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@ Comic-Con 2010

Jul 29
An annual visit to Comic-Con should satisfy the inner geek in anyone. EDGE’s Kevin Taft returned to the San Diego event and files this report.

News

In San Francisco

Political Notebook: Former AIDS czar pulls support of Walker in D6

By Matthew S. Bajko | Jul 25
Former San Francisco AIDS czar Jeff Sheehy has pulled his support from Debra Walker in the District 6 supervisor race due to her answers on a questionnaire for candidates taking part in an HIV forum this week.

Project would recall SOMA alley’s gay sexual heyday

By Matthew S. Bajko | Jul 24
It has been years since gay men cruised Ringold Alley in San Francisco’s South of Market District for sex late at night. But that infamous past for the short stretch of street could be recalled under a project being pursued by transit and city planners.

Fired Anti-Gay Biology Prof Wins Settlement--But Not Reinstatement

By Kilian Melloy | Jul 29
A California college professor who was fired after being accused of homophobic remarks in the classroom has received a settlement of $100,000 from her former employer--but has not been reinstated.

New national trans network formed; local on steering committee

Jul 31
A national network of state and local transgender advocacy groups -- dubbed the Trans Advocacy Network -- has been formed in order to build a stronger nationwide movement.

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Entertainment

In San Francisco

Choosy artists chose this

By Sura Wood | Jul 31
One has to marvel at the impressive marketing savvy of the four galleries who pooled their resources and p.r., invited four artists from their respective stables to choose favorite works from the galleries’ collective inventories, then asked each artist t

Out There :: Cremasterpiece theater

By Roberto Friedman | Jul 30
The five films that comprise the Cremaster Cycle created by art-world darling Matthew Barney are getting a rare re-release in a series of screenings beginning this Friday, July 30, at the Roxie Theater in SF.
Dan Choi (Photo by Todd Franson)

Big Brother 12 Week 3 :: Groundhog Season

By Steven Daigle | Jul 29
Does it seem like we are watching the same Big Brother season over and over again?

Hal Sparks gets the last laugh

Jul 30
Hal Sparks isn’t a gay man, he just played one on television, but in a big way - on the groundbreaking Showtime series Queer as Folk where his character was central to the action for the show’s six seasons. Off-screen Sparks is a rock musician, a stand-up comedian and an opinionated talk show personality.

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Style

In this Feb. 7, 1969, file photo, workmen using pitchforks, rakes and shovels attempt to clean up oil-soaked straw from the beach at Santa Barbara Harbor, Calif. The magnitude of the current Gulf oil spill far exceeds Santa Barbara’s spill of up to

Gulf spill lacks societal punch of Santa Barbara

By Frederic J. Frommer | Jul 29
Four decades ago, an oil spill shaped environmental thinking: not so today. Last week, legislation imploded in the Senate to reduce greenhouse gases, and no national consensus has emerged to move America into clean energy.

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Nightlife

BeBe Sweetbriar’s FAME :: August is here

By BeBe Sweetbriar | Jul 28
A little bit of this, and a little bit of that this weekend as we move into August. Even after the Dore Alley festivities have come and gone, club night and circuit parties are plentiful with a couple of promoters doubling up on what they bring you this weekend.

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Business/Finance

President Barack Obama delivers a brief speech after sitting with small business owners at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J. on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Behind him are Tom and Catherine Horsburgh of Wayne, N.J.

Republicans block small business lending bill

By Stephen Ohlemacher | Jul 30
President Barack Obama’s election-year jobs agenda suffered a new setback Thursday when Senate Republicans blocked a bill creating a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending for credit-starved small businesses.

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Travel

  Thai students tour Marble temple in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Bangkok took No. 1 spot in Travel + Leisure magazine’s top 10 cities in World’s Best Awards 2010.

Travel Magazine Names Bangkok World’s Top City

By KINAN SUCHAOVANICH | Jul 29
Bangkok city officials say they are humbled and inspired after receiving Travel + Leisure magazine’s "Top City" award, despite recent street riots that sent tourists packing.

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Health/Fitness

In this Sunday Feb. 1, 2004 file photo, entertainer Janet Jackson, left, covers her breast after her outfit came undone during the half time performance with Justin Timberlake at Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston.

Sacred Intimacy, Compassion Practice :: Kevin Smith is Your ’Snugglebud’

By Kilian Melloy | Jul 28
Kevin Smith maintains a touch practice that’s a little different from most bodyworkers: a form of structured holding he developed over time, and which he calls "snuggling."

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EDGE@Night :: Upcoming Events in San Francisco

August 12, 2010 @ Lime :: EDGE at Lime!

DVD Release :: "Boy"!

CD Release :: "Rich - Fake It Till You Make It" from Lolene!

BOY - Brand new from Auraeus Solito, the filmmaker of Tuli and The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, BOY is a delightful and sexy "coming-of-age" story about a young poet in Manila who discovers his sexuality and falls for a macho dancer. What begins as an erotic fascination turns into a journey about family and self-expression. On DVD August 10, 2010!

...You gotta Fake It Til You Make It... LOLENE - RICH (Fake It Til You Make It)" - Come celebrate the Dance Remixes ...From the forthcoming Summer CD "Electrick Hotel" also featuring the #1 Single "Sexy People"
www.lolenemusic.com

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