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Obituaries News - Bay Area Reporter
WEBOBITUARIES. by Cynthia Laird. Aug 14, 2024. Nathan Purkiss, a gay man who worked for gay former San Francisco supervisor Mark Leno at City Hall and in Sacramento after Leno was elected to the state Assembly, died July 25, at his home in Davis, California.
Burr, in the closet during TV career, comes to life in new book
WEBby Ed Walsh. Wednesday June 25, 2008. The longtime partner of Raymond Burr says he has not seen the new book out on the late actor but is planning on writing his own tome about his life with Burr. Robert Benevides, 78, told the Bay Area Reporter that he is working with a writer to tell the story of his 33-year relationship with the TV legend.
Online Extra: Parole denied for killer of Bay Area transgender teen
WEBSep 11, 2019 · Michael William Magidson, the last of the four murderers of trans teen Gwen Araujo who is still in prison, was denied parole this week during a hearing at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, California where he is being held, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Sylvia Guerrero, Araujo's mom, wrote in …
SF Queer Film Festival: a full spectrum of cinematic diversity
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The SF Queer Film Festival (SFQFF) returns for its fourth version, August 23-25, with its accompanying 64 movies, shorts, and web episodes. It's not an exaggeration to say the festival is still in the process of finding its voice and groove as a more "intimate" festival. Amir Jaffer, the Executive Director of SFQFF comments, "Obviously ...
News - Bay Area Reporter
WEBSF to LA AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser to end after 2025. NEWS. by John Ferrannini. Sep 11, 2024. The final AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser will be next year, according to the SF AIDS Foundation and the LA LGBT Center, bringing to an end an event that has brought in $300 million to the two organizations for their HIV/AIDS services over three decades.
Stewart becomes 1st lesbian presiding CA appellate court justice
WEBNov 30, 2022 · Justice Therese Stewart of San Francisco has broken through another pink judicial ceiling with her confirmation as the first lesbian presiding justice on a California appellate court. She doubles the number of out justices presiding over a division of one of the state's six appellate courts. A judicial review body confirmed Stewart as presiding ...
Doors to Bay Area gay sex venues swing open
WEBJun 2, 2021 · Bay Area gay sex venues are welcoming back patrons as the region reopens up after over a year of lockdowns due to the COVID pandemic. Eros, a gay sex club on San Francisco's Market Street, has been open since May 20. It is open Wednesday-Sunday, from noon to 9 p.m. Co-owner Ken Rowe said that people in …
SF's Castro Theatre spared after weekend bank fire
WEBAug 12, 2024 · Photo: John Ferrannini. The historic Castro Theatre was spared during a weekend fire at a bank next door in San Francisco's LGBTQ neighborhood. The San Francisco Fire Department contained a fire Saturday, August 10, at the US Bank branch at 443 Castro Street, a spokesperson told the Bay Area Reporter. "This fire is …
Emily Saliers: Singer-songwriter on Indigo Girls' success
WEBAug 13, 2024 · The Indigo Girls — Emily Saliers and Amy Ray — are having a moment. Since the release of Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" movie in the summer of 2023, in which the queer duo's "Closer to Fine" was heard repeatedly, to today, when they are prominently featured in Tom Gustafson's "Glitter & Doom" and …