B.U.S.H. Magazine

Pride Survival Guide

Pride starts with various events. Some are better than others so make sure you know what you’re getting before you buy your ticket. Here are our Picks:

Fresh Meat ~Imani Henry and more

www.freshmeatproductions.org

Where My Girls At ~Micia Mosely

www.queerculturalcenter.org

Queer Women of Color Film Festival

www.qwocmap.org

Then there are the Major Events

Dyke March June 23^rd

Follow these rules to have the best time

1. Go alone or with one friend

2. Wear a comfy cute outfit in layers

3. Wear walking shoes

4. Get cash before the event

5. Buy you food, spirits and feel good concoctions the day before

6. Keep water handy

7. Buy a disposable camera

8. Enjoy the performances but mix and mingle

9. Around 6pm migrate over to the  motorcycles

10. March with the crowd its so much fun

11. Have at least 3 after party options, but only go to one

12. Get home by 1am save some fenergy for all the mingling on Sunday

The Pride Parade June 24^th

Follow rules 1-8 and if you don’t have to work on Monday then go to at least two afterparties. Designate a driver or take public transit. Be safe and have fun!

Dyke March 2007

Starting from Dolores Park, at 18th and Dolores
Rally and Stage Begins @ 3:00 p.m.
March Takes Off @ 7:00 p.m.

Featuring

Emcees Ani and Zulma

DJ VaVaVoom

Special Guest: Vicki Randle


Opening Blessings and Ritual

Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits

Breast Self Exam w/ Ren Davis Phoeniz and Dr. Joan Gabriella Heinsheimer


Bands/Musicians

Binky

Cleome

Nedra Johnson

Las Krudas

Kaylah Marin

Vicki Randle 

Lady Ryan


Dance

Big Burlesque's Fat-Bottom Revue
(Tribute to Heather MacAllister)

Momma's Boyz
featuring Harvey Milk Civil Rights Elementary Dancers

Raks Afrika - belly dancers

Zari Le'on & Artface


Speakers - Spoken Word - Poets

Alicia Racquel

Valerie Hayden (Pat Bond Awards)

Kaylan Marin - Dyke March Committee


Our theme for 2007 is Health Care for All and we are pleased to have Lyon-Martin Women Health Services at the rally this year! There will be information tables as well as a mammogram truck on site for any woman who wants an examination. Consultants with health care providers will be available providing valuable information. 

Trans March 2007

Friday June 22nd, the Friday before Pride
Dolores Park, Dolores and 19th Street

*3pm Stage*  7pm March

The Trans March is a grassroots, social change event organized entirely by community volunteers. You are welcome to get involved to make this year's event even better!

San Francisco's first, historic Trans March in 2004 attracted a crowd estimated at 2,000. Last year's Trans March brought together 5,000-6,000 people for an amazing community-driven grassroots demonstration on the weekend of LGBT Pride. This year, we expect over 10,000 transgender people and allies, making it the largest transgender event in history!

The Trans March is intended to:

• Demonstrate that the violence and discrimination directed against the transgender community will not be tolerated.
• Celebrate the struggles of the trans community for respect, acceptance, and civil rights.
• Build a supportive, unified trans community bringing together diverse genders, ages, and ethnic backgrounds along with our allies.

The entire event will be sign-language interpreted! Please enhance, translate and pass this on to any groups, lists, or individuals who might be interested.

The Trans March is produced by over 50 grassroots community volunteers, with primary sponsorship from: Good Vibrations, National Center for Lesbian Rights, United Genders of the Universe! Horizons Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and co-sponsorship by: Walden House, FTM International, SEIU Local 790, Fresh Meat Productions, Eros, Femina Potens, Queer Cultural Center, San Francisco LGBT Community Center, SF LGBT Pride Committee, and the Dyke March!

Love Movement

Join me in celebration of my birthday June 10th at 4pm for an afternoon of Soulful House Music. Free BBQ amd Cake

Dance the afternoon away in this lovely inside/outside venue.

Club Oasis 135 12th St Downtown Oakland

www.myspace.com/dalovemovement

Bush Mag Pride Parties

This Sunday, Pre Pride Kickoff "BUTTA"

RAIN or SHINE!

Come early to grab some food, get your drink on and catch the The pre-pride show...

with Our very own SISTAH SPIT SPOKEN WORD 3p - 3:30p MO FUNK 4YA special video shoot 3:30p - 4pm and we close with "SISTAH DRUM WARRIORS"

also:

DJ Olga T's newest Hip Hop mix "A Taste of Butta, Volume 2" will be available this Sunday, don't sleep on these.

The best in hip hop, R&B, Reggae, Dancehall and Neo-Soul
featuring DJs Calalo &  Olga T
The Oasis, 135 12th Street in Oakland
$5 B4 3pm and $7 after

MO BUTTA VIP tickets available at Butta!
21/over 2pm-9pm

Thursday, June 22nd "Coochielicious"

Come out and support Ms Lana Birthday bash!

Hosted by Buttafly...@ The Bench and Bar Franklin st Oakland

9pm - 2am Show starts at 11pm

$10 cover

Saturday, June 24th is "MO'BUTTA" The Official After-Dyke March Party!

This is history in the making folks!  At last, a Pride party for all the sistas of the Bay Area and beyond.  African Amercans, Latinas, Asians, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, and every other woman in between coming together to celebrate our diversity and passion. 

Warm vibes, beautiful women, amazing food, special guest performers Yo-Yo & Ricoshade, flawlessly mixed music by the Bay's best DJs, the ridiculously gorgeous and talented MO'BUTTA Dancers, new mixed Hip Hop CDs by DJs Olga T, Calalo, Rapture, and other surprise giveaways.

Words cannot describe the beautiful vibe and energy that will breathe through the crowd; it will be phenomenal.  Don't even think about missing out on this event!

Celebrity Hip Hop artists Yo-Yo & Ricoshade performing and DJs Olga T, Calalo, and Rapture (Hip Hop, Bay Hits, Classic Joints, and R&B) throwin down

all night long.

-Sexy MO'BUTTA dancers

-VIP Lounge Package chill with the artists, a few tickets still available*

-Easily accessable transportation**

-Ample parking

-And of course, the Bay's best vibe!!!

7pm -2am

Sweet's Ballroom, 1933 Broadway at 19th St. in downtown Oakland

$15 general admission

$50 VIP Lounge Tix

21+ w/ID

Sunday, June 25 Mango Meets Butta in "The Aftamath"

After the Parade, when you're hella tired, but you want one more party to close out the weekend; take yo ass down to THE AFTAMATH!

DJs Calalo & Olga T will be representing Butta &

DJs Edaj & La Niche will be representing Mango

Hip Hop, R&B, Dancehall, Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, Reggaeton, and more...

@ Blondies - 540 Valencia Street

$5 befo 7pm, $7 afta

6PM - 2AM

21+ w/I.D.

Keep this email as a reference and forward it to spread the word.

See you at BUTTA this Sunday!

For anymore info please visit www.butterflyproductions.org & or www.djolgat.com

Trans March

Trans March! Friday June 23rd, the Friday before Pride, 7 pm March. 3 pm - 7 pm Speakers and Performers Dolores Park, Dolores and 19th Street Calling all transfolks, friends, allies and admirers! We are calling for this march to demonstrate that we are a significant and growing portion of the lgbtiq community; to increase our visibility and presence in the tgiqlb community and the overall community at large; to encourage more trans and gender-variant people to come out; to build connections among ftm, mtf, bayot, crossdressers, sadhin, hijra, transvestites, bantut, drag queens, drag kings, mahu, transsexuals, bakla, travesti, genderqueers, kathoey, two spirit, intersex and those with other labels for themselves and no labels for themselves, those who see gender as having more than two options, and those who live between the existing options; to support one another as a community, through all of our struggles; to speak out against violence, hate, transphobia, and the oppression of any and all of us under the existing social structure; and to be fabulous and powerful in the company of others that are fabulous and powerful. Dress up, show up, bring signs, speak out, and be what happens! For more info or to volunteer please contact info@transmarch.org.

Bustin' Out -Trans Pride

Busting OUT:

a Trans March after party

in honor of the new documentary, "Cruel and Unusual"

benefiting the Sylvia Rivera Law Project

& the Trans/Gender Variant in Prison Committee

with hip hop, spoken word, & cabaret performances by

-- NaR -- Miss Major -- Tre Vasquez --

*T H E B E S T D A N C E P A R T Y*

by dj emancipacion, dj durt and others!

*Friday, June 23rd***

*9pm – 2am*

*yet another reason to be here:*

extra-special raffle action and snacky treats provided

$5 before 11p
$7-10 after 11p
No one turned away

for lack of funds

21+

at El Rio: 3158 Mission Street

between Cesar Chavez and Valencia

in San Francisco

"Cruel and Unusual," an eye-opening depiction of
the blatant discrimination
transgender people endure, portrays the challenges
faced by transwomen in
men's correctional facilities. Debuting at the SF
International LGBT Film
Festival on Wednesday, June 21st, 6pm at the
Victoria Theatre.

www.frameline.org

The Sylvia Rivera Law Project works to guarantee
that all people are free to
self-determine their gender identity and
expression, regardless or income or
race, and without facing harassment,
discrimination, or violence.

www.srlp.org

The Trans/Gender Variant in Prison Committee works
to end the
discrimination, medical neglect, abuse and
violence experienced by
transgender and gender variant people, and people
with intersex conditions
in CA prisons.

www.tgijp.org/tip

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This bar is NOT wheelchair accessible as their
bathrooms are not wheelchair
accessible and do not have grab bars and would not
be accessible without
assistance. The entrance and most of the club is
wheelchair accessible,
including the back deck, but not the yard. For
more information, please call
El Rio at 415.282.3325. This bar does not have a
parking lot.

Public Transportation:

MUNI: 12 Folsom, 14 Mission, 14L Mission Limited,
26 Valencia, 49 Van
ness-Mission, 67 Bernal

BART: 24th Street Station (El Rio is located four
blocks south of here)

Stand Against Hate

Stand Against Hate
Free Outdoor Event!

Saturday, June 24th from 12:00-1pm
Main Stage of Pride (City Hall) - Civic Center Plaza

LINE-UP PERFORMANCES

Mistresses of Ceremony : Alma Garcia & Natasha
Muse



Meliza Bañales (Spoken Word)
She is the author of Girl With the Glass Throat,
Scratching a Surface, and Say It With Your Whole
Mouth (nominated for a Poetry Center Book Award in
2004). Her articles, reviews and poetry highlight
women of color and have been featured in films,
anthologies and magazines. She currently resides in
Savannah, GA.



Nazbah Tom (Spoken Word)
A queer, Navajo poet from the reservation working
on finishing her master's in Drama Therapy. As a
performer Nazbah wants to speak to others about
her experiences and plant seeds of understanding
and hope.As a budding drama therapist Nazbah
wants to develop a practice centered on theories of
decolonization, especially with natives, lgbtq, women,
and poor people.





Annette Dancel and Company (TaeKwonDo Martial
Arts Demo)

Has been training in the art of TaeKwonDo for 18
years and teaching for 15. "I couldn't imagine my life
without it. For me, teaching is the greatest gift of all -
to be given the opportunity to pass on to my students
the value of self confidence, perseverance, discipline
and respect-not only for others, but themselves."
Annette has learned throughout her martial arts
career that no matter what size, age or gender,
anyone can succeed - it all starts with the mind - and
a "YES I CAN attitude".


For more info:
SF Pride’s website:
www.sfpride.org
CUAV: Tina D’Elia (415) 777-5500
ext.304 Tina@cuav.org

Organized by: Community United Against Violence
(CUAV) and San Francisco Pride Committee


The “Stand Against Hate” Stage provides an
opportunity for members of our LGBTQQ
communities to express themselves through
dynamic dance, music, and spoken word in the face
of homophobia, racism, anti-immigrant hatred,
ageism, and many other forms of anti-oppression.


Community United Against Violence (CUAV) provides
free counseling, advocacy, and education to end
forms of violence such as queer domestic violence,
hate crimes and hate violence, homophobia and
transphobia and other forms of oppression. Our 24-
hour crisis line is (415) 333-4357. www.cuav.org

Your Pride Guide

Pride time can be a fun experience or a nightmare. Take our advice for the perfect pride experience

Have a Picnic at Delores Park, March in the Dyke March, Go to the Castro for an hour or two then find an After Party.

*Never Drive to Pride: traffic is impossible, parking is non-existent, you might be too drunk to drive later.

*Wear Comfortable shoes: even if you don’t do the whole march I guarantee you will end up walking a lot.

*If you have a friend who lives in

San Francisco

:  plan to sleepover

If you can afford it rent a room in

San Francisco

for the night with a few friends

*Plan to go with at least one other person: going solo could be fun at first but after awhile you need some one to take your picture with the hot girls.

*Go to the bathroom before you have to go badly. Go inside restaurants if they make you buy something have your friend pay while you wait in the bathroom line, let the port-a-potty be your last resort.

*Prepare and pack light: bring a backpack, I.D., cash, a snack, moist towlettes, camera (disposable), cell phone, a jacket with a hood for later.

*A pen and a pad (you might meet that one) This is a great time to connect with others. Different groups and organizations will be represented and you n\might want to check them out when prides over.

*Have a get home plan

If taking BART over buy a return ticket first. If you run out of money at least you can get back home.

*The best After Parties are house parties so f you hear of one check it out. If the party is boring simply slip out and go the at least one of the big parties on our pride party list.

Queer Arts Festival

The National Queer Arts Festival (NQAF) is a month-long June festival of groundbreaking music, dance, visual art, spoken word, theater, film, and video with over 50 events and hundreds of performers in multiple venues throughout the city of San Francisco. The majority of events are held at the LGBT Community Center (1800 Market Street @ Octavia) and SomArts Cultural Center (934 Brannan Street @ 8th Street).

For a complete list of this year's artists, events, venues, dates, times, and ticket information, call 415-864-4124 or visit our website: www.queerculturalcenter.org.

This year's theme is "Hope and Healing in Times of War" and features local, national, and international artists and performers whose work builds bridges, creates networks of political resistance, creates systems of support for the ill or disabled, opens new horizons of possibilities for building community, and offers remedies for injustice.

Highlights of NQAF 2006 include:
June 3: QBall Performance and Visual Arts Gala and Dance Party
June 10: The Transformers perform Rally the Troupes
June 10: Oratrix spoken word from Seattle
June 11: Vicki Randle CD release party
June 13: Alison Bechdel reading from a new graphic novel memoir
June 15-18: Brand New High-Way - performance with Sini Anderson, LAVA,
Bitch
June 16: Aquellas LOCAS and Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, rock from LA
June 15-17: Fresh Meat 2006 - The Fifth Anniversary Transgender & Queer Performance Festival. Trans-glam rock, gospel, hip-hop,
aerial dance, and more
June 16-18: Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens perform Exposed, a love story
(loveartlab.org)

Other can't miss events include an interview with Madama Butterfly Opera star Patricia Racette, the Pick Up the Mic homo hip hop After Party, a new edition of TransForming Community II curated by Michelle Tea, the annual Trans & Dyke Marches, and an exciting new lit program, Fixed/Broken with Thea Hillman, Natalie Ilum from DC, and more.

QCC is a multiracial community-building organization founded in 1997 whose mission is to foster the artistic, economic and cultural development of the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgendered community. The executive director of NQAF 2006 is Pamela Peniston, a twenty-year resident of San Francisco and former producer for Good Morning America, whose current duties also include overseeing the Creating Queer Community commissioning program which awards grants to artists.

Beyond the mission of NQAF is the purpose, and Pam Peniston explains,"For me, it's about connecting audiences with the art created by their own communities, inspiring the next generation of artists, presenting quality work at an affordable price so that all audiences can experience it, and reaching out to both queer and non-queer communities and institutions and helping them to acknowledge and celebrate queer artists. It's all about art, however you may define it, wherever you may find it."

Please contact Adrienne@biggspublicity.com to confirm coverage, request an interview or images, reserve a media pass, or for more information.