First LGBTQ Newspaper Jointly Produced by Gay Men and Women Celebrates 40th Anniversary – Original art by Debra Walker
The San Francisco Bay Times, the first LGBTQ newspaper founded jointly and equally by gay men and women, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in conjunction with San Francisco’s Pride Month. Launched in 1978, the San Francisco Bay Times remains the largest and oldest LGBTQ newspaper in Northern California that is now, and always has been,…
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…
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London Breed, San Francisco’s First Black Woman Mayor, Carries City’s Hopes
London Breed, during her formal San Francisco mayoral election victory speech on June 14 at Rosa Parks Elementary School, pledged to…
San Francisco Bay Times: Freedom of Expression of Our Community for 40 Years
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– It was early May, 1992, and San Francisco was among several cities in the nation…
From Stonewall to Decades of TLGBQIA+ Activism: Superqueeroe Miss ‘Mama’ Major Griffin-Gracy
By Kin Folkz– (Editor’s note: San Francisco Bay Times welcomes new columnist Kin Folkz in this issue. A 2018 San…
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