Where do women stand on body image within the lesbian community? Do we have a body image problem? Are we body image free? Moreover, what are the body-type desireables for lesbians?
Let's discuss all of this and more at the next Gather:
Let's meet up for happy hour drinks at Abigail Cafe & Wine Bar in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn on Thursday, Aug. 19th from 7pm to 9pm. Pretty informal...no panel discussion...just plain hanging out!
Happy Spring everybody! The next Gather will take place on Sunday, May 23rd from 5pm to 7pm at the famous LGBT Community Center in Manhattan. Since we have been talking about coming out, I thought it would be useful to have a Gather(ing) on married women who have come out or are currently in the process.
A great resource that I am using for this Gather is Carren Strock's book Married Women Who Love Women. Carren will be joining us on the panel for this Gather.
See also Joanne Fleisher's book "Living Two Lives"...check out her website for more details.
While the last Gather focused on coming out, we didn't get to discuss an important facet of this phenomena: coming out as a lesbian within religious communities and/or religious families.
Join us Sunday, February 21th from 6:15pm - 8pm at the LGBT Community Center (Room 410, 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY).
The Gather project has been years in the making. My background is in psychology (my master's thesis was on lesbian coming out stories). My not-so-distance future goal is to run my own therapy practice. I spent some time writing for Venus Zine, a magazine born out of the DIY culture in Chicago. I interviewed bell hooks, Ani DiFranco, Michelle Tea, Carrie Brownstein, Rebecca Walker, Daniela Sea, and Saul Williams.
I now live in Brooklyn, and am just thrilled to launch Gather. I want to create a platform for women to get together (and anyone else who desires) in a public space and have those great conversations that seldom leave our living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchen tables...
I look forward to meeting you soon!
Where do women stand on body image within the lesbian community? Do we have a body image problem? Are we body image free? Moreover, what are the body-type desireables for lesbians?
Happy Spring everybody! The next Gather will take place on Sunday, May 23rd from 5pm to 7pm at the famous LGBT Community Center in Manhattan. Since we have been talking about coming out, I thought it would be useful to have a Gather(ing) on married women who have come out or are currently in the process.
While the last Gather focused on coming out, we didn't get to discuss an important facet of this phenomena: coming out as a lesbian within religious communities and/or religious families.
