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    The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez, Excerpt One of Three

    The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez, Excerpt One of Three

    (Editor’s Note: Over the course of three issues, we will be presenting excerpts from Jewelle Gomez’s novel, The Gilda Stories. This is the first. Please be sure not to miss…

    Lesbian Novel—The Gilda Stories—Turns 25 with Expanded Anniversary Edition

    Books by and for lesbians include certain classics that many of us, LGBT or not, treasure in our libraries. These include such works as Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown…

    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    Last week I was Skyping with a couple whose wedding is this upcoming Pride Weekend. They had initially contacted me in January, eager to start planning. Just one month later,…

    Bouquets to Art 2016 Photos courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

    Bouquets to Art 2016  Photos courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

    More than 125 of the Bay Area’s most innovative and sought after floral designers have returned to the de Young for Bouquets to Art 2016, the annual week-long exhibition in…

    National Poetry Month

    National Poetry Month

    Editor’s Note: April is National Poetry Month, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers and poets themselves all honor this time by celebrating poetry’s vital…

    Mademoiselle Lulu: The Wo/man on the Flying Trapeze

    Mademoiselle Lulu: The Wo/man on the Flying Trapeze

    Mademoiselle Lulu, aerialist extraordinaire, was the sensation of the season when she debuted in London in 1871. The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine proclaimed her “the Eighth Wonder of the World,” a…

    Defying Racial Stigmas and Embracing True Cultural Identity

    (Editor’s Note: Teacher Lyndsey Schlax of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts recently taught the nation’s first on-s ite high school LGBT course, according to district officials.…

    City College Pride

    City College Pride

    I take being a San Francisco City College Trustee very seriously. In addition to making important governance decisions, serving as a visible and accessible ambassador is crucial during this challenging…

    Faggot

    Faggot

    Last Sunday, our family had a wonderful dinner in the East Bay to celebrate Stuart’s mom’s 92nd birthday. On the way home from dinner, the three of us went to…

    Potty Talk

    Potty Talk

    Recently, the forces that have fought for years against equal rights for LGBT people, changing their focus away from marriage, have been talking a lot about bathrooms. This potty talk…