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How Many ?

2008-06-22T23:42:48Z

I an just wandering how many members , grew up on a farm, work on a farm, Or live and run a farm now ? Or Ranch ?

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TOO BAD

2008-04-03T05:43:12Z

The Tribe has totally gone to shit.

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INVITING MEN ONLY TO MY PRIVATE TRIBE!

2008-03-13T05:48:12Z

I am inviting MEN ONLY to join my private tribe "SKINNY MASCULINE BLUE COLLAR WHITE TRASH". Just go to the tribe "SKINNY MASCULINE BLUE COLLAR WHITE TRASH MEN" and apply for membership. I will then send you an invitation to my private tribe. There are now more than 2,600 HOT PHOTOS to see!! Hope to see ya there!! Larry/Moderator

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hey, from Iowa

2008-03-04T23:01:19Z

bob here, any farm boys in Iowa?

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Whats the difference between a Farm and a Ranch?

2007-12-10T02:41:49Z

A question that came to mind when I saw the name of this tribe. Would the differance be topography, or maybe number of trees, or if the crop is vegetable rather than animal. But if thats true the" dairy farm" wouldnt be correct would it? Well, as for me, I live on a ranch, a small one, with three horses, and some machinery. Does a farm/ranch have to have a crop for sale? Maybe ours is a "tree farm". Could it be a "tree ranch". Whatever it turns out to be, I dig the hell out of it. BH

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POZ Countryman seeks Un-cut Farmer!

2007-05-25T19:07:15Z

Just a Countryman at heart & Soul seeking friendship/partner.

Hug
Terry

TLCramer56@hotmail.com

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Lonley Today

2007-05-20T17:25:14Z

I am a trucker , Layed over at the Roure 30 Truck Stop in Saint Gabrial LA. Is ther anyone near by that might want to hook up for a while ?

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Santa Cruz AIDs organic garden project needs some help... any SantaCruz farm fags?

2006-12-10T05:42:22Z

a freind of mine has a garden plot that he tends for Organic Produce for people with HIV... Help is always short...
if you can help him out ... please email him at Rickster@cruzio.com thanks... he could realy use some help even if it is only an hour a month... thanks!
William

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Cool charity gifts - heifer

2006-12-02T23:16:57Z

If you or someone you know gives or receives charity gifts, I thought I'd post about this for the holidays. Heifer.org is a charity where you can sponsor an animal or animals for a family in need. There are all different levels of gifts, with animals used for different purposes:

http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.204586/

And once you buy a gift, you can print a card (so you can write on it and send it yourself), send a card (their mail deadline is Dec. 6 for Christmas, though), or send an ecard letting someone know you sponsored the animal on their behalf. They have cards for more than one holiday, or no holiday:
http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.901767/

Hope this is an OK post for this forum!

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SGRF CALL WOLFCREEK OR Aug 06

2006-05-22T18:41:15Z

SGRF SPIRITUAL GATHERING of RADICAL FAERIES
A Summer Gathering Reunion for *Faggots. Aug 4th -13th

We are happy to announce that this years Spiritual Gathering of Radical Faeries is a “Welcome Home Reunion Gathering” for those MEN (18 and over) who are new and for those who have been away too long.

It is the hope of this years Co Coordinators, that we will return to the roots and Spiritual values of the founders of our movement and come together with the INTENTION to explore the unique and powerful nature of *Faggot Men4Men space and Subject/Subject consciousness.

We are calling for an INTENTIONAL GATHERING that is more about the SPIRITUAL intention unique to the realm of M2M Magic and the power of HEARTCIRCLES.
We are calling for Spiritual Celebration but not a “Party”. We ask that those who are intent on a “Party gathering” consider attending another gathering.

We ask that all who plan to attend, come with a spiritual intention. We would like to ask that this include the Intention to attend at least %50 of the Heart Circles. As well as the Intention to gather as a Community/Family/Tribe on one designated day(TBA) in HeartCircle. Together we can reinvigorate this powerful community process .

This is a camping venue. There is Very Limited Special Needs Space it is recommended that if you have special needs that you contact the caretakers on the land or the Coordinators ahead of time to check availability.

In an attempt to help those with addiction or recovery issues, First Nomenus MUST INSIST that there be NO Drug and/or Alcohol Abuse (this is a liability issue). All Alcohol use will be limited to the Parking lot (Ritual use may be pre-approved by coordinators in advance). Anyone who is drunk or who disrespects others due to intoxication will be asked to leave the gathering and are subject to responsibility for their actions and liabilities.
No Speed, No Heroin, No Cocaine, on you or in you (or in your car). Smoking will be restricted to designated areas.

There will be conflict resolution methods in place for the gathering to resolve conflicts that may arise. We ask all to come prepared to work together and be committed to communication and working things through together in Sound, Just, Process. Zombie Nurses will be offering First Aid and onsite support at the gathering.

We Strongly encourage all those who wish to participate to do so. If you feel called to lead a Workshop, a talk Circle, or any other activity, Please let us Know how you would like to participate, or what you would like to offer to contribute… or come prepared to put it on the schedule when you arrive. If you would like to help with rituals or any other aspect of the gathering please join us at "http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WolfCreekRadicalFaerieGatherings/"
We Need Kitchen Queens and Dish Dudes and Ritual Coordinators. All talent and input is welcome. Do you want to coordinate a talent show? Dance? Auction? fashion show? Just let us know…
It Takes a Community to make a gathering happen. We welcome your ideas and talent.

Come prepared to be Faaaaaaaabuuuulllllous!!!
There will be a Faerie Bazaar to sell and trade Fae hand crafts (you can donate whatever percentage you like to Nomenus), and an Auction where all Proceeds will benefit Nomenus. Let us come together in the Spirit of our early founders and work together, play together and explore the special power that is available to us as faggots through Sex Magic and the nature of our uniqueness.

Please come with an open heart, with Intention to be Loving and to connect in a respectful way with others. Open to possibility.

Please help us spread the word to those who have not been coming to gatherings in recent years… this is a Family Reunion to help us all reconnect to our roots and to our future. we extend a special invitation to those who have chosen to stay away for to long, as well as those who are brand new, to come Home.

We would also like to ask those who are financially able, to pre register and provide as much as of their registration fees in advanced if you can. your tax deductable donation helps emencely with the effort to create this gathering. while no one is turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLUF) gatherings are funded soley by your contributions so please Pre Register Early. Unpaid fees will also be accepted at the gathering itself.

Please do Not bring Pets to the gathering. there is a animal boarding facility near the sanctuary if you need those services.
Don’t Bring a mess ! Don’t be a Mess ! Don’t Leave a mess !

*so that we do not have to be hung up on words. you may substitute the word "Faggot" for any of the following words... (whatever suits your sensibilities) faggot, queer, faerie, maricon, gay man, poofter, homo, fudge packer, uranian, nancy boy, homosexual male, faygele, Kinsey 2 through 6, cocksucker, etc. the word "Faggot" used in this call is Not used to disparage anyone... it is used in celebration by those of us who choose that self identification for these purposes.

coordinators to contact
Rickster: billytrickster@yahoo.com (831) 464-1801 or Will I Am: beastwilliam@yahoo.com (707) 984-7463 or FreeDaddy at the Sancturary
We Look forward to hearing from you or seeing you at the gathering... Blessed Be!

You may send early registration to: NOMENUS PO Box 312 Wolf Creek OR 97497 the Sanctuary phone # is (541) 866-2678

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Farming better than clubbing

2006-04-24T20:19:37Z

24apr06

BIG Brother housemate Queensland farmer David has more in common with the movie Brokeback Mountain than most.

David is openly gay and lived in Melbourne for a couple of years before heading back to the outback farm, escaping the hard party lifestyle of the big smoke.

While David could be seen at the Market gay club in Commercial Rd on many a Saturday night, fellow Melburnian Gaelan was a regular at different clubs around town.

Gaelan is universally known as Styx, and is often seen at onesixone, Revolver and Boutique in Prahran, and Q-Bar in South Yarra.

A part-time stripper with Princes of the Night, Gaelan is always the life of the party, and The Eye tips he'll go far in the BB house.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18903447%5e661,00.html

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I miss the country

2006-04-24T15:55:16Z

I got up this morning to a crisp morning of cool air and it made me think of being back home, Going out and breaking the ice on the horse waterer, water the hogs and chickens, cutting wood for the stove, and thinking about all the other stuff that I would have been doing before breakfast.......... Damn I miss that! Now if only I could find a guy that had that or missed it too that wanted to go back to it!

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The Farm Party

2006-04-24T06:17:34Z

http://www.thefarmparty.com/

I don't know anything about it, but it must have been a wild party. The site says there are no more parties scheduled. so it seems like we missed it.

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Bulgarian seeks redress over gay pig

2006-03-05T10:29:54Z

Porker batting for the wrong side
By Lester Haines, The Register UK

Bulgarian farmer Galen Dobrev is claiming substantial damages from the breeder who sold him a prize-winning pedigree pig after the porker turned out to be a little more pink than the average Babe, Ananova reports. An outraged Dobrev told the court where he is sueing the breeder: "It's a disgrace, all he was interested in was other male pigs."

Dobrev has deployed a range of expert witnesses - in the form of fellow farmers - and photographic evidence to prove the 220lb boar's homosexuality. He lamented that when the pig had been outed he proved impossible to sell, forcing a premature termination and conversion into sausages. For his part, the breeder claims that had Dubrov waited until the pig reached sexuality maturity, he would have come around to the delights of rubensesque sows.

We're not so sure. Regular readers will know that we have been taking a close interest in homosexuality among farmyard animals - specifically ovine and bovine lesbianism. Indeed, Australian researchers recently demonstrated that sapphism among cows may well be caused by environmental pressures and the stress of domestication. On the other hand, another team of boffins discovered that gay sheep showed a significant difference in the structure of their brains compared to their straight counterparts - thereby suggesting that there are physiological differences which determine sexual proclivity.®

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Three Farm-Connected Queers Talk About Their Community, the Land, & the Economics of Farming

2006-02-25T05:51:50Z

by Walter Zeichner
(reprinted from Out In The Mountains www.mountainpridemedia.org)

Agriculture has a rich history in Vermont ranging from vegetable gardens and field crops to dairying with cows, goats, and sheep, to orchards. There has been agriculture in Vermont since the Abenaki were the only humans here. Europeans brought their agriculture to Vermont before it was a republic, prior to joining the fledgling United States. The Roman goddess of agriculture and brewing, Ceres (Demeter to the Greeks) stands atop the state capital building in Montpelier.
Currently, according to the US Dept. of Agriculture, Vermont exports $11.5 million in direct agricultural products like milk, Christmas trees, and other unprocessed items. According to Jason Aldous, spokesperson for the Vermont Dept. of Agriculture, Vermont exports another $98.5 million worth of processed foods like cheese, ice cream, salad dressing, etc.
Vermonters spend an average of $5500 per household per year on food. If Vermonters bought just 10 percent more local products than they already do, it would put $130 million back into the local economy. Currently Vermonters spend 2-3 percent of their food money on organically grown items. The amount spent on organics goes up by roughly 25 percent a year.
I spoke with some queer-identified people who are involved, in one way or another, with agriculture in Vermont. I asked them about their involvement with the land, about politics, and about queer-specific issues.

I spoke with a woman in her mid-50s, a horse farmer in north central VT since 1997 who asked not to be identified by name. She and her partner of 11 years are not “out” locally but they figure people in their community have “figured it out.” Both partners are ministers and perform civil unions, weddings and handfastings. “People know we’re different in that we’re both ministers, into Native American [spirituality], it’s obvious that we are different. People who are not churchgoers ask us to marry them, and we fit into this [rural] community where people don’t have a lot of money, many people have three jobs, households can have a number of people... but we stand out some as two women in same house, with no men flirting with us.
“My partner is like one of the boys, she works with the horses. Women who work with horses often look rough anyhow, and dykey, so she is readily accepted. We used to have a social group of women that met monthly for potluck, but the money to fund these gatherings dried up. There are a few male couples we’re friendly with. An Abenaki medicine man once said to me ‘Gay people make best medicine people,’ which was his way of letting us know that he knew.”

Harry, 45, grew up in a farm family. He is not a farmer now, but he was in partnership with his dad in a dairy farm for a few years in his twenties. He decided, he says, “It wasn’t for me.” I asked him if he missed anything about dairying and he said “I can see a field of beautiful jersey cows and wax longingly... I liked haying.” He doesn’t miss early mornings.
Currently he sugars with his extended family every year on the family farm. Harry also raises some animals still: exotic chickens and peacocks, ducks, and draft horses.
The horses are necessary for sugaring but they are not moneymakers. “They don’t spin in the mud or get stuck, and I prefer their exhaust to tractor exhaust,” Harry pointed out. “They are also a connection to my dad and his forefathers who all worked horses on this land. My dad loved draft horses.” Sugaring is a piece of his family culture, keeping six of the seven siblings involved every spring. “The 7th is too busy farming to help.”
I asked Harry about some of the politics of farming, what he sees happening. “There used to be 40 farms in this town, now there are only three, that’s pretty dramatic. A large dairy farm down the road sold his cows in the last year. He is now is boarding 200 miniature horses. Diversification is what we’ll see more of, farms producing specialty items, etc.”
When he was in his 20s and still on the farm, Harry wanted to meet other gay farmers. He put a personal ad in a Boston paper looking for other farmers – and got maybe three responses. “It’s pretty tough to find someone else who is involved in or interested in agriculture... it’s that much tougher to find someone compatible.” Harry was not aware of any gay farmers’ organizations. A Google search found that ruralgay.com was the only site with a section just for gay/lesbian farmers.

David is 45 and newly coming out. He changed occupations recently so he wouldn’t feel like he had to be closeted anymore. Before, he worked in a school system, and eventually decided he was not going to hide anymore.
David’s involvement with the land also started in childhood. He grew up in a large family with a large garden. His father was a game warden, and his mom grew up on a dairy farm. When his Dad died, David was sent to live with an aunt and uncle on the farm his mom had grown up on, becoming part of that family, including doing farm chores. When his mom remarried, they still had a garden.
David was always involved with planting, weeding, harvesting and putting away, “[That was] the lifestyle I grew up with,” he said. David eventually moved to Eden (in the northeast corner of Lamoille County), got some land, and the garden got bigger and bigger.
“You struggle to earn a living, to pay your property taxes...” and that became his first goal: to get his garden to pay his property taxes. “I’m a garlic farmer commercially. Over the years the garden grew and eventually I had 5000 plants in the ground, and I thought, maybe that’s my Îout’ to pay the taxes. I converted another garden to garlic and went for it. If you’re selling one item you have to have a good inventory. I figured if I could sell 5000 plants I could pay my taxes... that’s how I got into farming today.”
Although David is a strong believer in organics, his garlic is not certified by national standards. “There are lots of hoops to jump through to get certified,” he said. “I’m not there yet. The organic farming movement is growing but still small.”
He hopes NOFA (Northeast Organic Farmer’s Association, www.nofavt.org) will be able to fill some of the gaps so that there are enough organic products to use on the farm, such as organic hay. “Organics [are] becoming more popular but the prices are still higher than non-organics. Part of the reason is that people are so used to big produce grown non-organically, so people are skeptical [about] paying more for smaller organically-grown items. People haven’t sufficiently learned that organics are better for the earth. It’ll take something catastrophic for people to see how much damage the chemical farming is doing to the environment.”
David doesn’t think of himself as a farmer because he doesn’t make his living from farming. He has lots of respect for people who do the hard work of full-time farming, and strong opinions about the Vermont Department of Agriculture. “They’re too focused on cows. Agriculture in Vermont is changing. The Department of Agriculture needs to step up to the plate and understand that small-scale growers are part of agriculture. We keep the land open” just like the big farms do, he said.
“Farms are going under all the time. The family farm, to survive, has had to become a larger farm, more than just 200 head of cattle with extended family working the farm. It’s not like it used to be, where one nuclear family could run a farm and make a living. Now we have goat farming, llamas, berries, and greenhouses,” David finished. “The Department of Agriculture needs to redefine agriculture in Vermont to include the smaller producer.”
I asked David what people could do to support agriculture in Vermont. He said, “Families without a garden, when they go to the store, they need to watch where things are produced. Buy locally, support the local economy. If I’m buying from someone local, I’m giving a job to a local person and they can buy what I produce. That makes for a stronger market. People [in the cities] need to think about that. If we buy goods from far away, from folks who are not buying what we produce, then we are hurting our local economy.”
I asked David what he thought about the controversy regarding genetically modified organisms (GMO). “I think of Frankenstein; scientists working in a lab to make something. If you start doing this with food products, what are you doing to the food products?” he asked. “We’ve produced modified products and shipped them to places where that food item is not what people eat there. The big companies like Monsanto say they are trying to better the world, but they charge a lot for their products. It’s a greed thing. It’s big business.”
Furthermore, he said, there are ethical issues in modifying food. “What happens if you end up with just a few varieties of any food crop? You breed 90 varieties down to two or three. You get a blight that knocks out the two or three varieties, and then what have you got? Nature’s strength is in diversity. We’re playing on dangerous edges, mad scientists changing things.”
David, a burly bearish-looking guy, is single, and indicated that he has difficulty finding places to socialize. There are few opportunities to meet other gay men in his neck of the woods, so he comes to Burlington, but prefers the country. The bar scene isn’t his trip. He would like to find a life mate, but doesn’t have any out gay agriculturally-involved friends or peer group.
These few profiles illustrate that there are lesbian and gay people involved in agriculture in Vermont through various activities. There might be as many as 60,000 gay and lesbian people in Vermont (10 percent of 600,000). I bet there are a whole lot of those 60,000 who grow gardens, raise animals, harvest and prepare plants, and participate in so many more agricultural activities, some just for home consumption and some for market.
There is no cohesive gay/lesbian agricultural organization that any of these people knew of or that I could find. Maybe there isn’t a need for one? Maybe there is? We’ve also established that we all can contribute to the local economy by actively supporting Vermont agriculture. What would $130 million back into the local economy look like?
The two people who had both been involved in growing food both pointed out that the specialty market is an important part of what’s happening in agriculture in Vermont. So feast on Vermont food folks, and just think... some of it was undoubtedly grown by a lesbian, bisexual, a tranny or a gay man.

Walter I. Zeichner is into ritual, gardening and radio DJ-ing, and maintains a psychotherapy practice in Burlington.

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Howdy

2006-02-16T18:24:15Z

Hey guys, just sayin' hi. I grew up in a family full of farmers, wouldn't mind some day moving out of the Bay Area and doing a bit of organic farming myself.

Gov. J

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GLBT WeNoCa tribe

2006-01-07T08:18:41Z

GayLesBiTrans Western North Carolina kind. JFF (just for fun).

http://www.GLBTWeNoCa.tribe.net

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T-minus 24 hours - ‘MATURE’ queer/trans/str8 dive bar & grill on tribe.net LAUNCHES NOW - OUR reveal party prior to 12/20 & your liberty & libations are on the house!

2005-12-19T09:22:02Z

Greetings to those disgruntled by Tribe.net recent course of action in our ‘peer to peer’ Internet community which includes all my country & metrobilly brothers and sisters,

I myself who just joined Tribe.net on Thanksgiving, have had one hell of a roller-coaster ride of awesome highs AND the disturbing arrival of the low-down reality of ‘status quo’ censorship.

I’ve always done my best to face challenge ‘head on’. Whether it be a silicon melt-down or coming up with a solution for what really pisses this faggot off!

Therefore instead of bolting Tribe.net, I’ve decided to hang and find out who will eventually win the ‘War of Liberty”. So after giving it much thought I’ve decided to started a new tribe as pf 12/18/05 AND I’m inviting you especially to take a ‘peek’ and check it out..

This new tribe in no way is meant to take any thunder away from any 'alternative tribes’ of which I’m a proud member of.

With the moderator’s permission I’d like to invite you to visit this new ‘mature’ tribe today, Monday December 16, 2005 while it’s still on ‘moderated’ status before it becomes ‘private’ and by sent only invitation tomorrow (on Tuesday).

The URL is:

http://tribes.tribe.net/queerthinktank?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B09ffbf11-1a37-48b7-a79d-cf1dd84f6266%5D

If for some reason the link above doesn’t work today, send me a message and I’ll get you in anyway.

As of 5:00 PM PST/11:00 PM EST TODAY this invitation thread will be no more on all tribes that it’s posted to.

The newly formed 'Queer Think Tank' tribe, is a 'MATURE' trans-generational meeting place, all-inclusive watering hole, trash salon, mobile dive bar & grill where liberty is on tap.

As I previously said, I've only been a member of Tribe.net since Thanksgiving and this 'newbie' is very appreciative that in a short period of time I've met people like you who choose to include me & help me out WHILE watching my back in the process for which I’m truly grateful for.

Now it’s my turn to return the favor.

YES MAM', SIR, and/or it; the 'Queer Think Tank' tribe is a private 'MATURE' trans-generational, all-inclusive watering hole, roadhouse & trash salon group on Tribe.net.

Thank you for your time and consideration, BTW you ROCK, thank you for your time and consideration and have a great week!

Now, where's that voice of liberty anyway? I know they’re around here somewhere.

Peace, understanding, peace & let’s get this party started,
Bob 69

PS, Even though the 'Queer Think Tank' tribe is now 'open for business' please expect much more by the end of this year. You know how a pre-release reveal party can get & "the show must go on" & Daddy needs to ‘chill’ for 72 hours.

FYI, This weekend my laptop decided to have a temper tantrum and I had a m*ther f*ckin’ "tiger by the tail" with no cage in sight, but now the beasty Mr. Happy seems to be behaving himself once again. After all, he’s just a wild-eyed and boisterous silicon chip off the old block. Anyway…

I've launching the tribe yesterday; December 18, 2005 before Tribe.net changes it's TOU policy and institutes 'community flagging' because of federal enforcement of '18 U.S.C. Section 2257' on December 20, 2005.

At your EARLIEST convenience TODAY, I implore you to check out the description of 'Queer Think Tank' and decide for yourself, if it's serving up what can quench your thirst or at least, wet your whistle.

IF you know of other tribe member who might like to join this 'MATURE' group of "ill repute & intellectual & social pursuits" please by all means, point them in our direction and ask them to send me a message!

Thank you.

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Obscenity Prosecutions

2005-12-08T15:21:14Z

And this is why TRIBE is now censoring your civil rights....

Wave of Obscenity Prosecutions Leads to Closure and Self-Censorship of Websites

Contact:
Susan Wright, NCSF Spokesperson
(917) 848-6544

October 20, 2005
October 20, 2005 - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has announced that his office will specifically target "bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior" in pursuing new obscenity prosecutions. The Department of Justice began recruiting in late July for a new anti-obscenity squad to pursue obscenity prosecutions, and the FBI announced in September that it was forming an anti-obscenity task force to crack down on pornography.

Any website that has content containing "bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior" should be forewarned that prosecution is possible. Additionally, Federal sentencing guidelines state that any obscenity- related punishment should be "enhanced for sadomasochistic material."

Forty people and businesses have been convicted of obscenity since 2001, and 20 additional indictments are pending according to Andrew Oosterbaan, chief of the Justice Department's child exploitation and obscenity section. There were only four obscenity prosecutions during the eight years of the Clinton administration.

Though adult content is, in theory, protected by the First Amendment, only a jury can determine if a work is obscene or not under the subjective set of standards that vary from one community to the next established in the 1973 Supreme Court ruling, Miller v. California.

Text is not inherently more protected than images when it comes to obscenity charges. The erotic fiction website Red Rose Stories is facing obscenity charges after federal agents raided the owner's home on October 3rd, taking computer equipment and diskettes that contained all of their files and site information.

The Department of Justice is clearly hoping that websites will self-censor or remove their content entirely. Midori, a fetish model and SM educator who teaches classes on bondage, has removed her website, BeautyBound.com, citing fear of obscenity prosecution. The owner of three SM websites, known as GrandPa DeSade, removed his websites from the Internet. SuicideGirls.com also announced they are self-censoring their materials over concerns about a possible obscenity crackdown.

Recent prosecutions of obscenity on websites include: A former police officer in Lakeland, Florida, was arrested on October 7th on over 300 obscenity-related charges for the sexual content posted on his website. The same day, webmaster Chris Wilson, owner of amateur website NowThatsFuckedUp.com, was raided on charges of obscenity by a local Sheriff s office.

"I think it's crucial for us to stand up for consensual sadomasochism and other alternative sexual practices," says Barbara Nitke, fetish photographer. "This is a battle worth fighting, and I hope everyone who can will just censor out the most provocative material from their websites, but keep them up. I also appeal to the lawyers in our community to help us find ways to keep people's websites up."

Barbara Nitke and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) have proactively challenged federal obscenity laws as applied to the Internet, arguing that obscenity laws based on "local community standards" are too vague and their existence burdens protected speech, resulting in self-censorship due to the fear of prosecution. A district court three-judge panel in New York ruled that while Nitke and the NCSF members were at risk, more proof was needed that obscenity laws cause otherwise protected speech to be restrained through acts of self-censorship. The case is currently on appeal to the United States Supreme Court.

"The effect of silencing alternative lifestyle speech was exactly why we brought the lawsuit," says attorney John Wirenius, lead counsel for NCSF. "The self- censorship we are seeing underscores the importance of supporting our ongoing obscenity challenge."

To contribute to the appeal of the CDA lawsuit, go to: www.ncsfreedom.org/donations.htm

Barbara Nitke - www.barbaranitke.com

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A project of NCSF and the NCSF Foundation

The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination because of their sexual expression.

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
822 Guilford Avenue, Box 127
Baltimore, MD 21202-3707
410-539-4824
media@ncsfreedom.org
www.ncsfreedom.org

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Buy for Farm

2005-09-29T01:54:57Z

Hey there, I'm a moody, artistic, outcast looking for a good farm to live and work on. Not into the radical faerie thing, but do like some aspects of communing with nature etc....I'm masculine, fun loving, fairly peacefull, yet my moods do change, I have moments of all kinds...
My skills range from shopwork, to design work, anything handy or crafty....I have some basic office skills, and can help run a business. Hard labor is ok, but not on a constant basis...
I guess I'm a mix of spirituality and hardcore punk rock values. I don't take shit off anyone, and I love to go camping fishing etc...like shooting, hiking, fuckin' dudes. whatever..just hate living in the city and want to be out where there's still some space to move around and air to breathe...

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The Chicken Drop

2005-09-13T14:37:05Z

A couple weeks ago, I went up southwestern Michigan to visit my parents. My father is very active in the local VFW in a little farming town. My visit being over a weekend I was obliged to attend the Saturday night fundraising potluck. It looked like half the town was there. After dinner everyone rushed out back to participate in something called “The Chicken Drop”…I call it “Chicken-poop Bingo,” Which consisted of a large pen in which there were three hens, one white, black and brown. The floor of the pen was a sheet of plywood with numbers in squares painted on, just like a Bingo card. For a couple of bucks you purchased a number on the board. If the white hen pooped on your number, you won $10 if the black, $20, Brown, $30. I could not believe my eyes, or my ears for that matter. Mothers, Kids, Dads, Grandmas and Grandpas, all screaming for their number to be shit on. Wow….Good ole wholesome American Family FUN! Yeah!

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New to this

2005-08-29T01:00:53Z

As of today I just joined up with this tribe and a few others. I am new to this and not sure what will happen. I would like to meet some new people for friendship and maybemore if that happens to come along. Just a North Dakotan farmboy here. Hit me up for a chat at least.

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No Wrong Ansewer.

2005-08-17T19:54:02Z

I'm looking for input.

I'm a 6'1" homosexual man of Puerto Rican decent.
I'm a fixture in the local Punk Rock/Hard Core scene and shave my head so folks can see the huge tattoo of the bat on the back of my head.
It should be obvious to most folks reading this that I am an assimilationist.

When I walk down the street folks don't assume that I am Gay.
The reason I know this is because about a decade ago I was putting up fliers for a local punk show and I heard a fraternity/jock type college student say/ask one of his friends, "Can you believe that guy is Gay?"

OK, maybe being known in my community does not make me much of an assimilationist. At least as defined by revolutionary-radicle-anti-assimilationist-queers.
You see, one of the difining qualities of so called assimilationist Gays is that we are invisible. By moving to the suburbs and getting married we are blending in and hiding who we are. Also, somehow, two men, or women, or trans folks, with a kid in a carrage are validating a repressive-sexist-racist-classist-militaristic system.

Or....
Maybe the term assimilationist is in fact what I've felt it's been for a quarter of a centuary now: Name Calling.

Back in the late 1970's I remember Gay men and Lesbians getting married. They we not trying to make it legal. Gay men and Women were bringing there friends and famalies togeather to celebrate in the manner they were most familiar with,
or in the manner that there religeous/spiritual tradition required.
And every argument I heard againts these Gay wedding ceramonies came from the so called political Gay left.

The term I heard most often at first was "parroting." As in "Oh, there just parroting hetrosexual behavior." At best this sounded to me like arm chair psychology. At worst it made it sound as if these Gay men and women weren't entirly human. Just animals that mimmiced human behavior, like orangutans.

Then the word assimilationist started to assail my post-pubecent ears.
And every time I heard a well read, college educated white gay man or women use it, they sounded to me like some mean spirited three year old calling one of there peers a "Doo-doo head."

I was not inspired. I'm still not sure what word would best express how a 17 year old gay lad would feel listening to the adults of his "community" belittle other members of a community that were supposedly part of a cival rights movement.

One moment I'm being told that we, as a group, were under attack. The next moment came the proscribed time to make fun of the personal choices our "brothers and sisters" were making.
"Brother", "Sister". I heard those terms a lot then too. Over time they went out of fashion. "Assimilationist" has not.

I still hear it to this day. And my feelings towards the word have not changed. My view of those intellegent, well read, and committed men and women has changed however.

PROFOUND POLETARIAT WISDOM

I know a skinhead named Mike. Actualy I know several skinheads named Mike. There all good guys by the way. But this particular skinhead named Mike now lives in New York and sings for a band called American Noise. When we first met my reputation had proceded me and Mike told me this story.
He was at a party with his girlfriend. She has friends that are Gay and they were in attendence as well. She was introducing folks around and after introducing one of her Gay friends to a local skinhead left to tend to other folks.

There was a pause and the skinhead said "So your Gay. How's that working out for ya?" Mike told me "He (the Gay guy) was pissed off for a week!" I thought it was one of the funniest things I'd heard.

I wondered what it was the Gay man was mad about. The question has no wrong ansewer.
You started a new job? How's that working out for ya? Got a new girl? How's that working out for ya?
Take it up the bum? How's that working out for ya?

I told Mike "If that was me, I'd have said, 'Oh great! I'm all paid up on my Gay dues. But damn!
I didn't know there were so many meetings to go to! But Hey! Look at how well accessorized I am!'"

THERE IS NO WRONG ANSEWER!

The question "How is that working out for you?" is a very profound one. In my life I've had to reassess my actions, behaveoir and beliefs. Some issues were easier to address then others. But over time it's become a discipline. A discipline I've needed help from others to improve on.

So my question for you queers; How's it working out for you? HAs your use of the term assimilationist inspired confidence from the diverse communities? Or has it made Gay folks see you as mean spirited, privalaged, and clueless.

Has it promoted the idea of diversity as valueble and worth encourageing? Or has it made the term diversity little more then a buzz word?

Has it made you attentive to the needs and suffering of Bisexual, Gay Male, Lesbian, and Trans individuals and communities? Or has it deafened you to certain voices in the chorus?

Has it reenforced the concept of us being "brothers and sisters?"

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Hello

2005-06-04T20:39:26Z

Hi all, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself, Just joined the tribe along with my partner Amulet. We have two acres of Redwood forest in northen California where we raise heritage breed chickens, and have a huge vegetable garden. Nice to see that there are others out there that share the same interests.

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In the Barn

2005-05-28T21:22:15Z

So when I was a kid I remember my friend and I 'messing' around in the barn. And when I was older I messed around in someone elses barn.
I'm interested in hearing hot stories of men geting it on all over the farm.
Got any past or recent hot experiences.
I like the image of being all hot and sweaty and doing it after bailing hay.

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pheasants

2005-05-28T04:25:09Z

does anyone have reeves pheasants or thier eggs for sale ? my male was bitten by a copperhead and died so i'm trying to find a sorce for some more. thanks, bone

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Dude for ranch....

2005-05-28T02:48:58Z

Anyone have need of a guy on the farm? Alot of interesting talents and gifts to give...can do many things.

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Sayun howdy from Ky

2005-05-12T20:29:11Z

Just wanted to say howdy to ya'll. Southeastern Ky here! Lot's of farm critters around. When I was home, daddy always had a hog or two around, always hated slopping them, but they sure tasted good after we butchered and cleaned em! Nothun better n fresh tenderloin on hog killin day with mom's homemade cathead biscuits and "red-eye" gravy. Makes my mouth water just thinkin bout it. Only one thang better, and that's a hot country guy!

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Hello

2005-05-07T23:27:17Z

A queer/gay/fag on a horse farm east of Toronto. Saying hi'all.

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Twist of Chop

2005-04-22T02:51:23Z

We were sitting around last night at supper discussing the finer points of killing a chicken. It seemed everyone had a different method. What's yours.
I personally cut out the corner of a burlap bag, stick the head and neck through it, stretcing out the neck between two nails.
After the deed is done, chop, I point the bird away from me no fuss no muss.
Twisting (?) never tried. Seems to cruel.

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Hello & a ???

2005-04-14T03:26:19Z

Howdy folks, I'm a newbie here so I thought I would say hi! My friends call me Lee & I live in the beautiful hills of central TN. A friend of mine told me about the Tribe, so I decided to join & see what it was all about. So I registered & started to look around. The first page that opened for me had a realestate listing that looked interesting.... Click... I found the profile of a realwold friend... spooky. Bravely going on I randomly chose to look at one of the tribes they belonged too... this one. Click... As the page loaded I realised my pic was on it! Way to spooky! So is the tribe Magical? an extension of Big Brother? or am I just to easily spooked?

Oh yeah, my real question... Here in TN we have had several weeks of incredibley nice weather, warm & sunny, with good rainfall. While it is still just over a month away from our last expected frost date, it has been impossible, for me, to not get out in the garden & play! I know that I shouldn't be planting some things so early, but I can't resist! Do y'all go through this? Is there a twelve step program I can join? should I ? What do Y'all do to fight it?

Be Well, Lee

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Any farm dudes in KY?

2005-04-10T14:06:39Z

I recently moved from the Washington, DC area to a 50-acre farm in Kentucky - Temporary insanity you ask? Perhaps...

Any other folks out there with a similar story?

Millard

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Belated hullo...

2005-03-11T02:44:22Z

hey Tribesters - just saying hey, good to be in the tribe. Please excuse the late hello, just seeing what tribes fit b4 posting. Thx.

-Beester

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Howdy from Central Texas

2004-11-28T19:09:49Z

howdy, and with all the chickens, ducks, rabbits, and pig there's plenty of doody, too.....that's fine, it's good for the garden....I'm new to the tribe and thought I'd say hello...
I'm out in the sticks smack-dab in the middle 'tween Houston and San Antonio and I'm raising, well, unfortunately, mostly fire-ants....
the good news is there's been a bumper-crop of 'em!
Tim

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Hey.....I'm back

2004-11-28T15:29:47Z

Sorry for being such a bad moderator, but I'm back. So I will try to answer anything related to agriculture, and only agriculture. Any questions?

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out in the garden...

2004-10-10T19:42:58Z

and I just picked some beautiful cucumbers....gosh, they look good....almost too good to eat
I think I'm going to lie down now and take a little "nap"
anyone wanna come over for salad tonight?

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Who has chickens?

2004-07-14T14:07:34Z

So anyone out there have any chickens?

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Hey all

2004-05-16T04:20:28Z

I am new to the tribe and wondering what everyone else is farming first and second what everyone who has barn animals is doing to keep them cool in the summer heat. It gets to the 120s here and I have rabbits and pigs in the barn. I have heard all kinds of suggestions none of which work for me thus far so if anyone else has them I am all ears

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Welcome to FarmFags

2004-03-24T19:18:51Z

Hello everyone....
I started this tribe with the hopes that anyone interested in agriculture would be able to gather information here. I have been lucky enough to be around other rural queers to help get our farm going. If anyone "out" there has any questions or tips on either animal husbandry or growing veggies, please post them here. I hope that this tribe will also bring queers outside the mainstream together. Now go grow something queen!

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pig hoof trimming???

2004-01-09T17:20:47Z

Does anyone know how to trim the hooves of a pig? The only way I know how is to get the pig drunk and grind them down with a dremel tool. It works.. but I was thinking there might be a better way. I realize the vet would be perfect for this job... but I don't work any sorts of jobs that actually give money in return...any ideas would be appreciated.

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Hi all you farm fags!

2004-01-08T11:46:53Z

I'm a urban boy, but love all you fuckin dirty-farmy boys. YeeyHA!

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