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Compton's Cafeteria Site Receives Two Official Historic Landmark Designations

Compton’s Cafeteria, site of the 1966 trans uprising, is now the first U.S. historic site recognized for its role in the transgender movement, earning state and federal landmark status last week.

'A Day Without Immigrants' Rallies To Take Place Monday

Bay Area activists are organizing protests and “A Day Without Immigrants” on Monday in response to the president’s recent crackdowns and aggressive deportation policies.

Chesa Boudin, Other Bay Area Lawyers Implore Supreme Court to Protect Civil Rights of Homeless

Former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, now a professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, joined with a group of Bay Area lawyers in an amicus brief filed Tuesday in the Oregon case about penalizing homeless camping that the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on later this month.

East Bay Woman Sues After BART Police Forcibly Detain Her For Fare Evasion

An East Bay woman has filed a civil rights lawsuit over a December 31, 2019 incident in which she was forcibly detained and bloodied by BART police officers over fare evasion at San Leandro's Bayfair Station.

Tesla Factory Dogged By Allegations Of Racist Attacks By Workers That Went Unpunished

Three more men have come forward alleging that they were the victims of racist verbal attacks and harassment on the factory floor of Tesla's Fremont plant, and they've filed a lawsuit in Alameda

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Officially Rescinds Workplace Protections For Transgender People

On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo rescinding workplace protections for transgender people. BuzzFeed procured Sessions' memo reversing the Obama Administration policy, which reads, in part: "Title VII’s prohibition on

San Jose Police Face Legal Battle Over Gay Cruising Bathroom Sting

Harkening back to the 1950s, the San Jose Police Department conducted a sting operation between 2014 and 2015 in which an undercover decoy officer was used to lure unsuspecting gay men into a

California Becomes First State To Set Guidelines Governing Sexual Reassignment Surgery For Transgender Inmates

The California Department of Corrections Tuesday announced official guidelines regarding sexual reassignment surgery for transgender inmates, making California the first state to publicly set such standards. This move, which comes after two cases

Bayview Group Threatened With Arrest While Shooting Rap Video Now Suing SFPD

Remember that apparent arrest of over a dozen guys in the Bayview that was recorded on video because they were actually in the middle of shooting a video at the time? Well, now

Mozilla's Anti-Gay CEO Brendan Eich Steps Down

Brendan Eich, Mozilla's anti-gay CEO, made the right decision to step down today. He will resign as CEO of the for-profit Mozilla Corporation as well as a board member of the nonprofit Mozilla

OKCupid Asks Users To Boycott Firefox Over Anti-Gay CEO

It might be time to finally download Chrome, folks. Mozilla's new CEO, Brendan Eich, has come under fire after it was revealed he donated to Proposition 8, California's (overturned) gay-marriage ban. And with

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Anniversary Memorial Candlelight Vigil For Harvey Milk And George Moscone

San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated 35 years ago today. To mark the occasion, a candlelight vigil will start at Milk Plaza at 7pm followed by a candlelight

Abercrombie Wrongly Fired Muslim For Hijab, Rules Judge

Back in 2010, Hani Khan, an 18-year-old Muslim, claimed Abercrombie & Fitch fired her for wearing a head scarf at work. Well, today a judge agreed with her. U.S. District Judge Yvonne

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Photos From Pioneering Activist Jose Sarria's Grand Drag Funeral at S.F.'s Grace Cathedral

Not wanting to leave anything to chance, or to the event planning abilities of others, pioneering LGBT activist Jose Sarria laid out specific instructions for how his funeral would go down. His Imperial

Elaborate Drag Funeral Tomorrow For Pioneering Activist Jose Sarria

Tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen, there will be a drag funeral on Nob Hill the likes of which have perhaps never been seen before in San Francisco, or anywhere. We're talking about the "state

Pioneering Gay Activist Jose Sarria Dies At Age 90

Jose Julio Sarria, who in 1961 became the first openly gay person to run for political office in the U.S. running unsuccessfully for the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco died at

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Photo: Sir Ian McKellen In Solidarity With Russian Gays

Your awww moment of the day: Sir Ian McKellen (along with local activist Michael Petrelis) posed for this shot while holding a sign that reads, "Solidarity With Russian Gays." This scene was captured

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Gays To Dump Russian Vodka Down The Sewer At City Hall Tuesday

The controversial boycott of Russian vodka, in response to recent civil rights violations by the Putin regime and reports of violent treatment of LGBT Russians, comes to San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday

HBO Doc On Fight For Gay Marriage In The Works

Billed as "the story of a modern-day American revolution," California's history-making Prop 8 snafu, and its triumphant outcome, will be made into an HBO documentary. NYT has more: The still-untitled documentary will be

BREAKING: DOMA Declared Unconstitutional By SCOTUS [Update]

DOMA declared unconstitutional by SCOTUS in a 5-4 ruling. The court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act "is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by

Boy Scouts Vote To Allow Gay Youths, But No Gay Leaders

With 60% in favor, the Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to allow openly gay youth in the Scouts. The 22-year-old ban was based on a quote from the organization's oath, which

Boy Scouts To Lift Ban On Gay Members, Continue To Bar Gay Adults

On Friday, officials of the Boy Scouts of America proposed a resolution that would allow openly-gay youth members of the organization with the statement that “no youth may be denied membership in the

Chief Justice John Roberts' Lesbian Cousin To Attend SCOTUS Hearings On Gay Marriage

Chief Justice John Roberts has an openly lesbian cousin from San Francisco, 48-year-old Jean Podrasky, and she's in D.C. this week to sit in on the Supreme Court hearings on the Prop

Tonight: Major Marriage Equality Rally In The Castro

Tomorrow and Wednesday represent a milestone moment for gay rights as the U.S. Supreme Court will review the Prop 8 and DOMA cases to determine the status of marriage equality nationwide. Tonight,

SFPD Sued By ACLU And Homeless Advocate Over Cell Phone Search

The ACLU filed suit today against the City of San Francisco and its police chief over what they say was an illegal search of a man's cell phone in the Castro's Jane Warner