LGBT parenting confab next week
Organizers of the inaugural Queer Families = Healthy Families conference, which will take place in San Francisco on Saturday, October 11- National Coming Out Day - hope to showcase the diversity and accomplishments of LGBT families at the daylong event.
Sacramento police seek ID of body found in river
Sacramento County coroner's officials and police are trying to determine the identity of a young person whose body was found in the American River Sunday, September 21, just north of the midtown area of Sacramento, near Richards Boulevard.
No on 8 first on TV
In an attempt to gain some momentum amid reports it is falling behind in fundraising, the No on 8 campaign aired its first television ad Monday, launching a new phase as the battle over same-sex marriage in California enters its final weeks.
Transgender woman wins bias suit against Library of Congress
A federal judge has found that the Library of Congress illegally discriminated against a transgender woman in the process of transitioning when it withdrew a job offer to her. The ruling in Schroer v. Billington came on the afternoon of July 19; the remedy has yet to be decided.
Cafe at LGBT center shuts its doors
Vince and Pete's Three Dollar Bill Cafe abruptly closed its doors this week, four years after it opened on the ground floor of the LGBT Community Center.
Knoller gets 15 years to life
The sentencing hearing for Marjorie Knoller was punctuated by a dramatic moment in court as Sharon Enlowsmith confronted Marjorie Knoller over the 2001 dog-mauling death of Enlowsmith's former partner, Diane Whipple.
Anecdotal evidence
There are a million stories in the naked city, and everybody has at least one tale in them, just bursting to get out. Take this male model, captured in a Steven Underhill photograph from last week's Macy's Passport fashion show and benefit. We're sure this guy has a story. Like, "Let's see, I've got my helmet, my football, I'm in my undies and shoulder-pads. Am I possibly forgetting anything?" So here are a few anecdotes Out There collected from our past week out & about in the big city.
Rock 'n' Roll'
Darn that thing called human nature. It has screwed up everything from the Russian Revolution to Pink Floyd. But like the sporadic little blips on a radar screen, human nature promises the only real twinkle in our personal firmament. It's not a complicated concept, though Tom Stoppard gives it a dense context in his play Rock 'n' Roll before letting a moment of visceral pleasure bring down the final curtain.
Moby Dick! The Musical
Moby Dick! The Musical could serve as the basis for the first reality-show competition for theater directors. A "Project Runway" kind of thing, where each director is handed a sack of theatrical scraps, a small budget, and the assignment to create something funny, fresh, and innovative from the recycled material. Director John Fisher's production might eke its way to the middle of a "Project Gangplank" season, but I don't think it would still be around for the finals.
Theater Round Up
Plenty of theater going on in the Bay Area!
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