SF Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Hold AIDS Candlelight Memorial in the Castro
100,000 people in 115 countries will be celebrating the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, “Promoting Health and Dignity Together,” on Sunday, May 20. Health, faith and community-based organizations in some 115 countries will use the event to remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS, to support those living with HIV and affected by its impact - spurring calls to greater action from all actors in the HIV response.
With at least 500 events being held worldwide, the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial will also be commemorated in SF then, 8pm, Harvey Milk Plaza, corner of Castro & Market Streets.
“We’re bringing the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial back home to where it all began in the Castro,” co-organizer Guard TheO Pressed tells Bay Times. “In the vision of the global network of people...
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Local News Briefs
By Dennis McMillan Published: May 3, 2012
Stop Busting Our Medical Pot Dispensaries!The Patient Advocacy Committee of the SF Medical Cannabis Task Force has gathered thousands of signatures from SF voters to deliver to Representative Nancy Pelosi in reaction to recent closures of local medical cannabis cooperatives and the five additional cooperatives slated to close their doors...
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Local News Briefs
By Dennis McMillan Published: April 19, 2012
Taking Another Step Closer to EqualityChristopher Nathan, my friend and fellow Sister, has been pursuing a case to get health benefits for same-sex spouses in the federal court for the Northern District of California. Benefits are currently denied under DOMA. He had a hearing, and Chief Judge James Ware issued...
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Hollywood, CA - New Bully Re-Cut May Be PG-13 – 3.31
By Dennis McMillan Published: April 5, 2012
The MPAA still won’t grant Bully anything less than an “R” rating, and Weinstein Co. denies that changes were being made now, but allowed for the possibility in the coming weeks. “At this time, there are no plans to change the film for a PG-13,” said Weinstein head of marketing...
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Local News Briefs
By Dennis McMillan Published: April 5, 2012
Folsom Street Events Announces Beneficiaries – 3.28The Board of Directors of Folsom Street Events announced this year’s lineup of its major and supporting beneficiaries. Net proceeds from five key SF leather/ fetish events (Bay of Pigs, Up Your Alley, Magnitude, Folsom Street Fair and Deviants) will be donated to local...
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Local News Briefs
By Dennis McMillan Published: March 22, 2012
Castro Crimes against Gay Men on the Rise – 3.17 SF police are asking gay men in the Castro to be a little more judicious about whom they take home from the bar after a night of drinking. There have been too many instances lately in which gay men are...
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Local News Briefs
By Dennis McMillan Published: March 8, 2012
CA Voters Support Marriage Equality by 25% Margin- 3.1Californians now support the freedom to marry for lesbian and gay couples by a 59% - 34% margin, according to a new California Field Poll. “Today’s poll results mark a turning point in public opinion in favor of the freedom to marry...
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Local News Briefs
Published: February 23, 2012
Let Our People Wed Despite the Ninth Circuit ruling, Prop 8 continues to hurt lesbian and gay couples and their families. On February 14 at San Francisco City Hall, loving, committed same-sex couples, accompanied by their friends and supporters, asked for marriage licenses as part of Freedom to Marry Week....
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Largest SF Showing of AIDS Memorial Quilt in 25 Years - 2.5
Published: February 9, 2012
Courtesy of Under One Roof, the NAMES Project Foundation, the AIDS Emergency Fund, and San Francisco businessman Petyr Kane, sections of the renowned AIDS Memorial Quilt will be shown at various locations in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood the week of February 12 – 20. Timed in concert with Valentine’s Day...
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Local News Briefs
Published: January 26, 2012
Gay Straight Alliance Chapters Strengthen Presence in Earlier Grades- 1.15Gay Straight Alliance chapters are gaining a foothold in younger grades, perhaps in response to increased acceptance after publicized suicides of middle school children. According to the national Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, there are now 500 middle school Gay...
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Local News Briefs
Published: January 12, 2012
Piedmont School Board Candidates Offer Views on Pro-Gay Curriculum- 1.5The five candidates running for the Piedmont school board were recently asked this question: The law mandating a pro-gay curriculum in California schools to teach children about the contributions of homosexuals went into effect this month. What are your views on...
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Local News Briefs
Published: December 29, 2011
Gay-friendly Clergy Disinvited from Castro Church - 12.23Most Holy Redeemer Church, a Catholic parish in the middle of the Castro, is in trouble again with church leaders over how best to minister to its heavily gay and lesbian congregation.
In the latest incident, Archbishop George Niederauer had the church’s...
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Local News Briefs
Published: December 1, 2011
Prop. 8 Case Likely Heading to Supreme Court - 11.18The California Supreme Court’s Proposition 8 ruling, which says official proponents of initiatives have authority to defend initiatives in state court on behalf of the voters when elected officials will not, makes it considerably more likely that the same-sex marriage controversy...
