july3 CampTrans; Tamim, Dexter, Shira; mooning; housing; etc.

FREEDOMSEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Bare Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom; often taken from sfqueer.com, ebar.com,
sfbaytimes.com, SFGate.com, SFBG.com, ADLbooks.com, redvicmoviehouse.com, et alii ;
mainly for nakist, queer, and/or bohemian communities, et alii, 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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JULY 2006:
( including Dore Alley Fair [ "Up Your Alley"] in SF's SOMA district ]
(last Sunday in July)
[ http://www.folsomstreetfair.com/ ] )
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Early July:
Please visit SFQUEER
[ http://www.sfqueer.com/ ]
for recent updates:
Sean Dorsey performs at West Wave festival;
Leather Sketch - a gay male drawing group;
Cruel and Unusual: film about trans people in prison;
DEBASEMENT: A Radical Queer Social and Slut Dance:
Benefit for Arab Queer groups ASWAT and Helem;
July Radar Reading;
Always -- Australian experimental musician at El Rio;
July Eagle rock shows; etc.
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4 July: Tuesday:
U.S. Independence Day:
Usually, certain SF museums offer free admissions on the first Tuesday of each month.
Will this policy apply on July 4 ? And if so, will the place be too crowded?
You may wish to wait until the first Tuesday of August, if you can.
Otherwise, please PHONE FIRST, to make sure about
ASIAN ART MUSEUM (Civic Ctr.); SF MOMA (downtown); Yerba Buena (downtown);
Legion of Honor (34th Ave.); Conservatory of Flowers (GG park); etc.
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4 July: Tuesday afternoon:
visit the Hippie Hill drum circle around 2pm to 6pm?
Informal, unorganized, free. BYO.
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5 July: SF, first Wednesdays: free admission to:
Calif. Academy of Sciences ( aquarium, etc.; temporarily downtown) [ calacademy.org ];
Fort Mason galleries; San Francisco Zoo; Exploratorium (Lyon St.).
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SF: Wednesday, July 5,
8 pm:
[ pro-tranny performance ]
Writing the Wrongs of Michigan:
4th Annual [SF] GenderEnders
CAMP TRANS Benefit!
This year, the show features six SF Bay Area writers:
Lisa Jervis -co-founder of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture;
and editor at large of LiP: Informed Revolt.
Thea Hillman - activist; author of Depending on the Light;
and forthcoming For Lack of a Better Word....
Charlie Anders - publisher of other magazine; author of the novel Choir Boy; etc.
Tara Jepsen - co-host of monthly queer open mic K'vetch; formerly of Sister Spit.
Tina Butcher - founder and artistic director of Femina Potens; writer for On Our Backs,
Bitch, Herbivore, Fault Lines, SuicideGirls.com, Girlfriends Magazine, etc.
Julia Serano - writer and spoken word artist whose work will appear
in Bitch Magazine antho; and in Feminine Wiles (... 2007).
Plus drag performances; plus prizes to be raffled away...
$5 - 15 (sliding scale)
all proceeds to benefit Camp Trans.
at Femina Potens Gallery, 465 South Van Ness near 16th St,
Mission District, San Francisco, CA

http://www.feminapotens.com
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SF: Thursday, July 6th,
6 pm sharp :
free Radar Reading featuring
TAMIM ANSARY,
who grew up in Afghanistan and grew old in America; [......]
DEXTER FLOWERS... digging up awkward stories from her childhood,
reveling in fantastical eccentricities [...];
SHIRA TARRANT... author of WHEN SEX BECAME GENDER [...];
hosted by Michelle Tea [....]
For more info, please see
http://www.sfqueer.com/
Thursday, July 6th
San Francisco Public Library / Main Branch
Latino Reading Room / Basement Level
6:00pm SHARP
(NOT the usual "hipster time".... )
always free
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9 July, Sunday morning, 9:45am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum,
on affordable HOUSING
alternatives for seniors.
FREE.
1187 Franklin St, SF (near Geary & Van Ness).


http://www.uusf.org

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CAL, southern:
Orange County: Laguna Niguel:
annual community mooning of Amtrak train.

[ http://moonamtrak.org ]
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Pleasanton:
continuing thru July 9:

ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR:

http://www.alamedacountyfair.com

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15 - 22 July:
Chicago:
Gay Games VII Sports and Cultural Festival:

http://www.gaygameschicago.org

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16 July, Sunday morning, 9:45am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum,
on walking the Earth
( in March 2007, from Canada to Chile ).
FREE
1187 Franklin St, SF (near Geary & Van Ness).


http://www.uusf.org

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20 July thru 7 August 2006, SF:
the 26th annual SF Jewish Film Festival:

http://www.sfjff.org

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SF,
ending July 20:
"The Compton's Cafeteria Riot of 1966":
exhibition at SF Main Library,
3rd floor, Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center.
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23 July, Sunday morning,
9:45am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum,
on surviving in Darfur, SUDAN.
FREE
1187 Franklin St, SF (near Geary & Van Ness).
http://www.uusf.org
[ After today, there won't be any U-U forums
until September 17. ]
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BERKELEY, downtown,
ending July 29:
Thursdays, noon to 1pm:
outdoor music concerts,
FREE.

http://www.downtownberkeley.org

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CANADA:

29 July thru August 5:

Montréal Outgames

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NEWS and opinion links:



SF DYKE MARCH 2006 includes topfree women
( and "ponies"...? ):

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=963

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Genitaphobic SF police damage Pride celebration:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/25/18282821.php

[ Please see also:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/02/18284705.php ]

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BETTY's LIST:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/21/BAG6SJHACF1.DTL

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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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TO SPEAK OF SEX IS TO SPEAK OF POWER... :
statement by SF Dykemarch, 2006:
( Two Thousand and Sex ):
"To speak of sex is to speak of power.
Our society and the systems that support it are mired in a heterosexist, misogynistic worldview
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.... [....]
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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