OPEN LGBT ISSUES FORUM, MARCH 12 30th Street Senior Center (Every 2nd Thursday of the Month) 225 30th Street at Dolores, San Francisco 10:00 a.m. The Forum is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) seniors and allies. Join openhouse and the 30th Street Senior Center for interesting and stimulating discussions and speakers. Whether you have something to say or not, we honor your ideas, suggestions, and participation! Feel free to stay for lunch at the Center after the Forum. For more information: Contact Hérman Carrera at 415-550-2214 or by e-mail at hcarrera(at)onlok.org or call Michelle Alcedo at openhouse, 415-296-8995. Reserve your Lunch before the Forum. This group is co-sponsored by 30th Street Senior Center and openhouse.
*NEW* LGBT DISCUSSION GROUP, MARCH 19 (Will meet every 3rd Thursday of the Month thereafter) Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center 515 Cortland Ave., Bernal Heights 1:00 p.m. This group is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) seniors and people with disabilities, allies, friends, and family. Join us for the opportunity to get to know each other and build an inclusive LGBT senior community at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center (BHNC). Bring a neighbor! This group is part of a joint effort by openhouse and BHNC to start LGBT senior programming in the Bernal Heights neighborhood. For more info: Call Michelle at openhouse 415.296.8995 x5 or email michelle(at)openhouse-sf.org.
Hope to see you there!

Hey ladies, Here is an awesome queer-positive fashion project we have been working on, starring a few assorted drag performers among other things. Please do come check it out!!
xoxx R.
For our spring series we are proud to once again present Cabaret Deconstructiv, fashionable morals and immoral fashions all tied up in a canvas sack with a bow on top. Design & performance from a whole host of humans, including powerhouse Bad Unkl Sista and newcomer Aradia Sunseri as well as Surly on viola and our inimitable narrator TJ Hooker, otherwise known in certain circles as Khadijah from the House of Salad.
Pandora’s Trunk presents Cabaret Deconstructiv Saturday March 14th & Saturday April 18th Design microbusiness showcase, show-off, and sale 1-5pm Cabaret runway show & sustainable storytime at 2:30&4pm Climate Theater 285 9th St., climatetheater.com cover charge by sliding scale Refreshments * Live music
Delights for the eyes and various other body parts presented in a microbusiness show-off, where cleverly & sustainably operating folk are hanging out with trunksful of goodies to show and tell, and sell. Keep your ass and your money local and find out how your neighbors are building the future with… fun!

Lesbian Summer Camp Pinnacles National Monument May 1, 2009 to May 3, 2009 Hollister, CA
Join us for a fun weekend of camping, hiking, meeting new friends, playing in the swimming pool, music and stories by the campfire at Pinnacles National Monument. Rising out of the chaparral-covered Gabilan Mountains, east of central California’s Salinas Valley, are the spectacular remains of an ancient volcano. Massive monoliths, spires, sheer-walled canyons and talus passages define millions of years of erosion, faulting and tectonic plate movement. Pinnacles is also a release site for the endangered California condor, and the birds can sometimes be seen from hiking trails throughout the park. Cost: $35.00 per women. Reservation required. This event sold out last year. For more info or to reserve contact Jamyrson: jamyrson@hotmail.com For more info on Pinnacles visit: http://www.nps.gov/pinn/
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As you may be aware, cigarette smoking rates among LGBTs are significantly higher than the general population. Many LGBT smokers are interested in quitting but may not have access to cessation programs, particularly programs that are sensitive to specific LGBT issues. Our research group at the University of California San Francisco has been working to develop and evaluate smoking cessation treatment specifically designed for LGBT smokers. We have recently completed evaluation of an Internet-based smoking cessation program. 793 LGBT smokers from across the country participated. Overall, we found that a little over 20% of the participants were quit one year after enrollment in the program. This was very exciting for us because most self-help programs have much lower quit rates.

As a follow-up to this work, we have recently started recruitment for a project comparing the Internet-based smoking cessation program to telephone counseling for LGBT cigarette smokers. The program is free. Smokers can find out information about the program by going to our website - www.iquit.medschool.ucsf.edu . I have also attached a flyer providing contact information for the study.

We are hoping to get information about this study out to as many LGBT smokers as possible. Our goal is to enroll LGBT folk from around the country. We hope you are willing to share this information with your group members.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. We appreciate any assistance in addressing this health problem within our community.

Many thanks,

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Get the real scoop on the L WORD from the show’s creator. Ask questions, and find out what’s next (spin-off, etc.)
Sponsored by Robert Mondavi Winery and Pisco Lounge Tuesday Ladies’ Night….
Brava! For Women in the Arts is proud to present an intimate and candid conversation with L Word Creator Ilene Chaiken who will take YOUR questions.
Ilene and Artistic Director of Brava, Raelle Myrick-Hodges will be discussing the role of lesbian in TV and film AND the real dirt (good and bad) in keeping the L WORD alive. This night should not be missed.
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Lesbian Summer Camp Pinnacles National Monument May 1, 2009 to May 3, 2009 Hollister, CA
Join us for a fun weekend of camping, hiking, meeting new friends, playing in the swimming pool, music and stories by the campfire at Pinnacles National Monument. Rising out of the chaparral-covered Gabilan Mountains, east of central California’s Salinas Valley, are the spectacular remains of an ancient volcano. Massive monoliths, spires, sheer-walled canyons and talus passages define millions of years of erosion, faulting and tectonic plate movement. Pinnacles is also a release site for the endangered California condor, and the birds can sometimes be seen from hiking trails throughout the park. Cost: $35.00 per women. Reservation required. This event sold out last year. For more info or to reserve contact Jamyrson: jamyrson@hotmail.com For more info on Pinnacles visit: http://www.nps.gov/pinn/
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Hi Everyone,
Come on out to “Strength in Unity” a benefit for lesbian hate-crime survivor Richmond Jane Doe (JD)

 
Saturday, March 14, 7:30pm (doors open at 7). 
at The Savoy in Santa Clara
3546 Flora Vista Ave. (408) 244-6909
Under new management, the place has a great new look  www.clubsavoy.com/
 
“Strength in Unity” performers include
Irina Rivkin — live-looping OutMusic Awardee www.myspace.com/irinarivkin
Karen Soohoo – jazzy pop, bluesy rock 
True Margrit– Hilariously heartbreaking  smart pianopop www.myspace.com/truemargrit.com
Carrie Gerendasy — lightening fast guitar picker www.carriegerendasy.com
Suzanne Cimone — Funny, energetic, soulful.
Blair Hansen — Acoustic melodies with an Edge. www.myspace.com/blairhansen
 
Guest-DJ Sue Steirer burning it up on the turntables later into the night for dancing
 
$10-99 suggested sliding scale donation
 100% of proceeds will go to JD
 
Come together in community to help a sister in need, to help rebuild her life while staying strong for her 8-year-old daughter. 
 Link to online information about JD: http://tatasworld.typepad.com/were_here_for_you

For videos of a couple songs about JD by “Strength in Unity” performers, check out…. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzagWSNpW0w “Stronger than Hate” by Irina Rivkin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md_7sY6Owo4  “Look at All These People” by Carrie Gerendasy
 
Artist bios:
 
Irina Rivkin, Outmusic Awardee, layers her poetic lyrics with rich textured harmonies, swirling with vocal percussive beats, all created live on-the-spot using her loop station instrument.  “rhythm & sound would pass as a Russian Sweet Honey in the Rock.” Angela Page, Sing Out! www.sonicbids..com/irinarivkin
 
Carrie Gerendasy is an outstanding, high energy folk singer with a superb voice, and a lightning-fast flat picking hand. Powerful, passionate and politically committed, her songs inspire and her charismatic presence electrifies.   www.carriegerendasy.com
 
“Fresh, and captivating, multi-talented singer/songwriter, Blair Hansen has been entertaining audiences with her edgy acoustic melodies and powerful voice for years.  www.myspace.com/blairhansen

Native Texan, Karen Soo Hoo,  creates a mosaic of sound “JazzyPop to BluesyRock”! www.brunosband.com/
 
Suzanne Cimone aka SHAZAM is a multi-talented performer, using voice, harmonica, keyboards, trumpet, guitar, and drums to create her set.  As a member of an interplay improve troupe, Wing It! she can create songs in the moment.

True Margrit’s piano-pop vignettes will seduce you, with super-catchy (yet unpredictable) choruses and the sweet/ surreal voice of Margrit Eichler. Think: Aimee Mann, Ben Folds, Fiona Apple, and Elvis Costello meet for a game of 3-D Scrabble.  http://www.myspace.com/truemargrit.com
 
“Strength in Unity” produced by Karen Wyant, Tallon Nunez, & Irina Rivkin / Rose Street House of Music.
 
To volunteer or to donate for the silent auction or raffle, email benefitforunity@yahoo.com

Or RSVP on Face Book / Strength N Unity

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Times are tough. According to business experts, if you don’t have a business plan, NOW is the time to do it. And if you do, take it out and make it work for you. This program includes *2 group workshops (4 hrs each), complimented by 2 one to **one intensives* (1 hr each). And you will have a real working Business Plan by the end of it! * Designing a Business Plan that WORKS FOR YOU* Based on 10 principles of “how to win a battle” as described by Krishna in Bhagavat Gita , EASTERN KEYS TO WESTERN SUCCESS
- *Group Sessions: (Saturdays March 14 & 28, 10 - 2 pm)* - *One-to-One Privates: (Individual Appointments)* - *2 FOR 1: YOU CAN BRING YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER OR EMPLOYEE WITH YOU FOR FREE! *
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