Ap 1 mock stupidity, A5 resist Arnie....

FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
compiled by SUN
[ http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude ]
and SaveFreedom;
with help from HolyTitClamps.com, SFBG.com, et alii ):
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For more "queer things to do"

please visit Larrybob at HTC:

[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.

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CAL-SF: Protect tenant rights
Tuesday, March 29-Wednesday, March 30,
the San Francisco Tenants Union calls on you to attend a hearing at the Rent Board to discuss
Family Protection Act regulations,
and another hearing by the Board of Supervisors on a landlord plan
allowing for easy condo conversions.
Tues/29, 6:30 p.m., Rent Board, lower level, 25 Van Ness, S.F.
Wed/30, 1 p.m., City Hall, Room 263, S.F.
(415) 282-6622
http://www.sftu.org
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CAL-SF reading at main SF Public Library,
"ROAR SOFTLY AND CARRY A GREAT LIPSTICK:
28 women writers on life, sex, and survival:
Thursday, 31 March:
6:30 to 7:30pm.
downtown SF, near Civic Center BART/Muni station.
FREE.
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CAL-SF: reading at
A Different Light, 489 Castro Street, SF 94114.
HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE A GAY OR LESBIAN PARENT:
a Book by Kids of All Ages
Thursday, March 31,
7pm
Judith E. Snow, MA,
also Yolanda Young Armstrong of FamilyBuilders by Adoptions
Children's own voices, as they describe and comment on their families.
http://www.adlbooks.com/events.cfm
415.431.0891
Free.

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APRIL 2005: time to fool around and welcome spring
(including St. Stupid's Day, People's Park birthday party, May Day...).

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CAL-SF
April 1, Friday: St. Stupid's Day:
see First Church of the Last Laugh website,
for unreliable info:

http://www.saintstupid.com/event.html


"COMING 2005 to a sidewalk near you.
The 27rd annual ST STUPID'S DAY PARADE.
NOON,
FRIDAY,
APRIL FIRST.
Starting at the embarcadero plaza, down at the foot of Market Street...,
and winding its snackreligious way thru the financial district ....
Bring your old lottery tickets, pennies and socks for the stations of stupid and dress accordingly."

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Friday, April 1,
7pm: a dual event:
Mondo Homo: Your Essential Guide to Queer Pop
-- and 101 Gay Sex Secrets Revealed.
INTERACTIVE:
These guys do a sort of gameshow; there will be games and prizes like sex toys.
A Different Light,
Castro and 18th.
http://www.adlbooks.com/events.cfm
FREE
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USA:
April 3: daylight savings time begins.
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KANSAS:
April 5, Tuesday:
voters decide whether to add anti-queer amendment
to their state consitution.
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CAL-SF: April 5, Tuesday evening, 6pm:

RALLY AGAINST ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER.

Meet at Stockton & California;
march to Ritz Carlton hotel.

Nurses and friends
confront the Governator.


(510). 273-2240


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*CAL-SF: 10 April, Sunday:
buy or sell at BIZARRE FLEA
(SM Community Exchange), 2 to 5pm:
942 Mission St., between 5th & 6th Streets;
$5 admission to fleamarket.
2005: April 10,
August 14,
December 11.
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Lady Thorn/ SMCE: (415).753.0703.
POB 16284, SF, CA 94116
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( Fandango follows.)
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Free tax help:
Through April 15, families who earned less than
$36,000 in 2004 can get
free tax help from the United Way
at any of its 91 Bay Area locations.
For more information call
1-800-273-6222
or go to

http://www.earnitkeepitsaveit.org

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USA: April 15, Friday: Tax Day.
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***BERKELEY, circa late April:
People's Park birthday party.
FREE.
Area just in front of stage has been clothing-optional for
several years, thanks to the X-plicit Players.
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CAL-SF: reading at
A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, 601 Van Ness Ave.:
Thursday, April 21 at 7 pm
Åsne Seierstad
Journalist Åsne Seierstad, best-selling author of The Bookseller of Kabul, reported from Baghdad for European media in early 2003.
Her new book, A HUNDRED AND ONE DAYS, chronicles both the military invasion and her determination to understand the modern secrets of an ancient place and to find out how the Iraqi people really live.
415.441.6670

http://www.bookstore.com/events.html

http://www.bookstore.com/April2005.html

Free.
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....spring 2005:
see PEREGRINE FALCONS nesting
in downtown SF:
to watch via NestCam,
please go to SCpbrg and follow directions:

http://www.scpbrg.org/

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+ news notes and opinions:

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"Tina" killing gay men; etc. [public radio news];

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4564388


"A recent study from the Medical and Health Research Association in New York
found that meth users had more sexual partners than non-users,
and that users were about three-and-a-half times more likely to report unprotected
anal intercourse than non-users.
According to the study, crystal meth users were significantly more likely to be HIV positive than non-users."
-- National Public Radio (NPR)



[ Please also visit:

http://www.tweaker.org/html/home.html ]

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At UC-Berkeley, more identities are at risk:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/28/financial/f151143S80.DTL

[ TBL says: If you want to protect your identity,
never give your SS number to anyone (EXCEPT the Social Security Administration itself).
And don't use a credit card (except in dire emergency), don't bank by internet, etc.
For secure finances, go back (temporarily?) to Luddite cash, paper checks, or postal money orders.
Early hackers were mostly just pranksters; but now lots of hacking is being done by persons, businesses, etc., who seek financial gain -- at your expense.
The convenience of online transactions isn't worth the risk, as of 2005.
MAYBE someday transactions and private info can be made secure from civilian criminals
(tho not from official criminals -- that is, from governments). But that day may be decades away.... ]
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Stereotypes about pedophilia: [radio commentary]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4564478
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San Francisco's AnarkoPunkStock:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/03/1729865.php
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CA governator versus workers:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/28/BAGDLBVG0N1.DTL

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