Fun out West (BS West that is)

To the left you see my Inspiration for World Dominantion One Step at a Time... the lovely Cera's ballet boots, some hemp rope, and a VERY red wall.

To find out why Lee Luscious, slaveboi Carlie and I went to BS West tonight (other than the 2 for 1 drink specials and the Blue Light Special celebrating the Full Moon AWOOOOOOO!) see my previous entry about the upsett in Scottsdale, and pride despite predjudice.

Here we are giving the proclamation, sealed with a kiss from both Lee Luscious and myself, Novice Sister Mischif, to one of the owners of BS West.

We had a blast as you can see and will definitly be returning!

Here's Lee looking Luscious and as we were told "Oh so real!" I told you Luscious darling, socks in a bra, works every time! And my favorite pic, slaveboi carlie avidly smelling the hemp rope I "found" under my wheelchair..." it's better than Batman's accessory belt!"

For more pics of our fantastic fun, visit azsisters.org and look for BS West June 2007 on the photos page, or on azsisters.livejournal.com

No matter what they say... it's STILL Queer Pride Month

Join me tonight at BS West to celebrate the last day of June and the history of GLBTQI people in the United States and Pride for being our fabulous diverse selves, EVERYWHERE!

Here's a quote from GLAAD about the recent Scottsdale situation in case you're not up on the news, folks:

Gay Community Upset Over Scottsdale, Arizona Proclamation

Insulted. That’s how some members of Arizona’s gay community feel about a proclamation issued by Scottsdale. The City’s Human Relations Commission, had drafted a proclamation to designate June as Gay Awareness Month. Instead, Mayor Mary Manross issued a revised version recognizing a “Human Relations Diversity Observance Month” that doesn’t mention gays.

Manross says her goal was to make it more inclusive and to represent everyone. Sam Holdren, with the Arizona Human Rights Fund, which worked on the original proclamation, called it an “embarrassment” to the city and “slap in the face” to Scottsdale’s gay community.

Related stories:
Gays protest changes in Scottsdale proclamation
Scottsdale Tribune-June 15, 2007
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/91580

No matter what they say, about the GLBT Community, and Queer Pride Month in general... and no matter what Mayor Manross is willing or able to do in Scottsdale, I want to say that I for one love the GLBT citizens of Scottsdale and will be out celebrating the last day of June with my peeps tonight at BS West.

Just to remind people, of a little history... in June 2001 when President Bush refused to recognize Queer Pride Month (despite the existance of Black History Month, Women's History month, etc. etc.) the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence issued the following Proclamation written by Sister Kitty:

Queer Pride Month Every June

By The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc.

A Proclamation

WHEREAS; Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and all others labeled as Queer Americans have made incredible, beautiful and lasting contributions to our Nation in every field of endeavor. AND,

WHEREAS; Bull Dykes and Drag Queens led the 1969 Stonewall uprising in Greenwich Village in New York City; overturning centuries of oppression, fear and prejudice, leading to taking the streets in the early '70s with an 'in-your-face' attitude. Confronting the worst prejudices of a world that didn't accept them, they fought back against these prejudices, reclaiming the stereotypes about them and turning them into symbols of Queer Pride, AND

WHEREAS; Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and all others labeled as Queer Americans are our wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, sisters and brothers, friends and lovers, teachers, co-workers, colleagues and neighbors; and we have created and nurtured families with Love and Respect, AND

WHEREAS; Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and all others labeled as Queer Americans deserve equal rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as all Americans.

NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE, INC., 21ST Century Nuns, by virtue of the authority invested in us by the Expiation of Stigmatic Guilt and Promulgation of Universal Joy, do hereby proclaim June 2001 and every June hereafter as Queer Pride Month. We encourage all Americans and World citizens to observe this month with fabulous programs, ceremonies, parties, parades and fun-filled activities that celebrate our diversity and recognize the Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and all others labeled as Queer Americans whose many and varied contributions have enriched our cultural and national life and improved the lives of people throughout the world.

Be it proclaimed so this tenth day of June, in the year two thousand and one.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. San Francisco, California, United States of America.

Concept/text: Sister Kitty Catalyst

I may just be a lone Novice stuck in the Missionary Position ;) but Novice Sister Misc
hif loves you Scottsdale Queers! No matter what you identify as. So join me tonight for 2 for 1 drinks after 9pm at BS West

AIDS Walk Cometh! October 2008 - Get Involved Now!

Visit Aunt Rita's Foundation to make a donation now, or find out how you can get involved and help out! I sent them a letter offering my involvement today:

Thank you Aunt Rita's Foundation for all that you do. And thank you for making the Sisters welcome last night. We really enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing all the wonderful plans!

I for one am very much looking forward to participating in AIDS Walk of the Valley in 2008. Please let me know how I can be of help in the mean time! (You did mention needing help) Perhaps I could organize a fundraiser.

For now, let me offering this blessing:

Prayer for the AIDS walk

Great Spirit, whose voice we hear in the wind,

Whose breath gives life to all the world. Hear us!

We need your strength and wisdom.

Let us walk in oh so fabulous beauty, and make our eyes ever behold the rainbows in the skies and our bodies.

Make our hands honor the people you have made (preferably multiple times a day) and our ears sharp to hear your voice and the voices of those we walk for.

Make us wise so that we may understand the things you have taught us through the years.

Help us to remain calm and strong in the face of all that comes towards us. (yes even the gay drama)

Let us learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock along this great AIDS walk.

Help us seek sponsors aplenty, and act with the intention of helping others.

Help us find compassion without overwhelming empathy

We seek strength, not to be greater than others, but to fight AIDS and have a blast doing it! (and any of the hotties we “meat” along the way)

We ask this in the name of all who have gone before us, the nuns of the above and below, and whatever spiritual entities you may believe in!

Ahmen, Ahwomen, Ahhhwhatever!

SINcerly,
Novice Sister Mischif S. Marymaker
Keeper of the Chalice of the Cherrytakers
Missionary Order of the Grand Canyon Sisters
http://www.azsisters.org
http://sistermischif.blogspot.com

TODAY (June 27th) is National HIV Testing Day

Nov. Sister Mischif says, don't forget to get tested!

Today is National HIV Testing Day, and thanks to Nov. Sister Odora, we were out spreading the word last night after the AIDS Walk of the Valley announcement party at TICOZ, so I have a bunch of fun pics for ya... and of course the flyer for where you can get tested today, Wednesday June 27th. So if you couldn't read the flyer, click on it to make it larger, or go to azsisters.org

I got a lot of compliments on my eyes tonight, the makeup around them that is... and the fact that I was SO RED! LOL but I think tomorrow night's makeup is gonna rock even more! Nuff chatter, on to the pics!

Check it out, Equality Arizona's representative gettin chatty with the Sisters on TICOZ patio, now that is truly wonderful! Drinks, friends, mist raining down from above (piped in of course, it's not raining here) What could be better!?!

I know, an aspirant in a mickey hat!

Introducing, Scott, one of our lovely aspirants. (that's a future Sister there)


We'll be out tomorrow night as well, hoping to get as many people getting into the testing sites as possible for Free, Confidential, Fast HIV Testing!

So go get tested cuz Mischif loves ya baby!

MUUUUAH!

Join us TONIGHT at TICOZ for the Aids Walk Announcement and Celebration

Here's a note from the chair of Aunt Rita's Foundation who is bringing Aids Walk back to Hell ...er... Phoenix:

Please join Aunt Rita’s Foundation and a host of other community organizations and leaders as we celebrate the launch of AIDS Walk Phoenix! Enclosed with this letter is an invitation to the Launch Party on Tuesday, June 26, 2007, at TICOZ (5114 N. 7^th Street, Phoenix) at 6:00 p.m.

The 2004 demise of AIDS Walk Arizona, left Phoenix, the nation’s fifth largest city, without a large, multi-agency fundraiser and public awareness event specific to HIV/AIDS. Aunt Rita’s Foundation has hosted several events over the past couple of years that have raised funds for multiple AIDS Service Organizations. The launch of AIDS Walk Phoenix takes these efforts to the next level. Steadily shrinking government funding has increased the need for private fundraising for services to people with HIV/AIDS.

Aunt Rita’s Foundation is pleased to partner with the Rainbows Festival to bring AIDS Walk Phoenix to the Valley in October, 2008. We and our partner organizations have just over a year to plan and raise funds and raise awareness and make AIDS Walk Phoenix one of the best AIDS Walks ever seen in the Valley of the Sun.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly. I can be reached via telephone at (602) 840-0364 or via e-mail at Emoore1013@yahoo.com. It is my sincere hope that you and members of your staff and Board will join us on Tuesday, June 26^th as we celebrate the launch of AIDS Walk Phoenix. We’ll see you soon!

For Love and For Justice,

Eric Moore, Chair

Aunt Rita’s Foundation

Board of Directors

P.S. Ticoz welcomes you for happy hour from 4:30 to 6:30. Please consider staying for dinner. Ticoz offers an excellent menu and was proud to serve as one of the top 100% restaurants for Dining Out For Life! For reservations on the 26th (anytime after 7:00) call: (602) 200-0160.

ECHO's 2007 Reader's Choice Awards

WOOOOH! It's been a busy month for the Sisters! And of course it is, June marks the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, and thus is Queer Pride month all over the place, however you word it, the truth is, it's a month that we gather to celebrate the diversity, beauty and wonder that is each GLBT person. Speaking of beautiful diversity, congratulations to our Palm Springs Sisters for receiving their black veils! I hear the Exequator party (same weekend as SW Leather Pride) was wonderful, unfortunatly I can't be in two places at once, or I'd have been there!

Of course first we started out at Friends for Sunday brunch with the Sisters... who would want to miss that?!?! Not I... there in face, no matter HOW early:

And of course boi Carlie was there as well for a little afternoon healing session for her sleepy head:


ECHO's 2007 Reader's Choice Awards were such a wonderful opportunity to come out and support our community by bringing joy, and levity to a fun event while wearing festive habits! Talk about expiating stigmatic guilt and promulgating universal joy via habitual manifestation! When we first arrived at Wrigley's Mansion, we entered through the front entrance, only to discover a Wedding was being prepared for. So while we were waiting for our gold cart to ride us over to the correct entrance, Sister B'neatha, Frankly and myself greeted folks in the wedding party and welcomed them in style

There were people from all over the place, I got to meet the wonderful Beck, from 1 in 10, who later was up on stage announcing some awards, and I believe they picked up an award themselves... correct me if I'm wrong (They certainly should have with all the good they do!) 1 in 10 is our local GLBT youth organization, and is a great group.

The guys from Unique on Central hung out with the Sisters all night, and they won reader's choice award for Best Business of 2007! GO UNIQUE! Of course Sister Isis had to bogart the award for the evening ;)

We just had a blast with all the cuties be they GLBT or other. I look forward to attending again next year. Tho next year I hope we get to have a more active role of course, this year we didn't know about it till the week before DOH! Somebody wasn't reading ECHO closely enough apparently! Naughty nuns! You can bet I'll be doing more than skimming for pictures of cute guys from now on ;)

There are tons more pics of course, so you'll have to go check them out on our website at www.azsisters.org

Goldilocks and Other Furry Tails

Congratulations Fransisco, SW boy 2007! I hope you enjoyed your victory brunch and blessings! I know you will represent your community well this year. Remember to be yourself, and your heart will shine! Thank you and SW Leather Sir 2007 for being such good sports and going along with each and every moment of the Sisters blessings from the jesterly beginings to their more serious moments. I hope you know how heartfelt our well wishes for you both are!

Besides giving our blessings to the new SW Leather Sir and boy, we performed several skits and a song! It was quite fun, and I thought our 3 bear volunteers were quite sexy!

People seemed to truly enjoy the hilarity from planned out details, to spontaneity! We were invited back to perform there again and will be doing so for a future fundraiser.

In the mean time, here are some fun pictures from the event. Special thanks to Father Peter and Nov. Sisters 3M and Isis, without whom I could not have made this happen!!

I think my favorite parts of the entire event were spontaneously tying up an old friend who was in town visiting, and being grabbed to STAY on stage and join in the singing of The Leatherman (and woman) to the tune of Samy Davis Jr's The Candy Man, which I intentionally ad libbed silly things into instead of singing the actual backup lines... because well, I'm Nov. Sister Mischif!

Don't forget, you can click on any of the small pictures in this post to see them up close and personal!

SW Leather Pride THIS Weekend!

June 15th-17th
Friday June 15, 2007 Meet and Greet at the Bunkhouse
Saturday June 16, 2007 Leather Dinner, Cigar Social and SW Leather SIr/boy at The Eagle
Sunday June 17, 2007Sunday Bloodies with the Sisters (Goldilocks and Other Furry Tails)
Don't miss out on

at the Eagle (www.phxeagle.com)
this Sunday for the victory celebration of SW Leather Sir/boy
and the tail end of SW Leather Pride.



Nothing like brunch, love and laughter with the Sisters!

www.swlthrpride.com/

It's a whole weekend of events, featuring numerous Leather Groups in the Southwest, so come join the fun!
For more information, or if you are interested in competing for
SW LeatherSir, SW leatherboy or SW LeatherWoman, please see

http://www.swlthrpride.com

Blessings and Rituals

I haven't posted here in a while as I've been too busy to sit down let alone write in a blog. But this Novice being busy means there is much to write about, and many pics!

Since Pride I have blessed International Ms Leather for her title year, participated in several rituals - some private and some public, and written and officiated a blessing for the grand opening of Jaded. Officiated....ooh I sound all official and stuff! It was great fun and much laughter was had by all.

So let's see... I don't really have many pics from the IMsL blessing yet.. just this one of me with a cute leather pup... It was a fun night, much merriment and well wishing, and of course my off the cuff and ever so hilarious yet heartfelt blessing... and then her Master stood on stage and informed everyone she had earned her "cover" in a beautiful ritual of their own. I will look for the link to her pictures of that evening and eventually when boy Marshal sends me the ones he took, I'll post those as well ;)

The San Diego Sisters, visiting Phoenix, lead us in a Sister's prayer before a whirlwind tour of the local gay bars. This took place Memorial Day weekend in the labyrinth in my backyard. The Sisters with the colored veils are from San Diego.

Two of them, Sisters Iona Doublewyde and Nora Torios took their public vows that night out in front of the Padlock (now the Cellblock) which was a really powerful thing.

It was pretty funny at times as well, because as the 2 Sisters taking their vows stood in the center of a circle of Sisters and locals, a few people standing off to the side were chatting away and Sister Amanda cracked us all up by shushing them and saying "We're trying to be religous here!" it was freakin hilarious.

Later that evening Sister Amanda gave me some cigars that were truly worth worshiping which we enjoyed on the patio of the Eagle.

The next day she lead us in another ritual in my backyard around the fire pit. You just have to love her mixture of truely beautiful ritual with irreverant humor. At one point she felt the Grand Canion Missionary Sisters were getting much too serious, so Sister Amanda paused in front of one of our Sister Bears and said, "OH MY GOD You're HUGE!" Which of course cracked us all up. Nothing like a little laughter to raise the energy in ritual! Memorial Day Weekend was certainly memorable!

More recently, Novice Sister Frankly Truself and myself greeted the members of Living in Leather Arizona (LILA) with glitter and "holy water" to set the space and welcome them to my home for their May meeting, a presentation by Tiger Lily on Joy in Ritual. We also lead the open and closing rituals for that night's meeting with a blessing on all in attendance, and a joyful commingling of sugar dots and happy face stickers in a small celebration of the group's gathering of joy and unity. Thank you to LILA for welcoming Nvc Sister Frankly and myself to your meeting, we had a fabulous time!

And finally, a blessing at Jaded's grand opening, as the new owners of the place formerly known as Burger Betty's reclaimed the space and made it their own. It was a night of better decor, better food, sexy men, more drag, and Sisters! You can't go wrong with Sisters!

For more pictures of all the above events, visit the Missionary Order of the Grand Canyon Sister's photo page at azsisters.org/photos.html