SF News Day Around the Bay: Harvey Milk Plaza Redesign to Break Ground in 2026 The funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband took place today — while their accused killer appeared in court; someone died after falling off a cliff near Devil’s Slide; and the Harvey Milk Plaza revamp is scheduled to start in 2026.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Navy Ship USNS Harvey Milk Renamed Just In Time For Pride Weekend The USNS Harvey Milk will heretofore be called the USNS Oscar V. Peterson; BART service was impacted by a fire near the tracks in West Oakland; and the Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring photo IDs to look at porn sites.
SF News Harvey Milk's Nephew on Navy Ship Name-Stripping: 'I Don't Think He'd Be Surprised' Reactions are streaming in across the Bay Area and beyond to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pride Month shot across the bow at the queer community, announcing his intention to strip the name of LGBTQ civil rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy ship.
SF News Pete Hegseth Orders the Navy to Strip Harvey Milk’s Name Off Naval Ship The US Navy’s oiler ship known as the USNS Harvey Milk was christened in 2016, but Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is ordering Milk’s name stripped off the ship, and he’s reportedly doing this during Pride Month on purpose to enrage people.
SF News Monday Night Vigil to Mark 45th Anniversary of Harvey Milk and George Moscone Assassinations One of the darkest days in SF history will be marked with the annual vigil in the Castro honoring the legacies of Harvey Milk and George Moscone, both murdered 45 years ago today.
Arts & Entertainment Following Dustup Over Honey Bears, LGBT Center Gets 'Queeroes' Mural A new mural is going up on the Octavia-facing side of the SF LGBT Center highlighting a dozen local and national queer heroes, including Harvey Milk, drag queens Juanita MORE! and Sister Roma, and drag performer turned politico Honey Mahogany.
SF News Tucker Carlson's College Yearbook Page Features Apparent Tribute to Harvey Milk/George Moscone Murderer Dan White Fox News host Tucker Carlson has already proven himself to be among the most hateful and cynical of the channel's prime-time blowhards, and of course he was the same little asshole when he was 22.
SF News Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Debuts To The Public At SFO With Tribute Wall To LGBTQ History Tuesday is the big public opening day for Harvey Milk Terminal One, which opens its first gates to travelers after a two-year, $2.4 billion construction process. Nine of an eventual 25 gates are now open, along with a new boarding area and a tribute wall to Harvey Milk himself.
Arts & Entertainment Sloped Amphitheater, Designed For Rallies, Selected For Harvey Milk Plaza Redo The conclusion of a design competition to revamp Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro has arrived, and a design by local firm Perkins Eastman has emerged the winner. The concept centers around a
Arts & Entertainment Check Out The Rainbow Light Installation Coming To Harvey Milk Plaza Next Month As the 40th anniversary of Harvey Milk's election to the Board of Supervisors approaches next month, local nonprofit Illuminate the folks behind the Bay Lights on the Bay Bridge and the Summer of
SF News Mayor's Office Blamed In Four-Year Delay To Possibly Name SFO Terminal After Harvey Milk It was January of 2013 when then-Supervisor David Campos proposed that San Francisco name its airport after slain gay icon and SF Supe Harvey Milk. After that plan was met with no small
Arts & Entertainment The 10 Most Infamous San Francisco Murders Of The 20th Century Though San Francisco has a long way to go before becoming a crime-free utopia, the city's 21st-century murder rate is pretty low compared to the homicide numbers we saw in the years beginning
SF News Video: U.S. Navy Dedicates First Ship To LGBT Person, USNS Harvey Milk Tuesday afternoon, a ceremony was held on Treasure Island, formerly a Navy base, officially announcing the naming of the previously announced USNS Harvey Milk, the first Navy vessel dedicated to an openly gay
SF News Day Around The Bay: Conservative Group Flips About Harvey Milk Navy Honor Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. A new study at UCSF suggests that secondhand marijuana
SF News US Navy To Name Ship After Harvey Milk Harvey Milk, the SF Supervisor who made history as the first openly gay elected official in a major US city before his tragic assassination in 1978, has been honored in many ways. Histories,
Arts & Entertainment Dustin Lance Black And Gus Van Sant Return To Familiar Turf With SF LGBT History Doc Series The writer and director of 2008's Milk, Dustin Lance Black and Gus Van Sant, will be reuniting returning to the topic of LGBT history in San Francisco with When We Rise, an eight-part
Arts & Entertainment SFnopes, Vol. 1: Which Of These Seven San Francisco Urban Myths Are True Or False? Everyone knows that Mark Twain never uttered the “coldest winter” quote and that Lombard is not really the crookedest street. But what other San Francisco lore that’s commonly bandied about happens to
Arts & Entertainment Video: How A Chance Meeting With Harvey Milk Changed This Man's Life From I'm From Driftwood, a nonprofit archive of LGBTQ stories, comes the inspiring story of Ron Huberman, whose chance meeting with Harvey Milk set him on a path towards a life of public
Arts & Entertainment Cleve Jones' Birthday Honored With Moving Speech By Dustin Lance Black, 'Hair' Number By Jonathan Groff There was a big party Saturday night at The Café in the Castro in honor of the 60th birthday of longtime gay-rights activist Cleve Jones. He said all he wanted for his birthday
SF News Christian Hate Group Urges People Not To Accept Mail With Harvey Milk Stamp As you may have heard, the first Harvey Milk commemorative stamps were released for sale by the US Postal Service last week. Now, a group that can always be counted on to say
Arts & Entertainment 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
SF News SFO Terminal, Not Airport, Will Be Named For Harvey Milk When San Francisco Supervisor David Campos proposed renaming SFO the Harvey Milk San Francisco International Airport, he faced widespread support and criticism. Milk is a revered gay rights icon, sure. But does his
SF News San Diego Has Country's First Harvey Milk Street In San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood, two blocks between that city's best Farmers Market and the LGBT Community Center, they have officially christened the very first Harvey Milk Street. While the stretch of the
SF News Photo: Local Airport, Phallic Above: an aerial photo of San Francisco International Airport. Presented as further evidence for why it should be renamed to honor gay rights icon and former San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk. Or
SF News City Supervisors Want To Rename SFO After Harvey Milk District 9 Supervisor David Campos will introduce legislation today that proposes the city change the name of its airport from San Francisco International to "Harvey Milk International Airport." Campos only needs five other
