N-9 lube must carry warning label

The federal Food and Drug Administration is adopting a new rule that will require warning labels on contraceptive products that contain the spermicide nonoxynol-9 but the federal agency is delaying the establishment of a similar rule on condoms containing N-9.

by Michael Wood | Jan 1, 2008

New year brings changes to SFAF

Next year is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the nearly 26-year-old San Francisco AIDS Foundation. The agency will welcome several new top executives and is likely to enter into a collaboration with local heath care providers to begin offering direct medical care to people living with HIV and AIDS.

by Michael Wood | Jan 1, 2008

Queer movement: 2007 Bay Area dance in review

It was another stellar year for queer dance in the Bay Area. We had all the usual suspects (drag queens, politics and a lot of great dancing), but this year there was a new maturity as Bay Area artists broadened their queer identities to include more than just sexual orientation. San Francisco continues to be on the cutting edge of queer performance, and here are 10 reasons (not in any particular order) why.

by Michael Wood | Dec 31, 2007

All the world's a stage: Highlights from Bay Area theatre 2007

By cosmic synchronicity, or by total accident, Judy Collins' "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" began playing on my iPod just as I was trying to conjure a lead for a best-of-the-year column. Thank you, sweet Judy blue eyes, and without further ado, here are 10 productions of 2007, in no particular order, that have risen to the top as I re-stimulated my theatrical neurons.

by Michael Wood | Dec 31, 2007

New year brings changes to SFAF

Next year is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the nearly 26-year-old San Francisco AIDS Foundation. The agency will welcome several new top executives and is likely to enter into a collaboration with local heath care providers to begin offering direct medical care to people living with HIV and AIDS.

by David Foucher | Jan 1, 2008

Openhouse housing plan changes

In a shift from its previous plan for independent living units at 55 Laguna, Openhouse is now pursuing a licensed residential facility for the site.

by David Foucher | Dec 28, 2007

N-9 lube must carry warning label

The federal Food and Drug Administration is adopting a new rule that will require warning labels on contraceptive products that contain the spermicide nonoxynol-9 but the federal agency is delaying the establishment of a similar rule on condoms containing N-9.

by David Foucher | Dec 31, 2007

Queer Eye's Top Films of 2007

Our list pairs the best of the best - numbered films edge out their partners by an eyelash, or a dab of eyeliner.

by David Foucher | Dec 27, 2007

Castro set for movie makeover

The Castro is set to receive a makeover next month - Hollywood style - as the creative team behind the biopic on the life of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to office in the U.S., recasts the gay neighborhood back to its 1970s glory days.

by David Foucher | Dec 27, 2007

Obama camp woos SF gays

Gay supporters of Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination began voter outreach in the Castro last weekend in an effort to drum up support in advance of the state's February 5 primary.

by David Foucher | Dec 27, 2007


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