Sep 14-21 ForPlay, whiteness, Sizzle, more...

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/ ]

[ http://www.sfqueer.com/ ]

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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.

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circa 13-14- __ ? September:
Roberts confirmation hearings:
listen in mornings on public radio stations.

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14: Massachusetts:
"CON-CON":
Constitutional Convention
(both houses of state legislature meet together
to consider a possible amendment to state constitution;
concerning same-sex marriages + civil unions ).

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Wednesday Sept 14:
SF citywide forum on
CRYSTAL METH
Women's Bldg,
18th Street between Valencia and Guerrero.
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RACE
Wednesday, Sept. 14, Robert Jenson discusses his new book,
THE HEART OF WHITENESS:
Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege.
7 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus, SF.
Free. (415) 362-8193
http://www.citylights.com
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Help stop the NEXT WAR
Wednesday, Sept. 14,
be there for the first event in Modern Times Bookstore's new activism series, featuring peace activists Medea Benjamin and Alli Starr.
The CodePink activists talk about their new book,
STOP THE NEXT WAR NOW: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism.
7:30 p.m., 888 Valencia, SF.
Free.
(415) 282-9246
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Thursday September 15th, 7-10 PM: Artist's Reception for
Folsom ForPlay 2005
Juried Art Show and Sale: Leather women will storm into "leather week" with a juried, kinky art show and sale as an exciting addition to San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair activities. The Artist's Reception will be Thursday, September 15th from 7-10 PM, and EVERYONE in the leather/kink community is invited to come meet the artists of the show at the reception. We'd especially extend the invitation to our leather-community brothers -- men are welcome to join us and help celebrate our presentation of creative delights. Art will be on display between the hours 11 AM and 5 PM weekdays from Sept. 15 through Sept. 28, 2005 at
Studio Z Gallery, 314 11th St. (between Folsom and Harrison Streets) in San Francisco.
Enter on the Folsom Street side.
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Music helps NOLA
Thursday, Sept. 15, attend "Bourbon Relief," a benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims, with New Orleans-inspired acts Griddle, Candy from Strangers, Austin Willacy, Clay Bell Experience, Brad Brooks, Welcome Matt, Tremolo, Paradigm, and Firecracker.
7 p.m., Red Devil Lounge, 1965 Polk, SF.
$10 suggested donation. (415) 921-1695
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Thursdays, 6pm-8 pm: Unka Lynnee's Academy for Ladeez and Gentelmen - radio show Hosted by Lynnee Breedlove with co-host Cindy Emch. Pirate Cat Radio, 87.9FM in San Francisco. If you're out of transmitter range you can listen online at
http://www.piratecatradio.com/
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*Friday September 16 at 8 pm: SIZZLE:
Femina Potens Gallery in association with Sister Spit presents a night of
queer spoken word and open mic erotica.
Sizzle features radical performance artist Wendy O Matik, spoken word artists Storm Florez and
Natalie Illum, performance poet Sini Anderson, erotic freelancer Lori Selke and political performance artist Andrea Gibson.
Femina Potens Gallery 465 South Van Ness
near 16 th Street.
$3 for open mic performers, $5 general (no one turned away for lack of funds.)
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Friday Sept 16, 6:30-8 pm:
San Francisco BISEXUAL Discussion Group:
... drop-in, mixed-gender, peer-led support group for bisexuals and our partners
to discuss a wide range of topics affecting us in our daily lives.[.....]
3rd Friday of each month, 6:30-8:00 pm (doors open 5:50)
$3-$5 donation requested; no one turned away for lack of funds
San Francisco LGBT Center, 1800 Market (at Octavia), check the lobby board for room number group [at] babn.org
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*CAL. northern: near Santa Cruz:
17 September, Saturday:
Adopt-A-Beach cleanup
at Bonny Doon Beach, Santa Cruz County.
CLOTHING-OPTIONAL.
Sponsored by Bay Area Naturists (BAN).
http://bayareanaturists.org
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Clean up Calif. coast
Saturday, Sept. 17, pitch in for the
21st Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day.
Last year more than 50,000 volunteers removed over 900,000 pounds of debris from our beaches and shorelines. Sponsored by the California Coastal Commission, cleanups are held simultaneously in every coastal county and many inland regions. 9 a.m.-noon. For more information call (800) COAST-4U or go to http://www.coastforyou.org
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Sidewalk sale
Saturday, Sept. 17, pick up T-shirts, totes, stickers, pins, and baked goods
at a sidewalk sale held on the steps of the Christian Science Church to raise funds for Southern Relief, a local group that formed to respond to the disaster on the gulf coast. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 655 Dolores, SF.
http://www.southernrelief.org
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Tattoo relief
Saturday, Sept. 17, buy tattoo-related art and T-shirts,
and maybe even get your skin inked by a displaced artist from New Orleans,
at one of five participating tattoo parlors raising money for Hurricane Katrina relief. Much of the day's register receipts at One Shot Tattoo (1239A 9th Ave., SF, 415-731-7468, http://www.oneshottattoo.com), Mom's Body Shop (1408 Haight, SF, 415-864-6667, http://www.momsbodyshop.com), Goldfields Tattoo (404 Broadway, SF, 415-433-0558, http://www.goldfieldstattoosf.com), Idle Hand (575 Haight, SF, 415-552-4353, http://www.idlehandsf.com), Sacred Rose (491A Guerrero Street, SF, 415-552-5778, http://www.sacredrosetattoo.com), and Dragonfly (3409 23rd St., SF, 415-550-1445, http://www.piratetattoo.com) go to the Red Cross.
Askew Grill caters the event with fresh grilled vegetable skewers.
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*Saturday, September 17, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 7:00 PM:
WRITERS WITH DRINKS
A fundraiser for other
( http://www.othermag.org )
a magazine for people who don't feel represented by mainstream media categories.
Other #8 now available!
Featuring: David Corbett, Susan St. Aubin, Andrew Boyd, Suzanne Kleid, Tina D'Elia, DJ Berkley.
The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St. between Mission and Valencia, San Francisco.
Admission: $3 to $5 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit other.
Charlie Anders MCs and vamps
charlie [at] othermag.org
http://www.writerswithdrinks.com
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Saturday Sept 17, 8 pm: "Sampler": the Film Series:
Sampler is the 3rd Saturday of each month.
$5- $10 sliding.
at Femina Potens Gallery, 465 S.Van Ness SF CA 94103.
near 16 th Street.
http://www.feminapotens.com
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Saturday Sept 17 at 10pm: Lynnee Breedlove's ONE FREAK SHOW:
Less Rock, More Hilarity. queer homohop punkrock sugarcoated feminist tranny theory standup comedy with Sherilyn Connelly and/or the Oakland Fejacks Radical Cheerleaders
At the Dark Room, 2263 Mission St.
http://www.darkroomsf.com
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Activism and social change
Sunday, Sept. 18, attend the New College of California's roundtable series featuring a discussion on confronting the prison-industrial complex: Rachel Herzog, Claude Marks, and Malaika Parker discuss Critical Resistance, the Freedom Archives, Bay Area PoliceWatch, and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.
2 p.m.-5 p.m., Studio Valencia, 455A Valencia, SF. Free. (415) 570-1071 activism [at] newcollege.edu
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Queer C&W response
Sundays in September, slip on your shit kickers because for every five bucks you spend at the Sundance Saloon's queer country and western dance night this month, the party promoters donate one dollar to Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund through the LBGT fundraising organization Rainbow World Fund. (http://www.rainbowfund.org). 5-10:30 p.m., 550 Barneveld, SF, http://www.sundancesaloon.org
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.... thru Sept. 18
San Francisco Fringe Festival --
various locations, SF
(415) 673-3847
http://www.sffringe.org
$8- 9 per show.
This independent theater festival prides itself on giving
participating artists total control over their performances and productions.
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Tuesday 20 September at 7:00 pm:
Ali Liebegott reads from The Beautifully Worthless with Katia Noyes
and Crashing America.
A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, 601 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
415-441-6670
Free.
http://www.bookstore.com
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OIL
Tuesday, Sept. 20, Richard Heinberg, author of THE PARTY'S OVER
and POWERDOWN, speaks about peak oil, how to avoid oil wars,
terrorism, and economic collapse.
7 p.m., New College Theater, 777 Valencia, SF.
$10 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds.
(415) 255-7296 ext. 253
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Wednesday, 21 Sept -- 7:30 pm signup, 8 pm show:
SMACK DAB :
an open stage hosted by Kirk Read and Larry-bob Roberts.
Featured performer: horehound stillpoint. Bring five minutes of words, music, comedy or miscellany. Bring your charm and magic and cheerful can-do attitude. Or just come and watch and cheer folks on.
All ages and genders will be welcomed and adored. Please respect the five minute limit so more people have a chance to participate. Musicians, one song please. All happening at Magnet, the gay men's neighborhood health center, 4122 18th Street between Castro and Collingwood.
Free.
http://www.magnetsf.org
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+ NEWS:


    

"UNDER GOD" clause loses again

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/09/14/national/a112000D08.DTL

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San Francisco: 12 Sept.:
TG leaders comment on Araujo case:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/13/BAGP6EMQBJ1.DTL

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CHIMPS -- 99% human:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/01/MNGLPEG8JL1.DTL

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PRIVACY? What a pre-digital concept!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/26/LAZ.TMP

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CAL November 2005 propositions-
anti-teen, anti-teacher, anti-union, etc.....

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1759444.php

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SF QUEER NEWS, each Thursday:

http://sfbaytimes.com/

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SF QUEER/alt 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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NUDE BEACHES, nortrhern California: [ 2005 ]

http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches/index.html

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SF area: FALL FAIRS:

http://www.sfbg.com/39/47/fairs.html

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AUSTRALIA-based sexworker site:

http://libertarias.ebloggy.com/