misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Important Message from Amanda Lepore While this video featuring Fort Worth, Texas city councilman Joel Burns discussing gay teen suicide has rocked the nation accordingly, we can barely watch the entire thing. (Your editor hasn't attended
SF News Republicans Block 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Well, that was quick. Even after Lady Gaga held some sort of quirky rally in Maine, Republicans successfully blocked the senate bill that would've ended the bizarre military policy that won&
misc Photo du Jour 613 Brought to us by Allan Hough at Mission Mission, this scene from Dolores Park, shot by Annie/le petit écureuil sums up the park in a nutshell. Sort of.
misc The Gay Bear Community: Which Stereotype Are You? Whether latching onto gay archetypes (e.g., Gypsy IS the Hamlet of the American musical, pnp party tonight, Diesel, etc.) or self-consciously avoiding them (e.g., I-don't-get-Liza-
Arts & Entertainment Meet Other Professional LGBT Types At Sunday Brunch, 1/10 Tired of trying to network with other homosexual types at, say, the Bar On Church when it's packed wall-to-wall with tweaked Lady Gaga fans? Can't get a
SF News Karel Comes Back To SF Radio On Monday Good news, radio listeners. Karel, the single-named, visibly homosexual radio talk show host, plans on coming back to the San Francisco airwaves next Monday. Rich Lieberman has the scoop, reporting that the
Arts & Entertainment Cops Relent; Pink Saturday Is ON, Kids Good news for the gays: Negotiations between the police and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence moved forward last week and after agreeing to a reduction in the number of beer concessions (from 8
SF News Happy White Night Riots Anniversary! Akin to Judy Garland's death or Adam Lambert losing last night's American Idol finale -- damn you to hell, Bill O'Reilly! -- 30 years ago today the White Night
Arts & Entertainment Dore Alley Street Fair Permit Threatened Because of Public Sex, Nudity The always filthy Up Your Alley Street Fair (a.k.a. Dore Alley) -- which is sort of a smaller, gayer, more distilled and urine-soaked version of Folsom Street Fair -- is being threatened
SF News Gays: Still Getting Killed In Iraq Although some reports have claimed otherwise, gays in Iraq are being "executed in batches," convicted for the crime of homosexuality. According to Reuters, "Two gay men were killed in Baghdad&
SF News Iraqi Gays Scheduled for Execution This Week If activists, like Michael Petrelis and other Castro frequenters, really wanted to focus attention on a part of the world where gays are suffering, maybe they could take a look at Iraq. Because
SF News Prop 8's Forced-Divorces Will Break Our Hearts "Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo. We dare you to watch the Courage Campaign's Fidelity video and not get all weepy. We were able to
SF News Gays and Lesbians Can Start Looking for Love on eHarmony After years of being blissfully ignorant of the homosexual lifestyle, eHarmony, the online dating site that uses highly intricate and futuristic technologies to find you that perfect match, will now be required to
SF News A's Division Rivals Outlaw Same-Sex Smooching (By Joe Kukura) We’ll admit, we’ve been aloof to the A’s and this season’s American League West proceedings, what with the Athletics getting ready to juke their hometown for
Arts & Entertainment Film du Jour: Sam Graves Ends His Career With Pelosi/Gay Attack Ad Republican Missouri Rep. Sam Graves attacks his Democratic nemesis, Kay Barnes, who is running again him. Barnes is tied to the loverly Nancy Pelosi, who threw her a "ritzy" party in
SF News Breaking News: Pope Still Against Queers Getting Married While his Holiness is more or less meh when it comes to non-consensual sex between a man and a boy, same-sex marriage just ain't cool in his book. So
SF News Dennis Herrera Loves Him Some Gay Marriage, But What About You? Heads have been exploding throughout California ever since this morning's delightful news about same-sex marriage was announced. City Attorney Dennis Herrera, in particular, is beaming--at least according to a
SF News Court Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban: California Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage According to ABC 7--who just mercifully brought The View to a screeching halt to inform viewers--the California State Supreme Court struck down the gay marriage ban. So: same-sex marriage is
SF News Last Night's Harvey Milk Club Civility No one pulled out a bitch's clump of hair. That's the big news. Oh, and some other stuff happened, ahem: The Club's membership voted tonight on the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Red Meat: God bless the Rickshaw Stop. And if (s)he existed, he totally would. Why? For many reasons. Take, for example, the fact that they often have extraordinary talent gracing the stage
misc Vallejo Mayor Disgusted By Folsom Street Fair But that's the entire point! Anyway, RicardoSF tells us in the comments section here that: In January's issue of The Advocate in the Rants & Raves section -- unavailable online
misc Anti-Gay Group to Exhibit Their Folsom Street Fair Doc/Repressed Desires for National Press Club O! What we wouldn't give to attend this press screening in Washington DC tomorrow! DCist has the pleasure of reporting on the anti-invert, pro-missionary sex group called Americans for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV Heidi walked on to the runway wearing Uhura's "Star Trek" uniform--seriously--and told the designers they weren't going to need their models for this week'
SF News Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Liberalist of Them All This didn't sit well with New Yawkers. Douglas A. Muzzio, a professor of public affairs at Baruch College, fought back and said, “Blame San Francisco. We're not No. 1.
Arts & Entertainment Muni's Guide to this Weekend: Baseball, New-Agey Contortionists This weekend's Muni news spans both ends of the Kinsey scale: for straight people, football; for the gays, Cirque du Soleil. Of course, gays are also allowed to like sports. (All