Frozen Cirque

Cirque du Soleil returns to the Bay Area with what seems like an inevitable next iteration of its trademark stagecraft: Crystal: A Breakthrough Ice Experience.

by Jim Gladstone | Apr 1, 2018

The Gospel Truth :: Jason Brock, a 'Recovering Christian,' at Martuni's

On March 24, 25 and 31 former "X Factor" contestant and local cabaret darling Jason Brock will recall his youth through music. The openly gay singer was raised in a conservative Christian community in Texas.

by David-Elijah Nahmod | Mar 25, 2018

On the Tab :: March 22 - 30

What lures you out of the comfort of home to a nightlife adventure? A favorite bartender, gogo dancer, rock band, drag performer or DJ? Choose wisely, or recklessly.

Mar 22, 2018

Castro Park Board Prez Forced Out

Amid growing concerns of his leadership overseeing the upkeep of a San Francisco monument to LGBTs killed by the Nazis in World War II, the president of the Eureka Valley Foundation was forced to resign this week.

by Matthew S. Bajko | Mar 25, 2018

Atkins Sworn In as State Sen. Leader

Lesbian state Senator Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) took her oath of office Wednesday to become the first female and first LGBT president pro tem of the California Senate. She is the 48th person to hold the second most powerful post in state government.

by Matthew S. Bajko | Mar 24, 2018

UCSF Called Out over Intersex Surgeries

Advocates recently called out UCSF, saying the teaching hospital should stop performing genital "normalization" surgeries on intersex children at birth.

by Alex Madison | Mar 25, 2018

Leno No Show at LGBT Mayoral Forum

At Monday night's mayoral forum at the Castro Theatre, gay former state lawmaker and city supervisor Mark Leno was a no-show.

by Matthew S. Bajko | Mar 24, 2018

SF Paper Apologizes for Wiener Pic

A local monthly newspaper that covers San Francisco's western neighborhoods is apologizing for running a photo of gay state Senator Scott Wiener that many found to be homophobic.

by Matthew S. Bajko | Mar 24, 2018

Forced to Live in Darkness

In 2007 John Kapellas, a gay man who lives in the Mission, was forced to permanently retreat to his apartment after his body began to develop painful rashes whenever he was exposed to natural or artificial light.

by David-Elijah Nahmod | Mar 24, 2018

Patented Rube Goldberg

An award-winning, self-taught artist; a punch line; a canny social satirist and raconteur: The many facets of cartoonist Rube Goldberg, a man whose name is synonymous with wacky, chain-reaction contraptions, are explored in the Contemporary Jewish Museu.

by Sura Wood | Mar 21, 2018


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