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Utah Paper Won't Print Same-Sex Wedding Announcement
Tyler Barrick and Spencer Jones were legally married in San Francisco on June 17, 2008. The couple is headed to Jones's hometown in southern Utah next week for a family party, so they thought it would be fitting to print a wedding announcement in hometown paper The Spectrum. Unfortunately, the paper didn't think the news of their marriage was fit to print.
Oh Snap! I'm Looking For a More Exotic Career
A job-seeker stops by the Centerfolds booth during an adult entertainment industry job fair yesterday in San Francisco. Hundreds of people showed up to find out about strip clubs jobs ranging from bartender and cashiers to exotic dancers and waitresses.
Celebrating Gay Pride: TrèsSugar Roundup
June is LGBT Pride Month. Here in San Francisco, we're at the epicenter of it all right now as it's SF Pride weekend. In honor of the events and parades held around the world this month in order to "educate the world, commemorate our heritage, celebrate our culture, and liberate our people," here are my favorite stories we've covered with similar intentions here on TrèsSugar.
Internet Keeps Homeless Population Connected
"You don't need a TV. You don't need a radio. You don't even need a newspaper.
Oh Snap! Barack Obama Outsources His Presidential Visits
A wax figure of President Obama took a vintage streetcar to the Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco yesterday. Right before that, the wax president crossed the San Francisco Bay in style on his way to the wax museum aboard the USS Potomac, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential yacht.
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Picture It: Death of a Postman
Mailboxes wait in limbo, or outside a San Francisco mail sort center, until their fate is determined. The US Postal Service showed up on the floor of Congress Wednesday, mailbags open for bailout change. Cutting service and charging for secure(r) email seem increasingly likely since May's ¢2 stamp hike (from ¢42 to ¢44) won't be enough to stop USPS from going bankrupt by the year's end.
Picture It: Saint Obama Sells For $12.95 in San Francisco
A Catholic priest calls for the hot-selling candle to be removed from a novelty shop called Just For Fun. It features the president's halo-rimmed head on the body of Saint Martin de Porres, the Peruvian-born friar who is considered the first black saint in the Americas.
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Fear Factor: Arrested Johns Scared Away From Sex in Class
John school is a newish solution to an age-old problem: Prostitution and the men who buy it.
What does it take to get in? Solicit a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles and get caught once (v.
Briefing Book! SF Mayor Newsom Twitters Pregnancy News
- SF Mayor Gavin Newsom is excited/proud about his wife's pregnancy. — Twitter
- Would you like a vibrator with your Vermont cheddar? Vermont General Store sexes up its inventory.
Congressman Suggests Home For Gitmo Prisoners: Alcatraz
Figuring out where to place prisoners now being held at Guantanamo Bay could be a legal nightmare when Gitmo closes; but the political obstacles could be even more tricky. Thanks to the high profile nature of the prisoners, as well as their characterizations (exaggerated or not) as the most dangerous people in the world, it will be hard to convince cities or towns to keep the prisoners within their limits.
One Republican, Florida Congressman Bill Young, came up with a creative location — Alcatraz!
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