http://ebar.com/blogs Breaking news & opinion from the B.A.R. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a not-so-surprising turn of events, former out lesbian state Senator Carole Migden has finally put the kabash on rumors she had planned to make a return to public office next year by running for the Board of Supervisors, which she served on in the late 1990s. Migden told the SF ... http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=308 The nation's capital will have a new LGBT paper and news Web site Friday under the name DC Agenda, the Bay Area Reporter has learned. The new online portal at DCAGENDA.com and weekly paper is the reincarnation of the Washington Blade, which folded earlier this week. "That is the name," said ... http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=301 Starting in 2010 national LGBT newsmagazine The Advocate will be bundled together with Out magazine but remain a stand-alone publication, the Bay Area Reporter has confirmed. Since the news earlier this month that the monthly publication had laid off staff and would no longer be available to subscribers by itself, readers ... http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=294 Mayoral candidate and District 8 Supervisor Bevan Dufty will host a City Hall meeting next week on policies surrounding the city's famed leather events. The public get-together will be a first for the producers of the annual street fairs and dance parties, known as Folsom Street Events. It comes at the ... http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=289 Former Assistant District Attorney James Hammer, an out gay man who provides legal analysis for local Fox News affiliate KTVU Channel 2, will join the city's Police Commission as its newest member December 2. In a surprise turn of events, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Hammer's appointment to the citizen ... http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=283 Backers attempting to place an initiative to repeal Proposition 8 on the November 2010 general election ballot have announced that they're starting gathering petition signatures today. The state attorney general's office approved five versions of the initiative on Friday, November 13. The initiative's proponents selected one version. Prop 8, which passed ... http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=279 Fernando Ventura (right in photo) and Greg Sherrell, the out duo that used to host the morning drive time show on the now-defunct Energy 92.7 FM, will return to the local airwaves next week on Movin' 99.7 FM. The pair is set to join KMVQ on Thursday, November 12, from ... http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=275 By a 2-1 vote Thursday, November 5 the Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee selected former assistant district attorney James Hammer, an out gay man, for a vacancy on the city's Police Commission. Hammer's nomination for the post now goes before the full board for final approval. The vote split the committee's ... http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=266 A South Bay lesbian couple credited for convincing Congressman Mike Honda (D-Campbell) to add rights for binational same-sex couples to his comprehensive immigration reform bill has left the country. San Jose resident Judy Rickard, on the right in the photo, and her European-born partner, Karin Bogliolo, will board the Queen Mary ... http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=259 A Golden Girls tribute event planned for the Castro Saturday, November 14 has been canceled due to the hospitalization of actress Rue McClanahan, who played Blanche Deveraux on the campy NBC sitcom. In a statement McClanahan apologized for having to miss her San Francisco appearance but said she had to be ... http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=247