Gay Solidarity Rally in SF for Iranian Democracy Two dozen gay men turned out tonight for solidarity with Iran's reformers at Harvey Milk Plaza, and for a solid hour held a Gays Without Borders/SF visibility action at the crossroads of America's gay village. We wore green scarves or shirts, held up signs for the rush-hour vehicular traffic and the hundreds of people exiting the Muni transit station....
SF Rally For Iranian Democracy, 6 pm Tonight, At Union Square - Wear Lime Green Look what happens when you email lots of people about a solidarity action happening in your area for Iranian protesters and democracy. From SFist.com : Hey there, did you know Iran is having some sort of brouhaha, and Twitter will single-handedly bring democracy, sunshine and gumdrops to the nation? Or something like that?...
Like most public art projects, everyone seems to have an opinion about the one being envisioned for the entrance to San Francisco's Castro District, as a memorial to gay rights leader Harvey Milk. The art piece, first envisioned in 2000...
As gay activists from the Castro to Lebanon commemorated International Day Against Homophobia over the weekend , those in Latin America could celebrate recent legal changes in Nicaragua and Panama that end the criminalization of homosexual acts in Central and South America. Despite such legal progress, however, many gay Latinos continue to seek political asylum in the United States, gay rights advocates...
Castro's Giant Rainbow Flag is Lowered; Milk Plaza Beacon Gets a Black Stripe Early yesterday evening, the San Francisco LGBT and allies community held a well-attended rally on the steps of City Hall. Afterward, the crowd marched past the state Supreme Court building on McAllister Street, then proceeded down to Yerba Buena Gardens at Mission and 4th Streets. Instead of joining that march, my friend...
NYT, Media Hunt for Castro Street Stories on Eve of Gay Marriage Ruling The streets of San Francisco are very low-key today, because of the Memorial Day holiday, and I rode my bike up to Castro Street, just to get a sense of the neighborhood, the day before the state Supreme Court rules on the validity of the passage of Prop 8. Have a look at my pics from this afternoon: A sign was posted on the Diesel...
Guest Post by Shaker Faith Barricades have been delivered to areas in San Francisco around the Castro and near the Supreme Court building. It is likely that the word will come down tomorrow. Tomorrow is also the 30th anniversary of the White Night Riots in San Francisco which occurred after Dan White was given the most lenient sentence possible after murdering Harvey Milk and Mayor Moscone. In addition,...
The San Francisco Police Department has been placing barricades around The Castro in anticipation of demonstrations on Thursday if the Prop 8 ruling comes through the California Supreme Court. Either ruling will mostly be cause for celebration or protest. And it's all very apropos considering Thursday is the 30th anniversary of the WHITE NIGHT RIOTS . So put on your party hats and then put on your...
Multiple reports have begun trickling in that the California Supreme Court will hand down its decision on Proposition 8. Also, barricades have begun appearing in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood, and around the Supreme Court building. It has also been reported...
City work crews hustled Monday to transform a small stretch of 17th Street in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood into a car-free pedestrian plaza, an experiment that could be replicated in neighborhoods across the city if the public buys into the idea. The...
The state Supreme Court upheld a San Francisco man's death sentence today for robbing and stabbing a man he picked up in a Castro Street bar in 1986, rejecting a defense claim that a juror concealed personal ties to the case because he wanted the defendant...
A group of 15 activists and officials of the newly formed San Francisco Gays Without Borders chapter gathered at Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco's Castro district to draw attention to recent reports of executions of gay men in Iraq:...
The 18-year-old American Idol alum updated his MySpace about his surprise guests. He wrote, “So this last week we had our Pomona, California show. It was our closest show to LA, and I saw a lot of familiar faces in the crowd! I also had some friends come to the show. Jason (Castro) came with [...]
45-year-long decline in America’s trust in its leaders fueled by the government’s own secrets, lies and conspiracies a University of California, Davis, history professor argues in a new book. Among the bizarre-but-documented conspiracies: U.S. plots to kill Cuban president Fidel Castro (one scheme involved dropping poison pills in his drinks; another called for planting an exploding seashell...
What I Saw on Castro Street This Weekend The weather was overcast in San Francisco on the weekend, but there were bright people and things everywhere, bringing their own brand of sunshine and I've got the pics to prove it. Three rays of sunlight, after enjoying a hearty brunch of food and lots of good gab about modernization of the Denver Principles for persons with AIDS, a project of POZ magazine...
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