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FREEDOMSEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from Larrybob (of HolyTitClamps), SFBG.com, ebar.com, et alii );
mainly for nudist, queer, bohemian & cultural-creative communities, especially at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/

http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/
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For more "queer things to do"

please visit Larry-bob:

[ http://www.sfqueer.com/ ]

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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, SF:
justice for hotel workers:
Join Sen. John Edwards, Mayor Gavin Newsom, and actor-activist Danny Glover
at UNITE HERE's rally to educate the nation about the economic and physical exploitation which hotel workers face....
4:15 p.m.
outside Parc 55 Hotel
55 Cyril Magnin, SF
FREE
(212) 332-9376
acooper [at] unitehere.org
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Wednesday, February 15th at 6:30pm
Beautiful Diversities:
African-American History Month celebration
with GLBT authors Jewelle Gomez and Frederick Smith.
Harvey Milk Branch, SF Public Library, 3555 - 16th Street,
in San Francisco just south of Market Street. [ in Castro district ]
415-355-5616
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Wed Feb 15, 7:30 pm:
Homewrecker: Adultery in Queer Relationships
book release party with Daphne Gottlieb. Homewrecker examines the changing romantic "affair" in a post-nuclear family age and explores the emotional intensity and complexity of affairs in queer relationships and other relationships that do not involve marriage. The anthology also investigates the larger social effects of "the affair" on conventional societal values of heterosexual pair bonding and the nuclear family. Contributors also reflect on the consequences faced by those who continue to challenge heteronormative relationships.
Free.
Modern Times Books, 888 Valencia between 19th and 20th Streets.
http://www.moderntimesbookstore.com
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Wednesday, Feb 15, 7:30 pm signup, 8 pm show:
SMACK DAB :
an open stage hosted by Kirk Read and Larry-bob Roberts.
Making the Castro safe for performance again. Featured performer: Jennifer Fox Bennett.
Bring five minutes of words, music, comedy or miscellany. Bring your charm and magic and cheerful can-do attitude. Or just come and watch and cheer folks on. All ages and genders will be welcomed and adored. Please respect the five minute limit so more people have a chance to participate. Musicians, one song please. All happening at Magnet, the gay men's neighborhood health center, 4122 18th Street between Castro and Collingwood.
http://www.magnetsf.org
Free.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, SF:
Medicare forum
Panel members from Senior Action Network
and Self Help for the Elderly
discuss the new Medicare drug prescription plan;
sponsored by Noe Valley Democratic Club.
7:30 p.m.
Noe Valley Ministry
1021 Sanchez, SF
FREE
(415) 285-1162
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15 Feb., Wednesday, 8pm:
" Kabbalah & Eros:
EROTICISM & Erotic Love in Kabbalah":
Professor Moshe Idel, of Israel's Hebrew University
[ author of KABBALAH AND EROS ].
$10.
JCCSF, 3200 California St, SF, CA 94118
For tickets, please
phone (415) 292.1233
or visit

http://www.jccsf.org/arts

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16 February, Thursday:
daytime:
Project HOMELESS CONNECT,
Bill Graham Auditorium,
near City Hall and main SF Library,
in downtown SF.
Free.

[ If you're homefull,
please tell your homeless friends !!! ]


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Thursday, February 16,
7 pm: Reading celebrating Bruce Benderson's award-winning memoir,
The Romanian: Story of an Obsession.
Free.
A Different Light, 489 Castro Street, SF
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Thursdays, 7:30 pm: Out in the Bay:
local LGBT radio show;
followed by the national queer radio program, This Way Out.
http://www.outinthebay.com/
KALW, 91.7 FM
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17-19 Feb.
California Transgender Leadership Summit --
a gathering of TG persons and allies
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/12/1793182.php
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Saturday Feb 18, 8pm:
"Sampler": the Film Series:
3rd Saturday of each month.
$5-10 Sliding, no one turned away for lack of funds.
femina potens gallery, 465 So. Van Ness
near 16th St.
http://www.feminapotens.com
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SATURDAY, FEB. 18, SF:
Fem-Nautic film
"Shipping Out: The Story of America's Women Seafarers"
will be projected onto the sail of the 1886 ship Balclutha.
The band Nauticus perform before the documentary.
After the screening, director Maria Brooks leads a discussion on
the role of women at sea.
7:30 p.m.
Hyde Street Pier,
Jefferson and Hyde, SF
$5
(415) 447-5000; reservations required
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SUNDAY, FEB. 19 - 26: Berko:
Human rights FILM FEST
The annual Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
kicks off in the East Bay today; continues thru Feb. 26 at
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way, Berk.
$8 general;
$4 members;
$5 students, faculty, staff, seniors, youth, disabled

http://www.hrw.org

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LOUISIANA:
New Orleans:
MARDI GRAS season:
18 - 28 February:
on 150th anniversary of NOLA's signature event.
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Monday, February 20 at 7:30pm on KQED-TV, channel 9 :
Josh Kornbluth Show:
interview with Penelope Houston and Dirk Dirksen:
In the late 70s and early 80s, San Francisco was home to one of the hottest underground punk scenes in the nation. This week two icons of that era stop by to relive the glory days of punk - producer Dirk Dirksen, who used to book three acts a night at the famous Mabuhay Gardens in North Beach, and singer/songwriter Penelope Houston of The Avengers. Penelope is into a whole different sound now -- she describes it as ".folkrockandroll." She and guitarist Pat Johnson will treat Josh to a special performance - the world premiere of her acoustic song "If You're Willing."
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Tuesday, February 21, 8:00pm - 2:00am:
(Door at 8pm; Show at 9pm):
The Citizen Kings are proud to present their boldest brain-bender yet,
The Parlor Trick Revue,
a variety show of dazzling delights sure to thrill ladies, gentlemen, and all those in between. The evening is a benefit for Blue Star Builders, a group of skilled trades-women and supporters who wish to help rebuild homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The night features emcee Julia Jackson (Q-Comedy), and performances by Citizen Kings, Transformers, members of Diamond Daggers, and featuring the first San Francisco performance by Carnival Kings, newly relocated to the Bay Area from New Orleans! Come and experience precision lip-synching, dance moves, and sexy politically charged drag numbers! Directly following the show, dance 'til you can't stand up with deejays Cari Campbell and Dr. Sleep.
$7-12, no-one turned away for lack of funds. El Rio, 3158 Mission St, San Francisco, CA
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Wednesday Feb 22, 8 pm:
Gender Pirates
Queer and Trans Cabaret. trans/genderqueer live bands, artists, and performers- - DYSPECIFIC! - SHAWNA VIRAGO punk rock icon - singer/songwriter STORM FLOREZ! - JULIA SERANO spoken word Emcee ANNIE DANGER! sweet-voiced acoustic guitarists - - LUCIAN - SKY - BUTCH plus drag kings, dancers, and more: - MONIQUE the CLOWN - genderfluidity writer NABIL - ANNABELLE APOCALYPSE - SHEKINAH LOVE - Lisa International and Lacey Nationwide with DJ SAM DAVIS spinning hip hop, queer 80s, and punk rock. **Gender Pirates is a benefit for United Genders of the Universe! genderqueer/transgender support groups, Gender Education Speaker's Bureau, and the Third Annual Trans March!**
$5-15 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.
El Rio, 3158 Mission St, SF
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28 Feb., Tuesday,
11AM to 2PM:
SONOMA State University:
freedom-to-marry
celebration:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1801976.php
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MARCH 2006:
1 March: SF:
1st Wednesday: free admission to:
Calif. Academy of Sciences ( aquarium, etc.; temporarily downtown) [ calacademy.org ];
Fort Mason galleries; San Francisco Zoo.
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Clothing-optional possibilites in MARCH may include:
Raelians might celebrate "Femininity Day" in the Castro, SF (early March, near Int'l Women's Day?);
SF Anarchist Book Fair should occur in Feb. or March, in SF's Golden Gate Park
(anarchists and hipsters probably won't object to outdoor nudity;
but nudes should avoid square passers-by).
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7 March, SF:
1st Tuesday: free admission to: ASIAN ART MUSEUM;
Legion of Honor; SF MOMA;
Conservatory of Flowers (in Golden Gate Park); etc.
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* SF, March 18:
Saturday, 11AM:
yet another ANTI-BUSH march,
marking 3rd anniversary
of his invasion of Iraq.
[ Where will queer contingent gather ??? ]

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28 March: 2nd day of
International Dadaism "Month".
[ The 3rd day will (you guessed it!) be April first.]
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/12/1793258.php
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2006 March-April: Nevada:
5th annual
BI MEN CONFERENCE
welcomes "all bi and gay adult men":
Las Vegas:
March 30 thru April 3rd.
Bi Men Network
bitxnmac @ msn. com

http://www.bimen.org

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+ news and opinion links:



WILLIE NELSON sings about gay cowboys:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/02/14/entertainment/e173715S46.DTL
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Predicting your risk of death:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2006/02/14/national/a175224S07.DTL
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PUBIC-HAIR fashions -- heart, lightning bolt....
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/12/LVG7HH2N0H1.DTL&hw=pubic&sn=001&sc=1000
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He got a girl pregnant, so HOW GAY is that?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/14/DDGRLH6M8S1.DTL
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FILTERING, censorship, .XXX domain....
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1801829.php
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New AIDS drugs; "homeless queerboy" lit-hoax; more:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1801089.php

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"Like NAKED STARLETS in the sky...."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/02/07/entertainment/e070559S47.DTL&type=entertainment
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Queer men's strain ( LGV) of CHLAMYDIA?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/06/national/w140611S99.DTL

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BETTY FRIEDAN, mother of 1960s feminist revival:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1800259.php
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Bushites vote to exclude queer groups from UNITED NATIONS panel:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/03/national/w174702S80.DTL&hw=gay&sn=001&sc=1000
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SF's new COCTEAUVIA?

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1800025.php

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Black freedom struggles?

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1799744.php
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BRITS may legalize "mini-brothels":

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20060120/WORLDREPORT20-3/TPInternational/Europe
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SING against U.S. dictator:

"BushWhacked":
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/12/1788108.php

"Bush-ism" song:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1793469.php

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Texas:
the PUBLIC GENITALS Project:

http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/pgp/
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GENERATION GAP(s) among queers:

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=480

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QUEERpodders:

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=459

[ http://www.badweeds.com ]

[ http://www.Qpodder.org ]

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Film on COCKETTES and the Angels of Light:

http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=4426
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Film explains INDIA's NUDE YOGIS:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/02/DDGJUG0QSG1.DTL&type=movies

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Film on GAY SEX IN THE SEVENTIES:

http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=film&article=108

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"PEEING IN PEACE"
( "bathroom activism"
resource guide for TG activists and allies):

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/11/1786719.php

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NUDES in the news:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news

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NUDE BEACHES, northern California, 2005:

http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches/index.html

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WORLD VIEWS -- how others see our U$A:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=15