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🌈About The Meeting🌈

This week we’re diving back into book club - we’ll be picking our next reading material and deciding a date in the future to get together and discuss it!

🌈What To Bring?🌈

The Mods have prepared several choices to put to a vote, but we’d also like to invite members to bring their own suggestions as well! And even if it’s not picked this time, it’d be great to get a backlog going to pick from for next time.

And it doesn’t have to just be a novel either. Comics, short stories, non-fiction, articles, podcasts are all welcome - as long as there’s an LG focus!

We do ask members to be mindful: in the interest of supporting LG media and their creators, we want to promote getting legitimate copies of books/other media.

📆Meeting Times📆

Saturday,  April 25th @ 3:00 EST &  Wednesday, April 29th @ 8:30 EST

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🐸As always🐸

Questions, queries, and comments are always welcome!

And to anyone interested in joining ALGAE, send us a message and we’ll get the ball rolling!

In a recent article by OutLife UK, author Aedan Wolton shares an interview with "Jamie, a 50-year-old trans man" titled "What is sex really like for a gay trans man?"

(Full Article Here)

Throughout this article, gay men are shamed for their exclusive attraction to the same sex. Male homosexuality is maligned as "phallocentric" and painted as something for trans men to overcome and manipulate. Interviewee "Jamie" goes so far as to describe methods of rape by deception used to prevent gay men from recognizing the sex of their partner.

As a community space and organization, ALGAE is appalled by the blatant homophobia demonstrated by this article and OutLife in publishing this text.

As part of our effort to encourage Everyday Activism,  we have created a letter template for contacting OutLife. We believe the only way to combat bigoted, dangerous homophobia is to make ourselves heard and (in the words of Storme DeLarverie) "do something!"

Below, you can find our letter template as well as contact information for OutLife:

🌈About The Meeting🌈

Since the beginning, Games Night has been a favourite among ALGAE members. Usually Mod-Lucy handles game-organisation, but seeing as we’ve got such a blend of old and new members this time around, we’re gonna get you guys a little more involved! We’re bringing back a favourite among favourites: Picture Charades!

🌈How To Play🌈

In the past, Picture Charades has yielded a lot of chaotic fun, and the rules are very simple!

    🌈 At the start of the meeting Mod-Lucy DMs all participating members a common proverb or figure of speech from a list she has compiled.

    🌈 Each member then has five or so minutes to draw the proverb to the best of their ability,

    🌈 Then, one by one, members share their images while everyone else tries to guess the proverb/figure of speech.     🌈 The member showing their drawing may give ‘hotter/colder’ hints, and tell competitors how many words their phrase is. But it’s entirely optional!

🌈What To Bring🌈

If you’re keen to play, please make sure to have the following ready come Game Night!

    🌈 A means to draw the phrase your given, AND a means to share your drawing in the group when it comes to your turn. Pens and Paper, A Drawing App on your phone, MSPaint, Photoshop, whatever your hearts desire!

    🌈 ALTERNATIVELY: if for some reason you’re unable to draw/ feel uncomfortable sharing your drawing, members may also Google Images as a resource! As long as the image doesn’t contain words.

    🌈 Also Optional: In the past, some members have contributed absolutely EXCELLENT proverbs/phrases that had us in stitches as we tried to interpret them artistically. If you’ve got an obscure proverb in mind for either yourself, or for ModLucy to distribute to other members, please bring it along!

📆Meeting Times📆

Saturday, March 28th @ 3:00pm EST/GMT-4 &  Wednesday, April 1st @ 8:30pm EST/GMT-4 Timezone Converter: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/

🐸As always🐸

Questions, queries, and comments are always welcome!

And to anyone interested in joining ALGAE, send us a message and we’ll get the ball rolling!