Naval records indicate SF library's Milk discharge paperwork a fake
Naval records indicate SF library's Milk discharge paperwork a fake

A trove of naval records obtained by the Bay Area Reporter confirm that the late gay civil rights leader and San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk was given an "other than honorable" discharge from the U.S. Navy and forced to resign on February 7, 1955.

Feb 15, 2020

Online Extra: Gilead loses PrEP patent battle
Online Extra: Gilead loses PrEP patent battle

A federal patent appeals board has refused a request from Gilead Sciences Inc. to invalidate two patents the Department of Health and Human Services claims to hold on the use of medications for PrEP.

Feb 16, 2020

Analysis: Election 2020: Buttigieg finishes 2nd in NH primary
Analysis: Election 2020: Buttigieg finishes 2nd in NH primary

LGBT leaders in New Hampshire were widely divided on whom to support in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary, but the LGBT community could celebrate another history-making performance by gay presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg.

by Lisa Keen | Feb 12, 2020

Orlando's odyssey across time & gender
Orlando's odyssey across time & gender

Tilda Swinton has curated her first art exhibition, a photography show named for "Orlando," a fable she has called a "wild goose chase of a fantasy" and a "magic carpet ride."

by Sura Wood | Feb 11, 2020

Exclusive: Gay bathhouses could one day return to SF
Exclusive: Gay bathhouses could one day return to SF

Nearly four decades after they shuttered amid a court fight at the height of the AIDS epidemic, gay bathhouses could return to San Francisco under a policy change being sought by gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman.

Feb 9, 2020

Newsom pardons Bayard Rustin
Newsom pardons Bayard Rustin

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he has granted a posthumous pardon to gay, black civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, whose 1953 arrest in Pasadena, California on vagrancy charges led to jail time and inclusion on the sex offender registry.

Feb 6, 2020

Updated: Lopez hired as SF Pride's new ED
Updated: Lopez hired as SF Pride's new ED

The board that oversees San Francisco Pride hired its permanent executive director three weeks ago but didn't announce it until more than two weeks later.

Feb 5, 2020

Jock Talk: Super Bowl lived up to the hype, despite 49ers' loss
Jock Talk: Super Bowl lived up to the hype, despite 49ers' loss

The game itself featured some horrendous officiating and a dramatic comeback against a defense that went from withering to withered.

Feb 6, 2020

Rocket Man opens up
Rocket Man opens up

Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Penner, England, the only child of abusive parents.

by Cornelius Washington | Feb 4, 2020

Kate Baldwin: Singing the praises of others
Kate Baldwin: Singing the praises of others

When Broadway star Kate Baldwin ('Finian's Rainbow,' 'Hello Dolly!'</I>) takes the stage at Feinstein's at the Nikko next weekend, you'll notice something unusual. The two-time Tony nominee's music director and accompanist is a woman, Georgia Stitt.

by Jim Gladstone | Jan 15, 2020


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