Butch Voices Raffle And Sharon Bridgforth
Butch Voices on “The Inappropriate Show”
Watch BUTCHVoices at 7:30PM (PST) on August 13th on “The Inappropriate Show” with Susan Kay Gilbert, which features outstanding women promoting the visibility of lesbians in a positive, illuminating way. Gilbert will interview Oakland residents and Butch Voices Steering Committee members, Arnetta Smith (BV Performance Chair) and Krys Freeman (BV Logistics Chair), as well as Lee Staub.
The episode will livestream via the internet on www.betv.org on August 13th LIVE from 7:30PM to 8:30PM. Viewers need to go to the Berkeley Community Media home page via the provided link and click on the left hand side button that says, “Want Live BTV? Click Here!” And the livestream should work. It may take a few tries to get through, depending on how many people are trying to watch. Also, the show will be viewable via TV on Comcast Cable Channel 28 if you live in Berkeley ONLY.
More on “The Inappropriate Show” can be found on their website here. Be sure to tune in to catch Butch Voices on August 13th.
Top 5 Reasons
Top five reasons Butch Voices attendees should stay at the host hotel, the Oakland Marriott City Center:
5. Everything is at your doorstep: workshops, restaurants, public transportation, impromptu conversations, networking and maybe even a potential hook up or love connection too.
Hey, what happens at Butch Voices, stays at Butch Voices.
4. Easy access to your room, to have a quickie, a disco nap, or a refreshing shower before dinner or your night out.
Long days and/or long nights over the conference weekend? Naps or downtime in your room can prove to be just what is needed to help you decompress.
3. It’s really the only place to be with so many Butches, Studs, Aggressives, Tombois, Doms, and Allies – ALL in one place.
For the conference weekend, the Oakland Marriott City Center will be THE central place to see all of the attendees and presenters throughout the conference weekend. It’s OUR space, even after the sessions are done. You can run into each other in the halls, you can meet up for some coffee in the hotel restaurant before a session, network over a drink with your newfound friends in the evening – ALL without having to leave the hotel.
2. Roommates help to offset your housing costs.
Schon Wade is taking emails to hook people up with roomies at the host hotel. schonwade@comcast.net Add a rollaway bed to your room for $30 for the ENTIRE weekend, and split your costs with a fellow BV attendee.
1. By staying at the Oakland Marriott City Center, you’re actually helping the Butch Voices team keep expenses down by helping us to fulfill our room block.
Yeah, it’s not a sexy reason, but it is true. Butch Voices was able to negotiate our meeting spaces at lower rates by having a contracted amount of rooms set aside to be fulfilled by you, the attendees. So every room, even just for one night, helps Butch Voices.
Butch Voices needs all you local, hella cool Bay Area people, to come out and support us. We would love for you to spend a night or two in the host hotel, where all of the action is! In exchange, Butch Voices will cover your parking at the hotel during your stay. Just reserve your room before July 31st with the Oakland Marriott City Center. Then show your id confirming you are a local resident, upon check in at the hotel, to get your parking paid for by Butch Voices.
Take advantage of the reduced conference rate of $109 a night, today, as the cutoff date of July 31st is fast approaching. Online registration for the hotel is available here or by calling the hotel directly at 510.451.4000. Be sure to mention the Conference Hotel Code: bvcbvca.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the Oakland Marriott City Center.
Butch Voices: One and Two Day Passes and Event Tickets
Butch Voices is offering more pricing options for the conference weekend. We are offering one day passes for $45, as well as two day passes for $75.
Currently pricing is $100 for all four days of events, performances, and workshops, with volunteers receiving a reduced rate of $85 with four hours of volunteer time. Pricing will go up to $115, and $100 respectively for the four day package as of August 2nd.
We are also offering individual tickets to the night events on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights which can be purchased on their own.
Top Five Reasons
Top five reasons Butch Voices attendees should stay at the host hotel, the Oakland Marriott City Center:
Conference Overview
We are at times stigmatized in the communities we call home because of our gender identities, and how we may present.
We are different, they say. Sometimes they even call us “inappropriate” women, because of the way our female born bodies emanate masculinity.
It’s time we had a say in who we are, and how our community is perceived. Join us for the 2009 BUTCH Voices Conference, and
Let Your Voice Be Heard!
The conference is called BUTCH Voices but it is NOT an exclusive space. While we are coming together to take a closer look at the shared experiences of Butches, Studs, AGs, Doms, Tombois, and other transmasculine identities, this space is enriched by the presence of our Allies as well. We aspire to have a gathering of people representing a spectrum of gender identities and sexual orientations in attendance – both masculine identified and otherwise.
We’re excited that you will join us for the 2009 BUTCH Voices Conference. We’ve got an amazing line up of presentations during the day, including words from Jeanne Cordova, S. Bear Bergman and Malkia “MAC” Cyril, our three amazing keynotes. And we’ve got a variety of actvities to keep you occupied in the evenings as well. We hope that you all enjoy the impactful program that we’ve put together for you.
Evening Schedule Overview
Thursday evening we’ll start it off with our “Meet & Greet” and Artists’ Reception at 6PM at the Marriot’s AJ Topper’s Lounge. We’ll end the night with an afterparty at The Den
Friday evening we have our networking dinners, the Butch Boi play party and a night of film screenings that will conclude in a Q&A discussion with filmmaker Cheryl Dunye (BFUU Event Hall).
Saturday night is our showcase of BUTCH Voices performers from far and wide. “BUTCH Nation” takes the stage 7PM (Humanist Hall).
And Sunday, if you’re not scheduled to leave right after the conference, we invite you to venture over to the Vibe Lounge with us for a Karaoke wind down.
Sound like something you want to be a part of? Get registered today!
Cheryl Dunye Photo Credit: Romy Suskin
Photo Project
Butch Voices seeks images of self identified Butches, Studs, AGs, and other similar identities to showcase the diversity present within our communities regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, sexuality, ability, size, surgeries, age, hair style, or presentation. We aim to turn these differences/dividers into bridges to unite our voices as a collective while still celebrating that which makes us unique.
These images are being displayed on ButchVoices.com as well as in the Butch Voices group photo pool at flickr.com. Contribute your images and join the 200+ members already sharing over 600 images today.
To be a part of this project submit your photos via the flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/butchvoices/ or email them with permission to publish included to info@butchvoices.com
By adding images to this group participants agree to the following:
Participants have given permission to have the photos displayed on the Butch Voices website, and to possibly be used in marketing for the Butch Voices organization or upcoming conference. Participants authorize submitted images to be published by Butch Voices electronically or potentially in print. Images submitted to Butch Voices may or may not be published on the website at this time. Please include photo credits and a written approval to publish in the body of the submission e-mail.
Any questions, contact us info@butchvoices.com
Butch Voices Conference Raffle and Sharon Bridgforth
And most recently we’ve received donated copies of the Bull-Jean Stories by Sharon Bridgforth. If you don’t know who she is, you should totally check her out on her website. Butch Voices tapped Sharon to participate with us at the conference in Oakland this year, but unfortunately for us, she will be attending a writer’s retreat during that same time. Instead, she is offering up ten copies of her book The Bull-Jean Stories from Redbone Press, and three cd versions of The Bull-Jean Stories read aloud by the author, herself. She was also kind enough to send us this pdf version of her amazing essay, a wo’mn called sir, specifically for Butch Voices to “get it to the bois.” Enjoy Sharon’s essay and be sure to check out her books and website for more information about her upcoming performances and presentations.
