"The people HAVE the power. All we have to do is remind them that they have the power." - John Lennon
Welcome to Sonoma Boys Night Out
SBNO is a not-for-profit site, which accepts no advertising, and exists solely to promote a variety
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.
Visit The Sex Page For More Health Related Information
Thursday - GLAM Night @ the Casbar - Santa Rosa (See Below)
Thursday - Gay Men's Community/Support  Group - Sausalito (See Below)
Friday - Men's Sex Addicts Support Group - Santa Rosa (See Below)
Saturday - Fourth of July Celebration
Sunday - Outbeat Salon - North Bay LGBT Radio - Rohnert Park (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
July 2 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, July 2,   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
Based out of San Francisco's Progressive
Talk Radio Station, GREEN 960 AM,
OUT LOUD is the newest offshoot of
Queer Channel Radio Network.
Call in at  866.365.4758 or Instant Message  
at "shakeradioim" on YAHOO and AIM!

LIVE  Sundays 7 to 9 PM
PST on
GREEN 960 AM in San Francisco, and
streaming at shakeradio.com.
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A support group for
Solano and Napa County Area HIV+
men
meets Wednesdays in Vallejo.






Call 707-567-1956 or write
SolPozSupGrp@comcast.net for
more information.
As we all know, there isn’t a Gay bar in Santa Rosa,
but one bar seems to be taking on the mantle
– de facto and part time – and that is Upper Fourth,
the trendy cocktail lounge on the East side
of Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa.

Tuesday nights seem to be the night to show up if
you’re a Gay man looking for entertainment and
sociability. Reports are Tuesdays are very busy,
and there is usually a small jazz combo playing.
Tuesdays In Santa Rosa
Men Meet At Upper Fourth Lounge
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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 will be the new home for the Marin monthly
men’s gay and bi mixer. 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.
July 27 In San Rafael
Monthly Men's Marin Mixer
Fridays In Santa Rosa
Men's Sex Addicts
Support Group Meets
Mondays In Sebastopol
LGBTQ Square
Dance Classes
The next   LGBT Full Circle Senior's Group
(for Napa and Solano 55+)  meets Saturday,
June 6. The group gathers the 3rd
Saturday of each month

The next gathering is Saturday, July 18,
at the Panama Red Coffee House ,
289 Mare Island Way, Ferry Bldg.
End of Georgia St., Vallejo, from
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Contact: Mary at
707-557-2662 or 707-319-1604.  
July 18 In Vallejo
Solano/Napa 55+ LGBTQ'ers Meet
The next Pizza Happy Hour for
the LGBT community in
Solano and neighboring
counties is Wednesday, July
15 , 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.
July 15 In Fairfield
Pizza Happy Hour
Draws LGBT'ers
Wishin' You Nothin' But Blue Skies From Now On
WiGaypedia.com
HIV+ Support In Vallejo
Solano Group
Meets Wednesdays
July 17 In Sonoma
Spectrum LGBTQ Center
Hosts Senior Gathering
Marin County’s Spectrum LGBTQ Center, based in San
Anselmo, is continuing groups for LGBTQ seniors in
Sonoma County.

In Sonoma the  group
gathers  the third
Friday of each month from
10:30 AM to Noon at the
Sonoma Community Center,
276 E. Napa Street in Sonoma.
The next gathering is
July 17.

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.
The Senior Men's Brown Bag Lunch Meets
the second Thursday of each month from
Noon to 1:30 PM at the Sprectrum LGBTQ
Center, 1000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., # 10,
San Anselmo. The next gathering is
Thursday, July 9, 12:00pm – 1:30pm

For more info contact Cristin Brew at 415-
457-1115 x203 or email
cbrew@SpectrumLGBTCenter.org
July 9 In San Anselmo
Men's Brown Bag Lunch
The Gay Coffee Hour, getting together
JWednesdays, 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.
Wednesdays In San Rafael
Gay Coffee Hour
Hosts Meet Up
FREE NORTH BAY   
PERSONALS
The Gay marriage issue
seems to be everywhere
these days, even on the
comics page. SBNO was  
happy to see this strip in
February 11th's papers.
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
Sally Forth
The Open-Minded Book Club,
now in it's Sixth  year,
continues to meet the third
Sunday of the month. The next
meeting is July 19.

July's title is\ Michael Chabon's
"Wonderboys",   Chabon's
follow-up to "The Mysteries of
Pittsburgh" concerns the antics
of a self-destructive
middle-aged novelist who is
suffering from a sustained case of writer's block.   

The book club meetings include a pot luck.

For more information contact Lou DeFillippo at
ldefillippo@earthlink.net    
In Santa Rosa
Men's Open-Minded Book Club
Meets July 19
An LGBTQ  group has been started in Lake County and will be sponsoring events for
social and education.

For more information email lakecountypride@yahoo.com  or visit their MySpace page
at  www.myspace.com/lakecountypride . The site includes a calendar of events.
Lake County Creates LGBTQ Social Group
In honor of Gay Pride Month, KRCB Television presents several special
programs during June 2009.

In The Life – The PBS monthly LGBTQ newsmagazine
presents 40th Anniversary of Stonewall The State
of the Movement - A Look at its Past, Present,
Future - How do we measure our progress?
In The Life will speak to activists young and old to
explore where we have come from and how far we
have left to go.
June 16 at 11:00pm
http://www.inthelifetv.org
www.inthelifetv.org/html/other/summerofstonewall.html

Emile Norman: By His Own Design
Emile Norman: By His Own Design is a portrait of the self-taught
California artist Emile Norman, who, at age 89, is still working with the
same passion for life, art, nature, and freedom that inspired him through
seven decades of a changing art scene and of turbulent times for a gay man
in America.









June 17 at 8:00pm
Norman: By His Own Design Web site
www.emilenorman.com
http://www.pbs.org/emilenorman/ ]http://www.pbs.org/emilenorman/

Only in the Castro with Trevor Hailey
A light-hearted film that follows renowned walking tour guide Trevor
Hailey as she takes San Francisco visitors on a hilarious half-hour romp
through the back streets and back stories of the world's most celebrated
gay neighborhood including a stop at Harvey Milk's real-life camera store
location. June 17 at 9:00pm  
http://www.onlyinthecastro.com/ ]http://www.onlyinthecastro.com/

Singing Life
Singing is both a joy and a mystery. Why do we
sing? Narrated by opera diva Frederica von Stade,
Singing Life is a moving look at this uniquely
human phenomenon through the eyes and voices
of Chanticleer, the internationally known male
choral ensemble, and teenagers in a small town
high school choir. The San Francisco Chronicle
calls it "pretty inspiring stuff, with a grand finale
                                                  of choruses
                                                  joining together to
                                                 make one heck
                                                 o f a joyful noise."   
                                                June 17 at 9:30pm.
                                        






                              
http://www.chanticleer.org/0809Singing_LifeTV_PR.htm
Pride Month On PBS KRCB
Documentaries Reflect
Gay Life and History
P.O.V. -  Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner, whose epochal Angels in America won a Pulitzer Prize and
Tony Award, has emerged as one of the country's leading playwrights – and one of its fiercest
moral critics.

In the film, Oscar-winning director Freida Lee Mock
follows Kushner for three tumultuous years, from
September 11, 2001, to the 2004 presidential election,
to delve into the passions that keep him reaching for
the great American play.  

The documentary features actors Marcia Gay Harden,
Meryl Streep, Tonya Pinkins, and Emma Thompson,
directors Mike Nichols and George C. Wolf, and
writer/artist Maurice Sendak.
June 18 at 8:00pm  

http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/tonykushner/
Didn't Go? Parade Re-Broadcast
Comcast: Comcast Channel 1 On Demand/Local Events starting June 29th at 7:00 p.m.
until July 31st
It Was 33 Years Ago Today . . .  
1976 Gay Freedom Day Parade Photos On Line
Your webmaster here at SBNO  was attending his third Gay Freedom Day Parade when he took
the photos shown here. And it was a Republican administration too!
The Vallejo Gay Network, is presenting  their 5th Annual
Poll Party and Potluck Sunday, July 11. from 1 to 6 PM, in
Fairfield. Jeff and Dave are the hosts for this event which
will include special poolside entertainment by  Gayiel
Von w/ Jim “Fingerz” Jordan
Ryan Hill.

Bring your favorite Beverage,
Dish to share and a Friend.
Everyone is welcome. It's about
building community, extending
family friendships and having
a good time!

Be sure to bring your swimsuit,
towel & sunscreen

For more information, contact
Ric Duran at
VGNvallejo@earthlink.net  or 707-552-5354
Sunday, July 11
5th Annual Vallejo
Pool Party & Potluck
Napa Valley Unity League Monthly Meeting /
Mixer, Monday, July 6.
from 6 pm to 8:00 pm at Riverpointe Napa
Valley, 500 Lincoln Avenue in Napa (across
the street from Compadres)

Join in for some
food, some
drink and a lot
of great friends.

The group
meets on the
second floor
of the
Clubhouse building.
July 6 In Napa
Napa Valley Unity League
Has Monthly Gathering
SF Pride Photos, Click Pic Below