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FREEDOMSEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from Larry-bob (of HolyTitClamps), SFBG.com, ebar.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://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/

http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/
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For more "queer things to do"

please visit Larry-bob:

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

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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.

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Wednesday Feb 22, 8 pm:
Gender Pirates
Queer and Trans Cabaret.
trans/genderqueer live bands, artists, and performers- - DYSPECIFIC! - SHAWNA VIRAGO punk rock icon - singer/songwriter STORM FLOREZ! - JULIA SERANO spoken word Emcee ANNIE DANGER! sweet-voiced acoustic guitarists - - LUCIAN - SKY - BUTCH plus drag kings, dancers, and more: - MONIQUE the CLOWN -
genderfluidity writer NABIL -
ANNABELLE APOCALYPSE - SHEKINAH LOVE - Lisa International and Lacey Nationwide with DJ SAM DAVIS spinning hip hop, queer 80s, and punk rock.
**Gender Pirates is a benefit for United Genders of the Universe! genderqueer/transgender support groups, Gender Education Speaker's Bureau, and the Third Annual Trans March!**
$5 -15 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.
El Rio, 3158 Mission St, SF
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, SF:
Bush's marriage proposals
"Pushed to the Altar:
Marriage, Poverty, and Politics,"
a forum on Bush's welfare and marriage-incentive policies.....
6pm–8 pm
The Women's Building
3543 18th St., SF
$5 – $10 sliding scale
(510) 444-2700
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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23 Feb., Thursday, 7pm sharp:
"Fitness for [Roman] Priesthood?
Shifting Vatican Teachings on Homosexuality"
Panel discussion at Grace Cathedral.
See B.A.R. or

http://www.gracecathedral.org


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FRIDAY, FEB. 24, SF:
ROOF GARDENING
Restoration ecologist Paul Kephart shows how to
turn your roof into a self-sustaining yard.
Noon–1 pm
City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus
Science Building, Room 300, SF
(415) 239-3580
[ free? ]
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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FRIDAY, FEB. 24, SF:
Precita Eyes benefit
Support the Precita Eyes Youth Arts program
at a benefit with Brava's hip-hop theater act Colored-Ink,
poet Alfonso Texidor, MCs, DJs, a graffiti art exhibit, and
a live mural performance.
7pm -10 pm
Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center
2981 24th St., SF
$5 – $20 sliding scale
(415) 285-2287
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html

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FRIDAY, FEB. 24, SF:

SISTER HELEN PREJEAN,
author of Dead Man Walking,
talks about the death penalty in California....
7 pm
Grace Cathedral
1100 California, SF
$15
(415) 243-0143
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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Berkeley,
FRIDAY, FEB. 24:
Sweet charity for Dominico-Haitian community
Enjoy yummy chocolate martinis and desserts,
along with non-chocolate dinner and hors d'oeuvres,
at a fundraiser sponsored by local chocolatiers Scharffen Berger and Café Cacao.
Money raised goes to a nonprofit working to clean the water supply of a Dominico-Haitian community in the Dominican Republic.
7–10 pm
Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker
914 Heinz, Berk.
$35–$60
(415) 577-7872
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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SATURDAY, FEB. 25, SF:
Campaign for human rights
Support human and civil rights, especially for the young and poor, in the Bang4Change Festival,
sponsored by the Idris Stelley Foundation.
Listen to poets, artists, and musicians, enjoy a fashion show, ethnic market;
and educate people about current civil rights problems.
12 noon – 5 pm
Civic Center Plaza
FREE.
(415) 595-8251
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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SATURDAY, FEB. 25, SF:
African American authors
Come to a reading of African American authors
Brenda K., Itibari M. Zulu, Dexter Vizinau, Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd,
and Rev. Cheryl Denise Ward at an event honoring Black History Month.
2–5 p.m.
San Francisco Public Library Main Branch
Koret Theater, lower level, SF
FREE.
(415) 557-4400
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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Berkeley:
SATURDAY, FEB. 25:
Celebrate community and African American history by enjoying a multidimensional show including fashion, spoken word, and the
Ben Oni Orchestra .....
1pm –4:30 pm
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis, Berk.
FREE.
(510) 981-6674
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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Oakland:
SATURDAY, FEB. 25:
Immigration restrictions
Listen to immigrant farm workers share the hardships they've endured, and speak out against HR 44347, which would make it a felony to employ undocumented workers, or to be one,
at an event sponsored by the United Farm Workers and East Bay Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice.
noon–2 p.m.
St Elizabeth's Elementary School
1516 33rd Ave., Oakl.
FREE
(510) 682-4302
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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Berko:
thru 26 Feb, Sunday:
Human rights FILM FEST
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
at Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way, Berk.
$8 general;
$4 members;
$5 students, faculty, staff, seniors, youth, disabled

http://www.hrw.org

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SUNDAY, FEB. 26, SF:
Commemorate Japanese incarceration
Light a candle for the more than 120,000 Japanese civilians
[who were imprisoned] in US concentration camps during WWII
and learn about their struggles
by watching cultural presentations and films....
2 p.m.
AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres
1881 Post, SF
$20
(415) 921-5007
http://www.dayofremembrance.org

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28 Feb., Tuesday,
11AM to 2PM:
SONOMA State University:
freedom-to-marry
celebration:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1801976.php
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+ news and opinion links:

Tattoo his penis?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/20/DDGKGH9UOH1.DTL
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"PLATONIC" defined:

"platonic": lacking interest in sex ( a condition which
most human males experience, however briefly, just AFTER they cum ).
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CENSORNET(s), zoo sextour, more news:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1802501.php

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/15/BAGCJH8G1H1.DTL
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Predicting your risk of death:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2006/02/14/national/a175224S07.DTL
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PUBIC-HAIR fashions -- heart, lightning bolt....
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/12/LVG7HH2N0H1.DTL&hw=pubic&sn=001&sc=1000
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WILLIE NELSON sings about gay cowboys; + more news:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1802448.php
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FILTERING, censorship, .XXX domain....
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1801829.php
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New AIDS drugs; "homeless queerboy" lit-hoax; + more news:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1801089.php

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"Like NAKED STARLETS in the sky...."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/02/07/entertainment/e070559S47.DTL&type=entertainment
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Queer men's strain ( LGV) of CHLAMYDIA?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/06/national/w140611S99.DTL

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BETTY FRIEDAN, mother of 1960s feminist revival:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1800259.php
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Bushites vote to exclude queer groups from UNITED NATIONS panel:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/03/national/w174702S80.DTL&hw=gay&sn=001&sc=1000
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SF's new COCTEAUVIA?

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1800025.php

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Black freedom struggles?

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1799744.php
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BRITS may legalize "mini-brothels":

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20060120/WORLDREPORT20-3/TPInternational/Europe
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SING against U.S. dictator:

"BushWhacked":
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/12/1788108.php

"Bush-ism" song:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1793469.php

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Texas:
the PUBLIC GENITALS Project:

http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/pgp/
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GENERATION GAP(s) among queers:

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=480

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QUEERpodders:

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=459

[ http://www.badweeds.com ]

[ http://www.Qpodder.org ]

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Film on COCKETTES and the Angels of Light:

http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=4426
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Film explains INDIA's NUDE YOGIS:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/02/DDGJUG0QSG1.DTL&type=movies

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Film on GAY SEX IN THE SEVENTIES:

http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=film&article=108

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"PEEING IN PEACE"
( "bathroom activism"
resource guide for TG activists and allies):

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/11/1786719.php

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NUDES in the news:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news

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NUDE BEACHES, northern California, 2005:

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

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WORLD VIEWS -- how others see our U$A:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=15