sex + culture events,

From: "Center for Sex and Culture- Announce"




[.....]
Events with a *star are new to this newsletter. How it
works: the first listing is ours: CSC-sponsored
events, events held at CSC, and events co-sponsored
by or
benefiting CSC. They are followed by brief
save-the-date listings, then the second half is a
list of other
people's events and announcements which may be of
interest to you. Both lists are boiled down to a
table of
contents, just below this note.

In this newsletter:

Erotic Reading Circle -- 3/26
Best Sex Writing Bookparty -- 3/27
Ask the Doctors: Cunnilingus (at Good Vibes) -- 3/29
Divas of San Francisco with David Steinberg -- 3/30
Sausage Ville: A Trouser Meat & Greet (at the Eagle --
benefits the Center for Sex & Culture) -- 3/30
Crafts and Collage Night -- 4/2
Body Heat: Femmes Write Porn -- 4/3
Advanced Nude Yogaplay for Men -- 4/7

Save the date! Upcoming from CSC

Other cool events/announcements:
*Intercontinental Collaborations 3: The Symmetry
Project
Strip Tease for lovers!
*Hot Draw!
*Supporting the trans body and spirit with Herbs and
Nutrition workshop
*Unleash Your Fire workshop
*Call for Presenters: POLYAMORY CONFERENCE: SEPT
12-14: 2008
*"Pulling Back the Sheets: Sex, Work and Social
Justice" July 2008 Chicago, IL


Wednesday, 3/26, 7:30-9:30 -- EROTIC READING CIRCLE

Come read with us! Bring your newest story, one you're
hoping to revise (respectful listening and helpful
comments guaranteed), or your Happy Hour coicktail
napkin with a new erotic haiku scribbled on it.

$5 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. At
CSC, 1519 Mission.


*****

Thursday, 3/27, 7 pm -- BEST SEX WRITING 2008
BOOKPARTY & READING

The Center for Sex and Culture presents the best in
sex journalism! From dangerous dildos to professional
submissives, the erotic appeal of twins, sex work,
pornography and much more, these authors delve into
the far
reaches of eroticism. Probing stereotypes, truths,
and the tricky areas in between, Best Sex Writing
2008
opens the bedroom door and explores the complexity of
modern sexuality with thought-provoking, cutting-edge
essays and articles. Authors Violet Blue, Paul Festa,
Amy André, Greta Christina, Jen Cross and Melissa
Gira
will read and sign books afterwards.

Violet Blue ("Kink.com and Porn Hysteria: The Lie of
Unbiased Reporting") is author and editor of nearly
two
dozen sexual health books and erotica collections.
She is a professional sex educator, lecturer,
podcaster,
blogger, vlogger, porn/erotica reviewer and machine
artist. She has written for outlets ranging from
Forbes.com to O, The Oprah Magazine. Violet's website
is
tinynibbles.com.

Sex essays by Paul Festa ("How Insensitive") appear in
Nerve, Salon, Best Sex Writing 2005 and Best Sex
Writing 2006. His award-winning movie, Apparition of
the
Eternal Church, about the music of Olivier Messiaen,
has its San Francisco premiere at Grace Cathedral on
April 18. His related book, OH MY GOD: Messiaen in
the
Ear of the Unbeliever, was recently published. He can
be
found online at paulfesta.com and
apparitionfilm.com.com.

Amy André ("The Study of Sex') has a master's degree
in human sexuality studies from San Francisco State
University. She works as a sex educator and writer.

Melissa Gira ("The Pink Ghetto [A Four-Part Series])
is the editor of Sexerati, the award-winning blog
about
smart sex, the co-founder of the sex worker group
blog Bound, Not Gagged, and a reporter for Valleywag.
Visit her at melissagira.com.

Jen Cross ("Surface Tensions") is a smut writer and
writing workshop facilitator, and is co-collaborator
in
the dyke erotica collective Dirty Ink. Her writing
has
appeared in a plethora of anthologies, including
Nobody Passes, Best Women's Erotica 2007, and Naughty
Spanking Stories from A to Z 2. As a queer incest
survivor, Jen writes to release, transform and create
space
for as much unspoken erotic as possible. For more
information, visit http://www.writingourselveswhole.org.

No charge -- but we will ask for donations if you're
able to contribute. At The Center for Sex & Culture:
1519 Mission near 11th St. CSC can take checks, Visa,
M/C and Discover.r.

*****

Saturday, 3/29, ASK THE DOCTORS: CUNNILINGUS

Saturday, March 29th: Ask the Doctors: Cunnilingus
(repeats at the Valencia Street GV on 4/5)

Join Dr. Carol Queen and Dr. Robert Lawrence as they
explore the wonders and mysteries of cunnilingus!
Learn
everything you ever wanted to know, and enjoy 15% off
Me Bath & Body products!

When: Saturday, March 29th
Time: 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Where: Good Vibrations Berkeley Store
2504 San Pablo Avenue (at Dwight Way)
Berkeley, CA 94702
(415) 345-0400
Free

*****

Sunday afternoon, March 30, 2-4 pm -- DIVAS OF SAN
FRANCISCO: PORTRAITS OF TRANSSEXUAL WOMEN

For over five years, David Steinberg has been
photographing transsexual women who frequent Divas
Nightclub
and Bar in San Francisco, the premier transgender
club
in the U.S. This February, he published Divas of San
Francisco: Portraits of Transsexual Women, a
collection
of 59 intimate, revealing photographs portraying the
individuality, diversity, and fierce integrity of a
group of people who are alternately ignored and
fetishized, but rarely acknowledged and appreciated
for who
they really are.

In this presentation, David will show images from his
book, talk about the subculture that revolves around
Divas, and discuss the dynamics of photographing the
transsexual women he has met there. He will also
offer
details and backstories that give a realistic and
appreciative sense of the lives of an exceptional and
much
misunderstood group of individuals. Signed copies of
Divas of San Francisco will be available for purchase
at special discount.

David Steinberg is a photographer, author, editor, and
publisher. His previous books include Photo Sex: Fine
Art Sexual Photography Comes of Age; Erotic by
Nature: A Celebration of Life, of Love, and of Our
Wonderful
Bodies; and The Erotic Impulse: Honoring the Sensual
Self. He is currently working on two books of couples
photography, This Thing We Call Sex, and Sex and
Disability. He lives in San Francisco.

$20 -- CSC can take checks, Visa, M/C and Discover. No
one turned away for lack of funds -- David especially
wants to make this presentation available to members
of the trans community.
At The Center for Sex & Culture: 1519 Mission near
11th St.

AND! also Sunday afternoon:

*Sunday March 30th, 2008, 3-6 pm -- SAUSAGE-VILLE: A
Trouser Meat & Greet
at the Eagle - 12th & Harrison -- http://www.SFEagle.com

featuring our porn star rafflers:
* Derrick Hanson
* Wolf Hudson
* Ross Hurston
* Tristan Jaxx
* Kyle King
* Tom Orr
* Tristan Phoenix
* Robert Thorn

Special guests: Sexologist Dr. Carol Queen

Emcees:
Sister Roma!
Sister Kitty Catalyst OCP

Event details:

Sausage Ville: A Trouser Meat & Greet

* benefiting:
The Center For Sex & Culture & AIDS Candlelight Vigil

(The San Francisco AIDS Candlelight Vigil, taking
place in May is the local observance of the
International
AIDS Candlelight Memorial held in over 3000
communities in over 150 countries. The vigil began in
San
Francisco and New York in 1983 and was led and
organized by
people with AIDS to publicly empower themselves and
was the world's first public demonstration of
solidarity
for people whose illness made them the target of fear
and discrimination. Since then, the Vigil has become
the world's oldest & largest annual grassroots
event.)

*****

Wednesday, 4/2, 7 pm -- CRAFTS AND COLLAGE AT CSC!

Join us at CSC for an evening of making stuff, gossip
and quasi-intellectual discussion! All small
handicrafts are welcomed; collage, knitting,
crocheting,
quilting etc. We meet at 7 pm on the first Wednesday
evening
of the month starting March 5th. Chocolate, luscious
yarn and witty repertoire are all encouraged. If you
have particular collage or craft materials you wish
to
work with, please bring them; we don't yet have a big
stash for you to play with.

At the Center for Sex & Culture, 1519 Mission near
11th. $5 donation, no one turned away for lack of
funds.
At CSC, 1519 Mission.

*****

Thursday, 4/3 -- BODY HEAT: FEMMES WRITE PORN

Come to the Center for Sex and Culture for the
inaugural performance of the Body Heat: Femme Porn
Tour on
Thursday, April 3. This will be an evening of fierce,
decadent performances/readings by Vixen Noir/Veronica
Combs, Celestina Pearl, kathleen delaney and Jen
Cross--
with, we're hoping, a couple special SF-area guests!
7pm, $10 & up (to help us pay for gas, for goodness'
sake), no one turned away...
FMI: http://www.myspace.com/femmeporntour

BODY HEAT MANIFESTO: Body Heat is a collective of
fierce, sassy, irreverent Femme artists setting
ablaze
performance art communities and smashing Femme
stereotypes. Porn, Kink, Smut, Erotica - Body Heat is
not
reclaiming our sex so much as OWNING it.

We will turn you on.

We will challenge all of your Gender, Sex, Feminist,
Social, & Political boundaries & assumptions.

We will entertain the hell out of you.

Mostly we will leave you panting, begging, dripping
for more.

About the performers:
kathleen delaney is a High Femme who performs Queer
Hard-Core Porn Spoken Word, full-time slave, definite
DIVA, whose provocative performances ignite, shock,
challenge, and eroticize Butch/Femme, Queer, and BDSM
dynamics! kathleen has been performing her special
brand
of Queer Southern Kink & Porn for several years in
the
Atlanta area. She has toured both coasts, sharing the
stage with such acts as Margaret Cho, Shar Rednour,
Amber Dawn, Athens Boys Choir, Michelle Tea, Ian
Harvie,
Meliza Banales, Amy Ray, Scott Turner Schofield,
Bitch, and S. Bear Bergman. kathleen has graced the
stages
of Margaret Cho's Sensuous Woman, Cliterati,
Homo-A-Gogo, Mother Tongue, Down 'n Dirty, K'vetsh,
Ladyfest
South, and was recently a key organizer for Atlanta's
Mondohomo Dirty South 2007. kathleen's chapbook
"Fierce" was published in 2005, and is a steamy
collection of
her most Erotic work. Her first CD, "Stiletto," is
slated for release September 2007!!!
http://www.myspace.com/stilettospokenword

Celestina Pearl was born and raised in the City of
Angels, and moved to San Francisco from Eugene,
Oregon in
January 2000. She's a 33 year old Chicana Femme Dyke,
performance and visual artist, poet, writer and
bruja. She's performed sola at many venues up and
down the
West Coast. She founded and performed with the Fierce
Pussy Posse Cabaret Theatre Company from 1997-2000,
in
Eugene, Oregon. In San Francisco, she performed in
Liquid Fire 2000, 2001 & 2004, in several
performances
of "Wet", an erotic cabaret by Lesbians of Color from
2000-2004, in many shows at Lunasea Women's Theater
from 2000-2003, with Debauchery, a queer performance
group from 2001-2003, and in "Please Don't Stop" and
"Voluptuous Vixens", two movies celebrating the
erotic
lives of Lesbians of Color. She directed and starred
in
"Dangerous Curves: The Femme Show" and painted her
first
large scale public mural at Lunasea Women's Theater
in 2003. In 2006 she graduated from City College of
San
Francisco's Nursi

ng Program and participated in and performed for the
the San Fransicso Femme Conference. Her movie, "Las
Mañanitas" (The Little Tomorrows) about her
relationship
as a queer Chicana Femme Dyke with her Drag Queen
Nana
showed at the Queer Women of Color Film Festival and
Frameline LGBTQ Int'l Film Festival in June of 2007.
She is currently working on an autobiographical movie
about a Queer Femme Dyke and her FTM wife who is
transitioning while they are also trying to become
pregnant.

Jen Cross is a femme dyke incest survivor and smut
writer. Her erotica has appeared in a plethora of
anthologies, including, most recently, Nobody Passes,
Best
Women's Erotica 2007, Naughty Spanking Stories A-Z 2,
as
well as on CleanSheets.com. Based in the Bay Area,
she's featured at such lascivious events as Sizzle,
Writers With Drinks, the National Queer Arts
Festival,
Queer Open Mic. She participated in the smutty part
of
2006's LitQuake LitCrawl, pouring out porn for a
capacity crowd at GoodVibes. She's is a
co-collaborator in
the dyke erotica collective Dirty Ink, and, because
she
cannot get enough dirty words, leads erotic writing
workshops and co-facilitates (with Carol Queen) a
monthly Erotic Reading Circle at the Center for Sex
and
Culture. Jen writes to release, transform, and create
space for as much unspoken erotica as possible, and
is a
firm believer in the transformative power of smut.

Vixen Noir (a.k.a. Veronica C. Combs) is a San
Francisco-based erotic performance artist and
burlesque
dancer, actress, poetess, modern/jazz dancer, singer
as
well as director, producer, choreographer and
filmmaker
who has been wowing audiences in the San Francisco
Bay
Area and abroad with her sexy jaw-dropping
performances for more than 12 years! Vixen integrates
her
extensive dance and theatre background to create
performances
that range from sublime to raucous, raunchy to
seductive, titillating to beautiful, and that are
artistically compelling and visually stimulating. Her
work
embodies a commitment to claiming erotic power,
building
bridges across racial, social and economic divides
and
celebrating the diversity of gender expression.
Vixen’s
work is unapologetically sexual, multicultural, and
assists us all to revel in the ecstasy of our own
divine power. During 2007, Vixen made her mark in
Australia
where she gave crowd-pleasing performances at
Sydney’s world-famous Gur

lesque, a Lesbian Strip Club hosted by the divine Sex
Intents and Glita Supernova. She also brought the
house down at the Sly Fox’s Queer Central, Vanessa
Wagner’s World Famous Amateur Strip Comp, and at
Hellfire,
Sydney’s premiere fetish club. In Melbourne, she was
a
Midsumma Festival favorite as she strutted her stuff
in
Tranzlesbian Gendermash and the sold-out raucous rock
event, Rock Strip! One of Vixen’s most notable claims
is as founder and former Artistic Director of
liquidFIRE Productions, a San Francisco-based
non-profit
organization dedicated to the authentic
representation of
lesbians and queer women of color on stage (1997 –
2006). She is the mastermind behind the
organization’s
theatre company, The liquidFIRE Project, whose
original
productions explored and celebrated erotic power.
Vixen is currently developing a one-woman show that
explores the origin and evolution of her erotic power
and
her full-length narrative film, Unlikely Soul.

*****

Monday, 4/7, 7 pm -- ADVANCED NUDE YOGAPLAY FOR MEN

Advanced Nude YogaPlay is for men with yoga
experience and is scheduled for Monday evenings in
Room 1 at 7
pm at the CSC, 1519 Mission (at 11th) - MUNI/BART:
Civic Center/Van Ness stations) in San Francisco the
FIRST Monday of each month, holiday weekends
excepted.

Sessions last approximately 80 minutes, and feature
classic partner-oriented yoga poses with a focus on
kundalini breath and intention..sessions are $20 each
(NOTAFLOF), and mats are available
for rental, as well ($5). RSVPs are ESSENTIAL to
gain entry into this class: thom [at] tgpraxis.net or
415.505.8980

Additional programs and events are scheduled during
the year, and will be posted here and elsewhere.

*****

Sex-Positivity
Tuesdays, April 15 – May 20
6:30pm – 9:30pm
The Center for Sex and Culture
1519 Mission Street at Van Ness
Growing up in a sex-negative culture affects each of
us in different ways. Some of us internalize messages
that sex is bad, while others discover the need to
hide
their sexual experiences or practices from family,
friends or lovers. The impact that this has can be
both
subtle and far-reaching, especially when secrecy and
shame rear their heads. In this six-week workshop,
we'll explore some of the ways that we have absorbed
erotophobic ideas and beliefs in order to begin to
move
through them and discover our authentic sexual
desires.
Through presentation, interactive discussion,
individual and group exercises, and personal
reflection, we'll
shed some light on questions such as the differences
between privacy and secrecy, how to support sexual
well-being, ways to respond when challenging
experiences
arise, and how to identify what authentic sexuality
means to each of us.

This workshop meets the requirements of the American
Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and
Therapists and is Approved for 15 CE Credits. AASECT
is
approved to offer continuing education for LMFT and
LCSW licensure requirements in California by the
California Board of Behavioral Sciences and for
psychologists
by the California MCEP Accrediting Agency. If you
would like CE credit, please let us know when you
register.

Professionals requesting CE credits: $200 - $150
Community (no CE's): $150 - $100
Please email Charlie with questions, registration and
payment at: charlie [at] charlieglickman.com
For a flyer listing the course objectives, use this
link: http://tinyurl.com/28cjc2

***************************************************

SAVE THE DATE! More detail next time.
Ruby Pearl Art Workshops... we're still gonna schedule
'em!
Masculine Energy and Intimacy with Ed Ehrgott -- 4/12
all day
Perverts Put Out! --4/19
LAURA ANTONIOU (The Marketplace series) visit:
--4/29: Tell Me What You Want, What You Really Really
Want
--5/1: Too Kinky for Words: Playing way off the edge
--5/4: The Revenge of the Middle Aged Guard
Don't Stop, Get It Get It women's party -- 5/24
May 25 (date change!!) -- the Masturbate-a-Thon!


*****OTHER EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS OF INTEREST:*****
*Intercontinental Collaborations 3: The Symmetry
Project
Strip Tease for lovers!
*Hot Draw!
*Supporting the trans body and spirit with Herbs and
Nutrition workshop
*Unleash Your Fire workshop
*Call for Presenters: POLYAMORY CONFERENCE: SEPT
12-14: 2008
*"Pulling Back the Sheets: Sex, Work and Social
Justice" July 2008 Chicago, IL



*Jess Curtis/Gravity presents:

Intercontinental Collaborations 3
The Symmetry Project


featuring two US premieres by Jess Curtis/Gravity at
CounterPULSE
March 27-30, April 3-6, 8pm
http://www.jesscurtisgravity.org • http://www.counterpulse.org


Symmetry Study #7 (U.S. Premiere)


“...erotic and acrobatic... with equal parts grace and
furiosity....a predatory mating ritual....in a
variety of remarkable balancing acts.”
A.J. Goldmann, The New York Feuillelton

Symmetry Study #7 is a journey through perception. Two
naked bodies interact through a highly structured
improvisational score, constricted in a specific
physical
habit; that of moving symmetrically, relative to
themselves or to each other. In this space of
temporary
“habitus”, the two bodies are constantly tuning,
reformulating the perception of the self and of the
other. In
the sharing of a central axis, spine, mouth,
genitals, face, and anus reveal their
interconnectedness and
centrality in embodied experience. Limbs entangle and
intertwine creating an inter-corporeal kaleidoscope
of
flesh. A kind of uber-intimacy develops, going far
beyond sexuality into a kind of communal biology, a
symbiotic sensory field. Blending, merging, and then
again
differentiating, the two become “unfinished entities”
- improvising new habits, “perceiving the possible”.
Exploring and manipulating our perception, they
reveal
the body’s awkwardness, it’s monstrosity, its
potential failure and fini
teness, they create space for the possibility of the
unknown, the wondrous, the ecstatic, and the
infinite.

Conceived and Performed by: Maria Francesca Scaroni
and Jess Curtis
Original Score and Musical Direction by: Klaus Janek
With Video by: Regina Teichs
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com - Th./Sun. $18
Fri./Sat. $20

And
Asymmetrical Tendencies (World Premiere)


A world premiere directed by Jess Curtis, created and
performed by the Croi Glan Integrated Dance company
from Cork, Ireland. Two extremely different dancers
explore each other's bodies and their own, giving us
insight into our own physicality. Difference creates
identity yet we search for commonality to find
connection.
How do our differences allow us to find connection as
well? How can our sameness keep us apart?
Asymmetrical Tendencies explores the idiosyncrasies
of these
two unique dancers and weaves their movement into a
two-part harmony ranging from the classically
beautiful to
the intriguingly odd.

Choreography/Direction: Jess Curtis
Created and Performed by: Rhona Coughlan, Tara
Brandel
Original Score by: Sheldon Smith
About Croi Glan Dance Company
Croi Glan is a Physically Integrated dance company
based in Cork, Ireland which performs works in a
dance
theatre style using both disabled and able-bodied
dancers. Croi Glan (which means “Clear Heart” in
Gaelic)
was created in 2006, and is run by Tara Brandel and
Rhona Coughlan, with support from Irish Arts Council
and
Cork County Arts. Croi Glan aims to promote the
cutting edge artistic value of integrated dance by
producing high caliber work that tours nationally and
internationally.

Croi Glan has been awarded a Making Spaces commission
by the Nuffield Theatre, University of Lancaster in
England (with Wendy Hesketh's Wired Aerial Theatre);
and Dance Ireland's International Exchange programme
in
Glasgow's new Dance House (with disabled dancer
Claire Cunningham). Tara has received an Arts
Council
Travel Award ( to make connections with other
Integrated
Dance practitioners in San Francisco); and a Bursary
Award to commission choreographer Jess Curtis to make
work on the company). Their first piece Lean was
recently performed at the Dublin Fringe festival.

Croi Glan also provides an educational program that
promotes integrated dance to people with disabilities
and able-bodied dancers through introductory
workshops,
ongoing classes, and vocational training in
integrated
dance. croiglan.com

CounterPULSE is wheelchair accessible and easily
reached via public transportation. For more
information
please call 415-626-2060.
Intercontinental Collaborations 3
The Symmetry Project
March 27-30, April 3-6, 8pm
http://www.jesscurtisgravity.org • http://www.counterpulse.org
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com - Th./Sun. $18
Fri./Sat. $20
Gallery exhibition
From March 8th through April 5th the CounterPULSE
gallery will present an exhibition of photographs
made by
Curtis and Scaroni in collaboration with Berlin
photographer Sven Hagolani. Gallery hours are
Tuesday-Friday, 12-6pm, and before performances.
Entry Free.
Gallery Reception: Thursday March 27, 10pm (after the
opening performance.)

Classes
Tuesdays in March, 6:30pm at CounterPULSE.
Jess Curtis teaches an introductory Contact
Improvisation class. “The Phenomenology of
Perception” (merci
M.M-P.). Using the senses as a gateway to becoming
dancing bodies. $12/$15 with the jam.

Tuesdays in April , 6:30 pm at CounterPULSE.
Maria Francesca Scaroni teaches an introductory
Contact Improvisation class before the jam.

Upcoming
April 17-27
Berkeley, California,
Berkeley Dance Project
Symmetry Study#8, a new work created by Jess Curtis
in collaboration with students in the Theater, Dance,
and Performance Studies program at UC Berkeley.

April 27
CounterPULSE, San Francisco
CounterPULSE Anniversary show
Many of the Bay Area's most exciting performing
artists gather to celebrate CounterPULSE’s third
birthday.
Featuring AXIS Dance Company, Robert Moses Kin,
Shinichi Ivoa-Koga, Joe Goode Performance Group, Jess
Curtis/Gravity, Joanna Haigood/ Zaccho Dance Theatre,
and
many more;
plus food, beverages, and a silent auction to benefit
CounterPULSE
http://www.counterpulse.org

*****

Friday, March 28th: Strip Tease for lovers!
Do you have a Striptease God or Goddess inside you
just bursting to get out? Maybe you've tried to give
a
lap dance in the bedroom and felt silly. Well guess
what? It is silly! That's what makes it fun and sexy.
Come
and practice putting on those bedroom eyes,
channeling your seductive self, and learn the art of
the tease!
You don't have to be a trained ballerina to entrap
the attention of your lover, it's all in the
attitude.
Join local local burlesque performer and Lusty Lady
dancer, Tricksie Treat, in this fun and active
workshop!
All genders welcome! Come alone, or bring a friend!
Held in the Polk Street gallery for added privacy.

When: Friday, March 28th
Time: 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Where: Good Vibrations Polk Street Store
1620 Polk Street @ Sacramento
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 345-0400
Free

*****

Friday, April 4th - 7:15pm-10:00pm - Hot Draw!
Friday, April 18th - 7:15pm-10:00pm - Hot Draw!

Hot Draw! is an erotic leather/fetish drawing group
for gay men hosted by Mark I Chester at his studio at
1229 Folsom St. in SF. Open to sketchers of all
skill
levels. Friendly and non-competitive. Poses include
fetish gear, leather, bondage and eroticism. Call
415-621-6294 to make a reservation. Suggested
donation.

http://markichester.com/hotdraw

*****

TRANS NATURAL:
Supporting the trans body and spirit with Herbs and
Nutrition
workshop with Kara Sigler and Dori Midnight
Sunday May 11, 2008, 1-5:30pm
Sliding scale donation: $20-$50 (no one turned away
for lack of funds)
Topics covered: pre/post surgery, hormone
maintenance/support
All Bodies Welcome!

For more information and to Register to secure your
spot! $10 deposit
http://www.sfherbalist.com/upcoming

or email
dorimidnight [at] yahoo.com

at TRANS: Thrive
815 Hyde St. (btwn Sutter and Bush) 2nd floor

*****

Unleash Your Fire Weekend Workshop for Women
taught by Vixen Noir

Have you lost touch with your most passionate desires
or simply pushed them aside?
Do you feel disconnected from your erotic, sexual
self?
Do you want to feel more sensuality and passion in
your life?
Do you want to wake up your playful creative side in a
sexy, safe, women-only environment?

Unleash Your Fire is a sexy, fun, and sometimes
challenging workshop for all women that uses theatre,
dance-movement, storytelling, visualization, writing,
trust
and intimacy exercises to help you tap into, reclaim
and celebrate erotic power as your rightful sensual
legacy! Unleash Your Fire examines the idea that
erotic
power is not only connected to sexual pleasure, but
it
is also a creative and healing source that affects
every aspect of our lives. UYF workshops provide the
opportunity for you to explore erotic power with
other
women in a safe and supportive environment that
cultivates community building and individual and
collective
healing.

What you can expect from the workshop:

· Wake up your erotic power, reconnect with it
or deepen the relationship that you already have.
· Discover creative and sexual parts of
yourself you never knew existed.
· Experience the power of creative expression
as a means of transformation.
· Embrace your sensuality and feel more
comfortable in your body.
· With reflection and support from other
participants, take an honest inventory of your
desires and
begin a journey towards healing and empowerment.

What participants are saying about Unleash Your Fire
and Vixen Noir:

“Excellent workshop! Very challenging but mixed in
with lots of fun and support and love.”
--Participant, 2007 Sydney Australia

“You have shown me everyone has Erotic Power. You
have helped me transform my dolly steps into flying
leaps!”
--Participant, 2007 Sydney Australia

“You are a dynamic, charismatic teacher; you’re caring
and skilled… I'm a lot freer and at home with my body
and my sensuality. You taught me how to reclaim my
inner erotic goddess, and I am forever grateful to
you
for that gift!”
--Ama, Participant 2006 San Francisco

“I couldn't have asked for a sexier, more supportive
space to create and become the truest version of
myself. It's an experience I will never forget and
will
always be grateful for."
--Mac, Participant 2006 San Francisco

Limited to 20 women! Register Early!

Where: The Garage, 975 Howard Street, San Francisco,
CA (Civic Center BART)
When: Saturday, May 24, 2008, 9am – 5pm and Sunday,
May 24, 2008, 10am – 5pm
Cost: Early Birds--Register by April 26, 2008 and
pay only $200. That’s a 25% savings!!!
Standard Rate: $250
Scholarships available.
More Info/To Register: Visit
http://www.myspace.com/unleashyourfire, or email
vixen_noir [at] hotmail.com


*****

Call for Presenters: POLYAMORY CONFERENCE: SEPT 12-14:
2008

GREETINGS!

This year's WORLD POLYAMORY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
will be happening September 12-14 at Harbin Hot
Springs,
in Middletown, California, (2 hours north of San
Francisco).

This is our official call for presentation proposals.
If you want to do a presentation, now is the time to
let us know:

http://www.worldpolyamoryassociation.com

SHARE WITH OTHER POLYAMOROUS FOLKS:

What Works for You!
What's Fun for You!
What's New and Interesting in the Poly world!

Lead a discussion.
Present Tantra experiential exercises
Demonstrate communication techniques
Jealousy Management
Negotiation methods
Perform poly-oriented music or dance or artistry
Intimacy enhancement methods.
Polyactism
Explore what's worked and what hasn't...

....or whatever else your creative brilliant mind can
come up with that other polys might find fun,
illuminating, inspiring, uplifting, healing, fun,
informative,
instructive, entertaining or fun. (Did we mention
FUN?)

Note: Generally speaking, academic lecture-style
events or abstract/theoretical presentations do NOT
go over
well, while audience participation/interactive events
are usually MUCH MORE popular.

All events MUST be directly related to polyamory,
polyfidelity, open relationships or other forms of
consensual non-monogamy. General topics not related
to
polyamory, even if "very interesting," will not be
considered.

Please send in your application before June 1st, 2008.
Selections will be made by our organizing committee
within a few days of that closing date.

If you want view a two-minute video about the
conference, click on the link below:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4213542623747936859&q=polyamory+conference&total=55&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

In case you've never been there before, you'll love
Harbin. Harbin Hot Springs, CA near Middleton (two
hours
from both San Francisco), nestles on 1200 acres of
beautiful canyon land. It offers natural healing
waters
(hot, warm and cold pools), miles of hiking trails.
The Poly Conference's area is totally private within
Harbin; in our area, we can be openly affectionate
and
even sexual. Harbin is a clothes-optional facility.

Presenters who wish are listed as Faculty of the World
Polyamory Association. As one of our presenters, your
listing on our web site links to a your description
of the workshops you present for the WPA. Your
presentation will be archived and permanently listed
on the
WPA. Your listing includes a link to your web site,
your
biography and a link to your products page on your
site.

Presenters receive:

*A partial waiver of fees for the conference.

*Free space to sell their poly-related products and
display promotional literature.

*Free World Polyamory Association Membership for one
year.

Presentations are a minimum of 1 hour. Workshops are
usually 90 minutes.

http://www.worldpolyamoryassociation.com

For more information call 808-244-4103

*****


~Desiree Alliance Presents~
In partnership with BAYSWAN, Sex Workers Outreach
Project-USA, SWANK, H.I.P.S. Different Avenues,
COYOTE,
Best Practices Policy Project, $pread Magazine, St.
James Infirmary, Harm Reduction Coalition, PONY,
SWOP-Chicago, SWOP-Las Vegas, SWOP-Los Angeles, SWOP-
Northern
California, SWOP-Arizona, SWOP-Portland, & SWOP-EAST


"Pulling Back the Sheets: Sex, Work and Social
Justice"
July 2008 Chicago, IL

Deadline for submissions: Friday March 21st, 2008

*Email submissions to: dasubmissions [at] yahoo.com or
call: 1-866-525-7967 extension 702 for assistance.*
All presentations will be considered, and confirmation
will be provided by April 11th for all submissions.

The Desiree Alliance is a diverse, volunteer-based,
sex worker-led network of organizations, communities
and
individuals across the US working in harm reduction,
direct services, political advocacy and health
services for sex workers. We provide leadership
development
and create space for sex workers and supporters to
come
together to advocate for human, labor and civil
rights for all workers in the sex industry.

This convergence will create space for dialogue
between hundreds of sex workers and their allies to
share
their personal experience and skills, identify
workers'
most pressing needs, share training and networking
skills for developing solutions, and to collaborate
on
strategies for social and political change on local,
state, national and international levels.

We prioritize sex worker leadership in creating an
informed, cooperative community. We invite proposals
for
workshops and presentations addressing social,
cultural, economic, political and strategic issues
related to
sex work. All backgrounds, experiences, and genders
are part of the social justice movement towards the
human rights of sex workers, therefore we emphasize
diversity among our organizers, presenters and
participants. Your presentation is an opportunity to
share your
skills, as both a sex worker and an activist, so that
we
may bring together our collective knowledge and
experience to empower our movement.

We come to this conference because we believe sex
workers have the solutions. You are the expert. Come
share
it with others.

A Proposal should include:

* Title for your presentation
* Affiliation with an organization or social
justice movement you'd like to have listed
* A short paragraph with your background and
experience in sex work or the sex workers rights'
movement
* A one paragraph summary of the workshop or
presentation (four to eight sentences)
* The time frame needed to present, whether 15
minutes, half-hour or an hour.
* Please include whether or not you will need
any technical support, such as a projector or AV,
etc.


*We are accepting practical workshops from all genders
and working backgrounds including, but not limited to
the following subjects:*
Advocacy/Outreach, Court Support and Solidarity,
Fundraising/Grant-writing, Self-Defense Training,
Planning
for Retirement, Protecting Our Families, Health &
Safety Issues, How to Run a Business, Direct
Services,
Substances in the Workplace, Strategies for
Alternatives
to Criminalization, Policy Reform, Grassroots
Organizing, Building Community, Labor Organizing,
Lobbying,
Media Training, Wellness Leadership from Sex Workers,
Technical Training for the Web, Marketing Strategies
for
Organizing and Sex Work, Screening Clients, Policies
related to Sex Work and, Bridging International Sex
Work Communities, Workshops about Clients, Allyship
with
the Prison Reform Movement, Impacts of
Criminalization and Incarceration on Our Community,
John Schools,
Impacts of End Demand and Anti-Trafficking Policies,
Media Advocacy Toolkits, Federal Law and Sex Work,
Issues
Specific
to Trans Sex Work Communities, Resisting Oppression,
How to be an Ally to.... Sex Workers.*

Desiree Alliance is a Project of Social and
Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), a 501(c)(3)
non-profit
Visit us at: http://www.DesireeAlliance.org

--
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