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Out Dem. Rafael Mandelman is running to keep the seat Harvey Milk once held
In four years as San Francisco’s District 8 supervisor, Mandelman has a lot to show for his efforts.
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Major changes planned at the Castro Theatre after a century of LGBTQ history was made
The iconic theatre will soon undergo months of renovations, then its new operators hope to use it for “all sorts of programming.”
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New art gallery owned by gay couple opens in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood
Schlomer Haus Gallery is open now by appointment and located on Market Street in the Golden Gate City.
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The movement to legalize marijuana is finally finding success. Gay activism helped start it.
The AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and activist Dennis Peron largely sparked the drive toward acceptance of cannabis use.
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Firefighter sues after enduring years of anti-gay & racist abuse from coworkers & supervisors
He was called “faggot,” “sissy,” and “Sambo,” and his white coworkers would get up and leave the room when he entered.
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Republicans dodge metal detectors & tote guns in the capitol. Harvey Milk’s assassin did the same.
It’s hard not to note the parallels between Milk’s murder and Republicans avoiding metal detectors and pledging to carry guns into the nation’s capitol.
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Were the 1970s the most exciting time in history to come out of the closet?
Everywhere you looked there was queer revolution and power and pride.
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Could bathhouses make a return to San Francisco? This proposal may make it happen
37 years after the city effectively forced bathhouses to close, a District supervisor may pave a way for them to reopen.
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In 1977, a gay baseball player invented the high-five
The first out pro baseball player was loved by his team, but was eventually traded away because he was gay.
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Pride in Pictures 2001: Sisters in Pride
Don’t mind while we indulge with the Sisters.
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People in San Francisco are preparing to fight neo-Nazis with dog poop
The park where the white supremacists will gather is becoming a “minefield” thanks to hundreds of dog owners.
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‘Hope will never be silent:’ Remembering the real Harvey Milk on his birthday
A lot has been said about San Francisco’s first out city supervisor, but how much of it is true?
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The night Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992, the Castro exploded
When Bill Clinton was elected, activists set fire to a wooden coffin marked “RIP George Bush” in the Castro to protest Bush’s indifference to AIDS deaths.
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PHOTOS: The world mourns victims of massacre at Orlando gay nightclub
These are just some of the images from across the country and around the world as people gathered to show support for the victims and survivors.
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Drag queens hold story hour for kids in San Francisco
The library is definitely open for reading.
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In memory of Princess Anastasia, a homeless transgender woman who lived and died on the Castro
“Perhaps because she spent her final days on the street, the legend of Anastasia was just starting to take shape by the people who saw her every day.”
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Brisk sales for Harvey Milk stamp in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood
SAN FRANCISCO — The post office in San Francisco’s Castro District is selling more stamps than usual now that a neighborhood icon is the face of the nation’s newest “Forever” stamp.
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San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood to get rainbow crosswalks
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s famed LGBT-friendly Castro district will be showing more of its gay pride when the city paints four crosswalks in the colors of the Rainbow Pride flag.
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Catholic church bans drag performers from gay group’s annual fundraiser
SAN FRANCISCO — A local gay recovery group will not be holding its annual fall fundraiser in the social hall of the Castro neighborhood’s Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church after officials said that no drag queens would be allowed.
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Pelosi attends debut of permanent AIDS quilt display in Castro
SAN FRANCISCO — An at times tearful Nancy Pelosi joined with local AIDS agency leaders and Castro business owners at the debut Wednesday of a new permanent display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in San Francisco’s LGBT district.
