Friday, October 10, 2008

Against the Wall/Contre Le Mur Women & Trans-Identified Play Party

Okay, shameless (sorta) self-promo. I'm part of this organizing collective so time to tout my own work!

Come one, come all!

We are a montreal based feminist collective of queer and trans identified folks. We feel that in a city dominated by straight swinger clubs and gay male only sex spaces, there is a need for women and queer/trans friendly spaces to express our sexualities. We are a sex and kink positive collective that is committed to anti-oppression and harm reduction based politics. And, ultimately, we are committed to getting you off!

Women and trans identified folks, please join us Saturday the 18th for an evening of serious sex positivity!

Doors open at 10pm and we will kick the night off with some workshops. Come early!

We will disclose the exact location of the event 24 hours before the event, so make sure to check the website. There will also be an infoline available.

the space is wheechair accessible.
18+, ID required (we will be looking at the id for age only). 10$ suggested. sliding scale.
See you there, deers.

xx(x)

againstthewallmontreal.wordpress.com
montrealsexparty@gmail.com
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Nous sommes un collectif féministe montréalais de gens queer et trans. Nous décrions le fait que, dans une ville dominée par les clubs échangistes hétéro et les saunas pour hommes gays seulement, il n'y existe pas d'endroit sécuritaire permettant aux femmes et aux personnes queer/trans/non-conformistes de genre d'exprimer leurs sexualitées. Nous travaillons activement pour combler cette lacune. Nous sommes un collectif dédié au sexe-positivisme ainsi qu'aux politiques d'anti-oppression et de réductions des méfaits. D'abord et avant tout, nous avons votre plaisir à coeur.

Venez vous joindre à nous le 18 octobre pour une folle soirée de sexe positivisme.

Les portes ouvrent à 22h. C'est également à cette heure que les ateliers débuterons, donc arrivez tôt!

Le lieu de l'événement sera dévoilé 24h avant l'événement..restez à l'affût. Il y aura également une ligne téléphonique en service.

l'endroit est accessible aux fauteuils roulants.
18 ans et plus, carte d'identité obligatoire (on regardons l'age seulement). don suggéré de 10$.

À bientôt, chériEs.

xx(x)

againstthewallmontreal.wordpress.com
montrealsexparty@gmail.com

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Top Ten Tantalizing Trannies

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Obligatory Introduction

Welcome,

I guess an intro post would be appropriate. So hello there, my name is Kate...nice to meet you. I am a mid-20s, white, transsexual, lesbian-identified queer. I am one vegetarian, tattooed, feisty-ass, riotdyke. Here are my tranny stats: I was assigned male at birth; my sex is currently in transition to female; I have been transitioning for roughly 2 years now; my gender is woman; my pronouns are she, her, hers; my gender presentation is soft-andro-butch; my sexual inclination is towards the rougher side of sex (a.k.a. BDSM, kink); and my sexual orientation, as I mentioned, is lesbian-identified queer. This last part may be confusing to some but it simply means that I sleep with most anyone that floats my boat (male, female, cis, trans, other, neither, both, etc) but my primary emotional commitments are to women-identified folks.

So that's me & this is my blog. It's about transsexuality. And, no, this is not your regular ole tranny-blog-bitch-fest. I'm not talking about transsexuality in the DSM-IV sense of the word. Rather, I am talking about trans-peoples-sexualities; as in, how transsexual, transgender, and genderqueer people relate (or don't) to our sexualities. I'm concerned with questions of representation, appropriation, and, of course, pure sexiness :P

This is stuff I've been thinking about for quite a while now. I mean, whenever I see some documentary about trans people, it's always the same narrative:

When did you first know? How did you family react to your coming out? What about your friends? What does hormone replacement therapy (HRT) do to your body? How about sex reassignment surgery (SRS)?

Now, I want to be clear, these are all fine and dandy questions, but, when it's the only thing out there, I can't help but start to question things? See, to me, these questions are a good starting point for education about trans realities but that's all they should be: a starting point. To be certain watching documentaries like Southern Comfort, the TransGeneration series, and You Don't Know Dick, helped me to solidify my own identity. They are a good educational tool for the general non-trans (cis) public, as well as, trans people in questioning/experimenting phases.

However, the problem is that when the vast, vast, vast majority of the trans films never extend beyond those introductory questions. For example, I'd love to watch a film and see the documentarian ask these questions:

What gets you off? What gets turns you on? What do you find triggering about sex? What's your relationship to BDSM? How do you negotiate consent? How do you talk about body parts that (may) feel alien to you? Has the thought of losing complete sexual functioning deterred you from getting SRS?

So, I guess these are some examples of questions you'll find me addressing (or at least trying to) in this blog. Also, to spice things up, from time to time I will also post erotic stories that has trans people's pleasure as the focus.

I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoy writing. I look forward to be hearing from you. Seriously, don't be shy, I won't bite....unless you ask me real nice and promise to call me Ma'am :)

xoxo
K