[Badgirlz-list] Toronto: Loving Darkly, Loving More -- A Facilitated 12 Part Discussion Series People of Colour of all/any Gendered Locations and Sexualities Consciously Exploring Relationship Opti

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PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AND FREELY...PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AND FREELY...
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R/EVOLUTION WORKSHOPS FOR CHANGE PRESENTS...
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Loving Darkly, Loving More
People of Colour of all/any Gendered Locations and Sexualities
Consciously Exploring Relationship Options
A Twelve Part Facilitated Discussion Series
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Dates:                Every Sunday [except pride weekend]
During June/July/August 2004
Time:                  12pm-2-pm
Location:           Toronto
Accessible Venue TBA
Cost:                  $15 per session or $155 for the whole series*
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The year is 2004...
Hundreds of years of colonization, mass murder, assimilation, terror,
mis-education, church indoctrination and pain ingrained combined with
other forms of oppression have left many people of colour disassociated,
confused or conflicted about our sexualities, our desires, our erotics.
Collective struggles against the dominance overshadowing our lives often
force our curiosities about sex and sexuality on to the backburner.
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In our cultural communities of origin we may not feel comfortable or
open to exploring issues of a personal, sexual nature in more public,
heterosexual/conservative/sex negative/couple-oriented/marriage focused
forums/events.
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Due to ongoing legacies of racial domination, we may not necessarily see
our layered political/social/sexual/sensual realities reflected back to
us at events/gatherings/workshops in white dominated queer, s/m, fetish,
leather, poly, sexually radical communities where events may be
hosted/facilitated by friendly and well-meaning people who may not be
actively engaged in questioning their own white-skinned privilege.
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Loving Darkly, Loving More will be a group of 10-20 people of first
nations and/or of (diasporic) / (continental) african, (south)/(east)
asian, arab, middle eastern, latino, hispanic, chicano, jewish, pacific
islander, metis, mestiza, mixed race, biracial, mixed heritage descent
of all/any genders, sexualities and/or sexual persuasions committed to
remembering, creating, exploring our sexualities even as we expand our
relationship/sexual/sensual options.
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Loving Darkly, Loving More will offer an opportunity to share writings,
readings and to discuss topics including but not limited to:
*    Erotophobia
*    non/monogamy
*    love not as a thing but as a committed course of action
*    family dynamics and value systems
*    cultural taboos
*    power and consent
*    marriage
*    compulsory heterosexuality
*    masculinity as a barrier to sexual exploration
*    coming out
*    conservatism
*    patriarchal control of wimmin
*    holocaust, genocide and survivor issues
*    sex negativity
*    negotiation, ethics and poly loving
*    s/m, leather and/or fetish curiosity
*    women=92s/queer/people of colour/sexual oppression
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all possible topics for discussion will involve ongoing explorations on
the theme of what it means to be =91of colour=92 and historically
sexual[ized] in a white dominated world as we attempt to incorporate an
analysis of the links between all forms of oppression including sexism
and patriarchy, racism, anti-semitism and white supremacy, imperialism
and colonialism, heterosexism and homophobia, gender oppression and
transphobia, conservatism and classism, linguistic oppression,
globalization, capitalism, consumerism, ableism, ageism, fatphobia and
lookism in our society.
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Loving Darkly, Loving More will offer a space for participants to
discover possibilities together and work toward building ethical
relationship options as we embrace more fluid ways of loving/lusting and
doing relationship consciously. =20
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this will be a non-judgmental, confidential, politically radical space
of transformation where attendees work on developing an in-depth
understanding of the role of social, sexual norms in their lives as they
move toward creating more emotionally healthy, exciting, thoughtful
relationship groupings.
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About the discussion facilitator:
T.J. Bryan aka Tenacious is 36 year old, deviant, capricornian,
Bajan-born, working class, dark daughta, out queer, femme and militant
mama who lives, loves, works and struggles here on first nations=92 =
land.
A radical third wave feminist and ethnical slut, T.J. is a
non-unionized, freelance, grassroots community worker who has been a
seeker, exploring her own sexualities, erotics and relationship options,
sharing her ideas and wisdom since she came out as a Black queer youth
14 years ago. A rogue scholar/theoretician and political mercenary T.J.
is an outspoken and uncontrollable lyric-smith whose work has been
published in Canada, the US and in Europe, including Canadian Woman
Studies, Fireweed, Fuse, Now Magazine, This Magazine, Tessera, Thamyris,
Mix Magazine and On Our Backs, to name a few. Her writings have been in
twelve (and counting) black/young women's/lesbian/queer/feminist/erotic
book length anthologies including Does Your Mama Know? (Redbone Press),
Maka =96 Diasporic Juks: Writings by Queers of African Descent (Sister
Vision Press), Queer View Mirror I&II  (Arsenal Pulp Press),  Hot &
Bothered I,II&III, Eye Wuz Here (Douglas & McIntyre), Turbo Chicks
(Sumach Press), Brazen Femme (Arsenal Pulp Press) and The Best of On Our
Backs (HAF Publishing).
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*Sliding scale right down to $0 is available for those who are
systemically oppressed/dominated by class stratification and economic
hierarchies. This means that if you want to attend but you don=92t have
the money because of poverty, please still email. We can find a way to
make it work. For example, attempts will be made to establish
community-based partnerships between funded organizations and cash poor
community members interested in attending this series. This also means
that if you cannot [verrrry different than choose NOT to] afford to pay
fully or at all, you will still be admitted without shame, guilt, or the
usual trappings of class [un]consciousness. Most importantly this means
that if you know you can afford to pay the higher scale, please do so as
this will consciously support the attendance of those who may not have
otherwise been able to afford this type of learning situation.
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Please be aware that all R/evolution Workshops For Change events and
gatherings are intuitive, fluid spaces of deep exploration. To
participate fully means moving beyond intellectual posturing and all
things solely academic. R/evolution Workshops For Change events and
gatherings are not meant to be sites of crisis/trauma support. If you
are in crisis/trauma or have ongoing, unresolved issues related to past
trauma, please do a self-focused reality check; Is your present
emotional/psychological state such that deep thinking/talking may bring
up past/present issues of trauma [emotional/physical/ psychological]?
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If this is the case, please empower yourself and the organizer
proactively by sharing your present understanding of your issues and
fears before attending this or any R/evolution Workshops event. Please
reflect on whether an environment of critical, emotional, psychological,
political exploration will be right for you at this moment in time. This
is especially crucial if you at all have a history of being triggered by
particular sights, sounds, conversations or environments. In this way a
consensual experience structured around the safety of individual
participants, the needs of the group and the responsibilities of the
facilitator can be co-created in advance and consensually negotiated on
an individual as well as group basis.
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For more information about R/evolution Workshops for Change, about
Loving Darkly, Loving More or to register for the series email
<mailto:r_evolutionworkshops@yahoo.ca> r_evolutionworkshops@???.
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PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AND
FREELY...PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AND =
FREELY...<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

R/EVOLUTION WORKSHOPS FOR CHANGE =
PRESENTS...<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p></fo=
nt>

Loving Darkly, Loving =
More<o:p></o:p>

People of Colour of all/any Gendered =
Locations and
Sexualities Consciously Exploring Relationship =
Options<o:p></o:p>

A Twelve Part Facilitated Discussion =
Series<o:p></o:p>

=A0<o:p></o:p>

Dates: =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
Every
Sunday [except pride weekend]<o:p></o:p>

During
June/July/August 2004<o:p></o:p>

Time:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0 12pm-2-pm<o:p></o:p>

Location: =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
<st1:City><st1:place>Toronto</st1:p=
lace></st1:City><o:p></o:p></p=
>

Accessible Venue
TBA<o:p></o:p>

Cost:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0 $15 per
session or $155 for the whole series*<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

The year is 2004...<o:p></o:p>

Hundreds of years of colonization, mass murder, =
assimilation,
terror, mis-education, church indoctrination =
and pain
ingrained combined with other forms of oppression have left many people =
of colour disassociated, confused or conflicted about =
our
sexualities, our desires, our erotics. =
Collective struggles
against the dominance overshadowing our lives often force our =
curiosities about
sex and sexuality on to the backburner.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

In our cultural communities of origin we may not feel =
comfortable
or open to exploring issues of a personal, sexual nature in more public,
heterosexual/conservative/sex negative/couple-oriented/marriage focused
forums/events.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Due to ongoing legacies of racial domination, we may =
not
necessarily see our layered political/social/sexual/sensual realities =
reflected
back to us at events/gatherings/workshops in white dominated queer, s/m,
fetish, leather, poly, sexually radical communities where events may be =
hosted/facilitated
by friendly and well-meaning people who may not be actively engaged in =
questioning
their own white-skinned privilege.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Loving Darkly, Loving More =
will be a
group of 10-20 people of first nations and/or of (diasporic)
/ (continental) african, (south)/(east)
asian, arab, =
middle
eastern, latino, hispanic, chicano, jewish, =
pacific
islander, metis, mestiza,
mixed race, biracial, mixed heritage descent of all/any genders, =
sexualities
and/or sexual persuasions committed to remembering, creating, exploring =
our
sexualities even as we expand our relationship/sexual/sensual =
options.<o:p></o:p>

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
<o:p></o:p>

Loving Darkly, Loving More will offer an opportunity =
to
share writings, readings and to discuss topics including but not limited =
to:<o:p></o:p>

<ul style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in' type=3Dsquare>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><span
     class=3DSpellE><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
     font-family:Arial'>Erotophobia</span></font></span><font size=3D2
     face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></l=
i>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>non/monogamy<o:p></o:p></spa=
n></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>love not
     as a thing but as a committed course of =
action<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>family
     dynamics and value systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>cultural
     taboos<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>power
     and consent<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>marriage<o:p></o:p></span></=
font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>compulsory
     heterosexuality<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>masculinity
     as a barrier to sexual exploration<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>coming
     out<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>conservatism<o:p></o:p></spa=
n></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>patriarchal
     control of <span =
class=3DSpellE>wimmin</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>holocaust,
     genocide and survivor issues<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>sex
     negativity<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>negotiation,
     ethics and poly loving<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>s/m,
     leather and/or fetish curiosity<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
     size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>women&#8217;s/queer/people
     of <span class=3DSpellE>colour</span>/sexual =
oppression<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>

<o:p> </o:p>

all possible topics for discussion will involve =
ongoing
explorations on the theme of what it means to be ‘of colour’
and historically sexual[ized] in a white =
dominated
world as we attempt to incorporate an analysis of the links between all =
forms
of oppression including sexism and patriarchy, racism, anti-semitism
and white supremacy, imperialism and colonialism, heterosexism and =
homophobia,
gender oppression and transphobia, =
conservatism and classism, linguistic oppression, globalization, =
capitalism,
consumerism, ableism, ageism, fatphobia
and lookism in our =
society.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Loving Darkly, Loving =
More will offer
a space for participants to discover possibilities together and work =
toward
building ethical relationship options as we embrace more fluid ways of
loving/lusting and doing relationship consciously.=A0 <o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

this will be a non-judgmental, confidential, politically radical =
space of
transformation where attendees work on developing an in-depth =
understanding of
the role of social, sexual norms in their lives as they move toward =
creating
more emotionally healthy, exciting, thoughtful relationship =
groupings.<o:p></o:p>

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About the
discussion facilitator:<o:p></o:p>

T.J. Bryan =
aka Tenacious is 36 year old, deviant, =
capricornian, Bajan-born, working
class, dark daughta, out queer, femme and =
militant
mama who lives, loves, works and struggles here on first nations’ =
land. A
radical third wave feminist and ethnical slut, T.J. is a non-unionized,
freelance, grassroots community worker who has been a seeker, exploring =
her own
sexualities, erotics and relationship =
options,
sharing her ideas and wisdom since she came out as a Black queer youth =
14 years
ago. A rogue scholar/theoretician and political mercenary T.J. is an =
outspoken
and uncontrollable lyric-smith whose work has been published in Canada, =
the US
and in Europe, including Canadian Woman Studies, Fireweed, Fuse, Now =
Magazine,
This Magazine, Tessera, Thamyris,
Mix Magazine and On Our Backs, to name a few. Her writings have been in =
twelve
(and counting) black/young women's/lesbian/queer/feminist/erotic book =
length
anthologies including Does Your Mama Know? (Redbone Press), Maka
– Diasporic Juks: Writings by Queers =
of African
Descent (Sister Vision Press), Queer View Mirror I&II=A0 (Arsenal Pulp Press),=A0 Hot & Bothered I,II&III, =
Eye Wuz Here (Douglas & McIntyre), Turbo Chicks =
(Sumach Press), Brazen Femme (Arsenal Pulp Press) =
and The
Best of On Our Backs (HAF Publishing).<o:p></o:p>

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nt>

*Sliding scale right down to $0 is =
available for those
who are systemically oppressed/dominated by =
class
stratification and economic hierarchies. This means that if you want to =
attend
but you don’t have the money because of poverty, please still =
email. We
can find a way to make it work. For example, attempts will be made to =
establish
community-based partnerships between funded organizations and cash poor
community members interested in attending this series. This also means =
that if
you cannot [verrrry different than choose =
NOT to]
afford to pay fully or at all, you will still be admitted without shame, =
guilt,
or the usual trappings of class [un]consciousness.
Most importantly this means that if you know you can afford to pay the =
higher
scale, please do so as this will consciously support the attendance of =
those
who may not have otherwise been able to afford this type of learning =
situation.<o:p></o:p>

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Please be aware that all R/evolution =
Workshops For Change events and gatherings are intuitive, =
fluid spaces
of deep exploration. To participate fully means moving beyond =
intellectual
posturing and all things solely academic. R/evolution Workshops For Change events and gatherings are not meant to =
be sites
of crisis/trauma support. If you are in crisis/trauma or have ongoing,
unresolved issues related to past trauma, please do a self-focused =
reality
check; Is your present emotional/psychological state such that deep
thinking/talking may bring up past/present issues of trauma =
[emotional/physical/
psychological]?<o:p></o:p>

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If this is the case, please empower yourself =
and
the organizer proactively by sharing your present understanding of your =
issues
and fears before attending this or any R/evolution Workshops event. =
Please
reflect on whether an environment of critical, emotional, psychological,
political exploration will be right for you at this moment in time. This =
is
especially crucial if you at all have a history of being triggered by
particular sights, sounds, conversations or environments. In this way a
consensual experience structured around the safety of individual =
participants,
the needs of the group and the responsibilities of the facilitator can =
be
co-created in advance and consensually negotiated on an individual as =
well as
group basis.<o:p></o:p>

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For more information about =
R/evolution
Workshops for Change, about Loving Darkly, =
Loving More
or to register for the series email <a
href=3D"mailto:r_evolutionworkshops@yahoo.ca">r_evolutionworkshops@???</a>.=
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