Queer Freedom Riders visit Laramie

MARRIAGE EQUALITY CARAVAN

The SF Chronicle covers the Marriage Equality Caravan
(daily, or almost so)
as it crosses the U.S.

To see all the Chron stories, please visit

http://www.sfgate.com

The caravan riders also post Web logs (blogs)
and photographs of their experiences
at their meCA web site. Please visit:

http://www.marriageequalityca.org


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Oct. 7 Chron report, by Rona Marech,
covers their visit to Laramie, Wyoming --
a university town scarred and changed
by 1998 torture/murder of a gay student.
Please see:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/10/07/BAG9794ITJ1.DTL

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For Oct. 6 IndyBay posting on this freedom ride,
please visit:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/10/1698016.php

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P.S.: Here's a
FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
for October 8 and 9
( compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
plus info from HolyTitClamps ):
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For more "queer things to do"
in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
please visit Larrybob at HTC:

[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
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And for arts events,
please visit the Squidlist calendar:

[ http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ ]
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Please FORWARD freely, as appropriate.
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OCTOBER ( Shocktober? ) 2004:


CAL-SF: October 8 (?):

IN THE STREET
Theater Festival.

All welcome.

FREE.


[ http://www.mtechweb.org/In-the-Street/wisefool ]

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CALIFORNIA: Friday, circa 8 October:
Deadline for state Attorney General Bill Lockyer to file a brief
defending Cal's unfair, homophobic and sexist marriage laws.

[ Comment by SUN: Lockyer should have recused himself from same-sex marriage lawsuits.
By handling this issue personally, instead of letting an assistant AG represent the state,
Lockyer has contradicted himself and has angered many queer voters. ]

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AUSTRALIA: Saturday, October 9:
national election.
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*** CAL: SF: 9 October 2004: Saturday afternoon:

first annual Nude Peace Day at Baker Beach:

*** N U D E PEACE DAY: You're invited to bodypaint and get bodypainted for freedom and peace, on N u d e Peace Day, the second Saturday of each October, at Baker Beach, San Francisco. Free. Adults of all genders and orientations are welcome. Take #29 Muni bus to Baker Beach (either of two stops; ask driver); or bike there; or walk from Geary Blvd. and 25th Ave. Walk to northern parking lot, which has water fountain & toilets. From parking lot, walk north on beach (toward Golden Gate Bridge), thru prude zone and into clothing-optional zone. Then visually follow the cable fence (separating usable beach from protected vegetation) until you see a Leather Pride Flag (bearing a red heart, with stripes of black, blue, and white). If you don't see the flag yet, just enjoy the beach on your own. Look again for flag, or bodypainters, each hour, especially near the log stairway. Since organizers must carry supplies on bus, no reliable time can be guaranteed. We hope to be there by 2PM, possibly earlier. Rain cancels.
For details or last-minute changes, please see SUN
[ http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude ]
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*** CAL, northern: Oakland:
9 October, Saturday evening:
October 9
a clothing-optional happening:
"Sacred Prostitutes Perform" --
an exorcism of shame to benefit the
Berkeley ballot initiative for sex workers’ rights.
with dance by “slut-goddess” Ruby Pearl,
with book signing by whore-priestess Scarlet Harlot,
"The Unrepentant Whore";
with spoken word by sex positive
Stacey Swimme,
Robin Few,
and Debbie Moore.

Clothing-optional.

Saturday, 10/9/04,
8pm.
Loop Gallery, 6436 Telegraph Ave., near 65th St., Oakland

For info:
[ debbiemoore [at] xplicitplayers.com ]

[ SUN says:
You can still attend this Oct. 9 evening event in Oakland at 8PM;
AFTER the Nude Peace Day afternoon gathering at SF's Baker Beach. ]
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