SF News State Senate Approves Bill To Protect LGBT Seniors A bill authored by state Senator Scott Wiener and sponsored by Equality California to protect the rights of LGBT seniors in long-term care facilities was passed Wednesday by the California state Senate in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Rickhouse Brings Back Ginger's Trois, The FiDi Gay Bar That Closed When It Opened The Future Bars group, a team of cocktail bar trendsetters with ventures like Tradition, Bourbon and Branch, and Local Addition, are resurrecting the gay dive bar of yesteryear Ginger's Trois, which once stood
SF News [Update] President Trump Expected To Sign Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion Executive Order This Week Three months after a draft executive order was leaked that many saw as a thinly veiled attack on LGBTQ equality, sources close to the White House say that President Trump is aiming to
Arts & Entertainment Gilbert Baker, Creator Of The Rainbow Flag, Dies at 65 As announced by his longtime friend Cleve Jones on Facebook, Gilbert Baker, the creator of the first rainbow flag to symbolize gay equality, has died. He was 65. Jones recently spoke to SFist
Arts & Entertainment Ahead Of 'When We Rise' Part Two, ABC 7 Airs Pioneering AIDS Video Diary By Late Reporter Onetime ABC 7 entertainment reporter Paul Wynne decided in 1990, after being diagnosed with HIV and beginning to show the deterioration signs of AIDS, to document the final period of his life in
Arts & Entertainment These Are The Real-Life San Francisco LGBT Heroes Portrayed In ABC's 'When We Rise' The first of four installments of ABC's docu-drama miniseries When We Rise premiered last night, and will be available for your on-demand binging pleasure for a while to come (with the remainder of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Endangered SoMa Bar The Stud Gets Legacy Business Status At a hearing at City Hall Monday, The Stud was approved by the Small Business Commission for Legacy Business status, hopefully boosting its chances of survival following a rent hike and the property
Arts & Entertainment Consulting With Trans Activists, Tinder Opens Up Nearly 40 Gender Options For Users Well what do you know! Tinder's CEO Sean Rad, who famously did not know what the word sodomy referred to, isn't a total idiot! In fact, he and his company have made a
SF News Scenes From Last Night's Emotional Castro Vigil While a raucous Trump election protest rocked Market Street last night, a peaceful, somber, but emotionally charged candlelight gathering brought out about 800 mourners and activists to register a collective WTF over the
Arts & Entertainment What It's Like To Be Gay, Out, Or In Drag At Mission High School For decades, Mission High School has had the reputation as one of the roughest, toughest high schools in the San Francisco Unified School District. But the place has been safe-spaced up significantly for
SF News Google's Decision To Sponsor Visa Of Anti-Gay Kenyan Activist Creates Internal Conflict Google is facing criticism from within today following news that the company invited a prominent anti-gay activist to attend a Mountain View tech conference this Friday. What's more, The Guardian reports that Google
SF News Chelsea Manning To Get Gender Reassignment Surgery: 'I Hope This Sets A Precedent' After a battle with the US Army dating back to her 2013 imprisonment on espionage charges, Chelsea Manning (born Bradley Manning) has finally won permission to receive gender reassignment surgery. As CNN reports,
Arts & Entertainment Oakland's LGBT Pride Parade Is This Weekend The 7th annual Oakland LGBT Pride celebration goes down this weekend, and attendees should expect live music, parties, and, of course, a parade. Headliners include Deborah Cox and Lisa Lisa, and there will
SF News [Updated] Castro Doorman Beaten In Apparent Gay Hate Crime Headed home after finishing a Wednesday night shift, Tommy Castellani, an employee of the Castro bar Badlands (4121 18th Street), was brutally beaten in an act of bigoted violence according to his sister,
SF News Uber Driver Accused Of Refusing To Drive Gay Couple During Pride A couple celebrating Pride were dismayed when they say their Uber driver refused to drive them after the two men exchanged a quick kiss. The men allege things got even worse, reports ABC7,
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Techies Heart Queers I #love this response to the #antitech graffiti that was trying to spread hate in #SF #MissionDistrict pic.twitter.com/jvSiw7StMV— Eric Zandona (@EricZ_FamilyMan) June 23, 2016 A number of stenciled tags
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Officials Plan Pride Crackdown On Unpermitted Food Vendors Much like with the Super Bowl earlier this year, San Francisco Department of Public Health officials announced today via press release that they intend to crackdown on unpermitted food vendors operating during Pride.
SF News Expect Lines This Weekend As SF Gay Bars Beef Up Security Following Orlando Massacre With Pride upon us, San Francisco offers even more opportunities than usual to celebrate all that is fabulous in the city by the Bay. However, with the massacre at an Orlando gay club
Arts & Entertainment Frameline Film Explores Largest Gay Mass Murder In US (Before Orlando) The most disturbing aspect of tonight’s Frameline documentary about “ the largest gay mass murder in US history” is that it’s no longer about the largest gay mass murder in US history.
Arts & Entertainment Want To March In The Pride Parade? You Still Can With One Of These Groups. Maybe you’ve always wanted to march in the Pride Parade, maybe you’re motivated by the tragedy in Orlando, or maybe you have designs to someday run for elected office. Whatever your
SF News Dyke March Returns To Old Route Following Last Year's Protest The 24th Annual Dyke March is this Saturday, and, following a contentious run-in with police last year, Capp Street Crap reports that it will return to its historical route of traveling down 18th
Arts & Entertainment All Civic Center Pride Attendees Must Pass Through Metal Detector, Undergo Weapons Search Everyone attending this weekend's Pride celebration at San Francisco's Civic Center will be searched, and searched quite thoroughly. Both the Bay Area Reporter and KRON 4 report that all attendees will be forced
SF News Orlando Shooter's Wife Grew Up In The East Bay, May Face Charges The wife of 29-year-old Omar Mateen, the man police say is responsible for killing 49 people and wounding another 53 inside a gay nightclub in Orlando, allegedly knew of her husband's plans and
SF News Big Gay Kiss-In Planned In Castro Tonight Following Orlando Mass Hate Crime While there is no appropriate or satisfying response to what happened in Orlando on Sunday, LGBT communities around the world have responded with huge vigils and outpourings of love, horror, and support. A
SF News Oregon Court Rules 'Nonbinary' A Legal Gender In Case Of Retired Army Vet In a ruling that is believed to be the first of its kind within the United States, PBS reports that an Oregon judge ruled on Friday that an individual can legally change their
