March benficiary is G.L.I.T.Z Fest

The month is almost over and funds raised this month will go towards set-up costs for Pittsburgh's G.L.I.T.Z. Fest 2011, a queer music/performance festival happening this summer. Stay tuned. Hoping to have a few new songs before my birthday in May, and few new photos too, so please come out and act crazy...and tip your Dusty.

February beneficiary is The Brown Boi Project

As of this month, we've been rocking Stowaway Soundsystem weekly at Belvedere's for a whole year! How crazy is that? Raised lots of $, had lots of good times, and popped a lot of karaoke cherries. For this month, I wanted to send money to The Brown Boi Project out in the Bay Area. They're not local (I met the director, Cole, at the Social Forum) but they are down with something very close to my heart, which is wrestling with male privileges and its intersections. "The Brown Boi Project is a community of masculine of center womyn, men, two-spirit people, transmen, and our allies committed to transforming our privilege of masculinity, gender, and race into tools for achieving Racial and Gender Justice." So there.

If you know anyone who might be interested, they offer all-expense paid skill-building retreats for young masculine of center womyn, trans men, and straight/queer men of color. Check it out. Lots more to come, and we'll just keep this thing rolling.

THIS weekend, for instance, Stowaway Soundsystem is doing a special set at Belvedere's 90's night, which will be a benefit for a friend's cancer treatment. THIS is what community support can look like. Please come out to Belvedere's (karaoke from 10-midnight, dancing from midnight on...), or go to the dance party at Brillobox which is also a cancer support fundraiser. And donate blood if you can.