M8 womyn's day, M19 anti-Bush march, etc

FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from HolyTitClamps.com, SFBG.com, 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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For news of EduKink leather/BDSM classes,
please consider joining

[ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edukink ]
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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
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MARCH 2005:
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Second anniversary of the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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[SF weekend, March 5-6: comments by TBL:
THE CITY -- so many wonders, so little time!
And even, for a change, bits of sunshine.
On Saturday afternoon in the Castro, several Raelians (mostly women) demonstrated naked for the principle of "femininity",
which they find in persons of all genders.
Saturday night, Arielle [MusicGeekChic] threw an excellent "queer playground" party, well and actively attended.
( ...... )
On Sunday morning, I stop by my fave post-Christian church,
to drink of the Unitarian-Universalist blood (fair-trade coffee)
[ http://www.equalExchange.com ]
and eat of the Unitarian-Universalist flesh ( a customized fortune cookie).
The inner text is NOT really, as urban legend claims,
"??????????????????????".
Instead, the cookie preaches,
"We join in celebrating one world, one people, one love........"
This morning's Forum topic is dying with dignity, which I support, but I'm playing hooky;
and rushing instead to to the drum circle at Hippy Hill;
after I buy tree-ripened oranges at Farmer's Market in U.N. Plaza.... ]

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CAL, northern:
circa Tuesday, 8 March (International Women's Day):
special election for Sacramento seat
in U.S. House of Representatives.
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WASHINGTON state, circa 8 March:
(on or near International Women's Day):
State supreme court
considers whether state can deny marriage rights
of same-sex couples.

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*8 March, SF, Tuesday afternoon:
International Women's Day march
Tuesday, March 8, gather at San Francisco City Hall
and march to the "Hall of Justice" (850 Bryant St.)
to rally against "the criminalization of poverty",
in observance of
International Women's Day.....
Meet 3 p.m., march 4 p.m.,
from San Francisco City Hall, S.F.
(415) 626-4114

http://www.globalwomenstrike.net
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CAL-SF: 11 March:
"Half Price Friday":
8pm to 1am :
open playparty
for adults of any gender:
at sfCitadel.org

For work exchange, please email
volunteers [at] sfcitadel.org
For sfCitadel street address, exact price
possible last-minute changes, etc.,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]

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SF: 12 March, Sat. evening:
Lavender CONTRADANCE:

http://LCFD.org/sf/
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SF: 12 March. Sat. evening: interactive lit at
Writers With Drinks:

The spoken word show that keeps a spare ferret in its lunchbox will be
back this Saturday. It'll be like a crazy spiral staircase of stimuli that
echo louder the deeper you go. This time around, Writers With Drinks will be like a personal-trauma improv storytelling jam.
We'll pass a big hat, and you'll write down your deepest and scar-tissuest personal trauma that you've never told anyone about.
And then each performer will randomly select a trauma to riff on. Maybe poet Lisa Ortiz will write a poem about your pain, or maybe comedian Ray Ferrer will spin a comedy routine out of it. Maybe Window Seat author Gregory Dicum will create a panoramic view that includes your deepest terror as a feature on the landscape, or Susan Stinson will build a queer narrative out of it. Or maybe Jess Arndt will spin a sexy hot story about it! .....

Saturday, March 12, from 7:30 to 9:30, doors open at 7:00 pm
The Make Out Room, 3225 -- 22nd. St.
between Mission and Valencia, SF.
$3 to $5 sliding scale,
all proceeds benefit "other" mag
<http://www.othermag.org>
<http://www.charlieanders.com>
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CAL-SF: ....... thru March 16:
exhibition on MAMMY PLEASANT
(Mary Ellen Pleasant),
controversial SF black pioneer,
in SF new Main Library,
SF History Center, 6th floor.

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*CAL-SF: 19 March, Saturday:
yet another ANTI-WAR MARCH
[or is it an Anti-Fascism march?? ]....

Gather 11am in Dolores Park;
march to SF Civic Center.

[ Will "nakedmarvin" march nude this time? ]

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CAL-SF: 25 March
"Half Price Friday":
8pm to 1am :
open playparty
for adults of any gender:
at sfCitadel.org

For work exchange, please email
volunteers [at] sfcitadel.org
For sfCitadel street address, exact price
possible last-minute changes, etc.,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]

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*CAL-SF: Saturday, March 26

The Ethical Slut
presented by Dossie Easton and Janet Harding
2:30pm - 5:30pm
Doors at 2:00pm
[ cost ?? ]
"Strategies for Sluts:
Negotiating the Banana Peels of Free Love"

OK, so you want to have lots of sex and lots of S/M with lots of wonderful people... who wouldn't? But the realities are often challenging: even the most joyous slut may experience insecurity, feelings of clumsiness and/or incompetence, guilt, and, of course, jealousy.
Dossie and Janet will discuss lifestyles that go [beyond] traditional monogamous model.
Can you maintain supportive relationships in a world where the only sexual boundaries are the ones you set yourself?
How do you feel secure when your partner has a date (with someone cuter than you)?
What is jealousy, and can it be overcome?
Come listen, talk and learn about how to build the lifestyle you want.

Janet Hardy (aka Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green) is president of Greenery Press Inc. Under her various pen names, she is the author or co-author of ten books on sexuality, polyamory and BDSM.
[And under yet another, she's a published expert in some "respectable" field.]
Janet is a bisexual, polyamorous, gender-flexible SM switch who has shared her lifestyle knowledge at workshops and conferences internationally.

Dossie Easton, a San Francisco therapist, has been an active sex radical since 1961. While she is a well-known bottom, Dossie also tops, and has taught dozens of classes on S/M techniques, skills and philosophy. She was one of the first members of the Society of Janus [SOJ] in San Francisco.

The two women have co-authored five books, including

"The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities"

and "Radical Ecstasy: SM Journeys to Transcendence."

For cost, Citadel street address,
and possible last-minute changes,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]

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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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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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MAY 2005: time for exercise and nakedness (B2B).
[ + parliamentary elections in United Kingdom? ]
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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 15 (?): Sunday:
Bay 2 Breakers.
CLOTHING-OPTIONAL.

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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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