Published on August 26, 2021…
By Ann Rostow– Gay Clients Only at Ann’s Flowers I’ve just spent crucial deadline time exploring the question of when, why, and how an individual can claim an exemption to…
By Kate Brown, Ph.D., Editing by Elisabeth Warren, Sheila Malone, and Brooke Oliver– Revving engines, loud pipes, and cheering passengers of the San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® Women’s Motorcycle Contingent…
2021 marks not only the 45th Anniversary of the San Francisco Dykes on Bikesâ, but also of the organization as a whole since San Francisco is home to the mother…
LGBTQ community leader Rikki Streicher (1922–1994) opened Amelia’s bar and dance club in 1978 at 647 Valencia Street in the Mission District. Streicher named it after the legendary aviation pioneer…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– It’s nearly 10,000 miles from Utqiagvik, Alaska, the northernmost community in the United States to Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of Chile. But…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– It is our civic duty to serve on a jury. But many Americans are unable to participate in our democracy because they cannot afford to take…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– On June 15, 2021, the Oakland City Council unanimously passed my resolution in support of Assembly Bill 43 (Friedman), which will provide more…
Joan Zimmerman (1936–2021): President of Hadassah, Co-Owner of The Lavender Pages, ‘The Ambassador’ of Fountaingrove Lodge Joan “Joanie” Zimmerman was born on July 25, 1936, and died on her birthday this year.…
By Kate Brown, Ph.D.– Moving to San Francisco in 2000 was a defining moment in my life. I had just finished college at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and was…
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