[part 3] GAIN -- news remail, 3/19/00
Penni Ashe Matz
Call for Papers
Bisexual Women
Special Issue of the Journal of Bisexuality
Guest Editor: Dawn Atkins
Looking for original scholarly articles, clinical studies, research papers,
cultural and literary theory and analysis, history, as well as personal
essays, interviews, and poetry which explore the intersections the lives,
history and identities of bisexual women. Inclusive focus would
particularly welcome contributions from people of color, transsexual women
and people with disabilities. =20
Deadlines:
Scholarly articles: Require a 250 word abstract by June 1, 2000. (Final
manuscripts of those selected by the editor will be due August 15, 2000.)
Personal essays, interviews and poetry: Due by June 1, 2000. Send for
submission guidelines via email to dawn_...@earthlink.net or with
self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Dawn Atkins, 190 El Cerrito Plaza PMB
244, El Cerrito, CA 94530. =20
About the Editor:
Dawn Atkins, MA, is a nationally known writer, educator, and activist on a
variety of issues including body image, sexuality and diversity issues.
Atkins is the editor of four books: Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity
in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Communities (Haworth 1998),
Lesbian Sex Scandals: Sexual Practices, Politics and Identities (Haworth
1999), Sex With Men: Sexual Practices and Identities Among Gay Men (Haworth
2000) and GenderPerverts: Sex and Trans/Formations (In Review). She is also
guest editor of recent issues of the Journal of Lesbian Studies, Journal of
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Identity and forthcoming issue Journal of
Homosexuality. She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of
Lesbian Studies and the Journal of Bisexuality. Ms. Atkins is also a
doctoral candidate in the Anthropology program at the University of Iowa.
Her current research focuses on identity, medical systems and the body
among transgender and/or transsexual people in San Francisco and Amsterdam.
About the Journal:
Harrington Park Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc., announces the
forthcoming publication of the new Journal of Bisexuality, to be edited by
Fritz Klein, M.D. Interest in bisexuality is on the riser Poll after poll
indicates that professionals and nonprofessional have some type of
increased involvement with bisexuality, either on a professional or
personal level.
The new Journal of Bisexuality is the first professional quarterly to
publish both professional articles and serious essays on bisexuality and
its meaning for the individual, the community, and society. Areas of
coverage include: current research into bisexuality, different bisexual
lifestyles, examining the myths of nonexistence and nonmonogamy,
differences from and difficulties with the lesbian/gay and straight
communities, bisexual history, growth of bisexual activism, describing
various bisexual subcultures throughout the world, and reviews of books and
films dealing with bisexuality.
This intelligent journal is intended for more than the academic audience.
While researchers will be published in a special peerreviewed section,
other sections of the Journal cover bisexual topics in a more popular and
nonacademic style. With its wide audience scope and the range of issues
discussed, the Journal of Bisexuality is ideal for both academic and public
libraries who want to offer their patrons the latest information on the
topic of bisexuality.
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[Received from Holly Boswell <holly...@juno.com>]
Kindred Spirits Traveling Medicine Show
PRESS RELEASE
The Kindred Spirits Traveling Medicine Show will premiere a new piece of
ritual theatre, entitled "Blessings from Our Ancestors", at IFGE's 14th
Annual Convention at the Crystal City Hilton Hotel in Arlington, VA.=20
A cast of 10 will perform this as a ceremonial offering directly after Riki
Anne Wilchins and Dana Rivers speak at the Luncheon on Friday, March 24.
Each cast member has written their own scripts and developed their own
characters, in keeping with the theme of that day, "Religion and Politics".
This will be the second of many "medicine shows" produced by Kindred
Spirits, who have answered the call to create and tour performing arts
events in the tradition of our transgendered shamanic ancestors. Their
first event, "Gathering of the Trans Clans", was performed by a cast of 16
at the 9th Annual Southern Comfort Conference in Atlanta last Autumn. This
ecclectic troupe plans to tour colleges and universities, conferences, LGBT
events, and other public venues with a diverse repertoire of original=
pieces.
For more information on the Medicine Show and other Kindred Spirits events,
visit our website at: www.TranSpirits.org.
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[Received from Rose Ryan <Ro...@ifge.org>
To: Dallas Denny <ae...@mindspring.com>,]
Queer Art Online: Sugar Lift Fund-Raiser
From: DAle...@aol.com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 03:11:13 EST
QUEER ART ON VIEW: www.glhs.org/SugarLift
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A virtual exhibit of queer art -- in a range of media, styles and subjects
from the rarefied to the racy -- is now on view on the website of the Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California at
www.glhs.org/SugarLift (click on "See What You Can Win").
All the works of art will be up for grabs at "Sugar Lift: The Second Annual
GLBTHS Art Affair," a gala fund-raiser for the GLBT Historical Society,
April 3, 2000; 7-10 p.m.; Yerba Buena Center, 701 Mission St., San=
Francisco.
The evening gala celebrating queer culture will feature an "instant art
collection" giveaway, live performance, and festive food and drink.
Entertainment will be provided by performance artist Nao Bustamante,
honored this year with the GLBT Historical Society Community Arts Award.
San Francisco supervisors Tom Ammiano, Leslie Katz and Mark Leno are
serving as honorary cochairs for "Sugar Lift." Corporate sponsors include
Chronicle Books, Frontiers Newsmagazine, W. C. Keating, PlanetOut.com and
Sterling Art Services. Framing has been donated by Sterling and by two
other San Francisco framers, Museum West and Under Glass Framing.
Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the GLBT Historical Society
maintains the Center for the History of Sexual Diversity, an
internationally significant archives that documents Northern California
GLBT social, cultural, political and artistic movements of the past
half-century. The Historical Society also offers public programs, exhibits,
oral history training and research assistance year-round.
Tickets to "Sugar Lift" are $100 per person (includes buffet dinner, drinks
and one entry in the art giveaway). For more information or to purchase
tickets, call (415) 864-8523 or write to in...@poulosbrothers.com. To learn
more about the GLBT Historical Society, visit www.glhs.org.
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"SUGAR LIFT" ART GIVEAWAY
(Donated by the artist unless otherwise indicated.)
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Chloe Atkins -- Black-and-White Photograph
Tom Bianchi -- Three Digital Prints
Bruce of Los Angeles -- Vintage Physique Photograph, ca. 1960 (donated by
The Magazine, San Francisco)
Geoffrey Chadsey -- Color Ink-Jet Print
Shu Lea Cheang -- Electronic Multimedia Work
Duane Cramer -- Black-and-White Photograph
Amy Ellingson -- Print: Enamel Ink on Styrene (Kiosk Poster)
David Cannon Dashiell -- Pastel Drawing (donated by J. John Priola/Estate
of David Cannon Dashiell)
Cecilia Dougherty -- Three Short Videos
Stefan Kirkeby -- Black-and-White Photograph
Arnold Kemp -- Blackline Print on Vellum Paper
Chris Komater -- Black and White Photograph
Henri Leleu -- Three Color Photographs, ca. 1970 (prints from the GLBTHS
archives)
Kirk Maxson -- Steel and Aluminum Wire Sculpture
J. John Priola -- Three Polaroids/Mixed Media
Rex Ray -- Mixed-Media Sculpture
Jim Schatz -- Pair of Blue-Toned Photographs (C-Prints)
Daphne Scholinsky -- Color Woodblock Print
Catherine Wagner -- Black-and-White Photograph (Iris Print) (courtesy of
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco)
Jim Winters -- Vinyl Silkscreen on Vinyl Stickers
Anonymous Photo of Three Butch Women, ca. 1920 (donated by Gerard Koskovich)
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GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Archives, Reading Room & Offices:
973 Market St., Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 424280, San Francisco, CA 94142
Voice (415) 777-5455; fax (415) 777-5576; email: glh...@aol.com.
Web: www.glhs.org
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[Received from Brenda Lana Smith <Brend...@blsmith.freeserve.co.uk>]
Sex-change minister sues for bias
BackIssue
http://www.the-times.co.uk/cgi-bin/BackIssue?
=20
March 16 2000 BRITAIN
Sex-change minister sues for bias
BY SIMON DE BRUXELLES
A TRANSSEXUAL former church minister has been given premission to sue for
sex discrimination after claiming that she was stopped from starting a new
career as a beautician.
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At the age of 58, the Rev Bill Parry shaved off his beard, changed his name
to Mrs Dian Parry and enrolled on a further education course to study
beauty therapy.
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But Mrs Parry was later expelled from the course after complaining that,
unlike the other trainee beauticians, she was not supplied with suitable
models to practise on.
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Mrs Parry, now 60, is demanding compensation for lost earnings after
failing to pass the practical side of the course at Swansea College in
South Wales.
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Mrs Parry, who was dressed in a cream jacket and skirt and brown neck
scarf, was referred to as "Mrs Parry" during the employment tribunal in
Cardiff yesterday, which ruled that she could bring her case against the
college, despite missing the deadline for making a claim by five days.
She said yesterday: "I'm delighted that my case will be heard in full and
in public. I feel I have been treated unfairly and discriminated against
because I am a transsexual. "I'm still hoping to qualify as a beautician
to help me live my life fully as a woman."
Until two years ago, Mr Parry was a non-Conformist minister in charge of
three churches near his home in Croes Erw, Port Talbot, South Wales. Then
one Sunday he told his stunned congregation that he would spend the rest of
his life as a woman. His wife, Anita, 59, stood by him and helped the
formerly hirsute clergyman, who has three children, to pick new clothes,
make-up and jewellery. After she was sacked by the church, Mrs Parry
enrolled at Swansea College, using her new name and telling the local
education authority that she was undergoing a sex change.
The college accepted her but had difficulty finding models prepared to work
with the transsexual student. Mrs Parry claims that she passed the theory
side of the course but her practical work could not be assessed because she
was not given models to work with.
Mrs Parry, who is due to undergo her final sex-change operation this year,
said after the hearing: "It was all part of a deliberate attempt to oust me
from the course. I was continually discriminated against because I am a
transsexual."=20
After an hour-long hearing, the chairwoman of the employment tribunal,
Rachel Davies, said: "We are satisfied there is a case to answer."
A full tribunal will be held later this year. The college denies sexual
discrimination and will prepare its defence for the case. A spokesman for
Swansea College said: "This case is not over yet and we will be contesting
Mrs Parry's claims."
Copyright 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd.=20
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[Received from Brenda Lana Smith <Brend...@blsmith.freeserve.co.uk>]
Anti-pollution move to stop fish sex changes
http://www.the-journal.co.uk/cfm/newsstory.cfm
http://www.the-journal.co.uk/cfm/newsstory.cfm?StoryId=3D172668
Anti-pollution move to stop fish sex changes
Strategy aimed at combating rivers' chemical cocktail
by Tony Henderson environment Editor
A STRATEGY to combat pollution which is causing sex changes in fish was
unveiled in the region yesterday.
The plans for dealing with endocrine disrupters - chemicals which act like
natural hormones and affect sexual systems - were revealed at a meeting of
the national board of the Environment Agency in Durham.
The chemicals, including those from the contraceptive Pill, are found in
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