If you’re in or around the Bay Area, stop by one of these two free celebrations of the launch of Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity.

Tuesday, December 5, 2006
6 p.m.

San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin Street
Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room
Featuring Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Kirk Read, Dean Spade, Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Amy André, Dominika Bednarska, Nico Dacumos, Irina Contreras, Jennifer Blowdryer, Logan Gutierrez-Mock, Jen Cross, Amy André and Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore

Thursday, December 7, 2006
7 p.m.

Delicious Reading and Devastating Discussion
City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Ave. at Broadway
(415) 362-8193
Featuring Benjamin Shepard, Irina Contreras, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Kirk Read, Nico Dacumos, Jennifer Blowdryer and Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore

You can find Maria on MySpace here and read her current call for essays on femme identity here. Pick up Queer Shorts, her new anthology, at MergePress.com.