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of events and activities in the San Francisco North Bay area of interest to Gay, Bi & Questioning men.
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Testing Sites FREE AND ANONYMOUS HIV ANTIBODY TESTING SITES
If you want to get tested please CALL the HIV/AIDS hotline to confirm the testing sites will be available the day you want to go: 707-565-4620
Guerneville:
Mc.T's/Yagamata parking lot*** Every Wednesday 5:00 pm-7:30 pm
Graton:
Graton Labor Center*** Every other Saturday8:00 am-10:00 am
Sebastopol:
Sebastopol Flea Market, Highway 116*** Every Other Saturday,10:30 am-12:30 pm
Santa Rosa Test Sites:
Sonoma County Department of Health Services 415 Humboldt St. 565-4620 Drop-in testing:
Wednesday 9:00am-11:30pm Thursday 10:00-12:30
Drug Abuse Alternative Center (DAAC) 2403 Professional Drive. 544-3295 Drop-in testing Monday 12:00 noon- 4:00 pm, Thursday 2:00 pm-5:30 pm
Santa Rosa Free Clinic Family Service Center, 465 A St., Mondays 9-12 Wednesdays 9-5
***These locations subject to change. Call 565-4620 to confirm or for information about other Sonoma County sites.
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"The people HAVE the power. All we have to do is remind them that they have the power." - John Lennon
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Thursday - Men 4 Men Support Group - Sausalito (See Below)
Saturday - Frontrunners Run / Ride / Walk - Santa Rosa (See Calendar)
Saturday - Napa/Solano LGBTQ 55+'s Gather - Vallejo (See Below)
Sunday - Outbeat Salon - North Bay LGBTQ Radio On Air / Streaming (See Below)
Sunday - Oscar Night Benefit Viewing Party - Napa (See Below)
Check The Calendar For More Events








The Black Cat Cafe on Montgomery
Street became home in the 1950's
to a Gay drag revue starring Jose
Sarria. Sarria was born in San
Francisco and performed each
Sunday afternoon for fifteen years
to full houses of 250 or more, using
his role as Madame Butterfly to
sermonize about homosexual rights
and leading a sing-along of “God
Save the Nelly Queens..."
When it finally closed in 1963, The
Black Cat had broken the barriers
that prevented overtly Gay bars
from existing freely.
A 1951 California Supreme Court
decision banned the closing down
of a bar simply because
homosexuals were the usual
customers.
Manuel Castells convincingly
argues in The Grassroots and the
City that The Black Cat had also
established an important cultural
precedent for the Gay community:
fun and humor.
As the community developed,
feasts, celebrations, street parties,
public and private bars, and
bathhouses and sex clubs, became
the important forms of cultural
expression and sociability, which in
turn strongly influenced other
communities in San Francisco and
beyond. - Chris Carlsson
More Still More
Before & After Harvey
San Francisco
LGBTQ History
The Redwood
Rainbow's
LGBT and
Friends
Square
Dancing Club
continues
Mondays with Beginner's Class from
7 PM to 8:30 PM and (slightly more)
experienced class from 8:30 to 10
PM, at Wischenmann Hall, 460 Eddie
Ln., in Sebastopol.
For more information call Steve
Minkin at (707) 433-8967 or Kathyrn
at (707) 887-2546.
A men - only group meets Fridays at the Sutter
Medical Center of Santa Rosa, Administration
Bld. Conference Room 1,
3325 Chanate Road, Santa Rosa, at 7 PM.
The group is only open to sex addicts or
men who believe they may be sex addicts.
For information call Info Line at
707-573-6064 or contact Dan J.
at 707-542-3150 or email Northbay Intergroup at info@northbaySAA.org
MARCH 13 IN SAUSALITO
Marin Men 4 Men Group
Offers Supportive Community
The Men-4-Men Community Group meets the 1st and
3rd Thursdays of the month - next gathering is
Thursday, March 13, from 7 - 9
PM., and is a free, on-going,
drop-in peer support group for
gay-identified men, at the
Center for Attitudinal Healing,
33 Buchanan Drive, in Sausalito.
Experience a sense of
community based on heart-felt connections in a safe
and supportive environment.
For more information, leave a message for
Jason at 415-331-6161 x276 or x106.
Progressive Talk For the San Francisco Bay Area
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Sonoma Boys Night Out
The Information, Event & Community Site
For Gay, Bi & Questioning Men in the San Francisco North Bay Area
The Four Points by Sheraton at 1010 Northgate Drive in
San Rafael is home for the Marin monthly men’s gay and
bi mixer, Monday, March 22..
Join a great group of guys for
cocktails and chit chat.
Inexpensive wine and beer,
delicious cocktails and free
hor d'oerves will set the
stage for a great evening.
Enjoy drinks and make
friends outside by the pool.
This Monthly Mixer, on the fourth Monday of each month,
is sponsored by Marin Life, and has been a monthly
feature of LGBT life in Marin for over 5 years. It's open to
gay and bi men of all ages, but alcohol for men over 21
please!
Any questions should be directed to Andy Fyne
at 415-457-2487x102.
MARCH 22 IN SAN RAFAEL
Monthly Men's Marin Mixer
FRIDAY IN SANTA ROSA
Men's Sex Addicts
Support Group Meets
MONDAY IN SEBASTOPOL
LGBTQ Square
Dance Classes
The next LGBT Full Circle Senior's
Group (for Napa and Solano 55+)
meets the first and third
Saturday of the month.
The next gathering
is Saturday, March 6,
from 9:30 AM to 11 AM
at the Florence Douglas
Senior Center,
333 Amador St.,
Vallejo CA
For more information contact Mary at
707-557-2662 or 707-319-1604.
The next Pizza Happy Hour for the
LGBT community in Solano and
neighboring counties is
Wednesday, March 17 , from 5:30
PM to 7:30 PM at Round Table Pizza
, 2401 Waterman Blvd., Suite A, in
Fairfield.
This is a great way for you to meet,
relax, socialize, and have fun with
new and old friends.
This is a no-host event.
MARCH 17 IN FAIRFIELD
Pizza Happy Hour Draws LGBT'ers
Wishin' You Nothin' But Blue Skies From Now On
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WiGaypedia.com
The Gay Coffee Hour, getting
together Wednesdays, is an
activity of the Yahoo Newsgroup
groups.yahoo.com/group/
marin4men. This is a great
opportunity to meet local men.
The Marin4Men newsgroup has
over 450 members.
Aroma Cafe, 1122 4th Street,
San Rafael. Meet for Gay Coffee
Hour every Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
WEDNESDAY IN SAN RAFAEL
Gay Coffee Hour Hosts Meet Up
I release any and all shame and fear that
resides within me around being gay. No
matter how "out" I am in my world, I pause
and recognize that there may still be pockets
of pain within my consciousness due to
growing up in a homophobic society. I
breathe love into these pockets and allow an
even deeper experience of healing within
my body, mind and emotions. As I allow
myself to be cleansed of all shame I become
a larger channel of support for others who
are still trapped in pain, loneliness and
isolation. How good it is to be of service to
the idea and ultimate experience of freedom.
- To Sign Up For Free Gay Affirmations Click
HERE



There is a HIV+ support group for gay and bi men living
in or near Solano County. A Licensed Clinical
Psychologist who has extensive experience working
with HIV+ individuals and groups facilitates the
meetings in a private office setting where safety and
confidentiality are strictly
maintained.
The group
meets the first
and third
Thursdays of
the month, at
8 PM, at
631 Tennessee Street,
Vallejo.
For more information, send an e‐mail to:
cppsyd@sbcglobal.net
or leave a message at: 707‐363‐2698
A Program In Partnership with the Solano Pride Center.
HIV+ SUPPORT IN VALLEJO
Solano Support Group
For Gay and Bi Men
Lake County Creates
LGBTQ Social Group
An LGBTQ group has been started in LakeCounty and will be sponsoring
events for social and education.
For more information email
lakecountypride@yahoo.com, visit their
MySpace page at
www.myspace.com/lakecountypride,
or www.lakecountypride.info/About_Us.php
The site includes a calendar of events.
MARCH 6 IN VALLEJO
Solano/Napa 55+
LGBTQ'ers Meet
Spectrum LGBTQ Center, based in San Rafael is hosting
groups for LGBTQ seniors in Sonoma County.
In Sonoma the group meets the third Friday of each month,
the next gathering is March 18, from 10:30 AM to Noon at
the Sonoma Community Center, at 276 E. Napa Street in
Sonoma.
On the fourth Tuesday
of the month a group
gathers in Santa Rosa,
from 1:30 PM to 3 PM at
the Glaser Center at the
Unitarian Universalist
Congregation, 547
Mendocino Avenue,
Santa Rosa. The next
gathering is March 23.
Join Spectrum for lively
discussions, mutual
support, sharing
information, and all the
while celebrating who
we are. Everyone is welcome; there is no charge. Whether
you're in the closet or out, you are welcome!
For more information, call Gary Shepard, Spectrum Project
Coordinator, at 707-583-2330 (message line, checked
frequently) or email gary@spectrumLGBTcenter.org.
MARCH 18 IN SONOMA
LGBTQ Seniors
Gather
Wishin' You Nothin' But Blue Skies From Now On
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One of the most anticipated films of the year and nominated for
Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, "A Single
Man", starring
Colin Firth and
Julianne Moore
opened January
15, to a near sell-out
crowd at the 7:20
PM screening, at
Santa Rosa's Rialto
Cinemas.
Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis,
A Single Man is the story of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a
52-year-old British college professor who is struggling to find
meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim
(Matthew Goode). George dwells on the past and cannot see his
future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of
events and encounters ultimately leads him to decide if there is
a meaning to life after Jim.
George is consoled by his closest friend Charley (Julianne Moore),
a 48-year-old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions
about the future. A young student of George's, Kenny (Nicholas
Hoult), who is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George
as he feels in him a kindred spirit. A Single Man is a romantic tale
of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the
human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly
smaller moments in life. Directed and co-written by acclaimed
fashion designer Tom Ford (making his feature debut), based on
the novel by Christopher Isherwood.
Colin Firth won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival and
the British Academy Awards (BAFTA) and is nominated for an Oscar
for this role.
Admission is $10 General, $7 Senior. The Rialto Cinemas are
located at 551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa.
NOW IN SANTA ROSA
"A Single Man" Continues
At the Rialto Cinemas

The Sonoma County Pride Planning Committee is
seeking volunteers to help plan, promote, and
raise funds for
Sonoma County
Pride 2010
which will be
held Sunday,
une 6th in
Guerneville.
This year’s
theme is
“Sonoma
County Pride
Is So Gay”.
The celebration includes a Pride Parade through
Guerneville and an LGBTQ
Festival on the lush grounds of the Guerneville
Lodge. The 16th Annual Pride
Comedy Night follows June 12th at the Wells
Fargo Center for the Arts.
The Pride Planning Committee is seeking to build
on the great success
of last year’s Pride where 4,000 people – by
California Highway Patrol
estimates – attended the parade and celebration.
The Planning Committee is seeking volunteers to
help plan the event in the
areas of fundraising, logistics, vendor
development, parade monitors and more.
Can you help produce this popular and singular,
annual event in the Sonoma County LGBTQ
community?
If you are interested in joining the Sonoma
County Pride Planning Committee or in
volunteering to help in any way please email
info@sonomacountypride.org.
Tax-deductible sponsorships, gifts and in-kind
donations are another way to show your support
and can be made online at our website.
The Planning Committee meets twice a month,
once in Guerneville at the River Senior Center
and once in Santa Rosa at the Hilton Sonoma
County Wine Country hotel.
Visit the website for more information at www.
sonomacountypride.org and respond with PRIDE!
JUNE 6
You Are Needed Now
To Make Pride Gay
NOW IN SANTA ROSA
"Dirty Blonde" Celebrates
Groundbreaking Icon
The wit, career and irresistible appeal of legendary Hollywood star
Mae West is remembered and explored in “Dirty Blonde”, an
awarding winning comedy, playing Thursdays through Sundays,
February 26 to March 21 at
Snata Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse.
Two devoted Mae West fans swap stories
and admiration of Mae West with comedy,
history and musical flashbacks that honor
the campy, sexy, groundbreaking icon who
challenged film censors while titillating
1930s movie audiences with her
memorable double entendres and erotic,
independent female characters.
Feb. 26 to March 21, 2010
8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays
TICKETS: $18 to $28 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturday and 2PM
Sundays: General $28; Senior (62+) $22; Youth (13-21) $22. 8 PM .
Thursdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays: General $22; Senior
$18; Youth $18.
6th Street Playhouse, 52 West 6th Street, Santa Rosa
Walk the red carpet, Sunday,
March 7, from 5 PM to 11 PM, and
enjoy the experience and the
glamour of the 22nd Annual Napa
Valley Academy Awards Viewing
Extravaganza.
Funds raised benefit the Care
Networks HIV Programs at the
Queen of the Valley Medical Center.
The Robert Mondavi Winery is the
setting as over 25 of the valley's
finest restaurants will be
represented featuring great wines
and spirits at a no-host bar.
Silent Auction items, balloon prizes,
live entertainment, dancing with
DJ Doc Martin and the glamour of
the awards viewing with the best
of Napa.
Also featured will be live comedy and entertainment by Bob
Sarlatte, a nationally known commercial actor, radio and television
personality, comedian and speaker as seen on David Letterman
Show, The Late Show, National PM Magazine and Entertainment
Tonight.
Tickets, starting at $22.50 may be purchased on line HERE or by
calling 707.738.4040
MARCH 7 IN NAPA
22nd Annual Oscar Night
Benefit Viewing Party
The next Senior Men's Brown Bag Lunch
Discussion is Thursday,
March 11, From Noon to 1:30 PM at the
Spectrum LGBT Center, 30 North San
Pedro Road, Suite 160, San Rafael.
The group meets the second Thursday
of each month.
For more info contact Cristin Brew at
415-457-1115 x203 or email
cbrew@SpectrumLGBTCenter.org
MARCH 11 IN SAN RAFAEL
Senior Men's Brown Bag Lunch
Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives, is the Face
to Face Film March 18, at 7:15 PM, at the Rialto
Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Road, In Santa Rosa
Thirty years ago, in 1978, Word is Out: Stories of Some
of Our Lives startled audiences across the country
when it appeared in movie theaters and on television.
The first feature-length documentary
about lesbian and gay identity made by gay filmmakers,
the film had a huge impact when it was released and
became an icon of the emerging gay rights movement
of the 1970s.
In honor of its place in our collective history, Word is
Out was selected for the LEGACY PROJECT FOR GLBT
FILM PRESERVATION by Outfest and the UCLA Film &
Television Archive. The original film negative was
recently restored, and the re-mastered 35 mm print
was shown at gala festival events at OUTFEST in Los
Angeles and FRAMELINE in San Francisco.
Admission is $10 Adult; $7 Senior (60+).
MARCH 18 IN SANTA ROSA
"Word Is Out", Acclaimed
Gay Documentary
Screens @ Rialto
"A stunning documentary...unquestionably a
landmark film”
— Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
“...graceful, funny and often very moving ...
The people have in common a kind of
confidence and certainty”
— Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"The most intelligent, telling, cinematic look
to date at the homosexual experience in
America.”
—John Wasserman, San Francisco Chronicle
“There is everything human and
compassionate in Word Is Out ...”"
— Judith Crist, TV Guide
“An affectionate, stirring and witty film . . . A
remarkably coherent chronicle of what it is
like to grow up different in America.” —
David Ansen, Newsweek
This month the Men's Dining Group willl be
meeting for dinner
on Friday March 12
at Round Table Pizza
in Sebastopol, at the
corner of S. Main St.
and Burnett St. in
downtown
Sebastopol.
Meeting time is the
usual 6:30.
Let Wayne or Joe know if you wil be attending so
they can reserve enough space.
Wayne gyrfalcon@sbcglobal.net
Joe amato@sonic.net
MARCH 12 IN SEBASTOPOL
Men's Dinner Group
Gets Cheesey