By Dr. Bill Lipsky– No one knows when or where their “Ah ha!” moment will come to them. For some of us, our great inspiration is a chance remark, an…
Patrick Carney and a hardworking team of volunteers—including his husband Hossein and sister Colleen Hodgkins—installed the 24th Pink Triangle atop Twin Peaks on Saturday, June 27. Thanks to all who…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– Headlines from Washington are daily reminders that we live in uncertain and unpredictable times, especially when it comes to protecting civil rights for all. It is…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– On Monday, June 24, the Oakland City Council, in a rare unanimous vote, passed the Oakland Together budget. I introduced the amendments together…
By Jay Greene, JD, CPA– As we reflect after celebrating a joyous 50th year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the Golden Gate Business Association (GGBA) continues to be a force…
By Magdalena Rodriguez– The GGBA member spotlight for this issue is on Jonathan Mildenhall and Twenty First Century Brands (21CB). Mildenhall, former CMO of Airbnb, co-founded the company, which helps…
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– As many readers may know, queer demonstrators protesting among other things police presence and corporate participation in this year’s San Francisco Pride Parade delayed…
Wearing a “FREE MOM HUGS” shirt, with the “O” shaped like a heart in rainbow colors, Lola Greene of Oxford, Alabama, hugged an estimated 1000 people in San Francisco on…
By Tom Moon, MFT– If there is one thing that virtually all of the LGBTQ folks whom I’ve ever known have in common, it is the experience of having been…
“My name is Marc Huestis and I am an impresario. Yes, I have been dubbed ‘Impresario of Castro Street.’ I’ve come to embrace that title, but getting there has been…
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