Boy Scouts To Allow Openly Gay Members (But Not Leaders)

In a historic vote, Boy Scouts of America’s national leaders decided today to allow openly gay members, according to BSA officials. The BSA’s National Council…

Castro Businesses Offer Discounts To Men Who Get HIV Tests
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Castro Businesses Offer Discounts To Men Who Get HIV Tests

A program was launched Wednesday by San Francisco’s Department of Public Health that encourages gay men to get regular HIV and STD testing by offering…

SF Judge Talks About Nephew, First NBA Player To Come Out As Gay
In Court

SF Judge Talks About Nephew, First NBA Player To Come Out As Gay

When Jason Collins contemplated whether to come out as the first openly gay active member of a major U.S. professional sports league, the first family…

Leland Yee Rejects Proposal From Boy Scouts To Allow Gay Youth
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Leland Yee Rejects Proposal From Boy Scouts To Allow Gay Youth

Boy Scouts of America officials are considering a policy change that would allow gay youth to participate in scouting, but at least one Bay Area…

Free Speech Arguments Presented As Court In SF Grapples With Gay Conversion Law
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Free Speech Arguments Presented As Court In SF Grapples With Gay Conversion Law

A federal appeals court in San Francisco today grappled with questions of whether California’s ban on sexual orientation conversion therapy for youths under the age…

Chief Suhr Announces “LGBT Safe Zones” At All SFPD Stations
Crime

Chief Suhr Announces “LGBT Safe Zones” At All SFPD Stations

San Francisco’s police chief announced at the Mission police station this morning that that station along with the city’s nine other precincts have been designated…

Supervisor Campos Requests Hearing On Uptick In Attacks On Transgender People

After local trans activists reported an increase in attacks on transgender women, San Francisco Board of Supervisors member David Campos has requested a hearing on…

Local Law Prof: “It’s very likely that one way or another, Proposition 8 is gone”
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Local Law Prof: “It’s very likely that one way or another, Proposition 8 is gone”

Two Bay Area constitutional law professors predicted today the U.S. Supreme Court, after two days of hearings on same-sex marriage, will end up invalidating both…

Supe Wiener: Cuts To Funding “threaten to derail progress” SF Has Made In Fight Against HIV/AIDS
City Hall

Supe Wiener: Cuts To Funding “threaten to derail progress” SF Has Made In Fight Against HIV/AIDS

The San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s Budget and Finance committee held a hearing Wednesday afternoon about the state of HIV and AIDS resource funding in…

US Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Defense of Marriage Act
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US Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Defense of Marriage Act

A day after hearing arguments on California’s Proposition 8 case, U.S. Supreme Court justices are tackling a second case concerning same-sex marriage this morning. The…

US Supreme Court Appears To Favor Cautious Approach, Narrow Ruling On Prop 8
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US Supreme Court Appears To Favor Cautious Approach, Narrow Ruling On Prop 8

U.S. Supreme Court justices pondering the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 appeared to favor a cautious approach to what Justice Anthony Kennedy called “uncharted waters”…

California’s Same Sex Marriage Ban To Go Before US Supreme Court Today
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California’s Same Sex Marriage Ban To Go Before US Supreme Court Today

California’s Proposition 8, the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, goes before the U.S. Supreme Court today. The justices are expected to rule on the…

Rainbow Flag To Fly At SF City Hall
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Rainbow Flag To Fly At SF City Hall

In preparation for Tuesday’s US Supreme Court hearing on Proposition 8 Mayor Ed Lee has announced that the iconic LGBT flag will fly on San…

Countdown To Prop 8 Hearing: March For Equality Planned For Tonight
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Countdown To Prop 8 Hearing: March For Equality Planned For Tonight

On the eve of the US Supreme Court hearings for Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), March4Equality is holding a march and…

Prop 8 To Hit US Supreme Court Tuesday: “We are very excited to have the end in sight”
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Prop 8 To Hit US Supreme Court Tuesday: “We are very excited to have the end in sight”

Nearly four years after a constitutional challenge was quietly filed in federal court in San Francisco late on a Friday afternoon, California’s ban on same-sex…

US Supreme Court To Ponder “Organic Bodily Union”

Perry and Windsor are not simply about who gets to marry, but what marriage is. Is it fundamentally rooted in a sex act? Or is…

Two Berkeley Women Who Challenged Prop 8 Say They Will Be Proud And Excited At Supreme Court Arguments Tuesday
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Two Berkeley Women Who Challenged Prop 8 Say They Will Be Proud And Excited At Supreme Court Arguments Tuesday

Two Berkeley women whose bid to marry will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said Thursday they will be proud and excited…

Singer Says That Alleged Anti-Gay Comments At SF Venue Were Misinterpreted

A Grammy-nominated folk singer who reportedly made anti-gay comments at a San Francisco concert venue on Sunday released a statement today proclaiming her support for…

Boxer, Fiorina Debate Hits On Jobs, Taxes, Abortion, Same Sex Marriage

Sen. Barbara Boxer and former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina squared off on jobs, global warming, immigration reform, gay marriage and other issues tonight in…

Marriage Equality Supporters, AG Brown Submit Motions To Allow Weddings To Resume Wednesday

Elsewhere: Brown’s Prop. 8 filing backs same-sex marriages (Chron), Gay couples ask court to allow weddings immediately (ABC7), AG, Couples Seek Return Of Gay Marriages…

Couples Plan On Return To City Hall For Marriages Next Week

Related: Reactions To Marriage Stay Decision From Supe Campos, Supe Dufty, Activist McKay Marriage Stay Coverage Roundup: “Busted Anticipation,” A Pro Prop 8er Interviewed, Lots…

Anti-Gay Groups Plan To Appeal Same Sex Marriage Decision, But Will Courts Allow That?
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Anti-Gay Groups Plan To Appeal Same Sex Marriage Decision, But Will Courts Allow That?

Related: Video, Slideshow, Liveblog Of Same Sex Marriage Stay Decision Reactions To Marriage Stay Decision From Supe Campos, Supe Dufty, Activist McKay Marriage Stay Coverage…

Schwarzenegger, Brown: Same Sex Marriages Should Begin Immediately
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Schwarzenegger, Brown: Same Sex Marriages Should Begin Immediately

Read Attorney General Jerry Brown’s filing here, Governor Schwarzenegger’s here. 7:10 PM: Two same-sex couples asked a federal judge in San Francisco today to allow…

Prop 8 Appeal Schedule Posted: Hearing Won’t Happen Until Next Year
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Prop 8 Appeal Schedule Posted: Hearing Won’t Happen Until Next Year

An appeal hearing on California’s Proposition 8 case will likely not be held until early 2011, according to a briefing schedule posted today by a…

No Surprise Here: Prop 8 Supporters Officially Appeal Ruling Striking It Down
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No Surprise Here: Prop 8 Supporters Officially Appeal Ruling Striking It Down

Supporters of Proposition 8 have filed an official notice of appeal of Wednesday’s ruling by a federal judge in San Francisco that struck down California’s…