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SAN FRANCISCO -- In a brief filed today with the California Supreme Court, attorneys representing same-sex couples, Equality California and Our Family Coalition urged the court to strike down as unconstitutional a law that bars same-sex couples from marriage. The couples and organizations are represented by lead counsel the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Heller Ehrman LLP, and the Law Office of David C. Codell....
Posted: Wed, Apr 4, 2007 6:58am PDT
Under a banner of “Welcome to the AIDS Eviction Capital of the World,” a small but enthusiastic group of about 70 activists marched from 18th and Castro to the site of Caldwell Banker a block away to draw attention to the gentrification of the world’s most infamous queer neighborhood. That gentrification has resulted in countless evictions of long-term tenants with AIDS and the pricing out of community nonprofits....
Posted: Mon, Apr 2, 2007 7:27am PDT
Most Beyond Chron readers are familiar with Tony Dungy – the Super Bowl coach who is also an anti-gay bigot, as he headlined a fundraiser last week for the Indiana Family Institute. But even in San Francisco, Clear Channel Outdoor has decided to promote Dungy on a Tenderloin billboard....
Posted: Wed, Mar 28, 2007 6:25am PDT
A memorial has been set for Nadia Cabezas aka Kitty Kastro for April 3rd at 2pm at St. Anthony's Foundation at 121 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco....
Posted: Wed, Mar 21, 2007 10:07am PDT
What: AIDS evection caravan and die-in
Where: Meet at the corner of Castro and 18th Street
When: Thursday March 29 at 12 PM SHARP.
Why: Because the AIDS crises is not over....
Posted: Sun, Mar 18, 2007 9:51pm PDT
Michelle Tea spoke on 3/17/07 at the 12th annual Anarchist BookFair in San Francisco.
Michelle Tea (born Michelle Tomasik in 1971) is an American author and poet originally from Chelsea, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston). She currently lives in San Francisco. Tea was the co-founder of the Sister Spit spoken word tour. Her books, mostly memoirs, are known for their views into the riot grrrl and queercore communities. She has toured with the Sex Worker's Art Show alongside Ducky DooLittle and...
Posted: Sun, Mar 18, 2007 5:29pm PDT
omg, this is such sad news......
Posted: Sat, Mar 10, 2007 11:01pm PST
BattleCry comes to San Francisco to politically assault fundamental values and rights cherished by most San Franciscans, and to carve away at the separation of church and state. As the BattleCry website has advertised, they are rallying on the steps of San Francisco’s City Hall because
it was there that the ‘blasphemy’ of same sex marriage was allowed. Their return to City Hall is in direct defiance of the SF Board of Supervisors’ adamant resolution last March, which condemned BattleCry’s...
Posted: Thu, Mar 8, 2007 12:47am PST
THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IS PREACHING AN ANTI-CHOICE ANTI-GAY RADICAL FUNDAMENTALISM ON THE STEPS OF SAN FRANCISCO’S CITY HALL & IN SAN FRANCISCO’S BALLPARK THIS WEEK.
Friday, March 9, San Francisco City Hall on the steps facing Civic Center Plaza
12:00 - 2:00 PM Permitted protest, rally and press conference
3:00 - 5:00 PM Counter-protest: We Will Not Tolerate Intolerance!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 5, 2007 12:57pm PST
1) VOTE for Robert Haaland and Theresa Sparks for Pride Grand Marshalls! (we
LOVE them!)
2) JOIN US at the March 15 Pride at Work fund raiser to launch a new Youth
Organizing Project!
3) READ about the sorority that expelled all of its smart, non-white,
non-skinny members! (we HATE them!)...
Posted: Mon, Mar 5, 2007 12:09pm PST
a long pondering and observation of the wake of a vital activist who stood at the crossroads of many movements and understood the intersections of oppressions...
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 6:51am PST
just a report about Heather's wake......
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 10:25pm PST
Justin R. Cannon, 22 years old, is a first-year student at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California, and is one of several openly gay seminarians who find themselves troubled by a recent communiqué issued by the leaders of the Anglican Church this month....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 6:50pm PST
Flaunting the Future of Green Energy and shaming PG&E!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 3:24pm PST
We need the communities help in solving a crime....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 11:03am PST
Last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he will not sign legislation this year
giving same-sex couples the freedom to marry in California....
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 5:37pm PST
*"Mr. Natali's lawsuit... failed on every single count," said [San Francisco
City Attorney spokesman Matt] Dorsey. "I will say this horse has been dead
for more than a year and it is time for him to stop beating it." *...
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 3:13pm PST
WHEN: Friday, April 6, 2007, 7PM to 1AM
WHERE: The California Ballroom (1736 Franklin St, Oakland, CA)
TICKET PRICES:
Gold Tickets: $25 (Dinner, Show & Dance)
Platnum Tickets: $160 VIP Table for 8, $20 per person (Dinner, Show & Dance)
Silver Tickets: $10 (Dance only, starts at 11 pm.)...
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 5:59pm PST
On Saturday February 17th a group of Bay Area Seminarians stood
outside the Promised Land church at 1661 Market Street educating the community
about the ill-effects of Gay Reparative Therapy....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2007 1:34pm PST
Fresno — On day of love we gays apply for marriage licenses. 2:30 video...
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2007 6:26am PST





