Au13-18 Bush-bash, lezpulp, Japantown...

FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from HolyTitClamps.com, SFBG.com, et alii );
mainly for nudist, queer, bohemian & cultural-creative communities, especially at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/
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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HARLEM SHAKE
[ FB event for women + trannies]
Saturday, Aug. 13,
check out Harlem Shake,
the African American burlesque troupe,
at a rockin' Fairy Butch event.
With speed dating, "Tingle and Mingle," and a cabaret extravaganza
followed by a dance party,
there's something for all dykes and trannies.
Bring your checkbook to help keep Harlem Shake, uh, shakin'.
8 p.m., 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission, SF. $10-$15.
(415) FEZ-8000
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SF, 13-14 August,
Sat-Sun:
Nihonmachi Street Fair:
JAPANTOWN
celebrates Asian/Pacific cultures.
11am - 6pm.
FREE.
Post & Webster.
Take #38 Geary bus to Webster.
(415) 771-9861

http://www.nihonmachistreetfair.org

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*CAL-SF: 14 August,
Sunday:
buy or sell at
BIZARRE FLEA
(SM Community Exchange),
2 to 5pm:
942 Mission St., between 5th & 6th Streets;
$5 admission to fleamarket.
2005: April 10,
August 14,
December 11.
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Lady Thorn/ SMCE: (415).753.0703.
POB 16284, SF, CA 94116
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( Fandango follows:
http://www.sfcitadel.org/calendar.php )
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ANTI-BUSH rally

Sunday, Aug. 14,
gather for a rally
responding to Nashville's "Justice Sunday II" event,
and opposing the Bush administration's abuses of power....

1 p.m.,
corner of Powell and Market, SF.
[ where the Powell cable-car turns around,
near Powell BART/Muni station ]
For more information, please go to

http://www.worldcantwait.org

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REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
panel discussion:
Sunday, Aug. 14,
look into women's rights concerns raised by nomination
of John Roberts to U.S. Supreme Court,
at the Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights forum.
Speakers will cover Roe v. Wade, abortion clinics, and protest strategies.
3 p.m., Women's Building, Audre Lorde Room,
3543 18th St., SF.
(415) 994-3462
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CALIFORNIA state legislature:
circa August 15, Monday:
Assemblyman Mark Leno's
(re-numbered) same-sex marriage bill goes next to
Senate Appropriations Committee.
If the appropriations committee does nothing, the bill dies.
If the bill passes the committee,
then it goes to the full Senate.
If it passes the Senate,
then it goes back to the Assembly.
If it passes the Assembly,
it goes to the Governator.

[ For situation as of mid-July, please see:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1752586.php ]



[ Question by TBL:
Anti-gay state constitutional amendment(s)
will probably appear on June 2006 California ballot.
Will this issue be "settled", for California voters,
before the November 2006 election ??? ]


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circa Aug. 15:
IRAQ:
deadline for drafting a proposed constitution.
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17 August, Wednesday,
6:30pm:
panel discusses history of LESBIAN FICTION,
at SF Main Library,
downstairs in Koret Auditorium.
FREE.
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17 AUG. thru 5 SEPT. 2005:
animal-rights advocates
will leaflet outside circus shows
in Oakland, San Jose, and Daly City.
For info, please visit

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1751059.php

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17 August, Wednesday,
7pm:
Periel Aschenbrand, 28,
reads from her new memoir,
THE ONLY BUSH I TRUST IS MY OWN,
on sexuality,
pop culture,
and how best to inspire the youth of America.
FREE.
A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books,
601 Van Ness, SF 94102.
http://www.bookstore.com
(415) 441-6670

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18 August, Thursday, noon:
SF Main Library screens film of
an opera which may interest cross-dressers:
Beethoven's
FIDELIO.
Wife disguises herself as a man,
hoping to free her husband, a political prisoner.
This Royal Opera production lasts approx. 60 minutes.
Enter Main Library at Grove & Hyde
(near Civic Center BART/Muni station;
go downstairs to Koret Auditorium.
[ Physically challenged persons can take elevator.]
http://www.sfpl.org
FREE.
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+ news + opinion links:




    


CAL slows marriage appeals:

http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=3974

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CAL legislature: Queer bills moving forward?

http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=3975

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OUTED soldiers:

http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=3976

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New strategy against dormant HIV:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/08/11/international/i123142D63.DTL&type=health

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Will U.S. Supreme Court nominee tilt balance on queer rights ?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/11/MNGVCE66GN1.DTL

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SF: 20th birthday of mainly-queer Alexander Hamilton Post:


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/07/BAGU6E4D5C1.DTL

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REPUBLICANS ignore moderates:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/07/MNG9TE4DO91.DTL

[ Commentary by SUN:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1758223.php ]

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SF Entertainment Commission hears complaints about racism at Badlands gaybar

http://sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=3954

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NURSE-IN by Alameda County LACTIVISTS:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/05/BAGJIE3HF11.DTL

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GREEN farming and consuming:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/08/03/gree.DTL

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SF QUEER NEWS, each Thursday:

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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SF's possible future, in 2028:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1757768.php

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"CITY OF LOVE" as SF Pride's theme for 2007

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1758043.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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AUSTRALIA-based sexworker site:

http://libertarias.ebloggy.com/

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"CULTURAL CREATIVES" (2001):

http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=399