By Assemblymember Phil Ting When we think about the future we want for our children, we don’t picture them breathing dark plumes of polluted air, or witnessing the mass extinction…
The front cover shows Ellicott elementary school children listening to a performer during Diversity Day at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. The base hosted…
By Dr. Bill Lipsky Thirty years ago this month, we lost a pioneer in the crusade for sexual freedom. Casey Donovan did not organize rallies or picket businesses or lobby…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity– Sister Dana sez, “Hey, Trump, what’s with all the constant overuse of hyperbole, superlatives, and bluster? ‘the likes of which the world has never seen before’?! Oh…
By Dr. Marcy Adelman– The President’s statements in his press conference on August 15 were a watershed moment. Trump exposed his true self. There could be no ambiguity about what he…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– With the recent violence and racism spewing from the “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, Virginia, it is important that we stand strong…
By Erin Berg– When we opened Kipper Clothiers five years ago, we had one mission in mind: to make the high-end custom suit and shirt market available to the LGBTQ…
By Dr. Tim Seelig– The lyrics of a familiar activist song are, “There comes a time when you just gotta stand. You’ve been down so long, someone will give you…
By Karin Jaffie Despite being properly credentialed as one of the oldest lesbian-founded and continuously lesbian-owned and operated and patronized watering holes this side of the Sierras, Wild Side West…
By Gary M. Kramer– Frankie (Harris Dickinson), the main character in writer/director Eliza Hittman’s phenomenal drama, Beach Rats, doesn’t think of himself as gay, but he regularly cruises gay Brooklyn…
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