SF News George Lucas Gives to No on 8 Effort, Notables Follow Suit Sympathetic with the plight Jabba's gay uncle, Ziro the Hutt, as well as countless same-sex couples throughout California, Marin County resident and filmmaker George Lucas, plunked down a cool $50,000 to the
misc What's Going on Here, Pacific Heights? Photo by 3dollarbilly. Dueling neighbors found at the corner of Bush & Pierce.
Arts & Entertainment Calling all Spanish-speaking actresses You know how many of you kindly helped SFist_Matt shoot a video for the No on Prop. 8 effort? Thanks for helping out, guys! And by guys, we mean just that. No
misc All Kinds of Disease Sick of Prop. 8 ranting yet? Too bad. Because we're not. And how could we be with gems like this? See, body cavity cleansing device Bill Tam, a Chinese-American leading the effort in
SF News Google Opposes Ban on Same-Sex Marriage What with last night's Yes On 8 ads (one that mocks SF Mayor Gavin Newsom, which: mean!) premiering on ABC's right-winged, white-trash television extravaganza, Google, last Friday, made a public stand against the
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Folsom Street Fair (NSFW) Photog extraordinaire Darwin Bell (for The Sword) managed to make it to yesterday's sex-and-fetish gala, the annual Folsom Street Fair. Lucky You. But let's skip the innuendos, explanation, and body-odor hate, and just
SF News Levi Strauss to Help Stop Gay Marriage Ban Famous San Francisco jeans maker Levi Strauss is trying to "drum up opposition to Proposition 8 in the business community." According to LS spokesman E.J. Bernacki, the company has donated $25K to
misc Five Cats Near You This is just awesome. Want to see how some cats are in your neighborhood? Of course you do; cats are phenomenal creatures that provide much love for just a dish of water and
SF News Lesbian Activist Del Martin Dies Some sad news, folks. Lesbian rights activist Del Martin -- who married her wife Phyllis Lyon at City Hall this past June on the first day that same-sex couples gained the right --
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Trannyshack's Kiss-Off Party, the Finale On Saturday night, Trannyshack -- San Francisco's longest-running, high-art concept drag revue -- bid us bye-bye. For now, anyway. And what a night, huh? For those of you who eschewed the shoegazing/indie/
SF News <i>Hot Bay Area Olympians:</i> Peter Varellas He's fine -- but would we be able to deal with that thing on his head? Betcha some of us would. He certainly wears it better than many of his opponents. And considering
SF News State Supreme Court to Doctors: Treat Gays and Lesbians Like Human Beings This morning the California state Supreme Court ruled that doctors "must treat gays and lesbians the same as any other patient." What a novel idea, right? It all started back in 2000 when
Arts & Entertainment <i>Hot Bay Area Olympians:</i> Vicky Galindo Jesus! Will you look at that smile? How unbelievably disarming is she with that incredible cuteness? Union City native Vicky Galindo is the Roberto Clemente of adorable, petite girls with radiant perky smiles.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Through a grant given to him by the San Francisco Arts Commission, Kirk Read's latest show This is the Thing has garnered much buzz. Read tells SFIst that his latest show is:
misc What's Going On Here, Golden Shower Fantasy Come True? Hmm. Interesting. OK. While we know we're supposed to chide this guy for peeing on a building - a federal building, no less! - we also see that the gentleman above is, well,
SF News Keffiyeh Trend Finally Fades in SF Since the Bay Area is ahead of the rest of the U.S., yet (arguably) so behind the rest of the world when it comes to style, fashions, hoop skirts, belts, buckles, shoes,
misc Dore Alley Fair Photos -- Uhh, Yeah... They're, Like, COMPLETELY Safe For Work digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Photos_Dore_Alley_Fair_San_Francisco_s_Leather_Sex_Fair'; (By Joe Kukura) Yesterday's Up Your Alley Fair is what the Folsom Street Fair used to
Arts & Entertainment The Left OUT Party: A Genderful Gayla There will be a colorful and joyous skirmish over at the Human Rights Campaign dinner happening in San Francisco tomorrow n ight. Why? Well, it seems the largest (and allegedly inclusive) "lesbian, gay,
SF News There She Is, America’s Gay Bachelor 2008 Based on the three categories of “mind”, “body” and “soul” -- a tissue of lies! gay men have no soul! -- Rhode Island native and current San Francisco resident Abel Lima was recently
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DATING: Those loopy dames over at Femina Potens are having a Queer Speed Dating night -- a bi-monthly benefit to increase visibility of women and transgendered artists -- which turns out not to
SF News Homophobia, C'est Chic? Former Salon editor/scribe, Grotto sect member, and Chris Colin penned this article for the Chronicle about some mysterious bar in San Francisco that may or may not have acted in a homophobic
SF News American Family Association Auto-Replace Follies For reasons we still cannot understand, the American Family Association's OneNewsNow site started replacing the word "gay" with the word "homosexual" in any Associated Press story they run. (?) And while the internet has
Arts & Entertainment SF International LGBT Film Festival: <i>The Kinsey Sicks: Almost Infamous</i> (By SFist MiHi Ahn) The Kinsey Sicks is one of those San Francisco acts we've been hearing about for years, but never managed to see in-person. Alas. But much to our delight, gave
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Queer Pride Parade Party, Genitalia, Faerie Village, and More KRON 4's two bestest fag-hags (Catherine Heenan, Jan Wahl) and Donna Sachet inexplicably managed to do a decent job covering this year's LGBT Pride Parade. (Bonus points go to field reporter Henry Tenenbaum
misc What's Going On Here, Gavin? Taken by Jim Herd at Saturday's Pink Triangle party (always celebrated the day before Queer Pride Parade), a "newly sober" Mayor Gavin Newsom rips into a bottle of bubbly. How adorable! Also, he
