Clan Blue Feather

Greetings!

I am curious if there are any examples of same sex baronage in the SCA?

Thanks!
- N

Two interesting pieces of info forwarded by my local group - first, membership fees are increasing by $2 on July 1, so if you feel like renewing, now might be a good time; and second, the Society had a $180,000 budget shortfall last year, and they are soliciting input on ideas for future revenue generation.

Both e-mails are below, along with BoD contact info, so I'm passing them on here.

- Joshua

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After pondering over the notion of picking an SCA name for myself, one that I'd be reasonably happy with, I think I've settled on a given name of Fergus. For a while, I either used my mundane name of David, or a somewhat more Gaelic-looking and sounding version of it, such as Daibhidh, which I never felt I was able to get a grasp on pronunciation wise. As of late, I've started to think a ...

Our own Iago has created a... spirited discussion in the SCA community over on LiveJournal about changing Corpora law so that same-sex monarchs can sit on the throne. Lots of arguments, all pretty typical of the SCA (i.e., change vs. tradition, historical accuracy vs. "creative" anachronism, heteronormativism vs. 21st century politics, and on and on and on).

One of the arguments, as can be expected, is that it's not period. Others, however, say it is. ...

Just wondering if their were any SCA members in the Houston, Texas area?