March/April 2009: Gender & sexuality

When we approach gender as an androgynous zone rather than viewing male and female as sovereign territories permanently set off in opposition to one another, interesting possibilities and unexpected allegiances begin to emerge. In this, our gender & sexuality issue, Briarpatch undresses the politics of adultery, flirts with the practice of polyamory, discusses the decriminalization of sex work, weighs the cost of transexual healthcare in Canada, investigates Nepal’s human trafficking epidemic and checks out Vancouver’s queer dance scene.

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features

queering the scene
Vancouver’s Fuck Off and Dance collective
By Michelle Miller

a pound of flesh
The cost of transsexual health care in Canada
By Calvin Neufeld

adultery & other half revolutions
Towards a post-scarcity economy of love
By CrimethInc.

polyamory in practice
An open discussion with Tristan Taormino & Jenny Block
By Mandy Van Deven

sex work & the state
An interview with Kara Gillies
By Emily van der Meulen

villages without women
Nepal’s human trafficking epidemic
By Chelsea Temple Jones

departments

letter from the editor
Androgynous zones & other political hot spots

letters to the editor

review
Cruising the Red Meat District: A review of Carol  Adams’ The Sexual Politics of Meat
By Calvin Neufeld

quotes from the underground
Lois Wyse, Utah Phillips, Susan Sontag,  Martin Luther King, Jr., Helen Keller, Woody Allen, Harold Thurman & Heidi Postlewait

parting shots
Change your name, boy, and you’ll challenge the world to change, too
By Rachel Penner de Waal

luz: girl of the knowing
“Dirt Shares” by Claudia Dávila

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