Reading Groups, Fan Clubs, Associations & Online Discussions

See also
Writers' Support Groups & Workshops

Amazons International Listserve

"Amazons International is an electronic digest newsletter for and about Amazons (physically and psychologically strong, assertive women who are not afraid to break free from traditional ideas about gender roles, femininity and the female physique) and their friends and lovers. Amazons International is dedicated to the image of the female hero in fiction and in fact, as it is expressed in art and literature, in the physiques and feats of female athletes, in sexual values and practices, and provides information, discussion and a supportive environment for these values and issues. Gender role traditionalists and others who are opposed to Amazon ideals should not subscribe."
http://www.uio.no/~thomas/lists/amazons.html

Broad Universe

Professional association formed to promote sf & fantasy written by women.
http://www.broaduniverse.org/

Butch-Femme.Com forum: Butch-femme related media: Books/Print: SF/Fantasy Fans

Online bulletin board with chat about sf/fantasy & cons of interest to dykes & other women.

The Ekumen

A list dedicated to discussion of the works of Ursula Le Guin. See The Ekumen web page for more information.

Feminist SF Fantasy & Utopian Listserves

A family of listserves for discussion of feminist sf, fantasy & utopian literature. Offered in conjunction with this web site.
http://www.feministsf.org/femsf/listserv

Femme_Fantasy

A brief and perhaps never-borne listserve: "reading group focusing on sci-fi/fantasy works by and/or about women." Info at: http://www.liszt.com/cgi-bin/start.lcgi?list=femme_fantasy&info=u&server=femme_fantasy@onelist.com&type=contact. According to the list administrator, the list became defunct in 1998. jackiep@independentcan.com, 11/20/2000.

Gaylactic Network (Gaylaxians)

Founded in 1987, based in Massachusetts; 7 affiliated Gaylaxian groups in US and Canada. Based on interest in gay SF. (from Grolier Science Fiction: The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, ver. 1, 1995)
Third Coast Gaylaxians - Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison
Madison Gaylaxians: "Gaylaxian meetings are every fourth Sunday of each month at 7:30pm at the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Campus Center, located at 336 West Dayton Street in downtown Madison. Please call the LGB Center at 265-3344 for more information or to ask any questions. The LGB Center is wheelchair accessible and people who need to make special arrangements for a disability may call 265-3344." (11/1999)

GayTrek

email list for gay Star Trek fans. contact VoyagDS9er@aol.com - sponsored by http://www.onelist.com/

GeeQ

Listserve to discuss SF from Queer Perspectives.
http://songweaver.com/lists/geeq.html

Gillian Anderson Estrogen Brigade

email list for lesbian & bi fans of Gillian Anderson (X-Files). Women only!

Lambda Sci-Fi

Washington, D.C., "group for Gay male, Lesbian, and bisexual science fiction, fantasy, and horror fans." Contact Jim at 202-232-3141. -- 5/95

Octavia-l

OCTAVIA-L is devoted to discussion of the work of African American feminist science fiction writer Octavia Butler. To subscribe, send a mail message to:
LISTSERV@MAILHOST.TCS.TULANE.EDU
and in the body of the message say:
subscribe octavia-l your name

(list begun 1/98)

SF³

Society for the Furtherance and Study of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Madison, WI, fan group. Host of the renowned WisCon, foremost feminist science fiction conference.

They organize WisCon, they publish Aurora and Cube, and they've published Khatru. What more needs to be said?
http://www.sf3.org

SFQSF

Queer & Feminist SF reading group in San Francisco, Bay Area. Contact philip or laura for more info ... One meeting, Fall 1999.

Spaced Out

"Australia's first science fiction club for gays, lesbians, and associated communities and their supporters." Based in Melbourne, Australia. Publishes newsletter, Diverse Universe. Began forming April 1999 (preliminary advertising); first meeting 6/9/1999. Planning first mini-convention on 11/6/2000.
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~spaceout/
P O Box 363,
Preston, Victoria 3072,
AUSTRALIA.
email: spacedoutinc@hotmail.com

Whileaway

LiveJournal community.
http://www.livejournal.com/community/whileaway/