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Vol. 48 • No. 20 • May 17-23, 2018
Man pleads not guilty in Sonoma threat, flag case
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Former SF police commissioner Julius Turman dies
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ulius Turman leaves behind a legacy of generosity and love, said his close friend Brett Andrews, CEO of the Positive Resource Center. Flags at City Hall flew at half-staff Monday in honor of Turman, a gay man who had just stepped down from the San Francisco Police Commission and was found dead in his home Sunday, May 13. He was 52. Mr. Turman had served as president of the See page 17 >>
LGBT Pride in Cuba
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or the 11th year, Cuba’s National Center of Sexual Education spearheaded activities to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. On May 12, several thousand participants, including a group from the San Francisco-based Rainbow World Fund, joined in Havana for a short but spirited march.
B.A.R. election endorsements SF OFFICES SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR 1: Mark Leno 2: London Breed 3: Jane Kim DISTRICT 8 SUPERVISOR Rafael Mandelman EAST BAY ASSEMBLY Dist. 15: Judy Appel
STATE OFFICES Governor: Gavin Newsom Lt. Governor: Eleni Kounalakis Attorney General: Xavier Becerra Secretary of State: Alex Padilla Treasurer: Fiona Ma Controller: Betty Yee Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond Board of Equalization (District 2): Malia Cohen STATE ASSEMBLY (SF) Dist. 17: David Chiu Dist. 19: Phil Ting
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Above, the Cuban flag was carried in the march. Havana activities were augmented by the free distribution of thousands of rainbow-colored items – flags, bracelets, stickers – from the Rainbows for Cuba project, initiated by gay San Francisco activist Michael Petrelis, who was also there for the march decked out in a rainbow cape.
man whom Sonoma County sheriff ’s deputies said threatened to bomb gays and allegedly stole rainbow flags from the Guerneville Plaza flagpole pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance this Sonoma Co. Sheriff’s office week. Vincent Joseph Vincent Joseph O’Sullivan O’Sullivan was taken into custody by deputies from the Sonoma County Sheriff ’s Guerneville substation May 12 after he allegedly threatened to “bomb the gay people in Guerneville” at a local grocery store, authorities said. See page 17 >>
Castro groups relinquish $100K city grant for Pink Triangle Park by Matthew S. Bajko
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San Francisco monument to LGBTs killed by the Nazis in World War II will no longer see an infusion of cash to repair its damaged elements now that two neighborhood groups have relinquished the city grant awarded to the project. Last spring the city’s Community Challenge Grants program had announced it was awarding $100,000 to the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District to pay for the renovation and greening of the Pink Triangle Park and Memorial Rose Garden located at 2454-2458 Market Street. The roughly 3,000 square foot triangular park is situated at the northwest corner of Market and Castro streets (bordered by 17th Street). It features a memorial consisting of 15 pylons created by artists Susan Abbott Martin and Robert Bruce. The CBD had partnered with the Eureka Valley Foundation, an offshoot of the Castro/ Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association responsible for the upkeep of the mini park, to use the grant money to address maintenance issues at the park and build a new ADA-accessible entrance.
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The walkway and rose quartz triangle are shown at the Pink Triangle Park and Memorial Rose Garden.
But, as the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, the park group informed the CBD last fall that the grant money should be returned to the city. John Goldsmith, the president of the See page 16 >>