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Discussion: Punishment in D/s Relationships 12/28/07‏

metalprincess — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:08:09 GMT

Save the date!!!
Bad Girls Full Moon Friday Discussion: Punishment in D/s Relationships
Friday, 12/28/07

Why punish?
Is a beating *really* punishment?
How do you decide what the punishment will be?
Is punishment necessary in D/s relationships?
How does punishment affect the one administering it?

When: 7 to 9 PM
Who: Self-identified women age 18 and over
Where: Coopers Coffee House 60th and Stark

There is a suggested donation of$1-3 Questions or comments - have a suggestion for a discussion topic?
Send email to contact@pdxbadgirls.net

Note: The Full Moon Friday discussion is a tradition with Bad Girls and falls on theFriday closest to the full moon of every month.
This event does fluctuateand is not always on the same Friday.

We hope to see you there! Bad Girls www.pdxbadgirls.net
503-972-BADD (2233)

Bad Girls is a social and educational group for women interested in BDSMwith other women.

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queer drum circle meets june first

Sun, 13 May 2007 05:38:47 GMT

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5/12 What does your soul long for?

bartchurch — Sun, 06 May 2007 08:56:36 GMT

MEN’S SOULFORCE:
Through tarot imagery, storytelling, ritual, & labyrinth
Explore your passions/joys, wounds/fears, & the allies/keys that unlock them
5/12/07, Sat, 4:00-10:30 pm

Do you sense a deeper force operating in your life - a force that knows what you long for and what you're really capable of? Through exploring tarot imagery, story-telling, journaling, ritual, & walking a labyrinth, you can discover aspects of your Soul Force - the stories that propel you to be authentically powerful.

You can playfully and simply tell stories and create your own rituals to look more deeply at your passions/joys, wounds/fears, and the allies & keys that help you invoke parts of your soul’s story. In this workshop we’ll create a quiet, sacred space, and from within that place we’ll ask “Why am I here?” And then we will listen, and keep on listening. We don’t need burning bushes or perfect answers, just what’s true for now.

CO-FACILITATORS:: Paul H. Richard, a life-coach specializing in archetypal psychology, soul mentoring, and the use of evolutionary astrology, tarot, labyrinth, & other shamanic techniques to discover your soul's purpose; James Fabish is a licensed massage therapist & perpetual student and practitioner of the healing arts.

DIVERSITY: We welcome & are strengthened by adult men of all ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, spritualities (and none), and backgrounds (including trans guys). Thanks for helping us increase the diversity of men who get invited to this event by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who might be interested.

COSPONSORS: MenSpirit is a joint project of three non-profit organizations, Q-LAND, LoveTribe, & Spirit Hawk, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bart at 503-223-8822 or events@qland.org or website: qland.org

RSVP website: lovetribe.org/menspirit

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FatGirl Speaks - Tickets on sale NOW!

Stacy — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:16:06 GMT

Please repost!!!!

FatGirl Speaks 2007 is happening Saturday, June 9th, 2007 in the Smith Ballroom on the Portland State University campus. Doors at 6pm, show at 7pm.

Tickets are $16.50. Get yr tickets at any TicketMaster outlet or online at:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/123586/

This year's show will feature: a fashion show, Nedra Johnson, Big Moves, F.A.T.A.S.S. PDX Cheerleading, belly dancing, Blaque Butterfly, Stacy Bias, Sahara Dunes, Jana Pheonix, Fatty & the Ham Slappers, Burlesque and much more! Please visit the website for more details on the performers!

http://www.fatgirlspeaks.com

What is FatGirl Speaks?

Founded on progressive feminist principles of size positivity and the promotion of natural body diversity, FatGirl Speaks is a show which seeks to energize, empower, uplift and celebrate women of size and our allies!

This year's theme is "Every Day is a Revolution!" To us, this means that all day, every day, each act of self-love and acceptance is a revolutionary act. Every time you defy a stereotype, or every time you willfully dare *not* to, you are being revolutionary! We want to celebrate you!

http://www.myspace.com/fatgirl_speaks

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4/22 Earth Day Men’s Eco-Walk

bartchurch — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:48:36 GMT

Most men have been taught to be cut off from the earth, their bodies, and their feelings. On Earth Day we have the opportunity to reconnect in a very direct, physical way with endangered plants, animals, and the nature we co-create with them. And you can do this in a tiny nature preserve right in the city:

CAMASSIA ECO-WALK
4/22, Sunday, 1:30 pm Carpool, 2:15pm Eco-Walk

Who knew that one of the smallest, most diverse, and most endangered ecosystems in North America was nestled on 26 acres in West Linn? David Barts (Watermelon), who has been studying and interpreting Northwest plants & ecosystems for more than 20 years will lead us in an exploration of Camassia Natural Area , which has beautiful spring wild flowers, unique endangered plants, and is one of the most unique little nature preserves in the U.S. We’ll enjoy a delicious dinner afterwards.

DIVERSITY: Thanks for helping us increase the diversity of men who get invited to this event by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who might be interested.

COSPONSORS: MenSpirit, a joint project of three non-profit organizations, Q-LAND, LoveTribe, & Spirit Hawk, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: David at 503-223-8822 or registrar@qland.org or website: qland.org

RSVP website: lovetribe.org/menspirit

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Blasphemy Ball - Saturday March 10th!

Stacy — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:43:48 GMT

Final countdown for Blasphemy Ball on Saturday, March 10th!

Website: http://www.blasphemyball.com

Toast your toes at Dante's inferno - SW 3rd & Burnside, Portland
Dress yourself in perversion of faith!
$8 with costume, $10 without!
Doors at 9pm

Featuring not-for-the-faint-of-heart performances from PURE Cirkus (seattle's famous Modern Cirkus - purecirkus.com), the stunning Domina Betka Schpitz (dangerousfemme.com) and her wicked lovelies staffing the confessional, and DJ's Horrid, ChaotiQueer and Sine Qua Non.

The Blasphemy Ball is big EFF YOU to zealoutry, bigotry and oppression. One big night of heresy and hedonism. One night of focused, therapeutic rebellion. Nothing is sacred at the Blasphemy Ball. Shake your fist at whatever you believe. Shake your fist at whatever you don't. We're shaking ours and we want you with us.

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Blasphemy Ball - Saturday March 10th w/ PURE Cirkus!

Stacy — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:41:00 GMT

(x-posted to appropriate communities)

Save the date, you heretics and heathens!

Feats of fire and fetish await you at the Blasphemy Ball on Saturday, March 10th!
Website: http://www.blasphemyball.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/blasphemyball
Tribe: http://tribes.tribe.net/blasphemyball
Toast your toes at Dante's inferno - SW 3rd & Burnside, Portland OR
Dress yourself in perversion of faith!
$8 with costume, $10 without!
Doors @ 9pm

We've booked PURE Cirkus - http://www.purecirkus.com who will be providing us with a 45 minute show full of fire spinning, sending up sparks with their grinder suits and creeping us out in the most delightful ways with suspension piercing!

The Blasphemy Ball is big EFF YOU to zealoutry, bigotry and oppression. One big night of heresy and hedonism. One night of focused, therapeutic rebellion. Nothing is sacred at the Blasphemy Ball. Shake your fist at whatever you believe. Shake your fist at whatever you don't. We're shaking ours and we want you with us.

DJs Horrid and Sine Qua Non will be spinning dark beats to keep us dancing.

Drop by the confessional to dish to the delectable Domina Betka Schpitz and, if you're lucky, she'll dish out some pleasurable , or painful, or both - penance! ;)

We'll have Tarot, Palm reading and more!

PURE Cirkus will also be performing at the Vampire Ball on the 24th of March! So you get a chance to see them twice!

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12/19 Love Your Low-Back

bartchurch — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:20:17 GMT

The lower back is the source of so much power, and when that power doesn't flow, so much pain.

Your lower back deserves simple, practical, & loving support in this stressful time of year . . .

MEN TOUCHING WITH HEART:
Effective, Simple Strategies for Preventing/Coping with Low Back Pain
Tues, 12/19, 7:00-10:00 pm

A Licensed Physical Therapist, Ted Ellquist, who has extensive training in the McKenzie Method of pain management & prevention, will be teaching men how to use better posture, body mechanics, stretches, and healing touch techniques to cope with or prevent low-back pain.

These techniques will be presented in an interactive way, so you'll have the chance to both give & receive healing touch & stretches throughout the workshop. After experimenting with various techniques, you'll receive significant time on the techniques that seem to work best for you. You can learn more about the McKenzie Method and Ted's training & experience at www.backinactionpt.com

DIVERSITY: Event open to adult men of all ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, experience levels, and backgrounds (including trans guys). Thanks for helping us increase the diversity of men who get invited to this event by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who might be interested.

CO-SPONSORS: MenSpirit, a joint project of three non-profit organizations, Q-LAND, LoveTribe, & Spirit Hawk, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bart at 503-223-8822 or healingtouch@qland.org or www.qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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12/2 Create a job you'll love . . .

bartchurch — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:03:36 GMT

CREATE A JOB YOU'LL LOVE:
Men's Right Livelihood Workshop
12/2, Saturday, 4:00-10:30 pm

Because men are trained to define themselves by their work, having the wrong job or no job at all can be a major source of stress. In this practical, fun, and affirming workshop you’ll join a group of men who support one another in figuring out:

1) PASSIONS: What are your interests & passions? If you’re depressed or have no idea, what were your passions/interests when you were a kid or young adult?
2) WHO? what kinds of people you most enjoy working for and with?
3) WHAT NEEDS? what kinds of needs/challenges you most enjoy helping
address?
4) WHAT ORGANIZATIONS? what kinds of organizations/businesses you might
enjoy working for or with?
5) WHAT SKILLS? what your skills, experience, & special knowledges are?
6) WHAT ROLES? what roles do you most enjoy playing in work (creator, manager, data collector/analyzer, or supporter)
7) ALLIES? who your allies are for setting up informational interviews with?
potential employers or investors/partners?
8) NEXT STEPS? how you can get on-going support for taking concrete action
towards your right livelihood vision?

TEAMWORK: Finding your great job takes teamwork. Come join a group of men who are serious about finding a great job and want to help one another get started on and sustain effective action. We will use journaling, story-telling, brainstorming, and action-planning to help you create a job you'll love. Out of this workshop you'll also be invited to join an on-going support group to sustain your efforts to create a job you’ll love.

DIVERSITY: This workshop is for adult men of all ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, experience levels, and backgrounds (including trans guys). Thanks for helping us increase the diversity of men who get invited by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who may be interested.

CO-SPONSORS: MenSpirit, a joint project of two non-profit organizations, Q-LAND & LoveTribe, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bill at 503-223-8822 or createyourjob@qland.org or www.qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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This Sat, 11/4 Men Finding Wisdom thru Story-telling

bartchurch — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:18:53 GMT

Could you forward this to men who have lived interesting stories or who
understand the power of story-telling to help them draw on the wisdom of men of all ages?

MEN’S INTERGENERATIONAL STORY-TELLING
Saturday, 11/4, 4:00-10:30 pm

* Imagine being able to learn from the wisdom of men of all ages.

* Imagine who you could be if men of all ages helped you tell & understand your story, and you helped them tell their’s.

* Imagine story-telling as a tool for transformation & initiation.

For most of human history story-telling has been a crucial part of men’s initiation and empowerment. Nowadays story-telling has been mostly reduced to mere entertainment -- a mass-produced product to be consumed. This has cut men off from the wisdom of the lived past, present, and future – from actually knowing other men’s stories.

In this playful, creative event you’ll tell key parts of your life story to a small group of men of different ages, and they will retell your story in spoken word poetry, short skits, psycho-drama sculptures, paintings/drawings, and other creative techniques.

Our goal is for you to tell the story of your life to men of different ages, and for you to help retell the stories of other men – in ways that reflect you and the wisdom of the inter-generational group you’re apart of. Ultimately this is about friendship, play, creativity, and initiation through story-telling.

DIVERSITY: We welcome men of all ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, story-telling abilities, and life backgrounds (including trans guys). Diversity on all levels helps us learn the many ways we can be men. Could you please help us invite diverse men by forwarding this invitation to any of your friends, colleagues, or acquaintances who might be interested, and by attending with them?

SPONSORED BY: MenSpirit, a joint project of two non-profit organizations, Q-LAND & LoveTribe, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Jack at 503-223-8822 or storytelling@qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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Fall: a time to find your new rhythm

bartchurch — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:31:36 GMT

In the Northwest fall brings rejuvenating rain, a quietness that encourages
focusing on inner priorities, and cold that reminds us to support one
another in keeping our body, mind, & spirit warm. Q-LAND & LoveTribe have a wonderful week of men's gatherings designed to help you shift into your new rhythm this
fall. Would you forward this invitation to any men who might be interested
and consider attending one or more of these events yourself?

Tues, 10/17, 7-10 pm
MEN’S HEALING TOUCH EXCHANGE:
Richard Ludt, LMT, helps you use movement, touch, & imagery to release
chronic holding

Thurs, 10/19, 7-9:30 pm
MEN’S DATING LAB:
Finding practical strategies & support to give & receive the kinds of
intimacy you want
Co-Facilitators: Alejandro Cantu & Wayne Bund

Fri, 10/20, 6-9 pm
YOHO’S (Young Homos) COOKING & MUSIC FEST:
Men under 30 learn to cook, eat, & exchange music together
Co-Facilitators: Dan Jones, Wayne Bund, Frederic Henriot

Sat, 10/21, 9:30 am - 6:30 pm
YOGA & MASSAGE FOR STRESS: From Surrender to Strength:
(powerful techniques to respond more creatively to stress; you can attend
the morning session, the afternoon session, or both)
Co-Facilitators: Paul Tucker, Felix Roth, Charles Airey, & Bart Church

Sun, 10/22, 6-8 pm
BEAT-THE-BLUES (DEPRESSION) SUPPORT GROUP
Men’s peer-support group to help you find practical strategies for feeling better
Co-Facilitators: Brian Taylor, RN, & Matthew

INFO: Bart at 503-223-8822 or info@qland.org or www.qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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Free Fall Men’s Yoga & Meditation starts soon

bartchurch — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:53:09 GMT

Would you please forward this invitation to any men who may be interested in attending a FREE men’s yoga or meditation class, and please consider attending yourself?

FREE MEN’S YOGA & MEDITATION CLASSES

As we approach the Autumnal Equinox, the days shorten and it’s a great time to try new ways to integrate wellness & stress-relief into our busy lives. Q-LAND & LoveTribe are launching the fall quarter with the following FREE yoga & meditation classes (for men who’ve never tried one of our classes):

* Monday, 9/18, 6:30-7:45 pm
Core Strength Yoga

* Wednesday, 9/20, 6:30-8:30 pm
Therapeutic Yoga (for men with specific wellness challenges/goals)

* Saturday, 9/23, 10:00-11:15 am
Core Strength Yoga

* Tuesday, 9/12, 7:30-9:30 pm
Men’s Meditation Group

Below are short descriptions of each class.

MEN'S CORE STRENGTH YOGA
Monday, 9/18, 6:30-7:45 pm &
Saturday, 9/23 10:00-11:15 am
As men age, stress, gravity, and neglect of the body conspire to cause us to collapse inward. We close ourselves off to life. In this dynamic, powerful, gentle, and fun class you'll learn to open from the inside out - to strengthen, lengthen, and enjoy your core. This class is for men with diverse abilities, ages, shapes, colors, orientations, and backgrounds (must be able to walk up & down stairs because NW Portland studio is not wheelchair accessible). Instructor Charles Airey has studied yoga for about 25 years, became a certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor 20 years ago, and has taught in various studios in South Florida & Southern California.
INFO: Charles 503-223-8822 or yoga@qland.org
RSVP: www.qland.org/menspirit

MEN'S THERAPEUTIC YOGA
Wednesday, 9/20, 6:30-8:30 pm
Small class tailored to address your specific wellness goals, limitations, abilities, & experience. Learn to use Yoga & Ayurveda to reach your wellness goals (getting stronger & more flexible, losing weight, stress relief, becoming calmer & more focused, etc.) and/or self-treat chronic ailments (like back/neck pain, insomnia/anxiety, allergies, depression, HIV, digestive problems, etc). Taught by instructor who has studied for more than l8 years (under certified Iyengar & Raja Yoga instructors) and taught therapeutic yoga for more than 12 years.
INFO: Bart 503-223-8822 or yoga@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

MEN'S MEDITATION GROUP
Tuesday, 9/12 & 9/26 (2nd & 4th Tuesdays), 7:30-9:30 pm
Meditation helps many people relieve stress, feel calmer and more focused, and be more creative and connected to your natural flow. In this group you'll receive basic meditation instruction and simple, silent sitting and walking practice twice a month, on-going support for establishing your own regular meditation practice, and the fellowship of other men from diverse backgrounds who are interested in meditation and mindfulness. Co-facilitated by Rob Downer, M.Div., a local spiritual director and Centering Prayer facilitator; and Jeff Kerr, who has studied Buddhist meditation and currently is a student at the Portland Shambhala Center.
INFO: Rob 503-223-8822 or meditation@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

NOTE: Please RSVP as we limit our class sizes to assure each class is tailored to each man's goals, limitations, & abilities. Men of all experience levels are welcome in all our classes. Classes are only free for men who’ve never attended one of our yoga or meditation classes. After your 1st class, you decide how much you want to donate per class and then pay that amount times the number of classes remaining in the quarter. Space is limited in the Therapeutic Yoga Class, so please RSVP for this class ASAP.

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9/9 Men’s Dating Lab: Practical Intimacy Strategies

bartchurch — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:18:29 GMT

MEN’S DATING LAB:
Finding Practical Intimacy Strategies
* Workshop: Sat, 9/9, 6:30-l0:30 pm
* On-going Group: lst & 3rd Thurs (begins 9/2l), 7-9 pm

Many men long for more emotionally and physically
intimate relationships, but --

* They’re too busy;
* They’ve been burned;
* They don’t know what they want;
* They’ve tried everything;
* They think they’re too old, shy, ugly, blah, blah . . .

Well love is worth it. Intimacy makes you happier and live longer & better. And you’re capable and desirable enough. You just need a little help figuring out what you want and what you can do – in the real world – to get it.

In this fun, practical workshop you’ll explore with other men:

• What kinds of intimacies you want;
• Your intimacy challenges;
• Your intimacy strengths & skills;
• Practical experiments to try in the work-shop & in your life for dating & intimacy
• Asking for concrete support to help you implement what you’ve learned & sustain learning after the workshop

This workshop is not about experts telling us the answers. It is about us supporting one another to find the intimacy visions and strategies that work for each of us. And most of all it’s about figuring out what you can do differently in the real world to get more of the intimacy you want – and get the support to follow through.

If you can’t attend the workshop, you could check out our on-going Dating Lab Support Group that will meet on the lst & 3rd Thursdays each month, 7-9 pm, starting on 9/2l.

CO-FACILITATORS: Alejandro Cantu, 5l, has been a teacher of multi-cultural students for more than 20 years, was in a long-term relationship and is now returning to dating; Wayne Bund, 25, is a teacher of multi-cultural students, has been in several relationships, and has recently moved back to Portland as a single man; Bart Church, 46, has been in several primary relationships, but has viewed his close friendship network as his primary source of intimacy for most of his adult life & believes in valuing friendship networks.

CO-SPONSORS: MenSpirit is a joint project of two non-profit organizations, Q-LAND & LoveTribe, that empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bill at 503-223-8822 or datinglab@qland.org or www.qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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9/1-9/4 MEN'S RETREAT - New habits, new possibilities for wellness

bartchurch — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:55:42 GMT

Fall is a great time to develop new habits that create new possibilities for enhancing wellness. In its Men’s Wellness Retreat this Labor Day Weekend (9/1-9/4), Q-LAND & LoveTribe will help you enjoy learning new habits of yoga, massage, eating well, and music-making/movement to deal with challenges like:

* stress
* excess weight
* back/neck pain
* depression
* lack of energy
* digestive problems

In this long weekend at a beautiful ranch in the coastal range (on 50 acres of wooded land with a stream & ponds), you can join three experienced yoga teachers, two experienced Licensed Massage Therapists, and experienced musicians in creating a magical Labor Day Weekend Retreat that will include:

* hiking/strolling in the forest
* relaxing & energizing yoga classes,
* healing massage exchanges,
* playing croquet (and a new game called Giant’s Croquet) on the lawn
* making & moving to great music,
* napping,
* great food

All activities will be optional, and every day we’ll offer a couple of yoga classes, a massage exchange class, three delicious & healthy meals, and the opportunity to make & move to energizing & relaxing music.

What you do every day can create wellness and ease in your life. Come have fun with other men learning new habits that create new possibilities.

INFO: Bill at 503-223-8822 or retreat@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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do you know how to get to wolf creek?

meshi — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:38:38 GMT

looking for directions asap!

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8/5 Can hating your body make you sick?

bartchurch — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:39:07 GMT

Can disliking your body or its parts make you sick? What if the things you believe about your body help determine how healthy you are and will be?

What if billions of dollars were being spent to convince you your body is flawed? And what if this belief and many of the products you buy to “fix” your body are actually making you sick?

MEN'S BODY IMAGES: Can hating your body make you sick?
8/5, This Saturday, 6:30-10:30 pm

In this workshop you’ll look simply and compassionately at which parts of your body you like, and which you dislike. You’ll look at how you feel about your body and its parts, as well as what you tell yourself about your body and its parts.

You’ll use simple practices of small group brainstorming & repetition of new body images, touch, breathing, ritual, play, and awareness to enhance the flow of blood, energy & nutrients to parts of your body you like. You’ll also use these practices to soften and enliven parts of your body you dislike. You’ll physically experience the connection between your beliefs about your body and the amount of blood, immune fluid, energy, oxygen, and nutrients that reach parts of your body.

Your beliefs about your body can make you sick. And the reverse is true. Your beliefs about your body can heal you. It is quite powerful to experience this first hand in your body, rather than as just ideas. And it is exponentially more powerful to do this with the support and energy of a group.

Let us re-imagine our bodies as capable of being beautiful, sexy, powerful,
healthy, and creative. Let us accept our bodies as they are -- and learn quiet ways to use our body images to heal our bodies, rather than destroy them.

CO-FACILITATORS: Dan Jones, co-facilitator of Outside In's Gender Blenz Group at the Trans Identity Resource Center, as well as Q-LAND’s coordinator of programs for men under 30 (this event is for adult men of all ages); Celeste Weber, founder of a radical feminist striptease support group & a risk reduction specialist at Outside In's Needle Exchange; Bart Church, a yoga teacher, Zen-Shiatsu Practitioner, and facilitator of men's wellness workshops and retreats for 20 years.

CO-SPONSORS: MenSpirit is a joint project of two non-profit organizations: Q-LAND & LoveTribe. Menspirit empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bill 503-223-8822 or bodyimages@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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Our wellness can't wait

bartchurch — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:17:09 GMT

On the occasion of the death of Eric Rofes, one of the founders of the gay men’s health movement and one of the visionaries who inspired me, it seems important to acknowledge that the health care system in Portland is tragically failing most men, especially queer men. Even the shrinking number of men who have health insurance receive virtually no wellness support from their insurance, and often receive very little beyond wildly escalating premiums. As a lifelong wellness organizer, I’m sure Eric would say, “Stop crying and start organizing!

Below is an essay on the need for, and practical strategies for establishing, a Men’s Wellness Network in the Portland metro area. With our health care system in a state of collapse, it is high time we did something practical and simple to support one another’s wellness. Please read the brief essay below and consider how you can become involved with creating a vital network intended to nurture our collective and individual wellness.

WE WILL NEED:

1) Volunteers to help create a Men’s Wellness Network – see list below.
2) To get the word out. Please forward this e-mail to every man in your community, and consider bringing it up in conversation.
3) Immediate donations of $50-$100 to help us establish a powerful, secure online database that will support the creation of a Men’s Wellness Network. We need to raise $2000 by mid July and we have already raised $1300 in the last week. (Please send your tax-deductible donation to Q-LAND/CIC; 3026 SE 39th Ave; Portland, OR 97202).

VOLUNTEER POSITIONS NEEDED . . .

* WELLNESS COACHES: help men define and manifest their specific wellness visions, understand and overcome wellness challenges, recognize and marshal their wellness resources, and gain confidence and self esteem through vision-driven service to other men in the network.

* MEMBERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS: help invite men to give time and/or money to join the network and keep track of what they need and what they give.

* WEB DATABASE DEVELOPER: create a web-based database that facilitates men joining the network and securely records their visions, needs, challenges, resources, and contributions of time, money, and knowledge, and facilitates men sharing information within mutual support groups designed to meet their specific needs, contribute their resources, and reach their goals.

* DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBERS: help raise seed money to launch the Network’s coaching, support groups, and other systems.

Please contact Paul Fukui at volunteer@qland.org or 503-223-8822 if you want more information about these positions. The essay below will tell you why your contribution and these volunteer positions may be critical to your wellness and the wellness of countless other men in our community.

WHY WE NEED A MEN’S WELLNESS NETWORK and
WHAT WE CAN DO TO CREATE IT HERE and NOW . . .

Portland has one of the highest percentages of men who either don’t have health insurance or are grossly under-insured. Because of sexism, homophobia, huge unemployment, massive cuts in public and private health insurance services and coverage, skyrocketing healthcare costs, the failure of health education, and the failure of our political and corporate leadership to prioritize healthcare, more and more men, especially queer men, are contracting and not being adequately treated for HIV, STDs, heart disease, prostate and other cancers, drug/alcohol/sex addictions, depression, anxiety, diabetes, suicidal thoughts/behaviors, and stress-related chronic illnesses like back/neck pain, excess weight, acid reflux and other digestive disorders, etc. It is no accident that men die on average five years younger than women in this state. We have allowed the health care and health education systems to ignore and abandon us.

WE CAN SOLVE OUR PROBLEM: On the occasion of Eric’s death, it seems imperative to say that men CAN and MUST create, and in fact ARE creating, an alternative wellness system that provides highly tailored services to all kinds of men based on our needs for mind/body/spirit wellness and an ethic of mutual support, rather than an ethic of greed and scarcity. We must create a system that learns about and engages each man’s specific wellness visions, challenges, and resources. And most importantly this system must not abandon men when they suffer wellness or financial set backs. It must be there no matter what.

As a record number of us grow older, we cannot afford to wait for the government or health insurance companies to fix the health care system. We now have one of the worst health care systems in the developed world. With costs increasing exponentially while government and the business sector continue to cut budgets, almost everyone is predicting the current system will either continue to get worse -- or collapse entirely.

This fall Q-LAND will be launching a new Men’s Wellness Coaching program that will train men to support one another to:
1) Clarify your individual wellness visions,
2) Overcome and/or manage your specific wellness challenges, and
3) Effectively recognize and utilize your wellness resources.

This coaching program will also help men with similar visions and challenges to create highly tailored mutual support groups such as a weight loss group, a diabetes support group, a dating lab for men whose loneliness is harming them, a right livelihood group for men whose lack of meaningful employment is making them sick, etc.

The coaching program and the mutual support groups, like all other Q-LAND programs, will be open to men regardless of their ability to pay. We expect all men in the wellness network to be of service to other men in the network in ways that match their abilities, skills, and resources. Again, no one will be turned away for lack of funds or because of pre-existing conditions.

We will serve one another from an ethic of abundance and mutual support. While this sounds like pie-in-the-sky, such a wellness network is based on the traditional bartering and mutual support systems used by rural, indigenous, and traditional societies all over the world throughout human history. Bartering and mutual support for health care is a much older, more reliable, and more traditionally successful system than health insurance (which is why the current health insurance system in the U.S. is in a state of collapse). Until universal healthcare somehow miraculously arrives from on high, a Men’s Wellness Network is something concrete and immediately useful we can experiment with in the Portland men’s community. We can learn from one another, and we can help one another.

In the coming years your health will increasingly depend on the quality of the network of people who will support your wellness no matter what. Money will not be enough. Even wealthy people are finding themselves bankrupt overnight by the ways our state and nation fails to deal with health insurance and catastrophic illness. Traditional health insurance and the bloated health care industry it is propping up are increasingly becoming a mirage that gives no one wellness. It is time to invest in a network of men, here and now, who can and will support all of us in very practical, individualized, affordable, and holistic ways.

Let’s start small, make lots of mistakes, learn from them quickly, and build very real and practical systems of mutual support.

We can do this. You can help.

Bart Church, Program Coordinator
Q-LAND: Queer Love Action Network for Discovery
www.qland.org
bart@qland.org
503-223-8822 X1
of, by, and for all the men who need and deserve it.

P.S. -- Q-LAND is a non-profit men's wellness network that empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual and collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, and play. We do this by supporting and creating venues and values for life-long, collaborative learning and heart-conscious community among men. We inspire men to live and love well -- through:
* wellness coaching
* social/play events,
* healing touch events,
* yoga and meditation classes,
* online and phone wellness information and referral, and
* other peer-led programs to promote mind, body, spirit wellness among men.

Let me know if you'd like to donate time and/or money to help us empower more men.

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FREE Summer Men’s Yoga & Meditation Classes

bartchurch — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:58:49 GMT

FREE Summer Introductory Classes:
* Men Core Strength Yoga: 6/l9 & 6/26, Mondays, 5:45-7:00 pm
* Men’s Wellness Yoga: 6/2l & 6/28, Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm
* Men’s Meditation Group: 6/l3 & 6/27, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30 pm

Because most of us are at our strongest & most flexible in the summer, this is the best time to begin studying yoga and meditation. What better way to do this than with a group of men who are committed to helping you use yoga and meditation to better cope with --
• stress
• chronic pain,
• weight loss, and/or
• lack of focus and direction.

Below are brief descriptions of our two yoga classes and our meditation class. Thanks for forwarding this email to any friends, colleagues, or acquaintances who might be interested.

6/19 & 6/26, Mon, 5:45-7:00pm
MEN’S CORE STRENGTH YOGA: FREE Summer Kickoff Classes
As men age, stress, gravity, and neglect of the body conspire to cause us to collapse inward. We close ourselves off to life. In this dynamic, powerful, gentle, and fun class you’ll learn to open from the inside out – to strengthen, lengthen, and enjoy your core. This class is for men with diverse abilities, ages, shapes, colors, orientations, and backgrounds (must be able to walk up & down stairs because NW Portland studio is not wheelchair accessible). Instructors: Charles Airey has taught and studied yoga for over 20 Years; Eric Wallace has been practicing and studying Yoga intensively for over 2 Years and just graduated from yoga teacher training.
INFO: Eric 503-223-8822 yoga@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

6/2l & 6/28, Wed, 6:30-8:30 pm
MEN’S WELLNESS YOGA: FREE Summer Kickoff Classes
Learn to use Yoga & Ayurveda to reach your wellness goals (getting stronger & more flexible, losing weight, becoming calmer & more focused, etc.) and/or self-treat chronic ailments (like back/neck pain, insomnia/anxiety, allergies, depression, HIV, digestive problems, etc). Taught by instructor who has studied for more than l8 years (under certified Iyengar & Raja Yoga instructors) and taught for more than l2 years.
INFO: Bart 503-223-8822 or yoga@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

6/l3 & 6/27 (2nd & 4th Tuesdays), 7:30-9:30 pm
MEN'S MEDITATION GROUP,
Meditation helps many people relieve stress, feel calmer and more focused, and be more creative and connected to your natural flow. In this group you'll receive basic meditation instruction and simple, silent sitting and walking practice twice a month, on-going support for establishing your own regular meditation practice, and the fellowship of other men from diverse backgrounds who are interested in meditation and mindfulness. Co-facilitated by Rob Downer, M.Div., a local spiritual director and Centering Prayer facilitator; and Jeff Kerr, who has studied Buddhist and Vipassana meditation and currently is a student at the Portland Shambhala Center.
INFO: Jeff 503-223-8822 or meditation@qland.org.
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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Friendship: Beyond Trolls and Twinks

bartchurch — Fri, 26 May 2006 01:47:58 GMT

Sat, 6/3, 6:30-l0:30 pm
BEYOND TROLLS & TWINKS: Developing friendships with men of all ages

We live in a time of gigantic and rapid changes. What if our survival depends on the diversity of our friendships – much more than on how much money or stuff we control?

In times of rapid change, two qualities become essential:
1. Creativity and;
2. The ability to create alliances across traditional divisions.

One of the most important and difficult divisions men must learn to bridge is age. Our age stereotypes can crush our ability to even see men, much less get to know them. Younger men can come to trust older men and vice versa, and we all need to be able to relate to men our own age.

In this Playshop you’ll use story-telling, psycho-drama, and guerilla theater to explore, make fun of, and look beyond your age stereotypes. You’ll have the opportunity to really get to know men of all ages – their true gifts, their connections to who you really are.

Imagine having male friends; good friends who are much older than you, much younger, and your own age too? What would you learn about yourself? What would you be able to accomplish?

Friendship is the most powerful institution in our lives – it has the power to vastly expand who we think we are. Developing true, authentic connections with men of all ages is an amazing way to explore who you are and who you can become.

CO-FACILITATORS: Multi-generational team: Drew Gadbois, Youth Outreach Advocate at Janus Youthwork/Outside In/Trans Identity Resource Center; Dan Jones, Guerilla Theater & Youth Group Co-facilitator at Trans Identity Resource Center; Aaron Hornstein, psychotherapist specializing in psychodrama; Jack Cox, longtime AIDS activist/organizer and psychodrama practitioner; Etienne Lilja, actor, youth educator, & street performer.

CO-SPONSORS: MenSpirit is a joint project of two non-profit organizations: Q-LAND & LoveTribe. MenSpirit empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

DONATION: $5-$50 (no one turned away for lack of funds; scholarships & work-study available).

INFO: Peter at 503-223-8822 or trolls&twinks@qland.org

RSVP: http://www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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"Queeruption Crosses the Line"

Mon, 22 May 2006 05:52:01 GMT

http://www.boycottworldpride.org/id13.html

Queeruption Crosses the Line

by Deeg

Let me be the first to admit that I may have had a head start when it comes
to boycotts. I don’t think I saw a shopping bag in my first 7 years of life
that didn’t say "Don’t Buy Judy Bond Blouses." I finally saw a Judy Bond
blouse for sale when I was about 35. I didn’t buy it.

So maybe I shouldn’t be so critical when I hear that "radical queers" who
"oppose the occupation" want us to travel to Queeruption in tel aviv in
August 2006. This despite the call in July by over 200 organizations from
Palestinian civil society to boycott israel. The July call reinforced the
international boycott/divestment movement which is demanding the right of
return for all Palestinians, israeli withdrawal from the occupied
territories, and the abolition of the apartheid system.

Queeruption is described as a "DiY radical queer gathering," which has
previously been held in London, New York, San Francisco, Berlin, Amsterdam,
Sydney and Barcelona. The Queeruption is intentionally planned to coincide
with, and "spice up" the rescheduled world pride in jerusalem.

To recap – in 2003, InterPride decided to hold a world pride event in
Jerusalem in 2005, with the theme Love Without Borders. QUIT! initiated a
call for a boycott on travel to world pride, consistent with the
international divestment movement. This call has been endorsed by a number
of Palestine solidarity and LGBT groups. Other groups, such as No Pride in
Occupation, in New York, have stopped short of calling for a boycott, but
have been critical of the decision to hold the event in occupied Jerusalem.
The israeli LGBT anti-occupation group Black Laundry, and the Palestinian
lesbian group Aswat had planned events for the 2005 march that were aimed at
pointing out that "love without borders," is particularly ironic in a city
broken by a wall constructed to keep Palestinians out. The 2005 event was
postponed to 2006 due to fears of right wing civil unrest related to the
Gaza "disengagement."

As the travel boycott movement has gathered steam, the "radical queers," of
queeruption have this to say about the boycott, "We are aware of the fact
that for some people Israel, as a state that uses apartheid methods, is a
target for boycott. We respect people's decision to boycott. In fact, some
of us support the campaign for boycotting Israeli goods and Israeli academic
figures. Others among us believe boycotting Israel while both the UK and the
US are themselves illegally occupying Iraq, and employing repressive methods
in their war against terror, is a little hypocritical. But we all agree that
visiting here can give people more information and a more rounded argument
against Israel’s colonialism."

Collective Action

Here’s the thing. A boycott isn’t about individual intentions, it’s about
collective action. If you support the farm workers, you don’t buy the
grapes, even if they’re for a gay brunch. If you support desegregation, you
don’t take the bus, even if you’re heading to an NAACP meeting. If you don’t
want the bar to discriminate against African Americans, you don’t cross the
picket, and if you want to get rid of apartheid, you don’t travel to South
Africa and play at Sun City.

Boycotts are not built over night. Even the relatively successful UFW grape
boycott took years to build and a huge organization to maintain. The
Palestine divestment movement is self-consciously modeled after the South
Africa movement, which most people seem to remember as having started in
about 1987 or so, and having brought about a negotiated end to apartheid in
1992 leading to the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994.

The South Africa boycott actually started before Nelson Mandela began
serving what became a 27 year sentence. In 1960, south african police opened
fire on marchers in Sharpeville who were protesting the pass laws.
Sixty-nine people were killed, and several hundred were wounded. There were
calls for an international boycott of South Africa. Some of the early
boycott efforts included "We Say No To Apartheid," a campaign that started
in 1965 and encouraged artists, writers and entertainers not to visit South
Africa or allow their works to be distributed there "until the day when all
its people – black and white – shall equally enjoy the education and
cultural advantages of this rich and lovely land." The campaign included
Tallulah Bankhead, Leonard Bernstein, Harry Belafonte, Victor Borge, Diahann
Carroll, Sam Davis Jr., Henry Fonda, Julie Harris, Langston Hughes, Burgess
Meredith, Arthur Mller, Sidney Poitier, Ed Sullivan and Eli Wallach.

Other boycott efforts in the 1960s included a conference on economic
sanctions in 1964, which led to a campaign to end investments and loans.
After several years of this work, the united methodist church withdrew a
portfolio of $10 million from first national city bank, because the bank
refused to end its participation in a revolving loan fund for south africa.
The loan fund was finally terminated in 1969. In 1960, an all-white south
african team competed in the Rome olympics. But when south africa ignored
the international olympics committee’s demand in 1963 to integrate its
athletics program, the south african team was barred from the 1964 Tokyo
games, and did not compete again until the end of apartheid. The boycott in
international athletics grew to such strength that 25 African countries
withdrew from the 1976 games in Montreal to protest the olympic
participation of new zealand, which had continued sports links with south
africa.

Throughout the 1960's to1980's there were also boycotts of companies that
profited from the apartheid regime, or did business with the government
there. Several boycotts targeted companies that provided the government’s
identification card system (pass system), including kodak, polaroid, and
later, IBM.

Constructive Engagement

In the mid-1980s, Queen, Rod Stewart, and Status Quo, all broke the
entertainment boycott and played Sun City, a big music complex in
Bophutswana (one of 10 South African Bantustans). Here’s what Brian May of
Queen said about it, "The truth is we thought very carefully about going and
we considered that it was right because for the first time we were going to
be able to play to non-segregated audiences, which we did, and it's
absolutely true, whether people believe it or not...We feel that by going
there and by stating very clearly our point of view, which was that we were
utterly opposed to apartheid, that we did a lot more to accelerate the end
of that way of thinking in South Africa than many people have done by
staying away...By going there we feel like we helped them, and I know a lot
of them there feel the same way...Nevertheless, we've now had so much
pressure from people, the UN committee, Little Steven and all his friends,
that it's better to stay away that we've said "OK, we'll go along with you,
we'll do it your way", and we've said we won't go back."

Many LGBT individuals and groups, including LAGAI, were active in opposing
apartheid in South Africa. However, until the late 1980s the participation
of white south african gay organizations was not challenged in the
mainstream gay movement. Scottish Activist Brian Dempsey, recalled that, "in
1987 SHRG [the Scotland Homsexual Rights Group, which later became Outright]
did take a leading position in the successful campaign to have the Gay
Association of South Africa (GASA) excluded from ILGA on the grounds that
GASA was a predominantly white group which did not take an anti-apartheid
stance (Gay Scotland, #27 & 30). SHRG had opposed GASA's membership from
1983, and in the struggle to expel GASA, SHRG supported other South African
groups such as the Rand Gay Organisation (RGO) as having a "genuine
multi-racial membership and clear opposition to apartheid" (Gay Scotland
30). They also publicised and urged support for, the case of Simon Nkoli, an
RGO member on trial for his life for protesting against apartheid (Gay
Scotland 28). At the 1987 ILGA conference the vote to suspend GASA was won
and shortly after this GASA collapsed thus removing the issue from the
agenda. This campaign is seen as one of the most effective of SHRG's in the
international gay movement although the work done on it was limited to a few
leading members of the group." (Taken from Brian Dempsey (1995) Thon Wey
(USG, Edinburgh)).

The call to boycott world pride is now provoking response from mainstream
organizations that are usually quite comfortable in ignoring everything we
say. At a workshop at the recent creating change conference, a board member
of the national lesbian and gay task force (NGLTF) a sponsor both of CC and
world pride, justified their position by saying that the invitation to go to
israel had not come from the government, but from queers in israel. However,
as even queeruption points out, "The organizers of the Parade cooperate with
the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Tourism, in
order to bring many tourists to Israel on the occasion of the World Pride."
Meanwhile, neither Jerusalem Open House (the sponsors of the event) nor
interpride, nor queeruption, have demanded that israel open it’s checkpoints
and borders to allow Palestinians and other queers from the area to attend
these events.

Picket lines mean...

I understand that the people who support israeli apartheid and the brutal
occupation of the west bank and gaza, will gleefully cross this picket line,
the way that I would go out of my way to cross a picket line set up by
operation rescue. But for the LGBTIQ movement as a whole, for peoples who
consider ourselves part of the international human rights movement, to
figuratively march en masse across the Palestinians’ picket line to attend,
as Brian Dempsey put it, "a party in the sun," is an appalling spectacle.

In 1982, one of the first "gay positive" mainstream movies, Making Love
(starring Kate Jackson, Michael Ontkean and Harry Hamlin) opened an
exclusive San Francisco engagement at a movie theater that was part of the
struck UA theater chain. So queer people set up a huge picket line, complete
with music from the Carry It On Marching Band, and ran buses to a non-struck
theater in San Mateo. Because picket lines mean...DON’T CROSS.

(This article first appeared in the November 2005 issue of UltraViolet. UV
is published by LAGAI – Queer Insurrection. You can contact LAGAI at
www.lagai.org, e-mail lagai@bigfoot.com, or call (510)434-1304. Read more
about the boycott of World Pride at www.boycottworldpride.org)

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Get Ready for Summer: 3 New Men’s Yoga Classes

bartchurch — Fri, 12 May 2006 01:02:25 GMT

GET READY FOR SUMMER:
THREE FREE MEN’S YOGA CLASSES EACH WEEK

Thank you for forwarding this to men who might be interested, and for seeing if you might benefit from any of our new free men’s yoga classes:

* l. Men’s Core Strength Yoga, MONDAYS, 5:45-7:00 pm
As men age, stress, gravity, and neglect of the body conspire to cause us to collapse inward; we can close ourselves off to life. In this class you’ll learn to open from the inside out. You'll gently & powerfully stretch, tone, and strengthen your whole body, building muscle mass, strength & flexibility. Instructors: Charles Airey has taught & studied yoga for over 20 years; Eric Wallace has been practicing yoga intensively for over 2 years and just completed yoga teacher training.

* 2. Men's Wellness/Therapeutic Yoga, WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8:30 pm;
Learn to use Yoga & Ayurveda to reach your wellness goals (getting stronger & more flexible, losing weight, becoming calmer & more focused, etc.) and/or to self-treat chronic ailments (like back/neck pain, insomnia, allergies, depression, HIV, digestive problems, etc). Taught by Bart Church, who has studied for more than 18 years (under certified Iyengar & Raja Yoga instructors) and taught for more than l0 years.
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* 3. Men's Gentle/Restorative Yoga, THURSDAYS, 6:30-8:30 pm;
Paul Tucker, Ph.D., who has studied yoga for more than 30 years and been the senior yoga teacher at PSU and at Nike's World Headquarters for eight years, will help you use gentle, long stretches, simple breath practices, and restorative positions to: Better manage stress & its effects on your body; Re-energize your mind & body; Learn to relax deeply & easily; and find your natural flow - where the mind & body work together in more harmony.

DONATION & LOCATION: Your 1st class is always free, and after that you donate what you choose for the remaining classes in the semester (semester ends 6/22). Class is held in a beautiful studio overlooking the river and mountains in downtown NW Portland.

SPONSORED BY: MenSpirit, a joint project of two non-profit organizations: Q-LAND & LoveTribe, that empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Peter 503-223-8822 X3 yoga@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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5/6 Kindred Spirits: Men Laughing with Life

bartchurch — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:04:23 GMT

Saturday, 5/6/06 7:00PM-12:00AM

In this playshop, we will help adult men of all ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, and backgrounds realize the amazing potential for friendship, play, & laughter among men. Kindred spirits are all around you – you need only open up to them and remember how to play.

Throughout history and in virtually every culture male friendship has been an important way for men to get their needs for play, emotional & physical intimacy, and community met. In the modern, industrial world too many men have become cut off from the richness of male friendship and play.

In this event we'll practice remembering how to play together as men.

Bob Czimbal, the facilitator of this event has spent the last 30 years helping corporations, communities, and groups learn how to use play, movement, laughter, creative verbal & non-verbal communication, and healing/nurturing touch to discover the amazing abundance of kindred spirits in our lives. All around us are people who would love to play with us, if we would just invite them to play.

COSPONSORS: Event co-sponsored by MenSpirit, a joint project of two non-profit organizations: Q-LAND & LoveTribe. MenSpirit seeks to empower diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play. We do this by supporting & creating venues and values for life-long, collaborative learning among men.

INFO: Peter at 503-223-8822 X2 or kindredspirits@qland.org
RSVP: http://www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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April 28th Dyke Night

metalprincess — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:55:20 GMT

Dyke Night @ the Eagle

must be 21 and over

Dyke Night at the Eagle PDX
Friday, April 28, 2006
9pm - 12am
Eagle PDX
1300 W. Burnside
Portland, OR

A benefit for Bradley-Angle House (www.bradleyangle.org)
Donation of 3 to 5 dollars are welcomed.

Bad Girls of Portland, Oregon is a social and educational group for women interested in BDSM with other women. We welcome self-identified women over 18 of all sexual orientations who are interested in consensual BDSM with other women.

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David Weissman's documentary workshop

david — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 07:02:00 GMT

Hi all - I'm doing my documentary workshop again - four Mondays in April. PLEASE Pass on to anyone who might be interested.

NW Documentary Arts & Media, hosted by Portland Art Center, presents:

"PRODUCING A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: A first-hand perspective from filmmaker DAVID WEISSMAN."

Join award-winning filmmaker David Weissman, producer and co-director of THECOCKETTES, for a 4-part behind-the-scenes look at documentary production.Using THE COCKETTES as a case study, the workshop will follow a documentary from inception to theatrical release and international sales, covering such topics as: research, fundraising, proposal writing, budgeting, legal and business issues, production organizing, interviewing techniques, archival materials, music licensing, festival strategy, PR, distribution, and more!

Open to anyone: from Sundance-aspiring filmmakers to documentary fans and counterculture aficionados!

THE COCKETTES, a feature length documentary about San Francisco's legendary theatrical troupe of hippies and drag queens, received the LA Film Critics Award for Best Documentary of 2002. It premiered at Sundance and The Berlin Film Festival in early 2002, was theatrically release in the US by Strand Releasing and has een airing on Sundance Channel regularly for the last 18 months and has been licensed for distribution in the UK, Italy, and Japan.

David Weissman has been active in the indie film scene since the early
1980s. He was the first recipient of the Sundance Institute's Mark Silverman
Fellowship for New Producers in 1990, which included an internship on Joel
and Ethan Coen's BARTON FINK.

Monday Evenings, 7:00 - 9:30 pm April 3, 10, 17, and 24

Location: Portland Art Center, 32 NW 5th St., Portland, www.portlandart.org

4 sessions $195.00, pre-register or $225.00 after March 25. Registration and info: info@nwdocumentary.org 503.227.8688

NW Documentary Arts & Media 115 SW Ash St, Suite 620 Portland, OR 97204
www.nwdocumentary.org

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DJ Tronic @ The Red Cap Garage this Saturday, March 11th!

Tronic — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:59:28 GMT

I will be playing an extended set at the Red Cap Garage this Saturday, March 11th. The Red Cap is located at 1025 SW Stark Street downtown. It is a club, so 21+ only.

Cover is only $2! Music is from 10pm - 4am. I will be playing a mix of house, tribal, electro, breakbeats and progressive.

I will also have some copies of my most recent mix CD with me to giveaway, so come up and say hi if you come out on Saturday!

Hope to see you on the dancefloor!

- tronic

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Please Fwd: 3/11 Men Practicing Simple Kindness

bartchurch — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:54:07 GMT

Men’s Massage Exchange
Sat, 3/11/06 (& Every 2nd Saturday)
7:00 pm – 12:00 am

Thanks for forwarding this invitation to men who might need simple, kind, healing touch . . .

“Understanding is the very foundation of love,
And looking deeply is the basic practice.”
-- Thich Nhat Hanh

REDUCE STRESS: Healing touch can be a powerful, regular, and affordable part of your life. It can reduce stress, improve the functioning of your immune system, help you feel calm and clear, and reduce chronic pain. Most of all it can help you feel at home in your body and your life.

LMT FACILITATOR: Healing touch can be very simple. It can be uncomplicated – done without pursuing erotic desires, without judging yourself or others, without fantasy or anxiety. It helps when a Licensed Massage Therapist shows you simple techniques that can augment your natural intuition. It’s also great when you have plenty of time to practice giving and receiving with several open-hearted men.

SIMPLE KINDNESS: Some people are afraid of touching or being touched by “strangers.” When you get to know people and they share your goals and values, they aren’t strangers. Wouldn’t it be amazing if you realized that strangers can be incredibly kind, and that your best friend was once a stranger?

Some people think men can’t touch without “making it sexual.” What if men of many ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, and backgrounds are quite capable of being really kind and non-sexual in their touch? What if in fact most men are longing deeply for healing, non-sexual touch. Isn’t that what you want? Do you think you are alone in wanting to be touched with simple kindness?

Healing touch has this way of being complete, of helping you feel complete.

DONATION: $20-$50 (no one turned away for lack of funds; scholarships & work-study available)

SPONSORED BY: MenSpirit, a joint project of two non-profit organizations, Q-LAND.org and LoveTribe.org., dedicated to empowering men in the Portland metro area to transform our community so it values friendship, community, service, play and wellness among men, regardless of their race, orientation, age, religion, background, or other characteristics that should not divide men.

INFO: Chris Boothby, LMT 503-223-8822 X2 or massage@qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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2/24 Mmmmm: Diverse Men Healing thru Music, Movement, Touch

bartchurch — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:38:17 GMT

Mmmmm is in two weeks -- could you please help us make this event as diverse as possible by forwarding this email to any men who might be interested?*

Mmmmm:
Men, Music, Movement, Massage, Meditation
Fri, 2/24, 7 pm – 12 am

Music, movement, meditation & healing touch have the power to send waves of energy through our bodies that set all our cells vibrating in unity – they allow us to discover our authentic needs for rest, nurturing, and healing. For thousands of years in many cultures men have used music, movement, touch, and meditation to discover who they are out beyond their superficial differences and self-imposed limitations. .

Two weeks from today men of all abilities, ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, and backgrounds (including trans guys) will gather in a smoke, alcohol, drug free space that is wheel-chair accessible. We will explore more authentic, healing connections with ourselves and other men through music, authentic movement, deep relaxation, contact improv, guided meditation, danceability, ecstatic dance, healing touch/massage, and free-style movement and touch.

Each of us will be invited to get in touch with our own needs for rest, healing, and nurturing -- and to move and touch in ways that meet those needs authentically. We will keep our focus on healing and nurturing ourselves first and others as a function of the abundance we feel when we are taking care of ourselves. To keep the space safe for all kinds of men, there will be no genital or anal touching, no asking people out for dates, no sexual come-ons, and everyone will keep their comfortable clothes on (if you want a back massage, you can lift up your shirt for this).

Thanks for helping us to welcome all kinds of men by forwarding this email to the diverse men you care about. Don’t forget the astonishing power of music, movement, healing touch, and meditation to refresh your spirit and free your heart.

Featuring
* DJ DandyLion;
* DJ Keer (who also will facilitate our altar building);
* Felix Roth, LMT, founder of Motion Massage & co-founder of Sacred Circle Dance;
* Curtis Walker, Director, Impetus Arts (mixed-abilities movement);
* Bart Church, Zen Shiatsu Practitioner & yoga teacher.

Co-sponsored by:
QLAND.org
LoveTribe.org
Impetus Arts
MotionMassage.com

INFO: 503-223-8822 X2 or Mmmmm@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

* NOTE: If you’d like to print out & distribute the beautiful Mmmmm invitation flier to men who don’t have computers, let me know and I’ll email you the Microsoft Word version of the flier.

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Join Odyssey PDX

jodiah — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 06:00:52 GMT

Post topics, fag and queer events. Collect pix of you and your friends out being DRUNX!

http://tribes.tribe.net/odysseypdx

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1/7 Don't give up on your dreams . . .

bartchurch — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:23:37 GMT

"If you dream alone, it's just a dream.
If you dream together, it's reality."
-- Brazilian proverb

Sat, 1/7/06
MEN’S VISION QUEST RETREAT
Five amazing movement, visual, and healing artists and 20 visionary men will help you use creative, practical techniques to clarify, express, and manifest your visions for better health, work, intimacy, play, &/or spirituality. We also will help you create a team & concrete next steps to help you transform cynicism, procrastination, and fear. Co-sponsored by two non-profit organizations dedicated to men's wellness & community: Q-LAND and LoveTribe's MenSpirit. Retreat is presented in two parts (you can attend either or both):
Part 1: Creative Playshop (Write/Draw/Move Your Vision) (1-5 pm)
Part 2: Teamwork/play to Support Manifesting Vision (7 pm - 12 am)
$40-$20 Donation requested for each Part (no one turned away for lack of funds; scholarships & work-study available).

INFO: visionquest@qland.org or 503-223-8822 X2
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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1/4 Support is the key to maintaining resolve . . .

bartchurch — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:21:25 GMT

FREE MEN’S YOGA CLASS
Wed, 1/4 or 1/11, 6:30-8:30 pm

A recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine indicated yoga is one of the most effective non-surgical strategies for relieving chronic backpain. And like all wellness strategies, the key is getting the regular support you need to make real changes in your strength, flexibility, circulation, and how you hold stress.

This small class is tailored to your specific wellness goals, abilities, and
limitations. With the support of other men, you'll learn particular
stretches, breath practices, diet changes, and lifestyle changes
traditionally used to achieve your individual wellness goals (like losing
weight, overcoming stress, becoming stronger & more flexible, feeling calmer
& more focused, etc.). You'll also learn gentle, practical ways to deal with
chronic ailments (like back/neck pain, depression, allergies, insomnia, HIV,
digestive problems, etc.). Students of all experience levels are welcome,
including men who've never taken a yoga class.

Class taught by Bart Church, who studied yoga for 10 years under several
senior, certified Iyengar instructors, and who studied yoga & Ayurveda for
five years under senior students of Baba Hari Das. He has taught
therapeutic yoga for more than 12 years, and has used yoga to overcome his
own neck & shoulder pain, as well as persistent digestive problems. Because
Bart has struggled with chronic challenges himself, he has great patience
for students who find exercise and diet change difficult.

INFO: yoga@qland.org or 503-223-8822 X3
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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January Queer Fetish

Charlie — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 02:59:39 GMT

So if you missed the previous hog-fests we throw monthly, you will love when Queer Fetish moves to Porky's in January. Our inaugural theme will be Pig Fetish and that covers a lot of ground. Some ideas in the works are a trough eating contest, food to eat (pork of course), hog-slapping courtesy of Spittles the Clown (my best friend) and other fun stuff...if you guys have any ideas drop me a line. Join the Queer Fetish site for updates--it's really starting to roll and it's a hoot and a holler of a time!

Charlie

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what is the date...

caedmon — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:49:27 GMT

of the next sissyboy show?

i get to expose my friends from a tiny little town to it. they've never seen anything remotely like it :)

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12/20 Touch Your Shadow; 1/7 Expand Your Vision

bartchurch — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:36:42 GMT

“If you dream alone, it’s just a dream. If you dream together, it’s reality.”
-- Brazilian proverb

Please forward this invitation to any men who might be interested in connecting with other men to explore their shadows and/or expand their visions . . .

Tues, 12/20, MEN TOUCHING WITH HEART: on the Winter Solstice, use movement & healing touch to explore your shadow – those parts of you that seem to sabotage you from getting what you want. Many of us spend an enormous amount of time and energy distracting ourselves from our shadow or running from it. When we turn and look at our shadow, it is astonishing how simple its needs are, and how much energy it has to give us -- if we would work with it, not always against it. A licensed massage therapist, movement facilitator, yoga teacher, and long-time facilitator of shadow work will help men to use touch and movement as tools to gently get in touch with the feelings and needs of the so-called “dark-side” of our being.
INFO: Chris 503-223-8822 X2 or massage@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

Sat, 1/7/06, MEN’S VISION QUEST RETREAT: Five incredible artists are collaborating to help you use various creative tools (story-telling, movement, collage, painting, psycho-drama, meditation) to explore, express, prioritize, and get support to manifest your visions. They’ll also help you explore and integrate the needs behind cynicism, procrastination, and fear, so they don’t sabotage you. For most of human history, men have supported one another in teams/tribes to explore, express, & manifest their visions. In modern times many of us lack the powerful support of a team in discovering and manifesting our authentic visions for intimacy/community, health, spirituality, work, and play – and a life that balances these realms. This retreat will have two parts (you may attend either or both):
* Part 1, 1:00-5:00 pm Creative Playshop: Discover your visions with art, movement, mindfulness
* Part 2, 7:00 pm – 12:00 am Get support in clarifying & manifesting your vision (make it real)
INFO: Chris 503-223-8822 X2 or visionquest@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

Thanks for helping us to promote diversity among men by forwarding this email to men who might not hear about these events (especially men of color, men under 30 or over 60, men without computers, working class men, shy or introverted men, Trans men, married men, straight/bi men, etc).

Bart Church
Q-LAND/LoveTribe MenSpirit Program Coordinator:
www.lovetribe.org/menspirt
www.qland.org
503-223-8822 X1
bart@qland.org

P.S. -- MenSpirit is a joint project of Q-LAND and LoveTribe dedicated to empowering men in the Portland metro area to transform our community so it values friendship, community, service, play and wellness among men, regardless of their race, orientation, age, religion, background, or other characteristics that should not divide men. To be successful, we need donations of time and money from people like you; please let me know if you'd like more information about how you might help.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever does."
--Margaret Mead

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Benefit for Sailor's accident Nov. 8

crooked — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:28:37 GMT

All Hands on Deck:
An evening of performance, music and awareness
to benefit Sarah Sailor Block

Featuring:
DK PDX
Glam Star Burlesque,
all girl butt rock
band Thruster
The Trykes
Karu
and special guest
Piper McKenzie
With DJ Safi

Sailor was hit by a drunk driver on September 12th
on her way from Portland to Seattle. She suffered
multiple injuries including severe brain damage.
We are currently raising funds to help offset her
medical costs. We want to educate people on
being responsible drinkers by providing a designated
driver program and shuttle for the night of the
show. Rock out with amazing butt rock, punk rock,
drag, burlesque and hot performances by some of
Portlands favorites!

Tuesday, November 8th
Porkys Pub, Lombard and Albina
8:30 pm
21+
Wheelchair accessible
$5-10 sliding scale

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Another Day, Another Crash

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:29:48 GMT

I just finished reading the book "Lexicon Devil: the Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs". As Darby and Germs continue to grow into an even bigger legend than ever before, the book is a testimonial to how internalized homophobia can affect young queers who reject mainstream gay culture. Darby Crash was queer and so were quite a few early L.A. punk artists. I got the book at the library- I recommend it, especially for the photo of Donnie Rose's HUGE penis (just kidding-not about the penis which IS HUGE, but about that being a reason). Also, the Germs wrote a few songs for the "Cruising" soundtrack. That brings me to another good question- what did most of you think about that movie? I couldn't really see it as being that bad or even an inaccurate portrayal of the people it represented.

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11/5 How can Storytelling Change Your Life?

bartchurch — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:32:05 GMT

Storytelling has been a vital part of almost every culture. For too many people in the modern world, storytelling has become a passive, solitary experience (watching TV or movies, surfing the web, listening to the radio).

In some cultures wars would be stopped to allow people to gather for collective, active storytelling. When we gather to tell our stories of transformation, hear other people’s stories, and actively weave those stories into our collective stories, we realize the power of storytelling to:
* make life worth living by connecting us with what is important & universal,
* allow us to connect with one another emotionally & physically, and
* inspire creativity by helping us to discover new ways of thinking, feeling, & moving.

Would you invite the men who’s stories you most respect, admire, or revile (including yourself) to join us on
Saturday, 11/5, 7-10 pm, for a
Special Men’s Spirit Pajama Party on
“Storytelling: Honoring the Many Masks we Wear (and Secretly Want to Wear).”

We’ll use heart circle, theater games, masks, and embodied play to share our stories of personal and collective transformation. The most important stories are not told just with words, but with our whole bodies. We’ll realize how our personal stories connect with the stories of other men, regardless of their size, shape, color, orientation, or background.

This event will be co-facilitated by noted painter & mask-making artist Greg Carrigan; transformational psychotherapist and trickster Aaron Hornstein; and performance artist and costume shape-shifter John Harry Bonck (Cayenne). Event co-sponsored by LoveTribe and Q-LAND, two non-profits that seek to create a more heart-conscious, life-affirming men’s community in the Portland area.

Thanks for inviting important men in your life to get to know you and themselves more powerfully on Saturday 11/5, at the mask-making workshop, 1-5 pm, and/or the Storytelling Pajama Party, 7 pm – 12 am. (P.S. – To attend the party you don’t have to wear pajamas – you can wear any comfortable clothing--, nor do you have to attend the mask-making workshop, but you sure could.)

INFO: Chris 503-223-8822 X2 or pajamaparty@qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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Benefit at Porky's Tuesday 25th

charmpop — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:29:40 GMT

The All-Star Mystery Church Rips Back the Veils:
A Benefit for Wolf Creek Sanctuary

Porky's Pub
835 Lombard
Portlandia, Oregonia

Doors at 9: 3-5 dollar cover, more if you can!

Talent show at 11 hosted by Ms. Poly Grip

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Portland Organic Wrestling

Cyberianhusky — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:25:12 GMT

I am so curious! When is the next Organic Wrestling Show at Sabalas? Anyone know? Anyone curious like me?

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PDX Gay Film Group

salubrity — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:28:23 GMT

I started a group for us homos to all head out or stay in and watch movies together. My events will focus around foreign/independent film but others are welcome to post interesting movies or the latest blockbuster.

We have our first event this Saturday (see Events for this tribe). Hope you can make it and support our local film makers in the process.

http://tribes.tribe.net/gayfilm

David

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9/19-9/21 Special Equinox Events: Men’s Yoga, Massage, Communication

bartchurch — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:28:53 GMT

Thanks for helping us promote diversity by forwarding this to any men who might be interested . . .

Q-LAND & LOVETRIBE HOST SPECIAL AUTUMNAL EQUINOX EVENTS: MEN"S COMMUNICATION, MASSAGE, YOGA

PORTLAND, OR - In honor of the Autumnal Equinox, which in many traditions is a celebration of balance & harmony, Q-LAND & LoveTribe are co-sponsoring three special events to help men find more balance and harmony:

* Mon., 9/19, 7-9 pm Men's Compassionate Communication Free Intro
* Tues, 9/20, 7-10 pm Equinox Men Touching with Heart (Massage/Healing Touch Exchange)
* Wed, 9/21, 6:30-8:30 pm Equinox Men's Yoga Class on Finding Balance

The FREE Men's Compassionate Communication Intro is designed to help men learn the principles of Compassionate Communication (outlined in Dr. Marshal Rosenberg's book "Non-Violent Communication") and apply these to their most important relationships (work, love, &/or friendships). For more info, contact Co-Facilitator Jim Hussey, a licensed psychotherapist & long-time meditator, 503-740-7074 or mensgroup@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

The special Equinox Men Touching with Heart Event will give men an opportunity to reflect on and honor the people and practices in their lives that help them maintain balance and harmony. Stephen Miller will also give a short demonstration of, & opportunity to practice, Breema, a bodywork system based on presence, comfort, and harmony. $10-$20 requested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds). For more info, contact Registrar Chris Boothby, LMT: 503-223-8822 X2 or hearttouching@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

The Equinox Men's Yoga Class will feature special breath practices and traditional stretches designed to bring balance to the active & receptive parts of our being. Your first class is free, and if you decide to continue in the class, you donate what you choose for the rest of the semester. For more information, contact Bart Church, who studied yoga for more than 20 years and been teaching therapeutic yoga for more than 10 years: 503-223-8822 X3 or yoga@qland.org
RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

All of these events are for adult men of all ages, sizes, colors, orientations, and experience levels, and all will be held in a large, beautiful studio in NW Portland overlooking the river, mountains, and downtown.

Q-LAND is an independent, non-profit gay/bi/queer trans men's wellness & HIV/STD/drug prevention organization serving the Portland metro area. LoveTribe is a Portland-based non-profit organization creating heart-conscious, touch-positive community in several West Coast cities.

Thanks again for helping us create greater diversity at these events by forwarding this email to any of your friends or colleagues who might be interested.

Bart Church,
Q-LAND Program Coordinator www.qland.org
LoveTribe MenSpirit Programs Co-Coordinator www.lovetribe.org
503-223-8822 X1
bart@qland.org

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
-- Margaret Mead

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Sat 9/3 Playing @ the Pajama Party

bartchurch — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:21:18 GMT

Playing, laughing, finding ways to be silly and free with others, seems essential to both personal and social creativity. Resliliency in social systems seems to depend on lots of play and repose.

Sat, 9/3, 7 pm - 12 am, men (including trans men) of various ages, sizes, colors, and orientations will play together with our clothes on, our hearts open, and our imaginations engaged. The New Games movement seeks to help people access the creativity and playfulness of childhood through games like: Caterpillar, Cows & Ducks, Float, Body Surfing, Puppy Pile, Show & Tell, etc. These games focus on using our bodies to interact, on getting out of our heads, and on learning to play and laugh when we are sober & present.

Thanks for forwarding this last minute invitation to any men who may be interested in finding out more about the Men's Spirit Pajama Party, which has been a wonderfully successful monthly event for six months -- co-sponsored by LoveTribe and Q-LAND.

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit
INFO: 503-223-8822 X2 or pajamaparty@qland.org

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Keer and Aurelius: the Triumphant Return

charmpop — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:57:12 GMT

Aurelius and Keer (and Thor) are returning to Portland in September, after about six months living in Tennessee...

They'll be here in the middle of September, then heading down to California for a month or so, and plan to be back and living in Portland by the beginning of November, and they've asked me to start putting the word out that they need a place to live. They'd prefer to eventually be living by themselves but they'll take what they can get to start off, so if anybody has any leads on houses or apartments or shacks, please contact me through Tribe. You can also find Keer here....

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gay "pride"

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:40:19 GMT

So I hear pride may be cancelled for next year. No volunteers. Would it be such a bad thing? What could we do to make it different/better? Do we give a shit? I remember when it was a political event, not some lame parade with a bunch of tweeked out tranny's and circuit boys entertaining the mainstream suburbanites, while wearing giant Nike sandwichboards. "We're here, we're queer, and we're not going shopping!"

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Do we need drugs/alcohol to be free, have fun?

bartchurch — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:55:57 GMT

Shamans and great artists have often used mood-altering substances to free themselves and speak the truth out beyond the suffocating web that passes for the collective reality. But do we need drugs/alcohol to be free, have fun?

In a capitalist culture, who profits from our reliance on these substances for our freedom? As usual, LoveTribe and Q-LAND are NOT interested in just discussing these issues (talk is usually really cheap & weak), we're interested in creating other, non-commercial ways to support one another in being free, having fun, and speaking our truths with our whole bodies and hearts, not just our minds.

Would you join us in co-creating the next Men's Spirit Pajama Party, this Sat, 9/3, 7 pm - 12 am, where we'll invent ways to have fun, play non-competitive/children's games, make funny faces, have pillow fights, and manage to invent ways to be creative and silly and free without drugs, alcohol, or nicotine?

The New Games movement is trying to unlock the enormous creativity that comes from play. Virtually all mammals and birds spend an enormous amount of time playing throughout their lives, and some important evolutionary biologists believe play has been essential to the survival of most species. Play involves the whole body, mind, and heart. Most modern adult humans rarely play in this full-bodied way. We work, we surf, and we escape our bodies and one another.

Thanks for helping us create spaces where non-commercial, non-drug-induced play among men can happen regularly. Our MenSpirit events welcome all kinds of adult men, regardless of their size, shape, age, orientation, color, background, or experience, including trans men. We have suggested donations for our events, and no one is turned away for lack of funds.

LoveTribe also sponsors lots of non-commercial, non-drug/alchohol events where men and women come together to play in heart conscious, touch positive ways.

To RSVP for the 9/3 Men's Spirit Pajama Party: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

For more info: 503-223-8822 X2 or pajamaparty@qland.org

For more info on LoveTribe events: www.lovetribe.org (click on calendar)
For more info on Q-LAND events: www.qland.org

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Rooms for Rent

jodiah — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:10:22 GMT

$325 - Large 4+ Bd House (SE 20th @ Brooklyn)
Reply to: anon-92774442@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-08-25, 12:03PM PDT

Must Like Dogs: Two rooms available in 4 Bed Room 'This Old House' Garage with Attic, Full basement with lots of storage, 2 Full Baths, Large Kitchen, Sun Room, Formal Dining Room, Living Room, Large Front Porch and Back Deck, 3 Floors, Tile, Oak and Fir flooring. Street and Off Street Parking (Needs TLC). Corner Lot. Full fenced back yard, Apple Trees, Plum Tree, Fig Tree, Blueberry Tree, Mint, Oregano, Anise, 41 Rose Bushes and Raspberries. Needs someone who likes yard work and you can paint any room you like! I have one medium well trained mellow Blonde Bull Mastiff mix. I am looking for single 20-30's something queer men, preferably. Please email responses through craigslist. May consider 2nd canine.

About us: 30's sumthin, Environmentally friendly Queer Male and Female: We like Classic Country, Rockabilly, Punk Rock, Psychobilly, Rock-n Roll, Blue Grass, Surf, Blues, Jazz and sum other stuff. We like the house to quiet down round 11PM on work nights (unless mutually agreed) and Bedtime 12AM-2AM. NO Tweekers! Hookers or Hustlers! We like to have fun but responsibly and respectfully (we are friends with our neighbors and would like to keep it that way) We cook many meals togehter and share utilities and food, you may cook separate if so desired. Utilities run about $125/mo high end. including Garbage, H2O/Sewer, Gas, Electric, Basic Cable/High Speed Internet. Occasional courteous house guests are welcome, but no longterm overnighters, unless mutually agreed upon (like freinds and family from out of town are OK. Sounds rigid but respectful communication is key.

Needs to be rented by September 1st or sooner with leeway for immediate move in (tomorrow ifn you like) $200.00 refundable cleaning, rental and utility deposit, additional pet deposit required <$100.00 depending on pet.

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Transform your Tuesday: Men's Massage Exchange

bartchurch — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:05:07 GMT

You're invited to transform your Tuesday, 8/16, 7-10 pm, by learning to give and receive heart-centered, nurturing, healing massage. LoveTribe & Q-LAND invite you to view great techniques demonstrated by a licensed massage therapist, and learn-by-doing in the Men Touching with Heart event.

Throughout history, across every culture, and in virtually every species, nurturing and healing touch have been important parts of male friendship. Only in modern capitalist cultures has male friendship and touch been made taboo -- as a way of isolating men and making them afraid to rely on non-commercial alliances and connections.

By taking time to learn and practice healing & nurturing touch regularly, we expand our skills not only of touching, but asking for and negotiating great touch with the many people we care about in our lives.

Don't be cut off from half the human race. Realize healing and nurturing touch is available all around you, if you learn to ask for and give it. Like any skill, it just takes practice, and the willingness to transform your Tuesday (what TV show can compare to 3 hours of nurturing, healing touch and connection).

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org (click on calendar, event date, then RSVP form)

MORE INFO: Chris 503-223-8822 X2 hearttouching@qland.org

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Tonight @ Kellys Olympian 'Sneakin Out'

jodiah — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:35:49 GMT

Kelly's Olympian

426 SW Washington
Portland, OR
(503) 228-3669

with DJ Mr. Crane

Odysset mag NW will be takin pix

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