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A23 fascist rally against freedom
Central Valley fundi-fascists campaign against rights. Local queers resist. ( news + opinion)
"We are not against the homosexuals, "
says Fresno anti-marriage activist Jody Hutchens.
"We don't have a problem with what they want to do in private.
We just don't want it in our faces."
Defending human rights against fundi attacks,
long-time Bakersfield resident
Whitney Douglas-Weddell says
"Going up against the Bible in the Bible belt
is an uphill battle."
But it can be done.
Like on April 2, when around thirty fundis rallied against queers in Bakersfield;
outnumbered by twice as many persons demonstrating
for human rights.
Next fascist rally will be April 23 in Clovis.
.........................
For SF Chronicle feature story,
covering both sides fairly,
please see:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/11/FRESNO.TMP
.....
[ Biased comments by Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
a gen-u-wine San Francisco freak:
Rural and small-town teens, seeing no economic or personal future in the Central Valley,
often fail to finish high school, or fail to enter college, or even fail to enter the military
(traditionally a last resort for rural youth).
Poverty, boredom, hopelessness and gross ignorance put young CV persons at risk for pregnancy
and/or drug abuse (especially alcohol and/or methamphetamine).
When their kids' futures go down the drain, puzzled parents
naturally look for some outsider to blame.
Fundis offer up a sacrificial scape-goat -- those hip San Francisco queers.
Those insolent rebels and freaksters... smoking cannabis,
riding bicycles, going to nude beaches by day and play parties by night, hugging trees....
But now, Central Valley queers (more conventional than many SF straights),
are organizing to counter-demonstrate against the fundis.
....
PS: Watch for "Reverend" Lou Sheldon's forthcoming queer-bashing book,
"THE AGENDA:
The Homosexual Plan to Abolish Moral Judgment."
-- TBL]
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( 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/
........................
For more "queer things to do"
please visit Larrybob at HTC:
[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
.........................
Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
..........................
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
...................................................
SF: April 15, Friday: Tax Day:
Want a brief taste of TENDERLOIN life,
among the homeless and the near-homeless?
Eat a FREE
"Tax Day Tuna" lunch
(tunafish salad, rice, veggies, etc.)
at St. Anthony's Dining Room, 45 Jones, downtown SF
(take Muni to 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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CAL, northern: OAKLAND:
April 15, the deadline for filing our taxes, is a powerful day to speak up for
marriage equality.
We need your presence at our rally at the
Main Oakland Post Office,
1675 7th Street
(...[walkable from] West Oakland BART station).
People from all over the area
come to drop off their taxes and
they will see us there reminding them
that we pay first class taxes for second class citizenship.
... Do your best to join us outside the Post Office
from 5 PM - 7 PM
or for however long you can make it.
We will have plenty of signs for everyone,
but feel free to be creative with your own.
Easy to park, and easy by BART.
See you Friday!
-- Marriage Equality California,
a project of Equality California Institute
http://www.marriageequalityca.org
http://www.eqca.org
.........
[Note by TBL:
In West Oakland, carry a flashlight;
and leave before sunset.
When walking from the Post Office back to BART,
travel in groups. ]
......................
17 April, Sunday morning, 10am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum,
talk by Supervisor Michaela ALIOTO-PIER.
at the U-U Center,
1187 Franklin St, SF
(near Geary & Van Ness).
FREE.
http://www.uusf.org
.......
VATICAN: 18 April:
selection process for next Pope starts.
[ Suggestion from anony-queer:
Any baptized MALE Roman Catholic, even a lay-MAN,
is theoretically eligible to be elected as Pope.
So how about some qualified gay man running?
Preferably one who can speak Italian... ? ]
............
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.
.....................
CAL, central valley:
Next anti-queer rally will be April 23 in Clovis.
[Will there be a counter-demo for human rights?
To find out, please visit:
http://www.marriageequalityca.org
.....
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 }
....
+ Beltane afternoon, on Sunday, May first, at 1 PM
............
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
.......
***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.
.......
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
................
CALIFORNIA:
around April/May:
Millions of "painted lady" butterflies are flying north
from Mexico to Canada.
..................
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For more Central Valley queer news,
Clovis counter-demo,
and commentary,
please visit:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1733033.php
Clovis counter-demo,
and commentary,
please visit:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1733033.php
The Clovis TVC rally is scheduled for 10am on April 23, at the NE corner of Alluvial and Peach. The LGBTQ community will counterdemonstrate beginning at the same location at 8:30am that same day. Bring your rainbow flags and your best PEACEFUL manner and be prepared to show them that they can bring their brand of hate here!
Contact Becki at tulare [at] marriageequalityca.org for more info
Contact Becki at tulare [at] marriageequalityca.org for more info
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