For Tickets / More Info / Etc – walklikeaman.net
Black Pride DC
May 26-27, 2007
Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre
Rosslyn, VA
Other 2007 Tour Dates
June 23 / Atlanta, GA
July 20-22 / Miami Beach, FL
July 27 / Detroit, MI
August 4 / Houston, TX
August 10-12 / New York, NY
September 1-2 / Atlanta, GA
October 2007 / Nashville, TN
For all you lovers of the word! First, a Fire & Ink/DC
Pride event at the DC Pride host hotel, Renaissance M
Street Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave. NW in
Washington, DC. Readers include Laurinda Brown,
Michael-Christopher, Doug Cooper-Spencer, Wyatt Evans,
Clarence J. Fluker, Tracee Ford, Dorothy Harris, Tonya
Parker, Lee Hayes, G. Winston James, Michelle Sewell
and Tim’m T. West. 2-4 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2007.
THEN, a book reading and signing for Voices Rising:
Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender Writing, edited by G. Winston James
and Other Countries. That’s at Lambda Rising Bookstore
in Dupont Circle, 5 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2007.
go here for more details:
For all you lovers of the word! First, a Fire & Ink/DC
Pride event at the DC Pride host hotel, Renaissance M
Street Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave. NW in
Washington, DC. Readers include Laurinda Brown,
Michael-Christopher, Doug Cooper-Spencer, Wyatt Evans,
Clarence J. Fluker, Tracee Ford, Dorothy Harris, Tonya
Parker, Lee Hayes, G. Winston James, Michelle Sewell
and Tim’m T. West. 2-4 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2007.
THEN, a book reading and signing for Voices Rising:
Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender Writing, edited by G. Winston James
and Other Countries. That’s at Lambda Rising Bookstore
in Dupont Circle, 5 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2007.
go here for more details:
For Tickets / More Info / Etc – walklikeaman.net
Black Pride DC
May 26-27, 2007
Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre
Rosslyn, VA
DC Black Pride
May 26: 4pm & 8pm
May 27: 4pm & 8pm
If you are in Atlanta, GA and looking for something to do this afternoon . . . .
New This Month
Did you meet someone special in the Kuma Personals? Did an article in our Relationship section really speak to your heart? Let us know.
*6 New Poems
A Dream by PoetiklyChallenge
An Empty Ride by Thru My Eyes
Butch Whipped by L. Monique
Foreplay is Not Necessary by JaeB
I Want To Be Loved by Lanita Joseph
The Nature of Tension by Caramel Splash
*3 New Stories
Into The Night by FemmeUNeed
Let me give you what you need.
Office Romance by Yolanda Green
Who dat bitch think she is?
Random Sex by M. Rahim
A quickie in the tiny stall wasn’t gonna do it for me that night.
*BUTCH BOTTOMS*
Editor: Maria Angeline
“Butch” and “top” may sometimes seem to be attached at the hip. Many will mistakenly insist that these terms mean the same thing! They most certainly are not a package deal. You might see plenty of personal ads with “Butch Top” in the title, but the truth is out there: butch bottoms exist, and they are everywhere. It’s time that sweet place where masculinity meets bottoming is put on display by the writers who know
there’s nothing finer than a butch offering up power.
Butch Bottoms is expected to be released in 2009. I need stories about the diversity of butch bottoms: female, genderqueer, transgender, transsexual, male, intersex or just human, of any sexual orientation, bottoming, submitting, or acting on masochist desires.
Guidelines:
• Erotica only.
• Submit stories of 1500-6000 words to ButchBottomsSubmissions at gmail
dot com.
• Put the title of your story in the subject line of the email. Each story must be emailed separately.
• Submissions must be sent as Word files with text in 12 point Times New Roman font and must be double-spaced.
• Include your legal name, pseudonym (if any) you wish to use, address, phone number, email and a bio (selected authors will be asked to update their bios prior to publication) above the title of your submission
directly on the Word file.
• Unpublished material will strongly be considered.
• Previously published material will also be considered, provided you have retained your rights; please submit previous publication information (and the terms of your copyright agreement) in these cases.
• You may submit more than one piece of writing.
Authors maintain and control the copyright of their stories and license their First North American Rights to Merge Press for publication purposes. Authors retain the right to reprint their material in any publication. Contributing writers will share 25% of the net profits of Butch Bottoms and receive a free copy of the anthology.
Send questions to maria.angeline at gmail dot com.
Submissions are now open. A submissions deadline will be announced in 2008.
Once selections have been made, every person who submitted work will receive an announcement.
All in Black and White Productions invites you to The Engagement Benefit Party, in celebration of Marriage Equality and support of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Features include a VIP Reception from 8:30pm to 10:30pm, with performances by LGBT ballroom dancers, an introduction to the GLAAD Announcing Equality campaign, and a sneak preview of the “back by popular demand” hit play: The Engagement. Come meet the cast! Cocktails and hors d’ouerves will be served.*DRESS is BLACK & WHITE CHIC*
VIP tickets also include a $10.00 voucher toward any upcoming performance of The Engagement.
Dance Party to follow, 10:30pm – 2:30am, featuring DJ Exquizstylz.
For more information on The Engagement Benefit Party or The Engagement (the Play): www.snatchoflife.com
THE HOUSE OF XAVIER’S
GLAM SLAM 2007
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20th 2007
7pm to 9:30pm
BOWERY POETRY CLUB
308 BOWERY
(b/w BLEECKER & HOUSTON)
$7
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY
GLAM SLAM ’06 CHAMPION A.B. LUGO & EMANUEL XAVIER
HOSTED BY MOTHER DIVA XAVIER
CATEGORIES:
BEST BUSH BASHING POEM
IN COWBOY HAT AND ALL AMERICAN COLORS
BEST BITTER BREAK UP POEM IN BLUE
BEST GAY PRIDE POEM IN TRUE COLORS
BEST EROTIC POEM IN SEXY UNDERWEAR OR LINGERIE
$100 GRAND PRIZE- BEST VERBAL VOGUE
RULES
Email <a href=”mailto:houseofxavier@emanuelxavier.com”>houseofxavier@emanuelxavier.com</a> to confirm participation
Each contestant gets up to three minutes to share an original selection featuring the required props within each category. Winners must be prepared to read a second piece to compete for Grand Prize. Repeat poems are not allowed.
SCORING
Five selected judges score each contestant from 0 to 10 with decimals based on poetry and performance. The highest and lowest scores are dropped and the remaining three are added for a highest possible score of 30. The poet with the highest score in each of the four open categories receives a trophy and competes for Grand Prize.
<a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.emanuelxavier.com/hox.htm”>http://www.emanuelxavier.com/hox.htm</a>
Emanuel Xavier launched the House of Xavier in 1998 and introduced the Glam Slam to the literary arts scene as a tribute to the gay ball competitions which had influenced him and brought the poetry slams to a whole new level of inspiration and entertainment. After staging several events within the ball and spoken word communities, the House of Xavier established the Glam Slam as a unique and vibrant contribution to New York City culture.
THE HOUSE OF XAVIER’S
GLAM SLAM 2007
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20th 2007
7pm to 9:30pm
BOWERY POETRY CLUB
308 BOWERY
(b/w BLEECKER & HOUSTON)
$7
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY
GLAM SLAM ’06 CHAMPION A.B. LUGO & EMANUEL XAVIER
HOSTED BY MOTHER DIVA XAVIER
CATEGORIES:
BEST BUSH BASHING POEM
IN COWBOY HAT AND ALL AMERICAN COLORS
BEST BITTER BREAK UP POEM IN BLUE
BEST GAY PRIDE POEM IN TRUE COLORS
BEST EROTIC POEM IN SEXY UNDERWEAR OR LINGERIE
$100 GRAND PRIZE- BEST VERBAL VOGUE
RULES
Email houseofxavier@emanuelxavier.com to confirm participation
Each contestant gets up to three minutes to share an original selection featuring the required props within each category. Winners must be prepared to read a second piece to compete for Grand Prize. Repeat poems are not allowed.
SCORING
Five selected judges score each contestant from 0 to 10 with decimals based on poetry and performance. The highest and lowest scores are dropped and the remaining three are added for a highest possible score of 30. The poet with the highest score in each of the four open categories receives a trophy and competes for Grand Prize.
http://www.emanuelxavier.com/hox.htm
Emanuel Xavier launched the House of Xavier in 1998 and introduced the Glam Slam to the literary arts scene as a tribute to the gay ball competitions which had influenced him and brought the poetry slams to a whole new level of inspiration and entertainment. After staging several events within the ball and spoken word communities, the House of Xavier established the Glam Slam as a unique and vibrant contribution to New York City culture.