Topic: San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The judge who struck down California's gay marriage ban never considered his own homosexuality as a reason to recuse himself from the case, he said on Wednesday.Former U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who retired from the bench at ...

In a new It Gets Better video, members of the San Francisco chapter of Frontrunners urge troubled gay teens to hang in thereIn a new It Gets Better video, members of the San Francisco chapter of Frontrunners urge troubled gay teens to ...

SaveCalifornia.com's Randy Thomasson has called San Francisco's newly-minted GLBT History Museum a 'propaganda porch'SaveCalifornia.com President Randy Thomasson has called San Francisco's newly-minted GLBT History Museum a “propaganda porch.” The first-of-its-kind museum in the United States showcases the history of gay culture. It ...

Gay group leases site of Harvey Milk's old San Francisco store, angers some activistsOn the surface, the new tenant at the storefront where Harvey Milk waged his historic political campaign would seem like the last organization to anger people in the gay ...

Like the goods they sell, transgender workers find new lives at San Francisco thift storeBefore Goodwill Industries opened its newest retail outlet here, no one would have argued that San Francisco had a shortage of thrift stores for its avid recyclers and ...

Sabine Balden is a San Francisco firefighter and founding member of the Women's Motorcycle Contingent of Dykes on Bikes . Dykes on Bikes? In San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade on June 29 , 2008 , Balden was photographed topless while wearing what ...

The Daughters of Bilitis is a San Francisco -based social club for lesbians founded in 1955 . Daughters of Bilitis Two of the original members of the club, Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin , became the first gay couple to legally marry ...

The AIDS quilt came to life in a San Francisco storefront in 1987. The actual idea for the quilt came to Cleve Jones in 1985. Jones was a long time gay rights activist since the 1978 assassinations of Harvey Milk and Greg ...

In the United States, marriage has always been decreed at the state level. Socially, the gay community become more vocal and visible. Throughout the 90's and into the 21st century, the gay community become a formidable economic force spearheading a great deal ...

San Francisco , California has long been known as not just the gay capitol of the United States but quite possibly the world. It's not just the Castro that makes San Francisco so sacred to the LGBT community it is everywhere! Outreach ...