Keynote Speakers

Butch Voices is completely ecstatic to announce three amazing voices as our Keynote speakers at the 2009 Butch Voices conference this August 20-23, 2009 in Oakland. We are fortunate to present Jeanne Córdova on Friday, August 21st, S. Bear Bergman on Saturday August 22nd, and Malkia “Mac” Cyril on Sunday August 23rd.

Jeanne Córdova, Feminist Butch – Activist, Publisher & Author – has devoted her life to activism on behalf of the LGBTQ community. She began 39 years ago as L.A. President of the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), opening the first lesbian center in L.A. in 1971. She founded The Lesbian Tide – the national newsmagazine recognized as “the paper of record for lesbian feminist decade (1971-1980). Read More

S. Bear Bergman (www.sbearbergman.com) is an author, a theater artist, an instigator, a gender-jammer, and a good example of what happens when you overeducate a contrarian. Ze is also the author of Butch Is a Noun (Suspect Thoughts Press, 2006) and the forthcoming The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You (Arsenal Pulp, October 2009), three award-winning solo performances, and is a frequent contributor to anthologies on all manner of topics from the sacred to the extremely profane. Read More

Malkia “Mac” Amala Cyril is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice in Oakland, CA.- a national media strategy and action center building a powerful grassroots movement for racial and economic justice through media change. Key projects include the Media Justice Movement-Building Initiative, the Justice Communications Initiative, as well as training and tools to help grassroots organizers and leaders become better strategic storytellers and media activists. Read More