Mayor Gavin Newsom

Timing For Newsom in Governor Race, All Wrong

Mira Veda | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Mira Veda

Perhaps, in a few years when he's proven he has the character everyone admired in him in the first place he can jump into another race in politics.

Gavin Newsom: San Francisco Mayor Launches DataSF City App Store

mashable.com | Posted 09.25.2009 | Technology


Last month, at WordPress headquarters with leaders from the technology community, we launched DataSF.org. This new web site is designed to improve tra...

Civil Rights: Is Gay the New Black?

Blaise Zerega | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Blaise Zerega

Leave it to Michael Eric Dyson to connect the dots between Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Ghandi, James Baldwin and Martin Luther King.

71% Say Newsom Beating Gallagher in Gay Marriage Debate

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media


Joel B. Schwartzberg

The California Supreme Court may have just weighed in on gay marriage, but participants in the NOW on PBS gay marriage interactive debate are still having their say.

Jerry Brown To Run For California Governor

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics


It was 1974 when Jerry Brown ran for governor as a dashing 36-year-old reformer, the embodiment of change in Watergate's aftermath. "I was the new sp...

The Legacy of Harvey Milk

Kip Williams | Posted 11.29.2008 | Entertainment


Kip Williams

Last night was the world premiere of Milk at the Castro Theatre! For those who don't know, that's the new Gus Van Sant film about Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn in the title role.

Are Democrats Throwing Gays Under the Bus?

Karen Ocamb | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


Karen Ocamb

It seems a pretty certain bet that most of the LGBT community will vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, though with curtailed enthusiasm after numerous missteps.

Catholic Priest Defies Church Over Antigay Ballot Initiative

Karen Ocamb | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Karen Ocamb

Farrow said he thinks he will now be suspended, which means he won't be able to function as a priest -- and the Church will call for him to reverse himself and publicly apologize.