San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Celebrates Four Decades
The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB), like the San Francisco Bay Times, began in 1978, although the Band had a different name then: the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps. To mark the shared 40th anniversary, we are presenting a special section…
Kate Kendell’s Legacy of Inspired Leadership at the National Center for Lesbian Rights
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) has a team unlike any other, with each member being passionate, hard-working, thoughtful and fully driven to achieve LGBTQ equality goals. At the helm is Kate Kendell, Esq., who is one of our community’s—and arguably the world’s—most effective and inspiring…
Gay Dad Fights Challenges of Modern LGBT Fatherhood
Actor Gavin Lodge has received praise in San Francisco for his performances in musicals such as Head Over Heels and television shows like The Blacklist, but his biography begins: “Gavin Lodge is a father.” Parenting means the world to him and to his partner Todd Ellison, who…
San Francisco’s First Ever City-wide Mayoral Candidate Town Hall on Seniors and People with Disabilities
The worldwide senior population is now at its highest level in human history, according to the United Nations Population Division. The number of people aged 60 years and over has tripled since 1950, surpassing 700 million in 2006. That is obviously good news tied, in part, to…
Join Us in Building a Community We Can Be Proud of at Any Age
By Karyn Skultety– San Francisco is the birth place of the LGBTQ movement. These are the streets where the leaders of our community were made and where our march towards justice began. On a warm night in August of 1966, the Compton Cafeteria Riots marked the moment…
Features
Shining Our Rainbow Light Through the Prism of Pride
By Andrea Shorter– Thank goodness for Pride. We could all use a big rainbow dose of LGBTQ Pride celebration at about…
Rafael Mandelman’s Vision for San Francisco
District 8 will soon have one of our city’s most genuinely thoughtful, hard-working, dedicated and compassionate individuals as its new supervisor:…
Pride Spotlight: FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of Trans and Queer Performance
It’s back! The nation’s most celebrated trans/queer performance festival returns to San Francisco’s Z Space this June 14–16. A transgender superhero…
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