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What’s up at the galleries this fall?

By Sura Wood | Friday Sep 10, 2010
What to see at the galleries this fall...

David Michod - Welcome to ’Animal Kingdom’

By David Lamble | Monday Aug 23, 2010
Director David Michod’s Aussie crime melodrama was a sensation at Sundance. Read what he has to say about his indie hit.

Uncertainty for Prop 8 ballot repeal

By Cynthia Laird | Saturday Aug 21, 2010
Some marriage equality advocates are wondering when they should return to the ballot box in an effort to repeal the same-sex marriage ban if they lose the court fight.

Marriages put on hold

By Matthew S. Bajko | Friday Aug 20, 2010
A federal appellate court will take up the legal fight over California’s same-sex marriage ban in December under an expedited schedule that could bring a ruling in the matter in early 2011.

Int’l AIDS confab highlights human rights, prevention

By Liz Highleyman | Thursday Jul 22, 2010
More than 20,000 researchers, public health and policy experts, clinicians, activists, and world leaders gathered in Vienna, Austria, this week for the 18th International AIDS Conference, the world’s largest meeting devoted to the epidemic.

Drop in hate crime numbers due to program cuts

By Seth Hemmelgarn | Saturday Jul 17, 2010
A national anti-violence coalition released a report this week that shows declines in the reported number of hate crime victims and survivors, incidents and offenders in 2009.

Legal experts weigh benefits, risks of Prop 8 challenge

By Matt Baume | Friday Jul 16, 2010
The tone was cautiously optimistic at a panel discussion held last week by the San Francisco Bar Association to discuss the federal court challenge to Proposition 8.

Palm Springs police open inquiry over slur

By Ed Walsh | Monday Jun 28, 2010
The Palm Springs Police Department has launched an investigation after it was revealed last week that one of its officers referred to a potential gay sex sting suspect as a "cocksucker."

Promiscuous reading

By Roberto Friedman | Tuesday Jun 22, 2010
If reading one book at a time is, metaphorically speaking, monogamous, then Out There cops to being a polygamist bookworm. The stack of books on our rustic nightstand does ever overflow with new releases and art tomes. We thought we’d share a few of them with you, and we’ve arranged them by weight, heaviest first.

German physician honored for AIDS work

By Liz Highleyman | Tuesday Jun 15, 2010
San Francisco officials and state legislators, in conjunction with the AIDS Policy Project, last week recognized the accomplishments of Dr. Gero Huetter, the German doctor who made headlines in 2007 when his team achieved the first functional cure for HIV.

Joan Rivers Tawks!

By Adam Sandel | Thursday Jun 10, 2010
Joan Rivers is indeed a piece of work.