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April 23, 2012
Bernal Heights Dispensary's Mexican Chocolate Chip Cookie Is Just Like Nana Never Used to Make
When SFoodie put out the word that it needed a reviewer to navigate the murky waters of medicinal cannabis edibles, I knew I was the dude for the job. First of all, I've been a foodie since I first turned my nose up at my mom's chicken a la king. (If you've seen the great indie flick Big Night, whe ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Proposition 8 Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Says
A federal appeals court ruled this morning that California's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. New outlets are reporting that the ban will still remain in effect as the case makes its way to the Supreme Court. Both sides had vowed to appeal the ruling if the outcome wasn't in th ... More >>
Music
October 12, 2011
Bouncer Spies the Clipboard Peeps at House of Shields
A federal appeals court ruled this morning that California's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. New outlets are reporting that the ban will still remain in effect as the case makes its way to the Supreme Court. Both sides had vowed to appeal the ruling if the outcome wasn't in th ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Bouncer Visits House of Shields, a Beer Cave for the Clipboard Peeps
From this week's Bouncer column: I found it ironic that I was walking to the House of Shields one afternoon when I found myself bombarded with people in bright pink T-shirts from Planned Parenthood. I, like most Tea Party Patriots, associate the organization with birth control, or "shields" ... More >>
News
June 15, 2011
A Movement Defaced: Queer Street Art Fights for Legitimacy
From this week's Bouncer column: I found it ironic that I was walking to the House of Shields one afternoon when I found myself bombarded with people in bright pink T-shirts from Planned Parenthood. I, like most Tea Party Patriots, associate the organization with birth control, or "shields" ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
It Doesn't Matter That Judge Vaughn Walker Is Gay
You can be gay and impartialAt least that's what a federal judge decided today. Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware ruled on Tuesday that there is no proof that Judge Vaughn Walker, who last year struck down the state's ban on gay marriage, would benefit from his own ruling. Walker only recently ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2011
Kamala Harris Wants Federal Appeals Court To Allow Gay Marriages Now
Harris: Let the people marrySupporters of same-sex marriage just got a powerful ally: California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The newly minted AG is urging the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to allow gay couples to marry while it considers a federal appeal over the constitutionality of Propositi ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2010
Harvey Milk's Camera Shop Defiled, and Other Outrages
WWHD?There's an emerging pattern in Gayville lately. It's not a new thing -- not new to the gays or the general population either for that matter -- but it's still disconcerting. It's called whorishness.Does everything good have to be sold out, watered down, or compromised? The Human Rights Campa ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2010
Hey, All Shook Down Is Finally on Facebook. Come Say Hi.
That headline pretty much says it all, but in case you missed it, All Shook Down (aka the blog you're reading at this moment!) now has its very own Facebook page. This is important -- perhaps not Wikileaks, Prop. 8, or who-will-be-the-next-S.F.-mayor important, but still: you fans of local music ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2010
Judges Named For Prop. 8 Hearing
A liberal, a conservative, and a moderate. An old guy, a middle-aged guy, and a sorta young guy. Sounds like the makings for a road-trip comedy. Could be. But it's definitely the composition for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' Dec. 6 hearing of the Proposition 8 case, which could determine the ... More >>
Blogs
November 26, 2010
The Gay Gratitude List
Oh happy day...The Week in GayIn recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday and the importance of the acknowledgment that things aren't all that bad (or maybe they are and we need to stop and smell the roses) I offer a list of events and persons worthy of gratitude.For example: Skating with the Star ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2010
Prop. 8 TV Parties? Sounds Like a Plan.
Perfect spread for a C-SPAN partySo, the revolution will not be televised. But the revolutionary gay marriage trial will be. The 9th District Court of Appeals hearing of the Proposition 8 trial will be broadcast live on C-SPAN -- mark your calendars for 10 a.m. on Dec. 6. Will there be Super Bowl ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2010
Don't Ask Don't Tell Told Off
The Week In GayLate yesterday, another radical hippie judge in California ruled that queers are protected by the U.S. Constitution. A lawsuit against the military ban on gay service members, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was ruled to be a violation of the First Amendment rights of gay people. The suit wa ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2010
In Print: Classic Hip-Hop Albums Performed Live, Wavves' Surf-Punk, and Rappers in the Shadow of Hyphy
The lineup for this year's Rock the Bells hip-hop festival has the likes of Snoop, Slick Rick, A Tribe Called Quest, Rakim and even the Wu-Tang Clan all performing classic hip-hop albums in their entirety. In our print edition this week, Tamara Palmer takes a look back at each album's considerabl ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
Prop. 8 Overturned: Ecstasy and Agony at City Hall
It's uncertain when Rod Wood and Roger Hunt will use these wedding rings.No guarantee same-sex couples can wed next week, when Prop. 8 is officially overturnedFor 10 whole minutes, Thom Watson was a happy man. The 30-odd same-sex couples crammed into a balmy corridor of City Hall awaiting the wor ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
Vaughn Walker's Choice to Delay Gay Marriage Praised by Legal Scholars
'Judge Walker is not a dummy...'Judge Vaughn Walker's decision today to officially overturn Proposition 8 -- but stay that action until next week -- left a lot of same-sex couples statewide feeling like the rug had been pulled out from under them. The knowledge that their marriages were delayed a ... More >>
News
August 11, 2010
List: Proposition 8 backers' new strategies
'Judge Walker is not a dummy...'Judge Vaughn Walker's decision today to officially overturn Proposition 8 -- but stay that action until next week -- left a lot of same-sex couples statewide feeling like the rug had been pulled out from under them. The knowledge that their marriages were delayed a ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2010
Jurist, Teabagger, Porn King: The Ravings of Conservative Nutjobs Against Vaughn Walker
Photo illustration | Audrey FukumanRight-wing loons likened Judge Vaughn Walker to a porn impresarioU.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's decision overturning Proposition 8 is, by the reckoning of most sensible observers, a masterpiece of judicial prose and reasoning. As such, it has been ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2010
Korean Americans Hate Gay Marriage Most, New Poll Reveals
FIFANot yet ready to root for same-sex marriage...This morning the Field Poll published new results on California voters' support for same-sex marriage. On the whole, the poll was inconclusive. About 51 percent of those surveyed said they approved of gay marriage, with some 42 percent opposed. Th ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2010
Marriage Rights Can't Rely on Fickle Politicians' Whims
Some day his prince will come. But will a political consensus? Over the past few days, columnists Jonathan Rauch and Jonathan Capehart have been wringing their hands over what Judge Vaughn Walker might do to Proposition 8. They are convinced that Walker will either start an "inferno" or cause ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2010
The Week in Gay: Gays Invade San Francisco!
Adam Hood loves youWhat is the best way to kick off San Francisco Pride Weekend? By listening to an ex-gay, ex-San Franciscan who wears an ascot and just loves him some pussy! Adam Hood doesn't want the gays to bring the gangrene into heaven but he does want to bring flavor savers. Imagine hi ... 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 16, 2010
Prop. 8 Cast Goes to Court ... And Gets Celebrity Doppelgangers
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cameras would not be permitted to film Perry v. Schwarzenegger, directors John Ireland and John Ainsworth, along with a band of volunteer actors, decided to reenact the entire Prop. 8 trial and post the results to Youtube. Until today, the actors relie ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2010
Study: Millions Spent on Campaigns For and Against Gay Marriage Totally Pointless
A New York University professor analyzed dozens of ballot measures concerning gay marriage over the last 20 years and came up with one mighty conclusion in a study released today: expensive campaigns for and against legal recognition of gay couples do jack squat to change voters' opinions.The rep ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2010
Prop. 8 Trial -- Constipated No More
Justice delayed is justice ... wait, what were we talking about?Remember the Prop. 8 trial that started in San Francisco in January starring Judge Vaughn Walker (gay) and featuring David Bois (liberal) and Ted Olson (conservative)? The trial that has been on hiatus longer than the presentation of ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2010
The Week in Gay: New Trend in 2010 -- Same-Sex Bedpans!
Uppity Fag has his eye on the one on the bottom left...Late yesterday afternoon President Barack Obama signed a mandate that extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex couples in hospitals throughout the country. Whatever. While some may hail this as a victory for gay rights, the bot ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2010
Same-Sex Marriage in 2012? That'll Be the Day.
Sorry, pal. Maybe next year. Or the year after that. Or not. Yesterday Restore Equality 2010 announced it was abandoning its efforts to repeal Prop 8 on the November ballot. The not-unforeseen announcement was also posted at a handful of blogs on Monday: Autumn Sandeen reported at Pam's House ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2010
No Gay Marriage For You in 2010, California
Maybe it'll be a tastier 2012...Restore Equality 2010 announced today that it fell short in its effort to gather the 695,000 signatures needed by today to place a same-sex marriage measure on this year's ballot. The organization's chairman, Sean Bohac, attributed the failure to the lack of supp ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2010
ACLU: Keep Your Hands Off Our Prop. 8 E-Mails!
Yesterday, federal judge Vaughn Walker lowered the boom on the ACLU and Equality California, and insisted the organizations turn over their internal e-mails and memos even though they aren't actually part of the ongoing legal challenge to Proposition 8.Today, the ACLU employed the vaunted oh hell ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2010
The Week in Gay -- A Nation of Uppity Fags
A blogswarm was launched on March 18 to encourage the community to contact Nancy Pelosi's offices about her lack of effort behind the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). In addition to the pressure on the phone lines, her offices in D.C. and San Francisco were visited by ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2010
Holding Out on Jerry Brown -- Until He's More Like Gavin
Jer's not getting any from Uppity Fag until he puts out ... some real actionOver the weekend I joined (yet one more) Facebook group - The LGBT Community for Jerry Brown. I joined so I could keep an eye on him and on the LGBT community.The gays have a tendency to fawn for any politician with ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2010
I Now Pronounce You Incorporated: A Novel Approach to Same-Sex Marriage
I now declare this corporation merged...Melding legal principles does not always follow the "You got your chocolate in my peanut butter!" "You got your peanut butter in my chocolate!" path. But humor us, here. In San Francisco, the plaintiffs have made their case in an attempt to overturn Proposi ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2010
A Big Fat Bowl of Nothing: What the Pot Limit Strike Down Really Means
What exactly did the California Supreme Court do Thursday, when it struck down a 2003 law limiting the amount of pot a medical marijuana patient can possess to eight ounces? A big fat bowl of nothing, says Dale Gieringer, who as director of the state office of National Organization for the Reform of ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2010
And the 'Gayest City in America' Is ... Atlanta?
Not gay enough, apparentlyAs the ongoing Proposition 8 trial begins its second week today, the mayor of the "Gayest city" in California will take the stand to testify in favor of marriage equality. That mayor, of course, is Jerry Sanders. And the gay-friendly realm over which he reigns is -- San ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2010
It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz -- Still With a Prize!
BrainchildvnGet your stopwatches out, I'm gonna talk about the budget now...Congratulations to last week's quiz winner, Adam Visconti! Apparently it was the thrill of victory that fueled Adam and not the lure of a large white tiger stuffed animal. Adam politely declined his rightful prize, claimi ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2010
Who Shows Up to Demonstrate on Day *Two* of Prop. 8 Trial? In the Rain?
Joe EskenaziFive minutes before the gavel on Tuesday, and no one's showed up to say anything about it...There were folks huddled outside the city's federal courthouse today whose views and behavior decidedly do not fall within the bounds of "San Francisco values." With the gavel about to fall, i ... More >>
News
December 9, 2009
A risky proposition: the Prop. 8 debate continues
Joe EskenaziFive minutes before the gavel on Tuesday, and no one's showed up to say anything about it...There were folks huddled outside the city's federal courthouse today whose views and behavior decidedly do not fall within the bounds of "San Francisco values." With the gavel about to fall, i ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2009
Kimpton's 'Cocktails for a Cure' Raises Cash for HIV Service Orgs
Do your karma a favor -- throw back a few.Kimpton Restaurants is donating money for each "special" cocktail purchased this month. The Cocktails for a Cure fundraiser is to benefit HIV service organizations, and is part of an ongoing, 20-year commitment by the S.F.-based hospitality chain. I ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 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 ... More >>
Music
July 15, 2009
Clueless in the Castro
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 ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2009
S.F. Cracks List of Nation's Three Fastest-Plummeting Housing Markets (We Took Bronze)
New statistics show you absolutely can't afford these houses, but they now likely cost 28 percent less than last year's ridiculous pricesWhat do Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Francisco have in common? Yep: sketchy nightclubs and plummeting housing prices. According to S&P data released today, San ... More >>
Blogs
June 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 Co ... More >>
News
June 3, 2009
Marriage equality can be achieved by separating church and state
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 Co ... More >>
Calendar
May 27, 2009
Flipping Out
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 Co ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2009
Bankruptcy, Locusts, Frogs, Blood: Could a California Gay Tourism Boycott Be Next?
Is 'No gay tourism' the 11th plague?With fiscal and economic plagues already haunting California, could a Proposition 8-inspired professional brain drain -- and even a tourism boycott -- be next?During a conversation Tuesday, Rob Black, vice president for public policy of the San Francisco Chamber o ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2009
All Quiet On the Castro Front: Prop. 8 Ruling Received With a Shrug
At 10:01 a.m., a Castro barkeep sighed, glanced at his wedding ring, and switched off the television. "Guess I'm still married," he muttered. Paraphrasing T.S. Eliot, the state Supreme Court's affirmation of Proposition 8 was received here not with a bang but a whimper -- save for the solitary cell ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2009
Extremely Civil Disobedience: Prop. 8 Protests Peaceful So Far
Peaceful demonstrators shut down the intersection of Van Ness and Grove"Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face," Martin Luther King Jr. said in 1956. "But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime. ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2009
Chron Helps Publicize Anti-Prop. 8 Rallies; Conservative Columnist Calls Foul
Hmmm. What will I hate today?Conservative syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin is calling out San Francisco Chronicle political reporter Joe Garofoli for what she says is an inappropriate role in publicizing rallies in support of same-sex marriage.Malkin pointed out on her Web site this afternoon th ... More >>
Film
November 19, 2008
Were the World Mine
Hmmm. What will I hate today?Conservative syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin is calling out San Francisco Chronicle political reporter Joe Garofoli for what she says is an inappropriate role in publicizing rallies in support of same-sex marriage.Malkin pointed out on her Web site this afternoon th ... More >>
Calendar
November 12, 2008
Would That the World Really Were Yours
Hmmm. What will I hate today?Conservative syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin is calling out San Francisco Chronicle political reporter Joe Garofoli for what she says is an inappropriate role in publicizing rallies in support of same-sex marriage.Malkin pointed out on her Web site this afternoon th ... More >>
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