LGBTQ+ Crush Season Escape to Wine Country
Late summer through early November is Crush Season in California’s Wine Country. During its peak period, wineries harvest grapes and immediately press or “crush” them to begin fermentation. At a time when there is so much urban disconnect from farming rituals and nature’s cycles of life, it…
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,…
Gypsy Love and Kippy Marks: Over a Decade of Music and Friendship
San Francisco Bay Times columnist and violinist Kippy Marks and former Bay Times columnist and performer Gypsy Love (GL) have been friends and collaborators for well over a decade. GL invited Kippy to perform on her single “All Lit Up” as well as on the video, which…
Features
Designing Our Wild & Precious Lives
By Zoe Dunning— (Editor’s Note: It has been nearly a decade since Zoe Dunning wrote an article for her popular column…
Elections Are Coming: You Can Help
By Joanie Juster— Election Season in Full Swing The primaries are finally over, and, if you haven’t already started getting serious…
A Journey Home to Kansas City
By John Lewis— Stillness—the cicada’s crydrills into the rocks. The renowned Japanese poet Bashō wrote this haiku four centuries ago after…
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