If you have ever wondered "How do I do this polyamory/open-relationship/non-monogamy
thing?"...you are not alone. Join us with your experiences, questions
and ideas- they are an important resource for this group. Those who
attend will help determine what topics we focus on--which could include:
agreements, consent and communication; jealousy; support; safer sex;
struggles and joys and survivor issues. Whether you have been practicing
ethical sluttery for years, or are just starting to think about it, you
are welcome. Open to all trans, pansexual, lesbian, gay and queer
folks. All ages encouraged. Hosted by: franciszka fierce- a local slut,
artist/writer and facilitator extraordinaire.

Totally Awesome! Femteen Magic Johnson
Boom! ... AND a special Puppet Show, by Nadia of MovieParty
$3-5 donation Money goes to touring band and to support In Other Words Bookstore!
Brought to you by Punk Start My Heart!

Jamython Harker (Jamie) is the daughter of Dracula and Mina Harker. She finds this out after being assaulted on her way home from a lesbian club one night. She is rescued by a woman who says she knows her mother. She offers to save Jamie's life, and Jamie accepts. It turns out to be much more than she bargained for.

Bio: Kirsten is a local author. She's 24 and has been writing since she was 11 years old. She likes to think of writing as an experience rather than a process.

queerbait! is a bedeviling art/dance/multimedia/opti-auricular experience and it's headed our way! Traveling with them are DJ Nark (Seattle) & La Fraicheur (Montreal). They will enhance your being and bring the booty quake.

This event is ALL AGES!
$1-$5 @ the door
...
No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds.
Presented by Tuff Luck

queerbait! is a bedeviling art/dance/multimedia/opti-auricular experience and it's headed our way! Traveling with them are DJ Nark (Seattle) & La Fraicheur (Montreal). They will enhance your being and bring the booty quake.

This event is ALL AGES!
$1-$5 @ the door
...
No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds.
Presented by Tuff Luck

Sienna Newcastle, Author of American Tantra, with co-teacher Spyder, present:
Intro to Tantra—6 lessons in Sacred Sexuality. We explain the concepts of Pranayama, Karezza, Chakras, Kundalini, Puja, and Maithuna with a modern American look at the ancient art of Tantra, using plain English and easily grasped metaphors. Students say it’s a life-changing path. Feedback from over 200 students helped shape the instruction and exercises. This class is for adults who know little of Vedic scriptures. It’s a little bit sexy, a little bit scientific. Exercises include balanced actions of both males & females, and instruction for same-sex couples. If you are interested in Sacred Sex, maximizing your body, mind, and inner spirit, this class is for you. There is no in-class nudity, but we do give out lots of fun homework!

To register, contact Sienna at sienna@spiralrhythms.org or call (360)693-7349

* Held on the second Sunday of each month for 6 months.

* $30 per person per lesson. * Classes start May 9th, 2010, 1-3pm.

* Pre-registration required.

* Class size is limited!

* sienna@spiralrhythms.org or 360-693-7349

* Hosted at “In Other Words” bookstore, 8 Northeast Killingsworth in Portland.

One
Night Stand (Pour Une Nuit) by Emilie Jouvet
Hot Femmes, Very Bad Bois, Cute Babes, Hot Dykes and Andro Girls all serve up a provocative porn banquet of hot sex by lesbian filmmaker Emilie Jouvet. In a dizzying and delectable feast of sex, passion and desire, One Night Stand dishes up five sexy “one night stands,” each showing the intense drama between two first-time lovers who’ve “selected” each other to play out their erotic fantasies. Made by and for lesbians and queers. In French with English subtitles. There’s not a lot of talking. Made by the hot queers and dykes at Hysterie PROd in France, Fatale Media is the exclusive English-language distributor of One Night Stand (Pour Une Nuit).

Join us as we will discuss such issues as the current uprising in Oaxaca, the Zapatistas and la otra campana, neoliberalism, social movements in Mexico, and border issues. This study group is brought to you by Olin, a collective focusing on Oaxaca. Olin is a working group of Portland Sin Fronteras whose focus as a group lies in building and understanding the border and in fighting white supremacy. Their aim is to combat capitalism as a system of domination and to link the anti-capitalist struggles of Latin America to our own struggles here at home.

Coming from Reno, Nevada – the Nothing Like a Dame acoustic tour! Front women and singer/
songwriters Lacey Mattison, Gia Torcaso and Kim Radzik from the Reno band bring their
original songs to share in an intimate acoustic setting on their tri city tour. Promoting songs
from their recently released self titled EP along with new material, the NLAD acoustic tour
graces Portland and Ashland, OR, and Sacramento, CA. The tour ends back in their home town
with the full band performing in Reno at the 2010 Gay Pride Festival on August 14. Visit the
NLAD website at www.nothinglikeadameMUSIC.com. Opening music by Athena McIntyre
(www.reverbnation.com/workinminerva)

Presented by bitch media's MAD World: Gender, Advertising, and Identity in a Mediated World
Meet to discuss Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers by Alissa Quart.

Dirty
Queer is an X rated open mic: a place to celebrate sexuality and strut your creative stuff! Hosted by renegade writer and poet Sossity Chiricuzio, Dirty Queer has proven itself to be a thought provoking evening of excitement, passion, laughter and full body shivers. We're looking for queer erotic entertainers of all sorts: dancers, jugglers, singers, musicians, comics, poets, storytellers, magicians, gender performers ... if you can do it in 5 minutes or less (w/ minimal props/equip), this open mic's for you! We average over 120 people a month, so come early if you want a seat. Everyone who attends has a chance to win door prizes from local businesses, as well as a percentage off items at our very own feminist bookstore and host, IOW! Your donation of $1-$5/person for this event goes directly to supporting IOW, and more donations are always welcome. Caveats: 18+, consent is key, no hate speech, sign up is first come, first serve. Need a dose of Dirty Queer sooner than that? Come check out our photos, samples, bios, videos, and podcast on our website: www.dirtyqueer.com.

**Due to a scheduling conflict with Chunky Dunk, this month's installation of the Telling Our Stories workshop series will be postponed until September 19th**

*What: *BodyLove*: A Queer Writing Workshop
*When: *SUNDAY, AUGUST 15th, 6:00-8:30pm
*Where:* IN OTHER WORDS Books, 8 B NE Killingsworth St., Portland 98122
*Who: *YOU? Self-identified LGBTQQI folks, (aspiring) writers of all
levels & varieties
*Why:* Because your body -- your beautiful, scarred, shameless,
surviving, soft, imperfect, bravest body -- deserves to tell its own
story, draw its own boundaries, and hum its own tune.
*Fee:* $10-$30 sliding scale; please give what you can! No one will be
turned away for lack of funds.
*RSVP:* Contact elaina@tumbleme.org to RSVP, and tell your friends!
Join Elaina M. Ellis and Sossity Chiricuzio for a gentle, interactive,
dynamic writing experience.

This workshop will focus on writing as a tool to explore and transform
body image. In the journey toward self-love, writing can act as mirror,
medicine bag, and lifeline. For those of us who have struggled with
shame around our own bodies (who hasn't?), writing can be a method of
reinvention, to tell new stories about where we've been and to imagine
where we're going. As taboo as it is to reveal our struggles, it is
perhaps even more risky to reveal the moments when we appreciate and
celebrate our bodies. Through reading, facilitated discussion, and
writing exercises, participants in the workshop will explore an honest
spectrum, from body shame to BodyLove.

This is workshop #2 in a four-part series. Subsequent gatherings will
be held on the third Sunday evening of each month, on the following
themes:
SEPT 19th: Dirty & Queer (Crafting Erotic Poems & Stories)
OCT 17th: Page to Stage (Performance Workshop for Poets &
Storytellers)

*About the facilitators:*
*Elaina M. Ellis* is a full-time teaching artist, performer, producer,
and poet, based in Seattle. Elaina received her teacher training at
Bent Writing Institute (the nation’s only school of its kind, for queer
writers), and uses Bent’s approach to “redefining criticism,” because
she has seen it change -- and save -- lives. She is the founder of
TumbleMe Productions, a dynamic site for collaborations in spoken word
and other art-forms. Elaina is pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at
Antioch University, and her first fancy book of poetry will be released
by Write Bloody Publishing in Spring 2011. She writes to worship, to
recover, to seduce, to fight back, to play, to confess, and to make
messes.

Transwomen heart circle welcomes all transwomen to come to share, speak, and listen. No pressure event! Participate however feels right for you. Arrive a little early and we'll have a potluck together!

The Portland Chapter of the War Resisters League offers workshops for those involved in or considering some form of war tax resistance. Free materials include where your tax dollars are spent and how these taxes can be "redirected" to life-supporting causes. A suggested donation of $1-5 goes to use of the space. If you work for peace, stop paying for war!

A reading group for science fiction/fantasy works with themes and characters that provoke discussions about the concepts of gender and sexuality.The sci-fi/fantasy genre allows us to intimately experience worlds in which the rules/laws of our own world can be cast aside and different structures, (biological, technological, psychological, sociological, etc.) can be explored. Our intention is to read books that fall into the general category of science fiction or fantasy, expanding our selections as the group sees fit. Authors such as Octavia Butler, Ursula LeGuin, and James Tiptree are examples, but there are no set limitations on who we will read. The books we choose to read may leave us feeling positive and affirmed, but they may also leave us depressed or angry, hopefully they will always be thought-provoking, stimulating and challenging.

My Sweet Wild Dance has been described as “soul-refreshment of the highest order’ in Edge Magazine, and has just won a Golden Crown Literary Award. This autobiographical book is about daring to be different. The author’s journey takes us from the impoverished aristocracy of post-war Scotland, through experiments with drugs, free love, and anti- establishment politics, to adventurous travels all over the world. Always on the cutting edge, she was active around environmental issues decades before the mainstream. Disillusioned by the sexism in Britain, she turned to Nature for solace, moving to rural California, where she engaged in healing work around her sexuality, worked as a Jill-of-all-trades, ran an organic farm, and came out as a lesbian. At the age of fifty, a series of inexplicable experiences led her to take up a life of kitesurfing, and she became the woman who follows the wind.

Mikaya Heart knows how to dance her own sweet, wild dance, and she offers us a compelling picture of the agony and ecstasy that are the rewards of choosing one’s personal truth. The path she has forged through the jungle of life is an inspiration—and a delightful read Mikaya Heart (www.mikayaheart.org) is the author of books on lesbianism, shamanism, and orgasm, as well as a number of articles. Ms Heart grew up in Scotland and now lives in Northern California when she is not traveling the world having adventures. She has been featured on many radio shows, including the Marc Bernier Show, the Big Morning Show, the Takeaway, and the Lionel Show.

The Feminist Film Society is a group of folks who watch a variety of movies and discuss them with feminism in mind. The screening starts at 7:00 with discussion to follow.

The Road Through Wonderland is Schiller’s autobiographical account of her volatile years
with John Holmes-Porn King. Her story was first seen in the 2003 movie Wonderland,
starring Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth. Schiller paints a realistic picture of a dangerous
Hollywood subculture fighting the hangover of overindulgence in a decade that condoned
overconsumption to the point of madness.
Brief Bio of Author:
Dawn Schiller was fifteen years old in 1976, when she met thirty-two-year-old porn star John
Holmes. Holmes courted Dawn, had sex with her, and manipulated her with drugs and alcohol.
Holmes physically and emotionally abused Dawn for several years. After the famed Wonderland
murders in 1981, they fled to Florida, where she ultimately broke free and turned him over to the
police.
Dawn eventually relocated to northern California and finally to the Pacific Northwest, where
she now lives with her daughter. In addition to being a devoted mother, Dawn has worked as an
associate producer and consultant on the movie Wonderland (she was portrayed by actress Kate
Bosworth; John Holmes was played by Val Kilmer).
Dawn is adamant about relating her story with the hope that any other young teens won’t fall into
the same hell that she did. She has developed a national presentation titled “Our Throwaway
Teens—Who Are They and How Can We Help?” to raise awareness of the vulnerabilities of
teens growing up in abusive and neglectful environments. Dawn educates audiences about
what a teen might be experiencing internally when targeted and groomed by a predator, how
to identify a young victim in trouble, pedophile seduction techniques, and the use of drugs to
manipulate and trap a victim. She gives an inside view of what it’s like to be a “throwaway
teen” and how we, as a community, can help. Dawn is also excited to announce E.S.T.E.A.M.,
Empowering Successful Teens through Education, Awareness & Mentoring, a newly registered
nonprofit dedicated to assisting teens who are struggling to find a safe and successful path to
adulthood.
Today, Dawn works full time at a university in the arts and science department, is on the
committee to revise the university’s sexual harassment policy, and is a member of the President’s
Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW).

We're
starting a Portland chapter of the National feminist organization Stop
Porn Culture! and we're looking for more members for our second meeting.
We welcome you if you believe that pornography hurts women, children,
and men and are looking to do something about it and support each other
in the movement. (See www.stoppornculture.org for more information.) We'll be organizing and discussing any updates we have since our last meeting.

When

Tue Aug 24 5:30pm – 7pm Pacific Time

Transgender artist and author Shannon Belthor takes readers on a lifelong journey of
homecoming to Self, well beyond the confines of social expectation. Both gritty and lyrical,
Shape-shifter is a story of radical self-honesty, artful living, and spiritual opening while evolving
from a young man haunted by deep longing, to an awakened, thriving woman. This book is an
inspiring, awareness-inducing pilgrimage through profound transformation and unfolding of life
purpose... It’s an invitation to look spaciously and lovingly within, and see your own stay in this
world as an ongoing work of art

Transgender artist and author Shannon Belthor has long found communions of image and word
wafting through her work. Along her path as a lifelong spiritual practitioner, she has explored
this strange world through an extraordinary range of creative mediums. She holds an MFA
degree in Artisanry, but not too tightly, as she needs both hands for studio work, writing, and
speaking about life as artful practice.

When

Wed Aug 25 7pm – 9pm Pacific Time

Hey, there. … How are you doing? …. Yeah? I think I can help you with that…
Oh, believe me, honey, hang out with me for an hour and I will rock your
fucking world. … Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a
phone sex operator. Listen closely: she may change your views on sex
forever.

Phone Whore contains explicit language and graphic content
related to fantasy and taboo sexual topics. No one under 18 should be
admitted. Viewer discretion is strongly advised.

When

Fri Aug 27 7pm – 9pm Pacific Time

Night Train (Seattle)
My Parade (Seattle)
Kusikia (Portland)
Stagbitten (Portland)

also this show will be in conjunction w/ the P.O.C zine project Brooklyn, New York

When

Sat Aug 28 8pm – 11pm Pacific Time