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    Tennessee Williams: Timeless Playwright of The Human Condition

    Tennessee Williams: Timeless Playwright of The Human Condition

    While working as a contract writer for MGM in 1941, Tennessee Williams submitted a screenplay titled The Gen­tleman Caller. In a classic “Are you kid­ding?” moment, the studio rejected the…

    LGBT Senior Care Facilities Bill of Rights Unanimously Approved

    LGBT Senior Care Facilities Bill of Rights Unanimously Approved

    On March 31, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously ap­proved the groundbreaking LGBT Se­nior Long Term Care Facilities Bill of Rights. The much-needed ordinance, the first of its kind…

    LGBT Labor History in the Bay Area

    LGBT Labor History in the Bay Area

    By Miriam Frank The Bay Area’s vibrant heritage of queer community is matched by a long and powerful history of labor organizing. Labor/ gay connections hearken back to the mid-1930s,…

    Sister Dana Sez: Words of Wisdumb from a Fun Nun

    Sister Dana Sez: Words of Wisdumb from a Fun Nun

    By Sister Dana Van Iquity Sister Dana sez, “Well, Spring has sprung, and Peter Cottontail is hippity hopping down the bunny trail for Easter- and that’s no April Fool!” PEACHES CHRIST PRODUC­TIONS gave…

    Up Your Games! Napa Golf & Business Retreat for Women

    Up Your Games! Napa Golf & Business Retreat for Women

    In addition to being an amazing mind-body game, golf is truly “The Business Sport.” Last week I co-presented a webinar entitled “What Playing Partners Can Tell You About Business Partners.”…

    Springing into Tennis

    Springing into Tennis

    The Gay and Lesbian Tennis Federation, one of the largest LGBT sports organizations in San Francisco, has a full events calendar for the spring that promises to be a blast…

    Chef Rossella Pascuzzi Brings Her Passion for Food to Poesia

    Chef Rossella Pascuzzi Brings Her Passion for Food to Poesia

    While dabbing impeccably fresh and savory tomato sauce from my chin in a food swoon, I looked up to see Poesia waitress, Sara. She asked, “It was delizioso, right?” Oh-yes, I replied. Sara said, “Rossella…

    Stopping New Anti-LGBT Laws in Their Tracks

    Stopping New Anti-LGBT Laws in Their Tracks

    As the momentum builds toward a United States Supreme Court decision in favor of nationwide marriage equality, the LGBT community in recent weeks has faced an onslaught of proposed or newly enacted state laws aimed at…

    Tune Out Fictional Weddings and Tune in to Your Own Marriage Desires

    Tune Out Fictional Weddings and Tune in to Your Own Marriage Desires

    While going from dinner at the food court in San Francisco Centre to ODC’s dance performance in Yerba Buena Center, my boyfriend and I walked through Bloomingdales. Their lower level sales floor contains china, crystal and…

    Donnetta Lavinia Grays Infuses A.C.T.’s “Let There Be Love” with Emotional Honesty

    Donnetta Lavinia Grays Infuses A.C.T.’s “Let There Be Love” with Emotional Honesty

    Talented actress Donnetta Lavinia Grays is a great conversationalist who loves the art of storytelling, as evidenced by her standout work on compelling TV shows such as “The Blacklist” and “Law and Order.” Theater is where…