Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent, the boy wonder who became chief designer for Christian Dior at the tender age of 21, brought us the safari jacket, the lady's tuxedo preferably worn bare-breasted, the pea coat and culottes.
The boyfriend who nobody understood
Apart from Sean Penn's revelatory turn as an astonishingly humane Harvey, Milk's great casting coup is Mexican film actor Diego Luna's paradoxically exuberant/mood-shifting Jack Lira.
Debbie Gravitte defies gravity
Tony Award-winning performer Debbie Gravitte has been appearing for years in the songbook show <slug>Stephen Schwartz and Friends</slug>. She's seen first-hand how audience reactions have changed due to a little show named "Wicked".
100 Years of Queer Theater
The ambitiously titled <slug>100 Years of Queer Theater</slug>, an eight-play production presented in three parts, proves a bit thin for the first 60 years or so.
Former SF pastor returns to Bay Area
The former longtime pastor of Metropolitan Community Church-San Francisco, Jim Mitulski, recently returned to the Bay Area to resume his place at the pulpit.
Progressives hold on to board majority
Progressives claimed victory this week as they are expected to hold on to their majority on the Board of Supervisors, with three newcomers looking to replace termed-out supervisors in the left-leaning bloc holding sizeable leads according to unofficial returns Wednesday.
Oakland elects lesbian to City Council
Oakland voters elected Rebecca Kaplan, a self-described bi dyke, to their city council's at-large seat Tuesday, November 4. Kaplan becomes the Bay Area's highest-ranking lesbian lawmaker and returns queer leadership to the East Bay city.
Prop 8 passes
California voters approved Proposition 8 Tuesday night, eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry in the state.
Historic Obama victory
More than any other presidential candidate before, Barack Obama included gays as part of his stump speeches to voters, despite decades of conventional wisdom that has held that the mere acknowledgement of gays could imperil a campaign.
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