Subject: LGBT Issues

• Marriage equality can be achieved by separating church and state

  June 3, 2009

• Frameline at The Center: Free Film Screenings for the Community

  March 11, 2009

• Bend Your Gender

  October 29, 2008

• Queer Movie Marathon

  June 11, 2008

• Girl/Boy Interrupted

  A new treatment for transgender kids puts puberty on hold so that they won't develop into their biological sex

  July 11, 2007

• I Wish I'd Written That

  Deceased journalist Joe Dignan led coverage of California's movement toward gay equal rights

  July 12, 2006

• We're Not Here, We're Queer

  June 21, 2006

• Letters to the Editor

  Week of Wednesday, April 13, 2005

  April 13, 2005

• "I Do" Redux

  Do you subconsciously oppose gay marriage? Take our quiz and set your id free!

  March 23, 2005

• Looking Ahead

  Aides insist that Mayor Gavin Newsom is focused on City Hall; his sudden celebrity has spawned speculation about higher office. Much higher.

  April 21, 2004

• Masque of the Pink Book Slasher

  The S.F. public library transforms destruction into creation

  March 10, 2004

• Institute of Hate

  Right-wingers are targeting liberal pastors -- including at least one in S.F. -- who favor gay marriage

  February 25, 2004

• Tranny Get Your Fun

  Colorful parties, curious panel discussions, and lots and lots of movies

  November 12, 2003

• OK Then

  Why Pansy Division still matters -- and not just to suburban kids

  September 3, 2003

• Legal Precedent

  A transgender Stanford grad and his colleague are set to open the first-ever law center for transgender issues

  June 12, 2002

• The "Catholic Issue"

  A debate at USF over domestic partner benefits is complicated by the school's ties to the church

  May 29, 2002

• Transcending Gender

  Tranny Fest celebrates the less-charted realms of human sexuality

  November 14, 2001

• The Adventures of Capt. GayMan

  The Bush administration has released the first- ever Army training manual on homosexual policy -- as a comic book

  August 22, 2001

• Better Than Nothing

  Gary Johnson is about to become the first transsexual to sue for discrimination under a new state law. The only catch: He must admit to being "disabled."

  April 18, 2001

• Asking, Telling

  The Pentagon claims gays who serve openly undermine the force, but a local researcher's evidence says otherwise. Could his work help President Bush make life better for gay soldiers than it ever was under Clinton?

  January 31, 2001

• A Boy Scout No More

  Since he was 12, Steven Cozza has led a crusade against the Scouts' anti-gay policies. What will happen now that he's grown up to discover sports and girls?

  September 20, 2000

• Events Listings

  Pride 2000 Events

  June 14, 2000

• We're Here, We're Queer

  2000 San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

  June 14, 2000

• Comrades of the People's Republic

  While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

  April 26, 2000

• South to the Future

  Feminists Protest Gay Marriages

  April 5, 2000

• No March Madness

  The fervor isn't building for another gay rally on Washington

  March 22, 2000

• Missing in Action

  Why there's no more Knight in the Knight Initiative

  February 16, 2000

• 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

  December 29, 1999

• Beautiful Dreamers

  The anti-Knight initiative

  December 22, 1999

• Letters

  July 21, 1999

• Letters

  July 14, 1999

• Cothran

  July 7, 1999

• Torture of a Transsexual

  In a landmark case, Amanda DuValle, allegedly brutalized in Nicaragua because she is a transsexual, escaped deportation from the U.S. by invoking the U.N. Convention Against Torture. But if she won, why is she still in jail?

  July 7, 1999

• Zoom Lens

  June 16, 1999

• Military Might

  Stanford activists in fight against laws forcing campuses to accept recruiters

  May 26, 1999

• You Can't Be Gay -- You're Latino

  A gay Latino identity struggles to emerge, somewhere between the macho Mission and Caucasian Castro

  April 14, 1999

• Cothran

  April 7, 1999

• After the Politics

  November 25, 1998

• Zoom Lens

  November 18, 1998

• Gay Marriage Fail: The Twittersphere Responds to Prop. 8 Ruling

  Twitter's Fail WhaleWe've been live-tweeting the Prop. 8 happenings over at @SF_Weekly for the past few hours but have also been keeping a close eye on the response from our fellow twits. Here's a sampling of the mixed (but predictable) sentiments: @roxaloxa: California fails, sad day. @ginatrapani: California upholds Prop 8; my legal marriage (1 of 18,000) stands. *facepalm* @dmuth: F*ck you, California. Thanks for trampling on human rights @mindshifter: Prop 8 upheld. Religion poisons eve

  May 26, 2009

• Campaign for California Families Motions to Butt Into Prop. 8 Lawsuit

  Just in time for pride weekend, the good ol' nemesis of California gay folk, Campaign for California Families, is trying to butt into the latest lawsuit against Proposition 8. In order to give you an idea of the company the organization keeps, the campaign is represented by Liberty Counsel, a non-profit based in perhaps appropriately named Lynchburg, Virginia. On their Web site, you can sign up for your very own "Right Extremist ID Card." Liberty Counsel has represented

  June 26, 2009

• While San Fran Attempts to Butt Into Legal Challenge to Prop. 8, Pair of Gay Supe Hopefuls Plead for Patience

  Scott Wiener This week, City Attorney Dennis Herrera petitioned to become a party in the case challenging Prop. 8 in federal district court, ramming full speed ahead into the legal challenge to the same-sex marriage ballot initiative.Meanwhile, the debate continues about when same-sex marriage advocates should take the issue back to the polls. What's it gonna be? Is 2010 too soon to change public opinion? Will the issue go stale by 2012, with voters even more entren

  July 24, 2009

• Would Gay Marriage Not Being on the 2010 Ballot Help or Hurt Gavin Newsom? The Answer: Yes.

  Being emotionally charged up can certainly affect how demonstratively one waves his or her placard in a street protest, but it's of less use in the voting booth. No matter how emphatically you punch your ballot, it still only counts for one vote. This appears to be the crux of Equality California's decision not to push for same-sex marriage on the 2010 ballot -- activists didn't think they had as good a shot of winning now as in 2012, and they're astute enough to realize that moral victories are

  August 12, 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's legal brief stating the administration supports the legislative repeal of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. That's the law --much-loathed in these parts -- that denies federal recognition and benef

  August 17, 2009

• New Direct Flights Between Gay Meccas San Francisco and Fort Lauderdale Dubbed 'A Rainbow Road in the Air'

  San Francisco                               Fort Lauderdale​San Francisco and Fort Lauderdale are pretty much the two gayest cities in America, so it was about time some airline flew directly between them. "A rainbow road, in the air," is what Nicki Grossman, president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau

  August 19, 2009

• Exclusive: Buju Banton Sits Down with LGBT Activists

  EKAphotographyBuju Banton meets the LGBT Posse​ In what may be a groundbreaking and possibly historical event, controversial reggae star Buju Banton met with representatives from the LGBT community this afternoon. Banton has been a frequent target of gay rights protesters for his 1992 song "Boom Bye Bye," which activists say glorifies murder and violence directed at gays. Before the dialogue, Banton's show at the Rock It Room scheduled for tonight (October 12) appeared in jeopardy of cance

  October 12, 2009

• Transgender Activists Staying Home From Obama Protests, But Waiting for President to Back Up Trans-Friendly Words

  Code Pink on the left! Teabaggers on the right! Apparently, however, the transgender community still has President Obama's back.​While Michelle Obama marked an earlier San Francisco visit by getting her hands dirty volunteering at a Bayview playground, the O will be skipping any public event that could sully his appearance in town this afternoon. The collective wisdom is that the president is unwilling to personally face the  tumult of protests and the dreaded "

  October 15, 2009

• Transblazer

  October 21, 2009

• Trans-Mission

  October 28, 2009

• Maine Setback Won't Deter Californians Seeking Prop. 8 Repeal in 2010 -- Unless it Does

  Bad day for cake yesterday​For those who support same-sex marriage, yesterday's defeat in Maine was both a head-scratcher and a stomach-punch. The "No on 1" campaign was well-run, well-financed, not hamstrung by, say, the mayor of Bangor crowing about "whether you like it or not," and a huge percentage of Mainers flooded the polls. And yet, the state's same-sex marriage laws were still overturned.So, what does this mean for California? Oddly enough, yesterday's Maine election seems to appear a

  November 4, 2009