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    Marriage Involves Conscious Efforts

    Marriage Involves Conscious Efforts

    In every wedding ceremony in which I officiate I recite this quote: “Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate.…

    Smuin Ballet’s New Season and LGBT Night

    Smuin Ballet’s New Season and LGBT Night

    (Editor’s Note: Choreographer Darren Anderson, who was also an internationally acclaimed ballet dancer, created Smuin Ballet’s LGBT Night. Born in Edmonton, Canada, and trained on scholarship with both the Royal…

    Katharine Cole’s Thought-Provoking New CD “There Is No God” Erases Constant Condemnation

    Katharine Cole’s Thought-Provoking New CD  “There Is No God” Erases Constant Condemnation

    (Editor’s Note: Popular “Bay Times” music columnist Katharine Cole played to packed houses here in the Bay Area before recently moving to Atlanta. The OutMusic Award winner for best female…

    Profiles of Compassion and Courage: David Campos

    Profiles of Compassion and Courage: David Campos

    District 9 Supervisor David Campos has, for nearly 5 years, represented Bernal Heights, part of Portola and the Inner Mission. A Harvard Law School graduate, Campos previously worked as a…

    Exploring Forgiveness, Part 1

    Exploring Forgiveness, Part 1

    (Editor’s Note: This is the first of a four-part series concerning exploring forgiveness.) Q: I can’t stop hating my father. He was a violent man who beat, bullied and terrorized…

    Grand Avenue Theft Auto

    Grand Avenue Theft Auto

    Nothing makes me feel my middle age more than when my Action Adventure car comes back from one of its zany Oakland escapades. Dateline: Oakland, Monday, September 23. Nine commuters…

    Bigotonni Al Pesto

    Bigotonni Al Pesto

    There’s a lot to discuss this week, but first, I am sad to say that our latest GLBT boycott will require me to actually give up one of my favorite…

    Sister Dana Sez: Words of Wisdumb From a Fun Nun

    Sister Dana Sez: Words of Wisdumb From a Fun Nun

    Sister Dana sez, “Pope Francis said the church has the right to express its opinions but not to ‘interfere spiritually’ in the lives of gays and lesbians, expanding on explosive…

    Dogs in the City

    Dogs in the City

    Instead of Sex in the City, I’d love to start a new series called Dogs in the City – the search for loving companionship in a town that is making…

    Strengthen Your Mind By Opening Your Heart

    Strengthen Your Mind By Opening Your Heart

    French Buddhist Matthieu Ricard has been dubbed “the world’s happiest man.” After earning a PhD in molecular genetics, he veered from academia, moved to Nepal, and devoted his life to…