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The Week in Review

I sit here from afar, watching my former hometown fracture into one of those only in San Francisco hullabaloos, this time over whether Bradley Manning should be honored at the Pride Parade. For over a decade living by the Bay, I witnessed the annual controversy surrounding the people who end up in charge of Pride. They make too much money. They’re financially inept. They’re corporate slaves. They’re secretive. They’re egomaniacs. They don’t represent the community.

The infamy of the Pride committee is exceeded only by the infamy of whatever group forms every now and then to organize a March on Washington, another bunch of self-appointed power mongers who invariably outrage large factions of our vibrant GLBT nation. Hey, don’t get me wrong! I enjoy these dust ups and have spilled my share of digital ink decrying our hapless so-called leaders. Didn’t...

By Julia Thoron
I didn’t know what a straight ally was until several years into activism with PFLAG. I just thought of myself as the mother of a wonderful daughter who had shared with us that she was lesbian. It seemed logical that I get involved with an...

The Tony Awards (June 9) are just weeks away, but before then, on June 2, San Francisco will glitter with its own Broadway magic at Bay Area Cabaret’s Closing Night Gala/A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch. The event will take place at the historic, elegant Venetian Room at the...