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Title: Femmes to converge on Oakland
Post by: Shana A on August 19, 2010, 08:22:05 AM
Femmes to converge on Oakland
   
Published 08/19/2010
by Heather Cassell

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=5004 (http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=5004)

Oakland will be a femme's universe this weekend as people from around the world gather for the third Femme Conference.

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This year's keynote speakers continue to transcend the boundaries with femme activists Kate Bornstein and Moki Macias.

"I've lived all my life wanting to be a girl and a girly-girl and now the ladies I most admire say, 'Yep, you did it.' It's like being crowned Miss America," said transgender author and performer Bornstein. The 62-year-old self-identified dyke plans to speak about desire and sexiness beyond borders.