Benefits, finances among concerns that can complicate marriage plans
Since 1989 when a drunk driver rear-ended her, Gale Golden has been unable to work. Golden, 59, receives about $700 a month in Supplemental Social Security Income benefits, and she's afraid if she marries Jeanine Reisbig, her partner of nearly 30 years, the government will cancel her benefits and force both of them to live on Reisbig's income alone - about $4,000 a month.
Levi's, Jet bar projects win approvals
Plans to open a Levi's store and expand the bar Jet in the Castro are moving forward after winning approval from the city's Planning Commission. A proposal to expand Walgreens' specialty pharmacy on 18th Street, however, has stalled after a city planner failed to endorse the project.
Pride celebration 'special'
The 38th annual LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade appeared to go smoothly, and Pride Executive Director Lindsey Jones called it "a special year."
Out of state couples find wedded bliss in SF
City Hall had the feel of a Las Vegas wedding chapel the Friday of Pride weekend, as dozens of gay and lesbian couples from out of state married while in town to celebrate the gay holiday.
Juice maker under fire in marriage fight
A campaign is under way to educate consumers - and the stores where they shop -about what appear to be the conservative leanings of William J. Bolthouse, who used to own part of Wm. Bolthouse Farms Inc., which makes juices, dressings, and other products sold in San Francisco and elsewhere.
Trans March rallies around inclusion
Celebration, protection, and destigmatization were the messages emphasized by the transgender community during a week that included lunch with activist Donna Rose and was punctuated by the fifth annual Trans March in Dolores Park.
Free from prison, lesbian addresses Dyke March
Watching 21-year-old Terrain Dandridge speaking at a packed public rally June 24 at the San Francisco Women's Building celebrating her release from prison, it's difficult to imagine that she spent the last two years behind bars for defending herself from a homophobic and racist physical attack.
Brick Lane
Sarah Gavron's astonishing debut feature "Brick Lane" draws on Monica Ali's daring post-9/11 story depicting the tribulations and temptations of an unworldly young Muslin woman drawn from a tiny village via an arranged marriage to a working-class London neighborhood. Nazneen (the electric Tannishtha Chatterjee) finds herself torn between her self-deluded misfit husband, her English-raised daughters and a handsome Anglo/Bangladeshi fabric salesman (the beguiling Christopher Simpson) who steers her towards the cauldron of extremist politics.
Blockbusters and musical offerings
Best of Broadway has announced its 30th anniversary season that is highlighted by one prestige item, the chancy promise of a new musical in development, and the lure of a "Broadway blockbuster" to be announced. The other two titles in the five-show subscription season have a rerun familiarity.
Exciting energies at Davies
The San Francisco Symphony called it a wrap for season 96 last week with favorite guest conductor David Robertson on the podium, and promising young soloist Alisa Weilerstein at his side.
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