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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 );
mainly for nudist, queer, and bohemian communities, especially at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/
http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/
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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.

*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,
at a different location.
Buy your ticket(s) at SMCE.)

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[ BDSM news link:

DOMINATRIX turns into bureaucrat:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/10/DOMINATRIX.TMP ]


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End female genital mutilation
Monday, April 11,
join Amnesty International to honor
Hawa Mohamed for her work to end female genital mutilation in Somalia. Mohamed is the 2005 winner of Amnesty International's Ginetta Sagan Award and the executive director of Galkayo Education Center for Peace and Development, an organization dedicated to education and
advocacy for women's rights.
6-8:30 p.m.,
Hotel Rex, 350 Sansome, S.F.
$10 suggested donation.
(415) 291-9233, ext. 202.
RSVP by April 6 to
gsf [at] lot49.com
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SF community health fair
Wednesday, April 13,
get free medical services and information at
City College of San Francisco's 9th annual health fair.
Testing for anemia, STDs, abnormal blood pressure;
chiropractic services;
body fat measurement; more.
9 a.m.-1 p.m.,
John Adams Campus of CCSF
1860 Hayes, S.F.
FREE.
(415) 561-1900
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SF: April 15, Friday: Tax Day:

Want a brief taste of Tenderloin life?

Eat a FREE "Tax Day Tuna" lunch (tunafish salad, rice, veggies, etc.)
at St. Anthony's Dining Room, 45 Jones, downtown SF (near Market & 6th St.),
11:35 AM to 1:25 PM. All welcome.
Bring reading matter for a long wait, standing in line.


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17 April, Sunday morning, 10am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum,
talk by Supervisor MICHAELA ALIOTO-PIER.

1187 Franklin St, SF (near Geary & Van Ness).
FREE.


http://www.uusf.org
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VATICAN: 18 April:
selection process for next Pope starts.
[ Will he be yet another opponent of human rights
for queers and women? ]
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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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CAL-SF:
23 April, Saturday:
U-U Pagan Interest Circle:
SF monthly "Moon Circle" celebration
(on a Saturday near the full moon, 7pm).

For info, please see

http://CUUPS.org

{ More SF moon circles in 2005:
June 25
July 23
August 20 }
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+ Beltane afternoon, on Sunday, May first, at 1 PM
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24 April, Sunday morning, 10am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum, on
PROJECT CENSORED
(suppressed news)
1187 Franklin St, SF (near Geary & Van Ness).
FREE.
http://www.uusf.org
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***CAL, northern: BERKELEY:
24 April 2005, Sunday:

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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THANKS to Carol Denney for telling us the
exact date for 2005.
SUN couldn't find a web page for 2005,
tho we found one for 2004.....

If anyone can find more info,
please post on queer page of IndyBay.org

[ http://www.indybay.org/publish.php

http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/ ]

and please email soonest to

sfBarea-owner [at] yahoogroups.com

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CALIFORNIA:
around April/May:
Millions of "painted lady" butterflies are flying north
from Mexico to Canada.
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MAY 2005: time for exercise and nakedness
(B2B,
Masturbate-athon, more ).
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* 1 May, Sunday morning, 10am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum:
STOP TORTURE!
1187 Franklin St, SF (near Geary & Van Ness).
FREE.
http://www.uusf.org
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*CAL-SF:
1 May, Sunday,
noon to 8pm,
celebrating May Day and Beltane --
the 6th annual
HOW WEIRD Street Faire:
four city blocks of electronic music & more,
at Howard & 12th Streets, SF.

For info, please visit

http://www.HowWeird.org

...
$5 in "weird costume";
$10 if non-weird.
Proceeds benefit nonprofits.
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[ SUN wonders whether bare breasts will be tolerated in "weird" costumes?
How about nudity ?? Maybe we'll find out, this year.]

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PENN : Philadelphia:
1 May 2005: celebrate early U.S. queer pickets in 1965:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/02/1723911.php
..
[First known U.S. queer picket was in 1964,
at military induction center, Manhattan, New York City. ]

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SF, early May: Sex Worker Festival:
(tentative plans):
http://www.bayswan.org/swfest/calendar2005fest.gif
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***CAL-SF:
2005 MAY ____ (?): Sunday:
Bay 2 Breakers.
CLOTHING-OPTIONAL.

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SF: 18 May: artists' deadline for May 28 art show.
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SANTA CRUZ mountains:
20-21-22 May:
"Occupied Territory II":
(weekend for anarchists and allies?):
for details, please visit

http://www.occupiedTerritory.net

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
21 May: Saturday:

transgender veterans march:

http://www.tavaUSA.org

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WASHINGTON state, Seattle:
27-30 May, Memorial weekend:
Seattle conference on

"Queering Femininity":

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/01/1717553.php

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CAL-SF:
28 May, Saturday: ART SHOW
to benefit homeless youth group (roaddawg.org) [?],
at ART SF gallery, near 16th & Capp,
6 to 11pm.
[ All artists welcome; deadline May 18:
contact Fritz ( fritzflohr [@] mail2taxidermist.com ]
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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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Wounded QUEER SOLDIER wants to serve openly:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/04/07/national/w125234D98.DTL
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The Well celebrates two decades of ONLINE BOHEMIA:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/07/DDGSBC3OVG26.DTL
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Do PROTESTS ever work?

Yes! Arnie is backing down, at least for now, on his plan to wreck California's
public employee retirement system:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/04/07/national/a115723D56.DTL

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/04/07/state/n171149D43.DTL

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SF Pride should dump the 2005 Pink Brick award:
[opinion]:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1732109.php

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BUSHITES come in two main flavors--

those who are truly stupid enough to believe his lies;
and those who, for financial gain, merely pretend to believe.
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Scientists remotely control zombie ZOMBIE fruitflies:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/04/08/national/a175327D57.DTL

[ Will military eventually use zombie animals (birds, dogs, fish, monkeys) to spy
and to make war? ]