Sex-baths, B2B, fauxgirls, recovery...

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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MAY 2005: time for outdoor nakedness
and indoor masturbation
( including Bay2breakers on May 15,
Masturbate-athon in late May ).
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circa MAY 12- 17:

SF area political events, chosen by SF Bay Guardian:

http://www.sfbg.com/39/32/x_alerts.html

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Friday, May 13: Queer Open Mic
@ 3 Dollar Bill Cafe
features Meliza Bañales.
8pm show at SF's LGBT Community Center,
1800 Market at Octavia
(a short walk from Marlena's).
NOTAFLOF.
[ A donation may be accepted;
but you're still welcome if you're broke.]
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Celebrate fake news
Friday, May 13, laud the May 12 arrival of the ONION,
at a party sponsored by Inforum and Craigslist.
Onion editors moonlight as DJs Aperitif (?) and Digestif.
Dead Hensons perform.
10 p.m.,
12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission, S.F.
FREE.
(415) 597-6719.
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CAL-SF: actions against racism
in the Castro gayborhood:
May 14, Saturday:
message from activist Tommi Avicolli Mecca:
"Hi everyone
The picketing and boycott of Badlands continues. As you know, the Castro bar was recently found guilty of discrimination against African Americans by the city's Human Rights Commission. We have been picketing on Saturday nights and so far it's going well.

The owner is obviously very threatened since he hired cheerleaders to walk around the Castro giving out 1/2 price drink cards last Saturday...
they also stood outside the bar and screamed at us as we marched
and spoke with passersby.
We are a peaceful presence and
we have been informing people of what's going on...

This Saturday [May 14] , join us at 9pm at LYRIC, 127 Collingwood
near18th for a special training.
At 10pm we will walk over to the Badlands (just around the corner)
to peacefully picket
and hand out flyers... [....]

Join us Saturday for WEEK THREE of the picket! "
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CAL-SF:May 14, Saturday:
two events in one evening,
at compatible times,
so you could attend both:

-- Saturday, 7pm to 8:30 pm:
Therapist Rik Isensee, LCSW, talks about
"RECLAIMING YOUR LIFE:
The Gay Man's Guide to Recovery from
Abuse, Addictions, and Self-Defeating Behavior."
at Magnet, 4122-- 18th St, SF
(in the Castro gayborhood).
FREE.

[ http://www.rikisensee.com ]

[ http://www.magnetsf.org ]
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--- Saturday, 10pm showtime:
FAUXGIRLS! drag cabaret
at Marlena's bar, 488 Hayes Street near Octavia
(a short walk from the SF LGBT Center;
and on the Sunday route of Bay2breakers).
No cover charge.
415.864.6672

[ http://www.sfdrag.com ]
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CAL-SF:
May 15 Sunday:
PEACE WALKERS
@ Bay2Breakers:

Nudes4peace gather at 8AM on the north side of Hayes Street, near Octavia; to watch fast
Bay2Breakers runners, then join slow walkers. Please bring peace signs, drums, flags, etc.
To get there from Civic Center BART/Muni station, walk west on Grove to Octavia,
walk south on Octavia to Hayes; look for Marlena's bar (488 Hayes) as landmark.

After the B2B footrace, N4P may demonstrate at Ocean Beach, on federal land.

[For more info, please visit

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/05/1735959.php ]

Clothed peaceniks are welcome too.
We expect participants from X-plicit Players, SUN, sfBarea, etc.
We'll wait at Octavia until AFTER the X-plict Players arrive (from East Bay);
and probably longer.
If you don't feel like walking, you could just stand with us on Octavia (side street), starting at 8am.
If any police officer(s) order you to cover up, please obey (even if the order is unlawful).
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For official info on B2B,
including times and places of street closures,
please visit:

http://www.baytobreakers.com
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The footrace is CLOTHING-OPTIONAL in practice (de facto),
tho NOT in theory (de jure).
Runners are followed by walkers; and
these walkers may be in costumes, including birthday suits.
For safety, walkers and other slow-movers must keep to the right,
allowing runners to pass swiftly and freely on the left.
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There are usually two or more organized groups of nude participants in B2B;
and at least two hundred unorganized nudes.
For info on the official naturist "Bare2breakers" runners
(wearing yellow/green caps), please visit:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org
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Serious runners cross the finish line, thru the chutes,
in order to get their time recorded.
Once they cross the line, nude runners must hastily get dressed,
under threat of arrest if they refuse.
Non-serious participants can avoid this finish-line hassle in two ways:
(a) by slowing down, and hanging out at the various outdoor music and dance parties
along the route, as long as those events are allowed to continue;
and/or (b) veering west, away from the chutes and finish line,
to end up on Ocean Beach.
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You MUST wear clothing if you attend the Footstock concert,
in the Polo Field,
Sunday, 9:30am to 2pm; free to the public.

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SF: 18 May: artists' deadline for May 28 art show.
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Volunteer for Bike to Work Day
Ongoing through Thursday, May 19,
help out at one of the 20 Energizer Stations located all over the city
on Bike to Work Day.
Volunteers pass out goody bags and cheer on the cycling commuters.
Helpers are also needed at the Bike away from Work party.
For information on how to volunteer, please go to
http://www.sfbike.org/btwd_vol
Party Thurs/19, 6-9 p.m., 111 Minna Gallery,
111 Minna, S.F.
Free; valet bike parking provided.
(415) 974-1719
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*CAL-SF:
19 May, Thursday, 5:30 to 7:30 pm:
book party for
GAY BATHHOUSES AND PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY
at GLBT Historical Society
657 Mission Street, third floor, SF.
FREE. Open to the public.
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CAL-SF: 20 May: reading at
A Different Light, 489 Castro Street, SF 94114
http://www.adlbooks.com/events.cfm
415.431.0891
[ check for possible last-minute changes]
Free.
Secret Service:
Untold Stories of LESBIANS in the Military
Friday, May 20
7pm
Zsa Zsa Gershick 
Each of these women recounts her experiences,
marked by witch hunts, sexual harassment, discharges, and fear. ...
[ For bookshop events at
A Different Light, 489 Castro, SF 94114,
and another ADL in the Hellay area,
please visit

http://www.adlbooks.com/events.cfm ].
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+ NEWS LINKS:

Birth month may determine age of menopause?

http://www.healthtalk.ca/menopause_051205_7211.php

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New research on human erotic PHEROMONES,
in gaymales, straightmales, and straightfemales:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/05/1736817.php

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Qyrstorical opinion:

"CYBERIA is to queers,
as Hollywood was to Jews.":

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/05/1736674.php
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SF Bay Area: "wild" beaches
(not necessarily nude beaches)
for summer 2005:

http://www.sfbg.com/39/32/cover_summer_beaches.html

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SF QUEER NEWS, weekly:

http://sfbaytimes.com/

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NUDES in the news:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news