AB 1081 bill passed the Public Safety Committee yesterday. Definitely a victory but just a first step. What is AB 1081? AB1081 is a state bill, also know as the TRUST Act, which would require counties to officially agree to opt in to S-Comm, as opposed to now, where counties have been involuntarily forced to [...]
Archive for April, 2011
March with Us on MayDay!
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011HAVOQ in the STREETS! Join us as we march in solidarity with immigrants, workers, and anarchists around the world! Our Dance Troupe/ FlagCORE will be keeping it fun with Young Worker’s United and their street-theater contingent! We’ll be keeping it queer with El/La, CUAV, and others! And we’ll be keeping it rowdy with the Progressive [...]
Undoing Borders: Queer No Borders Manifesto RELEASED!
Thursday, April 21st, 2011After 2 years 4 Queer Community Conversations and many drafts we finally have a working draft of our Queer No Borders Points of Unity: Undoing Borders! Click here to download a version to read on screen: Undoing Borders On-Screen Version Click here to download a version to print as a double-sided zine, click here: [...]
Angry Queers Bench update
Thursday, April 21st, 2011It seems most of those benches we loved have been taken away, but we noticed another bench on Mission recently. Yay!
Homolicious Facilitation Training
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011Have you secretly fantasized about facilitating a group meeting but feel a little nervous? Does the thought of keeping queers focused on a homoflexible agenda sound like a role you’d like to play? Maybe, you’d just like to pick up a few skills, practice and share what you already know about facilitation? Maybe, you know [...]
Angry Queers Protest Sit/Lie with Benches
Thursday, April 14th, 2011We just heard about a creative action against the Sit/Lie law- last weekend a group of anonymous angry queers installed 10 hand made benches all around San Francisco to protest the privatization of public space! They released this statement: “Look around you! Some new benches have appeared on the streets of San Francisco! These benches are [...]
FRIDAY: Come out against violence, a queer demonstration of power
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011sigue en espanol Come out on Friday, April 15th for a Demonstration of Power http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=164034070320159 Gather at 6pm at 16th St. BART Station … On the evening of Friday, April 1, 2011, a young transgender woman was violently attacked near the 16th and Mission BART station. Transgender and gender non-conforming people, low-income and homeless people, [...]
The Great San Francisco Sleep-in
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011The Great San Francisco Sleep-in MAY 14TH 2011 * Civic center lawn 6pm games & Dinner; 8pm shine! (bring a light/candle) Adults and allies join thousands of homeless youth across the US (40% of which identify as LGBT) as we slumber party on the streets of S.F. to SHINE a light on youth homelessness. The [...]
Introducing HAVOQ-in-the-streets Dance and Flag Troupe!
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011HAVOQ in the STREETS! Have you always wanted to come to protests in a crew of dancing, flag-waving, music-making, fun-having queers? Then this is just the thing for you: HAVOQ is re-invigorating the pink and turquoise flag corps and learning some moves for some dancing in the street. Come to the following practices if you [...]