SF News Protest At Prison-Themed Pride Party Turns Violent, Six Arrested [Update] There was a protest outside the Prison of Love party on Saturday at the Kink.com Armory, with about 150 protesters who—though mostly peaceful—pelted guards and early partygoers with fruits and
SF News Tim Cook Marches With Huge Apple Contingent In S.F. Pride Parade At the massive LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, not-openly-gay Apple CEO Tim Cook joined thousands of other Apple employees in a company contingent, marching to show their support. Several employees
SF News The Gay Rights Fight Started In California, Two Decades Before Stonewall This weekend marks the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, and, for that reason, this is the weekend that the cities of San Francisco, New York, Minneapolis, Seattle, Paris,
Arts & Entertainment An Insider's Guide To Pride Week 2014 Every year, we try to bring you an overview of all the LGBT goings-on about town during this most festive of weeks on the gay (and lesbian and trans and bi and queer
Arts & Entertainment Hard French Throws Pride Party Dedicated To Six Iconic Queer Artists This year's fourth annual Hard French Hearts Los Homos party, which happens on Sunday after the big Pride parade at Mezzanine, is dedicated to "Los Idolos," a half dozen icons of recent queer
SF News Video: 1980s News Coverage Of S.F.'s Pioneering Gay Rights Advances This is pretty weighty stuff, so not a palate cleanser, but in honor of Pride month, check out this pretty stunning, hour-long supercut of archival news footage pertaining to gay rights and the
Arts & Entertainment Juanita More Talks About Her 10th Annual Pride Party, Jake Shears, and Teaching Uber Some Manners It's happening. Once again it's Pride Month, and soon it will be Pride Week, and for the tenth year running local drag star Juanita More will be throwing her big end-of-the-weekend bash, which
SF News SF Pride's Call For Grand Marshall Nominees Ends Today It's been a rocky ten months for SF Pride since the controversy first erupted among board members and others over the appointment of Chelsea (then Bradley) Manning to be an honorary Grand Marshall
SF News California Mayor Ousted Over Support For Gays Back in July we noted how the arid, tiny Central Valley town of Porterville had canceled their previously announced Gay Pride Month amid some controversy between Mayor Virginia Gurrola and a couple of
SF News Two Shootings Reported Sunday Close To Pride Festivities Two separate shootings near Civic Center Sunday evening both happened dangerously close to the LGBT Pride festivities, just as they were winding down. One shooting left two men injured. The first incident occurred,
Arts & Entertainment Photos: S.F. Gay Pride Parade Celebrates Gay Marriage Although Pride season began with a slew of controversy, today's annual Gay Pride Parade went off without a hitch (that includes the very-SF moment when Bradley Manning supporters briefly interrupted the route). Mayor
SF News Help Set Up (And Take Down) The Pink Triangle Want free donuts and a cup of coffee tomorrow morning? Then trek up Twin Peaks to help set-up the Pink Triangle Saturday from 7 am - 9:30 am. In addition to caffeine
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Sylvester Edition Speaking of gay history in S.F., let's take a little Sylvester break this afternoon. Sylvester's 1978 disco classic "Mighty Real" remains an anthem of the era, and of the gay disco scene
Arts & Entertainment A History Of Gay Freedom Day, Dyke March, And Trans March Beginning today, the city's LGBT community will begin three days of public events that are widely seen as one big party, but which really have their roots in protest and should still be
Arts & Entertainment London Breed's Pride Float Is A Big Gay Bridge Haters, please step to the left. London Breed will not only star in this year's Pride Parade, but her float is a big gay titular bridge. Because why not. And just look at
Arts & Entertainment Your 2013 SF Gay Pride Weekend Party Guide In case you hadn't noticed, what with the rainbows everywhere, it's time for Pride! Below, some suggestions for where to gay it up. THURSDAY, June 27 Pride NightLife at the Academy of Sciences
SF News Complaints Fly Over Gay Pride Flags in Richmond, Calistoga The rainbow flag is flying at Richmond City Hall for the first time ever, this being 2013 and Pride month and gay marriage being front and center at the Supreme Court and all.
SF News No Decisions Today By Supreme Court On Gay Marriage The U.S. Supreme Court will not issue rulings today on either Prop 8 or DOMA, the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Next possible SCOTUS decisions could come down next weel. Perfect, of
Arts & Entertainment S.F. Pride Is Way Better Than N.Y. Pride, Says Justin Vivian Bond Former San Francisco resident Mx. Justin Vivian Bond just gave an interview with Paper talking about her summer plans, her new cabaret act, feminism, and her feelings about Pride. The New York City
SF News Bevan Dufty Drops Out Of Gay Pride Former D8 supervisor Bevan Dufty has dropped out of this year's San Francisco Gay Pride Parade. He was selected to be grand marshall earlier this year, along with state Attorney Kamala Harris, Perry
Arts & Entertainment Regarding OutLoud Radio, This Year's Non-Profit Beneficiary of Juanita More's Pride Party Over the past nine years, local drag queen Juanita More has raised over a million dollars local LGBT non-profits via ticket sales for her annual Pride Party. This year's party, on Sunday, June
SF News SF Pride Agrees to Hold Public Forum on Bradley Manning Debacle Following on a strongly worded letter from Supervisor David Campos, the SF Pride organizing committee has relented at decided to hold a public forum at which to discuss the decision not to allow
SF News S.F. Pride Facebook Post Causes Uproar With a simple Facebook post (it's always a Facebook post, isn't it?), the San Francisco Pride commmittee sparked further outrage over the weekend within the local LGBT community. The update in question had
SF News SF Pride Battered Again By Protest Over Bradley Manning Decision The organization responsible for putting together San Francisco's LGBT Pride parade and Civic Center fest in June, known as SF Pride, tried to have a public meeting last night to discuss the de-selection