GLBT SUPPORT
The Official Lesbian Code of Conduct 6/3/2005 A survival guide for you, your girlfriend, your ex and your lover to ensure you can all inhabit the same scene without having to witness too many horrible catfights or dramas. Make sure you check out every page. What's the use of knowing about relationships if your culture is all off? This code has been put together to allow lesbians everywhere to share their wisdom, experience and wit providing an electronic constitution to hand down to generations of lesbians everywhere.
Kent, UK: LGBT Society 6/3/2005
Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans Rights: What a difference a movement makes! 11/14/2002
November 2002, the city of Chicago passed an anti-discrimination ordinance protecting gender variant people in housing, employment, and other things. Let us hope the rest of our country catches up and adopt similar policies quickly! Do what you can in your community.
Book review with some interesting questions:Sex
Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism
by Pat Califia
Cleis Press, 1997
- Is a transsexual MTF (Male to Female) still a woman if they do not hate their male genitals and still have sex using them?
- Is a transsexual FTM (Female to Male) proper if he participates in butch dyke organizations?
- Does a post-operation person count as more "real" than a pre-operation or non-operation person does?
- If someone is considered queer before their operation or coming out as Transgendered, should they be thought of as straight afterwards?
Intersex Babies Controversy Operating to Change Ambiguous Genitalia "I'm female," she says, "I just feel like I'm a different variety of female."
GENDERQUEER: VOICES FROM BEYOND THE SEXUAL BINARY 5/24/05 Collection of essays taps diverse expressions of desire By JANE S.VAN INGEN
D y k e s f o r D e n t a l D a m s
Molly Williams, UT Graduate
My dog greeted us at the door with a bottle of Astroglide in her mouth, dental dams strewn at her feet. Shit. I quickly gathered the multicolored latex squares, my face turning scarlet as I kneeled down to get the Astroglide out of Leda's mouth. She wagged her tail and tugged back as if it was time to play. With my date standing behind me in the doorway, I turned around still bent over with my dog, half apologizing, half laughing with embarrassment. Leda, drop it! Drop it! Shit! Lubricant dripped down my hand as I yanked the leaking bottle from her mouth. I'll be right back, I whispered as I walked quickly to the bathroom with the pierced bottle of lubricant and dental dams crammed in my pockets. What is a nice lesbian like me doing with dental dams? I'm here to tell you the untold story of safer lesbian sex. Most women know that dental dams exist and suppose they could be more safe if they used them, but dental dams are rarely discussed. The reaction to them is similar to that of condom use when it was first promoted in response to AIDS. I have heard women say, What's the use of going down on her, if all I do is lick latex? and Lesbians don't give each other diseases. Right? The truth is, we can give each other sexually transmitted diseases. Oral sex, grinding, sharing sex toys, and even finger sex can be risky. Dental dams, finger cots, latex gloves, Saran Wrap, and condoms for dildos should be part of every sexually active lesbian's shopping list. So why the lack of safer sex discussion between lesbians? Perhaps women fear that asking their partner to use a dental dam might signal some kind of mistrust, or that sex will be less pleasurable. Some women just don't have the information or the skills to negotiate safer sex with their partners. But all of these challenges faced gay men and heterosexual couples when dealing with condom use, and look how far they have come. It is time for lesbians to take the step forward and create a sexual norm within their community - lesbians for latex, dykes for dental dams. It is time for us to talk about safer sex with our friends, lovers, families, and community groups. After the awkward entrance, my date and I laughed off the initial embarrassment of my dog's affinity for sex paraphernalia. It made it a little easier to bring up protection when sex came up. And when the time came to get naked, we were prepared to enjoy each others' bodies -- latex and all.
Views
On Same-sex Unions 8/4/2003
Youth 4 Socialist Action 6/3/2005 http://www.geocities.com/youth4sa/index.html
Lesbian/gay liberation, building a movement 4 social change current site
4/2003