A LETTERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Radical Faerie Reader A Call For Submissions

Don Kilhefner and Mark Thompson are in the process of co-editing A Radical Faerie Reader on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Radical Faeries. We invite you to submit writings—old or new—for inclusion in this first-of-itskind anthology! We are interested in your experience of the Radical Faeries and their gatherings no matter if it was attending one of the first gatherings or one that just happened last week.

Submissions can include personal experiences, academic “think pieces,” or writings about the impact of the Faeries on gay culture.

As well as on… Faeries and community building…Faerie political and social awareness and action…Faerie shamans…Faerie controversies…Faerie teachings….how Faeries operate and manage get togethers…urban Faeries… rural Faeries…Euro Faeries…Asian Faeries…history of the Faeries…Faerie criticism…Faerie poetry….Faerie philosophy…Faerie heresy…Faerie physics….

We are interested in casting the widest net possible. You do not need to be a professional writer. We are interested in how the Radical Faeries touched your mind, body, and spirit and contributed to your development as a gay man. How did your consciousness change because of the Radical Faeries? Are the Radical Faeries still relevant to gay men’s lives in 2009?

Deadline for all submissions is July 1, 2009.

(Proceeds from the Reader will be used to seed new and innovative Radical Faerie projects and gatherings.)

For more information and submissions contact either— markthompson52@aol.com or donkilhefner@sbcglobal.net

I’m Jack Davis and I Work at Good Vibrations.

We sell sex toys as well as books, videos and DVDs about sex to all genders. GV is gearing up for its fourth Independent Erotic Film Festival. The deadline to submit is June 30th. Here is the website: http://www.gv-ixff.org

I am encouraging faeries, faggots, queers, trannies, drag queens, sacred whores, dykes, and people who decline to be categorized to grab a camera and record something sexy and then enter it into the competition. It would be great to see a whole bunch of non-mainstream faerie-influenced sex stuff. It is open to amateur and professional film makers who are not mainstream.

Who can submit? Independent film makers of all kinds. Most of the submissions are from aspiring professionals and art students, but we have had selections from sex workers, animators and just friends and neighbors having fun with their handycam.

The Grand Prize Winner will receive $1,500.

Folleterre Announcements 2009 www.folleterre.org www.eurofaerie.eu

Work Week & Ecoskills-sharing Gathering April. Details will be placed on website.

Hosts: Dee Tale & Dimitri

Beltane “Naturally High” Gathering 28 Apr-03 May.

Hosts Notre Dame des Arbres and Shokti Lovestar Stewards Circle

Saturday, 02 May (all may attend as observers)

Enquiries/register: beltane09@folleterre.org

Beltane Gathering Call may be viewed at www.folleterre.org

Rheingold Gatherette • 20-24 May Contact: Rheingold@folleterre.org

Summer Solstice Gathering

19-27 June

Summer Gathering

17-27 July (Great Circle 2pm, Sun 19th)

Hosts: Rudolf, Wolf, Notre Dame (SEE FULL PAGE AD IN THIS ISSUE)

Enquiries/register: summer09@folleterre.org

Autumn Equinox

18-26 September

Lumber Camp • 17-25 October

STOP PRESS!

There will also be a Eurofaerie Gathering at Terschelling Island, Holland 17-27 August (yes, same dates as July) • Provisional Contact: efthimios@aol.com

Plus Mediterranean Gathering around early October (Turkey?) being worked on by Eilendes Wasser & Yaron