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You can pick-up ANYTHING at a TOM yardsale! Thanks to our robust Volunteers and everyone who made the grounds look great. And the lucky folks who took home something they had to have. Every contribution makes your Foundation more meaningful. More

FOUNDATION THANKS
BLUF (Breeches Leather Uniform Fanclub)

Nikitas Chondroyannos,
Louie Pacheco Saenz
and Durk Dehner.
Photo by Jay Lawton.

On Saturday, October 22nd, BLUF LA (Breeches LeatherUniform Fanclub) hosted a special BLUF social and benefit for Tom of Finland Foundation, TOM's BLUF.

Over 45 BLUF members and men in full Leather attended the benefit, which was held at TOM House, Tom's historic home and headquarters of Tom of Finland Foundation (ToFF). All of the proceeds from the event went directly to ToFF in order to help with our efforts to document, preserve and promote Tom's work and that of hundreds of other artists.

The Foundation is greatful to Nikitas Chondroyannos of Vancouver, Jeff Gent of Los Angeles and all that attended for supporting TOM, his Foundation and all we do.

Besides a strong showing of locals, men from from Washington DC, Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego traveled to LA just for this event.

Photographer Jay Lawton had an on-site portrait studio which was very popular; most guests signed up to have their portraits taken in full gear. Check out the gallery and order prints HERE.

ToFF president, Durk Dehner, curated a special selection of original Tom of Finland drawings featuring men in full Leather or Uniform especially for the evening and ToFF unveiled a selection of new, limited edition, Tom of Finland prints for sale.

ToFF is very appreciative of continued support and assistance in the furtherance of our goals and is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Educational Archive so donations are deductible to the extent allowed by law. Donations.

BLUF Website

CALL FOR ARTISTS
Starrfucker Magazine

CALL FOR ARTISTS: THE NEXT ISSUE'S DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 9, 2011.

"There are amazing Gay artists out there and we really want to showcase great work.".

Starrfucker Magazine is a quarterly homoartzine. Each issue is just $11, and a yearly subscription runs $45.

Starrfucker Magazine Website
Contact:: starrmaginfo@gmail.com

FOUNDATION THANKS
Particpants in the Queering Wikipedia Editathon

Charles Stewart imparting at ToFF Wiki Workshop

American Libraries, 11/01/2011
"Libraries Tap into Crowd Power"

The notion that a group of people with varying opinions, when aggregated, can result in better information than a specific expert could come up with—aka "crowdsourcing"—has been around for some time. It's one of the ideas on which the 10-year-old Wikipedia is based. So it seemed only natural when one of the most-consulted websites in the world recently posted a ubiquitous banner stating WIKIPEDIA LOVES LIBRARIES. What has resulted is nationwide "editathons"—editing marathons organized by active Wikipedia users to expand and add depth to the website's content on a wide range of cultural and historical topics.

At the Tom of Finland Foundation Library in Los Angeles on October 30, the "Queering Wikipedia Editathon" drew community activists, library school students, and members of the Foundation to create and update LGBT-related articles. Katie Herzog, director of the Molesworth Institute, helped put the event together and told AL that the meeting inspired dialogue about Gay history and generated an increased interest in activism for citizen-created content. "Everyone left feeling like it was the first of many to come," she said.

--- By Sanhita SinhaRoy, Asscoiate Editor        COMPLETE ARTICLE

ToFF thanks Katie, Charles and Toni for making the wiki world – our world – a better place.

TOM of FINLAND in WIKIPEDIA

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