Tensions simmer as LGBTQ+ neighborhood tries to oust annual Lesbians Who Tech event
The merchants say the event has become untenable for them. LWT says they need to be more supportive of queer women.
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The merchants say the event has become untenable for them. LWT says they need to be more supportive of queer women.
With seven-in-10 reported hate crimes in San Francisco occurring against gay men — the FBI is fully committed to enforcing federal hate crimes statutes regardless of who is in the White House, agents told an audience in the Castro.
After years of not having organized festivities, plans for Halloween in the LGBTQ Castro neighborhood are moving forward — but it won’t be the block party that was quashed by San Francisco leaders 16 years ago after violence marred previous events.
The city committee that oversees San Francisco street closures approved most of Lesbians Who Tech’s proposed Castro neighborhood plans for its mid-October confab — with one major exception.
Pride Month kicked off for the Castro Merchants Association with the group dropping the conditions it had previously adopted before it could endorse Another Planet Entertainment’s plans for the Castro Theatre.