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May 22, 1996
Against All Odds
Fundamentalists want to ban same-sex marriage. All across California, people are mad as hell. So how come nobody's doing anything about it?
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June 5, 1996
Savage Love
Fundamentalists want to ban same-sex marriage. All across California, people are mad as hell. So how come nobody's doing anything about it?
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December 29, 1999
Beautiful Dreamers
John and Tom Henning hope to beat Sen. William "Pete" Knight at his own game, with a ballot initiative to legalize gay marriage in California
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December 22, 1999
Beautiful Dreamers
The anti-Knight initiative
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April 21, 1999
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October 2, 1996
The Grid
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August 17, 2009
Obama Administration Fails In Attempt To Have Its Gay Wedding Cake and Eat It, Too
But does President Obama 'feel your pain'?In the gay marriage wars, you can never make everybody happy. But a court filing by the Obama administration today may well piss off everyone. Social conservatives surely have had their tighty-whiteys worked into a twist by the Department of Justice ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
The Week in Gay: Why Can't Heterosexuality Be Cured?
They're totally on it...On Tuesday, CNN presented a segment about an arcane law on California's books that one state legislator would like to have repealed. The law mandates homosexuality be cured. It was added to state law half a century ago. It's bullshit, of course, but I really don't under ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
The Week in Gay: George Rekers, Another Secretly Queer Homophobe
Rekers: I hired him to carry my luggage, not be my man-whore! Unbelievable! Dr. George Rekers, a guy whose entire career was based on the notion that gay people don't have to be gay, is a closeted gay snorkeler. Surprise! With each passing day the story continued to grow increasingly so ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!
Alameda PoliceSo, what's my story? Good news, readers! Since last week's winners took home surprise tickets to Oysterfest, you can still win THE CAR OF THE FUTURE! It's positively futuristic! Send us all the correct answers here; first one is the big winner. 1. Who is Richard Cochran? A. The form ... More >>
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May 24, 2010
Nancy Pelosi Pledges Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell by Christmas. Hmmm.
I can't wait for Christmas. The holiday means nothing to me ordinarily, but this year I'm going to put my stockings on the mantle early. Does anyone know where I can get a blue spruce in May? Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the headlining act last Friday night at the Equality California fund raising e ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Worlds Apart
Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.
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July 9, 2010
The Week in Gay: Defense of Marriage Act Indefensible
Judge Joseph TauroThe story of the week: A federal judge in Massachusetts declared that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) - passed by Congress in 1996 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton - violates the U.S. Constitution. In his decision, Judge Joseph Tauro (A fiery young radical aged ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
What a Week in Gay it Was!
Photo illustration | Audrey FukumanJudge Vaughn Walker gave Prop. 8 the pimp slapSeriously, this was one mother fu**ing gay week! Can I hear a what what?You may have heard that Vaughn Walker, the gayest judge in the world -- even gayer than Supreme Court's new softball coach, Justice Elena Ka ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
Appeal the Prop. 8 Decision!
It'd be a shame if the reversal of Prop. 8 didn't have national implications...There was talk on Monday that a "group of conservative leaders" were chasing around Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado, begging him to file an appeal on the Proposition 8 decision, since he was acting as governor while ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Lady Gaga Destroys DADT -- While Wearing Meat
Can Lady Gaga do away with DADT before this dress goes bad? In the last episode of the Week in Gay, a federal judge ruled that the military ban on gays serving in the military (Don't Ask Don't Tell) was unconstitutional. Since then, Lady Gaga won 101 Video Music Awards on MTV and then kicked some ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
Cocktober Surprise: An Indecent Urinal Proposal
It's okay! Andrew Miller is married! The Week In GayThe biggest news this week is the new term I learned: Cocktober! Isn't that terrific? How have I lived on this planet for multiple decades without ever referring to this month as Cocktober??It's adorable, I tell you. And you'll never ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
Obama to DADT: Please Don't Go!
The Week in GayThe week started with a federal judge in California pulling the plug on "Don't Ask Don't Tell" -- the military policy that bans open service by gay. It ended with the Obama administration asking for a stay on the decision.Let me repeat that summary: President Barack Obama -- who sa ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Human Rights Campaign To Move Into Harvey Milk's Camera Store
Harvey Milk has been enlisted by the HRCIn what some grassroots gay activists are calling an "insult," the Human Rights Campaign is about to move into the location of Harvey Milk's old camera store at 575 Castro Street. It will be the new San Francisco "action center" providing information on the ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
The Year in Gay, 2010 Edition
What a year it wasWho Will Be The Uppity Fag Of The Year?Let's face it -- this was a messy, messy year for the gays. Much of the news was good, ultimately, but shit dragged on! There were three major federal trials (four, technically -- but two were sorta merged in Massachusetts), promises ... More >>
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January 26, 2011
State of the Union for Gays: Cannon Fodder Only!
Obama speaks from the heart, but what about the gays?President Obama has a very special message for LGBT Americans: Sign up for military service. That is all.Actually, that message comes with a few asterisks. First, don't go to the recruitment office just yet. Don't Ask Don't Tell was repea ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Obama's Stance On DOMA Could Benefit Binational Gay Couples
Political calculations are aflutter in response to the Obama administration's claim that it would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, the law that limits marriage between a man and a woman. Here's one more: What does this mean for gay immigrants who are married?As we explored in a 2010 ... More >>
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March 1, 2011
Gay Binational Couples Fighting Deportations On Obama's New DOMA Stance
Gay couples are already using President Obama's new stance against the Defense of Marriage Act as a weapon to fight deportations of their foreign spouses. The couples hope that the administration's declaration last week that the law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman is uncon ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Gay Binational Couples to File Lawsuit Challenging DOMA
Gay couples are ready to rumble for equality in immigration law. Consider it the next major court battle against the Defense of Marriage Act: Gay Americans will file the first lawsuit to challenge DOMA on the grounds that it bars them from sponsoring a gay foreign spouse for a visa like straight ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
U.S. Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill To Help Same-Sex Couples Sponsor Foreign Partners
A new push to change the law for same-sex binational couples. U.S. lawmakers reintroduced a bill Thursday that would allow gay Americans to sponsor their same-sex partner for a visa, just as straight married couples can. At the same time, Congress members wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric H ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Obama Fundraiser To Draw Protesters Advocating Green Cards For Gay Couples
Rallying at Obama's door. Protesters from all walks of life -- potheads, gays, and antiwar folks -- will be greeting President Obama upon his arrival to San Francisco tomorrow afternoon. While antiwar demonstrators recruit people for their cause, multiple organizations for gay rights are gatherin ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
Dustin Lance Black, Milk Screenwriter, Asks LGBT Community to Tell Their Stories
Tell your storyBy all accounts, the "It Gets Better" video campaign was a raging success. Sex columnist Dan Savage asked LGBT folks and their supporters to make videos encouraging gay teens to hang in there -- that life does gets better. The concept went viral and thousands of people, including P ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
Bradford Wells, Gay San Franciscan, Fighting Against Husband's Deportation, Taken To Hospital
Anthony Makk, left, with husband Bradford WellsUpdate, 2:30 p.m.: Steve Ralls from Immigration Equality e-mailed SF Weekly to say that Bradford Wells did not have a heart attack. "I just received an update, and Bradford is back home from the hospital, and resting. He did not have a heart a ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Anthony Makk, Gay Australian, to Stay in Country -- For Now
Anthony Makk, left, can stay for nowAnthony Makk, the gay San Franciscan who was in jeopardy of being deported back to his native Australia today, will be staying here a little longer. His attorneys are filing a spouse visa petition in a New York immigration court, which will buy Makk a little ex ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Federal Backruptcy Court Declares DOMA Unconstitutional
Gay couples go broke, too. The latest assault on the federal law that only recognizes straight spouses comes from an institution that's not exactly known for making rousing statements about civil rights: the federal bankruptcy court.According to news reports., the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Ce ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
ICE Softens Its Stance on DREAM Act Kids, but Still Hazy On Gays
Can Anthony Makk, left, and Bradford Wells get a break? The DREAM Act kids seem to be getting a break, but what about gay couples? A memo sent on Friday from the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to tell immigration officers to have a little heart when it comes to enforcing ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Feds Close Deportation Case Against Same-Sex Spouse of Gay American
Henry Velandia, right, and his American spouse, Josh VandiverThe immigration woes of same-sex couples has finally reached a tipping point: The Immigration Court in Newark, New Jersey, has closed the deportation case against the foreign spouse of a gay American this week. The couple's attorney, La ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Immigration Judge Delays Deportation for Alex Benshimol, S.F. Gay Man Married to American
Alex Benshimol, left, can stay in the country with his husband Alex Gentry.In another victory for same-sex couples, a San Francisco immigration judge ignored the Defense of Marriage Act today when she delayed the deportation proceedings against a gay Venezuelan man who is married to an American c ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
San Francisco Gay Binational Couple to Appeal DOMA Visa Denial
Anthony Makk, left, with husband Bradford Wells in happier times.Anthony John Makk -- the gay Australian national fighting separation from his San Francisco spouse after his marriage visa petition was denied last week -- is not giving up yet. Makk will now appeal the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrat ... More >>

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