New trial of HIV vaccine in gay men begins
AIDS researchers have begun recruiting gay men in various American cities for a new HIV vaccine trial they are hopeful will be more successful than a previous vaccine trial that was abruptly aborted in 2007 for fear it was increasing some participants' risk of contracting the virus.
Out There :: Rue the day!
This week Out There reports that Golden Girl Rue McClanahan is coming to the Castro Theatre in November, joined by some local Golden Girls going wild. Catch the experimental films by Tom Chomont. Donna Sachet breaks the drag ceiling at the Giants game. 85-year old playwright George Birimisa gives a reading with a little help from his drag friends. Catch some free theater - gay or otherwise. And a pair of highly buzzed films come to town.
City floats plan for SOMA LGBT Heritage District
Since the 1960s gay men have staked a claim to the western end of San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, an area of town popularly known as SOMA. In fact, so many gay leather bars, dance clubs, and bathhouses were situated on or near Folsom Street, it earned the nickname the "Miracle Mile" and became a magnet drawing LGBT people the world over to live, work, and play in its former industrial spaces.
SF sex club shut down
The owner of a sex club that was forced to shut down last week because of alleged fire hazards said this week that he would try to re-open.
Dufty makes SF mayoral bid official
Supervisor Bevan Dufty, who will be termed out of his District 8 seat in January 2011, will officially declare his candidacy to be San Francisco's next mayor when he pulls papers to enter the race this morning, Thursday, September 24. He is the first person to do so for an election that is more than two years away.
Douglas Carter Beane mines laughs in Hollywood hypocrisy
One place the closet is firmly intact is Hollywood, a fact that led Douglas Carter Beane to write a play -- a very funny play -- about it. The Little Dog Laughed was a hit on Broadway, this week it has its San Francisco premiere... isn't that the best time to catch up with one of the funniest playwrights around?
Frank critical of DOMA bill
A bill seeking to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act was introduced Tuesday, September 15, but what has been called the "top priority" for the LGBT community is already relegated to a legislative obscurity and inaction for this session and, perhaps, beyond, according to one gay representative.
Gay radio show hosts plan comeback
Fernando Ventura and Greg "the gay sportscaster" Sherrell, the out morning show hosts of the now defunct Energy 92.7 FM radio station, may be off the air but the duo hopes their absence will be short-lived.
Anti-gay remarks common at SF schools
Data from a 2007 survey commissioned by the San Francisco Unified School District indicate that homophobic remarks are made frequently in schools citywide, regardless of neighborhood, an analysis by the Bay Area Reporter shows.
DOMA repeal plan disappoints local activists
The decision not to seek federal benefits for domestic partnerships or civil unions in legislation aimed at lifting the country's same-sex marriage ban is a mistake, contend some local Bay Area activists.
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