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Michael Petrelis

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    January 26, 2012

    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 >>

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    May 9, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    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 >>

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    January 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 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 "Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    February 6, 2008

    Staph Infection Coverage Generates Gay Health Hysteria

    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 >>

  • News

    December 19, 2007

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

    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 >>

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, May 12, 2004

  • News

    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

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    Vicious Cycle

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

  • News

    April 24, 1996

    Letters

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

  • News

    April 17, 1996

    Letters

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

  • News

    April 10, 1996

    Petrelis the Pest

    Michael Petrelis has entered the AIDS debate once again

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