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A very visible lesbian activist of the 1980s became the three-term mayor of America’s fourth largest city — and in Texas. With her sights set on statewide office, is Annise Parker proof Texas politics have grown up?

At the tip of Cape Cod is the LGBTQ-friendly haven Provincetown, fondly called P-town, and known as the best LGBTQ summer resort on the East Coast. Of late, more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people of color (POC) have not only begun vacationing in P-town, but we have also begun holding POC events. But the sexual and homophobic harassment many of us LBT sisters endure from many of our heterosexual brothers of African descent back home in our communities, or imported from one of the Caribbean Islands has, too, become an inescapably reality at P-town.

My other job when I’m not a slave to Shewired is loitering at Velvetpark, a lesbian dating site and social network run by my pal Grace Moon. It’s Pride weekend here in New York, and the Velvetpark team has partnered with Submit, one of the local women’s play  parties, to throw a kinky speed dating event after the dyke march. I think it’s going to be a blast and if you don’t have a sex party to go to in your town then maybe you should consider throwing your own?