Post links to your pictures here in the comments or on the page! If you can, try to do this *and* images on on facb@*k … Not everyone *is on* le face. Email: media [at] beyondvisibility.femme2012.com for log-in info.

TOOLKIT

The NYC organizers put together a toolkit so *you* can hostess your own event! http://www.heelsonwheelsroadshow.com/toolkit/

LIVEFEED

Also, please check back for livefeeds — and if you want to submit a livefeed, please contact media@beyondvisibility.femme2012.com **before January 14** to get set up.

Femme Conference: femme2012.com – Bi-annual conference bringing together hundreds of queer/LGBTQQII2 femmes from around the world.

Heels on Wheels Roadshow: heelsonwheelsroadshow.com – Annual all-queer femme tour. Spring 2012, in the Northeast & Summer 2012 on the West Coast!

CO-SPONSORS

QUORUM FORUM |  Support NY |  Feminist Press

ORGANIZERS & ALLIES:

NYC Co-organizers:
Bevin Brandlandingham
Cristy C. Road
Damien Luxe
Elizabeth Koke
Elizabeth Whitney
Erica Cardwell
Erin Burrows
Heather Acs
Ivette González-Alé
January Hunt
Jessica Halem
Kate D’Adamo
Gina Kathleen
Lila Starbuck
Nicole Myles
Nicolette Dixon
Taueret Manu
Victor Tobar

Additional thanks to:
Ava Fox
Bilen Berhanu
Lizxnn Disaster
Mieke Dee
Sassafras Lowrey
Shreya Shah
Robin Maltz

Design by Ivette González-Alé

Baltimore: Jan 21

Baltimore’s Gilded Lily Burlesque and friends present “Feminist Fanfare and Tassel Twirls: a Charity Burlesque Show and Karaoke Night” to benefit the Visions in Feminism (ViF) grassroots collective from Washington, D.C. ViF is a small organization that focuses on social justice and feminist activism and annually coordinates a conference which will be held at American University in March this year. For more information about this collective and the 2012 conference, please visit: www.vifcollective.com

This empowering event will be Femcee’d by the lovely Lena Grove featuring our sexy stage kitten Holly GoDarkly with performances by Gilded Lily’s Maria Bella and Little Luna, Short Staxx and Gigi Holliday of Sticky Buns Burlesque, Ursula Unctuous and Goldie Daguerre. Sabrina Chap, NYC’s musical extraordinaire will be singing and tickling those ivory keys with her own original compositions, as well.

Join us at The Windup Space on 12 W. North Ave Baltimore, MD on Saturday, January 21, 2012. Cover charge $13. Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm. Black Lodge Karaoke will feature feminist karaoke selections starting at 9:30pm until close.

LA: Jan 21, 2012: 3p-late night

Details: http://www.facebook.com/events/210395629048779/
Human Resources Gallery, 410 Cottage Home Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(3 blocks from Chinatown stop on the Metro Gold line)

Schedule for the day:
3-4 pm: Meet & Greet
4-6 pm: Facilitated group discussion/workshop time
6-7 pm: Dinner break (bring something or run out for something)
7-9 pm: Collaborative crafting/party decorating
9 pm on: Dance party*
* Dance party is open to everyone. We respectfully request that events from 3 – 9 p.m. are attended only by self-identified femmes (of all genders) and folks exploring their femme/ininity.

This event is FREE. We will provide light snacks and adult beverages by donation.

Montreal: January 20th & 21st, 2012

Beyond Visibility: Femme Day of Action Montreal – http://www.facebook.com/events/225103207564352/

FRIDAY, January 20: FEMME DANCE PARTY AT THE ROYAL PHOENIX! (5788 St-Laurent, coin Bernard) Featuring a lineup of ALL FEMME DJ’S, drag, & burlesque! Suggested donation: 3-5$ at the door, pay-what-you-can, no one turned away!

SATURDAY, January 21: FEMME DAY OF ACTION at the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy (1500 de Maisonneuve West, Suite 404, Guy-Concordia Metro)  **FREE!!!**

12-2: BRUNCH – Femmes and friends, meet and mingle over fabulous vegetarian food!

2-4: SKILLSHARE – DANCE/BURLESQUE/BODY POSITIVE WORKSHOP
We are also planning a few other workshops/skillshares (TBA)!

4-6: GROUP DISCUSSION FOR SELF-IDENTIFIED FEMMES AND FEMININE QUEER PEOPLE OF ANY GENDER – Come and talk about your experiences of femme in/visibility, femmephobia, femme-positive body image, getting dressed, coming out, having sex, being loud, proud, and fabulous!

8-11: PERFORMANCE/OPEN MIC NIGHT (Location TBA) – FEMMES RANT, RAVE, DANCE, BURLESQUE, EMOTE! POETRY, PROSE, PERFORMANCE ART, ETC! Femmes of any gender & any genre graciously invited to perform!

NYC: Jan 15, Noon-late night

12-2pm – Skillshare Snack Salon - Judson Church Assembly Hall, NY,  NY
[free/ femme folks only]
Show off your skills! Bring some delicious snacks and learn about changing a bike tire, tiny nail art, and much more!

2:00-4:30 — Roundtable Discussion-Judson Church [free/ femme folks only]
Participate in a co-facilitated community “temperature check” where we reflect on the resources we have and create action for moving forward & Break-Out Groups-Judson Church [free/ femme folks only] Continue engaging in self-selected smaller groups based on topics such as Safety, Pride & Shame, Truth-telling, Health and others

5-6p — Caucuses: Femmes of Color and Trans Femme Caucus [more TBA]

6-7p Dinner Break & Documentation-Judson Church [free/ femme folks only]
Grab some food or bring your own and visit the documentation table for zine making, take photo shoots, and blogging!

7:30p — Illuminate: A Femme Salon Literary Event-Judson Church [$2-$10 / all welcome]
Join us for an incredible line-up of performers in an all-ages, sober-friendly space. Salon includes Kate Bornstein, Kirya Traber, Alejandro Rodriguez, Erica Cardwell, Trina Rose, Cristy C. Road, Nath Ann Carrera, Dondrie Burnham and more. Allies welcome and encouraged to attend.

10p — Cabaret & Dance Party at Public Assembly-70 N. 6th St, BROOKLYN [$5-$12 / all welcome]
Celebrate gender justice with a wild revue of femme-inine performers and DJs as we dance the night away! Mx Justin Vivian Bond weaves witchery and song, Hana Malia & Glenn Marla bring biting performance art, Serpentina of the Coney Island Side Show makes sparks fly, musical stylings from Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, beautiful burlesque from Essence Revealed & new work by Sassafras L…owery! DJs Shomi Noise & Nolita spin fierce femme tunes all night! Allies welcome to attend!

http://www.facebook.com/beyondvisibility

Philadelphia: FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 8pm

PDX: Portland/Vancouver Femme Week 2012

Sunday January 15th
Divine Movie!: Female Trouble
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_Trouble) @ 5th Avenue Cinemas.
3pm, free popcorn, 3$/ 2$ student. 510 SW Hall.

Femmes Unite! Week of Action Dinner: Hot Lips Pizza, 6th and Hall
(hotlipspizza.com/contac/#Downtown/PSU).  5-6:30pm. 6th & Hall, near
PSU.  Celebrate femmes during our week of action!  Hang out, eat yummy
pizza and compare notes on politics, fashion and activist projects.
5$ per person, no one turned away due to lack of funds.  Children are
welcome!

Femmes Meetup: Trans Guyz and SOFFA (Supportive Others, Friends,
Family, Allies). Laughing Planet (sober) 3765 N Mississippi Ave
*AND/OR* Amnesia (bar) 832 N Beech St. 8-10pm.  Join the Trans Guyz
after-group meetups on N. Mississippi.  Femmes of all stripes / allies
/ partners are welcome!  Let’s support our Trans Femme family and give
the Guyz something to talk about!

Tuesday January 17th
Shopping trip to Fat Fancy (1013 SW Morrison)! 5:30 – 7pm.  Join
fellow fat and allied femmes in the shopping adventure of your dreams!
Plus, we get to support a queer women-owned business that LOVES
femmes.  Fashion / makeover advice given (if desired) in a validating,
safe environment.  Hostess will bring snackies and soda for all the
handsome fat femme beauties and our smaller-bodied allies.

Wednesday January 18th
MLK Week @ PSU:  Elena Rose – An Untold Story. 6-8pm, PSU
Multicultural Center, SMSU 228. Free and open to the public.  “Elena
Rose, a Filipina-Ashkenazic mixed-class trans dyke mestizo, is a
writer, religion scholar, medic, and survivor from rural Oregon,
dedicated to the projects of radical love, community building, and
media justice. She will be addressing Dr. King’s message of radical
love at the intersections of race, class, gender and sexual
orientation as the Queer Resource Center’s contribution to the MLK
commemoration this year.” Hostess will hang out in front of the center
beforehand,  if y’all want to sit with her.

Karaoke @ Beauty Bar (111 SW Ash, thebeautybar.com/portland/calendar):
Baby Ketten Karaoke + Happy Hour all night! 9pm.  No cover. Meet
fellow femmes, and your hostess, under the vintage dryers!

Saturday January 21st
Femmes Unite @ GAYCATION! Holocene (holocene.org, 1001 SE Morrison),
9pm, 3$ cover. Features DJ Snowtiger and Mr. Charming. “The hot &
sweaty queer dance party.”

San Francisco: Jan 20, 4-6pm

Toronto: Jan 15, 2-7pm

The Queens Jam music event @ Music Zone, 748 Broadview [back of building, up alley to right], Toronto $10 or PWYC – all proceeds to go to cost of space rental + refreshments. Any extra $ to go to support the 2012 Femme Conference.

If you’re the homemaker type, bring some extra refreshments to satiate us all! Bring your instruments (for drummers, just bring yer crashes and sticks), voices, dance moves, copies of songs to play (tab helpful), and BEST OUTFITS!!

details: http://www.facebook.com/events/226826907391627/ || contact: Aimee arosehaskell [at] gmail.com