Best of the year in Bay Area dance
Last year, looking back was bizarre, since the consumerist bubble had broken and we were traumatized. This past year's been weird as well, since nothing decisive has happened. To me it's felt like the "phony war" of 1914 must have, before the real thing got rolling. But even in the midst of uncertainty, many wonderful events occurred.
2009 on Bay Area stages
The end-of-year appeals ring with special urgency, and several area theaters have had to downsize or retrench. But the vast majority of our theaters have made it through all of this year, and damn it, they're still here.
Black lesbians display their Sapphic history
More than 60 black lesbians and their friends were drawn to the "Spotlight on African American Lesbians" exhibit and panel discussion at the GLBT Historical Society earlier this month, where they reminisced and remarked upon their contributions to queer life.
Outcry over Uganda anti-gay law
A proposed Ugandan law that would impose harsh penalties - including death - on gay people is facing a growing chorus of international condemnation.
SF police probe death of trans woman
San Francisco police are investigating the death of a young transgender woman whose body was found last week in her North Beach residential hotel room.
Out There :: Reading through the year 2009
Coming soon to damn near all print and new media near you: critics' Top 10 lists for the year 2009. This column isn't one of them, because we didn't read nearly enough to compile a list of Top 10 books. But Out There did take this year's digital conversion of broadcast frequencies as our cue to stop watching TV altogether (except on our computer or on DVD). Here are some books we read in the time we freed up, any one of them worth our attention more than The Situation and his abs greasing up for Jersey Shore.
'Home for the Holidays' hits 20
Home for the Holidays, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus' annual holiday celebration, celebrates its 20th anniversary at the Castro Theatre this year.
Patrik Gallineaux's Cinderella story
Patrik Gallineaux was seen in the documentary My Life on the Craigslist teaching straight couples how to dance before their weddings. Earlier this year, he helped create the hugely popular Dancing with the Drag Stars that teamed professional ballroom dancers with cross-dressing local personalities. His latest project is choreographing an unconventional production of Cinderella that the African-American Shakespeare Company or is presenting through Dec. 27 at Buriel Clay Theatre. We recently caught up with Gallineaux.
A year after lesbian raped, hearing set for next month
As the one-year anniversary of the brutal gang rape of an out lesbian in Richmond approaches, the woman - known to the public only as Jane Doe - continues her recovery. The preliminary hearing in the case is set for early 2010.
Berlin's mayor often talked about for chancellor
Berlin's openly gay Mayor Klaus Wowereit is one of the names most talked about as a strong candidate for chancellor of Germany, but Wowereit was coy when the Bay Area Reporter asked him about whether he had plans to be a candidate for his country's top job.
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