SF Pride Plans for 2021 Revealed by Executive Director Fred Lopez
Nearly a year ago today, San Francisco Mayor London Breed along with Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, San Francisco Pride, the Office of Transgender Initiatives, and other city officials kicked off what they anticipated would be a year of major festivities in celebration of the 50th anniversary of SF…
Life and Loss at ‘Hibernia Beach’ in the Castro
For nearly five decades, the corner of Castro and 18th Streets has been an important site for San Francisco’s LGBTQ community. In 1978, San Francisco Bay Times photographer Rink documented how the location became a hangout for gay men hoping to meet likeminded others in relative safety.…
LGBTQ Photographer Has Chronicled Joe Biden’s Career Since 1973
William “Bill” F. Wilson is a familiar presence in San Francisco, and especially the Castro. Like Rink of the San Francisco Bay Times, he is a renowned photojournalist who has been working in the city for decades. Most of the time, as he writes, he is “documenting,…
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The artist fnnch believes art is for everyone. He notes that, even outside of a pandemic year, only about five percent of a city’s residents and visitors tour its art museums. Street art and murals are for the other 95 percent, inspiring and engaging them with the…
About Our Cover 12.03.20
This year’s pandemic has led to the cancellation of so many anticipated holiday events, but we are happy to report that the Santa Skivvies tradition is continuing, albeit in a different format for 2020. The Santa Skivvies Challenge for this year is a do-it-yourself holiday fundraiser benefiting…
The Gay Gourmet Visits The Vault Garden’s Inaugural Drag Brunch
David Landis, the Gay Gourmet for the San Francisco Bay Times, visited The Vault Garden’s Inaugural Drag Brunch on Sunday, February 7, 2021. Plans are already in the works for more drag brunches on March 6 and 7 at The Vault Garden! For more info: https://www.thevault555.com/ David…
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Jewelle Gomez: Leave Signs
By Jewelle Gomez– (Editor’s Note: We are proud to welcome to the San Francisco Bay Times renowned author, poet, critic, and…
Coming Out Stories: ‘You’re Gay Too!’
By Lamont Bransfords-Young (aka DJ Lamont)– I was an extremely introverted teenager. In public environments I would just stand and look…
The Importance of Electoral Politics in Social Change Movements
By Mandy Carter– I wonder how many of us could ever have thought that we would have our first-ever woman, and…
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