Arts & Entertainment A Brief History of Pride Weekend In San Francisco San Francisco plays host every June to one of the biggest LGBTQ gatherings in the world, reminding everyone that this city is still the epicenter of the queer universe — even if that universe has grown much bigger since the early days of "gay liberation."
Arts & Entertainment SF Approves Reborn Version of The Stud's Liquor License for Its New SoMa Location The Stud stepped forward toward getting a liquor license at their new Folsom near Seventh Street location Tuesday, as the SF Board of Supervisors endorsed granting a liquor license to the reborn incarnation of The Stud.
SF News James Hormel, First Ever Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador, Has Died A titan in the San Francisco philanthropy scene and a survivor of vicious homophobic Republican smears in the late 1990s, James Hormel leaves us a legacy that includes the AIDS Memorial Grove and the LGBTQIA center at the library.
SF News SF Pastor Elected Nation’s First Openly Trans Lutheran Bishop The Outer Sunset’s Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church pastor Rev. Megan Rohrer just became the first ever trans person elected bishop to a major U.S. Christian denomination.
SF News Noe Valley Home Of LGBTQ Heroes Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Gets Landmarked Just over a year after Phyllis Lyon passed away at the age of 95, the home that she shared for over five decades with her wife and life partner Del Martin is being declared a city landmark.
Arts & Entertainment GLBT Historical Society and SFAC Galleries To Display '50 Years of Pride' Exhibit, Digitally To commemorate San Francisco Pride’s golden anniversary, the GLBT Historical Society and SFAC Galleries are partnering to bring "50 Years of Pride," a collection of 100 photographs taken over the five decades of SF Pride, to the masses — completely free and available online.
SF News SF Lesbian Pioneer Phyllis Lyon Dies at Age 95 One of the founding members of the Daughters of Bilitis and one half of the first same-sex couple to be legally married in San Francisco in 2004, Phyllis Lyon, has passed away. She was 95, and reportedly died of natural causes early Thursday.
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 Watch Whoopi Goldberg, Guy Pearce, Rosie O'Donnell And More In 'When We Rise' Trailer The ABC miniseries event about the LGBTQ rights movement, When We Rise, shot earlier this year in San Francisco and elsewhere, is set for a February premiere, and the network just released the
SF News [Update] Supposed Escape Tunnel Under Historic Market Street Gay Bars Fails To Delay Large Development We learned last month of a skirmish occurring as a massive condo and hotel development at 950 Market Street is heading for its final approvals, due to the presence of several buildings that
SF News Study Shows Strains Of HIV In US Predated 'Patient Zero', Debunking Folklore Theory The New York Post once described Gaétan Dugas, a French Canadian flight attendant, under the incendiary headline "The Man Who Gave Us AIDS." Known colloquially as "Patient Zero," Dugas figured prominently in Chronicle
SF News Site Of Long-Gone Gay Bars Could Stymie Mid-Market Development As Compton's Cafeteria Revival Proposed In New Building As we reported back in April, a couple of people are attempting to block a large mixed-use development on Market Street between Fifth and Sixth by saying that the long-ago sites of a
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,
SF News California Schools Finally Almost Ready To Teach Kids LGBT History It's been over four years since a new state law took effect requiring California schools to teach students about some of the LGBT people who have made significant contributions to US history, however
Arts & Entertainment Furry Community Responds To Possible Closing Of The Stud, Their Monthly Gathering Place Every second Saturday for a number of years now has been Frolic, the Bay Area furry community's regular monthly dance party hosted at The Stud. It's one of many community's worried by the
SF News 24 New Castro Plaque Honorees To Include Maurice Sendak, Sally Ride, And José Sarria Meet the next batch of queer artists, athletes, activists, and more who will dot the Castro sidewalks in an LGBTQ Walk of Fame known officially as the Rainbow Honor Walk. Twenty are already
