Rights leader, festivals, qyrstory...

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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Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi speaks at USF
Monday, May 16, Iranian activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi lectures and receives honorary doctorate from the University of San Francisco. In 1969, Ebadi became the first female judge in Iran in 1969. She sponsored a law prohibiting violence against children, which was ratified by the Islamic Consultative Assembly in 2002.
4:30 p.m., USF McLaren Center, Rm. 250,
U. of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton
[near GG Park, on #5 Muni bus line],
S.F.
Free.
(415) 422-4463
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Reclaim Oakland schools
Tuesday, May 17, mark the 51st anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education by participating in "Take Back Our Schools Day," a protest aimed at reversing the shutdown of Oakland schools. Coordinated by Organize da Bay, a coalition of Youth Together, Californians for Justice, and other youth groups, the day includes rallying at the Oakland City Center and teach-ins (on issues like the effects on Oakland students of high school exit exams).
Rally noon-1 p.m., Frank Ogawa Plaza at City Hall, 14th St. and Broadway, Oakl.; teach-ins 1-4 p.m., locations to be arranged;
rally 4:30-6:30 p.m., State Building, 15th St. and Clay,
and Oakland Unified School District Headquarters, 1025 Second Ave.
Free.
(510) 593-3956
http://www.oaklandrising.com

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SF: 18 May: artists' deadline for May 28 art show.
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Volunteer for BIKE 2 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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May 21-22, Berko: Sat-Sun:
http://www.himalayanfair.net
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May 22, SF: Sunday:
http://www.asianfairsf.com
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CAL-SF:
28 May, Saturday: ART SHOW
to benefit homeless youth group (roaddawg.org) [?],
at ART SF gallery, near 16th & Capp,
6 to 11pm.
[ All artists welcome; deadline May 18:
contact Fritz ( fritzflohr [@] mail2taxidermist.com ]
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28 May: (?): SF masturbate-a-thon???
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May 28-29, SF: Sat-Sun:
http://www.carnavalsf.com
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spring 2005:
see PEREGRINE FALCON nestlings
in downtown SF:
to watch via NestCam,
please go to SCpbrg and follow directions:

http://www.scpbrg.org/

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California, northern:
SUMMER festivals:
please see

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

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+ NEWS and opinion:


     

ROMAN CHURCH shuns advocates of equal rights:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/05/15/national/a160300D57.DTL
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SF's beloved Roxie Cinema in trouble:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/16/DDG0VCP0031.DTL

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NEW SCIENTIST reports on "brain boosters":

Want to calm your nerves before a presentation?
Beta blockers may help.
Want to stay awake to finish that assignment? Try Provigil.
The number of available "lifestyle drugs" is growing.
And now Ampakines appear
to offer improved memory. [.....]

[ http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18624994.700 ]

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Please DROP THAT BRICK.....


Open letter to San Francisco Pride:

[info [at] sfpride.org]
[board_president [at] sfpride.org]

(1) Please abolish the Pink Brick awards,
retroactively and permanently,
as of 31 December 2004.
Pink Bricks help our most homophobic enemies, in the eyes of their followers.

(2) When choosing our 2006 S.F. Pride theme, please remember that marriages and domestic partnerships may be on the California state ballot (in June and/or November).


For queer rights and freedoms,
Tortuga Bi Liberty, SF, 14 May 2005

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Human erotic PHEROMONES,
in gaymales, straightmales, and straightfemales:

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

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SF Bay Area: "wild" beaches
(not necessarily nude)
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

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