It’s happening right now! Well not quite right now, since it’s earlier in New York City than it is over in Oakland, on the other coast where the sun sets over the water just like it’s supposed to. The 2010 Femme Conference: No Restrictions begins today and an extravagance of femmes have gathered, including Kristen. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘butch’
Review: Lesbian Cowboys (Book)
“‘Cowboy’ is a calling, a vocation, not a gender,” starts the book Lesbian Cowboys: Erotic Adventures by Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia, published by Cleis Press. And the first review of it I saw online (which now of course I can’t find) said, “This book has nothing to do with gender.” But of course, I [...]
From Not Stone to Stone-ish
I’m finally getting around to the Ask Me Anything questions from Sugarbutch’s 4th anniversary. I hope to get through them all, though it might take a little bit of time! My question: How do you relate or not relate to stone identity? To what extent do you ID/not ID as stone and how do you [...]
SweLL featuring Anna Camilleri, Ivan E Coyote, & Lyndell Montgomery
Two of my favorite butches on the planet – and the fabulous addition of femme Anna Camilleri – have collaborated in a queer performance collective. This clip from earlier this year is fucking rad. SweLL featuring Anna Camilleri, Ivan E Coyote, & Lyndell Montgomery SWELL—the new incarnation of Taste This, notorious Vancouver-based queer performance collective. [...]
“Is it a trans characteristic to wear a cock?”: Cock-centricity and Gender Identity
Back in April, for Sugarbutch’s third anniversary, I offered up an “ask me anything” thread where readers could ask any burning questions that they’d like for me to answer. is it a transgender characteristic to wear a cock (with anatomically accurate balls) and feel more complete or like yourself when you are a biological female? [...]
Free Copy of Ivan Coyote’s book Loose End
Ivan E. Coyote, Top Hot Butches Number Six and amazing storyteller, writer, and performer, has a new book out this year from Arsenal Pulp Press called The Slow Fix. I just picked it up when Kristen and I were in Philadelphia about a month ago at Giovanni’s Room, which, by the way, was one of [...]
Top Hot Butches #21, #17, and #6
l-r: Lyndell Montgomery (#21), Bren Ryder (#17), and Ivan E. Coyote (#6) at Ivan’s recent 40th Birthday bash in Vancouver. Note the SIX shirt Ivan’s showing off – a reference to Ivan’s Top Hot Butches number, and a gift from Lyndell. Thanks to Ivan’s partner Zena for snapping this shot and sending it to me [...]
A Butch Roadmap
Ivan Coyote (#6 in the Top Hot Butches list), has just released a piece on his column for xtra.ca called A Butch Roadmap, and it really is a must-read. Here’s a snippet (reprinted with permission): The word for you is butch. Remember this word. It will be used against you. The word for you is [...]
