SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Updated] Lone Star Saloon Clears Legacy Business Hurdle, Potentially Thwarting Building Sale We learned a year ago that SoMa's Lone Star Saloon (1354 Harrison Street), a popular gay bear refuge since it opened back in 1989, was potentially in danger of being displaced as owner
SF News San Jose Police Face Legal Battle Over Gay Cruising Bathroom Sting Harkening back to the 1950s, the San Jose Police Department conducted a sting operation between 2014 and 2015 in which an undercover decoy officer was used to lure unsuspecting gay men into a
Arts & Entertainment The Stud Is Saved, For Now, As 15-Member Co-Op Secures Funds To Purchase Historic Club Official word arrived Thursday that the co-op that formed to figure out a path forward for iconic 50-year-old SoMa nightclub The Stud has succeeded in securing funds to purchase the business from current
Arts & Entertainment Documentary Celebrates The 50th Anniversary Of The Compton's Cafeteria Riot 50 years ago next month, a group of pissed off trans women and hustlers who frequented Gene Compton's Cafeteria at the corner of Turk and Taylor Streets in the Tenderloin revolted against police
SF News Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Will Tell Republican Convention He Is Proud To Be Gay The common wisdom has been that Silicon Valley billionaire, Facebook board member, Paypal cofounder, and noted Libertarian person Peter Thiel hated Gawker media because they'd outed him to the public as gay. That
SF News Gavin Newsom Goes On Epic Twitter Rant About Trump And The Republicans' Anti-LGBT Platform As some predictable chaos is erupting on the floor of the Republican National Convention over rules votes by the anti-Trump faction on Day 1, Donald Trump is trying to sound a positive, characteristically
Arts & Entertainment New Queer Literary Journal 'Foglifter' Releases Inaugural Issue Monday While San Francisco fights for queer spaces in the forms of bars and neighborhoods, some see a heightened need for a different kind of queer space: LGBT Writing. When Bloom folded, California was
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
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 'Still Here, Still Queer': Scenes From Dyke March 2016 It's not the Lesbian Parade, it's the Dyke March, and that wording might tell you everything you need to know about the event's 24th incarnation this past Saturday. The festivities began, as is
Arts & Entertainment Scenes From The 2016 LGBT Pride Parade And Juanita MORE's Pride Party Sunday brought the 46th annual San Francisco LGBT Pride parade, arguably the biggest of its kind in the country, and some perfect sunny weather meant that throngs of people lined Market Street to
SF News More Police But Fewer Arrests At San Francisco's Pride Celebration Happy Pride from the women of the SFPD!!! pic.twitter.com/ITyirrzc9r— Teresa Ewins (@TLCapt) June 26, 2016 In the wake of the Orlando attacks, SF Pride organizers arranged for security screenings at
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 Gay It Up: Your Official SFist Guide To Pride Week 2016 Is Here Yes, Pride Sunday itself has become a bit less of a gay celebration in recent years, but with its million or so attendees in San Francisco and the strong tradition that many LGBT
SF News When Realtors Say 'Eureka Valley' Instead Of 'Castro,' Is That Just Homophobic? Remember when the Nema building on Market published that neighborhood map that didn't include the Castro but in its place was "Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights." Well, it's long been common custom for SF
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
Arts & Entertainment Living Trans In Mississippi Since the 1970s: A Firsthand Account Trans people have never had it easy. But they had it way less easy in rural Mississippi in the 1970s. Meet Jheri Jones, who transitioned to female in 1976, and is the subject
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 Remembering The Gay San Francisco Church That Was Torched Out Of Hate In 1973 Following the attack on Pulse nightclub in Orlando Sunday that took the lives of 49 victims, most of them Latino gay men, the New York Times reminds us of earlier attacks on the
