bklyn boihood & BUTCH Voices: Fundraiser in NYC

Join bklyn boihood, BUTCH Voices and other sponsors and allies in a celebration to wrap up this amazing experience for our models, photographers and contributors.

Kweer folks, a sexy venue, and fresh music on deck as folks mingle with the models, bloggers, photographers, partners and friends that make the bklyn boihood experience possible.

DC Gurly Show & BUTCH Voices Fundraiser – July 2011

The DC Gurly Show and B.O.I. Marketing and Promotions, LLC will be hosting a fundraiser for BUTCH Voices at the DC Gurly’s July 20th show at Phase One. Partial proceeds from the door and a raffle onsite will go towards BUTCH Voices.

What: DC Gurly Show
Where: Phase One, 525 8th Street SE, Washington, DC
When: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Time: 9:00pm showtime

21 and over; $10 cover

Performances by:

Justice YouLikeIt
Mischa
Lexie Starre
Lola Rose
Myster E
Anna Steasya

With special guests:
Belladonna and Bogey

Don’t miss out!

BUTCH Crush: PDX Fundraiser for BUTCH Voices 2011

BUTCH Voices in collaboration with Designs by Michelle and Butch Crew PDX present:

BUTCH Crush

An evening of dancing, performance and a date auction to benefit BUTCH Voices.

When: Sunday, July 24th – 5pm to 9pm

CRUSH

Where: 1412 SE Morrison, PDX

DJ Brad PDX will be spinning.

Your hosts and emcees:

Belinda Carroll and Bruce TD King

Including performances by:

Delaney and Paris and The Crash and Betty Show

Join us for comedy, live music, drag, date auction and dancing!

21 and over, $5 to $10 sliding scale cover

Debauchery: Oakland Fundraiser for BUTCH Voices

Sunday, November 21 · 7:00pm – 11:30pm

White Horse Inn

6551 Telegraph Ave

Oakland, CA

$5 – $15 Cover Read more

Butch Voices Fundraising, Financial Aid & Scholarships

Butch Voices would like thank all who participated, attended and donated at the Queers R’ Us performance put on by Arnetta Smith aka King McQueen at Velvet this past weekend. We raised $550 that night.

We’d also like to again thank those who were a part of the performance fundraiser at Re/dress in Brooklyn last month headed up by Kelli Dunham, where we raised a little over $400.

We will have two other performance fundraisers coming up. The next one is the Gender Blender Splendor Variety Show in Austin on July 11th at The Rusty Spurs, emceed by Belinda Caroll.
Austin fundraiser link
http://www.butchvoices.com/austin-fundraiser/

Then we will also have Let’s Hear it for the Butch in Portland on July 30th at the Egyptian Club, emceed by Sahara Dunes.
Portland fundraiser link
http://www.butchvoices.com/portland-fundraiser/

Both nights will be filled with an array of fantastic performers and entertainment, and will be two great events and more ways to bring together community for a good cause too.

Monies raised at these events are going towards funding our scholarship and financial aid program.

Butch Voices really wants you to come to the conference-did you know that scholarships and financial aid are available? Check out more info here link
http://www.butchvoices.com/registration/scholarships/

We plan to be very generous, so apply! And do it soon, because the first deadline is July 1! Hurry!

We are also accepting donations online on our website with a Paypal link as well as taking donations via snail mail at our PO Box address. Check out our donate page info here:

http://www.butchvoices.com/participate/donate/

Butch Voices, understand funds are limited for a lot of us at this time, but we hope that as a community we can come together to ensure the success of all of our efforts. Every donation counts, and no contribution is too small.

Queers R’ Us – Oakland Butch Voices Fundraiser

Enjoy a night full of community performance. Queers R’ Us will be featuring queer arts ranging from Poetry, to Live Music to the Ancient Art of Drag. We are also auctioning off some of the finest Queers in the Bay. Both our performers and auctionees have donated their talent and time for a great cause. Please join us and help raise funds for the much needed Butch Voices 2009 Conference.

Queers R’ Us – Butch Voices 2009 Conference Fundraiser
Velvet – Oakland
Friday, June 12, 2009 8pm
3411 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland, CA 94602

To download a flyer for this event, click here: Oakland Fundraiser Flyer

Performers

Identity Tee Bee Dee is a gender queer writer, performer, professor, humorist, blogger, male tomboy and all-purpose muse. He is at work on a book called “Compulsory Masculinity.”

Outmusic Awardee Irina Rivkin layers poetic lyrics with rich textured harmonies, swirling with vocal percussive beats, all created live on-the-spot using her loop station instrument. Her songs are like sand sculptures – and after each song she erases it all and creates a new one. www.myspace.com/irinarivkin

ButchTap, brought to you by the creative forces behind ButchBallet, is a loose collective of Oakland based queer performance artists who have a passion for tap dancing, fabulous costumes and dance-offs. ButchTap includes current and former members of Queen Bees, Disposable Boy Toys, Titland, Chicago Kings, Cuntry Kings, Citizen Kings, the Saucy Knickers, Trekking with the Stars, Bromantics, Freeplay Dance Crew & Hogwarts Express: The Musical. So, prepare yourself for a treat as these performance veterans explode into your hearts with the footloose and fancy-free percussion sounds so unique to tap dancing! ButchTap Performers: Jake Danger, Billy “The Poof” Elliot, Dirty D, Ricky T. Smiles, & Lance ArmStar

Heaven has been singing her entire life. She is currently working in the studio on an album to be released next year. Her style is a reflection of her influences, which are Pop, Soul and R&B, along with the music of her heritage, traditional Arabic music.

King McQueen started his drag career 2 years ago, although his passion started ten years ago when he entered his first drag bar. Born and raised in St. Louis, Mo, he was memorized by the glitter and lights. Wanting some of that hometown feel, King started the Royal Revue Cabaret in Oakland. His show features some of the most talented drag performers as well as providing a stage for local queer musicians. He lives by the motto: Community not Competition

Jen Cross is a femme dyke and a smut writer. Her work has appeared in a plethora anthologies, including, most recently, Visible: A Femmethology (vol.1), Tasting Her (Oral Sex Erotica), Best Sex Writing 2008, Nobody Passes, and lots more. Jen leads erotic writing workshops and workshops with sexual trauma survivors, and is, as you may have heard, a wholehearted believer in the transformative power of smut to release all our voices, butch and femme and otherwise…

Gwendolyn Bikis is the author of the novel Your Loving Arms, and the novella Cleo’s Gone, excerpts of which have appeared in The Best Lesbian Erotica, The Persistent Desire, and other anthologies. She has read and performed all over the country. She has lived in Oakland for over 20 years.

Rebecca Crump is a solo artist who occasionally collaborates with like-mind artists. She grew up in upstate New York singing with her family. She’s performed at events such as Sistahs Steppin’, East Bay, San Jose and Arcata Pride festivals. Rebecca belts out earthy protests songs. She loves it when the audience participates.

Auctionees

AJ is an 80’s Texas born lesbian. She loves all types of art, music, and food.
She’s really into design, particularly architecture and interior design. She’s open to having new experience and knows how to live life to the fullest.

Quote: “My favorite food right now is Thai food.”

ButchBoy is a chivalrous New Yorker who enjoys wining and dining a femme girl. He is sort of the LA Meets the Bay kind of GQ Guy. He loves to travel, driving manual shift sport cars, a good vodka, his dog and women. His passions are dancing and music.

Quote: “I am an “old school” Butch with a flair. What else would you like to know?”

Alicenne is a classy nature loving femme in stilettos. She’s into yoga, food, and the Saturday market. This vegetarian from New York is politically active and an organizer.

Quote: “I killed a black widow with the back of my cell phone while wearing flip flops.

Portland Fundraiser

Adding Portland to the list of Butch Voices Fundraisers and supporters. On July 30, 2009, at Egyptian Club, there will be a Butch Voices fundraiser. “Let’s Hear it for the Butch!”

We are currently looking for performers to help fund this ever so important conference. Whether you are a butch, femme, stud, boi, aggressive, fierce femme, andro, FTM, MTF…..whether you’re a singer, dancer, actor, actress, drag king, drag queen, burlesquer, comic, bellydance. WE WANT YOU AND YOUR KICK-ASS TALENT!

If you are interested in lending your skill, please email portlandbv@gmail.com. We will put you in touch with our organizer.

For information, to volunteer, or to submit your work for the conference, visit www.butchvoices.com

Austin Fundraiser

CALL FOR ARTISTS

BUTCH VOICES PRESENTS:

Glenderblender Splendor Variety Show!!

FUNDRAISER FOR THE 2009 BUTCH VOICES CONFERENCE

Saturday JULY 11th Doors at 9pm

The Rusty Spurs

7th and Trinity, Downtown Austin

We need performers of any talent to help us raise money for our conference in August.

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Portland Fundraiser

Adding Portland to the list of Butch Voices Fundraisers and supporters. On July 30, 2009, at Egyptian Club, there will be a Butch Voices fundraiser. “Let’s Hear it for the Butch!”

If you are interested in lending your skill, please email portlandbv@gmail.com. We will put you in touch with our organizer.

For information, to volunteer, or to submit your work for the conference, visit www.butchvoices.com

To download a flyer for this event click: Flyer