Court affirms online content law unconstitutional
A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.
Heart of the Strip
Out There spent July 4th not playing poker at the 2nd Annual Gay Days & Nights presented by the Paris Las Vegas in the heart of the famous Strip. Considering that the 1rst Annual GD&N Las Vegas saw 100 LGBTers, clock this: By the time the weekend kicked off last Thursday night at the French Kiss II party in the swank Risqu? nightclub digs in the Paris, our numbers had swelled to 600. Even famous blogger Perez Hilton was there. Woo.
Independence Day, redux
It's hard to watch the news these days. The crashing economy, the rising price of gas and food, the endless lies of our leaders and would-be leaders. Is it any wonder the tube is rife with mindless game and reality show madness? Isn't this the modern-day equivalent to fiddling while Rome burns? At least it's a relief from the mind-numbing misery that the Bush folks have wrought.
Between Turkey & Germany
In the second part of a trilogy about love, birth and death, the German/Turkish writer/director Fatih Akin introduces us to several passionate characters compelled to choose between exile, jail or death.
Cutting edge of the 1990s
The streets teemed with Critical Mass punks flying rainbow flags from their handlebars, just as thousands of trans and genderqueer marchers spilled out of Dolores Park. Meanwhile, a few blocks away, the rest of San Francisco's queers were pouring into Ratio 3, art dealer Chris Perez's gallery on Stevenson Street.
Ishi approaches
The story of Ishi, the last surviving member of his Native American tribe who found a final refuge as an anthropological celebrity in San Francisco, has long been a romanticized tale of loss and salvation.
An Ideal Husband
For Oscar Wilde, 1895 was promising to be a very good year. In January, <slug>An Ideal Husband</slug> opened in London to an acclaim topped only by the February opening of "The Importance of Being Earnest". But within months, Wilde had been convicted of gross indecency, and Earnest was abruptly yanked from the stage after only 83 performances, and while "An Ideal Husband" was allowed to continue, it did so with no mention of who wrote it.
Herrera to boycott HRC dinner
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera has confirmed that he will boycott the Human Rights Campaign's gala dinner scheduled for July 26.
Bill aims to protect unmarried homeowners
In the weeks after same-sex marriage became legal in California, the state now finds itself in the middle of an unlikely moment in history: Gay couples have more state-recognized partnership options than most heterosexuals.
Bis: Invisible in amendment fight
Several bisexuals silently protested a community meeting held to discuss Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage amendment, and expressed their displeasure at some of the language used by LGBT leaders that they said excludes them.
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