jy17 more free rides; male-male intimacy in early USA; 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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17 July 2006, MONDAY:
another "Spare The Air" Day:

FREE RIDES on public transit in SF Bay Area:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/07/16/MNG7JK0BA311.DTL

The following transit agencies will provide free rides
all day on Monday
[ July 17 ]:
San Francisco Muni; Altamont Commuter Express; AC Transit; Alameda-Oakland Ferry; Alameda-Harbor Bay Ferry; BART; Benicia Breeze; Caltrain; Cloverdale Transit; County Connection; Dumbarton Express; Fairfield/Suisun Transit; Golden Gate Transit and ferries; Livermore-Amador Valley Transit Authority (WHEELS); Napa VINE; Petaluma Transit; Rio Vista Breeze; SamTrans; Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority; Santa Rosa City Bus; Sonoma County Transit; Tri Delta Transit;
Union City Transit; Vacaville City Coach; WestCat.

For more information, please go to
http://www.511.org

[ Note: After the first 3 Spare-The-Air days of 2006,
funds ran out;
however, new funds have been appropriated recently. ]

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Mon 17 JULY
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
@ SF LGBT Center
Buddhist Peace Fellowship mediTation group meets from
5:30pm to 6:30pm.
The mission of the BPF is to serve as a catalyst for socially engaged Buddhism,
to help beings liberate themselves from the suffering that manifests
in individuals, relationships, institutions, and social systems.
BPF's programs, publications, and practice groups link Buddhist teachings of wisdom and compassion with progressive social change.
SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St.
Info: Lee Lipp, sfchapter [at] bpf.org
http://www.sfcenter.org

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U$A, 18 July 2006, Tuesday:
Will House Republicans stage a vote on their proposed
homophobic anti-marriage amendment
today??

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/15/18288147.php

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Tue 18 JULY
William Benemann
@ A Different Light Bookstore
Reading & booksigning with William Benemann, author of
MALE-MALE INTIMACY IN EARLY AMERICA.
The book draws on personal letters, diaries, court records, and contemporary publications
to examine the role of homosexual activity in the lives of American men
in the colonial period and in the early years of a new republic.
FREE.
7pm.
A Different Light Bookstore, 489 Castro St, SF,
in the Ghaytto...
Info: 415-431-0891
http://www.adlbooks.com
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19 July, Wednesday:
WORLD:
vigils for queers hanged by IRAN:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/02/18284763.php


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Wed 19 JULY
Smack Dab
@ Magnet
"Smack Dab," an open stage hosted by Kirk Read and Larry-bob Roberts.
This month, we're fresh out of pride. So we're opening up to the post-Pride era.
Other impulses are welcome, including, but not limited to:
disgust, grandeur, infantilism, backtalk, bedwetting, solitude and danger.
Featured performer: Joe ARCANGELINI
( http://www.sonic.net/~joearky )
who has been writing for 42 years.
He's a roofshaker, a genuine performance shaman.....
All ages, all genders, all the time.
To perform bring 5 minutes OR LESS of your music, writing, dance, performance....,
sex tips, gossip or whatever.
Magnet, 4122 -- 18th St. between Castro & Collingwood.
Info:
http://www.magnetsf.org

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Thu 20 JULY
When [ male ] Friends Screw Up On METH
@ Eureka Valley Recreation Center
"When Friends Screw Up On Meth,"
a community meeting for friends, partners, and buddies of [ male] meth users.
SF Gay Men's Community Initiative is hosting a community meeting to break open the issues affecting friends, partners and buddies of meth users and to spearhead support for us.
This is for those of us who live with, work with, play with, or love men who are into meth.
Thu., July 20, 7-9pm. Eureka Valley Recreation Center. We have been through it. We are the experts.
We can decide what we need, and what we want from the community and to help ourelves.
What do we want to do to create change?
If you are a friend, partner, or buddy of a [ male ]meth user, please join us.
Eureka Valley Recreation Center, 100 Collingwood between 18th & 19th, SF
[ in the Castro district ]
Info:
http://www.isparksf.com
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SF,
20 July thru 7 August:
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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Chicago:
thru 22 July 2006:
Gay Games VII Sports and Cultural Festival:

http://www.gaygameschicago.org

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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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+ NEWS + opinion links:


Once-a-day AIDS PILL:

http://allafrica.com/stories/200607140523.html

http://news.worldfitness.ca/news/071206/FDASaysOkTo3-in-1HIVPill.php
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SF cuts HIV care, for financial reasons:

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=997

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GAY MEN and their friendships:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/11/DDG8SJRVOJ1.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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CENSORSHIP of NYC burlesk, circa 1935:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/15/18288221.php
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