Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi Honored at AIDS Memorial Grove: VIDEO

On Saturday, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi was honored at the AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park as a national champion in the fight against the AIDS epidemic, CBS San Francisco reports. Pelosi also this month celebrates 25 years since she first ran for Congress.

A new section of the grove has been named the Nancy Pelosi Leadership Pathway. Pelosi offered moving words on the discovery of AIDS, the community's reaction to the crisis, the discrimination, and the opportunities she's had to help fight that.

Said Pelosi: "I can’t think of anything that surpasses having my name associated with this grove and each and every one of you for what you do."

Videographer Sean Chapin created a touching clip of the ceremony which captures the beautyof the gardens and the ceremony.

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Activist Wants MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to Say It's Okay for a Player to be Gay: VIDEO

Activist and videographer Sean Chapin, who successfully led a campaign to get the San Francisco Giants to be the first MLB team to make an 'It Gets Better' video, responds to news of the recent gay extortion attempt on Minnesota Twins player Carl Pavano, with another campaign.

I am calling on the commissioner, Bud Selig, to step up to the plate and help put an end to [homophobia in baseball] once and for all - to let our baseball players know that they will be fully supported and protected by Major League Baseball if they’re gay and want to come out of the closet. And one day, a player will finally come out as openly gay, and be able to play the game with the freedom and honesty that other players takes for granted.

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Moment of Prop 8 Ruling, from the SF Courthouse Steps: VIDEO

Videographer and activist Sean Chapin captured the moment the Prop 8 ruling was read earlier this week on the courthouse steps in San Francisco.

What a week it's been.

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Towleroad Guide To The Tube #1033

RIP VADER: Bob Anderson, the Olympic fencer who played Darth Vader, has died. (Note: Anderson was simply Vader's lightsaber-wielding stunt double, but still cool.)

MARRIED, KNOW IT: Entertaining activist Sean Chapin reworks "LMFAO" track "Sexy and I Know It."

UPSIDE DOWN: New trailer for "romantic thriller" starring Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess. Visually arresting and disorienting. (WB took down the English-language version, so have replaced with the French.)

EXCESSIVE OR ENLIGHTENING?: Ron Paul-supporting PAC releases video starring African American patient who tells a tale of Dr. Paul's compassion amidst racism.

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I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus: VIDEO

Gay Family Values (the Leffew family) and videographer Sean Chapin present a gay family remake of the Christmas classic.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1019

THE VIEW: Michele Bachmann gets a schooling from Elisabeth Hasselbeck on "activist Elijah" and treated children with dignity.

SPACECRAFT SPOTTED ON MERCURY? Alien hunter dude: "It's cylindrical on either side and has a shape in the middle. It definitely looks like a ship to me, and very obviously, it's cloaked." Actually, there is an explanation.

SEAN CHAPIN: Has some words for Rick Perry.

MANKATO, MN NEWS ANCHOR: Drunk on air?

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