Obama signs repeal

Obama signs repeal

President Barack Obama says valor and sacrifice in the armed forces are no longer defined by sexual orientation at historic signing of the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal.

Transgender's DMV 'hell'

Transgender's DMV 'hell'

After Amber Yust registered her sex change, her DMV clerk sent her a letter and a DVD warning of 'damnation.'

Goodwill thrives at thrift store

Goodwill thrives at thrift store

S.F. is home to the nation's first Goodwill, and perhaps the first store of any kind, designed as a jobs program for workers whose genders are different from the ones they had at birth.

His struggle

His struggle

Glenn Burke's trip as major-league baseball's first openly gay player makes for a compelling narrative in "Out: The Glenn Burke Story."

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Gays celebrate repeal

Gays celebrate repeal

Word that the world's top military power will allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military is bringing strong and swift reaction.


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Her shines brightly

Her shines brightly

Transgender star Cassandra Cass is seeing her fame reach lofty heights with Showtime TV's new midnight series, "Wild Things."

'It Gets Better' a phenom

'It Gets Better' a phenom

Dan Savage is stunned by how big his YouTube campaign has gotten since the high-profile suicides of several gay teens.

Pride regroups after resignation

Pride regroups after resignation

A period of turmoil at S.F. Pride has ended with the resignation of the executive director of the nonprofit that has run the city's Gay Pride Parade for 40 years.

Sunday's a Drag

Sunday's a Drag

The Starlight Room's view isn't the main attraction on Sundays. That's when they black out the windows for "Sunday's a Drag."

A recipe for love

A recipe for love

Channing McBride wrangled with his sexuality and his religious beliefs for decades before meeting chef Ric Pielstick. The couple now runs a B&B in Calistoga.


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S.F. Pride Parade

S.F. Pride Parade

Celebrate the joy and rage of parades past, then get ready for the 2010 extravaganza.

Same-sex marriage page

Same-sex marriage page

In California and beyond, the battle over same-sex marriage continues.

Harvey Milk: the man, the movie

Harvey Milk: the man, the movie

Thirty years after the assassinations at City Hall, Milk's political and cultural legacy lives on.

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Bare buttocks and leather harnesses were common sights as hundreds of thousands of people came in close contact at the Folsom Street Fair.


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