F_ckForForest, Ammiano4queen, People'sPark, Votergate...

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.

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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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CAL, northern: Oakland:
Did your vote count?
Wednesday, April 13, take a look at two documentaries that investigate the mishaps and possible corruption in the past two elections:
Robert Greenwald's Unprecedented
and Beverly Harris's Votergate.
7 p.m., Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakl.
$5 suggested donation.
(510) 393-5685
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EMT in Afghanistan
Wednesday, April 13, see the documentary Worlds Apart, which follows
9/11 rescue worker Megan Bartlett and film producer Tom Jackson on a peacekeeping mission to Afghanistan, where they bond with rescue workers.
7 p.m., Kitchen, 225 Potrero, S.F.
$5 suggested donation.
(415) 282-6580
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SF: surviving sexual assault
Thursday, April 14,
In Defense of Prostitute Women's Safety Project
sponsors "Alternative Healing for Rape and Other Sexual Assault,"
a self-help workshop.
6-8 p.m., Mission Neighborhood Resource Center, 165 Capp, S.F.
Call for price. (415) 626-4114
sf [at] crossroadswomen.net
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SF: supe Mirkarimi's art party
Friday, April 15, join District 5 supervisor Ross Mirkarimi at an art opening at City Hall featuring "Mission school" artist Andrew Schoultz.
5-8 p.m., City Hall, Room 282, S.F.
(415) 554-7630
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TAX DAY demo for equal rights:

CAL, northern: OAKLAND: Friday:

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


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SF: Labor Chorus benefit
Saturday, April 16, enjoy an evening with musical performers Ronnie Gilbert
(of Weavers), saxophonist Dr. Loco, singing group Caminante, and others,
at a benefit for the
Bay Area Rockin' Solidarity Labor Chorus,
which needs money to continue to support picket lines.
8 p.m., City College of San Francisco, Diego Rivera Theater, 50 Phelan, S.F. $10-$12.
(415) 648-3457
wynnegilbert [at] igc.org
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SF: Yes Men appear
Saturday, April 16, meet the Yes Men (Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum), political pranksters who have infiltrated World Trade Organization meetings by posing as businessmen. The event features Enemy Combatant Radio DJs and a
documentary made by Chris Smith, Dan Ollman, and Sarah Price.
8 p.m., Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia, S.F.
$6.
(415) 824-3890
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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
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VATICAN: circa 18 April, Monday:
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... ? ]
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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, central valley:
Next anti-queer rally will be April 23, Saturday, in Clovis.

[Will there be a counter-demo for human rights?
To find out, please visit:

http://www.marriageequalityca.org

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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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This popular event sometimes doesn't publicize itself very well,
at least online;
perhaps because posters on Telegraph Ave. (near UC-Berkeley),
plus word of mouth, are already enough to draw a big crowd....

Thanks to Carol Denney for telling us the exact date for 2005.
And thanks to Robin Goodfellow for finding the 2005 info
at Bay Area Progressive Directory:

( http://www.bapd.org/n5719.html )

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People's Park 36th Anniversary Celebration
Sunday April 24 [2005]
noon-6pm
People's Park -- just east of Telegraph & Dwight Avenues
in Berkeley
Free!
Come All !
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Music: Hightower, New Funk Generation, Shelley Doty,
Andrea Pritchett,
Green and Root, All Nations Singers, Berkeley Liberation Orchestra, more
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plus: Wavy Gravy, Ignacio Chapela, Julia Vinograd, more
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plus: Skateboard Park, Food Not Bombs, more
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FREE.
(Donations may be accepted?)


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CALIFORNIA:
around April/May:
Millions of "painted lady" butterflies are flying north
from Mexico to Canada.
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FUCKFORFOREST.com

[photo:]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2005/04/13/gree.DTL&o=4

[article:]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/04/13/gree.DTL

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RIGHT TO DIE in California?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/13/MNGQIC7FTB1.DTL

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BILL CLINTON versus gay Republican:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/04/12/politics/p075020D58.DTL

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TRACING THE HUMAN SPECIES back to Africa:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/13/MNGQIC7FT51.DTL&type=science

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MATIER & ROSS column includes:
From San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano:
"If Prince Charles had married me,
there'd be no problem as to who was the queen.''
+ and more, at:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/13/BAGPJC75MD1.DTL

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GAVIN's sexuality?

see SF Chronicle ( 13 April) for supes' reactions to comic verse
about SF Mayor?


     
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