Sean Patrick Maloney, a gay former aide to President Bill Clinton, won the Democratic primary and will face Rep. Nan Hayworth, who has a moderate reputation on LGBT rights compared to some other Tea Party-backed Republicans.
No on 8
protesters lined Castro Street, shouting at the top of their
lungs for marriage equality as Hollywood gathered for the
premiere of Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic. Emile
Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Diego Luna, and
Sean Penn were all on hand. Penn, notoriously press-shy,
got out of his car and went over to shake hands and give a
thumbs-up to the protesters. It was a fitting
celebration of a great man's legacy.
When Harris was finished on Tuesday, the crowd left the Ellipse peacefully, returning to their cars, their buses, their homes, and their lives — with hope, John Casey writes.
In a clip airing Tuesday on Stephen Colbert's show, an animated interviewer tells Buttigieg it's impossible to find "a young, vibrant, gay transformative political figure."
Big names and
deep pockets were out Tuesday night at Ron Burkle's
Green Acres Estate in Beverly Hills. The straight
billionaire and former owner of the Ralphs supermarket
chain opened his home to a gala fund-raiser for No on
Proposition 8. With Melissa Etheridge and Mary J. Blige
headlining and a host committee including producer
Bruce Cohen (Milk), San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom,
and Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg, the event, with
tickets starting at $500, was sold out.