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Wiener leads Kim in SF state Senate race

Trump wins White House by Lisa Keen

or a brief period Tuesday evening, it looked like heavily LGBT Broward County, Florida, might give Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton the boost she needed to win that state’s critical 29 electoral votes. If it had, the race would have been over. It didn’t happen. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won the state with 49.1 percent of the vote to Clinton’s 47.7 percent. And by 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, the New York Times and some other media outlets were project-

by Matthew S. Bajko

ay San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener was in first place in his bid for the city’s 11th state Senate District seat as of Wednesday morning, with the unofficial returns showing him likely to defeat his opponent, fellow Supervisor Jane Kim. See page 10 >>

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State Senator-elect Scott Wiener speaks with school board candidate Ian Kalin at Wiener’s election night party at Beaux.

Lesbian Out SF supervisor candidates fall short incumbents win E. Bay T races Rick Gerharter

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esbian incumbents had a good election night in Alameda County, while several other out candidates running in down ballot races faired poorly. Jane Philomen Cleland In Oakland lesbian at-large City Coun- Rebecca Kaplan cilwoman Rebecca Kaplan beat back a challenge from Peggy Moore, a well-known lesbian Democratic campaign consultant, and several other challengers to win a third four-year term in office. And next door in Berkeley, Judy Appel, a lesbian on the city’s school board, secured her second four-year term on the oversight body. She was one of three candidates running for two seats on the Berkeley Unified School District board. See page 23 >>

A similar situation played out in the race for the District 7 suhe two out San Francisco pervisor seat west of Twin Peaks, supervisor candidates on where Joel Engardio, a gay jourTuesday’s ballot appear to nalist who ran for the seat four have both fallen short. years ago, was in second against After landing in second place incumbent progressive Superviduring the first round of votsor Norman Yee. ing, they both remained behind In the first round of voting, the first-place finishers in their Engardio garnered 21.5 percent respective races under the city’s of the vote and Yee was leading instant runoff voting system. with 39.38 percent. In third place It marks the first time since in the five-person race was Ben Harvey Milk’s historic election Matranga, who led the city’s Viin 1977 that the city’s Board of sion Zero project to end pedesSupervisors will not have an out trian deaths, with 18.86 percent elected member on it come Januof the vote. ary when the winners of TuesKhaled Sayed When his supporters’ second day’s odd-numbered supervisor District 11 supervisor candidate Kimberly Alvarenga fell short in and third votes were redistributdistricts are sworn into office. ed, along with those of the other her race. At the end of the year gay Dischallengers, real estate agents trict 9 Supervisor David Campos John Farrell and Mike Young, southeastern neighborhoods at City Hall. will depart due to term limits Yee emerged the winner after five rounds with In the first round Alvarenga had 32.17 perand no LGBT person ran to succeed him. And 57.40 percent or 11,816 votes. Engardio was in cent of the vote, while Safai was in first place second with 42.60 percent or 8,771 votes. gay District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener appears with 38.81 percent. Since neither captured the headed to the state Legislature, having pulled Engardio conceded Wednesday morning, 50 percent plus one vote threshold needed to off a victory over his opponent, straight District telling his supporters in an emailed message win the seat outright, the ranked choices of the 6 Supervisor Jane Kim, after placing second in that, “While we came in second place, there’s voters for the other three candidates in the race much to be grateful for.” the June primary. were added to Alvarenga and Safai’s totals. In the race to succeed District 11 Supervisor On election night Engardio told the Bay Area After five rounds, Safai emerged the winner Reporter that “it is good to be in second,” as it John Avalos, who is termed out of office, lesbian with 53 percent or 7,663 votes, with Alvarenga in meant his message had resonated with residents union leader Kimberly Alvarenga lost to fellow second with 46.95 percent or 6,782 votes based union leader Ahsha Safai, who is straight and See page 23 >> on the unofficial returns Wednesday morning. a moderate, in their bid to represent the city’s

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• Changes in body fat. • Changes in your immune system. • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. • Bone problems. The most common side effect of DESCOVY is nausea. These are not all the possible side eﬀects of DESCOVY. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking DESCOVY. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with DESCOVY.

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Bail reform gets support in San Francisco by Seth Hemmelgarn

everal San Francisco law enforcement officials are expressing support for bail reform in response to a federal lawsuit against Sheriff Vicki Hennessy. The lawsuit, filed in 2015 by the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Equal Justice Under Law, seeks to end the practice of money bail in the city. It involves Riana Buffin and Crystal Patterson, who couldn’t afford bail after they were arrested last year in San Francisco. U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled in October that the case could proceed against Hennessy, who oversees the city’s jails. The lawsuit was originally filed against the state and city, and Hennessy was added later as a defendant. Gonzalez Rogers dismissed the claims against the state and city. Hennessy is saying herself that the system needs to be changed. “I am sworn to follow the law and await the outcome of these court proceedings,” she said in a statement. “However, a system that allows one

person access to immediate freedom through the payment of cash while another person with the same criminal history and charges who lacks financial resources remains behind bars seems unfair to me.” The lawsuit claims the city’s bail system is unconstitutional because it violates the principle of equal protection under the law. San Francisco’s Superior Court judges set the city’s fixed bail schedule, which Equal Justice says is “among the most expensive in the state.” The local bail amounts are based on offense and don’t take into account individual circumstances or public safety, the lawsuit says. “Approximately 50 people per day and 18,000 people per year are booked into San Francisco County Jail,” according to a news release from Equal Justice and the public defender’s office. “About 85 percent of inmates have not yet been convicted. Because they cannot afford bail, they can remain locked up for months while awaiting trial, often losing their housing, jobs, or children.”

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Phone call reminders, text messages, and other services could increase court appearance dates and save taxpayers’ money, among other benefits, the lawsuit says. The suit also seeks electronic monitoring, rehabilitation, and other alternatives to pretrial incarceration. In a news release, Equal Justice Executive Director Phil Telfeyan cheered Gonzalez Rogers’ ruling be-

cause “it requires Sheriff Hennessy to state her official position regarding the unfairness of money bail. We trust that Sheriff Hennessy will recognize the inherent inequality in a system that frees the rich and jails the poor.” Telfeyan added, “Jailing people simply because they are too poor to afford bail offends basic principles of fairness that are deeply rooted in our society.” Public Defender Jeff Adachi, whose office represented Buffin and Patterson before prosecutors dropped criminal charges against them, said in the news release that high bail amounts can lead innocent people to plead guilty just to get out of jail. “It makes no sense that wealthy people charged with serious crimes can buy their way out of jail without regard for public safety while poor people charged with minor offenses languish behind bars,” Adachi stated. In a recent court filing, City Attorney Dennis Herrera said he wouldn’t defend the bail practice, which he said “creates a two-tiered

system: one for those with money and another for those without. It doesn’t make anybody safer. It’s not right, and it’s not in keeping with our Constitution. It’s time for it to stop. To echo U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, we need to ensure that in the United States there is no price tag on justice.” Herrera also stated, “Keeping people locked up for no reason other than they can’t afford to post bail can have far-reaching consequences. People lose their jobs and their homes. Families fall apart. Taxpayers shoulder the cost of jailing people who don’t need to be there. In other words, the current bail system is not just unconstitutional, it’s bad public policy.” He added, “To be clear, dangerous people who pose a risk to the community need to remain incarcerated. But how much money someone has isn’t a measure of whether they pose a threat.” In a court filing, Herrera’s office said Hennessy “is required to See page 25 >>

Confab highlights HIV prevention and treatment by Liz Highleyman

rEP and a new type of HIV therapy were among the highlights at the recent IDWeek conference in New Orleans, an annual meeting sponsored by the HIV Medicine Association and other infectious disease societies.

PrEP news

Dr. Douglas Krakower from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center presented findings from two PrEP studies, one looking at sexually transmitted diseases among PrEP users and one on using machine learning to help identify people who may benefit from PrEP. Krakower’s team analyzed data from more than 19,000 gay and bisexual men seen at Fenway Health, a clinic specializing in care for sexual and gender minorities in the Boston area. About 15 percent are HIV-positive. Among HIV-negative clients there has been a “very rapid and steep” increase in PrEP use, according to Krakower. Prescriptions for Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) for HIV prevention climbed from just five in 2011 to 960 in 2015. Last year 14 percent of all men seen at the clinic for any reason ended up with a PrEP prescription, he said. Between 2005 and 2015, 18 percent of men seen at the clinic were diagnosed with a bacterial sexually transmitted disease: 7 percent with

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gonorrhea, 7 percent with syphilis, and 9 percent with chlamydia. By 2015, 14 percent of HIV-positive clinic patients and 25 percent of HIV-negative PrEP clients had at least one STD. Gonorrhea was relatively stable from 2003 through 2010, but this was followed by a “near astronomical rise” starting in 2011, Krakower said. Being HIV-positive and using PrEP were both independently associated with a greater likelihood of being diagnosed with an STD, but Krakower stressed that it is “hard to infer causality” from this type of data. The rise in STDs started before PrEP was widely used, and a substantial number of men who were

neither HIV-positive nor on PrEP got STDs as well. While rising STD rates among gay and bi men are a concern, the regular clinic visits recommended for people on PrEP may offer more opportunities for frequent STD testing and prompt treatment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PrEP guidelines recommend STD tests at least every six months, but people at ongoing risk – including people with an HIVpositive partner and those who have condomless sex with multiple partners – may benefit from quarterly testing. “There probably is a big population – even at a place like Fenway where clinicians and patients are quite attuned to issues around sexual health and PrEP – who may benefit from some more intensive screening and counseling around PrEP, as they’re not yet using it,” Krakower concluded.

Machine learning

During the October 26-30 conference, Krakower also presented a study in which machine-learning algorithms were used to identify people who might be good candidates for PrEP. A recent survey of retail pharmacies by Truvada manufacturer Gilead Sciences found that more than 79,000 people in the U.S. have taken PrEP over the past four years. But the CDC estimates that more than

Palm Springs pays tribute to Orlando

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lmost five months after gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 mostly young gay Latino men and injured 53 others at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, the LGBT community continues to pay tribute. At the Sunday, November 6 Palm

Springs Pride parade, Orlando residents Barbara Poma, Neema Bahrami, and Kate Maini were special guests, riding in front of marchers who carried placards memorializing the victims, similar to what San Francisco did for its Pride parade.

1.2 million people could potentially benefit from PrEP – including a quarter of sexually active gay and bisexual men – indicating that it is not yet reaching its full potential. The researchers extracted relevant data from the electronic health records of Atrius Health, a large group practice in the Boston area with approximately 800,000 members. They looked at more than 100 variables including patient demographics, recorded diagnoses, medication prescriptions, laboratory tests, and procedures. They then matched each of the 138 members

who became HIV-positive during 2006-2015 with 100 people who remained HIV-negative. The team used both traditional statistical methods and new machine learning techniques to predict who would be at risk for new HIV infection. While traditional methods make assumptions in advance about what the data will look like, computer algorithms learn to recognize patterns in the data that might not have been apparent at the outset, Krakower explained. See page 25 >>

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ur long national nightmare is just beginning. The election of Donald Trump as the country’s next president is shocking. LGBTs, minorities, women, people with disabilities – all the people he’s maligned during the campaign – will be in the crosshairs come January when he is sworn in. Trump’s victory, along with that of Republicans across the country, ensures that the GOP will carry out its agenda with zeal. That the Republicans have held on to control of the U.S. Senate is deeply disappointing, and they are free to confirm conservative judges and justices. The Supreme Court will tilt conservative for a generation with Trump’s appointments – including one that he’ll make immediately because the Senate failed to do its job and confirm President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia. None of the potential justices Trump listed during the campaign will be good on LGBT issues, or many others we favor for that matter. The court can’t undo marriage equality right now because there’s no pending case challenging it – but we can’t rule it out entirely. The upcoming case involving trans rights and bathroom access looks to be dead on arrival; we wish the court hadn’t accepted it. Scalia’s replacement won’t change the conservative versus liberal makeup of the court right now, but Justice Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote on many of the court’s landmark decisions involving equality, is certainly not a lock on this one. The future of the Affordable Care Act is on life support. Look for its repeal to be one of the first things Congress will jam through next year. Goodbye to health care coverage for millions of Americans and hello to uncertainty, as Congress has no effective replacement plan and Trump hasn’t outlined

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speech, but we don’t see America coming together anytime soon. White, blue-collar workers turned out in droves this election, naively believing Trump’s campaign promises to bring manufacturing jobs back and undo trade treaties. Here’s a news flash: those factory jobs aren’t coming back, even without the North American Free Trade Agreement. Studies show that immigrants aren’t taking jobs from U.S. workers, but they are in Trump’s America. That wall will be erected soon enough, whether or not Mexico pays for it, as Trump insists. Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, is no better. A man who cut AIDS funding in Indiana while governor, and believes in conversion therapy, Pence’s homophobia and AIDSphobia is scary 35 years into the epidemic. He will work with evangelicals to promote and pass so-called religious freedom legislation, which is really just a license to discriminate. We can imagine a national law that would undercut gains made since the legalization of same-sex marriage. But more immediately, LGBTs can forget about a vote on the Equality Act, which was introduced in Congress last year. Trump is nothing if not a man of action. He ran an unorthodox campaign and defied conventional wisdom. To his supporters that was exhilarating. He promised to “drain the swamp.” The Republican Party, intoxicated on its newfound power, will be only too happy to oblige. There was a lot of talk during the campaign about how the GOP destroyed itself with Trump – Tuesday’s election showed that Americans in red and swing states took over the GOP. We thought the presidency of George W. Bush was a disaster. We now realize that was nothing compared to what we could experience under Trump. But we must continue to live our lives openly and proudly. We must stand together with the trans community and work with allies as never before to beat back anti-LGBT laws and keep the rights we have already won.t

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one either. With a GOP-controlled Congress, Trump will have carte blanche to reverse much of the progress of the last eight years. Republicans in Congress are giddy at the prospect; they’ve voted more than 60 times to repeal Obamacare, and now they will soon achieve their goal. But even without congressional action, President-elect Trump can be expected to adversely affect the lives of LGBT Americans. He’s already said he’ll undo Obama’s executive orders, and several of those affect us, like the one prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Also on the chopping block is the Education and Justice departments’ joint guidance to provide educators the information they need to ensure that all students, including transgender students, can attend school in an environment free from discrimination based on sex under Title IX. Look out for the bathroom police – they’re coming. By the way, there may not even be a Department of Education in the Trump administration; if it remains Trump has made clear it will play a reduced role. That will be a blow to all students. Trump called for unity during his victory

got Prop 64 on the state ballot. If approved by voters, Prop 64 nniversaries can sneak up on us would have effectively quarantined sometimes. In recent weeks I’ve both AIDS patients and anyone dibeen thinking a lot about the fall of agnosed with HIV. It would have 1986, and how it has been 30 years required the public disclosure of anysince I served as the manager for the one who tested positive for HIV. The Jo-Lynn Otto No on 64 campaign in Santa Clara initiative would have also prohibited and San Mateo counties. anyone with HIV from attending or Supervisor Many people do not even realize Ken Yeager teaching school, as well as restricting that there was an initiative on the Caltheir ability to travel. ifornia ballot in 1986 that attacked the LGBTQ LaRouche and his followers admitted in community. I think it is important to recap their own ballot argument that their goal was the events of that summer and fall because the to keep people with AIDS or the HIV virus fight to defeat Proposition 64 became a turn“out of our schools, out of commercial food ing point for the community’s political activestablishments, and ... give health officials the ism and engagement both here in the South power to test and quarantine.” Bay and statewide. BAYMEC immediately sprang into action. In the South Bay, the 1980s began with the On July 1, our board voted to put the orgareligious right successfully passing Measures A nization’s full resources into defeating and B by a three-to-one margin. Those meaProp 64. The South Bay’s LGBTQ sures overturned ordinances in both Santa community, which had been deClara County and the city of San Jose that moralized by the passage of Meaprohibited discrimination of gays and lesbians sures A and B and the subsequent in housing and employment. The religious arrival of the AIDS epidemic, got right campaigned using fear and intolerance, a renewed sense of activism. The plastering the region with billboards that read next few months would see a dra“Don’t Let It Spread.” matic transformation in the comIn response to the passing of those meamunity’s profile and relevance. sures, Wiggsy Sivertsen and I founded the Bay The statewide No on 64 camArea Municipal Elections Committee, or BAYpaign initially planned to open offices only MEC, a political action committee designed in San Francisco and Los Angeles. BAYMEC to fight for the rights of LGBTQ people by board members thought this was shortsightelecting candidates who supported us and by ed. We feared that the San Francisco and Los confronting our opponents. Angeles-based campaign leadership would The gay community was seen as so politiignore the South Bay and put little or no effort cally toxic at the time that few candidates even or outreach into the region. bothered to return our first questionnaires. We were eager to run a campaign in Santa Things only got worse as the 1980s moved Clara, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz counties. forward and it slowly dawned on the LGBTQ We believed that our region needed a strong community just how devastating the AIDS epiLGBTQ organization to lead all the subsequent demic would be. The number of AIDS deaths fights we knew would surely come. It would be in Santa Clara County grew every year that dea lost opportunity to have no lasting legacy of cade. They would not peak until 1994. Many of progressive gay politics and coalition building. us saw friends and loved ones get sick and then The campaign was the definition of grassdie in a frighteningly short amount of time. roots. More than 1,200 small contributors Then came 1986. That spring the U.S. Suwrote checks of $10, $50 or other like amounts. preme Court upheld a Georgia law that criminalThe average contribution was $60. There were ized oral and anal sex between consenting adults. no corporations or wealthy individuals writing In California, political gadfly and cult leader us big checks. Lyndon LaRouche sensed an opportunity to We had scores of volunteers staffing phone gain a foothold in the state. That summer he banks in the South Bay. The No on 64 cam-

paign would contact more than 5,000 Santa Clara and San Mateo voters by Election Day. A statewide poll conducted during the first week of September by the San Francisco Examiner and KRON-TV found that more than half of state voters had not heard about Prop 64 or were undecided about how they would vote on it. The good news was that the proposition was not winning. The bad news was no one could predict how the huge number of undecideds would end up. Would disapproval of the LGBTQ “lifestyle” and fear of AIDS lead them to vote yes? Ultimately the time, money and effort paid off in a big way. Prop 64 was resoundingly defeated, losing statewide by a more than two-to-one margin, 29 percent yes and 71 percent no. In Santa Clara and San Mateo the numbers were even more impressive. Seventyfive percent of San Mateo County voters rejected LaRouche’s initiative. The percentage in Santa Clara County was 76 percent. The last 30 years have brought many dramatic changes in our community. Medical advancements and improvements in social services have blunted the worst impacts of the AIDS epidemic for most people. Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land. LGBTQ service members are able to serve openly and proudly in every branch of the military. However, we can never become complacent; we need to continue to reach out to community leaders and the public on emerging issues confronting us. It was just eight years ago when a majority of California voters cast ballots in favor of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state until it was overturned by the courts. Those types of regressive steps are the reason that Prop 64’s role in solidifying BAYMEC’s place in the South Bay’s LGBTQ community is so important. The organization is now in its 33rd year of existence and continues to be a voice in the fight for equality for all.t Ken Yeager is the first out elected member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.

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The day after

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During the Nixon phase of the Vietnam War, protesters invented “The Day After.” Before Nixon could even request TV time to announce his next outrage, posters were already up, announcing a peace march, to occur at noon on the day after his speech. May I suggest a different kind of day after? This will be “The Day After Trump Loses.” Like a time of gradual forgiveness, wobbly step by step. Starting among Democrats and

progressives, with mutual forgiveness by those who split over Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat, and other Democrat versus Democrat races. That won’t be easy. Oxycontin, anyone? But wait – what if (just if) Hillary Clinton cannot clearly defeat Donald Trump in November? In that case, out in the streets, I’ll be following whatever path the millennials choose. The future is theirs, to save or not. Tortuga Bi Liberty San Francisco

Remembrance by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

’ve long dedicated my life to transgender causes. In 1993, before the internet had really become “a thing,” I was fighting America Online to allow open discussion of transgender issues within its service, and then managed a transgender issues area there. I served as part of several transgender organizations. I built and managed several transgender information websites throughout the 1990s and 2000s, and still serve as managing editor for http:// www.Genderfork.com. Of course, I’d be remiss if I did not mention the nearly 16 years of Transmissions columns I have written. Yet there is one thing I will forever be most known for, and that is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. It started in anger, as I heard of yet another transgender murder and saw a community seemingly unaware that our lives were being taken from us. I started a website, under a banner featuring George Santayana’s famous quotation, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Beyond that, an ever-growing list of names of those killed due to antitransgender violence and prejudice. This led to a street protest in San Francisco that, with the help of Penny Ashe Matz in Boston, became the Transgender Day of Remembrance. While others are as much a part of it today, I’m still proud to have been there that first year in the late 1990s, shivering my way through a wet, cold San Francisco night. This November 20th will see the honoring of the 17th Transgender Day of Remembrance. A lot has changed in those years. Yes, I’m a lot grayer than I was then, but that’s to be expected. What’s really changed is the transgender community itself. At the time we started, just getting transgender support groups to acknowledge that transgender people were being murdered, and to honor their passage, was a challenge. While a few of the so-called safer cities would hold large candle-

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lit marches, many others held events behind closed doors, with only a handful of people quietly memorializing those we’d lost. At the time, we were at the very end of the Clinton presidency, with the second Bush one right around the corner. LGBT rights were still in an era of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and the next president would not necessarily be favorable – especially to transgender folk. Many of us were outed to employers thanks to the “gender no-match” letters the Social Security Administration set out under George W. Bush. After Bush, and into the Obama era, the world changed. Transgender people have – in spite of recent difficulties over public accommodations and such – become a part of the popular consciousness like never before. We’re on America’s television screens, whether it be in reality shows like I Am Jazz, or the recent Fox reboot of The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again, to name just two examples. Likewise, the community back then was a small one, largely closeted, and more than a little hegemonic. It was largely white and older, made up largely of cross dressers and transsexuals. Today, that has changed as we see more people exploring new avenues with gender, and more people of color and trans youth. There are still huge steps to be made here, but we’re moving in the right direction. But with greater visibility has come an unmistakable reality. In 17 years of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, we have not seen a decline of anti-transgender murders.

Indeed, in recent years, we’ve seen the number of murders trending upwards, not down, as transgender visibility – and a backlash against same – grows. So many on the right have set out to demonize transgender people after they lost the battle over marriage equality. Likewise, we’ve been an election year issue, particularly in North Carolina and Texas. As fears against transgender people in restrooms have grown, so has the threat of violence against us and all who do not conform to outdated, rigid standards of gender. We’re being killed at a rate greater than two per month in the United States. Worldwide, that becomes more than two each day, particularly in Brazil. This is simply unacceptable. I also must remind people that it is transwomen of color who remain most at risk in the United States, and that we cannot ignore issues of racism and sexism in any discussion of anti-transgender murders. This is an intersectional fight. Our community is at another of many crossroads. With the 2016 election season behind us, and an uncertain road ahead, it is once again left to each of us to rise up. We need to band together and move forward. We need to continue to secure our unalienable rights. One right stands above all others that we need to fight for: the right to exist. Being aware of these murders has never been enough. I’ve always been a firm believer in the words of Mother Jones, and have applied them to the Transgender Day of Remembrance many times: “Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.” We set aside this one day to mourn – but take all the other 364 days and fight, keep trans people in your heart, and do what you can to ensure that not one more falls. So on November 20, as we have for nearly two decades, honor our fallen dead. On the 21st, and thereafter, we continue the struggle, and we make this world a better one for all transgender people. Remember.t Gwen Smith hopes you will attend a Day of Remembrance event in your area. For some in the Bay Area, check out News Briefs. You’ll find Smith at www. gwensmith.com.

Study: Smoking can be deadlier than HIV by Liz Highleyman

ceiving treatment,” said senior study author Dr. eople with HIV who Rochelle Walensky from smoke cigarettes Massachusetts General may be at greater risk of Hospital in Boston. death from smoking than As many people with from HIV/AIDS-related HIV live longer thanks causes, according to a to effective antiretroviral recently published study. therapy, chronic nonLiz Highleyman Smoking could shorten AIDS-related conditions the lifespan of an HIVsuch as cardiovascular Dr. Rochelle positive person by six to Walensky disease, cancer, and lung eight years, underlining disease – all worsened by the importance of quitting, smoking – are a growing concern. “It is time to recognize that Studies suggest that more than 40 smoking is now the primary killer percent of people living with HIV of people with HIV who are rein the U.S. smoke cigarettes – more

than twice the rate of the population as a whole – and they are less likely to quit than HIV-negative people. This translates to 247,586 smokers receiving HIV care, according to Walensky and colleagues. Walensky’s team used a computer simulation of HIV disease progression and treatment, along with ageand sex-specific mortality data, to predict the life expectancy of HIVpositive people based on smoking status. The study, published in the November 3 online edition of Journal of Infectious Diseases, showed that See page 25 >>

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Out candidates sweep SF college board race

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129,291 votes. She will be the city’s only bisexual elected official and the sole woman from the city’s LGBT community to hold an elective office once she joins the board. “We’re in first place!!! Thank you, San Francisco!!” Williams posted to Facebook shortly after the first ballot count was announced Tuesday night. Coming in second place was Mandelman with 22.23 percent of the vote for a total of 122,131 votes. Randolph garnered 19.6 percent of the vote for third place, with a vote count of 107,720. Mandelman said that with the passage of Props B and W, “It was a good night for City College.” The results show that “voters love City College,” he added. “They believe in free community college and they want it for San Francisco.” Temprano was in fourth place with 17.61 percent of the vote for a total of 96,743 votes. His apparent victory marked a turnaround from last fall when he failed to oust Randolph from the vacant college board seat he had been appointed to fill by

Mayor Ed Lee. Should his lead hold as absentee ballots and provisional votes are counted, it would mean Temprano ousted from the college board incumbent trustee Amy Bacharach. She was in fifth place Wednesday morning with 16.8 percent of the vote for a total of 92,285 votes. “I am confident. I think that the results were trending toward victory and that is only going to increase when we get the latest rounds of returns,” said Temprano Wednesday morning. Just how long Randolph will remain on the college board is an open question due to the likely election of gay District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener to the state Senate. (See story, page 1.) Randolph is widely seen as having a strong chance of being named by the mayor as Wiener’s successor on the board. Due to the defeat of local ballot measure Proposition D, whoever the mayor picks will hold the seat through 2018, when the race to elect a person to a full four-year term will be held. Tuesday night Randolph, who was attending Wiener’s election night party, told the B.A.R. that he “would love to serve as the District

8 supervisor and looks forward to having a conversation with the mayor” about filling the vacancy. Mandelman, who lost to Wiener in the 2010 race for the supervisor seat, has not ruled out running again for the seat. He told the B.A.R. Wednesday morning that he was waiting to see how the Senate race plays out before making any announcement about a supervisor bid. “I have, obviously, a great affection for the neighborhoods in District 8. It is my base of support,” he said. “But, you know, we will see what happens.”

he LGBT community can celebrate a lavender sweep of the race for four seats on San Francisco’s community college board. According to unofficial returns Wednesday morning, three gay men and a bisexual woman all won seats on the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees. And the city’s voters passed both Proposition B, a parcel tax to fund the college, and Proposition W, a tax on the sale of properties valued at more than $5 million that the city intends to use to make city college free to attend. Gay incumbents Rafael Mandelman, who is president of the college board, and Alex Randolph both won reelection, while Shanell Williams, a former City College student leader who is bisexual, and gay bar owner and deejay Tom Temprano, were elected. Williams, who is African-American, was in first place with 23.53 percent of the vote for a total of

Gay man wins SF school board seat

In the race for four seats on the city’s school board, gay principal Mark Sanchez secured a return to the oversight committee, based on the unofficial returns. It marks the first time an LGBT candidate has won a school board seat since Sanchez left in early 2009. He had served eight years on the San Francisco Board of Education, including two years as president. He placed second in Tuesday’s election, with 16.79 percent of the vote.

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Currently principal of Cleveland Elementary School in the city’s Excelsior district, where he has been for five years, Sanchez expects he will have to quit his job, similar to his having to leave the district when he first won a school board seat in 2000. Another gay candidate, charter school teacher Phil Kim, fell short, landing in seventh place with 6.97 percent of the vote. Incumbents Matthew Haney, who was in first place with close to 19 percent of the vote, and Rachel Norton, in fourth with 14.12 percent, both won re-election based on the unofficial returns. Newcomer Stevon Cook was in third place with 16.12 percent of the vote, while longtime school board member Jill Wynns appears to have been defeated, as she was trailing in fifth place with 10.38 percent of the vote.

Gay lawyer loses SF judge race

Mayoral aide and former prosecutor Paul Henderson fell short in his bid to become the first out LGBT African-American elected judge in San Francisco. Henderson, 49, a gay man who is Lee’s deputy chief of staff and director of public safety, landed in second place in the race for Seat 7 on the San Francisco Superior Court. The outcome was hardly a surprise, as he had placed second following the June primary and entered the November election as the underdog. According to unofficial election returns Wednesday morning, San Francisco Police Commissioner Victor Hwang, 48, also a former prosecutor, proved true to his name to clinch the seat with nearly 64 percent of the vote for a total of 143,341 votes based on the unofficial returns. Henderson garnered 36 percent of the vote for a total of 81,426. See page 15 >>

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t was a largely disappointing night for gay men running for Bay Area city council seats in Tuesday’s election, as five of the nine candidates lost their races. Despite the growing LGBT population in the East Bay, four of the five gay men running for city council seats in Contra Costa County lost their bids based on the unofficial returns Wednesday morning. Two gay candidates won in Santa Clara County. And in Alameda County, Emeryville voters elected their first gay council member, while a Berkeley City Councilman appears to have been defeated. In his second bid for a council seat, Emeryville resident John Bauters clinched his victory with 22.72 percent or 1,450 votes. He landed in first place against five other newcomers who were running for three open council seats, according to the unofficial returns. His victory ensures LGBT representation on the council following lesbian longtime City Councilwoman Ruth Atkin’s decision to not seek re-election this fall. She has served on the council since 1999. “I will likely be the vice mayor come December and the mayor in December 2017,” Bauters told the Bay Area Reporter. “Have we had a gay man as mayor in Alameda County yet? It’s time to get equal.” Darryl Moore fell short in his bid for a fourth term in his District 2 seat on the Berkeley City Council, which he first won in 2004. He was defeated after three rounds of ranked-choice voting by Cheryl Davila, whom he had appointed to a city commission and then clashed with last fall when she called for the city to divest from Israel due to its treatment of Palestinians. Moore placed second with 49.42 percent or 1,796 votes, while Davila emerged the winner with 50.58 percent or 1,838 votes, according to the unofficial returns Wednesday morning. The third candidate in the race was Nanci Armstrong-Temple, who identifies as queer and has been a vocal critic of the police in both Berkeley and San Francisco. She came in third place with 28.87 percent or 1,116 votes. In the South Bay, Mountain View City Councilman Chris Clark won re-election to a second and final four-year term. He was one of two incumbents along with six other candidates running for four city council seats on Tuesday’s ballot. Clark, currently the only LGBT city council person in Santa Clara

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He and El Cerrito City Councilman Gabriel Quinto, who will be up for re-election in 2018, will remain the only gay men serving on city councils in Contra Costa County as the quartet of gay non-incumbents running Tuesday all lost. In Richmond Cesar Zepeda was running to be the first out gay man elected to his city’s council and serve alongside lesbian City Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles. Zepeda was one of nine people in the race for three council seats. Zepeda, however, placed sixth in the race with 9.97 percent of the vote. “I want to thank everyone who supported me and shared in my vision and leadership. To all my friends, family, and community, we will continue forward to bring our community together,” wrote Zepeda in a Facebook post Wednesday. Concord resident Pablo Benavente had hoped to become the first out person elected to his city’s fiveperson council. Seven people were in the running for two city council seats up for grabs Tuesday; Benavente placed fifth in the race with 7.09 percent of the vote. “Although, the results didn’t favor us this time, I will continue to work to make Concord even better at a different capacity,” wrote Benavente in a thank you message to his family and supporters. Hercules resident Brian Campbell-Miller, a gay real estate agent, was one of five people running for three city council seats. He landed in fourth place with 15.80 percent of the vote. John Stevens was one of four people seeking election to the Martinez City Council. One of three newcomers running against an incumbent for two council seats, he placed fourth with 18.77 percent of the vote.t

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Gay, lesbian candidates win BART board races by Matthew S. Bajko

he board that oversees the regional BART transit agency will continue to have two out members as a gay newcomer and lesbian incumbent won their races Tuesday. And voters in three Bay Area counties passed a $3.5 billion bond measure to upgrade the 44-yearold transportation system’s aging infrastructure. Measure RR, which needed a two-thirds vote to pass, was leading with 70 percent of the total vote count based on unofficial returns Wednesday morning. In Alameda County lesbian BART board member Rebecca Saltzman secured her re-election bid for the District 3 seat on the oversight body. The seat covers all or parts of Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Kensington, Lafayette, Moraga, Oakland, Orinda, Piedmont, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, and unincorporated areas of Alameda and Contra Costa County. She had garnered 60.71 percent of the vote for a total of 43,062. “Things look good for my campaign right now. I’m really hoping I get in and RR passes; if it does we have a really good plan to invest in

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Following the primary contest, which eliminated a third candidate, lawyer Sigrid Irias, from the race, the matchup between Hwang and Henderson received very little attention in the run up to Tuesday’s election. Having secured the highest rating of “exceptionally well-qualified” from the Judiciary Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco, Hwang’s main argument in the race was that he was better qualified for the seat than Henderson, who had earned a “well-qualified” rating.

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BART board member Rebecca Saltzman speaks to a supporter at her election night party.

the system, improving infrastructure and putting in the new train control system so we can run more trains at rush hour,” Saltzman told the Bay Area Reporter Tuesday night shortly after the first vote totals were announced. Her opponent Ken Chew, a senior transportation engineer, landed in a distant second place with close to 25 percent of the vote. Varun Paul,

a process improvement consultant, was in third place with nearly 9 percent, and web programmer Worth Freeman landed in fourth place with 5 percent of the vote. In San Francisco gay former District 8 Supervisor Bevan Dufty had a commanding lead in the race for the open District 9 seat on BART’s Board of Directors. The current occupant of the seat, gay transportation advocate

“First, I want to congratulate Paul Henderson on running a strong, principled campaign. I was proud to run with him (and Sigrid Irias in June) and look forward to working with Paul in the future,” Hwang wrote in an email to his supporters Wednesday morning thanking them for electing him judge. Hwang is a former San Francisco assistant district attorney who prosecuted hate crimes. The University of Southern California School of Law graduate began his career as a deputy public defender in East 9.75 in. Los Angeles and then worked for a number of Asian legal nonprofits before joining the DA’s office.

He has been in private practice in recent years and is partners with Ivy Lee, the chief of staff to District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim. The couple and their three children live in the Inner Sunset.

Lesbian harbor commissioner secures 2nd term

Sabrina Brennan won re-election to the San Mateo County Harbor Commission Tuesday, coming in first place in the four-way race for three seats. She is one of two out members of the oversight body responsible for the management of two harbors in the county. She had close to 32 percent of the

Newly elected BART board member Bevan Dufty

Tom Radulovich, announced shortly before the August filing deadline to enter the race that he had decided to not seek re-election. Dufty, most recently Mayor Ed Lee’s adviser on homeless issues, had 61 percent of the vote as of Wednesday morning for a total vote count of 63,576. In second place with 31 percent of the vote was Gwyneth Borden, the Golden Gate Restaurant Association’s executive director. A former planning commissioner, Borden, a vote, for a total of 103,293 votes, based on the unofficial returns Wednesday morning. She bested the second place finisher, incumbent commissioner and current president Tom Mattusch, by more than 12,400 votes. Her first term had been marked by a number of controversies that led to disagreements between Brennan and her fellow commissioners as well as several complaints of harassment filed by staff members of the harbor district. She ended up resigning the body’s presidency post last summer due to the accusations. Nonetheless, Brennan won over voters with her campaign as an

straight woman, is currently now on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Commission. Coming in third place was gay activist Michael Petrelis with 7 percent of the vote. Dufty, attending an election night party at Slim’s hosted by state Senate candidate Jane Kim, told the B.A.R. that “on a night when I feel despondent about the presidential election, I’m trying to look farther, and I thank the voters for this opportunity.” He added that he was “so proud” to be elected along with Lateefah Simon, who won the BART board’s District 7 seat, which is largely based in Alameda County but includes a sliver of San Francisco. “I intend to bring a nuts and bolts approach to improve the experience of BART users,” added Dufty. “I’m deeply honored to have this opportunity.” Later, Dufty told the crowd at Slim’s, “Voters said, ‘Put this queen on a train and let’s get this thing running.’”t Michael Nugent and Seth Hemmelgarn contributed to this report.

outsider on the board. She was also buoyed in recent weeks by the news that the Mavericks surf contest would allow women to compete for the first time. It is an issue she has championed while on the harbor commission.t Seth Hemmelgarn contributed to this report. Web Extra: For more queer political news, be sure to check http:// www.ebar.com Monday mornings at noon for Political Notes, the notebook’s online companion. This week’s column rounded up election night parties in SF and the East Bay.

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CA passes ammo measure, rejects condom, drug props by Seth Hemmelgarn

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n another strong statement on gun safety, state voters Tuesday approved a measure that would clamp down on ammunition sales, according to early returns. California voters were also rejecting propositions that would have required porn actors to wear condoms and that purported to lower drug prices, preliminary results showed Wednesday morning. Proposition 60, pushed by the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, would have made condom use in adult films made in the state mandatory. It was being rejected by 53.9 percent of voters. Mike Stabile, a spokesman for Kink.com and the porn workers’ group Free Speech Coalition, said, “I think that we’re of course thrilled that Prop 60 was defeated. I think this was one of the first times where performers’ voices were really heard, not only by newspapers and editorial boards and politicians, but by Californians across the state.” Prop 60 spokesman Rick Taylor said, “It’s a shame” that voters decided that “greedy pornographers will not have to pay for the testing of young men and women that work for them, that the responsibility will lie on the performers rather than producers.” According to NPR, federal and state worker safety laws technically already require producers to protect performers against sexually transmitted diseases with condoms, but the law is largely ignored and poorly enforced. Prescription drug prices were the subject of Proposition 61, which 53.8 percent of voters were rejecting. The measure would have limited the amount state agencies pay for prescription drugs, tying it to the prices paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Opponents had argued that artificially limiting drug

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Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom’s Prop 63 was winning big according to preliminary results.

prices would reduce incentives for pharmaceutical companies to do necessary research and development on new drugs. Kathy Fairbanks, a spokeswoman for No on Prop 61, said Wednesday, “There are still quite a lot of votes to be counted.” “We’re pleased with the results so far,” Fairbanks said. “It bodes well, but we’re watching the counting still, and we’re watching it closely.” Two measures on the state ballot addressed the death penalty. Proposition 62, which was failing by a no vote of 53.9 percent, would have abolished the death penalty and replaced it with a punishment of life without the possibility of parole. It was the second time in four years that voters rejected such a measure. Proposition 66, which voters were passing with 50.9 percent of the vote, would change government procedures around state court appeals and petitions challenging death penalty convictions and sentences. Among other provisions, the measure would impose time limits on state court death penalty reviews. Lesbian Sacramento County Dis-

trict Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, a lead Prop 66 proponent, said in a statement, “California voters have spoken loud and clear that they want to keep the death penalty intact. This is the ninth time California voters have voted in favor of keeping the death penalty for the most heinous killers. While there are more votes yet to come in, all of us with the Yes on 66 campaign are optimistic that voters will have taken our message to heart and voted to provide crucial reforms necessary to make the death penalty work in California. I thank all of our supporters and will continue to fight for justice on behalf of victims to ensure that our death penalty works as the voters intend.” Backers of Proposition 57 were also fairing well, with the measure getting 63.6 percent of the vote. Prop 57, which was supported by Governor Jerry Brown, would mandate the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to implement a system of credits for non-violent inmates who successfully complete education, drug rehabilitation and other rehabilitation programs that may result in an earlier release from custody. It would also give the decision whether to try a juvenile as an adult or a juvenile to a judge; currently the prosecutor makes that decision. Dan Newman, a Prop 57 spokesman, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Proposition 63, heavily promoted by Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, had the approval of 62.6 percent of voters. The measure would require a background check by the state Department of Justice for the purchase of ammunition. It would also prohibit the possession of large capacity ammunition magazines. Spokespeople for the Prop 63 campaign didn’t immediately respond to an email from the Bay Area Reporter Wednesday.t

In historic vote, CA OKs pot by Sari Staver

roposition 64 blazed to victory November 8, with 55.8 percent of California voters in favor of legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, according to unofficial results. Beginning immediately, adult Californians will be able to possess and smoke up to an ounce of weed and grow six plants, although your garden must not be in public view. Smoking in public is still illegal, except in locations licensed for public consumption, such as dispensaries with smoking sections. The proposition, known as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, will also enable adults to purchase cannabis in licensed dispensaries after January 1, 2018, the state deadline to enact regulations for selling pot. Until then, only those residents with approval from a physician to use medical marijuana can buy cannabis legally. But medical approval is largely a formality, as any adult with online access and a credit card can purchase a recommendation online for $40 or less in a transaction that takes just a few minutes. While the regulations under Proposition 215, the law that legalized medical cannabis in 1996 will remain intact, Prop 64 includes a little known provision that will exempt medical patients from paying the sales taxes they’ve been paying all along. Ultimately, medical patients will have to pay a 15 percent excise tax for cannabis products under Proposition 64, but that tax wouldn’t kick in until January 1, 2018.

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Cannabis industry advocates at a victory party at the SPARC medical marijuana dispensary cheered when they heard the news that Proposition 64 had been approved by California voters.

To obtain an exemption, however, medical patients will have to obtain a new medical identification card from the state. The cards cost $100 and require proof of a medical condition. Further information on obtaining such cards in San Francisco is available at: https://www. sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservices/ medSvs/MCID/default.asp. David Goldman, a gay man who is president of the Brownie Mary Democratic Club, urged medical patients to “do the math” to see if the $100 additional expense of a state card makes sense economically for them. “If you spend more than $100 on

cannabis in a month, you will probably do better if you get the state card,” said Goldman. The sales tax exemption “is really the only thing that changes today” for dispensaries, said Erich Pearson, the 39-year-old co-founder of the San Francisco Patient and Resource Center, or SPARC, the city’s largest dispensary. Pearson, who is gay, said that SPARC’s point of sale system has already been adjusted to enable patients with state cards to receive the discount, which in most dispensaries is built into the price of the product. At a crowded victory party for cannabis industry workers held at SPARC on election night, Pearson, a member of the state cannabis legalization task force, was clearly distracted by other election news as partygoers briefly cheered the announcement that Prop 64 had passed. “Honestly, I’d trade our victory on 64 for a win for Hillary,” he said as he sat by himself checking news on his phone and on the big screen TVs that Republican Donald Trump won the presidential race. “We expected to win on 64,” he added. “I would’ve been extremely surprised had it failed.” A similar legalization measure six years ago was not successful. Other advocates chimed in. “This represents a monumental victory for the marijuana reform movement,” Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, said in a statement. “With See page 24 >>

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SF voters oppose props targeting mayor’s power by Seth Hemmelgarn

oters in San Francisco were rejecting several proposals that were meant to strip power from the mayor, according to preliminary returns available Wednesday morning. Proposition D, one of four ballot measures targeting the city’s “strong mayor” form of government, was being defeated by 52.95 percent of voters. Currently, should a sitting member of the Board of Supervisors step down for any reason, the mayor names a replacement supervisor until the next scheduled election. Prop D would have mandated a special election to fill the seat and allow the mayor only to appoint an interim supervisor who could not run in the special election. Proposition H, which voters were rejecting by a vote of 53 percent, was also meant to reduce the mayor’s power. It would have created a public advocate position, potentially costing about $3.5 million annually for a staff of some 25 additional city employees. The mayor was also targeted by Proposition L, which would have divided the power to appoint members of the Municipal Transportation Agency’s board between the mayor and the Board of Supervisors. Currently, the mayor appoints the MTA’s board members. The measure, which was being defeated by 55.5 percent, would also have reduced from seven to six the number of supervisors necessary to reject the MTA budget. The final measure taking aim at the mayor was Proposition M, which would have established the Housing and Development Commission to oversee two already existing agencies, the Department of Economic and Workforce Development and the Department of Housing and Community Development. Both agencies answer to the mayor. As of Wednesday, Prop M was losing by 56.46 percent. Tony Winnicker, a gay man who’s a senior adviser to Mayor Ed Lee, responded to an email from the Bay Area Reporter by saying, “We’re grateful that even with an absurdly crowded and distracting ballot, voters saw through the petty politics and dangerous consequences of

these measures and rejected them soundly. But these should never have been on the ballot at all. Supervisor Aaron Peskin and so-called progressive supervisors are directly responsible for wasting voters’ time and attention and loading up the ballot with petty political vendettas instead of working with Mayor Lee to pass critical funding for homelessness and transportation priorities instead.” Peskin, who was at the Oasis nightclub Tuesday night, partially echoed Winnicker’s comment by saying, “all of city government,” including Lee and the Board of Supervisors “abdicated our responsibility.” There shouldn’t have been 25 measures put before voters, he said, especially since he and other supervisors could have handled many of the proposals. “Shame on all of us,” Peskin said. However, he said that it was “sad” that “the mayor and his friends got distracted by a handful of relatively modest reforms” and “walked away” from measures like Proposition K, which would have increased the city sales tax, with the bulk of the resulting funds going toward homeless and transportation services. That measure appeared to be defeated. Peskin, who was handily winning his own re-election, also said of Props D, H, L, and M, “I look at each one as a separate piece of policy.” He said that Prop M, which he authored, would have created a Housing Commission, but it was “also aimed at defeating” Props P and U. That goal was reached, as voters were rejecting those housingrelated measures, which were criticized by progressives. Proposition P would have required a minimum of three competitive bids for any affordable housing development on city-owned land. Voters were defeating the initiative by a vote of 67.3 percent. Prop U would have increased income eligibility on all new onsite and existing inclusionary rental housing to 110 percent of Area Median Income. It also would have changed the way individual rents are calculated based on the renter’s individual income rather than a percentage of AMI. It was being rejected by a vote of 64.92 percent. Jay Cheng, a spokesman for Props

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Tuesday evening at an election party at Oasis nightclub, Supervisor Aaron Peskin reflected his uncertainty and concern over the election results, including several propositions that would have reduced the mayor’s power.

P and U, said, “Obviously we’re disappointed by the results,” but “we respect the voters’ opinion.” “We think that the middle class is still an incredibly critical issue in San Francisco,” and middle and working class people are “fleeing the city. Solutions need to be presented,” he said. Another measure, Proposition Q, which would prohibit tents on public sidewalks, was one of the most controversial measures on the ballot. Voters were passing Prop Q by 52.8 percent of the vote. The measure would amend the police code to direct the police to clear out tent encampments after 24 hours notice. Opponents had complained that the city doesn’t have the spaces available to provide shelter to people kicked out of their tents. Nathan Ballard, a spokesman for the Prop Q campaign, said in email, “San Franciscans have cast their vote and have made it clear that tent encampments are not a humane or compassionate option for our city’s homeless residents. These tents are hotbeds of disease, substance abuse, violence, and sexual assault, and we firmly believe that allowing people to live in these conditions is an unacceptable response to San Francisco’s homelessness crisis. “Voters clearly agree. By passing Prop Q, they have reached out a helping hand to San Francisco’s

homeless who need housing, not tents, in order to get back on their feet,” Ballard said. Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of San Francisco’s Coalition on Homelessness, noted that thousands of votes hadn’t been counted yet, but she said, “Either way, we felt all along we were going to win, because it’s a losing proposition. Even if it passes, it’s not going to work. It’s not going to decrease tents.” Friedenbach said it also wouldn’t forward the political career of Supervisor Mark Farrell, who was behind the measure. Referring to the apparent defeat of Prop K, she added that Prop Q is “probably killing our chance” of housing an additional 4,000 people. “The anti-homeless vitriol” that came with Prop Q was “a sledgehammer to the chances of the sales tax passing,” Friedenbach said. “You can’t on one hand have messaging that says we need more money for housing and services,” and at the same time say, “We already have housing and services for people, that’s why it’s OK to take away their tents,” she said.

Police, voting measures

Policing was at the heart of two local measures. Proposition G, which was winning with 79.84 percent of the vote, would replace the current Office of

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oters in San Francisco, Oakland, and Albany appeared poised to pass taxes on sugary drinks, sending the powerful soft drink industry stinging defeats and setting up future battles in other cities. Voters have already approved such a tax in Berkeley and the City Council passed one in Philadelphia. But San Francisco voters failed to pass a soda tax two years ago, partly because it needed two-thirds to win. This time, San Francisco and Oakland’s measures did not specify where the money would go, meaning they each needed a simple majority to be approved. The same was true in Albany. Proposition V in San Francisco imposes a 1-cent per ounce tax on the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages and amends the city’s administrative code by creating a Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee. The tax goes into effect January 1, 2018. The city controller estimates Prop V could raise $7.5 million in its first fiscal year, jumping to $15 million in fiscal year 2018-19. According to unofficial returns,

Citizen Complaints with the Department of Police Accountability, which would have broader authority over police policy and police accountability. It would mandate a review every two years of officer use of force policy and separate the department’s budget out of the mayor’s budget process. Ryan Blake, a Prop G spokesman, didn’t return a phone call from the B.A.R. Wednesday morning. Proposition R, would have mandated the creation of a Neighborhood Crime Unit dedicating 3 percent of the police force (about 60 officers) to it, specifically focused on neighborhood crime. It was being defeated by a vote of 54.49 percent. Gay Supervisor Scott Wiener, who’s behind Prop R, said, “I’m disappointed, but in the big scheme of things, that was on the lower end of priorities.” Two other measures were meant to expand the number of people who could vote in San Francisco. With Proposition F, 16- and 17-year-olds who are U.S. citizens and residents of San Francisco would have been able to vote in municipal and school board elections. The measure, which 52.72 percent of voters were rejecting, would have impacted an estimated 6,000 to 13,000 people. Terence Faulkner, a local Republican who’d opposed Prop F, didn’t return a call from the B.A.R. Proposition N, another votingrelated measure, was meeting with success. It would allow San Francisco residents who are of legal voting age and who are the parents, legal guardians, or caregivers for children in the San Francisco Unified School District to vote in elections for the Board of Education, regardless of whether they are U.S. citizens. The measure would provide these voting rights to noncitizens who are in the country legally and illegally, as long as they have children ages 18 or younger. This could affect as many as 20,000 potential new voters. According to preliminary returns, Prop N was passing with 52.59 percent of the vote. A post to the Prop N Facebook page Wednesday said, “Congratulations everyone! Si se puede! We made history!t

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Mixed results for SF tax propositions by Seth Hemmelgarn

an Francisco voters were having mixed reactions to several tax measures related to education, housing, and other issues, preliminary results showed Wednesday. The first measure, Proposition A, would authorize the San Francisco Unified School District to issue $744 million in general obligation bonds to repair and modernize San Francisco’s public schools as well as to build new schools and related facilities. It was passing by a vote of 79.1 percent. Spokespeople for Prop A didn’t provide comment Wednesday morning. However, Aubrey Freedman, chair of the Libertarian Party of San Francisco, which opposes the measure, said in an email its success wasn’t a surprise. “As long as the word ‘school’ or ‘children’ is in the title, San Francisco voters will vote yes for the measure each and every time,” Freedman said, adding that voters seem “content to let the school district act fiscally irresponsible.” Proposition B, the San Francisco Community College Parcel Tax, was winning with 79.8 percent of the

vote. The proposition, which needed a two-thirds vote to pass, would renew and extend a $99 per parcel tax for 15 years to continue necessary funding for San Francisco community colleges. Since the system’s accreditation problems, enrollment has decreased substantially and, as a consequence, so have revenues. Affordable housing is at the heart of Proposition C, which voters were approving by 75.93 percent. In 1992 voters approved a $350 million bond issue to seismically retrofit housing at all price levels. The city has used about $95 million of the approved amount. Proposition C would allow the issuance of approximately $260 million of the already approved bond issue to acquire and rehabilitate at risk multi unit residential properties to provide additional affordable housing. Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who backed the measure, said late Tuesday, “It was a good night for moving affordable housing forward in San Francisco.”

Mixed results on other measures

Results on other tax measures were more mixed. Proposition I would create a “dig-

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Supervisor Eric Mar supported Prop I, the dignity fund.

nity fund” for senior and adult with disabilities services of approximately $38 million a year, with scheduled increases until 2037. It was passing by 66.36 percent, according to unofficial returns. Supervisor Eric Mar cheered the results in a statement Tuesday night. “San Francisco will now adequately fund critical safety net pro-

grams for our rapidly growing senior and disabled population. Bravo to the senior and disabled leaders for making San Francisco a truly agingfriendly and disability-friendly city. The senior and disabled population, now about 24 percent of the city, is projected to grow to 40 percent by 2050. With the passage of Prop I and the creation of the Dignity Fund, San Francisco will now gradually stabilize funding for critical safety net services and support for seniors and adults with disabilities to live with independence and dignity. Baby-boomers, like me, are rapidly becoming senior-boomers! Prop I and the dignity fund will help our city create new and improved aging-inplace programs to allow many more seniors to continue to live in their communities instead of becoming institutionalized.” Another measure on the ballot, which mixed homeless services and transportation funds, was succeeding, but its success was being nullified by the failure of a companion measure. Proposition J would have set out how the money from the sales tax extension and increase contained in Proposition K would be spent. It would have provided a fund of

$50 million a year for 24 years to be spent on homeless services, Navigation Centers and assistance out of homelessness, and also $101 million for improved transportation equipment and services. Prop J had garnered 66.4 percent of the vote as of Wednesday morning. However, that success didn’t matter, because Prop K, the San Francisco Sales Tax Increase, was failing by 65.05 percent. The measure would have increased the city sales tax by 0.75 percent to 9.25 percent. The bulk of the money provided by the increase would have been spent on homeless and transportation services as set out in Prop J. In an email to the Bay Area Reporter, Howard Wong, a spokesman for the Save Muni group, which opposed Props J and K, said, “Unlike other ballot measures, the official descriptions of Prop J & K were extremely simple and clear – a ‘general sales tax.’ Lower-income voters knew they were already financially stressed. Merchants knew they would lose customers. Property owners felt over-taxed in general.” Gay Supervisor Scott Wiener, who’d backed Prop J and K, said, he was “disappointed.” “It was a real opportunity to move the dial on housing the homeless” and address transportation needs, Wiener said. Gabriel Metcalf, president of San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research, or SPUR, said in an email, “Prop K is a tough loss. San Francisco voters missed a chance to make things better on two of the biggest issues, transportation and homelessness. But we are not going to give up. We are going to dust ourselves off and come back with a new approach. These issues are too important.” Hotel tax funds are the subject of Proposition S, which was leading with 62.86 percent of the vote. The hotel tax fund dates to 1961 and was promoted by Mayor George Christopher as the primary funding mechanism to promote tourism through art and culture. It had a homeless services component as well. The perception of how the city handles homelessness impacts tourism. Prop S restores to the fund support that’s faded over the years. Jasmine Conrad, a spokeswoman for the Prop S campaign, noted the measure needed 66.7 percent to pass, so success wasn’t quite at hand as of Wednesday morning. However, she said, with the mix of arts and homeless advocates that worked to support the proposition, “the success is in the coalition I think we brought together.” Proposition W would increase the real estate property transfer tax from 2 percent to 2.25 percent on properties sold for more than $5 million; from 2.5 percent to 2.75 percent for properties sold for more than $10 million; and 3 percent for properties over $25 million. This would apply to all properties no matter how title is held (such as a trust or limited partnership). The funds have been identified as possible sources of revenue to fund making City College tuition free for San Francisco residents and for the sidewalk and tree maintenance program. As of Wednesday morning, preliminary results showed Prop W winning by 61.86 percent. Prop W spokeswoman Julie Edwards said in an email, “San Francisco has taken a big step toward making City College free once again. Prop W will help us invest in vital services and help more people get the skills they need to join the middle class. This is a huge win for working families and students of all ages.”t

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Gay witness in Lively case to speak in SF by Heather Cassell

an Franciscans will get a rare personal account from the frontlines of Uganda’s LGBT rights movement when a gay man who is a witness in the case against an American evangelist speaks in the city next week. Richard Lusimbo, 29, is one of the chief witnesses in the case against American antigay preacher Scott Lively. He will be interviewed by Peter Teague about the case, Sexual Minorities Uganda v. Scott Lively, and the ongoing influence of American evangelical religious leaders in the African country. He will also speak about the current state of the Ugandan LGBT movement and share personal stories about living openly as a gay man in Uganda at “From Uganda With Love” at San Francisco’s GLBT History Museum Thursday, November 17. SMUG and its legal team at the Center for Constitutional Rights presented oral arguments on motions for summary judgment in the case November 9 in federal court in Boston. Lusimbo will be in San Francisco November 12-21. SMUG is also represented by Jeena Shah of the International Human Rights Clinic at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey; the law firm of Dorsey and Whitney, LLP; Christopher Betke; Luke Ryan; and Judith Chomsky. If successful, SMUG v. Lively will solidify that persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity is a crime against humanity under U.S. and international law. Lusimbo is the research and documentations officer of SMUG, Uganda’s leading LGBT organization, which is a network comprised of 18 groups. He is responsible for documenting human rights abuses against the LGBT community. He is also a documentary filmmaker. His film, And Still We Rise, shows the resistance and resilience of Uganda’s LGBT community throughout the anti-homosexuality movement’s grip on the country. He’s also the chair of the African Research Team for Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights. The case against Lively charges him with crimes against humanity in an attempt to hold him accountable for his involvement in, and collaboration with, Ugandan government officials and religious leaders to persecute Ugandan LGBT people under the Alien Tort Statute, which allows for non-U.S. citizens to file claims in federal court in violation of international laws. LGBT activists claim Lively violated international law by actively promoting homophobia and working to strip queer Ugandans of their rights, particularly with the infamous socalled kill the gays bill introduced into Uganda’s parliament in 2009. The bill called for capital punishment of LGBT people, but penalties were watered down to lifetime imprisonment by the time it passed in 2013 and was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni in 2014. It was struck down by the East African country’s Constitutional Court the same year it became law. “This case really means a lot to us and, while this may look like it’s just a SMUG case, I think that this case is for our entire community globally,” said Lusimbo. “It’s not just in Uganda that homophobia exists. We stand for the rest of the world.” The case has shone a spotlight on the role extremist Christian evangelicals play in spreading hate, he said, and that’s a win for SMUG. “I think this also causes a bunch of leaders – Christians around the

world or Christians like myself – to hold accountable our fellow church leaders,” said Lusimbo, “but also our fellow Christians who have turned it as a business or their work to actually promote homophobia.” During his visit, Lusimbo will also meet with activists and supporters of SMUG’s work, he said. “We hope to raise people’s awareness about how imperiled LGBTQ people remain around the world,” said Jeff Cotter, a gay man who is the founder and executive director of Rainbow World Fund, which is a cohost of next week’s event. He hopes people will gain some knowledge about “how the religious right has been losing their battle at home in the USA and have been quietly exporting LGBTQ hatred around the world, and what we can do to help stop this evil and directly provide real life-saving aid,” said Cotter.

Ugandan LGBT activists remain vigilant against the hate, he said. Attempts to revive the Anti-Homosexuality Act would amend the country’s current penal code that already has a clause criminalizing homosexuality, making it punishable up to 10 years in prison. Currently, evangelical Christians who are continuing to push the anti-gay agenda are attacking comprehensive sex education, stating that the educational materials promote homosexuality, said Lusimbo. “It really shows this kind of network that continues to push for homophobia as much as they can,” he said.

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Richard Lusimbo is a chief witness in the case against American anti-gay preacher Scott Lively.

Hope

In spite of the challenges he’s faced in Uganda – including leaving twice to protect his life – Lusimbo continues to return to his homeland to fight for people’s rights. “Uganda is very beautiful and I want to be here as much as I can always,” said Lusimbo.

said Lusimbo. “I don’t want anyone to ever go through that again. If we can avoid it we should as much as possible. [It’s] not a scene that you want to wake up to. You don’t want to relive that moment again.” That’s why it’s imperative that

“Regardless of these challenges I always feel that someday something is going to change,” he said, talking about the warmth of the people and the beauty of the land. “The reason why I speak out, it’s not just because I want us as a community to be free or liberated. I want us as a nation to be untied to work together as a team as opposed to segregating different members of the society just because of who they choose to love.” The bottom line is that LGBT Ugandans are holding a strong front against the hate in a difficult and dangerous environment, he said. “The LGBT community in Uganda continues to be resilient and fight back,” said Lusimbo. “They have not been discouraged.” Lusimbo will be joined by event co-hosts Cotter of the Rainbow World Fund, and Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Also on hand will be LGBT activist and See page 24 >>

Forging ahead

In September, the Bay Area Reporter spoke with Lusimbo about what he hopes will be accomplished by the SMUG v. Lively trial, the current status of Uganda’s latest “jail the gays” bill, and the state of the Ugandan LGBT movement. In spite of the failed attempts to bring back the so-called jail the gays bill, government officials are seeking alternative ways to attack and deny the LGBT community’s fundamental human rights. The raid on Uganda Pride in August was a reminder to LGBT activists and the world of this reality. “What happened during the Pride event was clear manifestation that there is a lot that needs to be done,” said Lusimbo, “because if police officers can break the law or can go ahead and attack and beat peaceful Ugandan citizens, it really shows you that we are dealing with a very, very big situation here. “It also shows that we are still on the hunt and that they will do anything to suppress our voice even when it goes against our constitution,” he continued. Lusimbo left the Pride event for an interview with a German media outlet 15 minutes before the raid occurred. He had just started the interview when the news hit that there was trouble unfolding at Uganda Pride. He conducted the interview while racing back to the nightclub on a motorbike. He then spent the early morning hours calling advocates, attorneys, organizations, and the U.S. ambassador to Uganda to help get people released who had been arrested. He said he was concerned about the safety of the activists who were being beaten by the police at the police station and at the nightclub, where some members of the community were being held. Lusimbo was relieved that they weren’t held overnight. If they were, they potentially faced severe beatings and rape by other inmates and possibly authorities, he said. Within hours following the release of fellow SMUG leaders Frank Mugisha and Pepe Julian Onziema, Lusimbo searched and found the gay man who allegedly jumped from the building when the raid happened. (Activists are withholding his identity.) He broke two vertebrae. They found the injured man unattended in a hospital, lying on a bed with no mattress in a pool of blood. Shielding him to protect his privacy from the media and authorities, they took him to a private hospital where he’s received surgery and he has been recovering. “It was a clear indication that there is a lot that we have to do,”

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hen Nenna Joiner opened her sex store and art space Feelmore Adult Gallery on Valentine’s Day in 2011 a few blocks from Oakland’s City Hall there was no guarantee the business would survive. Located at 1703 Telegraph Avenue, her store was one of the few open during the daytime. While the re-opening of the nearby Fox Theatre in 2008 had attracted a number of new bars and restaurants, there weren’t that many retailers, recalled Joiner. And her type of business raised some objections, largely due to concerns about what type of clientele it would attract. “So many people were speaking out against the store, fearful that maybe prostitutes would be coming in,” said Joiner, a lesbian who had worked for Clorox for eight years in its downtown Oakland offices. Feelmore’s opening marked the first time such a business had sought a permit in the city since the 1990s, and Joiner was the first female in Oakland to own an adult bookstore. “The city considers us a sex shop but we are an adult store. We have videos for adult kids, we carry erotic comic books, artwork, and collectibles,” said Joiner, who since opening her shop has served on several city commissions, the latest being Oakland’s landmarks board. Those initial fears about her business have evaporated, and Feelmore is now routinely hailed as being part of downtown Oakland’s revival. The magazine 7x7 in a recent piece about the city center said shopping at Joiner’s store “feels as high brow as selecting a piece of art.” Outside in the front windows Joiner has displayed a number of historical sex toys and other items, some for sale and some part of her

personal collection. Inside the small shop customers will find an array of vintage Playboy magazines for purchase, as well as male erotic photo books featuring “local boys and local stories” from select European cities. Various dildos and vibrators are arrayed on shelves lining the walls. There is also a large collection of different lubricants and body oils for sale. Over the last five years Joiner’s clientele has gone from being mostly straight to more LGBT customers, particularly lesbians and gay men. More tourists are also popping in, as are day-trippers from San Francisco. “I am now focusing more on the gay male clientele,” said Joiner. Her website accounts for 25 percent of sales, and Joiner offers delivery service in Oakland to areas that Postmates does not. She also has a “hook up van” that is parked at different events to pro-

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Nenna Joiner stacks vintage copies of Playboy magazine at Feelmore Adult Gallery.

er would like to try is by having her store be used for voting. Over the years she has inquired with county election officials about having the space be designated as a polling site but has yet to become one. “I call the county registrar every election year,” said Joiner. “It has been 20-some years since those polling places were established. They don’t change.”

“I am glad I left the corporate world. Not everyone gets to realize a dream.” –Nenna Joiner

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The office of the Alameda County registrar did not respond to a request for comment from the Bay Area Reporter. To learn more about Joiner’s store, as well as its hours each day, visit its website at https://feelmore510.com/.

Gay SF food blogger pens cookbook

Having cooked up quite a following through his Eat the Love food blog, San Francisco resident Irvin Lin is now out with his own cookbook of baked good recipes. Titled Marbled, Swirled, and Layered, and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the $30 hardcover includes 150 recipes for cookies, pies, cakes, and other desserts. “I always loved baking as a kid,” said Lin, 43, who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He has continued to perfect his skills in the kitchen as an adult. The Christmastime parties, featuring upwards of 20 different homemade desserts, that Lin and his partner of 16 years, college chemistry professor A.J. Bates, host at their apartment near Dolores Park are crowded affairs. The annual parties combine his culinary talents with a fondness to entertain. “Inherently, baking food is not for yourself but for other people,” said Lin. “Baking is optional. It is a pure pleasure making something as a treat.” In 2010 he launched his food blog and within nine months had quit his job as a graphic designer to focus more time on his culinary career. The blog led to his developing recipes for such brands as Safeway Organics and cookware company Anolon as well as jobs photographing food. Three years ago he began work on his cookbook, which is dedicated to Bates, and was officially released November 1. Lin declined to say how much he sold the book for but did say he was “pretty happy with” the advance. “I am not going to make a huge amount off the cookbook, but I do

get a sense of ownership,” said Lin as he watched over a batch of his sparkling dark chocolate and raspberrycream cheese chewy cookies baking in the oven of his kitchen. “I can leverage the book for other projects.” His cookbook is not meant for beginner bakers but for those looking to up their baked goods game, explained Lin. It features technique tips and ways for readers to customize the recipes to their own tastes. “There are a lot of hints and tricks for people,” said Lin. One of his favorite recipes in the book is for a malted chocolate chip and reverse chip cookie – “A.J. is obsessed with this cookie,” said Lin – that involves making two different doughs that are then blended together, something he said, “I haven’t really seen anyone do before.” Friends of his also love Lin’s Italian spice-tomato and parmesangarlic pretzel knots, which also can be made in a Bloody Mary version. For now, they either need to bake a batch themselves or secure an invite from Lin as he has no plans to open his own bakery or baked goods cafe. “People ask me that all the time,” acknowledged Lin, but “I have no desire to do that.” Nor will readers of his blog see him don just an apron or cook in some manner of undress as some other male chefs have taken to doing online. “I don’t have the six-pack abs,” quipped Lin. He will be doing a series of book signings and cooking demos over the next two months around the Bay Area, as well as in Chicago and St. Louis, to promote his cookbook. He will be at Dog Eared Books in the Castro at 3 p.m. Sunday, November 20 and at Green Apple Books in the city’s Richmond district with another cookbook author at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 22. And at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 10, Lin will be doing a baking demo and book signing at Macy’s Basement in Union Square. To follow Lin online, subscribe to his blog at www.eatthelove.com.

Gay owners sell Castro wine shop

Eleven years after opening their

Castro wine shop and tasting bar, the owners of Swirl on Castro are handing over the business to a longtime employee and his girlfriend. Jerry Cooper, 61, and his husband, Chris Von Laufen, 62, finalized their purchase of the store at 572 Castro Street on Halloween in 2005. Then known as Friendly Spirits, it had been owned by partners Kenneth McDonald and David Jessup. Cooper and Von Laufen remodeled the small shop and added a wine bar in the back that holds roughly 15 people and reopened in November 2005. Together 30 years and married for two, they decided it was time to sell the business and pursue other interests. “We had been talking about it for a couple years,” Cooper told the B.A.R. over drinks in the backyard garden, which is off limits to customers. A wine consultant and competition judge, Cooper wants to devote more time to writing a book based on the life of his family, in particular his father, who was a double amputee and worked for NASA as a rocket scientist. He and Von Laufen are in the process of selling the business to Casey Bowers, 29, and his partner of four years, Sabeen Minns, 38, and expect to finalize the sale next month as soon as they transfer the liquor license. Bowers, who began working at Swirl in 2011, studied wine and viticulture at Cal Poly and is a winemaker. He and Minns are planning to make some cosmetic changes to the store’s interior but little else to the business. Cooper will remain working at the shop through at least January to help with the transition then switch to a part-time role, and Max Perry, who is gay, will continue to be the general manager. “Why mess with a good thing?” asked Minns, who works for Scribd and plans to handle Swirl’s administrative needs part-time. The couple does want to increase Swirl’s delivery options and stock more Italian wines along with the California and French wines it carries. The selection of bottles for under $20 and under $12, long a feature of the shop under the previous owners, will remain. “We really love Swirl so we don’t to do much to change it,” said Bowers. Added Minns, “The best thing we can do is keep it running the way it is now.” Cooper has received some flack for selling to a straight couple rather than someone LGBT. But he feels Bowers and Minns are the best stewards to keep Swirl successful going forward. “I see this as an opportunity to continue the same thoughtful, knowledgeable, and uplifting vibe Swirl is known for,” he said. To learn more about the wine shop, visit its website at http:// swirloncastro.com. See page 25 >>

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Irvin Lin handles a sheet of freshly baked dark chocolate and raspberry-cream cheese chewy cookies, one of the recipes from his new cookbook, Marbled, Swirled, and Layered.

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TDOR events planned around the Bay Area compiled by Cynthia Laird

vents marking the 17th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance will be held in cities around the Bay Area. The Transgender Day of Remembrance is formally observed Sunday, November 20 but several events will be held prior to that date as well. Gwen Smith, a trans woman who also writes the Transmissions column for the Bay Area Reporter, started the remembrance in the late 1990s. (For more on that, see her column on page 7.) Smith, and others involved with the project, wanted to call attention to the number of trans people who are murdered each year. While the trans community is much more visible and active now, the killings of trans people, especially trans women of color, continue on an upward trend, Smith wrote in this week’s column. In San Francisco, a TDOR observance will be held November 20 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Trans: Thrive, 730 Polk Street.

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At Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, a Trans Remembrance Shabbat Havdalah will take place Saturday, November 19 at 6 p.m. at 290 Dolores Street. The evening will include a Havdalah Ritual and a reading of names. In San Mateo, a TDOR event will be held Thursday, November 17 at 4 p.m. at the Congregational Church of San Mateo, 225 Tilton Avenue. TDOR will be observed in the South Bay Sunday, November 20 at 6 p.m. at the Santa Clara County Government Center, 70 W. Hedding Street in San Jose. Finally, in Oakland, a ceremony will be held Friday, November 18 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza (near the 12th Street BART station). Organized by Tiffany Woods, the transgender programs manager at Tri-City Health Center, the event is co-sponsored by the Pacific Center for Human Growth and the East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club and will include speakers and a reading of names.

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At last year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance in Oakland, Joanne Vorheis read names of trans people murdered in 2015.

In a news release, Woods said that, so far this year, there have been 22 verified trans homicides in the U.S. A number of political leaders are serving as honorary co-hosts, including Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), Mark DeSaulnier (DRichmond), Eric Swalwell (D-Pleasanton), and Mike Honda (D-San Jose). Others include Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), Mayor Libby Schaaf, and City Council President Lynette McElhaney, and

out councilmembers Abel Guillen and Rebecca Kaplan.

Tessie seeks volunteers for SF dinner

Thanksgiving is coming up and the folks at Tenderloin Tessie are seeking volunteers to help with the group’s holiday dinner for those in need. The dinner takes place Thursday, November 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. at First Unitarian Church, 1187 Frank-

lin Street (at Geary) in San Francisco. Tenderloin Tessie board president Michael Gagne sent out an advisory stating that helpers are needed for Wednesday, November 23 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to pick up items from the group’s storage facility and pick up groceries (some heavy lifting required). Then on Thanksgiving, volunteers are needed for the following shifts: 9 a.m. to noon, set up and decorate; noon to 4 p.m., help at the dinner and the mandatory meeting around noon; 3 to 6 p.m., help with the last hour of the dinner and teardown. People can sign up for multiple shifts and all volunteers will get a meal around 2. Finally, people are needed to take the decorations and other items back to the storage unit Saturday, November 26 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Interested people can sign up online at www.tenderlointessie.com under the “Contact Us” tab on the left side of the page. Then scroll down to the “Volunteer” section. People can also call Gagne at (415) 584-3252 or call (415) 779-6285 or email tenderlointessiedinners@ yahoo.com. Donations can be made via the website, under the “Support Us” tab.t

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A crosswalk at Market and Dolores streets.

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San Francisco man was killed while crossing Market Street near the Whole Foods in Duboce Triangle Saturday night, November 5. The medical examiner’s office has identified the man as Ronald Merritt Jr., 68. Merritt, who was outside the crosswalk, died after he was hit by a 2010 Toyota Corolla that was going east on Market near Dolores Street at 7:48 p.m., Officer Carlos Manfredi, a police spokesman, said in a summary. The driver, a 51-year-old man, remained at the scene. A bystander initiated CPR to Merritt and the fire department was on the scene in less than three minutes, according to Jonathan Baxter, a spokesman for the agency, but Manfredi said Merritt was dead by the time he got to the hospital. Monday afternoon, November 7, there were no obvious signs to indicate where Merritt had been struck. Workers at the Whole Foods, at 2001 Market, said they hadn’t been there Saturday night when the incident occurred.t

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ing that Trump had won the White House after apparently taking Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes. Shortly thereafter CNN reported that Clinton had called Trump and conceded the election. The news defied nearly every poll prediction in the run-up to the November 8 election and dramatically altered the political landscape for LGBT rights in the United States. Although Trump was to some the “most pro-gay” Republican presidential nominee ever, he has promised to name an Antonin Scalia-type justice to the U.S. Supreme Court who can undo marriage equality. He has promised to reverse “all” of President Barack Obama’s executive orders, several of which have increased protections for LGBT people. And he has urged allowing individual states to decide what rights LGBT people can enjoy. Exit polls conducted by the major television networks and Associated Press indicated that one in five voters said the U.S. Supreme Court was their top priority in choosing a president. In other election news Tuesday night: Democrats failed to win enough U.S. Senate seats to take over as the majority there, leaving Republicans in charge of the White House and both houses of Congress. Democrats did pick up two seats in the Senate,

“Our country is about to face some serious crises, and so buckle up, your country needs you.” –Rachel Maddow of MSNBC said, “It’s hard to overstate the political import of what this is.” “Our country is about to face some serious crises, and so buckle up, your country needs you,” said Maddow. Trump took to the stage at his rally in New York City at 11:54 p.m. Reading from a teleprompter, Trump said the country owes Clinton a debt of gratitude for her service to the country. “It is time for us to come together as one united people,” said Trump. “I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be a president for all Americans and this is so important to me. “To those who have chosen not to support me in the past,” he said he would “work together and unify our great country.” As he left the stage, his campaign played one of his most common theme songs, the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”

By midnight, Trump had 279 electoral votes to Clinton’s 218. It takes 270 to win. Trump reached that goal by winning Wisconsin, a state many expected would go for Clinton. In the final days of the campaign, Clinton worked hard to get out the LGBT vote. During a campaign stop in heavily gay Wilton Manors, Florida, she promised to call on Congress to pass the Equality Act, work to achieve an AIDS-free generation, “end the harmful practice of the so-called conversion therapy,” and take on homelessness, bullying, and violence against LGBT youth. She also promised to push for gun control “so that what happened in Orlando can never happen again,” referring to the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub that killed 49 people and injured 53 others. Trump’s campaign issued a statement to “strongly condemn” the anti-gay activities of a white nationalist supporter, William Johnson, from Los Angeles. Johnson funded

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According to preliminary returns with all precincts reporting, in Oakland Kaplan garnered 53.25 percent of the vote, meaning ranked choice voting did not come into play. Moore received 19.58 percent. At her election night party at Everett and Jones Restaurant, Kaplan said she was “gratified to be ahead.” She interpreted the results as a “mandate” to continue her work on issues surrounding police accountability and services for homeless youth, including LGBTs. “I want to push to change police hiring practices,” Kaplan told the Bay Area Reporter. With voters approving Measure LL to establish a civilian police commission – unofficial returns had it leading 82.12 percent to 17.88 percent – Kaplan said the next step is to focus on the Oakland Police Department’s hiring practices. “We need to look at how and where the police are hiring,” she said. “They recruit from out of town, military bases, and sporting events. They’re not making an effort to recruit diverse [candidates].” Kaplan also said a priority for her next term would be “strengthening the local job situation” by relying more on local contractors and local jobs for big projects “so we can all rise together.” At her campaign headquarters Tuesday night, Moore said she thought she ran a very good campaign.

both supporters of equal rights for LGBT people: Representative Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Republican Mark Kirk in Illinois. LGBT community support was split in that race, with the Human Rights Campaign backing Kirk and other groups supporting Duckworth. Late in the campaign, HRC withdrew its endorsement after Kirk made disparaging remarks about Duckworth’s family during a debate. And Democrat state Attorney General Catherine Masto won retiring Democrat Harry Reid’s seat in Nevada. North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, who led that state’s efforts to pass the anti-LGBT law House Bill 2 this year, appeared to have lost his bid for re-election. Early returns showed Democrat Roy Cooper was 4,480 votes ahead of him at midnight (Pacific Time). Oregon elected the nation’s first ever openly LGBT governor. Kate Brown, a bisexual who assumed office following a scandal involving the previous governor, won election in her own right Tuesday night, earning 51 percent of the vote. The six openly LGBT incumbent members of the House of Representatives won re-election Tuesday night but none of the 12 other LGBT candidates for Congress – two for the Senate and 10 for the House – won. Following the news of Clinton’s concession call to Trump, lesbian news commentator Rachel Maddow

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of the district. He was noncommittal on if he would seek the seat a third time when Yee is termed out in 2020. “You will have to ask my husband Lionel (Hsu) if this is it for me,” said Engardio. “He has been so gracious in supporting this run. If you look at history, luminaries like Harvey Milk, Jackie Speier, and Abraham Lincoln all had to run at least twice before they won an election.” Alvarenga said on Tuesday night that she had been “inspired by the grassroots campaign we have run.” She too did not rule out another run for elected office. “We will wait to see what hap-

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Oakland City Council candidate Peggy Moore at her campaign headquarters Tuesday.

“We enhanced the narrative and started to re-envision what the role of the at-large city council member could be,” Moore said. “I hope we can create more to enhance the community energy. We had a great team of people and we’re still watching the numbers come in.” Over in Berkeley, Appel easily won re-election, coming in first with 50.96 percent of the vote, according to early returns.

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But across Alameda County voters rejected other lesbian, gay, and transgender candidates running to oversee the East Bay’s park, community college, and transit districts. And gay Berkeley City Councilman Kriss Worthington pens,” she told the B.A.R. “I have been working to advocate for underrepresented communities my entire life and will continue to do so.” Faced with the prospect of having no LGBT representation on the Board of Supervisors, Mayor Ed Lee is already facing pressure to name an LGBT person to Wiener’s District 8 seat. With the apparent defeat of the local ballot measure Proposition D, which would have restricted the mayor’s power to fill board vacancies, whomever Lee appoints to succeed Wiener will serve out the remainder of his term through the end of 2018. Queer activist Tommi Avicolla Mecca released an open letter to the

landed in third place in his city’s mayoral race. In Oakland, a gay man came up short for a school board seat after ranked choice voting results were tabulated. In Berkeley, progressive straight ally City Councilman Jesse Arreguin won the mayor’s race after ranked choice votes were tabulated. Arreguin was a former aide to Worthington, who teamed up with him to take advantage of the city’s ranked-choice voting system. Arreguin won with 51.94 percent after seven rounds while moderate Laurie Capitelli was in second place with 37.18 percent. Worthington came in third with 10.88 percent. At his campaign party Tuesday night at the Ed Roberts Campus, mayor late Tuesday night requesting that a progressive LGBT leader be appointed. Meanwhile, college board member Alex Randolph, a gay moderate who won re-election Tuesday night, told the B.A.R. he is interested in speaking with the mayor about serving in the District 8 seat. Wiener, part of the board’s current moderate minority, demurred when asked by the B.A.R. Tuesday night if he had a successor in mind. But he did predict whomever the mayor picks will be from the LGBT community. “I have no doubt an LGBT person will be succeeding me,” he said.

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Berkeley mayoral candidate Jesse Arreguin speaks to supporters Tuesday.

Arreguin referenced the national mood with Donald Trump winning the presidential race. “We may be entering dark times nationally, and we need Berkeley to be a beacon of light,” he said to loud applause. “When I first ran I was told I had no chance. It looks like we may hold off our opponents and win this thing. I want Berkeley to be a leader again in progressive reforms and social justice.” Marking her fourth loss for a seat on the AC Transit board was Dollene C. Jones, a lesbian who used to drive a bus for the agency and now is a bus driver for St. Mary’s College in Moraga. The San Pablo resident had faced an uphill battle to unseat the board’s at-large member H. E. pervisor races this year, progressive school board member Sandra Lee Fewer pulled off a win in the District 1 contest to succeed progressive Supervisor Eric Mar, who is termed out this year, with 51.93 percent or 9,869 votes after 10 IRV rounds. Her opponent Marjan Philhour came in second with 48.07 percent of the vote for a count of 9,135 votes. In District 3, incumbent progressive Supervisor Aaron Peskin easily claimed re-election with 73 percent of the vote. Board President London Breed, a moderate, won her District 5 seat outright with 53.42 percent of the vote. Her opponent, tenants rights activist Dean Preston, trailed with 46.58 percent of the vote.

a robo-call in Utah October 31, calling independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin a “closet homosexual.” Johnson’s robo-call was apparently prompted by the success McMullin was having in drawing votes away from Trump in Utah, potentially costing Trump six electoral votes. In the end, Trump carried the state. According to media reports, the robo-call said: “Evan has two mommies. His mother is a lesbian, married to another woman. Evan is OK with that. Indeed, Evan supports the Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage. Evan is over 40 years old and is not married and doesn’t even have a girlfriend. I believe Evan is a closet homosexual. Don’t vote for Evan McMullin. Vote for Donald Trump.” (McMullin has said he loves his mother “very much” but believes in “traditional marriage.” His mother married a woman after divorcing his father, according to media reports.) In 2012, 76 percent of LGBT voters supported Democratic President Barack Obama, 22 percent supported Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Exit poll data late Tuesday night indicated the vote breakdown in this election was essentially the same for the Democrat, with 78 percent voting for Clinton. But only 14 percent voted for the Republican Trump. Previously, the lowest support from the LGBT community for a Republican presidential candidate was 19 percent in 2008 for John McCain.t Christian “Chris” Peeples. Based on preliminary returns with 100 percent of precincts reporting, Peeples had 62.60 percent of the vote while Jones garnered 36.67 percent. Nick Resnick, a transgender man, who with his wife is raising their son in Oakland, fell short in his bid for the open Area 6 seat on the Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees. Berkeley resident Karen Weinstein, a psychologist and longtime Democratic Party official in Alameda County, won the seat, according to unofficial returns, which includes parts of Berkeley and Oakland. Weinstein received 72.91 percent of the vote compared to Resnick’s 26.61 percent. Gay Oakland resident Daniel Chesmore lost his bid for the East Bay Regional Park District board’s Ward 4 seat, as former state lawmaker Ellen Corbett easily won the open seat. According to unofficial returns, Corbett, who has wide name recognition, received 55.59 percent of the vote while Chesmore got 27.57 percent. Meanwhile, Huber Trenado, a gay man who teaches seventh grade humanities at a charter school, was unsuccessful for the District 5 seat on the Oakland Unified School District board. According to unofficial returns, he was in second place with 35.64 percent of the vote. Rosie Torres was the winner, receiving 52.68 percent of the vote.t Michael Nugent contributed to this report.

And in the District 9 race to succeed Campos, his aide Hillary Ronen also won in the first round with 57.14 percent of the vote. In second place was civil rights attorney and labor representative Joshua Arce with 30.65 percent of the vote. “No matter what happens at the federal level, San Francisco will continue to be a beacon of hope and progress for the LGBT community, for immigrants, for women, for people of color and for equality,” Ronen told the B.A.R. A delighted Campos said, “I’m very happy that Hillary Ronen is winning and will be the next D9 supervisor.”t David-Elijah Nahmod contributed to this report.

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Harvard cruels by Roger Brigham

hen I first heard that Harvard’s men’s soccer and cross country running teams had been creating lewd “scouting reports” on their female colleagues for years, then read the apologies and explanations from both teams, I recalled Kevin Spacey’s acceptance speech for best

actor at the 2000 Oscars for his role in American Beauty – one of the more overrated and morally empty movies of our times. Spacey lauded his character, saying he – and by extension, all people – shouldn’t be judged by his low points but rather by his single best moment. Perhaps you missed the news about the Harvard teams, caught up the last week as you

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were in the presidential election equivalent of King Kong vs. Godzilla, but there were low points aplenty on the Harvard campus. The student newspaper the Harvard Crimson published a scouting report from a previous academic year in which members of the men’s soccer teams ranked female players with salacious remarks on their body types, character, and alleged behavior. The men initially denied the reports were created annually; half a dozen women players published a letter calling on the university to correct the sexist culture in the institution. Harvard officials suspended the men’s soccer team and canceled the rest of its season after learning that the scouting reports were still being written; and members of the current men’s team wrote a detailed apology, promising never to do it again and to help correct the Harvard culture. As university officials began to investigate whether other teams were engaged in similarly egregious behavior, men from the cross country team disclosed that they had been creating annual “spread sheets” on female runners. Scouting reports and spread sheets: apparently the runners used Microsoft Excel while the soccer players were sticking to Word. Can hardly wait to hear if another team was creating slides in PowerPoint. “More than anything, we are frustrated that this is a reality that all women have faced in the past and will continue to face throughout their lives,” former players Kelsey Clayman, Brooke Dickens, Alika Keene, Emily Mosbacher, Lauren Varela, and Haley Washburn wrote. “We are appalled that female athletes who are told to feel empowered and proud of their abilities are so regularly reduced to a physical appearance.” The women concluded their letter, written before the university

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California’s leadership now, the end of marijuana prohibition nationally, and even internationally, is fast approaching.”

Opponents disappointed

Opponents of legalization said they were disappointed by the outcomes. “We were outspent greatly in both California and Massachusetts, so this loss is disappointing, but not wholly unexpected,” Kevin Sabet of the anti-legalization group Smart Approaches to Marijuana said in a statement. “Despite having gained considerable ground in the last few weeks, the out-of-state interests determined to make money off of legalization put in too much money to overcome.” California was joined in victory by two other states that approved recreational pot, Massachusetts and Nevada. A similar proposal in Maine was too close to call at press time

Harvard athletic director Robert Scales

announced the men’s soccer team’s suspension, by writing, “To the men of Harvard Soccer and any future men who may lay claim to our bodies and choose to objectify us as sexual objects, in the words of one of us, we say together: ‘I can offer you my forgiveness, which is – and forever will be – the only part of me that you can ever claim as yours.’” As of press time, reports were coming in that the athletic director has asked Harvard’s Office of the General Counsel to review the cross country program. That office reviewed the soccer team before the university suspended it last week. Back to Spacey and American Beauty for a moment. Spacey plays a very shallow, self-centered character who in the course of time has managed to alienate his wife and daughter. He dreams about seducing his neighbor’s underage daughter and does what he can to build up his body for that dream moment. Then, in the best moment of his life, he decided against it. So, we’re supposed to care about and one in Arizona was rejected. Four states also approved the use of medical marijuana: Florida, North Dakota, Arkansas, and Montana. “We can now say once and for all that we have won the war to end the war on marijuana in California,” said Jason Kinney, spokesman for the Yes on 64 campaign. “No longer will otherwise law-abiding adults be criminalized for responsible adult use of marijuana. It’s a historic achievement that we believe will be a catalyst for change across the country. At a time of national uncertainty, California, led by the courage and conviction of Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, came together to demand social justice for one another – and that’s needed now more than ever.” Newsom was a strong backer of the measure, and worked with advocates to craft an initiative that would be successful. Going into Tuesday’s election, a total of 25 states and the District of Columbia had already legalized medical marijuana, while recre-

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Dennis Alan Clare, 76, passed away September 27, 2016. Dennis – Denny to his friends and relatives – was born December 10, 1939, in Boise, Idaho, to Herbert Cecil Clare and Margarette Lucille Johnson Clare. He died at Kaiser Sunnyside Hospital, in Portland, Oregon. He attended grade school and high school in Boise, and finished high school in Portland. He received a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles, with a double major in music and psychology, and a Ph.D. in psychology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. After receiving his Ph.D., Denny worked for many years as a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at City Univer-

sity of New York in New York City, and in the Department of Psychology at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California. He taught humanities during that time as well. He called on his many interests and background in his teaching, including classical music and opera, travel, and geography and maps. In addition to these pursuits, Denny took a special interest in counseling people on overcoming anxiety and stage fright in public speaking. Denny will be remembered as a great professor, mentor, and friend, and for his “giant smile, caring heart, and unique humor.” Denny retired and moved to Portland in 2010. He continued his interests in music, with the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, and his ongoing interests in travel. Denny is survived by his brother, Larry; and by good friends, acquaintances, and relatives in Portland, San Francisco, and Boise. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. December 17, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral in Boise.

this loser because he decided not to rape the neighbor? That’s an admirable heroic act? No. That is a baseline of human decency: a minimum standard we should all demand of ourselves and each other. Yet in recent years and months we encounter reports of sexual abuse and harassment of female athletes on campus after campus, from Kent State to Baylor. “I think this speaks to the broader question of male privilege, particularly as it links to notions of masculinity and superiority,” Mary Jo Kane, director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport at Minnesota, told Inside Higher Education. “How better to contain that progress – that entry into upsetting and undermining male certainties of privilege, until recently always and reassuringly anchored in sports – than to sexualize female athletes?” So, although the men’s cross country and soccer teams did a right thing after being caught, I’m not about to hand them the equivalent of an Oscar for outstanding performance. Nothing they have said in terms of apology means a damned thing until they work to change not just themselves, but their peers. “Harvard Athletics has zero tolerance for this type of behavior,” athletic director Robert Scales said. Prove it. Your campus and countless others have grown and gloried in the culture decade after decade. Fix it. Of course, not everyone agreed there was anything wrong with the Harvard men’s teams objectifying and deriding female athletes. “This kind of thing happens and largely it’s human nature,” talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said. “We have to accept it.” Actually, we don’t and we shouldn’t.t ational pot is already legal in four states – Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington – as well as the District of Columbia. In California, counties varied in their enthusiasm for the proposal. Not surprisingly, San Francisco led the pack of big cities in its approval of the measure, with 194,827 in favor and 69,675 opposed. Approval wasn’t nearly as strong in other large counties, with closer tallies in Los Angeles (1,263,634 to 906,152) Orange (407,292 to 392,305) and Santa Clara (231,502 to 168,361). The measure failed in more than 20 counties, including Fresno, Kern, Stanislaus, and Placer. Much like laws regulating alcohol, it is still illegal for Californians to drive under the influence of marijuana. Users may also not smoke in public places or wherever smoking tobacco is illegal. In addition, they cannot possess it on school grounds, daycare centers, or youth centers where children are present.t

Out in the World

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Names Project founder Cleve Jones and other community leaders. “From Uganda With Love” takes place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the GLBT History Museum, 4127 18th Street. Admission is free. RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/ events/1149522455139285. For more information, call (415) 621-1107.t To read SMUG’s report, visit https://sexualminoritiesuganda. com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ And-Thats-How-I-Survived_ Report_Final.pdf. Got international LGBT news tips? Call or send them to Heather Cassell at Skype: heather.cassell, or oitwnews@ gmail.com.

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Wiener, Kim

From page 10

Wiener’s winning the Senate seat ensures that San Francisco will continue to have LGBT representation in the statehouse. The city has elected out legislators ever since lesbian former Supervisor Carole Migden won an Assembly seat in 1996.

Other legislative races

In a major upset Sabrina Cervantes, a lesbian who had attracted significant financial support from the state Democratic Party and outside groups, ousted Assemblyman Eric Linder (R-Corona) from his 60th Assembly District seat centered in northwestern Riverside County. As of Wednesday morning, she had 52.2 percent or 44,103 votes, while Linder was trailing with 47.8 percent or 40,350 votes. “We did it!” Cervantes posted early Wednesday morning to her Facebook campaign page. Should their leads hold as absentee votes are counted, Wiener and Cervantes will join six other out lawmakers who won their races Tuesday in the state Legislature. When the octet takes their oath of office Monday, December 5, they will comprise a record number of LGBT legislators serving

Confab

From page 5

Although the vast majority of the 80,000 members in the database were found to be at low risk for HIV infection, more than 8,000 were identified as potential PrEP candidates. Factors that predicted HIV infection included having a positive gonorrhea test and being treated for syphilis. “If you have a primary care provider handling 1,000 patients, this 1.1 percent would represent 11 of their patients,” Krakower said. “I think this is a clinically reasonable and manageable sub-group of the population for more intensive screening.”

Novel HIV treatment

Dr. Jay Lalezari from Quest Clini-

Smoking

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among people who maintain excellent adherence to HIV treatment, smoking reduced life expectancy by about twice as much as HIV/AIDS. Among people with lower adherence and some missed follow-up care – more typical of real-world HIV care in the U.S. – the amount of life lost to smoking was similar to that lost to HIV/AIDS. “It is well-known that smoking is

Business Briefs

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A Castro Christmas

The Castro Merchants’ annual holiday promotion will be getting into full swing later this month as Santa’s elves descend on the gayborhood to begin decorating for Christmas. The annual tree lighting ceremony in front of the Bank of America building at the corner of Castro and 18th streets will take

Soda taxes

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two of the most expensive initiative races in the Bay Area. According to the Los Angeles Times, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg dumped $9.1 million into the Yes on HH campaign, and $9.3

Bail reform

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enforce the state’s law, and she will, unless and until its unconstitutionality is established in the courts. But she is not required to defend it, and she will not.”

Rick Gerharter

Jane Kim is flanked by her campaign manager Christopher Vasquez, left, and her father, Richard Kim, at her election night party at Slim’s.

to her District 13 seat with 64.4 percent of the vote, while Galgiani won re-election to her District 5 seat with 55.6 percent of the vote. In San Diego lesbian Assemblywoman Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), who is termed out of her seat this year, easily won the 39th District Senate seat. She garnered 62.4 percent of the vote. And gay San Diego City Councilman Todd Gloria easily took first place in his bid for Atkins’ Assembly District 78 seat. He had 68.8 percent of the vote. Palm Springs resident Greg Rodriguez, a gay married father who is HIV-positive, failed to defeat Assemblyman Chad Mayes (R-Yucca Valley) in the 42nd Assembly District. Mayes came in first with 58.2 percent of the vote. The only gay Republican state legislative candidate on Tuesday’s ballot, Log Cabin California Los Angeles chapter president Matthew Craffey, lost as expected to Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) in the 50th Assembly District. He secured 24.7 percent of the vote compared to Bloom’s 75.3 percent.t

in the statehouse. There are currently seven members in the California LGBT Legislative Caucus, and gay Assemblyman Rich Gordon (D-Menlo Park) is termed out along with Leno. All four of the incumbent out Democratic lawmakers seeking re-

election Tuesday easily landed in first place in their contests. Senator Ricardo Lara won another term in his District 33 seat with 78.8 percent of the vote. Gay Assemblyman Evan Low of Campbell garnered 70 percent against his Republican opponent

to win another two-year term in his District 28 seat. Lesbian Stockton lawmakers Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman and Senator Cathleen Galgiani both defeated GOP challengers. Eggman won another term

cal Research in San Francisco presented findings from a small clinical study evaluating an HIV therapy that works in a different way than existing medications and may provide an option for people who are unable to maintain an undetectable viral load on their current antiretroviral regimen. Ibalizumab (also known as TMB355 and formerly as TNX-355), being developed by TaiMed Biologics in Taiwan, is an experimental monoclonal antibody that targets a human protein rather than attacking the virus directly. It binds to the CD4 protein on the surface of T-cells and prevents the virus from entering. Due to its unique mechanism, ibalizumab works for people with HIV that has developed extensive resistance to existing antiretrovirals. Such

individuals may be unable to keep their viral load suppression using current medications and therefore are in dire need of novel therapies. Lalezari said this describes less than 5 percent of people with HIV, a number he estimated was in the thousands. “By and large, the great majority of our HIV patients are doing fine – this is about the patients who are left behind,” he said. “This group is not large in number, but they are extremely vulnerable.” Because this group is small and dwindling, pharmaceutical companies generally do not devote much effort to so-called salvage therapy. For this reason, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted ibalizumab orphan drug status, meaning that it will affect fewer

than 200,000 people, and a “breakthrough therapy” designation. Lalezari reported results from a study of 40 heavily treatmentexperienced HIV patients who had resistance to drugs from three antiretroviral classes. At study entry they had viral loads above 1,000 and a third had CD4 cell counts under 10, indicating advanced immune suppression. Participants received a 2,000 mg dose of ibalizumab as an intravenous infusion while remaining on their failing regimen – that is, the antibody was essentially used as monotherapy for seven days. They then switched to an optimized regimen with at least one other active drug and received ibalizumab every other week for six months. During the monotherapy period,

83 percent of participants had at least a 0.5 log drop in viral load, while 60 percent had a decrease of 1.0 log or more. Treatment was generally safe and well tolerated, with no treatment-related serious adverse events or early discontinuations. “This is not the most potent drug we’ve seen, but it’s pretty good, and in the setting of multidrug resistance it’s very good – maybe the best we have,” Lalezari said. Lalezari gave the FDA credit for advancing a new therapy for people with HIV with few or no treatment options, and to the activist community for continuing to push it forward over the past decade. Clinical trials are ongoing, and ibalizumab is available through an expanded access program for qualified patients.t

bad for health, but we demonstrate in this study just how bad it is,” said study co-author Dr. Krishna Reddy, a pulmonologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. “A person with HIV who consistently takes HIV medicines but smokes is much more likely to die of a smokingrelated disease than of HIV itself.” Walensky and colleagues estimated that men and women who start HIV care at age 40 with a CD4 T-cell count of 360 and maintain typical treatment adherence would lose 6.7

and 6.3 years of life, respectively, if they continued to smoke compared to those who never smoked. However, former smokers lost only about one year of life, showing that the negative health effects of smoking can be partially reversed. Smoking cessation increased life expectancy even more than starting antiretroviral therapy earlier (with a CD4 count above 500) or improving adherence to treatment, the study found. HIV-positive men who quit

smoking when they started HIV care at age 40 could expect to regain 5.7 years of life, while women could regain 4.6 years, the researchers calculated. People who quit smoking later had smaller gains in life expectancy, but they still lived longer than those who kept smoking. “We show that even people who have been smoking till age 60 but quit at age 60 have a substantial increase in their life expectancy,” Reddy said. “So it’s never too late to quit.” The study authors estimated that

if 10 to 25 percent of HIV-positive smokers in the U.S. gave up smoking, they could collectively save approximately 106,000 to 265,000 years of lost life. “This study makes clear that we must prioritize smoking cessation among adults with HIV if we want them to have an increase in the quantity (and likely quality) of life,” Keri Althoff from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health wrote in an accompanying editorial.t

place at 6 p.m. Monday, November 28. B.A.R. society columnist Donna Sachet will be back as the emcee with special performances by the Gay/Lesbian Freedom Band and the Gay Men’s Chorus. The red and silver bows on Market Street’s palm trees will be back, as will the lights on sidewalk trees up and down the thoroughfare between Castro and Octavia Boulevard. A Hanukkah celebration will also

be returning this year with the lighting of a menorah in Jane Warner Plaza. LGBT synagogue Congregation Sha’ar Zahav expects it to take place Wednesday, December 28 with a time to be determined. Cliff ’s Variety will be holding its traditional fundraiser for the Castro’s Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy the weekend post Thanksgiving. Shoppers who donate $5 to the public elementary school Friday, November 25 through Sunday, No-

vember 27 will receive 25 percent off their purchase. Another effort to drum up holiday sales at local merchants in San Francisco, dubbed the “November 2 Remember” shopping sweepstakes, is being sponsored by the San Francisco Council of District Merchants Associations. In order to enter, shoppers need to take a selfie while inside a local store and submit their photo via the promotion’s website at http://

www.november2remember.com. Entries must be received by December 31, and prizes include an electric bicycle, a weekend stay at the Fairmont Hotel in town, or dinner for two certificates at local restaurants. The store where the winning photo was taken will receive $250.t

million into the Yes on Prop V campaign. Meanwhile, the American Beverage Association spent millions of dollars opposing the measures. Voters in Oakland began seeing mailers against the tax months before the election, often featuring minority grocers railing against what they called a “grocery tax.” But an

Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled in September that it was not a tax on grocers because they could pass the cost on to consumers. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, who backed the soda tax, and other proponents, said in the ballot argument that funds would be used to support education programs for children and

adults about diseases related to sugar-sweetened beverages. The community advisory board will advise the city how to best spend the money. TV commercials for Prop V and Measure HH featured San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen, a staunch proponent of the beverage tax. “This is an exciting time,” Cohen

said Wednesday morning. “I predict you will see more cities and then states go this route, assessing this tax on sugary beverages.” Voters in the Alameda County city of Albany also passed a soda tax Tuesday. According to unofficial results, it was winning 70.67 percent to 29.33 percent.t

In response to Herrera’s comments, Adachi stated, “I applaud the city attorney’s decision not to defend the lawsuit, and his determination that San Francisco’s money bail system is unconstitutional. The practice of jailing the poor and people of color simply

because they cannot afford bail is indefensible and violates the presumption of innocence and our country’s commitment to equal justice for all.” In a separate statement, District Attorney George Gascón commended Herrera “for ensuring San

Francisco leads by example. The money bail system is inherently unfair and archaic. We must move to a data driven risk assessment model in order to enhance public safety by making custody decisions based on risk, not financial status. A risk assessment model will also save ju-

risdictions money on pretrial incarceration costs, and contribute to our notions of social justice.” Superior Court spokeswoman Ann Donlan said, “The right to bail is guaranteed by the California Constitution and the court follows state law in setting bail.”t

Seth Hemmelgarn contributed to this report.

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Legal Notices>> NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DAISY M. TURNER IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-16-300253

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DAISY M. TURNER. A Petition for Probate has been filed by KASHINA D. PIERCE in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that KASHINA D. PIERCE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: November 09, 2016, 9:00 AM, Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: MR. OSBY DAVIS, ESQ. (SBN: 59272) LAW OFFICE OF OSBY DAVIS, 410 TUOLUMNE ST, VALLEJO, CA 94590; Ph. (707) 644-7424.

OCT 20, 27, NOV 03, 10, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037310100

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OCT 20, 27, NOV 03, 10, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037301300

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OCT 20, 27, NOV 03, 10, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037305100

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAREA MEDIA, 2020 15TH ST #9, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a married couple, and is signed RUTH GUMNIT & MARGUERITE SALMON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/07. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/13/16.

OCT 20, 27, NOV 03, 10, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037306500

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OCT 20, 27, NOV 03, 10, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037273900

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-16-552446

In the matter of the application of: MEGAN MCKAY STOESZ AKA MEGAN ELIZABETH MCKAY, 1998 25TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner MEGAN MCKAY STOESZ AKA MEGAN ELIZABETH MCKAY, is requesting that the name MEGAN MCKAY STOESZ AKA MEGAN ELIZABETH MCKAY, be changed to MAGNOLIA ELIZABETH MCKAY. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514 Rm. 514 on the 1st of December 2016 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 20, 27, NOV 03, 10, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037312500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: K-OZ CAMPER, 250 BEACH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed KEI AND OZ LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/10/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/18/16.

OCT 20, 27, NOV 03, 10, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-16-552356

In the matter of the application of: KENNETH BURT PERFIT, 1591 22ND AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner KENNETH BURT PERFIT, is requesting that the name KENNETH BURT PERFIT, be changed to KENNETH BURT PERFITT. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514 on the 6th of December 2016 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-16-552477

In the matter of the application of: GLORIA JEAN MABALATAN, 2609 MARKET ST #2, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner GLORIA JEAN MABALATAN, is requesting that the name GLORIA JEAN MABALATAN, be changed to JASMYN GLORIA MABALATANWEISSMAN. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514 on the 15th of December 2016 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-16-552439

In the matter of the application of: KARL PRELOVSKY JACOBSEN, 381 TURK ST #305, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner KARL PRELOVSKY JACOBSEN, is requesting that the name KARL PRELOVSKY JACOBSEN, be changed to KARL PARKER SANDORA. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514 on the 8th of December 2016 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-16-552472

In the matter of the application of: DANIEL ADRIAN VALCHAR COFFEY, 1346 ALABAMA ST #C, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner DANIEL ADRIAN VALCHAR COFFEY, is requesting that the name DANIEL ADRIAN VALCHAR COFFEY, be changed to DANIEL GEORGE VALCHAR COFFEY. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514 on the 29th of December 2016 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037311500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GEHRUA, 643 MASON ST #8, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JEANETTE MARIE YOUNGER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/18/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037313300

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037318300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GLOBALPERFORMANCE.BIZ, 1245 CALIFORNIA ST #602, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RAMIN RANJBAR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/24/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/24/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037312800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EYE PLUS LASH, 555 SUTTER ST #200, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MIEASHA BROWN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/18/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/18/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037315700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE CARVILLE, 3100 NORIEGA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed TABITHA TOTAH. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/20/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037299400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DISTRICT 3, 704 FILBERT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JORELL CORPUS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/01/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/07/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037316300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GHOST CAT STUDIOS, 2261 MARKET ST #450A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JAY MARSTON RUBIN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/15/11. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/21/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037315600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BAY AREA BOOK REPAIR, 912 KIRKHAM ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SARAH SONGER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/27/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/20/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037284100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOODS HOLDING COMPANY, 5826 CALIFORNIA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed EVA HOLMAN & CAROLYNN BOX. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/28/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037308100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET, 3820 IRVING ST #A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed PATRICK O’CONNELL, RAMON FERMIN, DAVID GONZALES & MATTHEW FISH. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/14/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/14/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037314400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INTERNET SIMPLICITY; ISIMPLE, 1035 FOLSOM ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed STEPHENSON VENTURES, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/16/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/19/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037312900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NEW REVOLUTION MEDIA, 1250 MISSOURI ST, #112, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed NEW REVOLUTION MEDIA LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/16/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/18/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037316600

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037315200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BARRY’S BOOTCAMP, 333 BUSH STREET #101, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed BBC 333 BUSH STREET LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/15/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/20/16.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-034410100

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET, 3820 IRVING ST #A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business was conducted by a general partnership and signed by PATRICK O’CONNELL & JONATHAN E. MENDLE. The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/15/12.

OCT 27, NOV 03, 10, 17, 2016 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PETER MON YU HUNG IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-16-300244

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PETER MON YU HUNG. A Petition for Probate has been filed by MICHAEL PUI HUNG in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that MICHAEL PUI HUNG be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: November 23, 2016, 9:00 am, Dept. 204, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: MR. JAY GREENE, ESQ (297803), 447 SUTTER STREET, SUITE 410, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108; Ph. (415) 905-0215.

NOVEMBER 03, 10, 17, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-16-552496

In the matter of the application of: KARIN ABERG BROOKS, 4086 25TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner KARIN ABERG BROOKS, is requesting that the name KARIN ABERG BROOKS, be changed to KARIN MARGARETA ABERG BROOKS. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Rm. 514 on the 10th of JANUARY 2017 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

NOVEMBER 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-16-552425

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037325600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CASERO GOURMET SAUCES, 1394 A HAYES ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed GUSTAVO DELLY PENA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/28/16.

NOV 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037322700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AUTOEROTICA; THE DILDO MINES, 4077A 18TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PATRICK E. BATT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/16/97. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/27/16.

NOV 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037326800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MCNERNEY PELICHOFF ROESS HOWARD PROPERTIES, 14 MINT PLAZA, 5TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed PATRICK MCNERNEY, SCOTT PELICHOFF, ROESS LLC (CA) & MARTIN MCNERNEY DEVELOPEMENT, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/21/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/31/16.

NOV 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037294800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ADVANCE HEALTH SF, 582A SAN JOSE AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed ADVANCE HEALTH SF (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/05/16.

NOV 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037319500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MISSION ASIA NOODLE, 5249 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed MISSION LILY’S CAFE, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/25/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/25/16.

NOV 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037321000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOLLY HOUSE RECORDS, 3724 21ST ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed SWAGGER LIKE US PRODUCTIONS LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/26/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/26/16.

NOV 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037324000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FLORES, 2030 UNION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed 2030 UNION STREET LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/27/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/27/16.

NOV 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037292600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GENJI SUSHI CAS, 2001 MARKET ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed GENJI PACIFIC LLC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/04/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/04/16.

NOV 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037319900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ROBOT BOY PRODUCTIONS, 2166 45TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed EDGAR GARCIA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/25/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/25/16.

In the matter of the application of: ROBERTO LOBO FILHO, 160 EDDY ST #425, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner ROBERTO LOBO FILHO, is requesting that the name ROBERTO LOBO FILHO, be changed to ROBERTO DO CARMO GUIMARAES. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Rm. 514 on the 22nd of December 2016 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN FRANCISCO THERAPY SERVICES, 45 FRANKLIN ST #213, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ALEXIS STRICKER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/02/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/02/16.

NOV 03, 10, 17, 24, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037327600

NOV 10, 17, 24, DEC 01, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037334600

NOV 10, 17, 24, DEC 01, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037330200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BAR SAN PANCHO, 3198 16TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed CHINO-AMERICANO LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/15/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/21/16.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE GAME PARLOUR, 1534 19TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed BENSON CHIU. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/15/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/18/16.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KEGERATOR WORLD; THE COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATOR, 1 POLK ST #1903, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed BE YOUR ACT LLC (NV). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/16/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/21/16.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CUE MARKETING, 1019 MINNESOTA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CELESTE HENKELMANN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/29/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/01/16.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLEAN LINE CONSTRUCTION, 1580 GREAT HWY #4, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DANIEL CLAYTON HEKKEL. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/17/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/04/16.

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he San Francisco Opera’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida opened last weekend at the War Memorial Opera House. The confused and confusing staging has many intelligent insights to offer, and the musical values remain high, but listeners must forgive or try to ignore an awful lot of visual interference to really hear the well-loved score. See page 30 >>

Act II, Scene 2 of Verdi’s Aida at the San Francisco Opera. Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera

That joke isn’t funny anymore by Paul Parish

ouchy Subjects, the latest Dadaist political dance by Scott Wells and Keith Hennessy, played to an expectant full house at Dance Mission Theater last weekend. PR for the show said their starting-point was Keith’s remark to Scott, “That gay joke in your last piece offended me,” and Scott’s reply, “Let’s make a piece about that.” It proposed to be a civilized, populist, thoughtful dance entertainment. See page 38 >>

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Love is a Drag, a 1962 LP of love songs by men, for men, was a mystery wrapped in an enigma for over 50 years. The album cover warned, “For Adult Listeners Only” and promised, “Sultry Stylings by a Most Unusual Vocalist,” who remained unnamed, as did its producer. The songs took classic standards like “The Man I Love” and “Mad About the Boy,” songs intended to be from a woman to a man, and changed them to from a man to a man. Man-onman vocal action! Now we know the back story: Big Band singer Gene Howard, despite being straight and married to a woman, agreed to sing on the record with LA session musicians. Producer Jack Ames released the record under a fake label, “Lace Records,” so his Edison International Records wasn’t pigeonholed as gay. The album sold well in Hollywood, and Frank Sinatra, Liberace, and Bob Hope were among its biggest advocates. Love is a Drag will be reissued by Modern Harmonic, on gold vinyl as well as CD, with original liner notes and new addenda, later this month. Here’s the playlist. Sing them in your manliest voice: “Lover Man,” “He’s Funny That Way,” “My Man” (from Ziegfeld Follies of 1921), “Bewitched” (Pal Joey), “Bill” (Show Boat), “The Boy Next Door”

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Director Francesca Zambello has been cooking up a pared-down, modernized setting for her re-telling of the familiar tale for several years. Debate over her Glimmerglass production of 2012 found the generalized Middle Eastern locale and images of water-boarding and death by lethal injection over-the-top, but Zambello has the smartness to selfedit when offered time to reconsider. The new production finds a more restrained vision struggling to emerge amidst a bewildering display of awkward and puzzling choreography, surprisingly cheap-looking sets and a mixture of costumes that

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(Meet Me in St. Louis), “The Man I Love” (Lady, Be Good), “Mad About the Boy” (Words & Music), “He’s My Guy,” “Jim,” “Stranger in Paradise” (Kismet), and “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” (Show Boat). 2. Comes word of two new cookbooks for melancholy modern musiclovers. Defensive Eating with Morrissey: Vegan Recipes From the One You Left Behind and Comfort Eating with Nick Cave: Vegan Recipes to Get Deep Inside of You were both created by Automne Zingg with recipes by Joshua Ploeg (from Microcosm Publishing). As per their press materials, DEWM “invites the reader to create strange and delightful recipes good enough to console even Moz on his saddest days.” CEWNC “shows the great master of emotional expression stuffing himself with comfort classics while shedding the befuddles rather than emphasizes the director’s concept. Dominating all is the artistic design of visual artist RETNA. His bold and ageless hieroglyphs often make an effective backdrop, but just as frequently add to a hot mess of stage imagery. The light boxes in the famous Triumphal Scene make an admittedly spectacular impression, sort of Vegas on the Nile, and the sheer vulgarity of it all may well be the point. It is just too bad we have to supply the back-story while attempting to ponder out SFO debutante choreographer Jessica Lang’s strange dance moves. A lone female is abused, then seemingly exultant as she offers herself to the king. Observed by soldiers/priests who have donned costumer Anita Yavich’s black see-through peignoirs over their uniforms, the act ends in a shower of gold confetti. Well, alrighty then, ya got your crowds and parade. No elephant, but lots of curiously wrapped booty and some miserable prisoners of war. The members of the love triangle, with the titular character’s captured dad joining in, attempt to stand out to fulfill some of the composer’s most arduous vocal

occasional solitary tear. “Best yet, all the recipes are vegan, so everyone can enjoy these delights, even Morrissey!” These cookbooks don’t seem exactly authorized by the celebrities whose name recognition they trade upon, but whatever. No animals were harmed. 3. Meantime, here’s advance notice that the first biography of late gay artist Keith Haring for young readers, Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by the pop art icon’s sister Kay Haring, will be published this coming Feb. 14. Although it’s been 26 years since his death, Haring’s creations are still taught in elementary and middle schools as a colorful introduction to the pop art movement. KH: TBWJKD is the origin story of how the modern art legend came to be. “The picture book biography follows Haring from his days doodling in his childhood home to his meteoric rise as one the most influential artists of the late 1970s and 80s. Written by Keith’s younger sister Kay, it sheds light on Keith’s great humanity, his concern for children, and his disregard for the establishment art world. Featuring reproductions of Keith’s signature artwork, this is a story to inspire, and a book for Haring fans of all ages to treasure.” Sign us up for a copy. copy.t demands. Time to just roll with it, or rather surrender yourself, as I did after the scene in the apartment of Amneris where the sequestered females lounge about in caftans, taking hits on hookahs, looking like a squad of Morgana King impersonators. If you have ever seen a team challenge on Project Runway, there’s no reason to belabor the point, and to be fair, audience reaction was typically polite. An interesting article in the program magazine makes the case for Aida as essentially chamber opera with a big fat crowd scene in the middle. Zambello makes a genuine attempt to realize that sense of intimacy and to provide fresh relevance, but she is shouted down by the excesses of her teammates. Maybe they misunderstood, but this production implodes amidst the welter of ideas. Maestro Nicola Luisotti (we’re going to miss him when he’s gone) rises in the spotlight to almost save the day. His characteristic attention to detail makes for some seductive moments, especially in the ballet music, and his marshaling of the lopsided balance in the pit allows for thrilling effects during crescendos. See page 37 >>

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Freedom is the word

Danny Lyon, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

“Bill Sanders, Tattoo Artist, Houston, Texas” (1968) by Danny Lyon. Gelatin silver print. Collection of the artist.

Danny Lyon, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

“Weight Lifters, Ramsey Unit, Texas” (1968) by Danny Lyon. Gelatin silver print. Collection of the artist.

by Sura Wood

arly on, self-taught photographer-filmmaker Danny Lyon said his goal was “to destroy Life magazine” by presenting powerful alternatives to the bland mainstream pictures and stories that permeated American mass media in the late 1950s. Although the magazine bit the dust for unrelated reasons, Lyon has spent his adult life photographing society’s invisibles and burrowing into situations and places many of us would prefer to avoid, like a 14-month plunge into Texas state prisons; his sojourn in the Deep South among courageous civil rights protestors terrorized and brutalized by racist police and hooligans in the 1960s; or a stint on the open road in the company of the hard-partying biker dudes of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Lyon has never been a conventional photojournalist, and doesn’t subscribe to the notion of detachment. But his lack of emotional distance from his subjects hasn’t

affected his acuity or technical finesse; in fact, the relationships he has formed in pursuit of his art aren’t incidental, they may be the point. In Danny Lyon: Message to the Future, this chronicler of unsung lives on the margins achieves some visibility of his own with a hefty career retrospective that spans the 1960s through the present. The show, a five-year undertaking, debuted at the Whitney in New York and is now at the de Young Museum. If the work seems familiar it’s perhaps because Julian Cox, FAMSF’s founding chief curator of photography, mounted an intimate single-gallery exhibit of the artist’s work in 2012. Even though that earlier venture was limited in scope, it had an emotional intensity that’s diluted in a larger context. With almost three times the number of mostly black & white images, family albums, montages and films, the new exhibition is too much of a good thing. It doesn’t help that the pictures are somewhat dwarfed by being displayed in expansive,

high-ceilinged galleries better suited to paintings. Still, the amount of space allocated to the Lyon show, an attempt to raise the profile of a lesser-known artist, and the 2010 appointment of the capable, erudite Mr. Cox are welcome signs of FAMSF’s increasing commitment to the medium. Cox, who drew heavily on the artist’s personal archive, selected superior vintage prints from each of six series, which are organized chronologically. A few images are accompanied by audio narratives. In a brief foray into identity politics, Lyon photographed and recorded the stories of Roberta, a young transgender woman, and her friend, Pumpkin Renee, whom he met on the streets of Galveston, Texas, in 1967. In “Kathy, Chicago” (1965), the 25-year-old wife of a biker club member, and one of Lyon’s favorite raconteurs, is artfully posed, looking vulnerable in the rear left-hand corner of her cramped, wallpapered bathroom. One can’t help but wonder if there’s another undisclosed story lurking behind the scenes. After all, Lyon once described his camera as “a tool of investigation, a reason to travel, to not mind my

own business, and often to get into trouble.” In Houston, in 1968, he caught Bill Sanders, the proprietor of “a painless tattoo shop” in his natural habitat, taking time out for a cigarette amidst snapshots of his handiwork and girlie pin-ups. Lyon also made a film about him, one of several 16mm shorts shown here. In the 1970s and 80s, he visited Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, Haiti, and more recently, China, practicing his own brand of “advocacy journalism.” Lyon began his career at the University of Chicago, where he was a student of American history, and an awareness of history pervades his work. In 1962, he hitchhiked to the segregated South to embark on his first project and arguably his strongest: the Civil Rights movement. In the summer of 1962, James Forman, director of SNCC, recruited him to become the organization’s official photographer based in Atlanta. From there, he traveled throughout the South, capturing sit-ins, violent confrontations like one between an activist struggling against a police chokehold (“Arrest of Taylor Washington, Atlanta, 1963”) and peaceful demonstrations (“The March on Washington, August 28, 1963”). That same year, he photographed author James Baldwin with Forman in Selma, Alabama. They’re a remarkable set of photographs, simmering with incendiary tension, fear and hope.

The section Destruction of Manhattan (1966-67) documents the demolition of part of the city’s 19thcentury architectural legacy located on 60 acres in Lower Manhattan. Shot with a square-format Rolleiflex camera, the formal images are more interesting as urban archaeology than as art. But “Abandoned Homestead, Corson County, South Dakota” (2000), depicting a neglected, rough-hewn clapboard house in a deserted, windswept field, is a portrait of austere beauty. Lyon’s real abiding interest is in people, who seem to let down their guard and let him in. In the late 60s, he gained access to Texas state prisons, where he roamed units, snapping images of boredom, humiliation and dehumanizing conditions. In “Heat Exhaustion, Ramsey Unit, Texas” (1968), an African-American man who collapsed from heat exhaustion is sprawled in the back of a pickup truck like so much refuse. During this period, he built an enduring relationship with Death Row inmate Billy McCune, a rapist with whom Lyon corresponded and forged an artistic collaboration. After McCune’s release, he said the most profound experience of his life was seeing McCune free. The value of freedom, and a personal record of the people who can’t or don’t have it, is the essence of Lyon’s “message to the future,” and the true subject of his work. Through April 30.t

Holmes-coming kings by Richard Dodds

aker Street was the first Broadway musical I ever saw that I didn’t like. True, I had only seen two shows on Broadway by this point in my 14th year, but the notion that one could be anything less than exhilarating was unimaginable. My junior high school’s library club, filled with unabashed nerds as opposed to my own I-am-not-a-nerd nerdiness, had decided Baker Street would be its group outing, and I was willing to risk guilt by association by tagging along for the chance to be back on Broadway. I blamed the library club’s careless choice as much as the musical itself for the dispiriting experience, and all these years later, Baker Street has remained a resented bete noire in my experiences of musicals. And so the slate was not exactly clean as I entered the Eureka Theatre for a reunion, but one that proved far more entertaining than what I remembered or expected. No, it’s not a great or even a very good musical, but it’s serviceably good enough to offer a solid evening of entertainment. Baker Street is opening 42nd Street Moon’s new season, and it’s of both the old and new regimes running the theater. Part of the final roster of shows selected by former Founding Artistic Director Greg MacKellan, it’s the first production

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Sherlock Holmes (Michael Monagle) and Dr. Watson (Dan Seda) fall into the clutches of arch-fiend Professor Moriarty in 42nd Street Moon’s rare revival of the 1965 musical Baker Street.

under the aegis of co-Artistic Directors Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas. It’s a polished debut, in a stylish production that has been smartly staged by Cindy Goldfield and adroitly performed by an engaging cast. One of the musical’s basic flaws is it that comes across as but another in the series of mystery novels created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle rather than a seminal exploration of Sherlock Holmes. Librettist Jerome Coopersmith used elements from three Holmes stories for his adaptation, adding tongue-in-cheek

humor playing off the tropes associated with the fictional detective. The results are entertaining in the way of a comfortably formulaic police procedural with a gentle laugh track. The songs by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel (with a couple of uncredited and unexceptional out-of-town additions by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock) fall easily on the ear. Some transcend it’stime-for-a-song mechanics, but the weakest songs unfortunately come at the end of both the first act and See page 33 >>

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Marriage equality pioneers

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Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Mildred and Richard Loving in director Jeff Nichols’ Loving.

by David-Elijah Nahmod

he United States Supreme Court struck down all statewide bans on interracial marriage on June 12, 1967. This decision was the result of a lawsuit filed by Mildred Loving, an African American woman. She and her husband Richard, who was white, were a quiet, simple couple in Virginia. The Lovings had been arrested shortly after their 1958 marriage. All the Lovings wanted to do was to raise their family and love each other, and they shunned the spotlight they were thrust into. In the new film Loving, now playing in theaters, the lives of the Lovings and the battles they were forced to fight are recreated. “Is there anything you want me to tell the judge?” Richard Loving is asked by his attorney as a court date looms on the horizon. “Tell him I love my wife,” Loving (Joel Edgerton) replies. It’s one of many powerful moments in a film that serves in part as a character study of the couple who fought the original marriage equality battle. As the story unfolds, some viewers might note the striking similarities between the Loving story and the marriage battle fought by the LGBT community more than 40 years later. In one particularly infuriating scene that underscores the injustices they were subjected to, the Lovings are told by a judge that they can avoid jail time if they leave Virginia and agree not return to the state for 25 years. “The LGBT marriage equality fight was definitely in the back of our minds during filming,” director Jeff Nichols said after a recent press preview of the film. “The two battles were more or less the same.” Nichols added that while much of Loving was based on historical documents, little was known about the years when the couple lived under the radar as their case worked its way through the courts.

Baker Street

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second acts, lowering heat when it most needs to be raised. Helping matters in all departments is an appealing cast of strong singers, headed by Michael Monagle, who creates a Holmes of stature who can still be a bit clueless. Dan Seda is dutifully dutiful as Holmes’ loyal assistant, and has a particularly nice moment singing an ode to his late wife while bound in ropes near a ticking time bomb. The character of Irene Adler was pulled in from a Holmes novel and rearranged to give the famously unromantic detective a requisite love interest, and Abby Haug brings fresh vitality to the role. The one character who gets shortchanged in the musical is Holmes’ arch-nemesis Professor

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“What were they doing in their day-to-day lives while the court case was progressing?” Nichols wondered as he explained how he pieced the story together. “Since details of their years in hiding weren’t available, I tried to focus on the pervasive psychological threat that was hanging over them during those years.” The results are mesmerizing. Though it’s largely speculation – both Richard and Mildred have passed on – Nichols presents a plausible look inside the couple’s private lives as they eat their meals, watch TV and raise their kids amid a facade of normalcy, all the while knowing that either or both of them could be arrested at any time. Actor Joel Edgerton, who plays Richard Loving, told the B.A.R. that he went to bricklayers school. Loving had worked as a bricklayer and is seen at work in several scenes, and Edgerton wanted absolute authenticity in his portrayal of Loving. He also said that he watched Nancy Buirski’s documentary film The Loving Story so he could capture the nuances of his character’s vocal mannerisms and body language.t Moriarty, who doesn’t much register as a potent antagonist, and Michael Barrett Austin isn’t able to add his own dollop of dastardliness. Director Goldfield also staged the lively and imaginative dances, most notably for the London vagabonds who serve as Holmes’ militia of Baker Street Irregulars. She keeps a swift pace over the production, abetted by scenic projections illustrated by Amy O’Hanlon and sliding platforms in Kevin August Landesman’s set design. Thom Venegoni’s costumes are an additional plus, and Dave Dobrusky’s musical direction and piano accompaniment remain an ongoing 42nd Street Moon asset.t Baker Street will run through Nov. 20 at the Eureka Theatre. Tickets are $23-$75. Go to 42ndstreetmoon.org.

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Full spectrum of Remy Charlip by Richard Dodds

emy Charlip didn’t live so much over the rainbow as inside it. Early on in a new multi-disciplinary piece about the multi-disciplinary artist, Charlip declares that colors have an absolute value no matter that an individual may perceive, say, red with hints of orange. “Red is red,” he says categorically, adding, “I’m an eyeball freak.” Rainbow Logic is a term coined for an aesthetic Charlip employed in his life as a matter-of-fact gay man and in a spectrum of art forms, and it is an appropriate title for a new performance piece dedicated to this singular talent. With the subtitle Arm in Arm with Remy Charlip, the ambitious and sometimes unwieldy creation is now having its world premiere at CounterPulse’s new home on Turk Street. Despite the fact, or maybe because Charlip ventured into so many disciplines in the performing and visual arts, his name isn’t of the same renown as many of his celebrated collaborators who sustained a singular focus. One of those collaborators was the groundbreaking choreographer Merce Cunningham, who at one point in Rainbow Logic wants to fire dancer Charlip from his troupe because his loyalties have spread into other areas, at this point on an experimental theater company for young audiences and a series of illustrated storybooks for children. Charlip wanted to do it all, and to do so on his own iconoclastic terms. Written, directed, and conceived by Seth Eisen, Rainbow Logic sets forth on a mighty mission: to capture Charlip’s life, career, and evolving aesthetic from birth in 1929 until death in 2012. His early years growing up in New York are presented in relatively straightforward fashion, with a father who disparages the

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Colin Creveling, left, and Paul Loper play two halves of artist, performer, and choreographer Remy Charlip, while Molly Shaiken plays all the other characters in Seth Eisen’s Rainbow Logic at CounterPulse.

young Remy’s artistic efforts and a mother who fans their flames. “If you look at the moon through a feather, it looks like a rainbow,” his mother says, in consolation after his father has snapped the neck of a live turkey that will become dinner. Nearer the end of the two-hour show, it grows more impressionistic in its explorations of Charlip’s later life that seem meant more to be absorbed than simply understood. Scenes can vary wildly in tone, as slapstick satire may bump up against writhing movements, and they don’t benefit from consistent arcs within themselves. Pacing can be uneven as well, though the

latter should improve as the run continues. Eisen, who has previously explored queer ancestors through his unique theatrical lens in Homo File and Pansy Craze for Eye Zen Presents, may be the person best equipped to explore the Charlip experience. Eisen became friends with Charlip after the considerably

older artist had relocated from New York to San Francisco in 1989, then helped organize his archives after Charlip’s stroke in 2005. In addition to having access to the trove of the material that Charlip accumulated, Eisen also interviewed many of those who knew him, and they are heard in recorded voiceovers. Using puppetry, live actors,

acrobatics, shadow play, dance, movement, and projections, Rainbow Logic offers both the uninitiated and those familiar with Charlip’s legacy an expansive view of his multiple talents and insights into the inner workings of the man behind the art. The charismatically agile Colin Creveling and a craggier Paul Loper play Remy, respectively, as his younger and older selves, either in individual scenes or together in occasional antagonism. Molly Shaiken plays all other characters, including Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Andy Warhol, and most notably, Charlip’s nurturing mother. The performers receive program credit for their help in creating the piece, and so many other components deserve mention that all that can be done is to cite the names of some of the providers: musical direction by Miguel Frasconi, choreography by James Graham, visual designs by Diego Gomez, puppet creation by Terrance Graven and Rich Hutchinson, costumes by Keriann Egaland, lighting by Jim Cave, and video design by Ian Winters. It has clearly taken a village to create this show, and while Remy Charlip very much marched to the beat of his own drum, he also appreciated supporting accompaniment if it followed his beat. Rainbow Logic has that beat, and it often feels that his spirit is at the podium.t Rainbow Logic: Arm in Arm with Remy Charlip will run through Nov. 20 at CounterPulse. Tickets are $20-$35. Go to counterpulse.org.

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s everyone required to have an agenda? You may think you don’t have one, but that can end up looking a lot like its own agenda to those who wave theirs around. That’s what happens to the central character in Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat, who is pulled and tugged when she just wants to stand in her own space. And so the character without the agenda becomes the most faceted role in Yussef El Guindi’s play, in which the other characters may at first be louder but actually exist within thinner forms. Our Enemies is both specific to and understandable beyond the world in which it is set, and far more entertaining than a dry synopsis would suggest. It’s providing Golden Thread Productions with a forceful start to its 20th season of theater dedicated to the Middle Eastern American experience. El Guindi is writing about contemporary affairs, and his play’s relevance hasn’t waned since it was first staged in Chicago in 2008. Noor, the central character, is an Egyptian American who envisions a writing career along the lines of Danielle Steel or Barbara Cartland. But because of her background, no

one else can quite get their heads around her disinterest in cultural specificity. She’s a good writer, says a book editor, but it would be a better sell if she played to Western expectations of the plight of women in Arab culture. All Noor wants to do is write a steamy bodice-ripper, and we soon see she is just about the opposite of a woman in plight. This particular literary clash of Eastern-Western cultures is hardly a clash at all, at least compared to the intra-Arab conflicts that spin around Noor as she makes her way through contemporary New York. As the subtitle promises, the play is divided into short scenes featuring a variety of characters that don’t at first seem connected. In addition to the pointed eloquence El Guindi provides his characters, another of the play’s pleasures is the gradual reveal of how these characters are connected. At Thick House, Mikiko Uesugi has created a simple, stylish set that easily adapts for the rapid series of the scenes. Director Torange Yeghiazarian nicely shapes those scenes, adjusting tones as they swerve from comic to satiric to disturbing. The performances are also smartly rendered, with Denmo Ibrahim capturing the veritable force of nature that El Guindi has created in Noor. This

is a sensual woman who doesn’t take guff from anyone, certainly not from Gamal, her sometimes boyfriend whose scattershot anger is provocatively captured in James Asher’s performance. Gamal is a terrorist to the extent that he pushes a cake into the face of an outspokenly homophobic Muslim clergyman (Munaf Alsafi) or when he poses as a TV makeup man to write “whore” on the forehead of an unwitting author (Kunal Prasad) whom he considers an Arab Uncle Tom. Also ably playing parts in the puzzle of relationships are Annemaria Rajala as the sleek book editor, Salim Razawi as the clergyman’s seemingly meek son, and Dale Albright in a series of roles that includes a hyper-queen publisher. The enemies of the play’s title don’t so much refer to hostile forces outside the Arab-American community as the forces within it. The characters may now be in America, but roots are too deep not to become entangled. As one character says, “I just can’t stand this neverending history of us.” t Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat will run through Nov. 20 at Thick House. Tickets are $15$34. Go to goldenthread.org.

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South Asian stories light up the Castro

Soaring high Aisholpan is the first girl in her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, in Otto Bell’s The Eagle Huntress.

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Rajkummar Rao and Manoj Bajpayee in director Hansal Mehta’s Aligarh.

by David Lamble

he 14th edition of 3rd i’s San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival, Bollywood and Beyond, plays the Castro Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 12, with programs Nov. 10-13 at the New People Cinema in Japantown. The festival features 15 programs from India and the nations bordering the subcontinent, and includes some Bay Area short film offerings, with thematic influences ranging from queer poet Audre Lorde to Canadian pop music guru Justin Bieber. Aligarh (India) While history may have no reverse gear, lately there have been disturbing signs refuting this optimistic thesis. In director Hansal Mehta’s timely drama, an oddball friendship develops between a poetry teacher close to retirement and a restless young journalist. One night the teacher, Dr. Siras, is brutally attacked in his rented room while having a sexual encounter with a young rickshaw driver. A cub reporter, Deepu, discovers signs that the teacher may have been targeted by jealous faculty colleagues. As these two most unlikely friends draw closer, they discover developments in their province that not only threaten their safety but pose a distinct danger to India’s still very young LGBTQ rights movement. Aligarh features two outstanding performances. Veteran film actor Manoj Bajpayee gives the teacher both a wounded vulnerability and a hidden reservoir of strength and dignity. The younger, very handsome Rajkummar Rao tempers the arc of his performance from headstrong impetuosity to a nuanced sense of life’s implacable tragedies. The film shows that some of the most vicious opposition to the men and the cause of queer rights in India comes from those most stuck in their ways and resentful. One minor quibble is a scene where the young reporter is seen getting it on with a woman. It’s as if the filmmakers were hedging their bets. Those who follow Indian affairs know that their Supreme Court ruling decriminalizing homosexuality has been overturned, creating a more uncertain outlook for the nation’s huge LGBTQ minority, estimated to number anywhere from 50 to 100 million people. (New People, 11/13) Escaping Agra (US) Captivating eight-minute animation on an Indian myth involving an adult trickster who escapes the wrath of a feudal Indian leader. You may need to consult Wikipedia to understand where this story fits into the mosaic of Indian history. Plays as part of the 3rd i program Coast to Coast: Mumbai to the Mission. Kaul (A Calling) (India) Director Aadish Keluskar, a disciple of Soviet-era Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-86), presents the mythological story of a chance meeting between a young teacher and an old man. Pausing to light the elderly man’s cigarette leads the teacher to a supernatural experience and another meeting with the older fellow, whom the teacher

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Scene from director Leena Yadav’s Parched.

now believes to be a spiritual sage. Inspired in part by such Tarkovsky films as Solaris. (Castro, 11/12) One Crazy Thing (UK) Londonbased director Amit Gupta’s hetero rom-com involves a disgraced former TV soap actor. The program will include a Skype interview with the director. (Castro, 11/12) The World of Goopi and Bagha (India) Director Shilpa Ranade offers this animated remake in tribute to one of his nation’s most gifted filmmakers, Satyajit Ray (1921-91). The film details the misadventures of two itinerant musicians driven

out of their small village for producing little more than discordant, loud noise. (Castro, 11/12) Khoya (Lost) (India, Canada) An Indian man adopted by Canadians starts to feel emotionally at sea upon the death of his Canadian mom. Director Sami Khan and actor Rupak Ginn appear in person for post-film Q&A. (Castro, 11/12) Parched (India, US, UK) This latenight Castro offering examines sex in small Indian villages from a woman’s perspective. (Castro, 11/12)t Info: thirdi.org.

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by David Lamble

irector Otto Bell’s The Eagle Huntress is a hypnotically lensed coming-of-age tale. It reminded this critic of the sort of modern Western, like Martin Ritt’s Hud, from 1960s Hollywood, when filmmakers were making the transition from the studio system to the brave and financially risky world of independent moviemaking. Set in an impossibly windswept and seemingly barren landscape in Mongolia, The Eagle Huntress updates Hollywood’s traditional male puberty-ritual adventure stories to encompass the dreams of a girl

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who embarks on one of her tribe’s “sacred stories” by training a bird to hunt foxes for their pelts, just the way boys have always done. The story of how 13-year-old Aisholpan passes her supreme test is dramatically compelling in a film that’s a cross between a gorgeous nature doc and a Third World feminist empowerment fable. Bell and his team demonstrate just how deeply the postmodern world is impinging on other tribes. One of the film’s subplots shows how tribal elders are quick to adapt to changes comparable to those now roiling sunbelt America. (Opens Friday.)t

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Sons of the Prophet @ New Conservatory Theatre Center

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ell, that was quite a ride, eh? One of the scariest stomach-aching elections ever. Heal your soul and spirit with art, because we’re all in recovery now. More arts events online are www.ebar.com. For nightlifery, check out On the Tab in BARtab.

Thu 10 Absolutely Fabulous @ Exit Theatre Royal British Comedy Theatre returns with the fun stage adaptations of two new episodes of the hit comedy show: Sex and Small Opening, costarring Terrence McLaughlin and Zsa Zsa Lufthansa. $15-$25. Thu-Sat 8pm. Thru Nov. 19. 156 Eddy St. www.rbct.us

Baker Street @ Eureka Theatre 42nd Street Moon’s production of Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel’s musical adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story A Scandal in Bohemia. $25-$75. Thru Nov. 20. 215 Jackson St. 255-8207. www.42ndStMoon.org

The Hard Problem @ Geary Theatre Tom Stoppard’s thoughtful drama about a psych graduate forced to balance her romance with her advisor and a prestigious research job. $10-$115. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sat 2pm. Sun 7pm. Thru Nov.13. 405 Geary St. www.act-sf.org

Letter To a Man @ Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley Mikhail Baryshnikov stars in Robert Wilson’s dance-performance work about dancer Vaslav Nijinsky’s descent into schizophrenia. $75-$220. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 3pm. Thru Nov. 13. UC Berkeley campus, Bancroft Way at Dana St. www.calperformances.org

Mincing Words @ The Marsh Tom Ammiano returns to the stage with his comic solo show about his life in politics. $20-$100. Thu 8pm, Sat 5pm. Extended thru Nov. 19. 1062 Valencia St. www.themarsh.org

Octopus Literary Salon @ Oakland Cassandra Dallett, Kit Kennedy, Richard Loranger, Jan Steckel, and SB Stokes, contributors to the new anthology The Careless Embrace of the Boneshaker, and editors David Lawton and Jane Ormerod read; open mic as well. 7pm. 2101 Webster St., Oakland. www.oaklandoctopus.org

New & Classic Films @ Castro Theatre

Puttin’ on the Tits @ Strand Theatre

SF Veterans Film Fest @ Koret Auditorium

Perfectly Queer @ Dog Eared Books

Nov. 10: All That Heaven Allows (7pm) and Polyester (8:45). Nov. 11: Warren Miller’s ski adventure doc Here, There and Everywhere. (7:30) Nov. 12: South Asian Film Festival: Bollywood and Beyond (1pm-9pm). Nov. 13: Laurel & Hardy’s Way Out West (1pm, 3:45) and The Flying Deuces (2:20). Nov. 13: On the Waterfront (6pm) A Face in the Crowd (8pm). Nov. 1: Francis Ford Coppola in conversation with Adam Savage. 7pm. Nov. 16: Coppola’s The Conversation (7pm) and Rumble Fish (9pm). Nov, 17: Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (2pm, 7pm) and Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (4:30, 9:30). $11-$16. 429 Castro St. www.castrotheatre.com

The House of MORE!’s fabulous live music and lipsych dragshow features Juanita MORE!, Glamamore, Miss Rahni, Honey Mahogany, Voodonna Black, Dulce De Leche, Fauxnique & Qween; vintage cocktails at the bar. $25-$35. 7pm-10pm. 1127 Market St. www.act-sf.org

Two-day screenings of films by and about military personnel, including LGBT people in actice service. Free. 10am-5:30pm. Nov. 13 12pm-4:30pm. SF Public Library, lower level, 100 Larkin St. sfveteransfilmfestival.org

Non-fiction November reading includes authors Michael Helquist ( Marie Equi ), Chivvis Moore ( First Tie Your Camel, Then Trust in God ), and Wilfredo Pascual ( Kilometer Zero). 7pm. 489 Castro St. www.dogearedbooks.com

Seared @ SF Playhouse World premiere of Theresa Reback’s play about a Brooklyn chef who deals with the pressures of sudden success. $35-$75. Tue-Thu 7pm. Fri & Sat 8pm. Sat 3pm. Sun 2pm. Thru Nov. 12. 450 Post St. sfplayhouse.org

Shocktober 17 @ Hypnodrome The 17th annual theatrical scarefest of four one-acts will shiver your timbers with terror and titillation. $30-$35. ThuSat 8pm. Thru Nov. 19. 575 10th S.t at Bryant. 377-4202. hypnodrome.org

Transgender Film Festival @ Roxie Theater The 15th annual cinema festival of trans-representing films. $12-$15. Thu & Fri 8pm. Sat 7pm & 9:30pm. Sun 2pm & 4pm. Thru Nov. 13. 3117 16th St. at Valencia. SFTFF.org roxie.com

Fri 11 Alysha Umphress @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The Broadway Star ( On the Town ) and Bay Area native performs her new cabaret show, Homecoming Queen, with classic and contemporary songs. $35-$50 ($20 food/drink min.). 8pm. Nov 12, 7pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Fabian Echevarria @ Strut Fotohodo, an exhibit of the local gay photographer’s work. 8pm. 470 Castro St. www.strutsf.org

Rainbow Logic: Arm in Arm with Remy Charlip @ CounterPulse Seth Eisen’s loving dance-theatre and puppetry tribute and biographical play about gay author, choreographer and artist Remy Charlip, with Colin Creveling, Paul Loper, and Molly Shaiken. $20-$35. Fri & Sat 8pm. Sun 7pm. Thru Nov. 20. 80 Turk St. eyezen.org www.counterpulse.org

Resound Ensemble @ Noe Valley Ministry My Spirit Sang All Day, the SF vocal ensemble’s fall concert, with songs by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Clement Janequin, Thomas Morley, Edward Elgar, Billy Joel, and Lauryn Hill. $10-$30. 8pm. Also Nov. 12 & 14 8pm. 1021 Sanchez St. www.noevalleyministry.org

Sons of the Prophet @ New Conservatory Theatre Center

Uncommon Art Festival @ SF Art Institute All-campus two-day art sale of graduate and undergraduate works; art shows with food, drinks. 6pm10pm. Nov. 13, 12pm-6pm. 800 Chestnut St. www.sfai.edu

Watermelon Woman 3.0 @ Center for Sex and Culture

Sun 13

NPR radio host Al Letson performs his solo show about working as a community writing teacher in Florida. $20-$100. Fridays 8pm. Saturdays 8:30pm. Thru Nov. 26. themarsh.org

Terra Incognita @ Exit Studio UpLift Physical Theatre and DIVAfest present a three-woman acrobatic dance and storytelling work about joyful and sorrowful memories. $20$30. Fri & Sat 8pm. Thru Nov. 19. 156 Eddy St. www.divafest.info

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? @ Ashby Stage, Berkeley Shotgun Players perform Edward Albee’s classic drama about disgruntled married college town couples. $25-$40. Wed-Sun thru Nov. 20. In repertory Nov. 27-Jan. 22. 1901 Ashby Ave., Berkeley. (510) 841-6500. shotgunplayers.org

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ Alcazar Theatre

Jeff Augustin’s then-and-now story of a group of modern Haitians fleeing to freedom. $45-$81. Tue, Thu-Sat 8pm. Wed & Sun 7pm. Sat & Sun 2pm. Thru Nov. 27. 2025 Addison St. www.berkeleyrep.org

Workshops and gatherings for transgender, genderqueer and nonbinary Jews and allies. 5:30pm. 1798 Scenic ave., Berkeley. www.keshetonline.org

Summer in Sanctuary @ The Marsh

Drag parody of the hit political history musical, with Kai Kai Bee Michaels, Sugah Betes, Gia Maica, Rock M. Sakura, Celeste Yaas, Otter, Maddogg 20/20, Intensive Claire, Scroto T Bagginz, Cruzin d’Loo. $15-$20. 9:30pm. 144 Taylor St. pianofight.com

The Last Tiger in Haiti @ Berkeley Rep

Transkeit @ Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley

Opening reception for a group exhibit of diverse art works celebrating director Cheryl Dunye’s groundbreaking African American lesbian film. 7pm-10pm. Thru Jan. 6. 1349 Mission St. sexandculture.org

Sat 12

18th annual festival of all sorts of hip hop dancing, with two programs. $40-$75. Fri & Sat 8pm. Sun 1:30 & 7pm. Thru Nov. 13. 3301 Lyon St. www.sfhiphopdancefest.com

Joe Landini’s site-specific outdoor solo dance and tour of South of Market gay bars and cruise spots of yesteryear. $20. Sat & Sun 3pm. Thru Dec. 4 (except Nov. 26 & 27). Start at SF Eagle, 398 12th St. www.pushproductions.org

Stephen Karam’s Tony-winning and Pulitzer Prize Finalist comic family play about suffering and redemption gets a local production. $25-$50. Previews; opening night Nov. 19. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. Thru Dec. 18. 25 Van Ness Ave., lower level. www.nctcsf.org

Hamilton, the Drag Experience @ PianoFight

Hip Hop Dancefest @ Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

SoMa Now and Then @ Various Locales

Bay Area Musicals’ production of William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical comedy about a spelling bee and the nervous parents of its kid contestants. $35-$65. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sat 2pm. Thru Dec. 4. 650 Geary St. www.bamsf.org

The Golden Hammer @ The Marsh Berkeley Mark McGoldrick’s solo show his work in the criminal justice system as a public defender. $20-$100. Sat & Sun 5pm, Thu 8pm.Thru Nov. 20. 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. 282-3055. www.themarsh.org

Inversion: Circus Disobedience @ Kinetic Arts Center, Oakland Live circus-theatre show about civil disobedience and justice. $24-$75. Sat 4pm & 8pm. Sun 3pm & 7pm. Thru Dec. 18. 785 7th St., Oakland. www.kineticartsproductions.com

Queer & Trans POC Comedy @ Little Roxie Theatre Radar Productions presents Irene Tu, Karinda Dobbins, Dom Gelin, Jennifer Dronsky and Janine Brito performing stand-up, with Baruch PorrasHernandez. 4:30pm. 3117 16th St. www.roxie.com

Abrazo, Queer Tango @ Finnish Brotherhood Hall, Berkeley Enjoy weekly same-sex tango dancing and a potluck, with lessons early in the day. $7-$15. 3:30-6:30pm. 1970 Chestnut St., Berkeley. (510) 8455352. www.finnishhall.com

Date Night at Pet Emergency @ The Marsh Lisa Rothman’s solo show about family troubles surrounding a sick dog. $20$100. Sundays, 2pm. Thru Dec. 4. 1062 Valencia St. www.themarsh.org

Gears Turning Poetry @ Modern Times Bookstore One of the last readings at the soonto-close bookstore includes Tongo Eisen-Martin, Kurt Schweigman and John Twaddell, host Kim Shuck, music by Ed Dang, open mic, surprise guests and book discounts. 4pm-6pm. 2919 24th St. www.mtbs.com

Ronan Tynan @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The Irish tenor performs traditional and contemporary songs. $70-$90 ($20 food/drink min.). 3pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (866) 663-1063. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Sarah Cahill @ SF Conservatory of Music The acclaimed local pianist performs Lou Harrison’s Varied Trio with violinist Kate Stenberg and percussionist William Winant, also works by Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford, Terry Riley and other composers. Free. 7:30pm. 50 Oak St. www.sarahcahill.com

Wayne Goodman @ Dog Eared Books The author reads from his new novel, Vanya Says, Go!, a retelling of Mikhail Kuzmin’s 1900s gay-themed Wings. 7pm. 489 Castro St. www.dogearedbooks.com

Mon 14 Masha Gessen @ JCCSF The acclaimed Russian-American lesbian journalist discusses her new book, Where the Jews Aren’t: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region. $28 (includes signed book). 7pm. Jewish Community Center of SF, 3200 California St. www.booksinc.net

Tue 15 The King and I @ Golden Gate Theatre The touring production of the Lincoln Center Theatre four-Tony-winning production of the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical about a schoolteacher and the King of Siam. $55-$225. Tue-Sat 8pm. Many 2pm matinees. Thru Dec. 11. 1 Taylor St. www.shnsf.com

OutLoud @ Oasis Joshua Grannell (Peaches Christ) hosts the monthly storytelling series. This time, Trannyshack’s early days are recounted by Heklina, Timmy Spence, Jordan L’Moore, Renttecca, Phatima and Flynn DeMarco. $10. 7:30pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Still Black @ Roxie Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen, with director Kortney Ziegler in attendance for a Q&A. $8$12. 7pm. 3117 16th St. www.roxie.com

Wed 16 Devorah Major @ City Lights Bookstore SF Poet Laureate (2002-2006) reads from her new collection, and then we became. 7pm. 261 Columbus Ave. www.citylights.com

Donna Caz @ Book Passage The feminist writer and activist reads from and discusses her new memoir, Un/Masked: Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl on Tour. 6pm. 1 Ferry Bldg. www.bookpassage.com

Smack Dab @ Strut Poet Natasha Dennerstein is the featured guest at the eclectic reading and open mic showcase, cohosted by Dana Hopkins and Larry-bob Roberts. 8pm. 470 Castro st. www.strutsf.org

Thu 17 Cirque du Soleil @ AT&T Park The amazing Canadian circus company performs another dazzling show, Luzia, a Waking Dream of Mexico. $49 and up. Tue-Sat 8pm. Also various matiness thru Jan. 29. 74 Mission Rock St. www.cirquedusoleil.com/luzia

Franc D’Ambrosio @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The Broadway and cabaret star performs I’ll Be Seein’ Youz, a Bronx Boy’s Musical Perpsective of World War II, including stories from his family life. $35-$55. 8pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.francdambrosio.com www.hotelnikkosf.com/feinsteins

Michael McClure @ City Lights Bookstore The veteran poet and Beat Generation icon reads from his new collection, Mephistos and Other Poems. 7pm. 261 Columbus Ave. www.citylights.com

Tanya Tagaq @ YBCA The amazing Inuit throat singer performs two different concerts: a live music accompaniment to the silent film classic Nanook of the North ($16-$25, 8pm) and an album release party ($20-$30, Nov. 18, 10pm). Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St. www.ybca.org Send event info, two weeks in advance, to events@ebar.com

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Movies straight out of Italy by Erin Blackwell

n the 1960s and 70s, foreign films were an important part of the cultural landscape, and people seeking cinematic literacy didn’t whine about having to read subtitles. Part of the pleasure was hearing other languages spoken and feeling you might be able to pick up, say, Italian if you saw enough Fellini films. Certainly we learned intonation, or how to fake sentences in Italian, the musical phrasings of actors being so surprisingly sexy in descending scales. Those days will never come again, but for five nights, New Italian Cinema commandeers the Vogue Theatre to showcase features and documentaries, starting Wednesday, November 16. Wed., 11/16, at 6:15 p.m., Second Spring (Seconda Primavera) centers on a middle-aged architect named Andrea, who falls for Hikma, a younger version of his wife, who died in mysterious circumstances. Hikma is in love with someone her own age, who is married to someone else. You get the idea. At 8:30 p.m., there’s an opening night party at the Italian Athletic Club. Or you can stay put and at 9 p.m. see Best Enemies Forever (Nemiche Per La Pelle). Two women, an animal psychologist and a realtor, who were

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Margherita Buy (left) and Claudia Gerini (right) in Best Enemies Forever (Nemiche Per La Pelle), part of the New Italian Cinema series.

in love with the same man, wind up caring for his son by a third woman who is literally out of the picture. Thurs., 11/17, at 4:40 p.m., AfroNapoli United (Loro Di Napoli) is a documentary about a soccer team composed of Italians and immigrants from Africa and South America that aims at the national championships. Of course, legal documents are just as important as skills on the pitch. At 6:30 p.m., Somewhere Amazing (In Un Posto Bellissimo) is a sentimental melodrama about a successful wife,

New Italian Cinema

Them Who? (Loro Chi?), a comic bromance about two con men, plays the New Italian Cinema series.

mother and florist who discovers she’s being cheated on by her husband. Then an immigrant named Ahmed comes into her life. At 9:10 p.m., The Invisible Player (Il Giocatore Invisibile) is a study in mistrust centering on a university professor in Pisa whose error in a paper about betrayal becomes public knowledge. Fri., 11/18, at 4:45 p.m., the documentary Street Opera covers 20 years of Italian rap through the careers of five singers with names like Damage and Torment. At 6:30 p.m., They Call Me Jeeg (Lo chiamavano Jeeg

Robot) is an improbable action flick featuring an ex-con who emerges from the polluted Tiber River with superpowers. Blurring the lines between extreme machismo and camp, Jeeg runs around bending car doors, falling from heights, and punching through metal. He’s got a goofy gal pal, and the backdrops are picturesque. At 9 p.m., Don’t Be Bad (Non Essere Cattivo) is a gritty bromance about two guys addicted to guns and cocaine who try to kick their habits. Sat., 11/19, at 1:45 p.m., If Only

I Were That Warrior is a documentary about a monument to a fascist general, Rodolfo Graziani, erected near Rome in 2012. This war hero, or criminal, in service of Mussolini’s imperial ambitions serves as a locus for contemplating the lasting damage of colonialism in Ethiopia. At 4 p.m., Them Who? (Loro Chi?) is a comic bromance about two con men. At 6:10 p.m., The Beginners (Alaska), set in Paris, is an existential romance between an Italian waiter and a French fashionista. At 9:10 p.m., retro-escapist Latin Lover takes us back to the 1950s, where a male film star divided himself between several wives and their several daughters. Sun., 11/20, at 1 p.m., Anna (Per Amor Vostro) is a cue-card writer on a soap opera who falls in love with the show’s leading man in a seaside town. At 3:30 p.m., The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles (Noi e la Giulia) is a screwball ensemble comedy featuring an assortment of guys trying to run a country inn for tourists. Worse than fixing the plumbing is dealing with the Mafia, haha. At 6 p.m., Like Crazy (La Pazza Gioia) is a road movie launched when two lovable lady lunatics escape from a mental institution looking for happiness.t Info: newitaliancinema.org.

Evelyn Waugh revisited by Brian Bromberger

Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited by Philip Eade; Henry Holt and Co., $32 hen novelist Evelyn Waugh died of a sudden heart attack at 62 on Easter Sunday, 1966, his literary reputation was in decline, his work seen as nostalgic and retrograde compared to the countercultural post-modernist writers then in ascendance. But as journalist Philip Eade argues in his new biography of Waugh, “revisiting” him to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death, he is now celebrated as one of the greatest English satirical authors and novelists of the 20th century. Certainly the iconic 1981 television serialization of Brideshead Revisited, now considered Waugh’s masterpiece, was a major steppingstone in a critical reanalysis of his novels. Eade, however, is more concerned with rehabilitating Waugh’s character, which because of his complexity, is a far more dubious task. Despite having the cooperation of Waugh’s grandson Alexander and access to family archival unpublished material including Waugh’s passionate love letters to Baby Jungman (an unrequited girlfriend in the 1930s) and a revealing memoir by Waugh’s first wife, the success of this reappraisal is middling at best. Waugh may be a stunning writer, but he was

Aida

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Chorus Director Ian Robertson is also an undisputed master of the house, with his remarkably game crew sounding impressive, whether onstage or off. The SFO Chorus will be appearing in the concert Out of the Shadows on Sat., Nov. 19, at the Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera. For once, they will probably relish getting out of makeup with a chance to showcase their talent unadorned. In the leading roles, SFO turned to some already tried-and-tested rising stars to make sense of the new Aida. Leah Crocetto makes her role debut as the tortured princess, but she has proven herself a major Verdian soprano before with a big assignment in the title role of Luisa

not a very nice man. Born in 1903 to a middle-class home with his father Arthur a critic and publisher, Waugh was overshadowed by his favored older brother Alec. Arthur thought Alec would be the literary star, but when Alec was expelled from the elite prep school Sherborne after a romantic entanglement with a younger boy, the more talented Evelyn was forced to attend the less prestigious Lancing. He excelled academically and proceeded to Oxford, where he led a dissolute existence, developing a life-long passion for alcohol, culminating in various homosexual affairs. According to Waugh’s friend John Betjeman, “Everyone was queer at Oxford in those days.” His longest relationship focused on the gorgeous Alastair Graham, son of a baron, who became the inspiration for Bridehead’s Lord Sebastian Flyte (in the manuscript, Waugh twice accidentally wrote Alastair’s name for Sebastian’s). According to acquaintances, Alastair “had the same sort of features Evelyn liked in girls, the pixie look,” sending Evelyn a naked photograph of himself with “his backside pointing seductively toward the camera.” Even as Evelyn began turning his attention toward women, Alastair desperately wanted him back. Evelyn’s marriage to the beautiful Evelyn (called Shevelyn) Gardner

ended (it began with an unenthusiastic proposal: let’s get married and see how it goes). It lacked bedroom chemistry, and in her memoir she thought he was “homosexual at the base,” proceeding to have a very public affair with another man, humiliating Evelyn. He reunited with Alastair for awhile, but that ended when Evelyn, looking for respectability and entrance into aristocratic circles, became, in Alastair’s estimation, a boring snob. From then on, Waugh focused only on women, marrying Laura Herbert, an 18-year-old Catholic daughter of an explorer, in 1937. Eade glosses over in a scant few pages the major event of Waugh’s life, his conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1930 (which critically impacted his later novels), after his depression following his divorce from Shevelyn and conservative rejection of his wild 1920s lifestyle of parties and decadence with his rich “bright young things.” His marriage to Laura lasted and produced seven children (a daughter died at birth), probably because they demanded little of each other, she raising the family and overseeing the household so Waugh could write and travel (sometimes to get away from his kids, whom he found irritating, having little to do with their upbringing). Throughout this household drama, Waugh wrote at

Miller. Her mixture of clarity and warmth perfectly suits the repertoire. On opening night she started beautifully, but her voice acquired more vibrato and edge than usual as the night wore on. She still finished able to float an exquisite pianissimo, evoking a memory of the legendary Montserrat Caballe. I was looking forward to hearing tenor Brian Jagde, also making his role debut as her lover Radames, with a little worry that his bright and steady tone might be too light for the part. No problem, as he essayed his characterization with power to spare. He also added personality, and under the circumstances, deserves special honors. Making up the major corner of the love triangle as Amneris, Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina

Semenchuk earned her big final ovation with a strong and sympathetic performance. Baritone George Gagnidze returns from his highly lauded appearances early in the season in Andrea Chenier to sing Aida’s father Amonasro. His dark-toned voice is right for the part, but this time, his acting seemed a little bland. Bass Raymond Aceto, who has forever earned a spot in the SFO Hall of Fame with his unforgettable Reverend Olin Blitch in Susannah, plays the Egyptian High Priest Ramfis with his customary blend of dark tone and convincing menace. He might be sick of playing villainous roles, but I have yet to tire of seeing them.t SFO’s Aida continues through Tues., Dec. 6.

an astonishing output, his first novel, Decline and Fall, an uproarious bestseller, followed by Vile Bodies (its famous line, “I don’t know if this sounds absurd, but I do feel that a marriage ought to go on, for quite a long time, I mean”), Black Mischief, and A Handful of Dust (another masterwork), all witty satires of the wealthy upper-class, which Evelyn craved to be a part of yet skewered for their self-centered foibles. He wrote the more serious Brideshead about a declining English aristocratic family toward the end of WWII. It became his biggest success, though with his usual barbed banter, he remarked, “My book has been a great success in the US, which is upsetting because I thought it in good taste, and now I know it can’t be.” His brave war experiences encompassing Britain’s disastrous retreat from Crete, as well as contempt for his military superiors, were immortalized in the Sword of Honor trilogy written in the late 1950s-early 60s. A nervous breakdown precipitated by a combination of prescription drugs, sleeping pills, and alcohol led to his hallucinatory novel The Ordeal of

Gilbert Pinfold, and a trip to Hollywood to discuss the possible filming of Brideshead resulted in his acid lampoon on Forest Lawn cemetery, The Loved One. Retreating to life as a country squire, he was deaf, alcoholic, depressed, and thoroughly disenchanted with the modern world, despising Britain’s welfare state and the Second Vatican Council’s reform of the Catholic Church. Eade barely discusses Waugh’s literary output, a strange editorial choice because Waugh’s friendships and life events were intertwined with his writing. Waugh was eccentric, and in BBC television interviews he was accused of snobbery, misanthropy, and racism, though Eade thinks he deliberately self-parodied himself, playing a role to cover up his boredom and disillusionment. He could be a kind, caring friend expressing “deep humanity behind a forbidding front,” but couldn’t resist the cutting remark. He could be a mean bully with a cruel streak earning him many enemies, even mocking his own family, calling Alec “bald-headed because he had too much sex.” As with many English biographies, the amount of namedropping is stupefying, and the dry style of writing doesn’t translate. The straight Eade, while more forthcoming about Waugh’s early homosexuality than previous biographers, doesn’t offer any explanation why he abandoned relationships with men. LGBT readers will be struck with how gay Waugh seemed in his attitudes and mannerisms throughout his life. It would be fascinating for a gay writer to interpret Waugh, but Eade’s comprehensive book will probably be the primary biography of Waugh the man (but not the writer) for years to come.t

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It was that, but a low-key affair. The notoriously provocative Hennessy was offstage a lot and was uncommonly charming when on. Wells also stayed mostly out of the way. There was no intermission. The event took place as a series of children’s games, variants on “Scissors, Paper, Rock,” “Twister,” “20 Questions,” “Let the Wild Rumpus Begin,” and “Living Statues,” infused with progressive political questions, with a heavenly-beautiful version of “Pile-on” as a finale, in which three female dancers (the Three Graces?) lay on the floor and rolled softly across each other as they kept reaching and trying to place their hands on top of each other’s. This brought the evening to a peaceful close. But the show had only intermittently held my attention. All the talk in the lobby beforehand had been about how crazy the election had been making us all. Throughout the performance, the impulse to check up on the political horserace (Are we losing Florida?) kept grabbing my mind. Perhaps it was the worst weekend for a show called Touchy Subjects to hope to cast a spell. Amidst acerbic talk (“What pronoun do you identify with?” “When you hired me, did you see me as a person of color?”) and eclectic recorded soundscapes, many rich,

lovely things happened. dancers flung themselves, The show plays again this as contact-improv performcoming weekend, and I ers will do, at each other in recommend it, but how freaky lifts, wonderful tosses its elements will combine and catches, and wild skids in the climate of opinion made wilder by the blankets prevailing after the election on the floor, which drastiI can’t imagine. It’s hard to cally increased the danger. As think right now. living statues, three or four For me, the best thing leaned against each other to about the show was James make a structure, which othGraham’s world-class solos. ers covered with blankets as He dances from so deep if they’d made a tent; wherein his body. Next best, the upon the whole thing would opening game: performers collapse. It seemed a refercame into the audience and ence to the Millennial Tower invited us to play. There – or to any home you build were three gestures: 1) a your hopes on. Perhaps it’s David Papas handshake, 2) a fist-bump, a reference to the collapse of 3) a high-five. One of us was Sebastian Grubb, Jose Abad and Shira Yaziv, from Scott Wells & Dancers. democracy in America. The to say “Go!” and you’d make episode was striking, but it your gesture, as in “Scissors, went on too long. of privacy, with Trump’s crotchdown as their conversation got Paper, Rock.” I’d do fist Many of us in the audigrabbing and Wikileaks’ dumping friendlier or colder. Despite pithy bump, he’d do high-five. When we ence remember when Hennessy of private emails into the forum, moments like this, the show didn’t finally matched, we smiled, and he was evicted 20 years ago from his conversations never meant to be gel, a danger when the material is moved on. Onstage, dancers paired performance space, which was public, I loved watching these inquicrowd-sourced, as this was, with inoff into similar greeting rituals, askresurrected as Counterpulse and is ries play out. As this duet proceeded put from the dancers. The younger ing, “Is this OK?” Two dancers came now relocated a second time to the beside me, all the other dancers were dancers voiced fears of being rented, into the audience and began playTenderloin; and Hennessy’s staunch doing something similar, to the soft exploited for their youth and skills, ing the game sitting on the stair. “Is protest outside Dance Mission (the sounds of, “Is this OK?” Very sweet of being the flavor-of-the-month. this OK?” As it happened very close very theater where we were) when indeed was the exchange of air-kissWells probably injected most of the to me, when Megan Lowe did her they were threatened with eviction a es between Hennessy and (I think) anxiety about homelessness, since high-five just above my shoulder, decade ago, which was only averted Sebastian Grubb, which seemed as if he’s about to be evicted from the I offered my hand, asking, “Is this by the dot-com bust and the colit could go on forever. studio he’s had for 25 years. OK?” I got the answer, “Yes.” lapse of housing prices. There was a delightful duet for What were all those homeless-perThe decency of these intentions The fine dancers were Wells, HenMegan Lowe and Scott Wells in son blankets doing in the show? Inimoved me. Since, to my mind, the nessy, Shira Yaziv, Miriam Wolowhich she sat in a trapeze that he, tially, they increased the excitement most disruptive thing about the darski, Jose Abad, Kaitlin Guerin, holding its ropes, hoisted up and of the wild rumpus section, when election was the caustic invasion Lowe, Grubb, and Graham.t

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Thu 10

Bootie SF @ DNA Lounge

Sat 12

DJs Mysterious D and guests spin at the mash-up DJ dance party, with four rooms of different sounds and eight DJs. $10-$15 and up. 9:30pm3am. 375 11th St. www.bootiesf.com www.dnalounge.com

Pound Puppy @ SF Eagle

Ben DeLaCreme @ Oasis The drag performer brings her Inferno A-Go-Go show to the popular SoMa club. $25 and up ($225 VIP champagne tables). 7pm. Thru Nov. 13. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Bounce @ Lookout

Karaoke Night @ The Stud

Club Rimshot @ Club BNB, Oakland

Dance music with a view at the Castro bar. 9pm-2am. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Sing along and sing out, Louise, with hostess Sister Flora Goodthyme. 8pm2am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

The weekly hip hop and R&B night. $5-$15. 9pm to 4am. 2120 Broadway. (510) 759-7340. www.club-bnb.com FBFE

Mary Go Round @ Lookout Mercedez Munro and Holotta Tymes’ weekly drag show. $5. 10:30pm show. DJ Philip Grasso. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

The Monster Show @ The Edge The weekly drag show with DJ MC2, themed nights, gogo guys and hilarious fun. $5. 9pm-2am. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

Queer Karaoke @ Club OMG Dana hosts the weekly singing night; unleash your inner American Idol. 8pm. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.com

Rock Fag @ Hole in the Wall Enjoy hard rock and punk music from DJ Don Baird at the wonderfully divey SoMa bar. Also Fridays. 7pm-2am. 1369 Folsom St. 431-4695. www.hitws.com

Thump @ White Horse, Oakland Weekly electro music night with DJ Matthew Baker and guests. 9pm-2am. 6551 Telegraph Ave, (510) 652-3820. www.whitehorsebar.com

Thursday Night Live @ SF Eagle Music night with local and touring bands. $8. 9:30pm. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge Disco guru DJ Bus Station John spins grooves at the intimate retro music night. $5. 10pm-2am. 133 Turk St. at Taylor. www.auntcharlieslounge.com

Underwear Night @ Powerhouse Free coat/clothes check when you strip down to your skivvies at the cruisy SoMa bar. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Fri 11

Ain’t Mama’s Drag @ Balancoire Weekly drag queen and drag king show hosted by Cruzin d’Loo. 8pm10pm. No cover. 2565 Mission St. www.balancoiresf.com

Alysha Umphress @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The Broadway Star ( On the Town ) and Bay Area native performs her new cabaret show, Homecoming Queen, with classic and contemporary songs. $35-$50 ($20 food/drink min.). 8pm. Nov 12, 7pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Bjork’s Homogenic Tribute @ Independent Undercover Presents brings ten music ensembles, who perform the popular Bjork album live. $23. 8:30pm. Also Nov. 12. 628 Divisadero St. www.theindependentsf.com

Boy Division @ Cat Club The queer New Wave Brit pop night goes purple, with DJs Xander, Tomas Diablo, Omar and Andy T. $5-$8 (Scorpios get in free). 9:30pm-3am. 1190 Folsom St. www.sfcatclub.com

DTF Fridays @ Port Bar, Oakland Various DJs play house music at the new gay bar’s weekly event. 9pm2am. 2023 Broadway. (510) 823-2099. www.portbaroakland.com

Jody Watley, Shalamar @ Yoshi’s Oakland The powerhouse singer performs with the “Reloaded” R&B-pop group. $69. 8pm & 10pm. 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland. www.yoshis.com

Latin Explosion @ Club 21, Oakland Enjoy Latin, hip hop and electro, plus hot gogos galore, and a big dance floor. $10-$20. 9pm-3am. 2111 Franklin St., Oakland. www.club21oakland.com

Lick It @ Powerhouse DJed grooves and cruisy fun. $5. 10pm-1am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Midnight Show @ Divas Weekly drag shows at the last transgender-friendly bar in the Polk; with hosts Victoria Secret, Alexis Miranda and several performers. Also Saturdays. $10. 11pm. 1081 Polk St. www.divassf.com

Pansy Division @ Bottom of the Hill The queer pop-punk band is back for their 25th anniversary tour, with a new album, Quite Contrary, their first album in seven years; Club Meds and The Pathogens also play. $12-$15. 9:30pm. 1233 17th St. www.pansydivision.com www.bottomofthehill.com

Red Hots Burlesque @ The Stud The saucy women’s burlesque show hosted by Dottie Lux will titillate and tantalize. $10-$20. 8pm-9:30pm. 399 9th St. Also Sunday brunch shows at PianoFight Theatre, 4pm. www.redhotsburlesque.com www.studsf.com

Dance Party @ Port Bar, Oakland Enjoy relaxed happy hour cocktails early (open at 5pm) and later dancing in the cozy back room at the newest LGBT bar. Daily 5pm-2am. 2023 Broadway, Oakland. www.portbaroakland.com

Drag Me to Brunch @ Lookout

This Charming Band @ The Chapel The Smiths tribute band performs the group’s hits, plus Morrisey songs. $15. 9pm. 777 Valencia St. www.thechapelsf.com

Touch:Base @ Club 6 Comfort & Joy remixes the sports theme for the latest edition of Touch. Get sweaty on the playing field and get your bases loaded in the dugout. With DJs Sub Space, Trever Pearson, M*J*R, Mark O’Brien, Xander and Diablo. Show by Tragic Queendom. $30-$50, 60 6th St. touchbase.eventbrite.com

Writers With Drinks @ The Make Out Room Hannah Pittard ( Listen to Me, Reunion ), Sunil Patel (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine ), Elaine Kahn ( Women in Public) and Gwynn O’Gara ( Snake Woman Poems, Winter at Green Haven ) tell tall tales of scifi, erotica and other themes; Charlie Jane Anders MCs. $5-$20. 3225 22nd St. www.makeoutroom.com

Weekly show with soul, funk and Motown grooves hosted by Carnie Asada, with DJs Becky Knox and Pumpkin Spice. The yummy brunch menu starts at 12pm, with the show at 1pm. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

House Party @ Powerhouse Mohammad spins house music. $5. 9pm2am. 1347 Folsom St. powerhousebar.com

Mascara @ Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy

Fri 11

Castro Country Club’s sober space and fun Jody Watley @ Yoshi’s Oakland drag show, hosted by Miss CCC 2016 Intensive Claire. $15$20. 7:30pm. 4235 19th St. www.castrocountryclub.org

Mother @ Oasis Heklina’s popular drag show. Nov. 12 is a “Down Under” tribute to Aussie singers, with Valentine, Laundra Time, Gia and others. $10-$15. 10pm-2am. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Pound Puppy @ SF Eagle Three-year anniversary of the monthly cruisy night with cool grooves, sexy gogo studs, guest-DJ Chris Cruse and residents Taco Tuesday and Kevin O’Connor. $10. 9pm-2am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

Saturgay @ Qbar Stanley Frank spins house dance remixes at the intimate Castro dance bar. $3. 9pm-2am (weekly beer bust 2pm-9pm). 456 Castro St. www.QbarSF.com

Soul Party @ Elbo Room DJs Lucky, Paul, and Phengren Osward spin 60s soul 45s. $5-$10 ($5 off in semi-formal attire). 10pm-2am. 647 Valencia St. 552-7788. www.elbo.com

Sun 13

Femme Brunch @ Balancoire Weekly live music shows with various acts, along with brunch buffet, bottomless Mimosas, champagne and more, at the stylish nightclub and restaurant, with live entertainment and DJ Shawn P. $15-$20. 11am-3pm. After that, Femme T-Dance drag shows at 7pm, 10pm and 11pm. 2565 Mission St. at 21st. 920-0577. balancoiresf.com

Beer Bust @ Lone Star Saloon Enjoy daytime partying with bears and cubs, plus fundraisers for the SF Fog Rugby team. 4pm-8pm. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Beer Bust @ SF Eagle The classic leather bar’s most popular Sunday daytime event in town draws the menfolk. Beer bust donations benefit local nonprofits (Check the website for a list of recipients). 3pm6pm. Now also on Saturdays. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Some Thing @ The Stud Mica Sigourney and pals’ weekly offbeat themed drag performance night. $7. 10pm-3am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Vibe Fridays @ Club BnB, Oakland House music and cocktails, with DJs Shareef Raheim-Jihad and Ellis Lindsey. 9pm-2am. 2120 Broadway. (510) 759-7340. www.club-bnb.com

Sat 12

La Bota Loca @ Club 21, Oakland Latin, hip hop and Electro music night. Oct. 22, Diana Reyes performs live. $5-$25. 9pm-4am. 2111 Franklin St., Oakland. www.club21oakland.com

Fri 11 Alysha Umphress @ Feinstein’s

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Flex @ Powerhouse Mohammed DJs the weekend cruisefest. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Domingo De Escandal @ Club OMG Weekly Latin night with drag shows hosted by Vicky Jimenez and DJ Luis. 7pm-2am. 43 6th St. clubomgsf.com

GlamaZone @ The Cafe Pollo del Mar’s weekly drag show takes on different themes with a comic edge. 8:30-11:30pm. 2369 Market St. www.cafesf.com

Jock @ The Lookout Enjoy the weekly jock-ular fun, with DJed dance music at sports team fundraisers. 12pm-1am. NY DJ Sharon White from 3pm-6pm. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Sunday’s a Drag @ Starlight Room Donna Sachet often hosts the weekly fabulous brunch and drag show, now celebrating its tenth anniversary. $45. 11am, show at noon; 1:30pm, show at 2:30pm. 450 Powell St. in Union Square. 395-8595. www.starlightroomsf.com

Sunday Brunch @ Thee Parkside Bottomless Mimosas until 3pm at the fun rock-punk club. 1600 17th St. 2521330. www.theeparkside.com

Suzanne Vega @ Great American Music Hall The popular indie folk singer performs new and favorite songs; Teddy Thompson opens. $38. $63 with dinner. 8pm. 859 O’Farrell St. www.slimspresents.com

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Mahogany Mondays @ Midnight Sun Honey Mahogany’s weekly drag and musical talent show starts around 10pm. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

Mule Mondays @ Port Bar, Oakland Enjoy frosty Moscow Mule cocktails in a brassy mug, specials before 8pm. 2023 Broadway, Oakland. www.portbaroakland.com

Musical Mondays @ The Edge Sing along at the popular musical theatre night; also Wednesdays. 7pm2am. 2 for 1 cocktail, 5pm-closing. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

No No Bingo @ Virgil’s Sea Room Mica Sigourney and Tom Temprano cohost the wacky weekly game night at the cool Mission bar. 8pm. 3152 Mission St. www.virgilssf.com

Piano Bar 101 @ Martuni’s Sing-along night with talented locals, and charming accompanist Joe Wicht. 9pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market.

Underwear Night @ 440 Strip down to your skivvies at the popular men’s night. 9pm-2am. 440 Castro St. 621-8732. the440.com

Tue 15

Bandit @ Lone Star Saloon The weekly queer event with resident DJ Justime; electro, soul, funk, house. No cover. 9pm-1am. 1354 Harrison St. www.facebook.com/BanditPartySF www.lonestarsf.com

Block Party @ Midnight Sun Weekly screenings of music videos, concert footage, interviews and more, of popular pop stars. 9pm-2am. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

Tickets are available at LiveNation.com and select Walmart locations. To charge by phone (800) 745-3000. Limit 8 tickets per person. All dates, acts and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable service charges.

Hella Saucy @ Q Bar Queer dance party at the stylish intimate bar. 9pm-2am. 456 Castro St. www.QbarSF.com

Sat 12 Author Hannah Pittard at Writers With Drinks @ The Make Out Room

High Fantasy @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge Weekly drag and variety show, with live acts and lip-synching divas, plus DJed grooves. $5. Shows at 10:30pm & 12am. 133 Turk St. at Taylor. www. auntcharlieslounge.com

Hysteria @ Martuni’s Irene Tu and Jessica Sele cohost the comedy open mic night for women and queers. No cover. 6pm-8:30pm. 4 Valencia St.

Meow Mix @ The Stud Vanessa Bousay @ Martuni’s The local chanteuse performs with pianist Chris Winslow; proceeds benefit Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinner. $15. 7pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market. www.vanessabousay.com

Mon 14

Drag Mondays @ The Cafe Mahlae Balenciaga and DJ Kidd Sysko’s weekly drag and dance night. 9pm1am. 2369 Market St. www.cafesf.com

Epic Karaoke @ White Horse, Oakland Mondays and Tuesdays popular weekly sing-along night. No cover. 8:30pm-1am. 6551 Telegraph Ave, (510) 652-3820. whitehorsebar.com

Karaoke Night @ SF Eagle Sing along, with guest host Nick Radford. 8pm-12am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

LQQKS @ Powerhouse Shelix and Abominatrix’s drag night with a midnight runway show. $5. 9pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

The weekly themed variety cabaret showcases new and unusual talents with MC Ferosha Titties. $3-$7. Show at 11pm. 9pm-2am. 399 9th St. at Harrison. www.studsf.com

Naked Night @ Nob Hill Theatre Strip down as the strippers also take it all off. $20. 9pm. 729 Bush St. at Powell. 397-6758. www.thenobhilltheatre.com

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Queer Jitterbugs @ The Verdi Club Enjoy weekly same-sex (and other) swing dancing, with lessons, social dancing, ASL interpreters and live music. $15. 9pm-11:45pm. 2424 Mariposa St. at Potrero. www.verdiclub.net

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“It was my first audition for a film,” D’Ambrosio said in a phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter while on tour. “Pacino, Diane Keaton and Eli Wallach took me under their wing. I got tutored by the best.” D’Ambrosio has since received worldwide acclaim for his long stage run in The Phantom of the Opera. He melted hearts in San Francisco when he sang “The Music of the Night” during Phantom’s five-year San Francisco run. He said that although making Godfather was a positive experience for him, his heart remains on the stage. “I enjoy the process of stage work more than film work,” said D’Ambrosio. “The creative aspect of film is left up to the editor and director, not the actor. If the actor gives four different takes, it’s the director who picks the take and creates the overall arc of any character. When I do stage work, I’m the one who makes the arc of my character.” D’Ambrosio has also enjoyed a successful career as a solo cabaret performer. A few years back he toured the country in Franc D’Ambrosio’s Broadway. He’s played to sold out crowds at Feinstein’s at the Nikko, where he returns on November 17 in a brand new show. With I’ll Be Seeing Youz: A Bronx Boy’s A Musical Perspective of World War II, D’Ambrosio promises “a funny show filled with well-known standards and irreverent songs from the Second World War period.” The singer said that he’ll be performing numbers that are associated with both men and women. He’ll be performing from the perspectives of both genders. Some of the better known tunes the audience will hear include “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square,” a Bing Crosby medley, and of course “I’ll Be Seeing You.” In between songs D’Ambrosio will share stories about his col- Above: Franc D’Ambrosio in a recent cabaret performance. Below: Franc D’Ambrosio with one of his abstract paintings. orful Italian family. “It’ll just be me and Stephanie Lynn Smith, my Whether he’s singing, acting pianist,” he said. “She makes her Franc D’Ambrosio performs ‘I’ll Be or painting, Franc D’Ambrosio is piano sound like a band!” Seein’ Youz, a Bronx Boy’s Musiliving his dream. He said he was D’Ambrosio said that he won’t cal Perpsective of World War II,’ looking forward to returning to including stories from his family be wearing any period costumes. Feinstein’s. It’s his tenth gig in the life. $35-$55. November 17, 8pm. “Maybe a hat,” he said, “and a few iconic room. Feinstein’s at the Nikko, Hotel props. Sometimes less is more when “I just love it here,” he said, referNikko, 222 Mason St. what you have is working so well.” ring both to Feinstein’s and city he www.francdambrosio.com Having lived in San Francisco now views as his second home.t www.hotelnikkosf.com/feinsteins for five years during Phantom’s 1:05 PMlengthy run, D’Ambrosio said he feels like the Feinstein’s gig is a homecoming. “There’s nothing like San Francisco in terms of culture and diversity,” he said. “San Francisco is the only place I know of where your hairdresser might be straight while your plumber is gay.” D’Ambrosio turns out to be a man of many talents. He’s also an accomplished painter and enjoys his twin careers. “I love painting,” he said. “I’ve had a few solo shows and I sell a fair amount of paintings. It’s the way I know how to relax.” Though he often does abstract work, D’Ambrosio’s canvas style can change from painting to painting. “I paint whatever comes to mind,” he said. “I put a palate of colors on the canvas and go for a ride. Sometimes it’s abstract, sometimes it’s a face. It’s a huge discovery project.” D’Ambrosio is currently repreFranc D’Ambrosio at the closing night of the long-running sented by ArtHaus, which he tells San Francisco production of The Phantom of the Opera. us is the number one contemporary gallery in San Francisco.

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Graceful X-its Two porn actors’ adieux by John F. Karr

his month I offer farewell salutes to a pair of notable stars who are leaving the industry. One of them you loved to love, and the other you loved to hate. Or so it seemed. Before Cameron Diggs was badly injured in a motorcycle accident, he had a momentary, two-scene career which was momentarily controversial. Was he straight? Had he been to prison?

Were his tattoos racist? Yet qualms seemed to be washed away, or at least tolerably laundered, by his undeniable sexuality. He seemed barely domesticated, with a brooding nature that threatened danger. He was lean and supple, and his torso was fully covered with taboo tattoos that funneled so suggestively down to his smoothly shaven groin. And just below that tapered lure was a solid cock both sleek and long. With his promise of bad-boy

sex, I sure wanted to like him, but while those two scenes were good, neither grabbed the ring. I doubted his staying power. That’s now moot, as I’ve seen what I’m sure is his last scene. Shoot your cum high, boys, ‘cause it’s a thriller, and not just because now he’s got the ring grabbing his cock. In an episode that mr. Pam directed for a NakedSword series called International Playboys, Diggs dynamites an equally sexualized and voluminously tattooed lad named Mickey Taylor. The scene was announced and advertised, and then abruptly and without explanation withdrawn, not only from the series, but from the NakedSword site. Not only disowned, but disavowed, as if it never existed. Yet exist it does, available for download and streaming, as International Playboys Scene 4, at the VOD site AEBN, and available for purchase at the FalconStudios store. Since both those companies function under the NakedSword corporate umbrella, it’s a mystery that it’s not offered at NakedSword itself. Oh, dear, what can the matter be? Orphan or otherwise, it’s the best scene I’ve seen in some time, and has been filmed by mr Pam with a lovingly lingering camera. Diggs and Taylor begin wordlessly, with a caress, a tender kiss. Not the sort of all-hell-breaks-loose I was expecting from Diggs, who instead offers strength of intention and concentrated focus while throwing a positively feral fuck. He’s unyielding, with a soupçon of softness, a stern yet empathetic partner for the uncut, veiny cocked Taylor. Digg’s own pylon of cock, so inflexibly hard, is circled by a tight, brightly shining cock ring; gave me brain fever. With a slow and strong grace, Diggs is intently focused on his partner’s sensation while satisfying his own demanding hunger. When rimming, he burrows deep in there with mouth open wide. When fucking, his torso undulates during slow grinds, and goes all steely during rapid thrusting. Ethel Merman famously lauded doing what came naturally, and I suspect that’s what Diggs is doing, too. And boy, I ain’t never. If this is indeed Diggs’ last parcel o’ porn, it’s a smick-smack sendoff.

Rocco’s au revoir

Rocco Steele has announced his retirement. At 52, he’s either tired of going to the gym, or tired of sticking needles in his cock, a behavior,

we hear, that’s an alleged constant. Well, we each have our crutch to bear. At any rate, Steele’s been a cock-forhire to any company that will hire him, so I’m sure there are many another Rocco scenes awaiting release here and there. So I shall refrain from calling his episode in Secrets & Lies his last. I found it at NakedSword while digging around for the last of Mr. Diggs. Secrets & Lies is heavily plotted, but all you need to know at the beginning of Steele’s scene, formally known as Episode 4; Forgive Me Father, is that he’s in a stew. Steam comes out Both Photos: Naked Sword of his ears, as he strides Top: Cameron Diggs lavishes attention all around his family-run on Mickey Taylor. Bottom: Is it Cameron ranch, looking mighty Diggs who wants you, or you who wants hunky in form hugging Cameron Diggs? jeans and work shirt. It seems sex is going for a formerly str8, god-fearing fella. around between his variAnd how he relishes foreskin. ous relatives. He confronts his nephWhen he gets to Peterson’s assew on the subject, and when nephew hole, he marvels, “So fuckin’ pink.” says, “Uncle, I want you,” the And that it is. Pink being one of the supposedly str8, god-fearing more popular flavors, there’s much Steele tumbles mighty all-you-can-eat ass munching. quick. Then Steele slides on a condom, Proving that everyand the fucking commences. It’s a one wants to be wantmore aggressive, animalistic fuck ed, Steele displays than the smooth, feral mode Diggs’ his urgent need by worked in, and not different from sprouting an awfully most other Steele performances. hard cock before his Yet sturdy and satisfying to all inpants are pried open by the nephew, volved, especially when Peterson who is played with good nature by straddles the redwood sized shaft, strapping, uncut Jacob Peterson. bouncing and helicoptering his You can imagine the fervor with own healthy bone until the rotowhich Peterson sucks the imperial rootering makes him cum. Then he abundance which is Steele’s claim to flaunts his hole for Steele to jack off fame, a cock as big, round and solid onto, after which Peterson licks the as the ranch’s yon water tower. Cerdick clean of Rocco roe. tainly, Peterson sucks the hell out Steele’s cock has had a memoof it, and when it’s payback time, rable run—bon voyage, big boy!t Steele’s surely an expert cocksucker

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Young Jacob Peterson is no doubt glad to be one of Rocco Steele’s final partners.