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Today In Gay History September 16th: Maria Callas, ILGA, Sodomy and San Francisco
Share this: 1730: In Amsterdam, Lourens Hosponjon is executed for sodomy. Other than thew record of his execution no details have been noted. 1856: Wilheim Von Gloeden, German photographer of beautiful young men, is born in Wismar, Germany. . At the turn...
San Francisco Stands Up For Russian LGBT’s, Protests Russian Consulate – Video
Share this: LGBT and straight San Franciscans gathered and protested on Saturday in front of the Russian Consulate in city by the bay as part of a worldwide effort to draw attention to growing abuses the LGBT community have to endure living in Russia...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and 700 Employees March in San Francisco’s Gay Pride Parade
Share this: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg along with 700 of his employees marched in San Francisco’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration on Sunday morning. About 15% of its workforce — all wearing special t-shirts designed...
Today In Gay History – June 19th: Jerry Falwell “AIDS is a Punishment From GOD!”
Share this: JUNE 19th - 1312 – Piers Gaveston, French favorite (and probable lover) of Edward II of England, was murdered on this date. 1566 – King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland was born on this date. Responsible for the...
SF Pride Board Cancels Promised Follow-up Public Meeting on Bradley Manning
Share this:Protestors outside SF Pride Board offices (credit: Roy McKenzie, Castro Biscuit) After this shit-show debacle that was a public relations nightmare last week at the San Francisco Pride Board’s office, the Pride board released a statement...
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone Sends Holy Thursday Message of Division. Literally.
Share this:On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, thousands of pro-equality Americans gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. to show support for the freedom to marry on same days that the Court heard oral arguments on California’s...
San Francisco 49er’s Deny Making “Gay” It Gets Better Video After Chris Culiver’s Anti-Gay Remarks
Share this: Coming in the wake of San Francisco 49er Chris Culliver’s anti-gay remarks that gay men shouldn’t be allowed in the NFL and in lockerooms has come a new controversy with Dan Savage removing an It Gets Better anti-bullying...
Harvey Milk Airport and LGBT Superlatives
Share this:News broke yesterday that David Campos, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, intends to introduce legislation that would rename the city’s airport in honor of slain gay civil rights leader Harvey Milk. If five of Campos’s...
Remembering Harvey – Harvey Milk Assassinated On This Day In San Francisco – Nov. 27, 1978
Share this: At 11 a.m. on a beautiful Monday morning, on November 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were shot and killed in cold blood by disgruntled former Supervisor Dan White.” San Francisco ground to...
