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[Rope]

Butch/Femme Socials

Our next event will be the Plan B party. Plan A was meet someone at the gym, in
class, at work, or at a homo group, but that may or may not have worked out so
well. COUPLES AND SINGLES, bring your single friends, the date that wasn't right
for you but might be for someone else, the ex that is great just not for you,
the buddy next door, pry that shy one from away from the computer screen to meet
LIVING humans. Not into meeting a date, perhaps a movie pal, gardening
buddy, bowling mate, shopping pal, come meet folks in the community.

AGES AND ID's: ALL AGES WELCOME, ID as you define it for yourself
(soft butch, hard boiled femme, tomboy, stud, ftm/mtf, butch Top, femme girl,
sorta butchy, not sure girlie COME AND MEET SOME GREAT PEOPLE).
WHAT ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW: this has been one of our most attended events.

WHEN: SATURDAY, FEB. 9TH, 2:00 P.M.- 6:00 P.M.
WHERE: RE-OPENING S.F. EAGLE, 12th & Harrison St.,San Francisco
WHO: EVERYONE WELCOME
WHAT ELSE: watch the 2 hour parking signs, casual dress, parking is easy in this
area,nearest BART station is Civic Center at 8th & Mission, consider carpooling.
ALSO: do you have a business or event? Bring your business cards or flyers for
events.



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Get ready! We're moving most of our online activity to our website at:
www.ButchFemmeSocials.com and soon no more yahoogroup

*****PLEASE NOTE: we are not a place for you to advertise events unless you
participate in community events WITH Butch/Femme Socials.

See you there!
Rope and Toughy

[Rope]

The S.F. LGBT Center is planning a memorial for Mike McLeod sometime mid-February. They will let me know the exact date in a couple of days.

Mike worked as the Facilities Manager there for many years. If you would like to make a donation to the Center in Mike's name, go to their website to do so at www.sfcenter.org, any amount is welcome. OR mail a donation.

The San Francisco LGBT Center is located at 1800 Market Street, S.F., CA 94102

Parking is hellish in this neighborhood, I highly recommend public transportation. Nearest BART station is Civic Center and you can either wak the four blocks OR take MUNI from there one stop up.

Details to follow.

Rope--

[Rope]

Letters to a Porn Star: Nina Hartley Fan Mail Gallery Reception
Letters to a Porn Star: Nina Hartley Fan Mail
Gallery
February 1- March 18th
Reception: Friday, February 1st, 7-10 pm

Short talk at 8pm with Ingrid Olson, CSC Research Fellow whose curatorial project in the CSC Nina Hartley Collection inspired this show

The Center for Sex and Culture gallery is proud to present Letters to a Porn Star: Nina Hartley Fan Mail. These letters, from our archive, address diverse concerns and interests from requests for membership information on Hartley’s fan club, to commentary on her activism against censorship and questions seeking advice on sexual health. Spanning the amusing, the downright sexy and the touchingly serious, these letters are a fascinating read. The letters are presented along with drawings and gifts from her fans.

Nina Hartley’s first adult entertainment film, Educating Nina, was shot in 1984. She has featured in over 650 first-run adult films, and has become one of the most enduring and recognizable performers in the industry. She has won the most AVN awards of any star in history and was the first working porn actress to crossover to “real acting” with a part in Boogie Nights. Hartley has created many sexual education videos as director, producer and sex educator. She has been a vocal anti-censorship activist fighting for pornography’s right to exist and is on the board-of-directors at Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance.

Please join us for this glimpse in to the impact she has had on people and the fascinating results of her inevitable role as a screen on to which a wide variety of individuals project their sexual thoughts and their often unique understanding of sexuality.





When Fri Feb 1, 2013 7pm – 10pm Pacific Time
Where 1349 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103

[Rope]

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD THAT THE LOCATION HAS MOVED DUE TO THE EAGLE NOT PASSING ITS CITY INSPECTION (MINOR STUFF BUT NOT READY IN TIME AFTERALL).

NEW LOCATION: Plan B party

Saturday, February 9, 2013.

2:00pm until 6:00pm.

Butch/Femme Socials

Our next event will be the Plan B party. Plan A was meet someone at the gym, in
class, at work, or at a homo group, but that may or may not have worked out so
well. COUPLES AND SINGLES, bring your single friends, the date that wasn't
right for you but might be for someone else, the ex that is great just not for
you, the buddy next door, pry that shy one from away from the computer screen to
meet LIVING humans. Not into meeting a date, perhaps a movie pal, gardening
buddy, bowling mate, shopping pal, come meet folks.


AGES AND ID's: ALL AGES WELCOME, ID as you define it for yourself
(soft butch, hard boiled femme, tomboy, stud, ftm/mtf, butch Top, femme girl,
sorta butchy, not sure girlie COME AND MEET SOME GREAT PEOPLE).
WHAT ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW: this has been one of our most attended events.

************************************************** ***
Get ready! We're moving most of our online activity to our website at:
www.ButchFemmeSocials.com and soon no more yahoogroup

*****PLEASE NOTE: we are not a place for you to advertise events unless you
participate in community events WITH Butch/Femme Socials.

We're meeting at the Pilsner Inn: www.pilsnerinn.com
Pilsner Inn, 225 Church St. @ Market St in S.F. [parking lot at Market/Sanchez]

[Rope]

UPDATE TO THIS POST:
The memorial for Mike McLeod aka Chatdaddy, aka Mike, aka JYD will be March 16th at the LGBT Center, 1800 Market St., San Francisco. I know this is piece by piece information but I am waiting for them to confirm the exact time.

People interested in speaking at his memorial are asked to keep their remarks to under 3 minutes.

We are putting together a slide show and if you're interested in contributing photos, please email them to me at: ropewolf1@gmail.com PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CONSENT OF THOSE IN THE PHOTOS.

Thanks,
Rope--



The S.F. LGBT Center is planning a memorial for Mike McLeod aka ChatDaddy, aka Mike, aka JYD sometime mid-February. They will let me know the exact date in a couple of days.

Mike worked as the Facilities Manager there for many years. If you would like to make a donation to the Center in Mike's name, go to their website to do so at www.sfcenter.org, any amount is welcome. OR mail a donation.

The San Francisco LGBT Center is located at 1800 Market Street, S.F., CA 94102

Parking is hellish in this neighborhood, I highly recommend public transportation. Nearest BART station is Civic Center and you can either wak the four blocks OR take MUNI from there one stop up.

Details to follow.

Rope--

[Toughy]

Nearest BART station is Civic Center and you can either wak the four blocks OR take MUNI from there one stop up.

It's the MUNI (not BART) Van Ness station that is about 4-5 blocks walk. You can take BART to Civic Center and go upstairs to Market St and catch the outbound/Castro F-Line and it drops you off about a half a block away.

[Rope]

Butch/Femme Socials presents: a SOCIAL!
Come out and meet some great people! Of course couples and singles are welcome!
Casual afternoon. Parking is fairly easy, watch it if you park in a metered area.

WHEN: Saturday, April 6th, 2-6 p.m.
WHERE: S.F. Eagle, 11th & Harrison in San Francisco
Location info: Closest BART is Civic Center, you can arrange for a ride with Homobiles in advance at: 415/574-5023

WHO: Butch/Femme folks and our friends
WHAT ELSE: the newly re-opened Eagle has been very friendly to the Socials over the years. The venue is roomy. There's a pool table, outdoor patio with heaters.
We need greeters, if you're shy OR want to meet everyone, help your hosts as a greeter. Contact me via email at: butchfemmesocials@yahoo.com, do NOT hit reply to this email it goes into never never land, use the email address above.

AND, HELP SPREAD THE WORD. Tell your single and couple friends we do not care where they fall on the butch/femme spectrum, just come out and hang with some great people.

All ages welcome, it's more fun that way.

See you there,
Rope and T

p.s. join us on Facebook, friend Rope Wolf to be added to the Butch/Femme Socials group

[Toughy]

To the femmes: The Eagle really is improved. The upper deck has been fixed and you won't risk falling in your fabulous shoes. The bathrooms have been redone with a total of 3 of them inside.

[Rope]

Mark your calendars!



Let's kick off Pride month with a Butch/Femme Social in the East Bay! Couples and Singles join us!



WHEN: Saturday, June 1st from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Missouri Lounge, 2600 San Pablo Ave. @ Parker in Berkeley, CA. 72 bus stops in front best taken from 19th St. BART station.

WHO: Butch/Femme folks and our friends, everyone welcome

WHAT: funky semi-hipster neighborhood bar, outside diner with vegetarian options, pool table, easy street parking. CASUAL rough trade dress code, i.e., not dressy.

HELP SPREAD THE WORD--bring your pals. We do not care where you fall on the butch o femme meter, just come out and meet some great people.



See you there,

Rope and T

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Bumpity bump bump

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WOMEN'S WEEKEND RUSSIAN RIVER

GUERNEVILLE, CA

MAY 15-16-17 2015


http://www.womensweekendrussianriver.com/

[Captividee]

We are looking for like minded couples to hang out with. Movies, dinner, drinks, games, etc.

[Toughy]

Butch/Femme Socials on facebook.......we do stuff in the Bay Area with singles, couples, whatever, all legal ages, all genders welcome.....

[Andrea]

I have an extra ticket for Police Brutality and Surveillance in the Online Era on Wednesday, October 18th in SF. Please hit me up if you are interested.

https://www.aclunc.org/get-involved/events/san-francisco-police-brutality-surveillance-online-era

Confirmed panelists

Malkia Cyril, Executive Director, Center for Media Justice
Kristian Lum, Lead Statistician, Human Rights Data Analysis Group
DeRay Mckessson, Civil rights activist, organizer, and educator
Nicole A. Ozer, Technology & Civil Liberties Policy Director

Cost: Free

The panel discussion will begin at 6 p.m. You are invited to mingle and connect with fellow human rights advocates before and after the panel.

Malkia Cyril is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice, a national organizing hub that champions the media and technology rights of communities of color and America’s poor, and co-founder of the Media Action Grassroots Network, the largest media justice network in the country.

DeRay Mckesson, a prominent racial justice activist and leader, is involved in mapping police violence and formulating policy objectives to advance racial justice. As a protester, avid Twitter user, and podcast creator, he has personal insight into the role of mass protests, social media, and movement building in challenging police brutality.

Kristian Lum, lead statistician at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, manages an effort to gather and analyze data on killings by police and predictive policing, with the goals of improving the data and better understanding the true human costs.

Nicole A. Ozer is the Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director for the ACLU of California. Nicole is a nationally recognized expert on issues at the intersection of privacy and government surveillance and free speech and the Internet.

The panel will be moderated by Lisa Reinsberg, the executive director of the International Justice Resource Center, an organization dedicated to helping advocates make use of international human rights protections and encouraging human rights oversight bodies to be responsive to realities on the ground.

This event is organized by the International Justice Resource Center and is co-sponsored by the ACLU of Northern California, Human Rights Data Analysis Group, Human Rights Watch, Asylum Access, Amnesty International USA, the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley Law, and Center for Justice & Accountability.

Location :
ACLU of Northern CA
39 Drumm St
San Francisco , CA

[Andrea]

Originally Posted by Andrea

I have an extra ticket for Police Brutality and Surveillance in the Online Era on Wednesday, October 18th in SF. Please hit me up if you are interested.

https://www.aclunc.org/get-involved/events/san-francisco-police-brutality-surveillance-online-era

Confirmed panelists

Malkia Cyril, Executive Director, Center for Media Justice
Kristian Lum, Lead Statistician, Human Rights Data Analysis Group
DeRay Mckessson, Civil rights activist, organizer, and educator
Nicole A. Ozer, Technology & Civil Liberties Policy Director

Cost: Free

The panel discussion will begin at 6 p.m. You are invited to mingle and connect with fellow human rights advocates before and after the panel.

Malkia Cyril is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice, a national organizing hub that champions the media and technology rights of communities of color and America’s poor, and co-founder of the Media Action Grassroots Network, the largest media justice network in the country.

DeRay Mckesson, a prominent racial justice activist and leader, is involved in mapping police violence and formulating policy objectives to advance racial justice. As a protester, avid Twitter user, and podcast creator, he has personal insight into the role of mass protests, social media, and movement building in challenging police brutality.

Kristian Lum, lead statistician at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, manages an effort to gather and analyze data on killings by police and predictive policing, with the goals of improving the data and better understanding the true human costs.

Nicole A. Ozer is the Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director for the ACLU of California. Nicole is a nationally recognized expert on issues at the intersection of privacy and government surveillance and free speech and the Internet.

The panel will be moderated by Lisa Reinsberg, the executive director of the International Justice Resource Center, an organization dedicated to helping advocates make use of international human rights protections and encouraging human rights oversight bodies to be responsive to realities on the ground.

This event is organized by the International Justice Resource Center and is co-sponsored by the ACLU of Northern California, Human Rights Data Analysis Group, Human Rights Watch, Asylum Access, Amnesty International USA, the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley Law, and Center for Justice & Accountability.

Location :
ACLU of Northern CA
39 Drumm St
San Francisco , CA

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