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Police ID Bubbles’s Suspected Killer!
San Francisco police have identified and are looking for the guy suspected of shooting and killing Bubbles! Anthony “Bubbles” Torres was an activist, artist, performer, and SF nightlife staple, and until now there hasn’t been a clear suspect in his murder. Read all about Bubbles and what he meant to
Rally Announced to Demand Justice for Bubbles
In the early morning of Saturday September 9th, Anthony Torres (aka Bubbles) was shot and murdered in the Tenderloin, rocked the nightlife and the queer community of San Francisco. I wrote this eulogy to him that summed up his important to The City. As today, over ten days later, while
The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide
A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But
Goodbye Bubbles. SF Won’t be the Same Without Your Magical Weirdness.
Fucking Bubbles. I don’t know how many times I’ve said that phrase since I first met him in Dolores Park in 2014. In fact anyone who ever met Bubbles uttered that phrase at least once, whether in absolute awe, complete exasperation, or both simultaneously. Bubbles was Bubbles. There are a
Ace’s Bartender Back at Work After Taking Sensitivity Classes
You may recall last month when we broke a story about Bubbles being kicked out of Ace’s for looking queer. It was based on audio in which Bubbles asks the bartender if he was being kicked out for the way he looks and the bartender saying yes. As you can imagine
San Franciscan Refused Service For Looking Queer
Read the update at the bottom of the article This just floated across my Facebook feed. Anthony Torres, known as Bubbles, shared this audio of himself being refused service at Ace’s for how he looks. As you can hear, its quite alarming. The bartender literally says he won’t serve Bubbles
How To Get More Bang (wink wink) For Your bottle
So, it’s Valentine’s week (Yes, it’s an entire week now. Sorry.) and I don’t care if you’re fully ball-n-chained or single and swinging that thang all over the city, one thing V-day evokes in every last warm-blooded human being is the desire to get… some. You know what I’m talking