About Our Cover – April 10, 2025
Earth Day 2025, on April 22, will mark the 55th official national annual observance demonstrating support for environmental protection. Both before and after the first Earth Day in 1970, there have been a number of out LGBTQ+ champions of Mother Earth who have made a positive impact.…
Influential Bay Area Transgender Leaders Who Are Making History
San Francisco is the city with the highest population of out transgender individuals, according to many surveys, with New York, Austin, Portland, Seattle, Boston, New Orleans, Columbus, Salt Lake City, and Atlanta also often mentioned in the top 10. As a beacon for the global transgender community,…
Bought & Sold: The 50-Year-Old Roots of Big Money in Politics Today
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– As the destructive chaos of the second Trump presidency continues to unfold, we find ourselves returning over and over to the inordinate influence of big money in American politics. A staggering $15.9 billion was spent nationwide on federal election races during…
About the Cover 2.27.25
A powerful response to the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service took place on Saturday, February 22, 2025, when Yosemite National Park staffers hung a massive American flag upside down at the top of El Capitan. Displaying the nation’s flag in this manner is a…
Business Grants and More to Empower LGBTQ+ Black Women
“In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.”—Audre Lorde The great poet and activist Audre Lorde (1934–1992) often spoke about the importance of self-definition and self-empowerment. Regarding the former, she said, “If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other…
Grammy Nominee Nadirah Shakoor Makes Rare Appearance in the Castro
Grammy nominee Nadirah Shakoor, the former lead singer of Arrested Development and who has been a longtime member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, made a rare appearance in the Castro for Black History Month. (With the Coral Reefer Band in 2024, she performed a sold-out show…
Features
Rainbow Sierrans: From a Groundbreaking Past to Growing Present Importance
The San Francisco Bay Area Rainbow Sierrans is an outings and conservation club for LGBTQ+ people as well as their friends…
Louder, Please!
By Joanie Juster– The current administration continues its scorched-earth rampage, making Sherman’s march through Georgia look like a romp through the…
Awakening Our Inner Unicorn in Troubled Times
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– It is a truism that musicians and artists often do not receive recognition in their…
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