Well I told you last week that big news was a-coming, and the day has finally arrived! I've been conspiring for the past two months with two fabulous Gay Men's Health activists that I met in Seattle at the Gay Men's Health Summit. After I presented my research project on bottom identity, Alex Garner -- a Los Angeles-based actor and activist -- commented that it would really amazing to see bottom's stories come to life on stage. After Seattle, Alex, Erik, and I teamed up to imagine "The Bottom Monologues"!!!!
It gets better. And we need your help. We could have written up our own monologues, which would have been totally skewed based on our own experiences, but we wanted to make sure the stories we tell reflect the diversity and complexity of YOUR experiences. That's why we're asking you to submit your stories online on our website, where you'll find a link to questionnaire that asks all kinds of questions about bottoms and tops and everything in between. Not a bottom? That's A-Okay!
How can you help? Glad you asked:
1) SUBMIT YOUR STORY: Submit your own stories (anonymously!) via the website. Click here to go directly to the submissions page. Not a bottom? That's A-Okay. We want to hear from gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer men of all stripes!
2) MEDIA: Are you chummy with any local LGBT media outlets? You can find the press release on the webiste. Don't hesitate to send it out. But do post a comment here letting me know where you've sent it, so we don't inundate the same people!
3) BLOGS: Got a blog or website? Help spread the word there by posting information about the project. We've included on the website three different images (like the one at the top of this page) that you can post directly on your website to keep folks logging on. Click here to go find them.
I'm really thrilled about this project, and I hope that you'll take the time to submit your stories on our website. Also, please do spread the word if you've got a blog or website or connections with any LGBT media outlets. That would be faaaaaaabulous!
When's the due date, darling? I have finals this week, but I wanna write mine up next week.
Hey, just FYI, I see you've been mentioned over on SLOG (the Stranger's blog)
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2008/12/09/the_bottom_monologues
The Due Date is not until March 31st....so you have plenty of time for finals AND for submitting!!
I added the button to the blog today. I love the fact that as you continue reading down the page your eyes slowly but surely direct themselves to the smooth ass in the corner. I love it.
I hope you get a lot of entries, Trevor.
THANKS, J! :)