Butch Voices Conference Raffle and Sharon Bridgforth
The Butch Voices team has been fortunate to round up some really incredible donated items which will be raffled off at the conference in Oakland this August. Funds raised will go to the Butch Voices conference expenses.
We’ve received items from local Bay area businesses like In-Symmetry, who has donated a one hour hot stone deep tissue massage gift certificate. Homofactus Press has donated two autographed copies of each of the two volumes of their latest: Visible: A Femmethology. Each of the four books are signed by some of the fantastic Femme authors in these anthologies. Gender Odyssey is donating two passes to their annual conference for either this year’s conference in 2009, or for next year’s event in 2010.
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.We are still accepting items for the raffle. If you are wanting to donate items or gift certificates from your business or as an individual, be sure to contact us at sponsorship@butchvoices.com. We will be selling tickets for the raffle on-site at the various events throughout the conference weekend in Oakland.
Be sure to register for the Butch Voices conference here.
