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Aussiestraddle 11 years, 10 months ago
Ok Aussies, I feel we should make out. Now. Who is cool with this plan?
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ok but how? pesky logistics
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our land = so big.
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Life is hard indeed.
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Haha.
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Femme Straddlers 11 years, 10 months agoSo I’m completely new and desperately in need of some advice… where on earth do you meet fellow femmes, and how on earth do you know they’re actually gay ?! Is there a secret handshake or something I’m missing ?
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Femme invisibility is the bane of my existence. We should really have a secret handshake.
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There really needs to be a secret handshake. Usually eye contact can seal the deal. But sometimes telepathic communication isn’t enough; a secret handshake would be so cool…
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i fourth the secret handshake proposition. i can’t ever tell if a girl’s queer or not when they’re femme. apparently it’s pretty much impossible to tell when looking at me, so there’s that. i usually just wear a rainbow bracelet all the time in hopes that other queers will figure it out.
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I do the rainbow bracelet thing too!!!
Also, I’m planning on going to Smith next year, and taking a women’s studies class as a freshman. I feel like that kind of counts as a secret handshake.-
congratulations! i’m in my first year at binghamton right now, but i’ve got a queer friend over at smith who absolutely loves it there. i keep trying for the intro women’s studies course here, but what do you know, it’s always filled. the rainbow bracelet’s the only thing that keeps people from assuming i’m straight. what’d be a femme-y way of…[Read more]
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I tried the rainbow bracelet, but then felt like I was trying too hard. No one EVER thinks that I am gay, but when they are around me for long enough it becomes pretty obvious.
I have gone back and forth with this, and sometimes get defensive because the best part of being gay is being who I am while still having the badass quality of having sex…[Read more]
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`Majesta I’m so jealous, the parents wouldn’t let me apply to Smith. Also jealous that you’re already into college and I’m stuck waiting til april… :'(
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Why didn’t your parents let you apply to Smith? Did you apply to any other all women’s colleges?
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hand tucks!
5second+ eye contact! (lols that one makes me laugh)But the hand shake would be so fucking awesome.
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I was just complaining about this to a friend yesterday. I feel like I’m never going to find a gf in the “real world” because of this. I say we all start wearing pink flamingo necklaces or bracelets. pink flamingos have a history in the gay world as a secret symbol to identify other gays. much better than a rainbow necklace in my opinion.
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this posting is so old but ugh femme invisibility makes me rage SO HARD. Everyone seems to think being femme makes you less gay somehow, and don’t even try telling someone you’re a femme who happens to be into other femmes!! OHHH NO. al;adjsf;lsf UGH
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I am so glad it isn’t just me! I know I’m as gay as it gets but I don’t really show it. Unless I’m wearing my HRC “Legalize Gay” shirt everyone assumes I’m straight. I tried getting a hair cut to make me look more lesbian – but that failed. I look girlier. It is really hard to notice and be noticed by women and NOT men being a femme. Handshake??…[Read more]
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truLyz posted an update in the group
So I’m living in Melbs for 2 months, looking for people, places and ‘ployment, any ideas?
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Sorry, it’s probs a bit too later for this…think very carefully which side of the river you decide to nest on, as it is an uber big deal to cross it here. Brunswick is full of gaylords and ladies…jobs off gumtree are probably exploitative…depending what you’re looking for seek.com.au is okay, also just looking on notices etc for cafe work,…[Read more]
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tygermilk posted an update in the group
Sooo I’m possibly moving to Melbourne in the new year (travelling through at any rate), and I’m keen to know where the best gay-friendly places are. Any tips? Or just advice about the city (like good/bad places to live?). Please take pity on this naive homo girl and share your knowledge.
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Hi-sorry that noone’s answered so far! I can’t be bothered posting it again but passed on some of my (patchy) Melbs knowledge to TruLyz above so have a look…
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Underage Straddlers (in lieu of an inevitably more creative name) 11 years, 11 months ago
Hello, Autostraddle readers. I was curious if any of you have any ideas on how to increase GSA attendance, and/or some good activities to do in a GSA. My club is lacking in direction.
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I wouldn’t know, my school doesn’t have one:/ but at my old school’s club they had pizza at the meetings, that really increased attendence, lol(; and you could make shirts/put signs up promoting the club around the school. If students see the gsa having a jammin time they’ll want to join, too. As for activites, there are marches, you could talk to…[Read more]
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My school’s GSA has good luck with movie nights, and always increases attendance when we partner with other clubs- the women’s issues club, etc etc
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Thank you to both of you guys. These are quite helpful.
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we always have cupcakes. they’re donated so we don’t have to spend money, but it seems to work. ;D
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When I was trying to increase attendance for one of the clubs I was running (it was a Forensics group focused on speech and acting, but I figure this is the same with any club), I personally went around to classrooms before/during homeroom, gave a little speech to promote the club, and tacked my information up somewhere in the classroom with the…[Read more]
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