Proposal for sports event
nixes Gay Games name
by Roger Brigham
An announcement last weekend aimed at ending the longstanding rivalry between two global quadrennial sports and cultural festivals had some clubs applauding, but left many longtime supporters of the Gay Games wondering if their brand and legacy were being unceremoniously dumped. (read more)
Film - Queer accent on
Asian American lives
by David Lamble
The 28th edition of the SF International Asian American Film Festival – at the Castro Theatre, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, Viz Cinema, Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive, and the Camera Theatre in San Jose, March 11-21 – features a queer accent, highlighted by the return of Quentin Lee and a four-film tribute to Philippine cinema master Lino Brocka. Here's a salute to retiring Festival Director Chi-hui Yang after a fabulous 12-year run. (read more)
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Breaking news: Spanjian out of D8 supe race; taking
job in Houston
The quartet of leading gay candidates in the District 8 supervisor race lost a member today, when Laura Spanjian announced she was leaving the campaign to accept a top job in the administration of out lesbian Mayor Annise Parker in Houston. (read more)
Gay groups reach out to Ashburn
Gay rights groups this week reached out to state Senator Roy Ashburn, after the conservative lawmaker acknowledged he is gay following his arrest last week on drunken driving charges. (read more)
LGBT Oaklanders
flex their political muscle
Five minutes shy of midnight at the January 5 Oakland City Council meeting, resident Sean Sullivan approached the microphone to speak out against a mayoral appointee to the board of a local theater because of the man's contributions in 2008 to Proposition 8, the campaign to pass a ban against same-sex marriage. (read more)
SF marriages
in '04 a boon
to researchers
Six years ago today (Thursday, March 11) the California Supreme Court halted the marrying of same-sex couples at San Francisco City Hall. (read more)
Supreme Court
to hear Phelps
protest case
The U.S. Supreme Court continues its unpredictable foray into LGBT-related legal conflicts, this week announcing that it will decide whether a protester has a First Amendment right to use a private funeral service as a staging ground for their hate speech against gays. (read more)
Pastor set for
talk at high school
Stung by anonymous e-mail messages after speaking to students during a Days of Diversity forum at Castro Valley High School last year, out pastor the Reverend Dr. Arlene K. Nehring will return to the event. (read more)
Merchants
oppose Castro
plaza benches
A plan to install benches along a wall at Harvey Milk Plaza above the Castro Muni station is facing strong opposition from the area's merchants. (read more)
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Dance -
Slain in the spirit
One of the finest ballets on American themes ever made would be Alvin Ailey's Revelations, which plays this week in Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall and has been danced all over the world. (read more)
Out There - Dreaming impossible
Oscar dreams
Truth be told, our hopes were always with impeccable British thespian Colin Firth for the Best Actor Oscar (very quixotic of us, we know). (read more)
Out & About - Stand-up
gays & gals
Comedy with a queer twist nestles its way into your funny bone this week. Arts events listings. (read more)
Theatre -
Jesus has risen!
It's been 12 years since Corpus Christi created a theatrical firestorm – even before anyone had seen it – which included threats of violence by religious forces against the theater that was producing it, and threats of boycotts by theater notables against the theater when it cancelled the production. (read more)
Nightlife -
Making fun
What's funny about being from a country whose dictator denies you even exist? For gay Iranian-American comic Mehran Khaghani, humor is the best weapon. (read more)
DVD - Castro classic returns
Whatever Happened to Susan Jane? began filming on the very day Ronald Reagan became President, according to the director Mark Heustis. By the time the film opened, we were experiencing the first wave of AIDS. (read more)
Books - Disconnected
from reality
Mae West was director/writer Billy Wilder's first choice for Norma Desmond in his darkly comic masterpiece about Hollywood stardom, Sunset Boulevard (1950). (read more)
