Last year at this time, the gay community (and then some) lost their collective shit over the passing of Prop 8, a pro-discrimination measure that effectively pruned the rights of gay married couples. The passing of the anti-marriage confused and disturbing " Fuck Mormons " banner from his home, while blaming " middle class people " for Prop 8's passing(!); and this handy map of...
Photo from Shut Up And Love After today's profoundly disappointing news that gay marriage was repealed in the state of Maine -- alas, unadulterated hate wins again -- rallies will be held across the country starting tonight. To find the gay marriage rally closest to you, or to start one in your hometown, please check out and contribute to this handy Twitter feed . It has loads of up-to-the-second...
With the Bay Bridge closed and no officially designated party in the Castro, San Francisco's Halloween 2009 began as a mild affair - with none of the raucous, violence-marred celebrations of years past. And city officials were delighted. In...
From The Emails 103009 Hey folks, Back in December of 08, I asked this question. Is The USSA Inevitable? I said this. Little Hitler in Iran. Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Kim Jong-il in North Korea, Putin in Russia, Castro in Cuba, now Obama in America? Is the new USSA, The United Socialist States of America, REALLY inevitable? I really am starting to think that it just might be. We do not even have to...
For the third straight year, San Francisco will have no officially sanctioned Halloween event in the Castro. In fact, come Saturday night, there won't be any officially sanctioned party anywhere in the city. Even though there won't be a festival or party,...
Support Gay Muckraking & Accountability; My Autumn Fundraising Drive ( Wingnut presser sliming Harvey Milk zapped on August 13 , near San Francisco City Hall.) Dear Friends, Fellow Activists, Supporters and Skeptics: Whether you’re an active commentator or lurk quietly while reading Petrelis Files, I hope you agree that I offer a singular perspective on the struggle for queer liberation and...
We knew Castro Halloween was dead, but official word Friday from the San Francisco Police Department puts the final, um, nail in the coffin. Here's what the department (whose public affairs office now actually puts out press advisories!) has to say: "There...
The 13th Arab Film Festival (AFF) kicks off tonight, October 15 and continues through Sunday, October 25 in San Francisco (Castro, Opera Plaza), San Jose (Camera 12 Cinemas) and Berkeley (Shattuck Cinemas). This year's line-up of films from the Arabic-speaking world seems typically strong, with an emphasis on gritty street tales from Cairo, films relating to the Palestinian issue and women's rights--and...
Phillip Garrido, who kidnapped and rape Jaycee Dugard , imprison her for 18years and father 2 child from Jaycee. Jaycee Dugard as she appears in People magazine Jaycee Dugard wants the world to know she's re-building her life after nearly two decades in captivity. For the first time, we're seeing what the 29-year-old looks like now, and we're hearing how she's putting the pieces back together. After...
White House's SF HIV Meeting in Siberia?; Local Committee Names Released An announcement earlier this week from the California Office of AIDS in Sacramento about upcoming public meetings between the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) and communities affected by HIV, provided details on the locations of the meetings. In Los Angeles, the meeting will be on Sunday, October 18 and held at...
Seventeen-year-old Tatiana Castro visited a college fair near her small Southern California town and had a chance to talk with representatives of Yale, New York University and a half dozen other East Coast colleges she's interested in. The senior learned...
Forty years ago, the Stonewall Riots sparked a revolution in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) rights in the United States. Since then, gays and lesbians have seen laws passed across the country protecting their right to work, to associate freely and live where they want, and even, in some places, to marry. Coinciding with those transformations, gays created huge urban communities to openly...
Yesterday, EQCA and Senator Mark Leno (D-SF) delivered somewhere around 40,000 petitions "with names of Californians from every part of the state," demanding Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to -- finally! -- sign into law the Leno's Harvey Milk Day Bill . Schwarznegger initially vetoed a similar bill after erroneously assuming that Harvey Milk was only important to a smattering of residents...
Stick Shift: Not your Hot Wheels fantasy ride, Brett Berk's Stick Shift gay car blog is for serious enthusiasts who aren't afraid to shift positions. Free LGBT History Exhibit: Speaking of gearing up, Gay History Month is in October and the GLBT Historical Society is granting free admission to Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco's GLBT History , a history exhibit at the Castro Exhibit space...
Review by Donald Pile and Ray Williams, West Hollywood, California (Thursday, September 3, 2009) A new book revisits San Francisco Gay Journalism at the height of the Aids Crisis. "BUT THE SHOW WENT ON � San Francisco 1987 � 1988" is a gay history from an insider's perspective.From his home on the corner of Castro and Market Streets, author Robert Julian witnessed one of the...
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