Newsom helps kick off effort to defeat antigay marriage ban
With just nine weeks before the November 4 election, when voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage, the campaign to defeat the antigay Proposition 8 is now in full swing.
Google copying, storing more stories fit for print
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is trying to expand the newspaper section of its online library to include billions of articles published during the past 244 years, hoping the added attraction will lure even more traffic to its leading Internet search engine.
Former gay ambassador launches new rights group
Michael Guest, formerly the United States ambassador to Romania, is helping to launch a new group that will push America's government to support LGBT rights on the world stage. The openly gay Guest is a paid adviser to the Council for Global Equality, which will have its first meeting in Washington, D.C. on September 23.
Log Cabin backs McCain
The Log Cabin Republicans group announced Tuesday, September 2 that it is endorsing Republican presidential candidate John McCain, and a top McCain campaign official showed up at the organization's "Big Tent" luncheon to thank the group.
Money race slips for No on 8
Recent public polls have shown voters are leaning against Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative, but at least one official with No on 8 - Equality for All, the coalition leading the effort against the proposal, believes the situation is still urgent, calling for more financial and volunteer support to ensure defeat of the measure.
Gay staffers ready new academy
In a little over three weeks the California Academy of Sciences will open its new building in Golden Gate Park to the public. Working behind the scenes are several gay staffers busy ensuring everything is ready for opening day.
Lead marriage attorney legally weds
Therese Stewart, the chief deputy city attorney who successfully argued San Francisco's historic same-sex marriage case, legally wed her partner, attorney Carole Scagnetti, in a City Hall ceremony Friday, August 29
Last call for summer dish
While our arts writers whet our appetite for the new season with their surveys of what's coming up this autumn in film, theater, dance, television, music and the art world, we thought we'd use this opportunity to clear our decks of some odd ruminations that have been piling up this summer.
The Naked Truth
It would take doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee several weeks before determining that a heterosexual African American teenager named Marvelyn Brown had begun sero-converting to HIV-positive status. Her captivating journey through disbelief, education, awareness, health-monitoring, and outreach is detailed in raw, unflinching candor. Thankfully, there is nothing candy-coated about this important autobiography.
Exhibition artists
With the summer officially over, the fall arts season gets underway and will be in full swing before you know it. Many major museum shows that opened during the summer are closing in late September, which means the big ramp-up will be in October. Continuing a trend that began this summer with the "Ming" show at the Asian, followed by the remarkable "Half-Life of a Dream" at SFMOMA (up through Oct. 5), three fall exhibitions are dedicated to Asian or Asian American art. Take a look at a sampling of what's on tap this fall.
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