Safe-sex activist Buzz Bense dies :: Bay Area Reporter
2016年11月22日 · Buzz Bense, a well-known safe-sex educator, sex club operator, and theater aficionado, died Saturday, November 19 in San Francisco due to complications of liver disease. He was 67.
Safe sex poster show unveiled :: Bay Area Reporter
2013年11月6日 · A new HIV social marketing campaign on a bus stop near the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood had caught the eye of Buzz Bense. His immediate thought was how he could get his hands on one.
Sexed up :: Bay Area Reporter
When SAFE SEX BANG: The Buzz Bense Safe Sex Poster Collection went up on the walls of the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco, a big surprise was the graphic nature of the art. Official response in the early days of the AIDS crisis was prudish, but that doesn't figure here.
New owners for Eros - Bay Area Reporter
Buzz Bense, a longtime safe sex entrepreneur and advocate, has sold Eros to managers Hans Pfeifer, Ken Rowe, and Lou Fannon. "We felt it was an important institution in San Francisco and wanted it to continue and hopefully, provide a unique space for sex-positive play, and an art gallery for entertainment, workshops, and education," said Rowe.
San Francisco Mayor 'Open' to Allowing Gay Bathhouses
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is "open" to allowing gay bathhouses to once again operate in the city as long as public health officials believe doing so would not hinder their plan to eliminate by 2020 nearly all new HIV infections.
’Sex Panic’ :: GLBT History Museum Lecture Revisits Bathhouse …
A standing-room-only crowd piled into the GLBT History Museum in the Castro to hear a lecture on what led to the death of San Francisco’s famed gay bathhouse culture.
Poster boys :: Bay Area Reporter
Robert Gray grew up in San Francisco's Bayview Hunter's Point district, a predominantly African American community. It was a rough place. Gray told the Bay Area Reporter, "It was a tough place to be gay and grow up," adding that he "had to endure being taunted and had his share of fights.". From the time he was a senior in high school he began "sneaking into gay bars and …
Political Notebook: SF mayor 'open' to allowing gay bathhouses
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is "open" to allowing gay bathhouses to once again operate in the city as long as public health officials believe doing so would not hinder their plan to eliminate by 2020 nearly all new HIV infections.Ed Lee is "open" to allowing gay bathhouses to once again operate in the city as long as public health officials believe
Feastful :: Bay Area Reporter
Whether you're having a feast with family, an orphan's party, or skipping Thanksgiving altogether out of political conviction or other reasons, you can still enjoy a bountiful buffet of arts events through the otherwise quiet holiday weekend.
Finding David Bowie's queer roots :: Bay Area Reporter
2024年1月8日 · Horton and Bowie had discussed in advance how important and useful it would be to have Pitt onboard, and David and the Buzz seemed to have tailored their set specifically to meet his interests.