Defend GG park, remember TGs, and...

FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
plus info from HolyTitClamps, SFBG, et alii ):
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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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For Nov. 2004 election results, please visit:

http://www.sfgate.com/election/2004/11/02/

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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
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CAL-SF: 18 Nov., Thurs. afternoon:
Stop GGP road expansion!
Thursday, Nov. 18, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission is likely to approve a plan today to widen Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, which enters Golden Gate Park at Ninth Avenue and Irving, to four lanes for increased access to the new M.H. de Young Museum and underground parking garage. Join newly elected District 5 supervisor Ross Mirkarimi in calling for the commission to hold hearings and allow the Board of Supervisors to offer input on the plan before the commission summarily approves it. 2 p.m., City Hall, Room 416, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl., S.F.
http://www.sfpix.com
[-BG]
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CAL, northern: Oakland, 18 Nov., Thurs. afternoon:
Oakland's Prop. Y aftermath
Thursday, Nov. 18, in the wake of Oakland's Proposition Y passing by a narrow margin, Education Not Incarceration invites locals to a meeting with Jeffrey Thomas, a member of Rep. Barbara Lee's staff, and other community leaders at Lee's office to discuss strategies for directing funds to education rather than incarceration and rebuilding a coalition in favor of that agenda. 4 p.m., Federal Building, Ste. 1000, 1301 Clay, Oakl. (510) 654-8613. [-BG]
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CAL-SF: Thursday, November 18, 7:30 pm: Reading and Signing:
Becoming a Visible Man, by Jamison Green. ....
Books Inc. is proud to welcome Jamison Green, author of Becoming a Visible Man and well-known transsexual activist. Becoming a Visible Man explores the challenges of the female-to-male transsexual experience through personal experience and through critical analysis.
Green is the board chair of Gender Education and Advocacy and a board member of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute. His monthly column, "Visible Man," appears on PlanetOut.com.
Free
Books Inc., 2275 Market Street near 16th, San Francisco
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CAL-SF: Friday Nov 19, 7:30 pm:
Oral Fixation :
Spoken Word @ Dolores Park Café --
Every other month on third Friday.
Features, plus open mic -- bring 5 minutes of material -- signup at 7:15.
$3 donation requested, no-one turned away.
All ages.
18th St. and Dolores.
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CAL-SF, and elsewhere: 20 November, Saturday:
6th annual TG Day of Remembrance:

-- 6:30 pm: Meet up at Harvey Milk Plaza
(at Castro and Market Streets, near Castro Muni Station)
— just after GenderBlast —
for a solemn march down Market Street to the LGBT Community Center.

-- 7:30pm: in the Rainbow Room of the LGBT Center,
Market at Octavia:
Day of Remembrance memorial,
featuring members of Gwen Araujo’s and Toni “Delicious” Green’s families,
and a performance by the Transcendence Gospel Choir.
[ -- via IndyBay.org ]

For related events, and details, please visit:

http://www.rememberingourdead.org/day/where.html

For background, as reported by SF Chronicle, please see:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/17/BAG5F9PS8J54.DTL

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CAL-SF: 20 Nov., Saturday afternoon:
LGBT parents workshop:
Saturday, Nov. 20, Our Family Coalition holds a workshop for queer and transgender parents on choosing primary schools for their kids. Call ahead to arrange child care. 1:30-5:30 p.m., San Francisco LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market, S.F. Free. (415) 981-1960. [-BG]
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CAL-SF: 20 Nov., Saturday afternoon:
Uphold human rights!
Saturday, Nov. 20, as part of a monthly series on social and political advocacy organized by Gray Panthers of San Francisco, activist and KPFA-FM local board chair Riva Enteen speaks on homeland security and civil rights. 2 p.m., Marina Senior Center, 890 Beach, S.F. Free. (415) 552-8800. [-BG]
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CAL-SF: Support hotel workers!
Saturday, Nov. 20, and Sunday, Nov. 21, support local hotel workers and attend a rally sponsored by the Million Worker March Committee, the San Francisco Labor Council, and UNITE HERE Local 2 on Saturday and/or join a weekly picket of one of the 14 hotels in the city that have locked out the workers while negotiations for union contracts are pending. Rally Sat/20, 11 a.m., Union Square, Geary between Powell and Stockton, S.F. (415) 771-2028, http://www.millionworkermarch.org or http://www.unitehere.org. Picket Sun/21, 7 p.m., Union Square (meet at corner of Powell and Geary), S.F. (510) 549-1968,
http://indybay.org/labor
[-BG]
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CAL-SF: Saturday Nov 20, noon-3 pm: San Francisco Queer Leather Munch/Nosh. We meet the third SATURDAY of every month. This is a munch for anyone ages 18 and over in the leather community of any gender or sexuality who identies as queer, lesbian, gay, fag, dyke, genderqueer, genderfuckers, genderbenders, trans, MTF, FTM, bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, questioning, intersexed, etc. We will be meeting at the SF LGBT Center Cafe on the 1st floor, 1800 Market St. For those who have never ... heard of a munch, this is a gathering of like-minded people to discuss anything and everything under the sun, as well as a place to meet new people. Please note this event is now 18 and over ....
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CAL-SF: Sunday morning, 21 November,
10am: forum on
getting ready for GREEN HOLIDAYS;
at Unitarian-Universalist center,
1187 Franklin (near Geary), SF. Free.
[Take any Van Ness bus to Geary, then walk to Franklin.]
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CAL-SF: 21 Nov., Sunday afternoon:
Break U.S. oil addiction!
Sunday, Nov. 21, join a rally organized by Global Exchange, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, Rainforest Action Network, and Bluewater Network on the opening day of the San Francisco Auto Show to challenge the Ford company to make more fuel-efficient cars and encourage motorists to stop U.S. dependence on oil. Noon-1:30 p.m., Moscone Center, 747 Howard, S.F. (415) 558-9490. [-BG]
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CAL-SF: 21 Nov., Sunday evening:
Iraqi film screening:
Sunday, Nov. 21, follow formerly exiled Iraqi writer and poet Sinan Antoon on his journey through a cross-section of Iraqi society, as people he encounters reflect on their troubled past and uncertain present,
in the film About Baghdad.
The screening benefits the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center.
7:30 p.m., Station 40,
3030-B 16th St., S.F.
$5-$10 donation.
http://www.indybay.org
[-BG]
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CAL-SF: Nov. and Dec:
Monday mornings thru December 20:
free classes for elders (55+),
on world affairs.
For details, please see:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/11/1705140.php

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USA: Nov. 25, Thursday: Thanksgiving (4th Thurs. in Nov.).
Consider TOFURKEY....
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U$A: Friday, 26 November:
"Buy Nothing" Day.
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