS Institute. For complete film listings and more information, please call (323) 295-1706 or visit www.paff.org. PAFF is the country's largest Black history month event.

BLACK AURA OF AN ANGEL directed by Faith Trimel

Based on the true story of Angel and Phaedra, two African-American women who fall madly in love.

Monday, 2/14, 9:15 p.m., Monday, 2/21, 9:30 p.m.

BROTHER TO BROTHER directed by Rodney Evans

A young gay artist, rejected by his family, discovers the hidden legacies of the gay subculture of the Harlem Renaissance through his friendship with a mysterious elderly poet whom he meets at the homeless shelter where he works. After hearing the old man's tales of being Black, gay and unashamed he gains a stronger sense of his own identity.

Wednesday, 2/16, 1:30 p.m., Sunday, 2/20 7:00 p.m.

GIFT FOR THE LIVING directed by Tamika Miller

A girl sells a locket given to her by her dead parents to buy her grandmother a vase to hold the beautiful roses she cultivates in her garden.

Friday, 2/11, 1:45 p.m., Monday, 2/21, 1:25 p.m.

JUMPIN' THE BROOM directed by Debra Wilson

Black gay and lesbian couples discuss their long-term relationships in light of the gay marriage issue.

Monday, 2/14 9:15 p.m.

NOAH'S ARC directed by Patrik-Ian Polk

The pilot of America's first Black gay television series to debut on MTV in the fall of 2005. A recipe for delicious drama, side-splitting comedy and shocking sexuality explores the life, loves and aspirations of four gay men living in Los Angeles.

Sunday, 2/13, 9:45 p.m.

SKI TRIP, THE directed by Maurice Jamal

Set in motion by a friend's 30th birthday, a group of gay urbanites look for love on a crazy weekend getaway. A romantic comedy as touching as it is funny and you don't have to be gay to enjoy it.

Monday, 2/14, 6:30 p.m., Sunday, 2/20 1:45 p.m.

STRANGE FRUIT directed by Kyle Schickner

A murder mystery about a successful Manhattan lawyer who goes home to his rural Louisiana hometown to investigate the lynching of his childhood friend. The harder he looks, the deeper he gets into a quagmire of racism and homophobia that threatens his own life.

nesday, 2/16, 3:45 p.m., Friday, 2/18, 9:30 p.m.

BLACK GAYS IN FILM & TELEVISION (Panel)

This panel will examine Hollywood's blatant disregard for all things Black and gay. A discussion on the current, past, and future conditions of Black gays in the entertainment industry. Does the politics of the gay rights movement affect the politics of the entertainment industry? Join a panel of actors, directors, producers, and activists as they give insight on these topics.

Panelists include: Patrik Ian Polk, Jasmyne Cannick, Taj Paxton, Clarence Williams, Debra Wilson, Doug Spearman and special guests.

Fox 11 Morning News Anchor Tony McEwing will moderate the panel.

Co-produced with OUTFEST, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Saturday, 2/19, 3:30 p.m.

The 13th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival
Thursday, February 10 through Monday, February 21

Screenings:
Magic Johnson Theatres
4020 Marlton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90008

ArtFest:
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
3650 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90008

Phone: 323.295.1706

Online: www.paff.org

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Do you celebrate the holidays and why?

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:49:04 GMT

Well I thought I would post a topic, and see where it goes.
I was wondering if we as people of color celebrate these white Christian Holidays.
And why? On the other hand, do we reclaim it as our own?

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Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 05:54:56 GMT

Hey I just wanted to put this out , I thought it was cool
thought people might know of people who would want to check it out.
Thanks

CALL FOR WORKSHOP LEADERS!

Greetings! From March 3 - 5, 2005, the University of California at
Berkeley's Women of Color Initiative and Graduate Women's Project will be
hosting its 20th Anniversary of the Annual Empowering Women of Color
Conference (EWOCC). This year's theme is "Confronting Power: A Century of
Struggle and Movements." The conference program will include an keynote
addresses by Susan L. Taylor, Editorial Director of Essence Magazine, Dolores
Huerta, Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers, Angela Oh, past advisor to
President Bill Clinton and Civil Rights Attorney, Lakota Harden, activist for
the Lakota Nation, poet and orator, and Elaine Brown, the first women
president of the Black Panther Board. The conference will also include a
book signing reception, a woman of color film festival, a cultural festival,
vendors, workshops and panels.

EWOCC strives to build networks across generations, ethnic and racial groups,
sexualities, and socioeconomic levels by providing a forum to explore the
past, present, and future of women's movements, enabling us to collectively
recognize generations of conscious, empowered women. The individual and
collective capacities of women are often underestimated, but with a space for
dialogue, we know that women of color can work together to enrich lives in
our community, home, academic, and professional worlds.

We are hosting this major festive commemoration in conjunction with both
university and community partners and we would like to invite you or your
organization to apply to lead a workshop at this year's conference. The
primary focus of our workshops is building bridges within the academic and
Bay Area community. We think your group can encourage positive change in the
lives of women and girls of color, and can serve to expand the discourse on
the role and position of women locally and globally. Possible workshop
topics include, but are not limited to:

-activism - college and community
-youth empowerment
-women and war
-indigenous sovereignty
-revolutionary education
-spirituality
-women and slavery, sweatshops, etc.
-women of color and sexuality
-women in the arts
-women of color and prison
-international women's movements
-perceptions of beauty
-local or national political movements
-new civil rights movement
-defining ourselves (feminist? womanist?.)
-race and gender

If you are interested in leading a workshop, please read and fill out the
attached information (Workshop Proposal Form at
http://ewocc.berkeley.edu/docs/WorkshopApplication.pdf) and return by
Tuesday, February 15, 2005. Please type your application or write clearly.
Remember that workshop assignments are not guaranteed, as there are a limited
number of slots available. The conference also provides a space for tables
from community groups and businesses, so if your organization is interested
in having a table please let us know and we will include you in the mailing
for resource tables near the time of the conference. This conference is open
to men and women of all ages. We welcome submissions from everyone, but
women of color organizations will be given priority selection. For more
information,
please contact the committee.

In Solidarity,

The 20th Annual Planning Committee

Please visit us at:
http://ewocc.berkeley.edu/

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New to the tribe??

Marshall — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 04:30:17 GMT

Hi,

It's awfully quiet here? New to the tribe...introductions anyone....How does this all work?

Marshmellow

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NEW TRIBE

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:56:59 GMT

Hey Sis and Bros,
Check out my ultra funky new tribe: AfroIndie.tribe.net
Thanx !
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