If passed, the bill will "prevent teachers in kindergarten through eighth grade from discussing homosexuality in prepared materials or instruction," ultimately hindering kids struggling with their identity from getting counseling and taking part in gay-straight alliance groups. more ›

Teenagers canb be horrid creatures. You know this already. In addition to being B.O.-laced, hormone-filled beasts, many of them lack clarity and independent thought. Exhibit D-: this 14-year-old girl from California leaping on the hatemongering bandwagon with this depressing video calling for Americans to boycott Girl Scout Cookies. Why does she want you to shun Girl Scout Cookies? Because seven-year-old Bobby Montoya, who identifies as a girl, wanted to join his local Girl Scouts chapter. Even though Montoya didn't join the troupe, "the decision to allow him to do so instantly infuriated some conservative troupes, who called the move 'extremely confusing' and an 'almost dangerous situation.' " Thus, the boycott. more ›

Hip Hop video blog VladTV has posted a video [embedded below] in which rapper The Game is asked about his feelings on gays in the entertainment business. "Game don't have a problem with gay people," he says, speaking in the third person. Rather, "Game has a problem with people that are pretending not to be gay that are gay." And why is that? Because according to (ahem) The Game, the out and proud ones aren't the ones spreading AIDS. Intriguing! Go on, Mr. The Game: more ›

A recent article from San Francisco tech website Ubergizmo asks if a new game, Mass Effect 3, will hurt traditional moral values. Why? Because the latest installment of the RPG shooter will allow players to opt for same-sex love interests. Via Twitter, Mass Effect 3 executive producer Casey Hudson sent out the following message: “Happy to confirm #ME3 supports wider options for love interests incl. same-sex for m&f chars, reactive to how you interact w/them in-game." more ›

Uh oh. A pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves is in hot sweet tea for making anti-gay remarks AT&T Park last weekend. TMZ reports: "Atlanta Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell has been accused of targeting a group of male fans last weekend at a Giants game in San Fran -- allegedly asking them, 'Are you a homo couple or a threesome?' " The announcement was made today by--who else?--the world's favorite buttinski, Gloria Allred. more ›

San Francisco-based writer Armistead Maupin, creator of the iconic Tales of the City series, was in Australia last week for a book tour when he visited Alice Springs with his husband Chris Turner. (They were there to promote Mary Ann In Autumn, by the way.) When he and his spouse decided to take a break and hit Bojangles, billed as an "'80s saloon and dining room," things took a turn for the horrifying. more ›

Members of the Lower Polk Neighbors association put the kibosh on a proposed LGBT history mural that might've brightened up some of the gray concrete near Hemlock and Polk. Reason being? The mural was too gay. According to the Bay Area Reporter, last fall local artists Helen Bayly and Aaron Bo Heimlich were tasked by the SF Arts Commission and Lower Polk Neighbors to "design a mural depicting the influence of Polk Street's Beat poet community on the LGBT movement." more ›

Oh dear. From the editor's inxbox comes this heated missive over today's 'Photo du Jour' featuring gifted comedian Dave Chappelle. Black Betty writes: more ›

Radio station 92.7, once a gay-friendly station brimming with synthetic beats, was bought by new owners in September. Said new owners fired most of the staff and talent, replacing them with, for lack of a better word, dreck. more ›

OK, folks, time to man up. Or woman up. Just get up, and listen. Noted hate group Catholic Exchange, a site that promotes biggorty and homophobia under a simulacrum of God, is asking its followers to demand Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto Senator (and future Mayor of San Francisco?) Mark Leno's "Harvey Milk Day" bill. more ›

We received the following missive from an angry Texas resident (or troll) early this morning. While she doesn't directly point to it, we assume it is in response to this. She writes to us, saying: more ›

"Surrounded by so many boob and beer joke tee shirts that you could almost miss it," this classic-comedy (albeit hateful) t-shirt is for sale right now at Wharf T Shirts (on Jefferson between Leavenworth and Jones) in Fisherman's Wharf. Charming, no? No. more ›

I filmed this on a MUNI T train this morning on my way to work. I found it appalling that this woman would be so hateful towards a gay/transgender person - so I had no qualms about putting her face on the Internet... more ›

Anti-gay rights advocate Miss California Carrie Prejean gets to keep her meaningless crown, said Donald Trump. After pageant officials sort of said they would let her keep her head bauble yesterday, even though it wasn't really their decision to make, Trump gave his final seal of approval, saying that the half-nude photos of Prejean, which were taken when she was a teen, were fine. Because she wasn't fat or old. And that he couldn't buy this kind of publicity. Also, regarding Prejean's famous anti-gay tirade masquerading as a sentiment of free speech, Trump said, "She gave a very, very honest answer at the pageant ... It's the same answer the President of the United States gave." Oh, snap! Anyway, case closed on the everyone's favorite lying whore. more ›

Sometimes we feel bad for member of the Republican party. Because a few staunch albeit intelligent members of the GOP (like the formidable Melanie Morgan), not to mention plumbers, deserve better than this: more ›

Did you know that San Francisco-based Michael Savage, God-fearing KNEW performance artist who was literally banned from entering Britain for being mean, founded Rockstar energy drink? It's true. He used to be an herbalist hippie back in the day, dropping acid while fending off the advances of Alan Ginsberg. more ›

Openly gay Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank called Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a "homophobe" in the above interview with 365gay.com. The accurate slam came about when Frank was discussing same-sex marriages and the Supreme Court more ›

Mark Doty, winner of the 2008 National Book Award for poetry , was (allegedly) verbally harassed last week over in North Beach. After an evening of dinner, chocolate-orange gelato, and Taha Mohammed Ali, there was an altercation on Columbus after an elderly man was trying to get into his car. Some crazy lady lost her mind, got into a altercation with Doty. According to his blog, "the woman behind the wheel glared at me, flipped me off, glared some more, then called me a "fucking faggot." And then? It get good. The lady runs into some other restaurant, then Doty and his partner are chased by "two six-foot guys," and, well, you can read the rest of it here. Update: Uh oh. Yelpers are on the case. more ›

Walnut Creek police are investigating an armed robbery at a Chevron gas station Sunday night, (Oh hey, speaking of Walnut Creek, did any of you catch Prayers for Bobby this weekend? It aired on Lifetime. It was about a Walnut Creek mother, Mary Griffith, whose fundamentalist Christian beliefs eventually lead to the suicide of her gorgeous, young, homosexual son. And it was good. Really good. It did a seamless job of addressing the biblical roots of homophobia, showing how effective said roots are at pulverizing the spirits of young gay men and women. But this prompts a crisis of soul searching, leading to Griffith's enlightenment and redemption via queer advocacy. Also, Sigourney Weaver plays the mother and she's typically remarkable in every scene. While it's cliched to say, Weaver commands the screen whenever she appears. Probably because she kills aliens. Anyway, Prayers for Bobby will be replaying on Lifetime for the next month or so, and we recommend you checking it out.) No arrests were made. more ›

Crazy-faced actor Mickey Rourke has accused Marin resident and thespian of note Sean Penn of being a big ol' homophobe. According to a text (allegedly) sent by Rouke to a studio executive, plastic man says, "'Look seans an old friend of mine and i didnt buy his performance [in Milk] at all--thought he did an average pretend acting like he was gay besides hes one of the most homophobic people i kno (sic).'" more ›

Dueling neighbors found at the corner of Bush & Pierce. more ›

(image courtesy of Dan Berkes and SFGTV2) more ›

South of Market is home to one of the largest networks (with the fewest dropped calls?) of queer-friendly businesses in San Francisco. It has been this way for decades and doesn't appear to be changing. Or is it? more ›