Past Events

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2010:

Friday, February 19, 2010
Lesbian Sex Mafia
Gendering Power: How to Spice Up Your Role Play
LGBT Community Center, New York, NY
8pm

Saturday, February 20, 2010
Bulldyke Chronicles
Dixon Place, New York City

SXSW Panel: Engaging the Queer Community
Saturday, March 13 at 03:30 PM
Austin, Texas
A discussion on maintaining successful and active blogs and social networking sites that are geared toward the LGBT community and its niches. Presenters: Trish Bendix – MTV/AfterEllen.com, Bil Browning – Bilerico Project, Fausto Fernos – Feast of Fun (moderator), Sinclair Sexsmith – Sugarbutch Chronicles.

SXSW Queer Blogger Tweetup
Sunday, March 14 at 9pm
OilCan Harry’s
211 West 4th Street (walking distance from the conference)
Austin, Texas

  • Live tweetup using hashtag #sxswgay
  • Free wifi available
  • Your favorite viral videos from 2009 playing on the bar’s TVs
  • T-shirt and merchandise giveaways
  • Free drinks to all SXSW attendees and people who follow Oil Can Harry’s on twitter @oilcanharrys or show their SXSW pass.

Duke University
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Fucking with Gender workshop
Madison, New Jersey

SIDESHOW: Queer Literary Carnival Launch party!
Tuesday, April 16, 2010
Lineup TBA
Cheryl B. and Sinclair Sexsmith
The Phoenix
doors at 7pm, show at 8pm
More information at SideshowReadingSeries.wordpress.com

Brown University
April 21, 2010
Providence, RI
Fucking with Gender 200: Gendering Power
6-8pm, location TBA

Chapbook Festival
www.chapbookfestival.org
New York City
Pleasure Boat Studio Table
May 4, 2010
1-3pm

Sideshow! The Queer Literary Carnival
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
at The Phoenix
doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm
More information at SideshowReadingSeries.wordpress.com

Famous Lesbian Comedy Roadshow Fundraiser
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Bulldyke Chronicles at Dixon Place
full details on Facebook

Sex 2.0 Unconference
Seattle, WA
May 22-23, 2010
I will have a workshop called Yes, No, and Consent, exact time TBA

SIDESHOW: Queer Literary Carnival
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Produced & Hosted by Cheryl B. and Sinclair Sexsmith
The Phoenix, 447 East 13th Street @ Avenue A in NYC
doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm
This month’s theme is BUTCH/FEMME, starring:
Syd Blakovich + Diana Cage + Miriam Perez + Jack Stratton + Teresa Theophano
More information at SideshowReadingSeries.wordpress.com

Pleasure Boat Studio Chapbook Reading
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
with Emily Haines
Cornelia Street Cafe, New York City
6-8 pm

SIDESHOW: Queer Literary Carnival
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Produced & Hosted by Cheryl B. and Sinclair Sexsmith
The Phoenix, 447 East 13th Street @ Avenue A in NYC
doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm
This month’s theme is Freak Flag starring:
Sassafras Lowery + Vittoria Repetto + Thad Rutkowski + Charlie Vasquez
More information at SideshowReadingSeries.wordpress.com

Gender & Role Play
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, 7:30pm
She Bop
909 N. Beech St, Portland, OR
SheBoptheShop.com

Join Sinclair Sexsmith for this workshop focusing on the ways that playing with gender in role play can be liberating for our gender expressions or identities outside of role play too. This class will include Sinclair’s basic gender tenets & philosophies, how to play with gender in role play, how play can deepen understandings of our own personal gender presentations, expressions, & identities, and also some details for playing with masculinity & femininity.

Strap-On 101
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Fascinations
9515 SE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR
store details on Funlove.com

Interested in strapping on a cock? Not sure where to start? Come to this interactive workshop with Sinclair Sexsmith, experienced strap-on aficionado, for tips and suggestions on what kinds of dildos and harnesses will be right for you, and how to strap it on with gusto. We’ll talk about how cocks can be played with and experienced by every gender, and how to have more cock confidence.

SIDESHOW: Queer Literary Carnival
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Produced & Hosted by Cheryl B. and Sinclair Sexsmith
The Phoenix, 447 East 13th Street @ Avenue A in NYC
doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm
August’s theme is HEAT WAVE, featuring erotica by:
Tamiko Beyer + Rachel Kramer Bussel + Mildred Gerestant + Kit Yan
queerliterarycarnival.com

Butch Brunch
Saturday, August 14th
Location TBD, New York City
RSVP on Facebook

Butch Voices NYC Conference Fundraiser: Butch Burlesque
Saturday, August 28, 2010
7pm
Stonewall, 53 Christopher Street, NYC
thestonewallinnyc.com

SIDESHOW: Queer Literary Carnival
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Produced & Hosted by Cheryl B. and Sinclair Sexsmith
The Phoenix, 447 East 13th Street @ Avenue A in NYC
doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm
queerliterarycarnival.com

Butch Brunch
Saturday, September 18th
Cafe Orlin, East Village, New York City
RSVP on Facebook

A Dyke’s Secrets of Cunnilingus
Thursday, September 23rd, 7pm
Purple Passion
211 West 20th Street, New York, NY

Butch Voices: New York City
Friday through Sunday, September 24-26
New York City
more on ButchVoices.com

Butch Voices Speak: Sideshow & Queer Memoir Mashup
7pm Saturday, 25 September
Bluestockings Bookstore
Allen Street, Lower East Side, NYC
Hosted by Kelli Dunham and Sinclair Sexsmith, with Queer Memoir storytellers Ryann Makenzi Holmes, Morgan Mann Willis, and Emma Crandall, and Sideshow performers Renair Amin and Kestryl Cael.

Butch Voices: Portland
Friday through Sunday, October 1-3
Portland, OR
more on ButchVoices.com

Saturday, October 2nd: Telling Our Stories: Writing Workshop
Everyone is the expert of their own life. Everyone knows themselves, their stories, their triumphs, their heartaches, better than anyone else. We all come from somewhere. We all have had struggles, heartaches, successes, breakthroughs, knockdowns, sideswipes, joy, that have brought us from the people we used to be to the person that we are today, and we butches have our own unique and similar stories. The rewards of starting to tell these stories, to write them down, to have others witness our stories, can be massive. The power of words to name what has happened in your lifetime can be spiritually and psychologically healing, can bring together communities of like-minded people, and can even write our selves into existence and change the world. Join writer, blogger, and activist Sinclair Sexsmith in a personal writing workshop about bringing out own inner stories out, finding the stories of our lives that are begging to be told, trusting the wisdom of our own inner voices, and finding the courage to share our stories with others. We will discuss blogging, places to read your work, editing, basic craft, and other inspirational butch writers. Bring paper and something to write with, there will be writing prompts.

Gender/Queer: Spoken Word Performance
Sunday, October 3rd, 2pm to 5pm
at In Other Words Bookstore, 8 NE Killingsworth, PDX
Free and open to the public!

Talking About the Taboo
2nd Annual Conference at The Center for Sexual Pleasure & Health (CSPH)
Sunday, October 10th
Pawtucket, RI
thecsph.org

SIDESHOW: Queer Literary Carnival
Tuesday, October 14th, 2010
Produced & Hosted by Cheryl B. and Sinclair Sexsmith
The Phoenix, 447 East 13th Street @ Avenue A in NYC
doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm
queerliterarycarnival.com

SIDESHOW: Queer Literary Carnival
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Produced & Hosted by Cheryl B. and Sinclair Sexsmith
The Phoenix, 447 East 13th Street @ Avenue A
in the East Village, New York City
doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm
queerliterarycarnival.com

Strap-On 101 Workshop
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Fascinations
Tuscon, AZ
Many of us have experience with strapping on, packing, and playing, but there are lots of new products out there on the market that might be exciting and that you haven’t encountered yet. Writer and sex educator Sinclair Sexsmith talk about what cocks are good for packing, what options are out there for pack-and-play, which harnesses are the most loved, and which to avoid. Plus, she’ll delve into some cock confidence, getting into the psychology of penetration, and discussing what it’s like to shoot from the hip. If you’re a butch, a stud, an AGs or anywhere on the masculine side of center, come get the nuts and bolts of strapping it on and fucking. You’ll learn about positions and lube, how different products work, what “cock confidence” means, and the psychology behind strapping on and playing with a cock with a partner, or with oneself.

Cock Confidence & Strapping It On
Conversio Virium, Columbia University’s BDSM Student Group
Monday, November 15th, 2010
New York City
Many of us have experience with strapping on, packing, and playing, but there are lots of new products out there on the market that might be exciting and that you haven’t encountered yet. Writer and sex educator Sinclair Sexsmith talk about what cocks are good for packing, what options are out there for pack-and-play, which harnesses are the most loved, and which to avoid. Plus, she’ll delve into some cock confidence, getting into the psychology of penetration, and discussing what it’s like to shoot from the hip. If you’re a butch, a stud, an AGs or anywhere on the masculine side of center, come get the nuts and bolts of strapping it on and fucking. You’ll learn about positions and lube, how different products work, what “cock confidence” means, and the psychology behind strapping on and playing with a cock with a partner, or with oneself.

Radical & Responsible Gender
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
Smith University
Northampton, MA
Exact time and location TBA

Radical & Responsible Gender
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
6 – 8 pm
Kimmel Center, 9th floor, room 905
60 Washington Square South
NYU, New York City

SIDESHOW: Queer Literary Carnival
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Produced & Hosted by Cheryl B. and Sinclair Sexsmith
The Phoenix, 447 East 13th Street @ Avenue A in NYC
doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm
queerliterarycarnival.com

Drunken! Careening! Writers!
Thursday, December 16th
Special Best Lesbian Erotica 2011 reading
7pm, KGB Bar, East Village, NYC
Drunken Careening Writers website

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