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Just got this e-mail and thought I'd share it:
>Girl Fags, Boy Dykes, Transpeople with Fag Attitudes...Whatcha
Writin'?
>
>What It Is: Submissions are currently being sought for an anthology
>exploring how women and transgendered people make use of male
>homosexuality and its representations in their own sexual journeys,
>constructions, and practices. Do you ever "feel like a gay man?" Do
you
>pass as one? Do you identify with man-on-man sexual practices? Are
you a
>gay man assigned female at birth? Do you have what feels like gay
male
>sex? Do you gravitate toward male sex space? Have queer male
lovers? A
>"boy" attitude or
>presentation? Whether you identify with certain aspects of
>same-gender-loving male culture at certain times, or have a more
clearly
>wrought identity, your story, essay,
>poem or work of art may belong here.
>
>Why It Is: The last decade has seen a proliferation of gender
identities,
>evidenced in the popular press, and particularly in more cutting-edge
>performance art spaces. Among these have been voices of women who in
some
>way, shape or form, identify with or partake of man-on-man sexual
>identity/practice.
>In comparison with other groups, gay male communities have
traditionally
>encouraged and accepted multiple sexual partners and the expression
and
>pursuit of specifically articulated sexual preferences. This model
of
>comparatively well-developed sexual vocabulary and culture of
satisfaction
>holds an appeal for some women, who have been silenced and
stigmatized
>around our sexual desires and practices.
>
>Who Done It: Jill Nagle (http://www.jillnagle.com) is editing this
>collection. She is often fag-identified for the reasons cited above.
She
>is also fascinated by her experiences in male sex spaces, and the
>permutations of gender and orientation therein. Her goal is to
collect
>and publish a short collection (10-15 pieces) covering a range of
angles
>on the topic. Her most recently completed major work is an anthology
>entitled Whores and Other Feminists (Routledge, Winter, 1997). Her
next,
>as associate editor, is Male Lust:
>Pleasure, Power and Transformation (Haworth, 2000, Kerwin Kay, ed.)
Her
>agent is currently searching for a home for The Zen of Getting Laid,
and
>she is also working on several screenplays, including a collaborative
>effort about Edgar Cayce's life and work.
>
>How to: Autobiography, essays, fiction, poetry, photographs and
drawings
>are all welcome. Contributors may be of any gender, as long as the
content
>is relevant. For example, someone who does not identify as a female
fag
>may write about others who do, themselves at a time when they did, or
the
>topic in general. There is no minimum or maximum length. Include a
brief
>bio (50-75 words). Submit double-spaced hard copy plus disk, labeled
with
>system and program used to Jill Nagle, Editor, Girlfag Anthology,
1388 Haight
>Street #215, San Francisco, CA, 94117, or email to JillNagle@aol.com,
with
>both Word attachment *and* pasted into the body of the text. Payment
will
>be $50.00-$100.00 upon publication. Call Jill at (415) 541-5618 for
more
>information. The deadline is open, but get things in ASAP! |
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