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		<title>Usually covered in some type of wood shaving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My name is Rave Clay, and I am a part of the Butch Community.&#8221; As it stands, I am 23, queer identified and female bodied. I am a woodworker; former hockey player, inked human and these do not begin to scratch the surface. But for reasons other than these, I identify as butch. There has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.BUTCHVoices.com/2011-09-rave-clay-wood</link>
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		<title>Windy City Media: The transformative politics of gender</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article was written by Kate Sosin. Appeared originally: The Windy City Times Photo Credit: Sara Deragon Pictured: (L) Krys Freeman &#8211; (R) Cara Thaxton &#8230;The division between the two organizations comes at a time when college &#8220;women&#8217;s studies&#8221; programs are increasingly becoming &#8220;gender studies&#8221; programs and women&#8217;s organizations must revise their mission statements to include their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.BUTCHVoices.com/2011-09-windy-city-media</link>
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		<title>Thanks for your efforts&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I felt real spirit, conviction, and yes, humor at this event!  Thanks to the organizers, volunteers, participants and to whatever web of drive and kindness brought us all together. Circle Up!! Three hundred cheers and/or fists in the air !! &#8221; Christy, Philadelphia Just a quick note to send some care in the direction of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.BUTCHVoices.com/2011-0807-thanks</link>
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		<title>BUTCH Voices is &#8220;Pro-Bono&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; EW.com &#8211; Story and Photo Holding the broad tent of identities that are a part of the BUTCH Voices community has not always been an easy task, but one that we value highly.  Conversations across identity &#8211; gender, race, sexuality, ability, class, background, and size &#8211; are key components in creating spaces that are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.BUTCHVoices.com/2011-09-butch-voices-pro-bono</link>
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		<title>Gendercast: Reflections on BUTCH Voices 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gendercast host Jessie interviews BUTCH Voices Programming Chair Jay Walls &#38; partner Kari Kesler who appeared on a previous episode discussing feminism. Join Jessie as they discuss the 2011 BUTCH Voices National Conference with Kari Kesler, our guest from Episode 9 on Feminism and Jay Walls, who served the programming chair for the conference. Jessie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.BUTCHVoices.com/2011-09-gendercast-reflections</link>
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		<title>Hundreds attend second national BUTCH Voices conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This review was written by Nicole Jones. Appeared originally: Oakland North &#8230;Oakland continues to be a prime location to host the national BUTCH Voices conference. At Thursday night’s opening celebration, Oakland City Councilmember at Large Rebecca Kaplan addressed the conference goers. “As the only butch in the local government,” she said, “I gotta say it is so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.BUTCHVoices.com/2011-08-oaknorth-hundreds</link>
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		<title>Official BUTCH Voices After Parties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BUTCH Voices is proud to provide you with good energy, and some dance music to wind down with.  These events bring out a wide spectrum of the beautiful and amazing people who make up our local LGBTQQI communities here in Oakland. We are excited by about our ability to provide you spaces on Saturday night [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.BUTCHVoices.com/2011-after-parties</link>
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		<title>BUTCH Appreciation in Downtown Oakland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first night of the BUTCH Voices 2011 Conference was a smashing success. Rebecca Kaplan gave the BUTCH Voices team another document acknowledging the tireless work it takes to put on an event like this.  Dominicka Bednarska drew people in with her narratives.  Her stories depicted a kind of love and appreciation she&#8217;s had for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.BUTCHVoices.com/butch-appreciation-in-downtown-oakland/</link>
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		<title>BUTCH Voices 2011 Networking Dinners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; In 2009 BUTCH Voices organized networking dinners on Friday evening to help our attendees get to know each other outside of the context of the daytime conference sessions. We&#8217;re excited to invite you to join us again this year for these informal meet ups that will allow you to get to know some of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.BUTCHVoices.com/2011-networking-dinners</link>
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		<title>For Immediate Release: Bridging Gender &amp; Generations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Release: Commenting on BUTCH Voices conferences past and present, 2011 Conference Keynote Alice Y. Hom continues, last year,  “I organized and presented a panel called, ‘Bromance, Kinship, and Mandates: Unveiling Taboo Topics’ with 5 other panelists who are AAPI queers of various gender identifications. … [This year,] I&#8217;m looking forward to [engaging] with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.BUTCHVoices.com/2011-bridging-gender-generations</link>
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