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1 America s oldest continuously-published and highest circulation LGBT Weekly......since The Serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities since 1971 Vol. 43 No. 26 June 27-July 3, 2013 City to embrace Pride Rick Gerharter Members of the Kaiser Permanente contingent enjoyed the sun and music as they headed down Market Street at last year s Pride parade. by Seth Hemmelgarn t s been a rough year for organizers of the 43rd annual San Francisco ILGBT Pride parade and celebration, but Pride chief Earl Plante still sounds enthusiastic about this year s theme, Embrace, Encourage, Empower. Plante, CEO of the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, said that to him, the theme means, embracing all aspects of our community and diversity at all levels. It also invokes empowering the broader global LGBT movement. San Francisco Pride is a thought leader... it has been since its inception, Plante said. This year s Pride festivities begin Saturday with the festival in Civic Center, from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, the celebration in Civic Center runs from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The parade kicks off at 10:30 a.m. at Market and Beale streets and ends at Market and Eighth streets. The Pride festival is free, but a donation of $5 is suggested. There will be jubilation in the streets as well, following Wednesday s historic victories at the U.S. Supreme Court. See page 22 >> Activists to honor Manning at SF parade G The Free Bradley Manning contingent, shown here in last year s parade, is expected to be larger on Sunday. by Cynthia Laird ay Army private Bradley Manning was stripped of his grand marshal status and is 3,000 miles away in Maryland at his court-martial but supporters will honor him in Sunday s San Francisco LGBT Pride parade anyway. The Bradley Manning Support Network contingent, which has marched in San Francisco Pride parades for the last two years, is expected to be teeming with activists, probably a couple politicians, and supporters of the WikiLeaks whistle-blower. In a statement released this week, Manning s local supporters said in essence that they didn t care that the San Francisco Pride board refused to honor him Manning will be their grand marshal. Manning, 25, is accused of leaking some 700,000 classified government documents to WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website. He has confessed to some of the charges against him, but is being court-martialed on other charges. The most serious, aiding the enemy, could send him to prison for life. After initially naming Manning as a grand marshal in late April, the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee board reversed itself two days later. Initially Pride board President Lisa Williams, in a statement, said that it was a mistake to name Manning a grand marshal. Later, the board came out with a second statement that said Manning couldn t be considered for a community grand marshal slot because he is not local. After a contentious community meeting May 31, the Pride board declined to recognize Manning in any way for the Pride celebration. Joey Cain, a former Pride Committee board president and a former parade grand marshal, Court victories! process. I { FIRST OF THREE SECTIONS } by Matthew S. Bajko and Lisa Keen n a stunning double victory, the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday issued decisions that strike down both a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8, California s same-sex marriage ban. The DOMA decision, a 5-4 split, was written by Justice Anthony Kennedy and joined by was the person who nominated Manning for the honor. He has been by turns, angry, hurt, and disappointed in how the controversy has played out, and the lack of communication and transparency from Pride officials. There s a major leadership problem at Pride that needs to be addressed, Cain said in a recent interview with the Bay Area Reporter. Phyllis Lyon is escorted down the Rotunda stairs in San Francisco City Hall by Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, left, and Mayor Ed Lee. Rick Gerharter the four liberal justices of the court. It strikes DOMA as unconstitutional because it violates the guarantees of equal protection and due The DOMA dissent, based largely on matters of standing, was led by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by the court s three other conservatives. See page 22 >> Rick Gerharter To those who say that even though Manning is gay, what he did was not specifically gay-related, Cain has a different perspective. The reason I nominated Bradley Manning was because the LGBT community needed to know about him and embrace him, Cain said. Bradley Manning is a gay man who did See page 6 >> 2015 ADVERTISING MEDIA KIT BAR MEDIA, INC. 44 Gough Street, Suite 204, San Francisco, CA To advertise, contact Scott Wazlowski, Vice President, Advertising at or advertising@ebar.com

2 Reach the Bay Area s most loyal LGBT audience The Bay Area Reporter stands proud as the nation s longest continuouslypublishing and highest circulation LGBT weekly newspaper and as the undisputed newspaper of record for the San Francisco Bay Area s large and vibrant LGBT community. Readers of the publication are loyal, passionate and supportive and they rely on the Bay Area Reporter for consistent, quality reporting that can be found nowhere else. The newspaper is regarded for its orginal writing of news, politics, opinion, arts, entertainment, and nightlife. The B.A.R. has been highly-decorated receiving numerous awards. In 2008, News Editor Cynthia Laird received the Excellence in Journalism Award by the Northern California Chapter of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association (NLGA) and Assistant News Editor Matthew S. Bakjo won the Best News Column distinction for Political Notes, as awarded by the San Francisco-Peninsula Press Club. In 2013 founding Publisher Bob Ross was inducted into the NLGA Hall of Fame. Among LGBT publications serving the 9-county San Francisco Bay Area, the Bay Area Reporter remains the sole LGBT publication in the market with an audited and verified circulation: 29,000 copies per week and reaching a readership (print and online) in excess of 150,000 consumers. In 2013, the publication also became a certified diverse supplier, recognized as an LGBT Business Enterprise by the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.

3 2015 Editorial Calendar FEATURE/EDITION ISSUE DATE AD DEADLINE January Travel section January 29 January 23 Imperial Court Coronation TBD TBD February Travel section February 26 February 20 Real Estate Supplement March 5 February 27 March Travel section March 26 March 20 Annual BEST OF edition April 2 March 20 Best of Travel section April 2 March 27 April Travel section April 23 April 17 May Travel section May 28 May 22 FRAMELINE (LGBT Film Festival) June 11 June 5 San Francisco Pride Edition June 25 June 12 June Pride Travel section June 25 June 12 Up Your Alley Fair July 23 July 17 July Travel section July 30 July 24 Fall Arts Preview I August 27 August 21 August Travel section August 27 August 21 Fall Arts Preview II September 3 August 28 Folsom Street Fair September 24 September 18 September Travel section September 24 September 18 Castro Street Fair October 1 September 25 October Travel section October 29 October 23 Halloween October 29 October 23 November Travel section November 28 November 20 December Travel section December 31 December 18

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