Have you noticed an overabundance of worried, clustered, fannypack-sporting heterosexuals roaming the Castro? Yeah, that's not the crystal talking, boys. It seems, according to C.W. Nevius, "large tour buses have begun to park in the area on Thursday and Sunday afternoons, opening their doors and sending hundreds of tourists out to gawk and snap photos of the exotic sight of two men holding hands." Gross! And the mess that spills out from inside said buses "tend to cluster together in large, nervous groups, pointing at residents and taking photos." And Castro residents are none too thrilled. District supervisor Bevan Dufty, though, has an idea: "We'll just get the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on this .. [a] few blessings from them and those tour buses would disappear." Good call, Bev. Or, better yet, post Bambi Lake at the corner of 18th and Castro. She can have them for lunch. (SFGate, Jameth) more ›

Queer rights groups freaked out, threw a tizzy (understandably), and nixed their support for a workplace discrimination civil rights bill "after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., pulled transgender people from the legislation that would protect gays and lesbians from workplace discrimination." And since nothing says action like an angry missive or online petition, a letter signed by gay groups was sent to Congress yesterday demanding them to rebuff legislation excluding transgender folk, according to the NGLTF. more ›

After Supervisor Sandoval introduced a resolution to brand hyperbolic grandpa Michael Savage as a hate speech-spewing loon, it wasn't voted on unanimously yesterday, care of SFsit's favorite coverboy, Ed Jew. (Ah, World Net Daily, where we go to get all of our fair and balanced news, drizzled with a infusion of organic Nazism.) On July 5, after Savage predictably asked that students undergoing a weeklong fast for immigration reform (and, bonus, to slim down... more ›

-- Bambi Lake-inspired cabaret duo Kiki and Herb perform at ACT. (Also, did you know that they met at Café Flore in the Castro before they became totally famous? It's true.) Show starts at 8 p.m. at American Conservatory Theater, 415 Geary; $20-$60. more ›