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Camp Beaverton hits the playa 2008: Our first Beaver Call of the year!

Allison — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:22:20 GMT

Greetings, Beavers and friends!

Camp Beaverton is the playa's home for queer women and allies. Last year was Camp Beaverton's inaugural Burn. It was wildly successful and this year we'd like to see it grow and thrive. If you'd like to learn more about last year's burn, check out our tribe. If you'd like to participate in THIS year's burn, read on!

I'm Allison- the orange-haired Camp Counselor from last year's burn. I'll be helping organize our pre-playa planning this year, starting with our Beaver Calls. If you haven't been checking in on Tribe.net lately, now is the time to do so. We've already started some lively discussions about our presence on the playa, our intentions for this year's burn, and semantics about fundraising and shade structures. Your opinions are invaluable, so please pop on over to tribes.tribe.net/campbeaverton to get in on the action. As soon as Tribe gets with the program, I'll be taking over as moderator for the tribe. In the meantime, feel free to continue to contact last year's moderator Reid or me on the site. Or you can email me directly at this addy.

Our first organizational call will be happening on Wednesday, June 18th at 6pm Pacific Time/ 9pm Eastern Time.

You and anyone who may be interested in being involved with Camp Beaverton is invited to attend. Please RSVP on the Tribe (tribes.tribe.net/campbeaverton).

Call Date: Wednesday, June 18th
Conference Start Time: 9:00 PM New York time / 6:00 PM Los Angeles time
Dial-in Number to call: 1-309-946-5100
Participant Access Code: 81567# (hit pound after entering in the access code)

QUESTIONS? Leave me a Tribe message, or an email me at allison.moon(at)gmail.com

On the agenda for this call:

1. A brief history of Camp Beaverton and what we'd like to create for this year's burn
2. The role of Camp Beaverton within our parent camp of FreedomCommunity (tribes.tribe.net/freedomcommunityburns)
3. The Beaver Den and additional shade structures.
4. Fundraising
5. Events and activities.
6. Leadership positions and ways to get involved
7. Questions

This is the first in a series of calls to help manifest powerfully and playfully our queer oasis in Black Rock City this year.
Last year's burn and inaugural year for Camp Beaverton blew my panties off (if I had been wearing panties, that is). I would love to see us inspire even more playful, queer, totally rad energy this year. Please come be a part of it! And please FWD this to your friends who might be interested in what we're up to!
Looking forward to speaking with you all on the 18th...

Dusty tails,
~Allison

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novel release

Geneva — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:22:07 GMT

Hi

I'm thrilled to announce the release of my first lesbian novel "Made For You" by a tiny, independent publishing company
in Wisconsin, Alpha World Press.

Please check it out if you have time and inclination.

I'm always happy to discuss writing and reading with anyone, so I hope to hear from you.

Cheers and thank you!

Best,

Geneva

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Femme Film Extravaganza!

DearAmyDotNet — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:59:15 GMT

Hi, everyone,

Mark your calendars for Saturday May 24th, at 7:30 p.m., because there is going to be some smart, sassy, and sexy stuff going on at the San Francisco LGBT Center. My film-making partner, Kami Chisholm, is showing the US premiere of her latest short film, The Insomniacs, a butch-femme romantic comedy starring local actor Skyler Cooper. And she'll be showing FtF: Female to Femme, a festival-favorite feature-length documentary about one of my favorite subjects and probably one of yours: femmes.

Come check it out. Tickets are $12 in advance at www.altcinema.com, and $15 at the door. This is a fundraiser for Altcinema, which is a nonprofit film company making the best in queer/ bi/ trans work by independent artists.

I hope to see you there, because it's gonna be a hot night!

For a sneak peak at some hot pics from The Insomniacs, visit www.altcinema.com/insomniacs.html. Stars from the films _will_ be in the audience...

xo,
Amy

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call schwartzenegger re: gay marriage

clancy — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:01:51 GMT

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is polling reaction to the California Supreme Court decision overturning the ban on gay marriage. Most of the response has been in OPPOSITION to the court action.

To vote in SUPPORT of the Supreme Court's decision on LGBT marriage:

1. Call 1-916-445-2841
2. When prompted, press 1, 5, 1, 1.

Send this note to other supporters..

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Cuban government backs calls to combat homophobia

steveargue2 — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:44:44 GMT

Cuban government backs calls to combat homophobia
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Writer

Saturday, May 17, 2008

PDT HAVANA, Cuba (AP) --

Cuba's gay community celebrated unprecedented openness — and high-ranking political alliances — with a government-backed campaign against homophobia on Saturday.

The meeting at a convention center in Havana's Vedado district may have been the largest gathering of openly gay activists ever on the communist-run island. President Raul Castro's daughter Mariela, who has promoted the rights of sexual minorities, presided.

"This is a very important moment for us, the men and women of Cuba, because for the first time we can gather in this way and speak profoundly and with scientific basis about these topics," said Castro, director of Cuba's Center for Sexual Education.

Mariela Castro joined government leaders and hundreds of activists at the one-day conference for the International Day Against Homophobia that featured shows, lectures, panel discussions and book presentations. A station also offered blood-tests for sexually transmitted diseases.

Cuban state television gave prime-time play Friday to the U.S. film "Brokeback Mountain," which tells the story of two cowboys who conceal their homosexual affair.

Prejudice against homosexuals remains deeply rooted in Cuban society, but the government has steadily moved away from the Puritanism of the 1960s and 1970s, when homosexuals hid their sexuality for fear of being ridiculed, fired from work or even imprisoned.

Now Cuba's parliament is studying proposals to legalize same-sex unions and give gay couples the benefits that people in traditional marriages enjoy.

Parliament head Ricardo Alarcon said the government needs to do more to promote gay rights, but said many Cubans still need to be convinced.

Things "are advancing, but must continue advancing, and I think we should do that in a coherent, appropriate and precise way because these are topics that have been taboo and continue to be for many," Alarcon told reporters.

Some at the conference spoke of streaming out into the streets for a spontaneous gay-pride parade, but others urged caution.

The gay rights movement should be careful not to "flood" Cuban society with a message that many are not ready to hear, physician and gay activist Alberto Roque cautioned.

And Mariela Castro said gay activists should opt for more subtle ways to chip away at deep-seated homophobic attitudes.

Defending equal rights for Cubans, of all sexual orientations, is a key principal of the Cuban revolution led by her uncle Fidel Castro, who overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959, she said.

"The freedom of sexual choice and gender identity (are) exercises in equality and social justice," she said.

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California Supreme Court Overturns Gay/Lesbian Marriage Ban

steveargue2 — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:10:41 GMT

[This is a major victory! Thankfully, public pressure has made the California Supreme Court take the right stand. This decision that "domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage" is to the left of Obama and Clinton, both of whom oppose Gay/Lesbian marriage. -Steven Argue]

May 15, 2008

California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 1:05 p.m. ET

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry.

The justices released the 4-3 decision Thursday, saying that domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage in an opinion written by Chief Justice Ron George.

The cases were brought by the city of San Francisco, two dozen gay and lesbian couples, Equality California and another gay rights group in March 2004 after the court halted San Francisco's month-long same-sex wedding march that took place at Mayor Gavin Newsom's direction.

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womens weekend in guerneville 5.15-5.18

shamanstar — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:25:08 GMT

hey! womens weekend is may 15-18 a the russian river in guerneville. it is usually a good time but different people are organizing it this year and i am super excited! i am going to be djing a couple of gigs and really want to get some cool people to come play with us out at the river in the country! it is so beautiful out there and there are a lot of places to rent and campgrounds. be sure to reserve lodging now because it gets filled up quick. there is info about the event here- www.myspace.com/russianriv...mensweekend

i love electronica as well as almost every other genre so if you plan on coming, let me know what you like to listen to so i can make sure to play some.

lets dance and create something special!!!

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burning man

Cory-Faded — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:22:05 GMT

are there any butch dykes into burning man?
seems like I'm the only one.
would love to hang with others like me in that world.
If your interested, it's fucking amazing.

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SF Citadel's Women's Parties are Back

niteraven38 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:10:06 GMT

Total Eclipse of the Heart
After Valentine’s Day Women’s Only Party
February 15th , 2008
8pm to 1am

If you missed spending Valentine’s Day with that special someone, you now have a second chance to make it up to her.

Dusty Kitten, Ms. Cat and SF Citadel invite all women of leather, BDSM, and kink communities to a women-only after Valentine’s Day play party! Come to the Citadel, San Francisco's premier dungeon space, for a juicy event for women and woman-identified transfolk.

We provide a safe space to play, music, dungeon equipment, water, snacks, and safer sex supplies. You provide yourselves (hot kinky women!!) your energy, and whatever toys make you tingle. Come alone, come partnered, or bring a group of friends!

Admission: $25 per person or Volunteer for admission
You must be a Citadel member to attend. Memberships can always be obtained at the door on the night of the party. They cost $10 per year.

Questions? Want to VOLUNTEER and waive the admission fee?
Contact Dusty Kitten at sfcitadelvolunteers@gmail.com

Mark your calendars to join us for the next women’s parties: May 30, 2008, August 9, 2008 and September 28, 2008

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No To Homophobe Ron Paul, How We Can Really End the War

steveargue2 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:34:04 GMT

"I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it." Socialist Anti-war Candidate Eugene Debs (who garnered nearly a million votes while he sat in prison for opposition to U.S. involvement in World War One).

"Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action" wrote Ron Paul, who voted against the renewal of the Voting Rights Act in Congress, the act that gave Blacks the right to vote, quote from his “Ron Paul Newsletter”.

No to NYC Indymedia Censorship, How We Can Really End the War

By STEVEN ARGUE

Claiming that only an alliance with Ron Paul conservatives can end the war, New York City Indymedia volunteers have allowed blatant slander against Liberation News and have censored attempts to respond to those lies. Among the slanders posted were accusations that Liberation News is opposed to Ron Paul because we support Hillary Clinton and her healthcare program. I tried posting the following response, but it was censored on the site:

Ron Paul supporter: “it's pointed out that yes Ron Paul is a racist but Stevies candidate Hillary is even worse.”

Steven Argue: “I don’t support Hillary Clinton. Never have, but you don’t listen. This is pure slander.”

They then repeat their slander that I support Hillary Clinton for her healthcare plan saying, “It's pointed out that Stevie is willing to sacrifice liberty for a bogus health care plan”

Steven Argue: “Hillary Clinton opposes both socialized medicine and single payer healthcare. She supports insurance company healthcare, the kind that is killing untold millions in the United States. This is one of many reasons I oppose her.”

“And no, I don't see Clinton as a first step towards socialized medicine. Her promise to force people to buy insurance has nothing in common with socialized medicine, nor partially socialized medicine (i.e. single payer). I’m clear about this in my article:

The Case for Socialized Medicine in the United States, and the Struggle to Achieve It, By STEVEN ARGUE
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/02/18469739.php

“As for Ron Paul, he wants to privatize everything, including public education, Social Security, and Medicare, eliminate the Voting Rights Act and Roe V Wade in the name of "states rights", signed on to the "Marriage Protection Act", would eliminate every environmental and labor protection, etc. etc. etc. This is a prescription for the slavery of the majority to protect the “liberty” of a tiny handful of capitalists to exploit.

“I oppose both Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul. But I’ve already made that clear as being my position. These accusations are slanderous.”

Ron Paul supporter: “Then Stevie moves the goal posts again. Waaa. He's being censored.”

Steven Argue: “I repeatedly posted a response to the slander that I support Hillary Clinton’s healthcare plan, and the response is censored every time. I have no motive to make that up. I mentioned it because I wanted people to see my response. Frankly, I’m quite surprised it is happening. Let’s see if this one goes up.”

That response, as I feared, was also censored. Revealing the reasons behind the Ron Paul censorship at the site, the Ron Paul backers posted the following:

“Get off your sectarianism.

“What you don’t get is that there are only two ways we're going to end the occupation of Iraq:

“1.) A recession, and a bad one.

“2.) Convincing the vast majority of conservative Americans it's wrong. Ron Paul reaches these people. The guy with the Free Mumia shirt selling the "Socialist Worker" doesn't.

“To get anything done in a democracy you're going to have to work with people you don't agree with and people you might not even like. People in grown up countries do this all the time. They're called "coalitions".

“The Labor Party in Israel, for example, makes alliances with the ultra orthodox. The Liberal Democrats have made common cause with the Tories in the UK. The left made common cause with Vicente Fox to get the PRI out of power in Mexico.

“It's only in the puritan USA where everybody thinks you have to like all your political allies and agree with them on everything.”

Besides the fact that the majority of Americans already oppose the war; and besides the fact that these points show a total lack of understanding of the bourgeois nature of the coalitions in the countries mentioned; and besides showing a total lack of understanding of what it will take to end the war (I discuss this at the end of the article); New York City Indymedia’s lack of confidence in the ability of people to change has caused them to build a coalition with a capitalist politician who is a racist, homophobic, anti-worker, anti-environmental, bible thumping, sexist, anti-labor, anti-poor, free-market privatization fanatic. On top of that, they censor the left in order to achieve that coalition.

While a Ron Paul presidency would likely end the war, at what price would this come?

Ron Paul uses the term liberty a lot, so let’s take a look at what he means by liberty.

The liberty Ron Paul demands is:

The liberty of the capitalists to exploit without labor laws and environmental protections;

The "state’s right” to prevent Blacks from voting without the interference of the Voting Rights Act (voted against its renewal in Congress);

The "states right" to ban abortions without the interference of Roe v Wade;

The freedom of the government to deny same-sex rights (was an original sponsor of the "Marriage Protection Act");

The freedom of children not to attend schools (would abolish public education);

The freedom of the elderly and disabled to starve (would abolish Social Security);

The freedom of the sick to die (would abolish Medicare);

The freedom of the U.S. to destroy the planet without even the most basic limits on carbon emissions (opposes signing on to Kyoto and all other carbon limitations);

This is, in short, the liberty of a wealthy minority to make their money from the exploitation of labor and the environment with zero interference from labor laws, environmental laws, and the IRS. While his program is liberty for a minority of rich white heterosexual males, it is slavery for the majority.

Simply put, Ron Paul’s promises to end the war are not enough when one looks at the fact that he would eliminate two centuries of hard fought social progress in the United States.

Some of the anti-war backers of Ron Paul argue that we don’t have to worry about these things because Ron Paul will never be elected. They think that backing his campaign is a way to win over his supporters. What is clear is that such arguments could only come from people who are utterly lost and rudderless, which leaves unclear the question of what they are winning Ron Paul supporters over to. They are supporting a candidate whose program is George Wallace on crack cocaine! Yet, the ultimate absurdity is the fact that they are backing a candidate whose most reassuring feature is that he won’t get elected! Is this point lost on these people? And is the chance that their support may help him get elected a chance they really want to take? Nobody thought that third party candidate Jesse (the body) Ventura would get elected in Minnesota either, but he was, and as soon as he was elected he discarded his libertarian values on drug legalization and prostitution and instead proceeded to carrying out attacks on labor and carrying out disastrous cuts in education and other social spending.

Others argue that if Ron Paul is elected, he will easily be able to pull the troops out of Iraq, but congress will block him on the other issues. There is no doubt that they would block parts of Ron Paul’s program in order to prevent the social unrest such measures would cause, but with the ruling class’s desire to step up the exploitation of labor and the environment through eliminating regulation and through privatization, there can be little doubt that if he is able to maintain his presidency without being shot, aspects of Ron Paul’s domestic program would be implemented.

Today, in the United States we have two rightwing capitalist parties that rule. The activists who run New York Indymedia are floating around utterly lost and rudderless. On the one hand, their anarchist philosophy prohibits them from putting forward their own leadership or supporting socialist candidates; and on the other hand, they are stuck in the “real politic” of supporting “lesser evil” capitalist politicians. It is these characteristics that made them susceptible to being swept up on the Ron Paul band wagon. Despite their “libertarian” values of “freedom”, they have now taken this to the point where they are even willing to censor critics of Ron Paul on their website.

While Ron Paul, the only Republican candidate opposed to the war, is not worth supporting, the front running Democrats are also very bad. Clinton, Obama, and Edwards, are all pro-war. Both Edwards and Clinton voted for the war. Obama supporters claim that Obama never supported the war. While Obama was not yet in the Senate at the time of the Iraq war vote, Obama, Edwards, and Clinton have all voted for war appropriations. This puts them all in the position of having supported the war. Over a million Iraqis are dead due to the U.S. invasion and occupation, and billions of dollars have been squandered. Obama, by helping pay for the war, has his hands in this mass murder just as Clinton and Edwards do.

Obama’s Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007 supposedly would have begun troop withdrawal in May 2007. Yet, it didn't call for full nor immediate withdrawal. In addition, under the bill, the withdrawal could be halted if the Iraqi government met a number of criteria laid out by the Bush administration. These included a broad number of things such as changes in the use of oil revenue, government reforms, an end to sectarian violence, and other economic and reconstruction criteria. In Obama’s bill we have a crystal ball into the future. The excuses laid out in the bill will be heard once again as Obama, Clinton, or Edwards explain why they are keeping the troops in Iraq for their entire presidency; that is unless other actions are taken by the people to stop the war.

This brings us to the fundamental question of how to stop the war. If we are to listen to the Ron Paul censors / supporters at NYC Indymedia the only thing we can do to stop the war is support Ron Paul or hope for (pray for?) economic collapse. Yet, this ignores other less damaging possibilities. These include the troops refusing to fight, a general strike, strikes against the movement of war materials, or socialist revolution.

1. The troops refusing to fight. This worked in the struggle to end the U.S. aggression against Vietnam. It was the socialist movement who were the primary organizers of the anti-Vietnam War movement. That movement, immediately after the government’s murders at Kent State in May 1970 had 8 million students out on strike, and some Universities, such a Berkley, were taken over by students and faculty as anti-war universities. After May 1970, the majority of those drafted were already opposed to the war before they got to Vietnam. Refusal to fight was widespread, and the fragging of pro-war officers was common. Nixon could not continue to wage a war with soldiers who refused to fight. This, along with the heroic resistance of the Vietnamese, brought an end to the war in Vietnam.

Troops refusing to fight also helped bring an end to Russian involvement in the First World War, and helped bring down two pro-war governments in 1917.

2. A general strike or strikes against the movement of war materials. Strikes with such political demands have a long history of success. France has many good social programs because the workers there were willing to shut down their country to achieve them; and they are still willing to do the same to protect those hard fought gains.

3. Socialist revolution. The October Russian Revolution achieved an end to Russian involvement in the First World War. This was a good thing, despite the undemocratic nature of the revolution. Learning from those lessons, Liberation News opposes the dictatorial system of one party rule and raises the banner of revolutionary democratic socialism, while at the same time learning from many of the revolutionary strategies of Lenin and Trotsky.

Protests, pickets, information distribution, building a socialist movement, and answering pro-Ron Paul and pro-Obama-Clinton-Edwards propaganda all help towards building the momentum needed in achieving the kinds of actions that can end the war. Putting support behind Ron Paul only helps an extreme rightwing movement achieve the mantel of leadership for an anti-war sentiment that already represents majority public opinion. In addition, backing a guy like Ron Paul who just crossed a picket line to appear on Jay Lenno’s “Tonight Show” destroys the anti-war strategy of reaching out to the working class, as does backing a racist candidate like Ron Paul hurt the ability to reach out to the multi-racial working class.

No to the Democrats and Republicans!

U.S. Out of Iraq Now!

No to Insurance Company Healthcare, For Socialized Medicine!

Save the Planet, Curb Carbon Emissions Now!

Vote Socialist, Build the Labor Movement, Build the Anti-War Movement, Build the Socialist Movement.

[Note, small changes were made to the response that was censored at NYC Indymedia to make it more readable within the format of this article. Those wishing to see the original version will be given it upon request. Likewise, anyone wishing further sources will be provided them upon request]

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The Ron Paul “Revolution”, an Extreme Rightwing Threat

steveargue2 — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:23:28 GMT

The Ron Paul “Revolution”, an Extreme Rightwing Threat

By STEVEN ARGUE

For the most part the Iowa caucuses were business as usual for the Democrat and Republican Parties. Among the Democrats, “Anti-war” and “pro-single payer health care” Democrat Dennis Kucinich put his support behind pro-war anti--single payer health care, Barrack Obama. Yet on the far right, anti-war Libertarian and Republican Ron Paul gained a stunning 10% of the vote.

Seeing the failure of the Democrats to deliver a candidate worth supporting; some left leaning individuals have been suggesting support to Ron Paul. One is anti-war Vietnam veteran Stan Goff, who suggested in his January 4, 2008 article ”Monkey Wrenching the System, Ron Paul’s Revolution” that people vote in the primaries for Ron Paul, switching party registration right away if they live in a state where such a move is necessary to vote in the Republican primaries.

At the root of the Ron Paul "revolution" is the dismantling of Social Security and the Department of Education as well as other basic social programs, and the elimination of worker and environmental protections. Advances like single payer health care? No way. Ron Paul's message is that you need to take care of yourself, and that there shouldn't be such government programs, nor such interference with private profit. While he puts forward reasons for not supporting going to war abroad, his domestic policies would ignite civil war at home.

In addition to pretending he's against all government, he's for outlawing abortion and supports the continued ban on same-sex marriage. He was one of the original co-sponsors of the "Marriage Protection Act".

He's also a religious extremist who thinks that creationism should be taught in the schools.

On race, Ron Paul was one of 33 Congress members to vote against the renewal of the Voting Rights Act, an act that was first passed to give Blacks in the south the right to vote. On a similar note, he says the Civil Rights Act violates the Constitution and impedes on individual liberties. Speaking of Blacks in Washington DC he states in campaign literature, "95 percent of African Americans in are semi-criminal or entirely criminal".

No wonder the American Nazi Party has close relations with him (see letter from Nazi Commander Bill White below). In addition, Ron Paul has the support of other white supremacists such as David Duke, and has knowingly taken donations from former KKK Grand Wizard Don Black.

Hell would freeze over before I'd support Ron Paul. And being an atheist; that will be a long time.

There are plenty of candidates to the left of the Democrats worth considering supporting who oppose the war, would preserve public education and Social Security, who would provide single payer or socialized medicine, and who aren’t raving racist, homophobic, and sexist “Libertarian” fanatics. Why not look at them rather than someone from the loony right?

I discuss some of the campaigns that may be worth supporting in the following article:

The Case for Socialized Medicine in the United States,
And the Struggle to Achieve It
By STEVEN ARGUE
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/02/18469739.php

Or here is a different version of the same article:
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/01/93820.html

*****************
American Nazi Party Chief says Ron Paul is one of us

Bill White, commander of the American National Socialist Worker’s Party, aka The American Nazi Party, wrote the following on the Nazi Vanguard News Network:

Comrades:

I have kept quiet about the Ron Paul campaign for a while, because I didn’t see any need to say anything that would cause any trouble. However, reading the latest release from his campaign spokesman, I am compelled to tell the truth about Ron Paul’s extensive involvement in white nationalism.

Both Congressman Paul and his aides regularly meet with members of the Stormfront set, American Renaissance, the Institute for Historic Review, and others at the Tara Thai restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, usually on Wednesdays. This is part of a dinner that was originally organized by Pat Buchanan, Sam Francis and Joe Sobran, and has since been mostly taken over by the Council of Conservative Citizens.

I have attended these dinners, seen Paul and his aides there, and been invited to his offices in Washington to discuss policy.

For his spokesman to call white racialism a “small ideology” and claim white activists are “wasting their money” trying to influence Paul is ridiculous. Paul is a white nationalist of the Stormfront type who has always kept his racial views and his views about world Judaism quiet because of his political position.

I don’t know that it is necessarily good for Paul to “expose” this. However, he really is someone with extensive ties to white nationalism and for him to deny that in the belief he will be more respectable by denying it is outrageous — and I hate seeing people in the press who denounce racialism merely because they think it is not fashionable.

Bill White, Commander
American National Socialist Workers Party

*********
Poor Bill White. He’s having trouble with his brand of racism, anti-Semitism, mass extermination, and genocide not being "in fashion". But hey, you've got to thank the knuckleheaded Nazi for confirming our suspicions on Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan! -Steven Argue

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lesbians expirience with hetero-sex

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:38:29 GMT

im curious of other lesbians expirience of hetero sex.. like it but like women more? dont like it at all? had a bad expirience?
im curious because i rarely at all enjoy hetero-sex, but am still in relationships with men... i guess i need some inspiration. !! thanks, clay

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Black Lesbian Feature & Oakland Film Co.

DeeJay — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:20:27 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 community involvement and the Winter Holidays are a great time to connect! We need YOUR support...

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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Naughty Gifts for Naughty Girls

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:08:10 GMT

WearablePorn.com

Naughty Gifts for Naughty Girls

Original fine art bondage & erotica t-shirts, posters, framed prints, greeting cards and more.

http://www.wearableporn.com

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I think I need a slide-rule.... (remember those)

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:46:27 GMT

Anyway, so I am looking through the personal ads today and I am just amazed at the number of labels one must keep track of today to date? I kinda get the butch or femme thing but all the different deviations of things now are crazy lol.

Butch, queer, gender queer, soft-butch, dyke, femmy-dyke, lipstick, femme, femmy-femme, hard-butch, femmy-butch, hot-butch, bi-femme, bi, lez, etc.....

I swear before I can even look at the ads I need to find the lowest common denominator and its coefficient just to figure out what the hell I am supposed to be looking for!

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Age range....

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:59:15 GMT

Ok I am in the single scene again and i was wondering, I am 38, what age range is should I limit myself too? I was thinking 28-48? Any ideas on this?

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new forum for GLBT martial artists!

megan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:46:16 GMT

Hi all,

just letting you know about a new forum i've created for GLBT martial artists on Tribe... it's Aussie based, but i'm not that fussed about that... it's open to all to share. CMA, Karate, Aikido, TKD, Arnis, BBJ, Boxing, etc, etc. Training tips, meet-ups, or just share yr experience and passion.

http://tribes.tribe.net/glbtmartialartsaustralia

Look forward to seeing you there!

~megan

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Femmes and Femmes?

roseythorns — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:34:04 GMT

Is there such a thing as a feminine woman only attracted to other feminine women? I am one, but I was wondering if there are any others out there...I'm lonely!

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Seeking queer triads for research!

sunny — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:26:34 GMT

My name is Sunny. I am a graduate student in the Sexuality Studies program at San Francisco State University. I am conducting research on polyamory. The aim of my study is to explore how individuals in queer polyamorous triads discuss love in their relationships. I am in search of individuals in queer, long-term (one year or longer), polyamorous triads to interview. Individuals must identify themselves and their relationships as queer, and the triads must be three people who are all sexually and romantically involved with one another.

Participating in this study will entail a 45-90 minute one-on-one interview at a comfortable and private location convenient for both of us to discuss your experiences and feelings of love while in a triad.

If you are currently in a queer, long-term (one year or longer), triad relationship and are interested in participating in the study, please contact me!

smnordmarken@yahoo.com
(415) 516-0908

I am currently seeking people to interview! Please contact me as soon as possible if you would like to participate.

Thank you!
Sunny

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BM queer women's camp

JuSt ChRis — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:22:26 GMT

a really awesome friend of mine and his friends are co-creating
a space within their FreedomCommunity @ 7.30 & Intertidal

"Camp Beaverton - Burning Man's first evah queer woman's camp.."

or so says the gossip. he's super cool and this is an awesome idea and About TIme!!

so..check it out, i know i'll be there.

~!ChRis

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tattoo advice

redbricolage — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:59:52 GMT

okay ladies, a trivial, fun question. i'm in the process of creating a black arm tattoo for myself and am suddenly fraught with anxiety over whether it should be in color. the design i'm making would be pure black and involve a medley of swirlies down my left arm, the figures of which won't compute to the average person but which will contain lots of significance for me. what's your gut instinct: involve color or keep the black tattoo ideas?

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I'm the "new kid"...

Stormy — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:13:20 GMT

lol but I'm anything but new to life.
sorry I don't have a picture, I'm still trying to get one that hasn't broken the
camera first. *chuckle*

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Denver area

Birka — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:41:51 GMT

Anyone have any suggestions on where to go in Denver? I'm here for the next month and wondering what to do to have fun and meet people (missed pride, of course!!!)

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Lesbians sentenced for self-defense. FREE THEM NOW!

steveargue2 — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:31:44 GMT

FREE THEM NOW!
Lesbians sentenced for self-defense
All-white jury convicts Black women

By Imani Henry
New York

Published Jun 21, 2007 2:58 AM
On June 14, four African-American women—Venice Brown (19), Terrain Dandridge (20), Patreese Johnson (20) and Renata Hill (24)—received sentences ranging from three-and-a-half to 11 years in prison. None of them had previous criminal records. Two of them are parents of small children.

Their crime? Defending themselves from a physical attack by a man who held them down and choked them, ripped hair from their scalps, spat on them, and threatened to sexually assault them—all because they are lesbians.

The mere fact that any victim of a bigoted attack would be arrested, jailed and then convicted for self-defense is an outrage. But the length of prison time given further demonstrates the highly political nature of this case and just how racist, misogynistic, anti-gay, anti-youth and anti-worker the so-called U.S. justice system truly is.

The description of the events, reported below, is based on written statements by a community organization (FIERCE) that has made a call to action to defend the four women, verbal accounts from court observers and evidence from a surveillance camera.

The attack

On Aug. 16, 2006, seven young, African-American, lesbian-identified friends were walking in the West Village. The Village is a historic center for lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) communities, and is seen as a safe haven for working-class LGBT youth, especially youth of color.

As they passed the Independent Film Cinema, 29-year-old Dwayne Buckle, an African-American vendor selling DVDs, sexually propositioned one of the women. They rebuffed his advances and kept walking.

“I’ll f— you straight, sweetheart!” Buckle shouted. A video camera from a nearby store shows the women walking away. He followed them, all the while hurling anti-lesbian slurs, grabbing his genitals and making explicitly obscene remarks. The women finally stopped and confronted him. A heated argument ensued. Buckle spat in the face of one of the women and threw his lit cigarette at them, escalating the verbal attack into a physical one.

Buckle is seen on the video grabbing and pulling out large patches of hair from one of the young women. When Buckle ended up on top of one of the women, choking her, Johnson pulled a small steak knife out of her purse. She aimed for his arm to stop him from killing her friend.

The video captures two men finally running over to help the women and beating Buckle. At some point he was stabbed in the abdomen. The women were already walking away across the street by the time the police arrived.

Buckle was hospitalized for five days after surgery for a lacerated liver and stomach. When asked at the hospital, he responded at least twice that men had attacked him.

There was no evidence that Johnson’s kitchen knife was the weapon that penetrated his abdomen, nor was there any blood visible on it. In fact, there was never any forensics testing done on her knife. On the night they were arrested, the police told the women that there would be a search by the New York Police Department for the two men—which to date has not happened.

After almost a year of trial, four of the seven were convicted in April. Johnson was sentenced to 11 years on June 14.

Even with Buckle’s admission and the video footage proving that he instigated this anti-gay attack, the women were relentlessly demonized in the press, had trumped-up felony charges levied against them, and were subsequently given long sentences in order to send a clear resounding message—that self-defense is a crime and no one should dare to fight back.

Political backdrop of the case

Why were these young women used as an example? At stake are the billions of dollars in tourism and real estate development involved in the continued gentrification of the West Village. This particular incident happened near the Washington Square area—home of New York University, one of most expensive private colleges in the country and one of the biggest employers and landlords in New York City. The New York Times reported that Justice Edward J. McLaughlin used his sentencing speech to comment on “how New York welcomes tourists.” (June 17)

The Village is also the home of the Stonewall Rebellion, the three-day street battle against the NYPD that, along with the Compton Cafeteria “Riots” in California, helped launch the modern-day LGBT liberation movement in 1969. The Manhattan LGBT Pride march, one of the biggest demonstrations of LGBT peoples in the world, ends near the Christopher Street Piers in the Village, which have been the historical “hangout” and home for working-class trans and LGBT youth in New York City for decades.

Because of growing gentrification in recent years, young people of color, homeless and transgender communities, LGBT and straight, have faced curfews and brutality by police sanctioned by the West Village community board and politicians. On Oct. 31, 2006, police officers from the NYPD’s 6th Precinct indiscriminately beat and arrested several people of color in sweeps on Christopher Street after the Halloween parade.

Since the 1980s there has been a steady increase in anti-LGBT violence in the area, with bashers going there with that purpose in mind.

For trans people and LGBT youth of color, who statistically experience higher amounts of bigoted violence, the impact of the gentrification has been severe. As their once-safe haven is encroached on by real estate developers, the new white and majority heterosexual residents of the West Village then call in the state to brutalize them.

For the last six years the political LGBT youth group FIERCE has been at the forefront of mobilizing young people “to counter the displacement and criminalization of LGBTSTQ [lesbian, gay, bi, two spirit, trans, and queer] youth of color and homeless youth at the Christopher Street Pier and in Manhattan’s West Village.” (www.fiercenyc.org) FIERCE has also been the lead organization supporting the Jersey Seven and their families.

The trial and the media

Deemed a so-called “hate crime” against a straight man, every possible racist, anti-woman, anti-LGBT and anti-youth tactic was used by the entire state apparatus and media. Everything from the fact that they lived outside of New York, in the working-class majority Black city of Newark, N.J., to their gender expressions and body structures were twisted and dehumanized in the public eye and to the jury.

According to court observers, McLaughlin stated throughout the trial that he had no sympathy for these women. The jury, although they were all women, were all white. All witnesses for the district attorney were white men, except for one Black male who had several felony charges.

Court observers report that the defense attorneys had to put enormous effort into simply convincing the jury that they were “average women” who had planned to just hang out together that night. Some jurists asked why they were in the Village if they were from New Jersey. The DA brought up whether they could afford to hang out there—raising the issue of who has the right to be there in the first place.

The Daily News reporting was relentless in its racist anti-lesbian misogyny, portraying Buckle as a “filmmaker” and “sound engineer” preyed upon by a “lesbian wolf pack” (April 19) and a “gang of angry lesbians.” (April 13)

Everyone has been socialized by cultural archetypes of what it means to be a “man” or “masculine” and “woman” or “feminine.” Gender identity/expression is the way each indivdual chooses or not to express gender in their everyday lives, including how they dress, walk, talk, etc. Transgender people and other gender non-conforming people face oppression based on their gender expression/identity.

The only pictures shown in the Daily News were of the more masculine-appearing women. One of the most despiciable headlines in the Daily News, “‘I’m a man!’ lesbian growled during fight,” (April 13) was targeted against Renata Hill, who was taunted by Buckle because of her masculinity.

Ironically, Johnson, who was singled out by the judge as the “ringleader,” is the more feminine of the four. According to the New York Times, in his sentencing remarks, “Justice McLaughlin scoffed at the assertion made by ... Johnson, that she carried a knife because she was just 4-foot-11 and 95 pounds, worked nights and lived in a dangerous neighborhood.” He quoted the nursery rhyme, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” (June 15)

All of the seven women knew and went to school with Sakia Gunn, a 19-year-old butch lesbian who was stabbed to death in Newark, N.J., in May 2003. Paralleling the present case, Gunn was out with three of her friends when a man made sexual advances to one of the women. When she replied that she was a lesbian and not interested, he attacked them. Gunn fought back and was stabbed to death.

“You can’t help but wonder that if Sakia Gunn had a weapon, would she be in jail right now?” Bran Fenner, a founding member and co-executive director of FIERCE, told Workers World. “If we don’t have the right to self-defense, how are we supposed to survive?”

National call to action

While racist killer cops continue to go without indictment and anti-immigrant paramilitary groups like the Minutemen are on the rise in the U.S., The Jersey Four sit behind bars for simply defending themselves against a bigot who attacked them in the Village.

Capitalism at its very core is a racist, sexist, anti-LGBT system, sanctioning state violence through cops, courts and its so-called laws. The case of the Jersey Four gives more legal precedence for bigoted violence to go unchallenged. The ruling class saw this case as a political one; FIERCE and other groups believe the entire progressive movement should as well.

Fenner said, “We are organizing in the hope that this wakes up all oppressed people and sparks a huge, broad campaign to demand freedom for the Jersey Four.”

FIERCE is asking for assistance for these young women, including pro-bono legal support, media contacts and writers, pen pals, financial support, and diverse organizational support. For details, visit www.fiercenyc.org.

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Heading to Michigan soon... anyone else?

Cory-Faded — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:29:45 GMT

You can find me at my regular spot, the entrance to nightstage parking working traffic.
Although I hear they might field me out to treeline for a few shifts.
whatever, it's all girl all the time.
What more can you ask for??

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6/01 Primal "Pulse" queer erotic party, in SF

edukink — Thu, 31 May 2007 07:59:21 GMT

Reminder - It's this Friday.

This is a mixed energy event. Wide range of ages (18+) and queerness (bi, butch, femme, trans, gender queer, leather, etc). A unique event, open to any non-mainstream (hetero-normative) sexuality. We also transform the venue.

- -
Primal "Pulse"

A Private, Queer Erotic Party
Hosted by Iain & Angela of EduKink

Friday, June 1, 2007, 8 pm – 1 am
SF Citadel, 1277 Mission Street, at Ninth Street
$20 per person

The Primal parties are alternative sexuality parties for queer and queer-friendly adults, celebrating all genders, orientations, and preferences.

You must be on the invitation list to attend. Anyone 18 or older with a positive, personal interest in celebrating sexuality in all its flavors, colors, shapes, and expressions, may apply at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EduKink-Erotic-Events

Strict Dress code. Basics:
- Ordinary street clothes not permitted.
- Red sexy attire admired, but not required.
- Trans folk may dress as they please.

Featuring live music by Cuir Bleu
(CuirBleu.com)

Feel the pulse … .. low beat of the drum … .. feel it throbbing in your veins … .. the rhythm of sex … ..
… .. the pulse … .. … .. pulse … .. … .. pulse … .. … .. Feel it.

For more information, see http://EduKink.org/Primal

Do not forward this message to other lists without permission.

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Butch Dykes

Angel — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:51:53 GMT

are hot!

I just started dating someone new and had to express myself.

I met her at an open mike night, and am hoping to gather aspects,
phrases and praises for butches (and gender queers/andro)
so if you feel inspired please say what you like!

I like juicy butches that have confidence and sexual power,
and that are aldo responsive and happy to let you have your way it them.....

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To all bay area peeps on this tribe. The Cliks, Cafe du Nord, come see!

lgisaac — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:46:09 GMT

I will be there, hope to see others. Morgan is a rocking drummer. So Morgan told me some fun things about this Canadian band. First of all, they are going on tour with Cindy Lauper, Deborah Harry etc. They won't be at every show but will be at a the Vegas show (not the bay area one though).
Secondly, they are being well represented by their agent (Jake Gold from Canadian Idol), though they have a brutal tour schedule.
Finally, the main singer is transgender which makes it the first out tg identified person to make it big (well let's hope they do) in the pop/rock scene that I can think of anyway.

Date: Monday, 6/4
Show: 8:30 pm
Doors: 8:00 pm
Door: $10.00

On Snakehouse, The Cliks have created something mysterious yet transparent, specific yet universal, timeless yet intoxicatingly new. This is music that seems to emanate from a parallel universe, one where fundamental distinctions are blurred, living passionately is the highest level of existence and rock & roll is the ultimate form of expression.

A final suggestion: PLAY LOUD, and prepare to have your preconceptions obliterated.

The Cliks - led by vocalist/guitarist Lucas Silveira with Morgan Doctor (drums), Nina Martinez (guitar), Jen Benton (bass) - are known for their blazing, uncompromising live performances. The ferocious Toronto-based band will be touring the US performing songs from their forthcoming album, 'Snakehouse' (April 24/Tommy Boy/Silver Label). From the brash, energetic first single "Oh Yeah" or the sexy yet gutsy "Leading Me On," to their crowd favorite radical re-working of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River," The Cliks deliver a "defiant intensity" (MTV.com).

www.thecliks.com/

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Queers over 40 tribe

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Fri, 18 May 2007 07:07:24 GMT

Hey all , just wanted to put this out there.
I have a queers over 40 tribe. Its for men, women, trans etc.

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hi and why do some dykes feel like they get to be the Real Woman police?

bluejean — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:08:03 GMT

well, this is my first post. might as well make it a doozy.

i'm disturbed by the responses the woman who asked about femme/femme relationships got. first of all, how did a thread about femmes get hijacked into butch bashing? she wanted to talk about femme/femme relationships, not how butches aren't real women.

secondly, just cuz you don't find butch women hot doesn't mean they aren't. sounds like something a bunch of rude men would say: "ew [butch] dykes are ugly/scary/misguided/delusional!" gee, thanks for the input. dykes don't exist to please men, and butches don't exist to please you. if you don't like how other women present themselves, don't look.

and if you want to talk about boxes, how about we talk about respecting each other's identities. if someone wants to put herself in a "box," what gives anyone the right to put her in a different one? if i say i'm a butch dyke, and that means i'm a masculine WOMAN who is attracted to women, other dykes don't get to say i want to be a man any more than jim bob with the mullet gets to say "you're not really a dyke, you just haven't found the right guy yet." it seems to me the people who are actually insecure in their gender identities are the ones who spend all their time policing everyone else's.

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Sperm from marrow stem cells

Ravyn — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:05:31 GMT

Here's a story, in which scientists have made pre-sperm stem cells out of bone marrow stem cells. Male ones, of course:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=bone-stem-cells-may-morph&chanID=sa003&modsrc=reuters

My question: If they can do it with male bone marrow cells, why not female ones? If you could have a genetic baby with your partner, would you?

Of course, it'll be a good long time before any of this technology is available to the girl on the street, but it's interesting to ponder.

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What gets you off that others just don't understand?

Anne — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:24:03 GMT

For me it's watching a fem lesbian put on makeup in preperation to go out. I don't know why it is, but I coud watch for hours. She'll be talking away putting on makeup in the mirror and I'll be leaning on the door post transfixed. *SIGH*

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oh gods, what is this thing called dating???

Birka — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:49:20 GMT

Okay, I realize that it's been over 10 years since I've been a-courtin', but now that I'm back out there I am sooooo lost. Anyone in the Southern New England area have any good tips on where to go to meet good dykes? It is truly weird to be back at dating...

open to any suggestions...

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New to Tribe

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:15:19 GMT

My name is Ami and I'm new to the whole tribe thing. I just wanted to say I stared a tribe of my own and if you want to check it out you can.
http://tribes.tribe.net/diffrentkindoflove

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butch from vancouver

Justin Hur — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:08:13 GMT

hi there, new to tribe. just checking things out now...looking for more community. as a butch, but i do not want to have a sex change...i thoroughly love being a woman, but am more butch in appearance. maybe that offends some, to me thats silly, to each their own! i am attracted to open, loving people that are comfortable in their own skin as that is really who i am. do they have to be femme or butch...or anything for that matter? well, a woman for sure...definition can be determined, its more about who the person is rather than who the world says. to quote a fave song: "if everyone looked like everyone, tell me then, who would you fuck?" variety is beautiful as are people. call me what you will, but if we spend too much energy looking at the negative, we miss the beauty that is. i dont care what a person looks like, that doesnt make them attractive to me, its what they represent that gets my attention.

so thats me...peace

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baby dyke at 38??

Lyssa — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:47:46 GMT

Hi all, this is my first post, so be kind if I mess it up, K?

When I look on the Net for coming out lesbian material, there doesn't seem to be a lot for us older types...and nothing at all if yer trans.
So I kind of fumbled my way through it...and am now in a LTR with a wonderful, sexy, woman who loves me as much as I love her.
Our relationship was just so unexpected...like a bolt from the blue. I am beyond lucky.

So here's my questions:
What was it like coming out as a dyke?
Were you afraid? Overwhelmed? (I was!)
Has anyone here had a relationship experience like mine?

Oops, that was 3 and a half questions...thanks

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facial hair on women

clancy — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:37:22 GMT

an examination

http://www.dbeechy.com/

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new lesbians?

lauren — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:35:34 GMT

ok, so i'd like to know your real opinion. can someone be a lesbian there whole life without knowing it? or can you just one day become a lesbian?

heres the thing. i never thought of myself as a lesbian. i could appreciate the beauty of a woman but didn't really desire any sexual contact with women. i have been in happy, satisfying relationships with men in the past. but then one day i met a girl who i was totally attracted to and didn't understand why. i tried to fight it but then gave in and now 5 months later we're still together and i can't imagine being with a guy again. i still think men are attractive but more in the way i used to view women. its like the roles have switched. i now meet other women and find myself attracted to them.

do you think this is a phase? or something more? i'm not too worried about trying to define myself; i don't need a label. i am just curious if others have experienced something like this or what people think of this kind of situation.

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Blasphemy Ball - Saturday March 10th!

Stacy — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:38:12 GMT

Final countdown for Blasphemy Ball on Saturday, March 10th!

Website: http://www.blasphemyball.com

Toast your toes at Dante's inferno - SW 3rd & Burnside, Portland
Dress yourself in perversion of faith!
$8 with costume, $10 without!
Doors at 9pm

Featuring not-for-the-faint-of-heart performances from PURE Cirkus (seattle's famous Modern Cirkus - purecirkus.com), the stunning Domina Betka Schpitz (dangerousfemme.com) and her wicked lovelies staffing the confessional, and DJ's Horrid, ChaotiQueer and Sine Qua Non.

The Blasphemy Ball is big EFF YOU to zealoutry, bigotry and oppression. One big night of heresy and hedonism. One night of focused, therapeutic rebellion. Nothing is sacred at the Blasphemy Ball. Shake your fist at whatever you believe. Shake your fist at whatever you don't. We're shaking ours and we want you with us.

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Research on Bisexuality and Well-Being

Tera — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:18:17 GMT

Research on Bisexuality and Well-Being

Are you a bisexual female and at least 18 years old?

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

- Participation will take approximately 60 to 70 minutes

- All Participants will be entered in a lottery for a chance to win one of two
raffle prizes for $100

- If you are interested, go to
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=165663204675

- For more information or questions email:
bisexualityresearch@yahoo.com

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Saturday night?

Sarah — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:11:17 GMT

any gay/lesbian friendly events going on Saturday night?
I haven't been out in a while and I actually have this Saturday night off. (woo!) so, if anyone knows of anything fun going on..let me know! : )

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nice sweet tribe

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:42:40 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/lesbian-krishnas

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make love

clancy — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:20:32 GMT

but first pillow fight! http://www.flickr.com/photos/delineated/sets/72157594344142288/show/

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shopping in SF

wendy — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:08:45 GMT

Doing a roadtrip this spring and will have a few days in SF. There is lots to see so I don't want to spend too much time shopping. However, I want to bring something back for my girlfriend and some other lesbians in my life. I'm well aware that there will probably be a large area in which to browse "dyke souvenirs", but just wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to what shop absolutely can't be missed. Like I said, don't want to spend too much time shopping around.
-w

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SF Poker Games

Cory-Faded — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:21:14 GMT

Hey,
I started a tribe for us to hook up and play poker.
If you ever come to sf and you dig poker, check out
this tribe for the next game.
For those of us that live here,
come play a hand or two.
it's an excellent excuse to meet new peeps.

spread the word.

http://tribes.tribe.net/sfpokergames

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why does this "Molly" person keep posting ...

the_unhomed_one — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:23:23 GMT

and seemingly just trying to incite more bad feelings? Call me naive, but when my partner suggested that "molly" might actually be a guy just posting on here to pull people's chains I was totally stunned. But now that I have reread the numerous posts "she" has put on several threads I am seriously beginning to wonder ... ??

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Club Crave SF

Club Crave — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:34:41 GMT

Hi,

Please join us at Club Crave SF -- new grown & sexy queer party for women.

Club Crave

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BLIND TRUTH

Donovan Lauderback — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:52:19 GMT

Hey..
BLIND TRUTH is a dyke fronted Old School American Hardcore Punk Rock band from Louisville KY. Our songs reflect our personal politics with a back to basics approach ala Negative Approach, Agnostic Front, Black Flag...
Check us out at:

www.myspace.com/blindtruth502

Check out our all-out musical atttack on the Christian Right (wrong) and homophobes everywhere... GOD HATES FAGS

Love and respect,
Donovan
BLIND TRUTH

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Unka Lynnee & Aunty Cindy bring the Queerbot Radio back to SF

Cindy — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:36:56 GMT

The Unka Lynnee & Aunty Cindy Show!
with Lynnee Breedlove & Cindy Emch

Returning to the airwaves this coming Sunday from 8 - 10pm (PST) on 87.9 FM in SF & LA and online at piratecatradio.com (direct streaming link here: stream1.pcrstreams.com)

Listen up and hear what the heck has been going on in those last six months that we've been off the air.

Your favorite queerbot weirdo radio show is back, playing: queer, chick, trans and garden variety tunes punk rock, musicals, chick cock rock, math rock, gay vaudevillian shit from the twenties and weird pop culture archival shit that we find laying around san clamsdisco. in between folks can call up with questions about gender, trans identity, body modification, hormones, feminism, dating,femmes, butches, and general queer bot issues. ROCK ON WIT YER SOX ON.

xox
Aunty Cindy

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the dyke version of queeny glitter fabulous

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:40:39 GMT

so, i confess that i find glittery glam-y radical faerie-like fag divas gorgeous in their fabulousness. sometimes even unto swoonage. every now and then i meet a queer sister (or, not so queer, even) who has got the same kinda luscious funky freakness goin' on. but it's difficult to label (in the sense of describe, not in the sense of identity :). why don't dykes merit glittery labels? how would one combine i was a teenage fairy with butch or andro or tomboy?

i just about popped the other day when this strawberries 'n' cream themed (queer?) girljock biked past me wearing a boa and matching arm warmers. are any other lesbians feelin' it?

lex

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A Lesbian's Life

Donna — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:47:42 GMT

Hello, my name is Christa.

I am a volunteer with www.alesbianslife.com.

I would like to find out how I could get our link posted to your blog.

Here is our mission taken from our website which was founded by Donna Mete' who is an amazing woman that is truly "giving back" to our community:

A Lesbian's Life was founded in June 2006 to provide women with information and entertainment that explores the depth, richness and variations of our many life experiences. With our newly launched website, an upcoming blog and book, we expect to build this portal and begin filming an exciting new TV series. Each effort promises to address real-life issues in the lives of women who have not had the benefit of a voice that reaches far into our community and our world. We are committed to initiating a meaningful dialogue around issues important to all of us, to dispelling myths that exist within and outside of the community and to do away with the limited, stereotypical representations of lesbians that are prevalent today.

We hope to inspire you and to provide an ongoing series of thought-provoking, humorous and compelling opinions.

Some of these topics include gender decisions, parenting, being single, BDSM, love and loss, bisexuality and knowing when to let go...along with dozens of other fascinating subjects. Our Expert's Corner will invite numerous professionals to share their insights and expertise with us on a monthly basis and believe their presence will be of tremendous value. If you're a lesbian writer and would like to contribute a story or opinion, please contact us as well. We hope you will consider sharing your thoughts and visiting us often!

About Our Logo...and Journey

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This site is for women who choose to have a presence in our world, or who at any time, may have felt misrepresented in their lives and along their journeys. It is for those who have felt silenced by someone, or something. This website and the TV show are meant to explore all of who we are in an open, honest and candid way.

Our logo was created to reflect this extraordinary power, diversity, compassion and limitless potential within all of us, in spite of our many life challenges. She is an extension of heaven and earth and reflects the interrelationship between the two. She represents the wellspring of energy, inspiration and growth that we strive to embody day to day. She is a symbol of our humanity - our strength, trust, love and justice. She is hope, healing, inspiration and the divine that we all carry within us. She promises abundance and the fulfillment of our deepest wishes if only we believe in ourselves and our innate power to manifest our wildest dreams.

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hot video

kelli — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:41:15 GMT

i love this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJSUk4zAiN4

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Hi and why do we feel such a need to box ourselves in?

the_unhomed_one — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:49:38 GMT

Hey y'all (I'm moving to texas, so I'm practicing). Just wanted to introduce myself since I'm new. The last topic made me start wondering about that - about the boxes we push ourselves into. I don't really understand the butch/femme thing. I mean how can you be just one thing? Now I grew up in VT and am still suffering from the cultural deprivation so that's probably part of it. But I still don't get it ... If you're femme does that mean you ONLY like dressing up and 'girly' things and NO 'boyly' things? Does butch mean the opposite? Doesn't it get boring to make yourself fit into that kind of box???
Unhomed

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play parties

myla77 — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:43:18 GMT

anyone know if there is play parties in sacramento area please let me know thanks

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Hi I am Chunks!!!

VON — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:22:03 GMT

I am new to tribe and wanted to make friends!!!

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Arizona

VON — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:22:25 GMT

I am going to Arizona this weekend, does anyone know a good club to party at?

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Whoa! Brad Pitt's Marriage Statement

theatremama — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:15:34 GMT

Go Brad!
http://www.theatremama.com/ccount/click.php?id=208

Didn't see that one coming, but thought I would share!

M-

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Gay Marriage: A question of Civil Rights

steveargue2 — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:35:58 GMT

Gay Marriage: A question of Civil Rights

Statement of Peace and Freedom Party Senate Candidate Marsha Feinland:

In the United States, the institution of marriage controls our right to such matters as child custody, hospital visitation, and retirement income. It is also the most common and socially accepted form of a committed relationship between two adults. To deprive any couple of the right to marry is discrimination. We cannot allow discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, just as we no longer allow "miscegenation" laws to prohibit interracial marriage.

As the U.S. Senate takes up a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in time for preelection posturing by the right wing, we should study the poses assumed by the two senators from California. Both Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer were opposed to gay marriages in San Francisco when they were briefly legalized. This time, we will probably see them pointing out that the proposed amendment is "unnecessary," "inappropriate," or "not the business of the federal government."

My position is that a constitutional amendment or any law banning gay marriage is unjust, discriminatory and absolutely wrong. As long as the institution exists, everyone has the right to marry.

Also see:

Pro-War Diane Feinstein, What Are The Alternatives?
http://indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/28/18302034.php?show_comments=1#18307388

Marsha Feinland for United States Senate
http://feinlandforsenate.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

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portland lesbian gardeners

caramia cherie — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:25:49 GMT

it seems there used to be a group of ladies that got together and gushed about their gardens in pdx. what happened? shall we band anew?

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Ovum donation

photofreedom — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:14:34 GMT

I don't believe I will ever have children of my own, but I would like to become an ovum donor. I know there are responsible families who cannot concieve but would be willing to consider using an ovum donor. Have you been a donor? Do you know someone who has? Please help me build a support community for this topic by spreading the word!

http://tribes.tribe.net/ovumdonors

Thanks~
MJ

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Call for Submissions

paradigmbrooklyn — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:28:18 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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Trying to connect in Georgia

hobbit — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:38:46 GMT

Greetings to all,
Anyone out there from Georgia? Or do you have friends in georgia. I just moved to the Athens area, well, really I'm in Commerce, GA, from the Washington, DC area and am looking to make contact.

All help and connections welcome.

Peace
Hobbit

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Queers over 40 tribe

Ms. Fill in the Blank — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:42:46 GMT

Hey all , just wanted to put this out there.
I have a queers over 40 tribe. for me Its for men, women, trans etc.
I am trying to get more women in the tribe, to make it more balanced.

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podcast aimed at Dykes.....well sorta.............

DP — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:58:51 GMT

check out the Dykes Luv Rock n' Roll podcast[s].......there are now 2 of 'em.........www.mamajax.net/DLRR enjoy,DP

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NEW Butch/Femme/Trans Social Group

Elixir — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:57:34 GMT

Hi there Tribe-sters

Please excuse the cross-posting (again), but I'm sure that some folks in this community (and their friends) will be interested in this, so.... I'm helping some friends get a new Butch-Femme social group going. Read about us, tell your friends, email the promo on, and come along!

Elixir
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The Butch/Femme/Trans Social Club of Melbourne

To the butches, femmes and transfolk of Melbourne, where are you? It's time to meet up and socialise. It's time for Melbourne to become Australia's capital of butch/femme/trans socialising. We're organising an event (hopefully the first of many) and you're all invited.

Sunday 6 August, 1pm
Dante's
150-156 Gertrude St (cnr. Gertrude & Napier Sts)
Fitzroy

We welcome anyone with a connection to butch/femme/trans identities and dynamics. Come and have lunch with us.

If you've got any queries, please contact Tara via email (subtle_femme@yahoo.com) or phone (0402 280 383). If you could RSVP (by Thursday 3 August), that would also be helpful.

Hope to see you there...

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anybody

myla77 — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:11:30 GMT

hi there anyone in the roseville ca. area and like to hook up let me know

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the lesbian monkeys are trying to tell us something

clancy — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:22:49 GMT

http://tinyurl.com/j5suc

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QUEER INK - a new writing group for queers

Elixir — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:44:18 GMT

[please excuse the cross-posting, but I thought members might be interested in this (or know folks who might be) - please pass it on!]

QUEER INK - a new writing group for queers

Queer? Do you write, or are you interested in writing? Would you like to talk with other people who write? Would you like to get together with others who understand what it’s like to struggle with writer’s block, and who want to know how to get published (like you)? Would you like help with critiquing your work and exploring your writing?

Queer Ink is a new writing group for queers who like to write, whether you call yourself a writer or not. We welcome anyone who identifies as queer and writes. We welcome folks of any gender or sexuality.

Interested? Check us out!

Come join us on the web at
au.groups.yahoo.com/group/queer_ink/

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Looking for advice?

DearAmyDotNet — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:38:53 GMT

Hi, all!
I run a sex and relationship advice website, and I've run low on questions to answer. I just wanted to put it out there, in case anyone is looking for some advice or information -- feel free to shoot me an email. All questions are posted anonymously. I have a background in sex research (master's degree in sexuality studies), so I will research your question and find you the answers you've been looking for!
The site is updated every Wednesday. Check out DearAmy.net for details...
xoxo,
Amy

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Polyamorous Dykes NYC

sinamuscarina — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:50:25 GMT

Hello, I am bisexual and i am new to this tribe.
does anyone know where i can find Dykes related clubs or scenes in NYC?

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Is this ...

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:18:42 GMT

..an under subscribed tribe...

or, are lesbians just dull

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Suggestions........

Sara — Tue, 02 May 2006 05:13:34 GMT

Was wondering if anyone could suggest a clean, reasonable, (80-175 a night) SF hotel in the Mission/Valencia district, preferably on the Dyke march path or close by, for the upcoming SFGay Pride celebration?

Or, any great hotels in the area close by?

Have routinely stayed on the Union Square side of town and would like a change.

If this post would be better on seperate tribe please let me know.

Thanks

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Safe lesbian sex...?

Brena — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:40:44 GMT

Hello, not new, but haven't posted in a long time.

So, recently in my life HIV has been popping up. A couple of my friends have tested positive and it really jolted me being before this, I hadn't been personally affected by this disease. So, about three weeks ago I was tested and yesterday I got my results back. I'm negative, not only for HIV but for Gonorrhea (sp?) and chlamydia(sp). So I've been spared. When the nurse asked me if I wanted any condoms I said, no thanks...thinking...I really don't need those. Besides I have a plentiful stash for whatever reason. Then, I thought, well wait a minute here. I have honestly never considered ....safe sex with women. Really. Nobody ever talks about it, and Herpes can easily be spread from woman to woman...right? It's never in the news, MTV doesn't remind women to use "protection" in their "awareness" commercials... What's the haps? Is it really not important? So, I swallowed and opened my mouth and asked.... can I have dental dam? The nurse was ecstatic. Hell, I've never even seen dental dam before. LOL, let alone used it. How much of a mood killer is this shit, I was thinking? Will I ever meet a woman who respects this? Who here practices safe oral sex? Does it feel tremendously different? Does your partner agree to this?? Help me out here..

Peace

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hi im amber

myla77 — Sat, 27 May 2006 23:11:17 GMT

well hi there fairly new to tribe .....wanted to say hi to everyone....amber

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lesbianpolyfuckery tribe

Stevee — Sat, 27 May 2006 20:58:29 GMT

Hi,

Is anyone on this tribe? When I try to go there it says:

The Requested Action Cannot Be Performed
You have attempted to do something that is not permitted according to this tribe's security configuration.

My guess is that you have to be invited in order to join. Can someone invite me? You will have my great appreciation and gratitude.

Thanks

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Women's Play Party

metalprincess — Wed, 24 May 2006 03:14:55 GMT

Presented by Bad Girls, THE leather club for women in Portland.
Saturday, June 3rd
9 PM - 2 AM
Doors close at midnight.

Guest/Non-Member: $15
Basic/Associate Member: $10
Premium Member: $5
RSVP to contact@pdxbadgirls.net for location info.

Bad Girls Women's Parties are open to all self-identified women over the
age of 18.

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