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2006

  • January - Open Topic
  • February - Dating & Relating: Signals, Cues & Dynamics
  • March - Feminist or Chauvinist?
  • April - Bad-Boy Butches
  • May - Living Our Dreams...
  • June - Butch Shame -- It's Pride month, so why talk about shame?  Well, lots of us live with it or have experienced it around being butch.  Come talk about the ways that shame affects us -- its legacy and how we work to overcome it.
  • July - Discussion of the book "Self-Made Man" by Norah Vincent.  Read this book ahead of time and join us to compare and contrast her experiences impersonating a man, with your experiences as a butch.
  • August - Butch Cock.  (this topic generated the highest turn-out for Butch Group ever the last time we talked about it...)
  • September - Meeting Cancelled for September!  We'll be back in October, though... 
  • October - Butch Visibility.  What does it mean to be seen?  Do you want to be seen?  How do you manipulate your own visibility?
  • November - Butch Misogyny.  How does "woman hating" express itself among butches?  What are the ways that we inadvertantly perpetuate misogyny as part of butch culture?
  • December - The Butch I Want to Be...  Come talk about your "fully actualized butch self".  Who do you want to be?  How does your butch identity inspire you?

2005

  • February - Planning a "Studded" Clothing Party
  • March - Being an Out Butch in the Workplace
  • April - Butches and Romance
  • May - “Can I Help You, Sir?” – Others’ Perceptions of Us
  • June - Butch Pride
  • July - Butch Rage
  • August - Butch "Systems" - Are butches more likely to approach life from a systems perspective?  Come talk with us about your systems (or lack thereof...)
  • September - Chivalry and the Butch
  • October - Sex!!!
  • November - Butch Health & Health Issues
  • December - Butches & Work