By Derek Barnes– Like so many, I often wonder if we are truly moving forward and making progress in ways that lift our humanity. It’s hard to affirmatively answer a…
By Dr. Marcy Adelman– If it hadn’t been for COVID-19, my family would have celebrated my great nephew Elijah’s 13th birthday two years ago with a large family bar mitzvah,…
Openhouse held its first in-person Spring Fling brunch since 2019, celebrating the theme “Love Is Ageless” and the role of the organization in coming together and extending grace and love to…
Donna’s Chronicles– By Donna Sachet– Yes, June is upon us and with it all those beloved traditions associated with LGBTQ+ Pride, many of which were cancelled or dramatically modified over…
Bette Schnitzer, the mother of Spritz Co-Founder and President Beth Schnitzer, died on May 11. Many of us here in the San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ community know Beth, who…
By Dr. Bill Lipsky– As a dancer, Jackie Mei Ling (1914–2000) could do it all. During San Francisco’s Golden Age of Nightclubs from the 1940s to the 1960s, he successfully…
By Tabitha Parent– (Editor’s Note: This issue of the San Francisco Bay Times launches a new column, Bi-Coastal, which will run through August. It is written by San Franciscan Tabitha…
By Gary M. Kramer– Frameline, the Bay Area’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival, opens June 16 with a screening of two episodes of A League of Their Own, the forthcoming episodic series…
By Jan Wahl– Marc Huestis has given me my favorite moments on the stage of the Castro Theatre. So many great memories come to mind, such as being up there…
San Francisco’s popular annual FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL has announced that it is expanding to a two-week online festival this year … and that all tickets will be completely free! This…
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