About Our Cover 8.13.26
August 2026 marks the fifth Transgender History Month observed in San Francisco. Former Mayor London Breed declared the first such month in August 2021, making San Francisco the first city in the U.S. to do so. Santa Clara declared August as Transgender History Month in 2022, followed…
How Golden Gate Park Became California’s Largest Queer Green Space
When nineteenth-century critics dismissed San Francisco’s ambitious park plan as a foolish attempt to grow greenery on barren ocean dunes, few could have predicted the triumph that would rise from the sand. Today, Golden Gate Park stands as an engineering and ecological miracle, spanning over 1,017 acres—a…
Midnight at Orphan Andy’s: The Castro’s Forever Diner
Eating at Orphan Andy’s at midnight is like stepping into a cozy, neon-lit sanctuary where the pulse of the Castro softens into pure comfort. Squeezing into one of the vintage red vinyl booths or grabbing a swivel stool at the counter, diners are immediately wrapped in the…
About Our Cover: How to Build Something That Endures
“It’s about seeing each other and showing up for each other and carrying each other, when we’re weary or faltering or losing faith. That’s how you build something that endures.” —Michelle Obama, from her “Hope Is All We Have” speech at the Obama Center grand opening ceremony,…
About Our Cover: Celebrating 50 Years of Frameline
The cover of this issue of the San Francisco Bay Times—the first of two Pride Month issues—pays tribute to some of the memorable films shown at the Frameline Film Festival over the past 50 years. One is the documentary short Zeitgeist 1977: The First Festival, which explores…
40th AIDS Walk SF
AIDS Walk San Francisco 2026, held on July 19 in Golden Gate Park, marked 40 years of community action in the fight against HIV/AIDS, continuing its legacy as one of Northern California’s largest and most visible fundraising events. Building on decades of grassroots momentum that has raised…
Features
Report From CheeseCon
By Gordon Edgar— Last month, I took some time away from Rainbow to attend the annual American Cheese Society (ACS) Conference in Louisville,…
The Market Is Never the Same Twice
By Johanna Klaiman— Another National Farmers’ Market Week has come and gone, arriving and departing almost as quickly as the season’s sweetest produce. At the Castro Farmers’ Market, the…
Dirty Laundry: What Seaweed Can Teach Us About Cleaning Up Our Mess
Cocktails with Dina by Dina Novarr— Somewhere off the coast of Africa, a hunk of brown algae the size of a…
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