This weekend, California became the first state to ban therapy practices that attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors. According to the new law, mental health professionals who attempt “to change behaviors or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same sex,” for …
Read more “California bans ‘reparative therapy’ for queer minors”
It’s time for the Fresh Fruit Festival! Director Drae Campbell and I have been working hard on RADCLYFFE, and we’re ready to open tonight! I’m so excited to perform the first fully staged version of RADCLYFFE. It will be up tonight, 10/27 at 7:15pm, and tomorrow, 10/28 at 6pm, at the Workshop Theater (312 W …
I’m excited to announce that RADCLYFFE will be appearing as part of the Harvest Fruits Festival here in NYC at the end of October. This time, you’ll have two chances to see Radclyffe before she vanishes again into the ether (so you don’t have any excuses for missing it)! Mark your calendars for Thursday 10/27 at …
This weekend has been a flurry of preparation for the upcoming Butch Voices conference, happening later this week in Oakland. I’ll be performing twice at the conference, as well as teaching a workshop. I’m excited to meet and reconnect with butch and other masculine-of-center folks from all over the country. I’m really looking forward to …
Are you ready to meet Radclyffe? Radclyffe–or ‘John,’ as her intimates would call her– is ready to meet you! Come welcome Radclyffe to New York this Wednesday, July 27th, 7:30pm, at Dixon Place as part of the HOT Festival! Tickets are just $15 in advance, and you can buy them here! I’ve been having a lot …
I’m going to be reading at Sideshow on Tuesday, July 12th! I haven’t quite decided what I’m going to read yet– maybe something old, maybe something new, maybe a teeny-tiny bit from the new show I’m working on about Radclyffe Hall. I hope that you’ll come check it out! Here are all the details: Join …
It may be summer, but I’m certainly not on vacation. This is a busy summer for me, and I’m thrilled to officially announce the new show that I’m working on, RADCLYFFE: The Completely Honest and Mostly True Story of Victorian England’s Second Most Notorious Invert. Radclyffe Hall was a butch who swaggered her way through …
The US Department of Labor has added gender identity to the protected classes listed on equal opportunity policies for federal employees. Along with pregnancy, gender identity is now listed under sex discrimination as a protected category. It’s unclear whether these protections include gender expression as well. The new protections do not impact local or state …
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I just confirmed that I will be performing 348 at the PsychOUT Conference! The free conference will be hosted by WE THE PEOPLE at CUNY Grad Center on June 20th and 21st. I’m really thrilled that this conference exists. It’s an opportunity for psych survivors, activists, artists, scholars, and radical professionals to get together and …
Go Magazine just put up a great review of ‘348.’ In the words of reviewer Stephanie Schroeder, “348 is completely mesmerizing, enlightening and frightening all at once.” Check out the full review here.