Hi Femme, try these sites. A new meetup group and the community calendar.

http://www.meetup.com/Inland-Empire-LGBT-Friends/

http://www.ie-glbt.com/

Also Equality Inland Empire has quite a few things going on. Get on their mailing list.

we should meet up sometime

PRIDE returns to Orange County, Aug. 14, 2010
 

Click here for more info
http://www.prideoc.com
By the Verizon Amphitheater (where Lion Country Safari used to be, right off the freeway. see link for directions and tickets)
Tommi, OC PRIDE Face painter (stop by for a rainbow on your cheek* ;)
http://manchilddesign.com/blog/wp-co...y-777x1024.jpg


Come be a part of this momentous occasion, and celebrate the last local Pride event of the summer. Tickets are on sale now, and with your support, Orange County will have a Pride event of which we can all be proud.

* Admission $10
* Kids 12 and under free
* Limited VIP Tickets Available $50
* Parking $7
* No outside food or drinks
* No Pets

Orange County Pride started as a small gathering in Centennial Park, Santa Ana over twenty years ago. Initially unwelcome in the OC, the small festival grew to host around 10,000 partygoers in a celebration of diversity on the campus of UCI. Still, by 2002, the event had become only a memory.

When Prop 8 passed in 2008, residents of Orange County, where the measure was approved 57% to 42%, decided it was time to stand together and fight ignorance and discrimination in their own community. Within a week, the Orange County Equality Coalition (OCEC) was born. OCEC has been a focused and tireless force organizing for equal rights since its inception. Its many members decided OCEC would host an annual Pride event so the community could celebrate itself, once again, and be refreshed and renewed in its battle for justice.

In 2009, Pride came back to Orange County. Last year’s “Picnic in the Park,” the first Pride event the OC had seen since 2001, had overwhelming local support. Organizations, businesses, local politicians, and artists such as Sal Landers (who headlined Orange County’s first Pride event in 1988), came out to participate in the historic event, which drew around 500 people.

This year we are taking Orange County Pride to the next level with the theme “Busting through the Orange Curtain!” Located at the Verizon Amphitheater Complex, Hidden Valley, this year’s Pride will feature THREE stages of entertainment. The Dance Tent is hosting some of OC’s hottest DJs. The Main Stage boasts an impressive line up of musicians, dancers, comedians, activists, community leaders and female impersonators. New this year, we have added a family area with fun and entertainment for parents and children. Check out the Entertainment and Family Fun pages of our website for details.

Come be a part of this momentous occasion, and celebrate the last local Pride event of the summer. Tickets are on sale now, and with your support, Orange County will have a Pride event of which we can all be proud.

* Admission $10
* Kids 12 and under free
* Limited VIP Tickets Available $50
* Parking $7
* No outside food or drinks
* No Pets

Hello
 

Does anything ever happen in the IE?

earthquakes and fires!

*pokes the thread with a big pointy shtick*

Hey hey.. So rumor has it that Redondo Beach is in SoCal. ;)

yep it hasn't fallen into the ocean yet! Actually not too far from my neck of the city!

Cool! Maybe once I'm settled we can meet up! :)

definitely!

Glad to have you in our neck of the woods Linus. You are in a great location...access to ALL of the cool California events!

LOL.. so I hear. I'm still not quite there yet. The movers picked up everything yesterday and one of K's friends is coming by for some other stuff. Tomorrow, I'll clean some and then, on Monday, I'll get 1800GotJunk to come by and take whatever's left.

The Cranky Cat and I will stay at a hotel Monday night and then fly out on Tuesday.

let me know if you guys need anything ... later when i'm awake i'll message you my phone number

So Ca--- near PS
 

I am So. CA and bored to tears.... if you know any events out this way would you kindly let me know?

Any LA area folks interested in this Ivan Coyote/Jessica Halem performance on 9/19?

http://www.ivanecoyote.com/post/38/h...ails-hollywood

Sadly, I can't make that. I love Ivan Coyote's book's. Have fun.

Yes. Sounds great.

Anyone going to the BUTCH Voices LA conference?? October 8-10, 2010...

Here is a link:

http://bvla2010.com/

If you are in San Diego this month and are a fan of Robin Tyler... come join us at Diversionary Theatre!

.............. YES!

For those of you who missed the Hammer & Nails show you missed an awesome evening of Butch / Femme performance.

I hope it was full house,standing room only.

The Hammer & Nails in West Hollywood was comfortably full - but it was a smaller, more intimate venue and that was a pleasant surprise. Everyone was very approachable and the crowd personable and friendly. More b-f events in SoCal, please!

Bumping.. Yes I am going.

Sadly no. I'll be flying back from Europe on the 8th and have to be in Chicago on the 9th. Wish I was. We need to go some regular B/F events happening in LA.

I won't be. I'll be in Reston, VA for work meeting and then prepping for a major course teach to other instructors.

Psst, SoCal...me and MissVarda are coming down from the 21st through the 25th of this month. We are thinking maybe a brunch on Sunday, and tourist type stuff on Monday? We are going to be in town for the Blizzcon convention in Anaheim, but would love to see anyone who has some time as well!

Let us know what your schedules are like!

OCT 9th--- PRIDE in RIVERSIDE.
 

If your not going to BVLA--- were having PRIDE in Riverside... Riversideiepride.org It's a small but mighty Pride!!!! We are meeting in lot 16 in the area behind BACK TO THE GRIND and the Menagerie. Admission is 10 bucks---If your interested in VOLUNTEERING contact me at Rebekahwheat@yahoo.com

THANKS Hope to see you there. ( Ask for REBEKAH) I would love to meet up.

Are you going to have a car? I'm sure there are some BFP folks around there but I think most are in LA, LB and San Diego.

Are there any fun things going on in SoCal for Halloween weekend?

There are plans to be in WeHo for Halloween night, but wondering what other fun things there might be to do that weekend.

thanks!

We are indeed going to have a car, we are renting a car for the duration of the time that we are there.

I'll keep bumping this up for those of us living here in the "outback". People living down below don't know what they're missing.

right now
 

not sure on anything tht cost much...funds are strapped....for a while....and have other plans.....have fun who do go.....

Different places have their fright nights like knotts and 6 flags. I know there are other places too. WeHo is probably the big festivity. I think in the past of done a google seatch and one gets a pretty good list. Last i'm pretty boring haven't done any and am probably up in the forest atleast for the day

May try to make some of it but not sure what my work schedule is yet ... I know i work sunday but not sure if i work friday or sat.

Bumping this up again.

I Heard all the women squealing tonight over RAVEN and DARCIE RICKERT and THE RUFFNECKS being there. It should be interesting even if they are post 16th c. Volunteers can still SIGN UP with REBEKAH TONIGHT! You get a free tshirt.

Knocking on your doors again. Raising money for the community center. Think of the children, or something like that.

Missed posting this with the last somehow.

This is the last time I do this. Promise.
Pride will be behind Back to the Grind and the Menagerie. It's small, the better to do some community building. A great lineup of entertainers and a chance to get close and personal with them. There are free public parking lots within a block or two. I will be there picking up trash or something most of the day. Say hi.

checking in to see what has been going on this past year... missing all the SoCal folks with a full heart.

Alicia Ann :blueheels: