I Heart Verizon Strikers

While Verizon is taking in massive profits and paying its execs richly, it’s trying to force outrageous cuts on workers—which amount to $20,000 per family.  That’s why 45,000 employees in Verizon’s Northeast wire line division have been on strike since Aug. 7, and they need our support.  Don’t let Verizon destroy the bargaining rights and [...]

NYC Sex Worker Cabaret

NEW YORK CITY’S SECOND ANNUAL SEX WORKER CABARET SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2011 New York, NY – Sex workers take the stage on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 7:30pm at Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St., Brooklyn, NY) to tell diverse stories through video, performance art, narrative, puppetry, burlesque, comedy and more. The event starts with [...]

Sydney Femme Conference

Hello darlings!  I recently received a charming note from Bex of the Sydney Femme Guild asking me to help get the word out about their 4 day symposium–the inaugural Sydney Femme Conference (October 7-10, 2010). Who knew I had readers in Australia?!  I’m personally delighted to learn about the Sydney Femme Guild (aren’t they fabulous?) [...]

Camp Trans Call for Workshops

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS CAMP TRANS 2010 – PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY Hi, I’m gayge, and I’ll be helping to schedule and coordinate workshops and caucuses for Camp Trans again this year. Every year, we have workshops and caucuses on a variety of topics connected to trans issues or of interest to trans people. Workshops are a [...]

Get Looped, Dahling

“Daddy warned me about men and alcohol.  But he never warned me about women and cocaine.”  –Tallulah Bankhead Dahlings, send a video of yourself doing your best Tallulah Bankhead impersonation for a chance to win a trip for 2 to NY, tickets to see Looped on Broadway, a backstage visit with Valerie Harper, two nights [...]

Body Heat: Femme Porn Tour

Queer Hard-Core Fierce & Potent Femme Porn writers, poets, dancers, performers, divas, coming to see YOU.  The tour kicks off in Boston tonight! THE BODY HEAT TOUR ***March 2010*** March 13th – Boston, MA. @ Lily Pad 1353 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA. $10.00 7pm (special guest Gigi Frost of The Femme Show) March 14th – [...]

Never Been a Bad Girl

Whether you’re nice or naughty, you’re going to like Sabrina Chap’s new video! From The Queerist: In a world of flash-in-the-pan acts and pop music saturation, it’s a joy to discover Sabrina Chap, a deeply talented musician who’s well grounded in songwriting and grand performanceship . When her songwriting career collided with a discovery of [...]

Femme Means Attack (Call for Submissions)

“Femme Means Attack” call for submissions. “Femme Means Attack” is a collaborative zine of submissions by people who identify as femme and as radical, anarchist, and/or anti-authoritarian. Femmes are often seen as non-radical or counterrevolutionary in many radical communities, despite the fact that we can take to the streets just as well as anyone else, [...]

Friends of Dorothy Zine (Call for Submissions)

Friends of Dorothy (FOD) calls for submissions for a new radical queer zine focusing on gentrification tentatively titled “Hey Girl Get Out, or Why Housing is a Queer Issue”.  FOD is an autonomous group of radical queers in Columbus, Ohio dedicated to fighting the consequences of global capitalism and imperialism by working in solidarity with [...]

Helping Haiti

I have a friend in Haiti now. I’ve heard from her family that she’s OK, which is a tremendous relief, but I keep thinking about all the other people who were not as lucky as she.  As the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country, Haiti needs our help now more than ever. If you haven’t yet donated [...]