j23 ride free to Fri. TransMarch; Sat. DykeMarch will "speak of sex...", etc.

FREEDOMSEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Bare Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom; with help from Larry-bob (sfqueer.com),
ebar.com, sfbaytimes.com, SFGate.com, SFBG.com, ADLbooks.com, et alii ;
mainly for nakist, queer, bohemian & cultural-creative communities, especially at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/

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

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/

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

please visit Larry-bob:

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

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Is some worthy event NOT listed in the Freedomseekers' Calendar?
You can ADD it, as a comment.
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If URL fails, please google the event, venue, performer(s), date, phone number.....
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Please FORWARD freely, to willing recipients only.
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23 June, Friday: SF Bay Area:
Ride MUNI free today
(again)!!
This is another "Spare The Air" day
(as on Thurs., June 22).
Please don't add to smog (by driving a car) today.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/23/SMOG.TMP

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** SF, 23 June, Friday:
3rd annual
TRANS MARCH:
"Building a supportive community for all genders".

Gather at Dolores Park at 3pm for performances and speakers;
march at 7pm.

[ Notes by TBL:
(a) Welcoming all supporters, of any gender (or none).
(b) This event is still very new;
still rapidly evolving and growing each year.
(c) Trans March ends up at Civic Center Plaza, downtown.
[ Some advance publicity failed to state the destination. ]
If you can't march,
please meet us near City Hall.
(d) Civic Center would be appropriate,
since M2F community flourishes most visibly in Tenderloin and Polk districts.
(e) At a previous Trans March,
a dog wore a sign which announced,
"I used to be a cat." ]
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Featured speakers and artists at the Dolores Park sound stage will include
punk rock icon Shawna Virago,
hip-hop superstar Katastrophe,
TG novelist Leslie Feinberg,
performance poet Sini Anderson,
all-transwoman rock band Lipstick Conspiracy,
intersex activist Thea Hillman,
folk/punk guitarist Kaia Wilson,
drag king dancers The Cockivores,
and many others.
Elected officials such as State Assemblyman Mark Leno
and District Attorney Kamala Harris
(who have championed transgender rights)
will speak at the start of the march;
and/pr at Civic Center Plaza, where the Trans March ends.
...

Info :

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/23/18282208.php



http://www.transmarch.org.


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23 June thru July 9:
Pleasanton:
ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR:

http://www.alamedacountyfair.com
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SF: Compton’s Cafeteria Riots
Commemoration Kick-Off
Fri June 23: 
7PM - 9 PM 

http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/#calendar

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SF, 23-24-25 June:
Fri/Sat./Sun.:
36th San Francisco PRIDE:
"Commemorate, Educate, Liberate, Celebrate!":

http://www.dykemarch.org

http://www.sfpride.org

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/living/gay/pride2006

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/living/gay/pride2006

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*** SF, Saturday, 24 June:
afternoon and evening:
14th annual SF Dykemarch
theme is
"Two Thousand and SEX" !

Top-optional.

11am to 6pm: rally and celebration in Dolores Park;
6pm to 11pm: march from Dolores Park, thru the Mission district to Market Street,
then to Castro and Market (adjacent to the Pink Saturday block party).
The latter hours of this "march" (up to 11pm) are spent
rallying and dancing at Market & Castro.

http://www.dykemarch.org

[ Getting there:
Take J Church streetcar direct to Church and 18th Streets (Dolores Park).
Or walk to the park, from Castro & 18th. ]

[ Women and TG persons are welcome to march.
Respectful (and preferably queer) bio-men may attend the rally before the march.
Pink Saturday is open to all genders. ]
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TO SPEAK OF SEX IS TO SPEAK OF POWER... :
statement by SF Dykemarch, 2006:
"To speak of sex is to speak of power.
Our society and the systems that support it are mired in a heterosexist, misogynistic world view
which attempts to strip women of our sexual power.
Dykes experience this first-hand wherever we’re out (or outed).
Women all over the world are denied reproductive and sexual healthcare
due to the Bush mandate to cut foreign aid to facilities viewed as
promoting abortion and contraception.

We march for Women who are globally criminalized, silenced, shamed, threatened, jailed, beaten, raped, and killed for the act or even the articulation of desire for other women.
We speak of sex in 2006 because we must again re-claim publicly that
our bodies and lives belong to ourselves.
We stand together with the strength of articulate dissent, and
refuse to allow others to regulate our bodies or our desires.
We say yes to desire,
to sexual need and expression,
fierce peace –
yes to owning our power! "

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*** SF, Saturday, 24 June:
evening and night (up to 11pm ):
PINK SATURDAY.
Clothing-optional.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence block off Castro and adjacent streets
for a fabulous block party.
Please donate to charities, when you enter.
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SF Pride Celebration (festival):
Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon to 6pm.
Mild on Saturday,
wild on Sunday (after the parade, which starts at 10:30am).
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Festival area covers several city blocks;
CLOTHING-OPTIONAL on Sunday after the parade.
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Parts of the festival zone are on city parkland (Civic Center Plaza + United Nations Plaza);
thus no-smoking areas. [ Tobacco MIGHT be tolerated on nearby streets?]
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Celebration is free, IF you're stone broke;
otherwise, please donate when you enter the festival area.
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http://www.sfpride.org
(415) 864-FREE.
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24 June thru August 5:
STANFORD Jazz Festival:
(650) 736-0324
http://www.stanfordjazz.org
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SF, 24 - 25 June:
30th Free Folk Fest:

http://www.sffolkfest.org

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1821676.php
[ Unfortunately, this year,
this excellent event conflicts with SF Pride. ]
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Concord, 24 June thru Sept. 16:
Concert in the Hills (series):
FREE.
(925) 602-8654.
http://concord.csueastbay.edu/concertinthehills.htm



SF, June 28, Wed. nite,
6pm to 9pm:

"Know Your Rights:
STAY OUT OF JAIL".

If you or your friends use illegal drugs,
this FREE training is for you.

We'll talk about basic legal information for dealing with the cops;
including questioning,
searches.
staying safe and legal,
cops' dirty tricks, and much more. [.....]

.At Central City SRO Collaborative,
259 Hyde St (near Eddy),
in SF's Tenderloin district.

If you have any questions about this training,
please call Hilary McQuie,
of the Harm Reduction Coalition, (510) 444-6969.
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+ NEWS and opining links:



BETTY's LIST:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/21/BAG6SJHACF1.DTL
[ queer event-info source? a craigslist 4 queers? ]
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How to find YOUR ANCESTORS:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/06/22/BUGO2JHAJO63.DTL&type=business

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AT&T abolishes your PRIVACY:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/21/18281639.php

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Let's march for "queer freedom",
not for "pride":

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/06/1826625.php
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CUTTING female genitals:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/06/1826630.php

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Clinic teaches SELF-HELP for chronic pain:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/26/BAG4CIFE701.DTL

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Breast cancer survivors need YOGA:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3927131.html

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SAFER " Lincoln Logging " :

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1822033.php

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Texas:

the PUBLIC GENITALS Project:

http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/pgp/
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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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NUDES in the news:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news


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