Celebrates Bisexual Pride Month

June 2014

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Public Radio Public Radio is available KQED Public FM in 88.5 on frequencies 89.3 FM in San Francisco, FM Sacramento (KQEI), 88.3 FM in Santa Rosa and 88.1 in Martinez. It is also available 960 on XFINITY digital cable and live online at kqed.org. KQED KQED Honor the richness and diversity of the greater San Francisco Bay Area by celebrating by Area Bay Francisco San of the greater richness and diversity the Honor Bank. and Union with KQED Month Pride LGBT Photos: (top to botom) courtesy WXXI; courtesy Out in the Bay; www.transstudent.org; Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia www.transstudent.org; Bay; the in Out courtesy WXXI; courtesy botom) to (top Photos: KQED in the KQED Celebrates Pride Month with Join KQED, Community Cinema, Spectrum Special Film Screening Media, Gay-Straight Alliance Network and the African Community American Art & Culture Complex for a special free Wednesday, June 4, 6pm screening of The New Black. Centering on the historic American Art & Culture Complex fight to win marriage equality in Maryland, the award- 762 Fulton St., San Francisco winning documentary tells the story of how the African American community is grappling with gay rights issues Photos: (top to bottom) courtesy Jen Lemen; courtesy LYRIC; in light of the recent gay marriage movement. courtesy StoryCorps; courtesy A community discussion following the screening Frameline. will include panelists from the Gay-Straight Alliance Network and Spectrum Queer Media. Biographies of prominent African American LGBT individuals and local Bay Area archival treasures from the exhibit Legendary will be on display.

Free Please RSVP at newblack-sf.eventbrite.com

KQED and LYRIC Celebrate KQED and Lavender Youth Recreation and Information LGBTQQI Youth Center (LYRIC) celebrate Pride Month and our Local Heroes with a family-friendly event. Emceed by Mia Saturday, June 7, 6-8:30pm Tu Mutch, the fun-filled evening willl feature resource The Women’s Building tables, a live performance by Still Here, a poetry 3543 18th St., #8, San Francisco reading by Yosimar Reyes and music by DJ Matthew J. Light snacks will be provided.

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Celebrating Pride with Join KQED and StoryCorps for a night of storytelling, Stories and Music music and celebration. StoryCorps founder Dave Isay will be on hand to launch StoryCorps OutLoud, a multiyear initiative dedicated to recording and Wednesday, June 25, 6:30-9:30pm preserving LGBTQ stories across America. OutLoud The Chapel honors the stories of those who lived before the 1969 777 Valencia St., San Francisco Stonewall uprisings, celebrates the lives of LGBTQ youth and amplifies the voices of those most often excluded from the historical record.

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San Francisco International KQED is proud to be a sponsor of Frameline38: LGBT Film Festival The 38th San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, which returns to the Bay Area June 19–29 with its signature showcase of the world’s leading queer cinema.

frameline.org/festival

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