Category Archives: community

Three Years of Butchtastic: 10/6/2008 – 2011

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Kyle

Today marks end of three years of Butchtastic:  blogging and beers, bromance and babes, butches and BDSM…. and a whole lot more.  If you’ve been here for most of that ride, you’ve seen me at the beginning of my poly … Continue reading →

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New blog to add to the collection: Tranarchism

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Kyle

I found this blog via Jessie Lee (Gendercast) on Facebook, who posted a link to this article on ally-ship:  You keep using that word ‘Ally’.  I do not think it means what you think it means.  It’s short and sweet … Continue reading →

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Butch Voices weekend.. wow

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Kyle

Wow, what a weekend.  Community, controversy, energy, exhaustion, conversation, adrenaline, hopefulness, affirmation… I’m overwhelmed still, and might be for a few days.  The sessions were great, the socializing was awesome.  So much good food, good conversation, catching up with old … Continue reading →

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Big Tent Blues… hitting pause

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Kyle

In my last post I acknowledged that I didn’t know much about the accusations of ageism, sexism and misogyny being leveled at the Butch Voices organizers by people who have left the organization.  I asked for more information.  In response, … Continue reading →

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Big Tent Blues: what did I miss?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Kyle

CH commented on my Big Tent Blues post yesterday that I hadn’t addressed the concerns of ageism, misogyny and lack of feminist principals raised by the folks who left to create Butch Nation.  As I’m reading through Sasha T. Goldberg’s … Continue reading →

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Big Tent Blues: the Butch Voices / Butch Nation, Masculine-of-Center / Butch controversy

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Kyle

If you’re on the Butch Voices mailing list(s) or follow them on Facebook, you’ve probably seen some of the discussions that have erupted over a change in the Butch Voices mission statement.  The word ‘butch’ was taken out of the … Continue reading →

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Butch Voices is nigh

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Kyle

On Thursday evening, I’ll be flying to SFO for two very good reasons:  the BUTCH Voices 2011 national conference in Oakland and to be with my sweetheart, Roxy. I’ll be presenting on two topics this year:  Genderqueer Identity and Intentional … Continue reading →

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Guilty Pleasure

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Kyle

A few days ago, I talked about how I measured success with respect to this blog.  I talked about comment volume, emails from readers, the sense that I was making connections and making a difference in people’s lives.  Well, I … Continue reading →

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Awesome trans guy sex pamphlet

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Kyle

Roxy sent me these images a while ago and I was blown away.  Nothing like that is available up here, at least not in Olympia.  And beyond the extremely sexy idea of fucking around with other guys, the idea that … Continue reading →

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thank you

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Kyle

Quite a few of you have sent me emails asking for the password for this morning’s post.  Along with that request, you’ve sent me support and encouragement.  Long time readers, who haven’t introduced themselves through comments, took time to let … Continue reading →

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