Wow, my last post mentioned the San Francisco LGBT Pride festival & here it is again, the next year later! Sometimes this blogging thing gets away from me:) Speaking of the festival, I love Pride week here in SF because it’s like a holy week; Market Street is now lined with rainbow flags, there are more events going on than I can keep up with and there’s a special excitement in the air as everyone makes their plans for the upcoming days. Last year I totally outdid myself, so this year I’m going to try to keep to a saner pace. I confess, that’s a hard thing to do, especially since I’m planning on going to the Trans March, Dyke March and the official LGBT Pride Parade, amongst the myriad of other events going on…I’ll just have to stock up on my vitamin C!
So gosh, since my last post in October I’ve been exploring some really exciting places with my work and I’ve been finally feeling like I’m getting into my own authentic groove. Merging my two loves, my artistry and my study of sexuality & gender, has been both thrilling and challenging: thrilling because it’s been my endeavor for quite some time, but also challenging because I’ve come face to face with old stigmas & baggage that had been buried in my psyche (damn stigmas and baggage). This work has felt at times like walking through molasses and though that’s a frustration, it’s also been a rich time to really dig in and sort things out. So what have I been up to? Well some of the highlights include: developing my burlesque/sex-positive professor persona Lexi Lipstick, which has been a total blast and very rewarding; creating a video piece that explores bondage from a BDSM perspective; making further forays into photographing erotica, which included participation in the Center for Sex & Culture’s photo club shoot of genderqueer porn star Jiz Lee (who’s doing some awesome fundraising work with Karma Pervs, so check it out!); and lastly for now, but most definitely not least, I’ve been exploring & researching Latina/o sexualities, which inspired a website I’ve created, QueerCaribbean.com, that is devoted to providing sexuality & gender identity resources for people of the Caribbean.
Ok, so that’s a pretty good update for now, I think. In time I’ll be elaborating more on all of it, so keep in touch:)
Paz!
SF Pride and Art Updates
Wow, my last post mentioned the San Francisco LGBT Pride festival & here it is again, the next year later! Sometimes this blogging thing gets away from me:) Speaking of the festival, I love Pride week here in SF because it’s like a holy week; Market Street is now lined with rainbow flags, there are more events going on than I can keep up with and there’s a special excitement in the air as everyone makes their plans for the upcoming days. Last year I totally outdid myself, so this year I’m going to try to keep to a saner pace. I confess, that’s a hard thing to do, especially since I’m planning on going to the Trans March, Dyke March and the official LGBT Pride Parade, amongst the myriad of other events going on…I’ll just have to stock up on my vitamin C!
So gosh, since my last post in October I’ve been exploring some really exciting places with my work and I’ve been finally feeling like I’m getting into my own authentic groove. Merging my two loves, my artistry and my study of sexuality & gender, has been both thrilling and challenging: thrilling because it’s been my endeavor for quite some time, but also challenging because I’ve come face to face with old stigmas & baggage that had been buried in my psyche (damn stigmas and baggage). This work has felt at times like walking through molasses and though that’s a frustration, it’s also been a rich time to really dig in and sort things out. So what have I been up to? Well some of the highlights include: developing my burlesque/sex-positive professor persona Lexi Lipstick, which has been a total blast and very rewarding; creating a video piece that explores bondage from a BDSM perspective; making further forays into photographing erotica, which included participation in the Center for Sex & Culture’s photo club shoot of genderqueer porn star Jiz Lee (who’s doing some awesome fundraising work with Karma Pervs, so check it out!); and lastly for now, but most definitely not least, I’ve been exploring & researching Latina/o sexualities, which inspired a website I’ve created, QueerCaribbean.com, that is devoted to providing sexuality & gender identity resources for people of the Caribbean.
Ok, so that’s a pretty good update for now, I think. In time I’ll be elaborating more on all of it, so keep in touch:)
Paz!