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The honored Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein's major awards and nominations include work performing and behind the scenes: Acting: 2003 Tony winner: Actor in a musical, "Hairspray" 2003 Drama Desk winner: Actor in a musical, "Hairspray" 1992 Emmy nominee: Supporting actor in...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Music Theater, Newsies (musical), Entertainment, Music
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Three Californians to receive Harvey Milk award at White House
State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) is heading to the White House on Wednesday to be honored as one of 10 gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender officials to be named a Harvey Milk Champion of Change. Lara’s selection comes a month after the...
Tags: Ricardo Lara, Minority Groups, Politics, Human Interest, Boy Scouts of America
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Andrew Lippa to star in world premiere of 'I Am Harvey Milk'
"I Am Harvey Milk," a new oratorio from Tony and Grammy nominee Andrew Lippa, will make its world premiere in June at the Nourse Auditorium in San Francisco as part of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus 35th anniversary. The composer, who penned the...
Tags: Laura Benanti, Arts and Culture, Sean Penn, The Addams Family (musical), Entertainment
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Gay marriage supporters rally in Santa Ana ahead of DOMA hearing
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Gay marriage proponents are riding into Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court discussion about the Defense of Marriage Act on a wave of support from Proposition 8 debates a day earlier....Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Defense of Marriage Act, Justice System, Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court
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Gay marriage goes before the U.S. Supreme Court today
SAN FRANCISCO — As the battle over gay marriage takes center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, a new survey shows that attitudes on same-sex marriage have shifted rapidly. Polling data consistently show that knowing a gay person is a...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Mitt Romney, Justice and Rights, Justice System, Minority Groups
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Chief Justice Roberts' lesbian cousin hopes for gay marriage win
SAN FRANCISCO – For Ohio senator Rob Portman, knowing that his son was gay helped change Portman's mind. For President Obama, talking with gay White House staffers and learning that his daughters’ friends had same-sex parents proved...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Barack Obama, Prescription Drugs, Justice System, Minority Groups
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Fuming over the assault weapons ban's failure
To say that that the preponderance of letters we receive on assault weapons call for their ban wouldn't be an exaggeration. So when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday that the ban proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein wouldn't be brought to...
Tags: The Happiest News!, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Harry Reid
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Letters: Guns and homicides
Re "Assault weapons ban advances," March 15 In supporting her bill to ban assault weapons, Sen. Dianne Feinstein recounts her experience as a San Francisco supervisor in 1978 with the senseless slayings of her colleagues Harvey Milk and Mayor George...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Dianne Feinstein, Assault, Politics
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Renaming SFO after Harvey Milk might be less pricey than thought
L.A. NOWThe effort to rename San Francisco International Airport after slain civil rights hero Harvey Milk got a little wind under its wings this week, when the city's legislative analyst reported that the cost would be just a fraction of earlier estimates. After... -
Senate committee approves assault weapons ban
WASHINGTON — A federal ban on assault weapons cleared a Democratic-run Senate committee Thursday in a party-line vote after its chief sponsor, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) clashed with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over the 2nd Amendment. “I&...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, John Cornyn, Patrick Leahy, Assault
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Letters: Don't play with airport names
Re "Idea isn't flying," March 5 The latest proposal to change the name of an airport — this time San Francisco International Airport to the name of slain civil rights activist Harvey Milk — is getting a thumbs-down by the people. No wonder....Tags: Milk (movie)
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Russian lawmakers give initial OK to gay 'propaganda' bill
MOSCOW — The lower house of Russia's parliament on Friday approved in the first reading a controversial measure against the spread among minors of “propaganda” seen as supporting homosexuality. But the lawmakers put off until the...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Justice and Rights, Justice System, Minority Groups, Punishment
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