A sad story Queerty readers may be able to help with: Drag queen Anna Warhola was just finishing up her performance at the Charlie Horse in San Francisco when she suffered a heart-attack and respiratory arrest. Patrons did not immediately realize what had happened and thought it was all part of the act. Once they realized the horrible truth, they worked to provide CPR until paramedics arrived.

Anna Warhola, whose real name is Paul Brinegar, is currently in a coma at Californa Pacific Medical Center.

Anna Conda, a Charlie Horse hostess and friend of Brinegar is looking for his parents or twin brother and is asking anyone who has any information to email charliehorsecinch@yahoo.com.

As a service to our readers, Queerty is going to attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all the upcoming protests against Prop. 8 and other gay marriage bans across the country.

Since collectively, the you folks are  smarter and more resourceful than me, I'm asking you to lend me a hand by listing this week's protests in the comments. To make this easier, please include a link, so we can confirm it.

If this sounds like we're advocating our readership to get out there and peacefully protest in acts of visible disobedience, that's because we are–angrily demanding equal rights is the new after-work cocktail, people.

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Photo: Jonathan Alcorn

In what more than one protester has described as "the second Stonewall", Californians across the state have taken to the streets in spontaneous demonstrations to protest the passage of Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling in May that allowed it. Here's a brief rundown of the past five days:

Day One (Nov. 5th):

While the rest of the world celebrated the election of Barack Obama, opponents of Proposition 8 gathered in gay enclaves like West Hollywood and San Francisco to hold impromptu rallies. In Los Angeles, a group of approximately 1,500 people, mostly younger, left the rally while it was still ongoing and marched up to Sunset Boulevard, forcing street closures. Police managed to divide the group, keeping 2/3 within West Hollywood.

The remaining group marched to the CNN building in Hollywood and then up to Hollywood & Highland, L.A.'s version of Times Square, where police barricading the group from entering the intersection. A tense standoff ensued, with some protesters breaking through the police lines and two being beaten by the police with billy clubs.

In all, four separate groups, about 3,000 people total, marched throughout Hollywood, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood throughout the night, with protesters holding a sit down protest at Sunset and La Cienega til 2:30am. Seven people were arrested.

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Is Yahoo! working for the right-wing? Maybe not, but the internet company this weekend ran what appears as "news" piece decrying a San Francisco schools' decision to take a first-grade class to their teacher's same-sex wedding opens with quite the anti-gay bang…

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Freedom fighting South African Archbishop Desmond appeared in San Francisco last night to speak at the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission’s Celebration of Courage Awards Ceremony. The event was the first time gay champion Tutu has addressed an exclusively queer crowd. From the exuberant press release:

Comparing the importance of speaking up for human rights to the basic act of breathing, Archbishop Desmond Tutu gave an historic speech to the lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex (LGBTI) community at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco last night. A crowd of 500 people heard the Nobel Peace Prize recipient condemn the persecution of LGBTI people, apologize on behalf of his Church for ostracizing gay people, and challenge China to improve its human rights record—all in the first ever direct address by the Archbishop to a large gathering of the LGBTI community in the United States.

Most miraculously, Tutu hit all those points in a scant thirty minutes. Astounding…

Working Assets has been working its ass off to spread progressive message. Now, after 22-years fighting various good fights, the San Francisco-based telecommunications company has launched a campaign to raise gay marriage awareness.

The current campaign promotes progressive mobile company, Credo Mobile, which donates one percent of its revenue to various organizations, such as the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood. We assume they don't have many social conservative customers.

Say Credo's ads:

When you have a credo you stand for something. Credo Mobile stands for progressive causes such as gay marriage, forest preservation and freedom of speech. Join Credo Mobile and help change the world each time you make a call.

Who knew keeping in touch could do so much good?

Kentucky's gubernatorial race got a bit of celebrity - and anti-gay rhetoric - this weekend. The Bluegrass state's Republican party commissioned singer Pat Boone to record an automated call blasting Democratic nominee Martin Steve Bashear, who "has consistently supported every homosexual cause".

We've included the TPM-provided audio below, but here's the entire text from PageOneQ:

Hello friends this is Pat Boone a fellow Kentuckian by descent from grandaddy Dan'l. I've always been proud of Kentucky's stance on patriotic, military and moral issues; a great heritage. Now, as an American and a Christian I am very conservative about the upcoming governor's election. Ernie Fletcher is a typical Kentuckian, he's worked long and hard for the state, its people, and its traditions. And, of course, he has come under attack by political opponents and now he faces a man who wants his job who has consistently supported every homosexual cause: same sex marriage, gay adoption, special rights, to gay, lesbian, bisexual, even transgender individuals.

The problem (inaudible) gay advocacy groups (inaudible) enthusiastically endorse Bashear, knowing he's their guy. Kentuckians have already voted to amend the state constitution to prohibit same sex marriage. Now, do you want governor who'd like Kentucky to be like another San Francisco? Please reelect Ernie Fletcher.

This message paid for by the Kentucky Republican Party.

So, do you think the GOP paid Boone for this or did he do it out of the goodness of his black heart? Luckily the state's polls show Bashear way ahead of Governor Fletcher, so poor Boone may be crying himself to sleep Tuesday night.