United Church of Christ wins!

July 4:
United Church of Christ
endorses same-sex marriages:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/04/national/a093925D55.DTL

[ UCC is the largest U.S. Christian denomination, so far,
to support gay marriage.
However, each local congregation remains free
to do as it pleases.
Roughly 80 percent of the General Synod voted for equal rights.-- TBL ]

For more info, please visit:

http://www.UCC.org
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+ more news and opinions:

SUNNYVALE, CA: new website exposes Bush:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/04/BAGBLDIP341.DTL

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Anti-war "BREASTS NOT BOMBS" womyn,
from Mendocino County,
demonstrate topfree in San Francisco (June) ;
and Berkeley (July):

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1750397.php

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Voices from JERUSALEM:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1750811.php

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IndyBay.org ignoring ELDERS?

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1750582.php

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AUSTRALIA:
sexwork paying university costs?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/message/2630

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History of QUEER NATION:
please see
Bay Area Reporter, 30 June 2005, page10.
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QN invents "the Suburban Homosexual Outreach Project [SHOP] (same-sex kiss-ins at shopping malls)
and Queer Nights Out (invasions of straight bars and other venues)."
QN generally accepts bi and trans people, and tries to include all colors and classes.
By 1993, the "radical activism of ACT UP, Queer Nation, and the Lesbian Avengers" declines.
"But Queer Nation nevertheless made a lasting impact on the movement," writes queerstorian Liz Highleyman. "The once-shocking term 'queer' has become de rigueur, and many gay and lesbian groups now include bisexual and transgender people as a matter of course."


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SF CULTURE BLOG:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=3

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SF QUEER NEWS, weekly:

http://sfbaytimes.com/

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SF QUEER HISTORY,
circa 1971 - 2005:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1749365.php

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NUDES in the news:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news

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FESTIVALS, summer 2005, northern California:


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

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ARAUJO re-trial
(spring-summer 2005) in Hayward:
for frequent news updates,
please visit The Argus newspaper:

http://www.theargusonline.com

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AUSTRALIA-based sexworker site:

http://libertarias.ebloggy.com/