Butch-Femme.com Bash

Butch-Femme.com 2009 Las Vegas Bash Oct 8-11

Top 10 Lesbian Style & Fashion Icons

I can’t say I agree with all their picks, but I’m happy to see Kate Moennig, Beth Ditto, kd lang, and Joan Jett on Autostraddle’s Top 10 Lesbian Style & Fashion Icons list. 
I love that dapper kd talks about herself almost as a third gender while simultaneously owning her “womanly” body.  I’m not a Jackie Warner fan, but I [...]

Labor Day Challenge

Femmes for worker justice!  This Labor Day, Wake Up Walmart, along with a large coalition of labor, environmental, and community groups, is challenging Walmart to live up to its PR promises and join concerned citizens in supporting the American Values Agenda for Change at Walmart.
Here’s one of Wake Up Wal-Mart’s new TV ads. Check it out!
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Queer Freedom Not “Equality”

I just came across a terrific new article on queer politics by one of my femme idols, Amber Hollibaugh.  I wholeheartedly agree with her about the importance of moving beyond identity politics and fighting for an inclusive vision of freedom and social justice rather than the narrower agendas typically associated with mainstream movements for LGBTI rights.   Her argument is worth considering in light of this fall’s National Equality March, a gay rights [...]

Butch Voices Conference

2009 Butch Voices Conference – Let Your Voice Be Heard
August 20-23, 2009     Oakland, CA
We are woman-identified Butches. We are trans-masculine Studs. We are faggot-identified Aggressives. We are noun Butches, adjective Studs and pronoun-shunning Aggressives. We are she, he, hy, ze, zie and hir. We are you, and we are me. The point is, we don’t decide [...]

Sublimefemme Calls for Action!

A dear friend of mine–let’s call her Jen–got a good job and seemed poised for professional success.  However, after she came out as lesbian, her coworkers started making obscene and homophobic remarks to her.   To make matters worse, Jen’s supervisor gave her more demanding assignments than other coworkers and not enough time to complete these tasks. 
Jen filed a complaint but it was [...]

New trans-inclusive ENDA bill

From the Washington Blade, June 23:  ”Revised ENDA to be unveiled:  More than 100 Members of Congress Back Measure”
A revised version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that includes protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people is expected to be unveiled Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and other members of Congress were slated to gather Wednesday for [...]

Hello World I’m Your Wild Girl

Her trademark sneer.  Raspy voice.  Androgynous sex appeal.   Fuck-you attitude.  Really, when you think about it, the only good thing to come out of the ’80s was Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.  
In case you haven’t noticed, Joan has been in the news lately because she’s working on her much-anticipated biopic The Runaways, which is about the proto-punk, all-girl band she co-founded in the [...]

Imagine Peace

“Smile to the future and it will smile back to us.”
–Yoko Ono, Surrender To Peace
Read the IMAGINE PEACE ebook here.

Hate Is the Enemy

 
I am shocked and saddened by today’s shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. This outrageous act reminds us that we must remain vigilant against anti-Semitism and prejudice in all its forms. No American institution is more important to this effort than the Holocaust Museum, and no act of violence will diminish our determination to [...]