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San Francisco to consider protections for LGBT seniors in assisted living facilities
Legislation that would offer special protection to gay and transgender seniors in assisted living facilities is headed for the San Francicso Board of Supervisors.
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California lawmakers urge archbishop to remove morality clauses from teacher handbooks
The morality clause outlines the church’s teaching that using contraception is a sin and that sex outside of marriage, whether it is in the form of adultery, masturbation, pornography or gay sex, is “gravely evil.”
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Leather-themed public plaza proposed for San Francisco’s LGBT cultural district
A leather-themed public plaza would be built on the roadway outside the Eagle bar in San Francisco’s South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood under a proposal backed by the developer of a new mixed-use housing and retail development.
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Catholic archbishop’s teacher directive prompts vigil at San Francisco cathedral
About 100 people attended a vigil outside the Catholic cathedral in San Francisco to protest the local archbishop’s requirement that teachers at four Catholic high schools lead their public lives in accordance with church teachings on homosexuality.
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San Francisco Archbishop details expectations for Catholic school teachers
The Catholic archbishop of San Francisco has unveiled a faculty handbook calling on teachers to lead their public and professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and other behaviors he describes as evil.
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Man arrested in stabbing of transgender woman in San Francisco
Police in San Francisco have arrested a man on suspicion of stabbing a transgender woman as she exited a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus with her partner on Saturday evening.
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Drag performers dress down Facebook over ‘real names’ policy
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco drag performers are sparring with Facebook over its policy requiring people to use their real names, rather than drag names such as Pollo Del Mar and Heklina. But the world’s biggest social network is not budging from its rules. In recent weeks, Facebook has been deleting the profiles of self-described drag queens and …
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Gay man beaten, left for dead, dies after being removed from life support
SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco gay man who was beaten and left for dead in the city’s Castro District on Sunday was taken off of life support Wednesday afternoon while more than 100 people gathered in a silent vigil on a hill in a nearby park. Police are now investigating his death of Bryan Higgins, 31, as a homicide.
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Apple video commemorates LGBT pride: ‘Inclusion inspires innovation’
In a new video posted on its YouTube page Monday, Apple documents its participation in San Francisco’s LGBT Pride parade on June 29, where thousands of Apple employees marched in the company’s first ever officially sanctioned Pride parade. The short film is set to Coldplay’s “A Sky Full of Stars.”
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Police investigating second alleged hate crime during San Francisco pride
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police are investigating a second hate crime during the city’s Gay Pride festivities. Police spokesman Albie Esparza says a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and her husband were attacked Saturday night by a group of four people who yelled anti-gay slurs.