previous 2006 events

WEDNESDAY NIGHT, February 22nd
At EL RIO! 3158 Mission @ Precita
GENDER PIRATES
Doors at 7:30 pm, Show 8:00-midnight

featuring:
trans/genderqueer live bands, artists, and performers-
- DYSPECIFIC!
- SHAWNA VIRAGO punk rock icon
- singer/songwriter STORM FLOREZ!
- JULIA SERANO spoken word
Emcee ANNIE DANGER!
acoustic guitarists -
- LUCIAN      - SKY
- BUTCH
plus drag kings, dancers, and more:
- MONIQUE the CLOWN
- genderfluidity writer NABIL (Actually it's me & my baby!)
- ANNABELLE APOCALYPSE    - SHEKINAH LOVE
- ROXANNE
- Lisa International and Lacey Nationwide
with DJ SAM DAVIS spinning hip hop, queer 80s, and
punk rock

$5-15 sliding scale,
no one turned away for lack of funds.
for all you:
freaks, punks, queers, trannies, genderqueers, men,
women, genderfuckers, multiples, femmes, intersexies,
rockstars, shyboys, skaterz, strippers, activists,
workers, artists, felons, and everyone else.
--all genders welcome!--

Wednesday, Jan 18, 7 p.m.
Book Launch for Best Gay Erotica 2006
devious, deviant, defiant and delicious!
Selected and introduced by Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore
With readings by Kirk Read, Ralowe T. Ampu, Bob Vickery, July Shark, Marcus Ewert, Nadyalec Hijazi and Ben Blackthorne.

A Different Light Bookstore
489 Castro St.
San Francisco, CA
(415) 431-0891

Sizzle presents GenderEnders!

at Femina Potens Gallery
465 South Van Ness @ 16th St
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Friday, January 20th @ 8pm
$5 sliding scale, $3 if you sign up for the open mic

Friday, January 20th Femina Potens Gallery will present its spoken word
series Sizzle, a monthly night of open-mic erotica, film screenings,
burlesque, drag shows and musical performances. January's Sizzle will
present GenderEnders: a night of trans- and gender-focused performance,
featuring:

Lisa Jervis, co-founder and publisher of Bitch: Feminist Response to
Pop Culture and editor at large of LiP: Informed Revolt.

Max Wolf Valerio, trans man and author of the forth–coming Seal Press
release The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation
from Female to Male.

Shawna Virago, trans-fox rock star, activist, filmmaker, co-founder of
TrannyFest, and writer whose work will appear in the upcoming
TransForming Community anthology.

Nadyalec Hijazi is an omnisexual hellraising genderqueer gayrab whose
work has appeared in Best Gay Erotica 2006, Desire in Transition,
Lodestar Quarterly, Generation Q, Hot Off the Net, and Trikone.

In addition to the featured performers, every GenderEnders show hosts a
performance open mic, open to folks of all genders, sexualities and
identities!

as always, GenderEnders will be hosted by writer, spoken word artist,
and all-round renaissance trans woman Julia Serano
(http://www.juliaserano.com).

hope to see you there!
http://www.genderenders.com