Milk mosaic will raise funds for local groups
Harvey Milk is about to bring some well-needed hope to the bottom lines of both the LGBT Community Center and the GLBT Historical Society. A limited edition photomosaic of the gay rights hero created by artist Robert Silvers is about to go on sale, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the nonprofit agencies.
Jones says equality march approved for October
Longtime gay activist Cleve Jones said that he has received approval for an equality march and rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for Sunday, October 11, which is National Coming Out Day.
Gov appoints first openly gay judge
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's appointment of Ronald E. Albers to a judgeship on the San Francisco County Superior Court last week is believed to be the first time the Republican governor has selected an openly gay person for a judge seat.
Married couples dismayed by unique legal status
It was billed as a party to celebrate the one-year anniversary of California's first legal same-sex marriages that occurred last June 16. Nearly 50 people sang songs, prayed, and ate cake at a ceremony held at the First Unitarian Universalist Church Tuesday night on San Francisco's Cathedral Hill.
PR man Allen White dies
Allen White, a gay man who was a former reporter and handled public relations work for various churches and other entities for decades, died Sunday, June 14. He was 70.
Gays furious at Obama, Justice Department
The honeymoon is over. The gloves are off. The anger is fierce. In a somewhat obscure federal same-sex marriage case coming out of California, the U.S. Department of Justice submitted a brief June 11 that many LGBT activists are decrying as a betrayal of President Barack Obama's promise to work to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
Out & About :: Dragriculture
"You're born naked. The rest is all drag," said RuPaul to me in an interview in this publication about 15 years ago. That's more true than ever these days. Clothes -or the lack thereof- mark a variety of LGBT queer-whatever fun sexy events this week. As the moon shifts, the Pride calendar fills, so strip off your inhibitions and enjoy life out and proud.
Playwright Terrence McNally on Some Men
Four-time Tony Award winning playwright Terrence McNally reflects on gay marriage and history, elements of his 2006 play Some Men, coming to San Francisco this week.
Feelings mixed on recalling justices
While there appears to be consensus on putting repeal of Proposition 8 on the 2010 ballot, there is less agreement on launching a campaign to oust the six justices who voted to uphold the anti-same-sex marriage initiative.
Community demands 2010 repeal of Prop 8
Now that the state Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in California, calls are growing louder to repeal the anti-gay measure in 2010.
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