By Wendy Ross When launching or expanding a business, one of the earliest decisions to be made is how to finance the venture. A traditional option has been to secure…
San Francisco’s own transgender music pioneer and cult solo acoustic artist Shawna Virago has just released her new album Heaven Sent Delinquent (Tranimal Records), and it’s already being called the…
always a sense of competition that came along for the ride. I actually shared a room with my brother from the age of 0 to 16, something I would surely…
By Gary M. Kramer Out Argentine writer/director Marco Berger’s Taekwondo, now out on DVD, casts a spell on viewers. Set entirely in a country estate, the film depicts little more…
By Dr. Bill Lipsky When Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909, no one except her most intimate friends knew she…
By Jenn Bowman (Editor’s Note: Teacher Jenn Bowman of San Francisco’s Mission High School is teaching LGBTQ Studies. In this column, Bowman’s students share their thoughts about LGBTQ-related matters, including…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity Sister Dana sez, “Did we remember to file our tax returns on April 18? Oh no, not you, ‘special’ Donald! You don’t bother to do such things, do you?!” On Tax Day Saturday,…
By Elisa Quinzi Spring fever is the body and its senses, coming alive. It also reveals our innate connection with the earth, and with cycles and seasons. Right now we…
Marcy Adelman Welcomes Us Home By Jewelle Gomez For a while it became popular to snicker at the affectations of ‘Baby Boomers.’ Tye-dye? Cheech and Chong? Free love? How trivial…
By John Chen Great leaders guide us, support us, and provide us with direction, structure and confidence to achieve and to succeed. Some leaders are brash, outspoken and bask in…
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