An update on our Bisexual Contingent progress for Pride 2012:

Jan Steckel has volunteered the use of her car for the Parade.  She can fit 2-3 other folks inside if anyone needs a ride instead of marching.  Keep in mind there are no ins-and-outs: if you are in the car you must remain in the car for the whole time and if you are marching you cannot stop the parade to get in the car.  We could use a driver if anyone wants to contribute that way.

We will decorate the car on the day so bring crepe paper in bisexual colors (purple, blue, pink), painter's tape (it's blue!), and any signs/posters/banners you may have.  I am still working on getting the official banners and flags back.

We need 4 people to attend contingent monitor training and sign as being specifically for the BABN car.  If we don't get that, we can't have the car.  We need at least 2 people to be contingent monitors in addition to the 4 for the car.

Contingent monitor training sessions schedule here: https://register.sfpride.org/event/html/safety-training-2012.pdf
(You only need to attend the first hour of any of these and you don't have to register in advance, just turn up on time.  I'm going Saturday June 2 from 1-2pm at the Center in SF.)

One theme suggested for this year is "Bisexual Invasion".  The Boston Bisexual contingent is using this one so we would be in solidarity with them if we choose this theme.  Think ray-guns and outer space gear.  Any other ideas?

We have just enough funds to cover both the contingent & the car ($311), but if anyone feels moved to donate a few dollars for decorations, please contact Lani on [email protected] .

That's it for now!  This celebration depends on YOU so let me hear your thoughts!!

Cheers,
Jen

First question is: how many people intend to march with us?  That will determine how many contingent monitors we need.  Can someone put out a poll on the Facebook page to ask that group and report back here?  I'm not on Facebook so I can't do it myself.

2-25 persons marching = 2 Contingent Monitors
26 to 50 persons marching = 4 Contingent Monitors
51 to 75 persons marching = 6 Contingent Monitors

Second question is, how many people would be unable to march if we did not have a car?  This will determine if we get one or not, and how many additional contingent monitors we need for the wheels (1 per wheel is my recollection).

Third question is, how many people are willing to attend contingent monitor training, besides myself?  If we don't have enough to get a car, that will end the discussion quickly.

Fourth question is, if I can't get the banner and flags back from last years coordinator, how will we identify ourselves?

Lastly, who has an idea for a simple theme?  In recent past we've done: switch-hitters, fence-sitters, bisexuals in paradise, invisiBIlity.  Suggestions that didn't get selected were Famous Bisexuals in History, marriage-related stuff (having couples of various gender orientations dressed in wedding garb paired, maybe even square dancing so they trade off), and Green Bisexuals (as in, sustainability). 

My new suggestion for this year is to take a cue from a Star Trek episode, which featured a race war between people who had one side black and one side white, and the "opposite race" had the opposite sides black and white, like this:

Perhaps we can come up with something like this using the Bisexual Colors?

Thanks for any suggestions or help,
Jen

Greetings Bi and Trans and Friends,

The Bi Brunch has been around since the '90s and has always been open to all who would like to build community. In "the aughts" we added another group to our already four table brunch, the local trans group FTMSF, and in 2009 after the death of a pillar in the bi community the brunch was restarted on the 4th Sunday at 12:30pm. Throughout the years we have ebbed and flowed both stopping and starting the brunch in different locals and on different days. 

This time the new incarnation of the Bi Brunch will be the held by two communities that tend to overlap and support each other the most. The bi and trans communities are linked and compliment each other in so many ways. Your hosts Shelli and Martin Rawlings-Fein, the Bay Area Bisexual Network (BABN), TrandGender San Francisco (TGSF), Congregation Sha'ar Zahav (CSZ), and the Trans March really want to bring the communities together in an intentioned way and enjoy everyone's company. 

Come join us on the 4th Saturday May 26th (and every 4th Saturday!) from 12:30-3 at the Crepevine on Church St at Market for our monthly Brunch for the Bi and Trans Communities. Look for the Bi/Trans Brunch sign.

The Crepevine is conveniently located on MUNI surface Lines F, 37, J, 22 and not far from the N Judah at Church and Duboce. Right around the corner from the Church Street station (K, L, M) . The 16th St BART station is also not far (about a 15-20 minute walk or a short bus ride on the 22). Pay for your food at the counter. While no purchase is required, a small something or another will keep Crepevine happy with us. Vegan and vegetarian options available. Wheelchair accessible. Kid friendly menu/high chairs available.
 
Bisexuals, trans people and all allies are welcome and encouraged to attend this event.

For more details of to RSVP, please email [email protected] or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/225794680863701/

 

B'vracha and Thanks!

Martin Rawlings-Fein
www.feinmentsch.com

Bay Area Bisexual Network (BABN) is based in San Francisco. Our mission is to develop a healthy, vibrant, multicultural bisexual community in the San Francisco Bay Area and to promote better understanding of bisexual lives and issues within the larger lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTIQQ) community and the public.

Transgender San Francisco (TGSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving the social, outreach, and education needs of the transgender community in the San Francisco Bay area. 

Congregation Sha'ar Zahav (CSZ), the Congregation of the Golden Gate, is a progressive Reform synagogue, established in 1977. We are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and heterosexual Jews, together with family and friends, both Jewish and non-Jewish.  

The mission of the San Francisco Trans March is to inspire all trans and gender non-conforming people to realize a world where we are safe, loved, and empowered.We strive to create a space for our diverse communities to unite and achieve the social justice and equality that each of us deserves.