D.C. march organizers scrap AIDS vigil

It appears that a vigil for people living with HIV/AIDS will not be part of October's National March for Equality, as one of the lead organizers told the Bay Area Reporter that no agency could be found to spearhead the event.

by Robert Nesti | Aug 28, 2009

Classical music ahead

In the fall season San Francisco Symphony present a Mahler fest and the Opera promises two of Verdi's greatest works

by Robert Nesti | Aug 27, 2009

Ang Lee on flower power & hippie love

Director Ang Lee on making Taking Woodstock.

by Robert Nesti | Aug 27, 2009

Judge blocks gay orgs, anti-gay group from suit

A federal judge on Wednesday denied allowing several gay rights organizations as well as a California anti-gay group to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 8, the voter approved state ban against same-sex marriage. San Francisco officials will be allowed to present their own arguments as to why Prop 8 should be overturned by the court.

by Robert Nesti | Aug 23, 2009

Resolution addresses LGBT issues in SF schools

With the new school year set to start next week in San Francisco, a former youth commissioner hopes to see a resolution calling on the Board of Education to make it a priority to protect LGBT students adopted by the panel.

by Robert Nesti | Aug 26, 2009

MEUSA split over Prop 8 repeal

While Equality California and the Courage Campaign were slugging it out last week over whether to mount a Proposition 8 repeal in 2012 (EQCA) or 2010 (Courage), one of the state's largest grassroots marriage equality groups was split down the middle.

by Robert Nesti | Aug 25, 2009

LGBTs gravitate to Woods campaign

With less than two weeks to go until residents of California's 10th Congressional District vote in a special election to fill the vacant East Bay seat, the LGBT community is increasingly gravitating to the campaign of Anthony Woods, an out gay Army veteran who grew up in Fairfield.

by Robert Nesti | Aug 23, 2009

Local coverage of Milk's Medal of Freedom sparks protests

The decision by local television and radio stations to cover an anti-gay group's news conference denouncing President Barack Obama's posthumously awarding a Presidential Medal of Freedom to the late gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk has sparked outrage within the Bay Area's LGBT community.

by Robert Nesti | Aug 23, 2009

What's coming to Bay Area stages?

Even in an unsettled world, the seasons still change (at least for now), kids mope back to classrooms (now in economy-size), and theaters look forward to new seasons of full houses (no cash for clunkers). Here is a look at some of what Bay Area theatergoers have to look forward to, starting with, in a sign of the times, reports of shifting strategies.

by Robert Nesti | Aug 20, 2009

Big man on campus meets sex scandal

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa brings his 'Good Boys and True' to SF

by Robert Nesti | Aug 17, 2009


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