Posted in Employment Public Accommodations

Indiana’s ‘Religious Freedom’ law goes far beyond anything like it in the U.S.

Indiana’s RFRA is the first to both define individuals to include private businesses and also to cover interactions between “individuals” (including businesses) rather than just…

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Posted in Drag Community LGBT Entertainers Memorials

Eddie Bell/Cookie Dough (1963–2015)

It seemed so unserious at first. “Oh, dayyyyuuuummmm! Shit just got real here in #PuertaVallarta!” San Francisco drag queen Pollo Del Mar wrote on her…

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Posted in Community Organizations Entertainment Allies LGBT Academics & Writers LGBT Entertainers Marriage Equality Memorials This Week in SF Gay History

This month in SF Gay History: March

Disco legend Sylvester March 26, 1911 On this date in 1911, Tennessee Williams III (A Streetcar Named Desire), who is now honored on Castro’s Rainbow…

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Posted in Gay Bars & Clubs LGBT Business People Memorials

Mary Ellen Cunha (1935 – 2015)

Mary Ellen Cunha, one of the original lesbian owners of the Twin Peaks Tavern, passed away in Palm Springs in January, a month before her…

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Posted in Gay Bars & Clubs LGBT Political Leaders

Lucky 13 to be demolished?

SocketSite broke the news this morning that Lucky 13 may become the latest victim to the Market Street condo construction boom, which has seen several…

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