BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1592@theexiles.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221218T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221218T130000 DTSTAMP:20230211T221905Z URL:https://theexiles.org/events/december-program-leather-lattes-a-morning -reading-discussion-with-gayle-rubin/ SUMMARY:December Program: Leather & Lattes: A Morning Reading Discussion wi th Gayle Rubin DESCRIPTION:Coming to Power\, The Second Coming\, are you coming?\n\nJoin t he Exiles on Sunday morning over coffee and leather readings with Gayle Ru bin! The structure of this program is an informal reading group.\n\nPrior to the event\, you will have access to read the two chapters so that we ca n jump into discussion!\n\nWe will read one chapter from each book by THE Gayle Rubin herself. These two books are historical pieces to the lineage of Exiles history starting in the late 1970s with Samois.\n\nReserve your tickets today and receive a free PDF copy of The Outcasts: A Social Histor y\, Coming To Power and The Leather Menace\, The Second Coming through Eve ntbrite!\n\nA Bit Of History:\n\nGayle was a founding member of Samois in 1978\, the Outcasts in 1984\, and the Exiles in 1997.\n\nSamois was the fi rst known lesbian SM group in the country and the publisher of "Coming to Power." Samois defined itself as a lesbian feminist S/M organization focus ing on political activism\, challenging limiting ideas about lesbian sexua lity and misinformation about BDSM. In 1981\, Samois published the book Co ming to Power\, a groundbreaking collection of stories of BDSM dykes. It w as a huge success\, but it was a strain on the club\, causing a lot of ten sion and conflict\, and by 1983 the group disbanded.\n\nSoon a group of wo men came together to discuss having a new group. Amid a discussion of how to define those who would qualify for membership\, Gayle stood up and invi ted all the "faggot-identified dykes\, bisexuals\, transsexuals\, and othe r weirdos and perverts who wanted a more inclusively defined organization to gather together." This group became The Outcasts. They identified thems elves as part of the lunatic fringe\, which is how the Outcasts (and later Exiles) newsletter got its name.\n\nThe Exiles can trace how our business meetings are run\, the name of our newsletter\, the fact that we do orien tations\, and even where we meet to these roots.\n\nThe Exiles is an inclu sive and sex positive space for all people who are women\, intersex\, nonb inary\, genderqueer\, gender variant\, or gender-nonconforming. People who are men are asked not to attend.\nThis is a virtual event. \;  \; Please click the link below to register the event. \;\nREGISTER\n\nThi s event is free\, however donations are greatly appreciated. With more fun ds available to us\, we can continue building more inclusive\, educational \, and creatively produced community-building programs. Please strongly co nsider donating to The Exiles today!\n– Become a member: \;JOIN\n– Become a monthly patron: \;SUBSCRIBE\n– Make a donation via PayPal:  \;DONATE\n \;\nFor those needing ASL services\, please email coco s@theexiles.org and we will do our best to accommodate.\n \;\nConcerne d about anonymity? \;Click here for advice \;\n \;\n\n\nAbout Our Presenters:\n\n \;\n\nGayle Rubin is a widely published and noted scholar of gender and sexuality studies\, and of leather history and socia l life. She has been deeply involved in the preservation of LGBTQ and Leat her archives and artifacts. She was a founding member of the Gay\, Lesbian \, Bisexual\, and Transgender Historical Society\, and was involved in the early establishment of the Leather Archives &\; Museum\, on whose Boar d she currently serves. She is also on the Board of the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District in San Francisco. Rubin was one of the founders of Samoi s\, the first lesbian SM organization\, in 1978\, and helped found the Out casts in 1984. She has been a member of the Exiles since it was formed\, a nd was honored with an Exiles patch in 2017. She is a lifetime member of t he Society of Janus. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theexiles.org/wp-content/uploads/2022.12 .18-Leather-and-Lattes-WP.png CATEGORIES:Program,Programs 2022 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR