Michael Petrelis

Bradley Manning Pride Parade Screw-Up Leads to Local Protest Today

A day after SF Weekly reported on the strangeness of SF Pride's choices for grand marshal for this year's pride parade, the committee did something even more strange. On Friday, board president Lisa L. Williams released a statement withdrawing the committee's nomination of Army Private First Class ... More >>

Ballsy Blogger Who Tried to Photograph Supervisor Wiener's Wiener Back in Court

The pesky citizen blogger who admitted online to trying to snap a picture of Supervisor Scott Wiener's wiener while in the men's bathroom at City Hall says he'll be back in court today to deal with the legality of his bathroom etiquette. Michael Petrelis was arrested in November after Supervisor W ... More >>

Here Are the 20 Dumbest Bay Area Crimes of 2012

The year 2012 was a pretty stellar one for San Francisco. If you doubt us for a second, just think no farther than the San Francisco Giants World Series win. But amid the remarkable (sweeping baseball) moments -- like when the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence crashing Sheriff Joe Arpaio's dinner in ... More >>

Local Blogger Arrested for Trying to Photograph Supe. Wiener's Wiener Gets Stay-Away Order

Michael Petrelis, the activist blogger who attempted to snap a lewd photo of Supervisor Scott Wiener, has been ordered to stay away from the city supervisor at all times. Petrelis appeared in court yesterday where he pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct charges; Judge Donna Alyson Little then or ... More >>

Blogger Arrested for Trying to Photograph Supervisor Wiener's Wiener Heads to Court

Last week, we told you about the ballsy local blogger who admitted online he tried to snap a photo of Supervisor Scott Wiener's wiener while in the men's bathroom at City Hall. After being arrested for the indecent act, Michael Petrelis is expected to appear in court this morning to answer to charge ... More >>

Local Blogger Arrested for Trying to Photograph Supervisor Scott Wiener's Wiener

Local blogger Michael Petrelis says he was arrested yesterday after he snapped a photo of his San Francisco nemesis Supervisor Scott Wiener in the men's bathroom at City Hall. Petrelis first informed the public of the drama on his personal blog, the Petrelis files, where he explained how he was inte ... More >>

Scott Wiener Bathroom Photo: Law Prof Calls Blogger's Account "Public Confession"

Earlier today we reported on gay activist and blogger Michael Petrelis' arrest stemming from an incident in which he photographed Supervisor Scott Wiener in a City Hall men's room, then posted the picture on his blog. The arrest was referred to on Petrelis' site as "an act of heavy-handed political ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Loses Fight to Lift Restraining Order, More Texts from His Wife Revealed

​Mirkarimi's wife told neighbor about potential child neglect episode in which son was left in the car and not being fed. Mirkarimi has gone to three counseling sessions. A Superior Court judge refused to lift a restraining order Thursday preventing Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi from seeing his wife, Eli ... More >>

Lime's Brunch Makes the Times, Saveur Chronicles the History of Food Blogs

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. Lime becomes nationally infamous. The Bay Citizen/New York Times reports on the crazy scene that has emerged on Sunday brunch at Lime, which once was a restaurant-bar populated excl ... More >>

Who Owns the Castro Rainbow Flag?

Off2riorobFlagged...​Don't like the way the Castro's iconic rainbow flag is administered? Go get your own! That's the message from Steve Adams, the president of the Merchants of Upper Market and Castro (MUMC). It's his group that pays for the oft-replaced flags, insures them in the event of a cost ... More >>

Week in Gay: Ted Haggard is Bisexual and Anderson Cooper has a 'Companion'

Coming after cousin Geri​This edition of The Week in Gay is a potpourri (either a miscellaneous collection of stories or a mixture of dried flowers and spices) of four categories - plus an extra special bonus!Included are updates on the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the latest stories from San F ... More >>

Female Condom 2 Campaign to Launch in San Francisco for Women and Gay Men

Just slip it in. ​The Female Condom 2 is coming soon to San Francisco to line a vagina -- or anus -- near you. The Department of Public Health will be launching a campaign to promote the use of the Female Condom 2 (known as the FC2 for short) on Valentine's Day.The city received a $100,000 grant f ... More >>

New Female Condom Campaign Targets Gay Men in San Francisco. You Read That Right.

The female condom is awkward. ​Cheaper female condoms! Come get yer cheaper female condoms!Yeah. That's really what's up. A newer, cheaper female condom,  FC2, as in, Female Condom 2 (wildly creative, right?) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2009. It costs about 65 per ... More >>

Will SF Pride deliver a message to Pelosi on Sunday?

​The Town Hall meeting held in San Francisco last week may be the first of a series of contractions that give birth to a litter of community forums where the general public can meet with the advocacy groups and political leadership that represent the LGBT community.   Even though the mee ... More >>

GetEqual Grilled! Good for the gays?

by Patrick Connors www.fixitordeal.wordpress.comEveryone loves the shish​ For those of you not keeping up, the hot gay dish this Pride season is the GetEqual shish kebab. The group responsible for the attention grabbing stunts at the White House and at Barbara Boxer fundraisers in California h ... More >>

The Week in Gay: Dan Choi Eats!

Well, the good news is, Lt. Dan Choi can probably fit back in his old uniform now...​Lt. Dan Choi chose life this week by putting an end to his "dignity fast." Choi explains that his fast was a success because people were educated about the political history of hunger strikes. But, I think his ... More >>

The Week in Gay: Celebrate Milk Day By Giving Money to Do-Nothing Politicians

Which ineffective politician would Harvey donate money to? ​Everybody knows what today is, right? Harvey Milk Day Eve!! Get ready to have trouble falling asleep tonight and prepare for visions of trod-upon dog poop (Harvey's legislative legacy) to be dancing in your head. Speaking of Milk and hi ... More >>

Feds Probing Dan White, Harvey Milk, George Moscone When White Killed Milk, Moscone

All in the Feds' dossier...​At the time Dan White unloaded his pistol into Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk, all three were under the FBI's microscope in political corruption probes. Documents obtained by San Francisco gay rights blogger Michael Petrelis and reported on by The Raw Story reveal ... More >>

Gay Kiss-In To be Held in Castro Monday ... And Every Day

Castro version coming Monday...​Large numbers of gay men and lesbians will be locking lips in the Castro on Monday. Yeah, yeah, yeah -- but this time it's organized. And for the greater good! The kiss-in is one of many held worldwide on May 17 to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and T ... More >>

Chely Wright Is Gay! She Takes AMEX, Visa and MC!

Had you heard of Chely Wright prior to her sudden coming out? ​The gays are excited about a new lesbian on the scene! Chely Wright - who had a big hit way back when years ago with Single White Female (a really terrible song) - has decided to reveal her filthy filthy secret: She's into women! ... More >>

What We Learned in 2009: Matier & Ross Read SF Weekly

A little while ago, Michael Petrelis and another local blogger groused about Chronicle columnists Matier & Ross not giving them credit for stories they broke. I'm sure I speak for veteran alt-weekly scribes everywhere when I say, Welcome to our world! For decades, daily newspapers have re-w ... More >>

Local Blogger Takes (Some) Credit For FBI Release Of Michael Jackson Files

via flickr by Bernissimo Sunshine act​The FBI finally released hundreds of pages of classified documents related to pop star icon Michael Jackson, who died in August, detailing various investigations, including threats of a terrorist attack against Jackson. And local rabble-rouser Michael ... More >>

Muggings and Beatings on the Bus, Oh My! Bevan Dufty Plays Wizard of Muni

Jim Herd​The winners of the Top-3 Most Dangerous Muni Routes are: the 14-Mission, the 9X-San Bruno Express, and the 38-Geary. In that order.But be not afraid: Supervisor Bevan Dufty is on it (or so he'd like you to think). The supervisor from the Castro continued to hone what is shaping up to be h ... More >>

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 "Bo ... More >>

Town Hall Meeting to Address Prop 8 SNAFU Could Get Ugly

Almost four months after voters stripped gays of their right to marry in California, a Town Hall-style meeting addressing what went wrong will finally happen. Supervisors Bevan Dufty, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, and Senator Mark Leno will all apparently be there, as w ... More >>

Staph Infection Coverage Generates Gay Health Hysteria

Politics didn't play into decision not to prosecute domestic violence case, DA says

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Letters and the Editor

Messages from a repellent AIDS "activist" and other items of interest, put in self-serving context by Weekly Editor John Mecklin

Vicious Cycle

Federal investigators clear AIDS prevention programs of wrongdoing -- and then reinvestigate them

Letters

Letters

Petrelis the Pest

Michael Petrelis has entered the AIDS debate once again