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Breaking: Appeals court finds Prop 8 unconstitutional
A divided panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that California's ban against same-sex marriage violates the rights of gay and lesbian couples. (read more)
Online Extra: Wedding Bell Blues: Love Honor Cherish wants to see stay on marriages lifted
Prop 8 repeal future still unclear after appeals court ruling; documentary filmmaker seeks funds to complete project. (read more)
Online Extra: Political Notes: LGBT California legislative candidates awash in cash
LGBT candidates for California legislative offices are awash in cash ahead of the June primary. Most will be in San Diego this weekend as the state Democratic Party meets to decide endorsements in their respective races. (read more)
Prop 8 tapes
to remain under seal
The Proposition 8 trial tapes will remain under seal, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. (read more)
Online extra: LGBTs protest prayer breakfast
Roughly two-dozen LGBT activists from GetEqual and other groups protested outside the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., Thursday, February 2. (read more)
One year later,
Lyon-Martin still open
One year ago, in late January 2011, Lyon-Martin Health Services' board of directors shocked the city when it announced the clinic was more than $500,000 in debt and would close within days. (read more)
SFPD likely
to promote gays
Despite being known for decades as a haven for gay men, San Francisco doesn't have any out gay men ranking above sergeant on its police force. (read more)
Report: Black gays
need more than
marriage equality
A new report suggests that marriage equality alone cannot address systemic inequalities among black gay and transgender people. (read more)
More Arts
Dance - Betrayal
in three acts
In Onegin, a three-act ballet new to us by the gay South African choreographer John Cranko, San Francisco Ballet have a hit on their hands, a romance that belongs in an opera house. (read more)
Film - A Sundance
dozen & change
Here are a dozen films from the 28th Sundance Film Festival
crop, leading with a queer pick to click; a romantic comedy, Liberal Arts,
I screened as part of the Festival's outreach to
indie cinema.
(read more)
Out There -
We live to love &
we love us an olive
The Right to Love: An American Family, a feature-length documentary directed by filmmaker Cassie Jaye, will have its world premiere at the Castro Theatre. (read more)
Theatre -
Differing destinies
Putting it together: add a pinch of Twain, mix in some Capra, sprinkle with Sondheim. The Story of My Life doesn't hide its inspirations, though the name Stephen Sondheim is not mentioned. (read more)
Theatre -
Worldly affairs
Stirfry Theatre hasn't pulled any punches in finding the
first vehicle for its mission of showcasing Asian-American actors in shows that
have no specific Pacific leanings.
(read more)
Culture of outrage
Was the Jan. 26 episode of NBC's 30 Rock a take-down of the culture of outrage? We think not. The episode, a two-parter with the previous one, attempted to lampoon one of its stars, Tracy Morgan. (read more)
Film - Before Carol
Channing passes by
Right at the beginning of Dori Berinstein's valentine to San Francisco native Carol Channing, appropriately titled Carol Channing: Larger than Life, we see perhaps Broadway's grandest dame chatting up three lovely boys from the then (2010) newly Tony-anointed hit musical Memphis. (read more)
