Lack of funds slows school district's diversity lessons

A lack of money has been blocking curriculum designed to make San Francisco's public elementary schools safer for all students from being fully implemented.

by Michael Wood | Apr 26, 2008

Nation touts LGBT record

Out on the stump state Senate candidate Joe Nation tells audiences he jumped into the Democratic primary race after a man approached him during an appearance on a climate change panel in Washington, D.C.

by Michael Wood | Apr 25, 2008

Neighborhood dues & musical returns

After laying low for several months, other than passing on word that the engagements of "The Wiz"and "Ha'Penny Bridge" had been cancelled, the Best of Broadway announcement machine has suddenly gone into high gear.

by Michael Wood | Apr 25, 2008

Pink is in for Day of Silence

A San Francisco high school counselor wants everybody to wear pink Friday, April 25, in order to show support for LGBT students and others who get bullied and harassed, as well as to recognize this year's Day of Silence.

by Michael Wood | Apr 24, 2008

Journey of a transgender choreographer

Queer performance takes on an international slant this weekend, as trans choreographer-led Jin Xing Dance Theatre appears at Stanford University's Memorial Auditorium. Jin, a former colonel in the Chinese army, is the first transwoman to be recognized as a cultural pioneer in China. In Germany, <italic>Die Zeit</italic> (<italic>The Times</italic>) has called Jin "probably the world's best dancer."

by Michael Wood | Apr 24, 2008

Spring awakening

Bi-identified artists don't get the recognition that they deserve. So with that in mind, let's take a look at the latest by Joe Jackson and Meshell Ndegeocello. Jackson, who started out in the wave of British punks that followed Elvis Costello, proved himself to be something of a chameleon, dabbling in various musical styles ranging from pop to orchestral, and from jazz to film music.

by Michael Wood | Apr 21, 2008

Breakers

In the end is the beginning. <italic> Breakers </italic> is Bruce Cam's last sexo. The award-winning sexographer is turning documentarian. That's where he started his career, as a newsroom cameraman shooting documentary footage for television.

by Michael Wood | Apr 19, 2008

Groups urge DA charge suspect as juvenile

A coalition of 27 LGBT and allied groups from California and elsewhere have sent a letter to the Ventura County District Attorney's office urging that the teenager charged in the shooting death of a gay Oxnard middle school student be tried as a juvenile.

by Michael Wood | Apr 21, 2008

City to paint over Duboce center's Milk mural

The city will soon paint over a mural of a smiling Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in a major U.S. city, on the side of the eponymous recreation center in Duboce Park.

by Michael Wood | Apr 20, 2008


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