Oh haaaaay world! Tickets for the Accidental Bear Queer Music Summer Tour Benefit For LGBTQ Mental Health Services & Suicide Prevention with Logan Lynn, Big Dipper, Conquistador, Darling Gunsel, and Rica Shay go on sale May 1st.
The Kickstarter raised a portion of money to make this tour happen, but we are still looking for sponsors to help us cover expenses so we can play these shows and donate the proceeds to Ali Forney Center (NYC), Pride Foundation (Seattle), Q Center (PDX), LA Gay & Lesbian Center, and Stonewall Project (SF). Putting together a 5-band tour takes a bit of cash…but nowhere near as much cash as the tour stands to raise for these vital community resources this summer!
If you are an individual, business, corporation, or organization and you are interested in showing your support of the LGBTQ community, a great way to do that is to become a sponsor of this tour! Click HERE to download the official sponsorship packet. We are especially needing travel and accommodations sponsors, but welcome anyone who would like to get involved in this part of the charity. Additionally, we realize not everyone can donate money or services, but everyone can help us spread the word. Share this post if you feel moved to contribute, friends!
Click to enlarge the tour posters below and RSVP to the event page in your city.
We are coming for you…
Friday, July 5th – Beatbox, San Francisco, CA
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Sunday, July 7th – Los Globos, Los Angeles, CA
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Thursday, July 11th – Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
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Sunday, July 14th – Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
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Friday, July 19th – Webster Hall, New York City, NY
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I agreed to be one of the guest panelists for an upcoming Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence event at Crush in Portland on May 19th called “One Nun, Few Peeps”. It’s a fundraiser for Outside In, and it’s a take on Logo’s 1 girl 5 gays. I will be one of said gays, answering questions about (and I quote) “innuendo, intrigue and why we get that tingly sensation whenever we see a hot dog in a bun!” on stage.
Oh my god, friends. What have I gotten myself into???!!!
My homegirl Sister The Vegan Mary is going to be on the panel with me alongside Sister Krissy Fiction, James Lindquist, Zora Phoenix, & Athens Scities Foxx from the Rose Court…and the whole thing is hosted by Novice Sister Bertha Byotch. Don’t miss it!
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P.S. – Yes. That’s Grammy Award-winning pop star Matt Alber in this photo with me and the Portland Sisters. He won’t be at this event with us, other than he holds a special place in my heart so he is kinda always there.
(Originally Published in Just Out Magazine, February 2013 – Final Print Issue)
In The Trenches: The Pariah Pool
Last year was a time of big sweeping change for me. I lost two pieces of my deepest love to the great beyond, grew closer to another human being than ever before, and let go of another round of “friends” to superficiality. There seemed to be a feeling layer of marginalization spread throughout the year. Even now, in the second month of 2013, it walks beside me, greeting me at every turn. The truth is, that particular feeling and I have been walking hand in hand for as long as I can remember.
Most recently, this marginalized feeling came from some members of the queer community as well as some in the right-wing evangelical Christian community not agreeing with my inter-community dialogue work between the Mars Hill Church and members of Portland’s LGBTQ community (as well as my very public comments and opinions about the vandalism and threats of violence which followed); it came from community “leaders” who didn’t appreciate me stirring up the status quo; from the Read the rest of this entry »
Huge thanks to all 36 bands who donated their music to “Comp 175″ – A Benefit for Queer Programs & Services in the Pacific Northwest. I’m deeply moved by this community of generous, talented people and couldn’t be happier with how the record has turned out! It’s EPIC.
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Featuring:
Logan Lynn
Peaches
Scream Club
Matt Alber
God-Des & She
Magic Mouth
Christeene
Tom Goss
Bobby Jo Valentine
Shunda K
Nicky Click
Brett Gleason
Jeremy Gloff
Houston Bernard
Kelly Moe
Atole
Mattachine Social
The Sexbots
Deluxe
Kimono Kops
Jeb Havens
Towering Trees
Noah Daniel Wood
Barbi Crash
Kerry Hallett
Blue Redder
Katrina Skalland
L10
Microfilm
Jana Fisher
A Million Tiny Architects
Matthew Mercer
Stephan Nance
Jonny
Alternate Destination
Marshall J. Pierce
Produced by Logan Lynn.
Pre-Order 11/6/2012.
Releases 11/27/2012.
Charity Info: All profits from this release go directly to Q Center, which operates both the LGBTQ Community Center and the Sexual & Gender Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC) in Portland, Oregon.
For more info on Q Center, visit www.pdxQcenter.org
For more info on SMYRC, visit www.SMYRC.org
About the album title: Section 175 was a provision of the German Criminal Code from 1871 to 1994, making homosexuality a crime. Over 140,000 people were convicted under the law. The Nazis broadened the law in 1935 and thousands died in concentration camps in the prosecutions that followed.
Today, all over the world, the fight for LGBTQ freedom and equality is not yet won. Your purchase of this record helps to ensure that the important work of this vital community resource continues.
