Publication: Bay Area Reporter

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Senate panel shelves immigration amendment

Bay Area advocates for same-sex binational couples expressed frustration with Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) this week for her lack of support for a proposal to protect such families. An amendment designed to end discrimination against couples ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Television - Liberace lives!

On Sunday, May 26 at 9 p.m., HBO will premiere Behind the Candelabra, director Steven Soderbergh's eagerly anticipated biopic of Mr. Showmanship, the late Liberace. The film will focus primarily on Liberace's relationship with Scott Thorson, his much ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Anti-gay protesters attack IDAHO gathering

LGBT activists in the country of Georgia, along with global human rights experts and others, are calling upon the government for justice in the wake of anti-gay protesters' attacks against marchers at an International Day Against Homophobia event last ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Roxie fundraiser fetes queer filmmakers

Mission district stalwart Roxie Theater celebrates the art of cinematic consciousness-raising with an awards benefit next week where honorees will include documentarians Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, and Hima B.Themed "Lights, Camera, Action!," proceeds ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Political Notebook: LGBT funding fight in Oakland heats up

A fight in Oakland to preserve funding for LGBT youth programs is proving to be unusually heated this year.In recent weeks a queer mom filed a complaint against a representative for the city's lone out city council member, Rebecca Kaplan , due to negative ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

News Briefs: HRC panel to focus on immigration, LGBTs

The San Francisco Human Rights Commission will hold a community forum on inclusive comprehensive immigration reform Wednesday, May 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Latino/Hispanic Community Room at the main library, 100 Larkin Street.Organizers said that ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Report: Milk stamp set for 2014

The United States Postal Service will reportedly release a stamp featuring the late gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk in 2014. It would mark the first time a stamp has been issued specifically to honor an LGBT person.Linn's Stamp News, a weekly ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Castro plazas' summer events lineup expands

A Castro community group is expanding its summer entertainment lineup and is seeking Bay Area performers and vendors to fill the slots.The Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District won a $10,000 city grant for its "Live! In the Castro" program that ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

NCLR honors LGBT Dreamers at gala

As the prospects for an inclusive comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress dwindled, the National Center for Lesbian Rights honored a group of LGBT Dreamers at its 36th annual gala benefit last weekend.The Dreamers, many of whom were brought ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Trans Latinas seek city funds

As transgender Latinas increasingly speak out about the discrimination and harassment they experience in San Francisco's Mission district, a nonprofit is asking city officials to fund its work to prevent such violence.El/La Para Translatinas emerged in ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Large turnout of Manning supporters expected at Pride

The state of the LGBT community, on the eve of Pride Month, is strong, proud, and ready to celebrate 38 days from now. Many marchers will not only be celebrating their sexuality, relationships and, with the U.S. Supreme Court's help, possibly marriage ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Film - Off the canvas

A new, imaginative, French animated feature (opening Friday at Landmark Theatres) should challenge and delight a wide swath of film buffs. Jean-Francois Laguionie's The Painting has something for everyone: it's conceived and executed in a traditional ... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]

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Statton added, "The people are here not for the salary but because they love what they do. That's what a true grassroots thing is. That's what makes the programming so great. They love film, they love art, they're passionate about issues. They have a whole other life force to them."
"Police were not efficient. They did not make sufficient effort to prevent anti-gay protesters from breaking through protective barriers" Kakha Kozhordidze, head of Georgia's Young Lawyers Association, told AFP. $ Chinese LGBT activists arrested
...It stated, "City of Oakland snubs gay and lesbian youth in recent funding portfolio."

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Roxie fundraiser fetes queer filmmakers [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
Anti-gay protesters attack IDAHO gathering [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
Political Notebook: LGBT funding fight in Oakla... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
News Briefs: HRC panel to focus on immigration,... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
Large turnout of Manning supporters expected at... [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
Castro plazas' summer events lineup expands [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
NCLR honors LGBT Dreamers at gala [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
Trans Latinas seek city funds [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
Report: Milk stamp set for 2014 [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
Senate panel shelves immigration amendment [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
Television - Liberace lives! [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
Film - Off the canvas [Published Bay Area Reporter - May 23 2013]
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