Leaders: ENDA will get
House vote this month
by Lisa Keen
Legislation can be like a train: It runs on a track and makes certain stops along the way. But, in Congress, the train doesn't run on time.
Last September, openly gay Representative Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) said the Employment Non-Discrimination Act would likely get a House committee vote in September and a floor vote that fall. Didn't happen.
And last December, when out Representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) and Jared Polis (D-Colorado) told a gathering of gay leaders that ENDA would pass the House in January, they weren't making a promise. They were making an educated guess. (read more)
Film - Send in the gowns!
by Adam Sandel
Audrey Hepburn's black Givenchy gown in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Marilyn Monroe's billowing white dress in The Seven Year Itch. James Dean's jeans. Some Hollywood looks are so iconic that they set fashion trends for years to come. And that's just what the Academy of Friends will honor at their annual Oscar gala, Behind the Seams: A Salute to Fashion in Film, on Sun., March 7 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. (read more)
More News
Online extra: Wedding Bell Blues: Advocacy group to share stories of DOMA's impact
Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, the Boston-based group that's suing the federal government over the Defense of Marriage Act, has debuted its DOMA Storybook. (read more)
Online Extra: Political Notes: Milk's legacy lives on through students at school that bears his name
Students at school that bears the name of Harvey Milk follow in the late gay politician's footsteps as they take to the streets to protest education cuts. (read more)
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DUI arrest brings scrutiny to personal life of state senator
The latest high-profile arrest for driving under the influence has brought allegations of hypocrisy to a state senator's voting record. (read more)
Perez calls 2010 Prop 8 7repeal effort DOA
In his first press call with LGBT media outlets since being sworn in as the state's first openly gay Assembly speaker, John A. (read more)
Berkeley LGBT center loses lease, may move to Oakland
The country's third oldest LGBT community center will be homeless as of July 31 unless it can find new digs by then. (read more)
UC Davis LGBT center vandalized
The LGBT Resource Center on the UC Davis campus was the target of an apparent hate crime Friday night when derogatory and profane words were spray-painted across the center's front entrance. (read more)
Herrera disputes criticism over immigration policies
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is disputing claims from several LGBT groups that he's not advocating as much for immigration rights as he has for same-sex marriage. (read more)
More Arts
Film - Notes from the Parisian underworld
When we first lay eyes on him in A Prophet, 19-year-old Malik (protean newcomer Tahar Rahim) bears the scars of the street. (read more)
Out There - Short, sweet & somewhat subversive
There's no real suspense in the major categories of the Academy Awards this year, but the two slots which trip most people up in their office pools, Best Animated Short and Best Live-Action Short, are usually anybody's guess. (read more)
Out & About - Fairy tail
Are fairy tales just stories with a great hook line, or is there something real underneath those fictions that strikes our hearts? This week, popular fables and fictions take a decidedly deviant turn. (read more)
Theatre - Butch-and-femme world
Ann Bannon wasn't making a joke when she wrote in 1959 about "a taste for bearded clams," but you can't very well invoke that euphemism for lesbian tendencies and not land a laugh. (read more)
Theatre - Brechtian stage business
Enough people have told director John Doyle that his stripped-down versions of Broadway musicals – in which a small ensemble plays multiple roles as well as the musical instruments – are Brechtian that he apparently decided to direct a play by Bertolt Brecht himself. (read more)
Lavender Tube - End of the affair:
farewell to Vancouver
The Olympics have ended and were, in our opinion, the best winter games ever. (read more)
In the Bars -
Bar/Nightclub Events,
March 4-11
Truck hosts the Mr. Deviant competition; Juanita More! Smacks the Underground; Hats Off to Ongina at Trigger; Le Perle Degli Squallor makes the Hot Spot even hotter. (read more)
