Authors Geoffrey King (left) and Sunny Angulo, with City Attorney Dennis Herrera,
pose for a picture during a release party event for their new book,
Such a Bitter Sweet Day: Marriage Equality in the Wake of Prop 8.
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Luke Thomas
December 21, 2009
Co-authors Geoffrey King and Sunny Angulo held a release party last week for […]
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Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker
is the first openly gay activist to be elected mayor of a major US city.
Photo courtesy AnniseParker.com
By Larry Bush, guest columnist
December 20, 2009
Somewhere in Houston, a few lucky people are pulling out of their closets a T-shirt that reads “Oddwads and Queers.” In 1979, that’s how one Houston city council candidate described […]
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Former Mayor Willie Brown, former Supervisor Tony Hall and former ad-executive Bob Pritikin
performed at the Pritikin Mansion Sunday as part of an official ceremony
to unveil the world’s largest portrait mural.
Photos and video by Luke Thomas
By Luke Thomas
October 26, 2009
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, former Supervisor Tony Hall and former ad-executive Bob Pritikin bedazzled an […]
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Blarney Castle
Photo by Judi Iranyi
By Ralph E. Stone
October 21, 2009
On our recent trip to the Republic of Ireland we stopped in Blarney, County Cork, where the 15-century Blarney Castle — and the Blarney stone –are located. Supposedly, anyone who kisses the Blarney stone will get the gift of blarney or gab.
According to Gerry O’Brien, […]
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The world’s largest portrait mural by artist Guy Colwell
will be officially unveiled Sunday at the Pritikin Mansion in San Francisco.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Luke Thomas
October 21, 2009
Former Mayor Willie Brown will be the guest of honor during an invitation-only event Sunday at the famous Bob Pritikin Mansion in Noe Valley.
As masters of ceremonies, Brown […]
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But it all went a bit wrong when I arrived at Civic Center. There was simply too many people and trying to police and contain the whole event was simply unmanageable. There was a woeful shortage of toilets and the queue was very long indeed.
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Coming with the new moon, the Eid festival marks the end of ‘Ramadan’ - a month when Muslims fast throughout the day and eat only at night. Prayers, feasts and family gatherings are the major highlights of the celebrations. It was during this month that the holy Koran was revealed. Eid means recurring happiness or festivity. Eid is celebrated with much enthusiasm and fervor and Muslims from all strata of life can be seen adorned in beautiful new clothes, visiting the mosques to attend Salatul Eid (Eid prayers). Greetings of “Eid-Mubarak” or “a blessed Eid” are exchanged.
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Father Miguel Hidalgo was a parish priest of Dolores, a small village in the state of Guanajuato. His famous “Grito de Dolores or Independencia,” or call for independence to the Amerindians and mestizos to retaliate against the hated native Spaniards, who had exploited and oppressed Mexicans for ten generations.
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Referring to a heavily redacted December 2004 report (originally commissioned by CIA director George Tenet) detailing torture of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, it “describes the use of abusive interrogation techniques including forced nudity, sleep deprivation, dietary manipulation and stress positions.” Far worse ones were understated or redacted entirely.
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