Out There :: Paging Mr. Turner
Recently found in the arts pages of The New York Times: "The honor of the week's best film [at the New York Film Festival] belongs to Mike Leigh's 'Mr. Turner.' Its artistic title character is magnificently embodied by Timothy Spall."
This Film is For the (Water) Birds
I hadn't seen the film before speaking with director Judy Irving, which is just as well, because the film is too beautiful for words. And I'll tell you why that is: Because Irving erases the line between human and beast.
Party Planned to Celebrate New Castro Street
To celebrate the improved look of Castro Street in the heart of San Francisco's gayborhood, city officials are hosting - what else - a street party.
Out Lesbian Appeals Court Judge Highlights Marriage Work
The state's first lesbian appeals court judge cautioned against stereotypes and used her first speech since being appointed to the bench to talk about her prior work on same-sex marriage at a recent dinner in Oakland.
No Date for LGBT Shelter
With winter approaching and problems continuing for LGBTs in the city's homeless shelters, a space designed to be welcoming to the gay community is still without an opening date.
Same-Sex Domestic Violence Data: SF Numbers Low
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and for the first time, the San Francisco District Attorney's office has released some of the domestic violence data it's been collecting electronically as it works to modernize its systems.
SF Aims to Add LGBTs to Housing Wait Lists
As LGBT seniors, youth and people with HIV and AIDS find themselves increasingly priced out of the city, San Francisco officials are aiming to increase the number of LGBT people on wait lists for affordable housing units.
Out There :: Aromatherapy Reading
As we've no doubt told you before, Out There is a most promiscuous reader. We're slutty for words on paper, preferably between hard covers. Here's a little of what we've had in our hot little hands lately.
Oakland Could Beat SF to Having Out Mayor
Oakland voters could make history in November by electing the Bay Area's first out mayor to serve a full term, should lesbian at-large City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan win the race as polling has suggested.
Bay Guardian Abruptly Shuts Down
The San Francisco Bay Guardian, the alternative weekly that had published for 48 years and was known for its coverage and support of LGBT rights, immigration reform, and progressive issues, abruptly shut down last week.
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