We'll be keeping you as up to date on this as we can, so you might get a flurry of emails from us now and then; if this annoys you, please just bear with us -- it's not for long.

The fabulous Melissa Bernstein, who first brought Sizzla's appearance at The Catalyst to our attention, wrote Catalyst booking agent Gary Tighe a package of informational material on Sizzla and a letter asking for cancellation at The Catalyst for Gary on Monday. She has since made a flyer and is posting it around town.

Nataline Steinberg, a GLBT Alliance steering committee member, spoke with Gary today; his position, at this point, is that The Catalyst has a contract with Sizzla and is legally obligated to proceed with the show. He's also talking free speech rights, which we contend is not at issue here, since we're not saying that Sizzla can't say what he wants to say, but that The Catalyst does not have an obligation to provide a stage for him. We can hope that The Catalyst can understand that it has a responsibility to not bring performers who advocate violence against anyone; we'll send a list of the reggae performers who are known to advocate violence against gay men and lesbians and queer folk in general so that Gary Tighe can know about them in advance.

We have also spoken with Marina Garza, lead singer for Orquesta d'Soul; the band does not have a gig scheduled for September 11, and Marina is willing to talk with Gary about appearing here in lieu of Sizzla; Natalie gave Gary that information.

At this point, we're asking that everyone call The Catalyst at 423-1338 and booking agent Gary Tighe at 464-1212 and tell them that we will be at The Catalyst on the evening of September 11th; if Sizzla is performing inside, we will be demonstrating outside; if a replacement band is playing, we'll be paying to attend the show.

Please let us know that you've called and what response you've gotten; you can email us at info@homosexualagenda.org or call us at 831-515-4101.

We'll keep you posted.