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SFPD Creates "Safe Havens" for LGBT Community

If you're part of the LGBT community and a victim of a crime, Police Chief Greg Suhr wants you to know the cops will help you. San Francisco police launched a new program aimed to help the LGBT community deal with crimes that have been going unreported. This new program launched yesterday designat ... More >>

Hunky Jesus Resurrection Confirmed

Get your thorny crowns and Jesus robes ready. They city's most famous queer nuns have confirmed that the Hunky Jesus contest will see a second coming -- rain or no rain. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence outsmarted Mother Nature this time; the nuns are holding the April 19 event at the DNA Loung ... More >>

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Perform a Trash Exorcism on Dolores Park for Easter

As you adults already know, Easter isn't just about chocolate bunnies, it's also about queer nuns. Although the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence -- who formed their queer sisterhood on that sacred Sunday in 1979 -- are always devoted to helping the community (even if it means crashing conservatives ... More >>

Now That He's Done Fighting Public Nudists, Supervisor Scott Wiener Fights Crime

Now that public nudity has kinda lost its sex appeal, Supervisor Scott Wiener has decided to turn his attention to a more alluring issue: the recent uptick in crime. Following a two-month unusual wave of violent crimes in the Castro/Upper Market neighborhood, Wiener held a community meeting last n ... 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 >>

Steven Tang Gets Freaky at Acid Test

Acid Test presents Steven Tang 222 Hyde Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 Better than: Reading the comments that came with that recent Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence/Joe Arpaio story. The ceiling powered up and a lone flash shot off, illuminating the brick-lined basement at 222 Hyde. For the past hour we'd ... More >>

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Crash Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Dinner in Union Square

You can count on San Francisco to keep things real, and last night the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence didn't just keep it real, they kept it really entertaining. Was it a coincidence that the sisters had dinner reservations next to the very conservative Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio (AKA "America's ... More >>

Marian and Vivian Brown Benefit: Jazz and Burlesque For S.F.'s Most Famous Twins

You could almost hear San Francisco let out a long sigh last week when it was reported that the Marian and Vivian Brown, S.F.'s most famous twins and city socialites for 40 years, have hit a string of rough luck. The 85-year-old sisters -- who wear the same clothes, say the same things, and eat dinn ... More >>

LGBT Community Petitions S.F. Supervisors to Mark The Eagle Tavern as Historic

All that effort you put into trying to save the Gold Dust Lounge in Union Square can now be seamlessly channeled into the city's SOMA neighborhood where the LGBT community is trying to stop the beloved Eagle Tavern from falling into the hands of non-queer buyers. A local petition is circulating aski ... More >>

Farmers' Market Season Kicks Off In The Castro

​What: Castro Farmers' Market opening day Where: Noe Street at Market Street When: Wed., March 14, 4-8 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: Free cooking lessons, live music, and an appearance by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are just a few reasons to come celebrate the start of the Farmers' Mark ... More >>

Who Are You? And How Do You Know?

The Week in Gay: The Ricky Martin's Bon-Bon Edition

Ah, fond memories of prom...​Don't Ask Don't Tell doesn't apply to Ricky Martin -- but we'll get to that in good time. No, "DADT" is the law that supposedly keeps the gays out of the military -- continued to take up headspace this week. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice, acting on behalf ... More >>

Side Hustle: Impressions from the Judges' Table at the Holiday Fixins-Off

T. PalmerJudging was as fun as it looks.​(View Hanna Quevedo's slideshow of the Holiday Fixins-Off)The battle for side dish supremacy took place last weekend at Holiday Fixins-Off, the third battle from SF Food Wars. We have somehow lucked into the role of veteran guest judge at these matches, fir ... More >>

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

Being a cheapskate is easy in this city -- there's plenty of culture to be had for less than the price of a fancy farmer's market cocktail. Below, our picks for a low-budget weekend.Dead Meadow at McLaren Park on SaturdayHex Dispensers @ Annie's (Friday) Loud, fast, and macabre: That seems to be the ... More >>

Copy Cat: Balenciaga knocks Off S.F. Designer. Here Are Some Other Local Looks They Might Like.

High-end fashion label Balenciaga is accused of ripping off the designs of (now defunct) San Francisco-based leather jacket makers East West Musical Instruments. (We know, the name is confusing.) East West sold to the likes of Janis Joplin and other rockers, and originals can fetch thousands of doll ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

MochipetOur hand picked list of events worth your spare time, for the price of your spare change. Zombie Beach Party (Friday)In San Francisco, Zombies never say die. When they're not "killing" people during flash mobs, they're going to the beach--indoors, of course, because the real sun would damage ... More >>

Mission Street Food to Fuel YBCA's Late Night Party with Faves Served from a Taco Truck

MSF's take on PB&J: Pork belly and jicamaThis Saturday, June 6, Mission Street Food is going back to its roots. Chef Anthony Myint and team are planning to fire up a taco truck and serve the crowd at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' What's the Big Idea? Late Night Party. The tent ... More >>

Gay Mormons, Black Pentecostals, Jedi Drag Queens, Oh My! Demonstrators Descend on State Supreme Court for Prop. 8 Hearings

Peter JamisonMinister Chauncey Killens thinks gay marriage should be illegal."I don't know any white gay man who sat on the back of the bus." So spoke Chauncey Killens, a black Pentecostal minister from Salinas, as he stood on San Francisco's Civic Center mall yesterday. Like hundreds around him, ... More >>

Boston Marriage

Jesus Walks Among Us but Does He Check Craigslist?

Nun Chucks

Not Much to Say

Snappy one-liners can't rescue the Mime Troupe's too-obvious political message

Look Carefully

Art that goes bump in the night

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Battlebots

Rock 'em sock 'em family fun

Clearly Queer

The biggest, baddest parties of the 2004 Pride season

Truly, We Have Risen

The ResErection, Bunny Jam, and the Hunky Jesus Contest can mean only one thing: Easter in S.F.

Gimme Two Steps

Gay, lesbian, country, and western

Speed

What would you do with one weekend to write, shoot, and edit a short movie?

Music Feast

You don't know what you're Mission

Crazy for Christmas

Tired of a traditional holiday? Try opening presents with an elephant or playing a game of Ba-Da-Bingo!

House Of Tudor

Danny Cohen; Laughing Squid's Fifth Anniversary Celebration

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"Moth Light: Artists Experiment With Illumination"; Los Lobos; South of Market Rhythm and Technology Bazaar and other events

Guerrilla Action

The "Guerrilla Queer Bar" brings leather and lurid behavior to the previously discreet Hotel W

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Bebel Gilberto; Phantom Chords; Dadafest; Go-Nuts

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San Francisco Bizarro; Eels; YBO2

Night Crawler

You're Not in Moraga Anymore

Dog Bites

The Return of the Insider

Night Crawler

The Dating Game

Letters

House of Tudor

Night Crawler

Dog Bites

Night + Day

Night Crawler

Letters

Night+Day

Night+Day