Greetings everyone,

I am pleased to announce the time and location for the Bisexual Contingent to gather for the 2012 Pride Parade!

Our assembly point is on Spear Street between Mission & Howard.  We should be in place and ready to start marching by 10:00am latest, which means assembling and decorating the car at 9:00am.  My cell phone (and I text) is 510-213-1222.  I have unlimited calls and texts so reach out to me if you need info!

It is possible, as often happens, that there will be delays and we don't start exactly on time.  But don't count on that!  Come early and hang out with the cool bisexuals!  Make new friends!  Remember to bring water in a plastic bottle (no glass), sunscreen, hat, snack food, decorations, and wear comfortable shoes or bring a pair to change into.

If you haven't attended a contingent monitor training session and are intending to march with us, please, please consider attending - it's just 1 hour of your time and will allow us to have our car!  We need at least 2 MORE PEOPLE to attend training or we won't be allowed to take the car in the Parade!  If you do attend, mark 'BABN' on the card at the end of the class, and please email me at friendlyjens@gmail.com to confirm.


Last 3 training sessions (attend only the 1st hour, no RSVPs required, just show up on time):
Tuesday, June 19, 2012Contingent Monitor & Safety Training
7:00pm-9:00pm
Training Capacity: 175 
The San Francisco LGBT Community Center
Rainbow Room
1800 Market St, SF

Wednesday, June 20, 2012Contingent Monitor & Safety Training
7:00pm-9:00pm
Training Capacity: 175 
The San Francisco LGBT Community Center
Rainbow Room
1800 Market St, SF

Friday, June 22, 2012Contingent Monitor & Safety Training
7:00pm-9:00pm
Training Capacity: 500 
Larkin Hall, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
99 Grove St, SF


This is going to be a great year!  Happy Pride!!!

Warm regards,

Jennifer Davidson
LEED® AP
j.davidsondesign
San Francisco, CA
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jdavidsondesign

BABN Pride Events
Trans March, Bi-Dykes, and Parades Oh My!

5th Annual Bi-BQ
When: Wed, June 20, 5:00pm – 11:30pm
Where: Dolores Park (map)
Description: 5-7 BBQ and potluck in Dolores park, 7-8:45 Bi Talent and Mixer at Dolores Park Cafe, 8:45-9:15 Bi promenade through the mission, 9:30 Bi-Candy: Frameline Bi Shorts at the Victoria. https://www.facebook.com/events/293820014038371/ 

Trans March
When: Fri, June 22, 3:30pm – 6:30pm
Where: Dolores Park (map) Description: "Trans Generations: Define Your Moment" See & Be Seen @ Dolores Park with Jennifer and Martin (look for the Trans and Bi Pride flags) 3.30 - 6.30 March to UN Plaza @ 6.30 Performers and Speakers TBA After party: Bustin' Out 7!! The OFFICIAL Trans March AfterParty!! https://www.facebook.com/events/350283011691662/  

Brunch for the Bi and Trans Communities @ Crepevine
When: Sat, June 23, 12:30pm – 1:30pm Where: Crepevine, 216 Church St, San Francisco, CA 94114-1311 (map) Description: Let's make this Pride a special one and come on out to the monthly Brunch for the Bi and Trans Communities at the Crepevine. Find out when and where to meet out bi community for the Dyke March & Pride Sunday and recount what we were all doing the evening before at the Trans March. Your hosts the Bay Area Bisexual Network (BABN), TransGender San Francisco (TGSF), Congregation Sha'ar Zahav (CSZ), and the Trans March really want to bring the communities together in an intentioned way and build a stronger community. https://www.facebook.com/events/398339726873790/

San Francisco Dyke March
When: Sat, June 23, 3pm – 6pm Where: Dolores Park (map) Description: Dolores Park Stage: 3-7 pm Join Shelli at the Dyke March for a Bi-Dyke group and dance all the way to the Castro at 7pm with your bi sisters.
 https://www.facebook.com/events/293934070701735/ 

SF Pride Visi-BI-lity Bi Contingent
When: Sun, June 24, 10am – 2pm Where: TBD Off Market Street Downtown (map) Description: 2012 Bay Area Bisexual Network Pride Contingent Information Theme: Visi-Bi-lity, be as visible as possible and show your bi pride colours! Most of the time bisexuals are hidden, basically defined by the gender of their partner. Pride is one day of the year when we can be seen clearly for who we are, Visi-Bi-lity, whether we are in a same gendered relationship, an opposite gendered relationship, a poly relationship or no relationship at all, whether we are cisgendered, transgendered, genderqueer or just queer, we are all bisexuals and we deserve to be seen for that - the hot, fun people we all are. So use this page to invite all your friends and we will have the best turnout ever.
https://www.facebook.com/events/383867871675806/ 
 
Help Us Underwrite Our Events in the Coming MonthIf you would like to help underwrite any number of events like the, SF Pride Contingent, ice cream socials, panel discussions, monthly peer-led support groups, bi-weekly social groups and hopefully even a small drop-in community space at the San Francisco LGBT Center, please click the link below for our new WePay page. The Bisexual Resource Center, our fiscal sponsor, has graciously allowed us to create a direct fundraising page that will allow us speedier transfer of funds. 
 
Bay Area Bisexual Network Donation Page
Bay Area Bisexual Network is based in San Francisco with members from all over the Bay Area. 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 (LGBTQ) community and the public.   Thank you all so much for your support in becoming a stronger community organization through direct action and volunteerism. I cannot think of a proper way to thank the giants, whose shoulders we stand upon. Lani, Maggie, Ann, Jack, Joe and all the people who held the banner through all the storms that have ravaged our community.  

Watch here for more announcements about a 25th Anniversary Event, yes, it has been 25 years, and we will be creating a great event to celebrate the future of the bi community! 

 Martin Rawlings-Fein
Bay Area Bisexual Network