Page Turners: Books for Holiday Giving

Unsure what to get family and friends for the holidays? Wander into your local bookstore, where an amazing selection of gifts is available. Following are titles to fit most budgets and tastes.

by Kevin Mark Kline | Dec 13, 2011

Political Notebook: Fight brewing over new Castro Starbucks

A fight is brewing over plans to open a new Starbucks store on upper Market Street. It would be the national coffee chain's third location in the city's gay Castro District.

by Kevin Mark Kline | Dec 13, 2011

Oakland Pride not yet breaking even

Almost two years into their efforts to help establish an LGBT community center in Oakland, organizers of the city's Pride celebration have little to show for their efforts.

by Kevin Mark Kline | Dec 16, 2011

City mulls restrictions for Castro plazas

Smoking and camping would be banned and set hours for sitting on movable benches and chairs would be imposed at the Castro's two street plazas under new rules proposed by District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener.

by Kevin Mark Kline | Dec 15, 2011

Disabled new targets of anti-gay initiatives

Anti-gay activists have added people with disabilities to their targets in the latest attempts to undo Senate Bill 48, also known as the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act.

by Kevin Mark Kline | Dec 14, 2011

Feds to meet with Ammiano on pot laws

After more than two months of confusion amid a crackdown by the federal Department of Justice on medical cannabis dispensaries, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano is expected to meet soon with the U.S. attorney's office, the Bay Area Reporter has learned.

by Kevin Mark Kline | Dec 13, 2011

BARchive: Holiday Haunts

The winter holidays are the most obvious time of year when gays, separated from their parents, are forced to decide between biological family and acquired family.

by Kevin Mark Kline | Dec 15, 2011

Get A Room - in San Francisco!

Hotel lounges in Union Square and around San Francisco offer stylish décor, handy access to room reservations, and a bevy of classy venues for an intriguing rendezvous. Whether it's a date with an old pal or a Grindr homme du jour, hotel bars are a specia

by Kevin Mark Kline | Dec 12, 2011

Concerts bring Queer Cheer!

Ho, ho ho! It's that time of year again. December's holiday-themed live shows and concerts should please anyone with alternative and traditional tastes.

by Kevin Mark Kline | Dec 5, 2011

The unsinkable Joan Brown comes to San Jose

'This Kind of Bird Flies Backward' at the San Jose Museum ofArt

by Kevin Mark Kline | Dec 8, 2011


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