SF school board OKs program for LGBT students
The San Francisco school board unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday, February 9 designed to help make schools safer for LGBTQ students.
Milk foundation plans SF events
Stuart Milk, the openly gay nephew of the late San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, a pioneering gay politician and LGBT rights leader, found himself face to face with the Reverend Desmond Tutu at a White House ceremony last August.
Medi-Cal change raises concerns
A state program that helps people, including those living with HIV/AIDS, get access to health care is dropping patients because they already qualify for another program, leading some to fear they won't have adequate medical coverage.
Bears bringin' it to SF
The fury of the Barbary Coast returns to San Francisco in friendlier, furrier fashion this week with the arrival of "Barbary Bears: Sin, Fire, and Gold," the 16th annual International Bear Rendezvous.
Political Notebook: Lawyer seeks judge seat
Having represented the state's judges as their attorney in legal matters, San Francisco resident Robert Retana would like to switch roles and join the judiciary himself. The openly gay attorney is seeking an open seat on the San Francisco Superior Court in the June primary.
12th annual San Francisco IndieFest highlights
On the heels of the Sundance/Slamdance fests, Jeff Ross serves up the 12th annual SF IndieFest, a mini-menu of low-budget, edgy filmmaking, with almost three dozen features screening Feb. 4-18 at the Roxie Theatre.
Fiddler On The Roof
When the latest Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof opened in 2004, it was enough easy to take a pass. Already well exposed to the musical, I found little in the lukewarm reviews for director David Leveaux's revised take or Alfred Molina's performance as Tevye to change my mind. But by the following year, Harvey Fierstein had taken over the starring role, and I saw it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Turns out it was a twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Doubt
There was a kid in our neighborhood who thought St. Aloysius was actually St. Allyourwishes. In the Catholic school run by Sister Aloysius in Doubt, no child is likely to make that mistake.
LGBT center seeks $157K loan from city
Openly gay Supervisors Bevan Dufty and David Campos are co-sponsoring a resolution that would allow a $157,500 loan for the San Francisco LGBT Community Center.
Bill would divorce religion from marriage
It is a breakup many LGBT activists say is long overdue, and now openly gay state Senator Mark Leno wants the state to intervene in the split. Leno is pushing a bill that would, in effect, divorce religion from marriage under California's statutes.
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