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    San Francisco Travel’s Self-Guided Tour of Women’s History

    San Francisco Travel’s Self-Guided Tour of Women’s History

    When entertaining out of town visitors, such as for upcoming Pride, or for a great staycation, we recommend going on San Francisco Travel’s self-guided tour of women’s history. The tour,…

    Groundbreaking Video Mural at SFMOMA Features Bay Area Luminaries and Other Locals

    Groundbreaking Video Mural at SFMOMA Features Bay Area Luminaries and Other Locals

    San Francisco Bay Times columnist and legendary entertainer Donna Sachet, longstanding Bay Times columnist and “Fun Nun” Sister Dana Van Iquity, founding Bay Times contributor Cleve Jones, members of the…

    Leading Expert on San Francisco’s Civic Center Sheds Light on This City Hub in New Book

    Leading Expert on San Francisco’s Civic Center Sheds Light on This City Hub in New Book

    The San Francisco Civic Center was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987 and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places eleven years later. We locals often take…

    Halston Is the Subject of Gay Filmmaker’s Latest Fashion Doc

    Halston Is the Subject of Gay Filmmaker’s Latest Fashion Doc

    By Gary Kramer– Out gay filmmaker Frédéric Tcheng’s latest film, Halston, opening June 14 in the Bay Area, is a documentary about the American designer told through film clips, archival…

    Gay and Lesbian Studies Pioneer Recalls the Moment in the 1950s When She Came Out

    Gay and Lesbian Studies Pioneer Recalls the Moment in the 1950s When She Came Out

    By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: This excerpt originally appeared in My Butch Career: A Memoir by Esther Newton, published by Duke University Press in 2018. It is reprinted here with her permission. My psychiatrist…

    Sister Dana sez, “Props go to GOP Congressman Justin Amash for breaking from the Trump-loving Repugnicans and stating: ‘Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.'”

    Sister Dana sez, “Props go to GOP Congressman Justin Amash for breaking from the Trump-loving Repugnicans and stating: ‘Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.'”

    By Sister Dana Van Iquity– Sister Dana sez, “Props go to GOP Congressman Justin Amash for breaking from the Trump-loving Repugnicans and stating: ‘Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.’ Hopefully this attitude…

    Rolling on the River in the ‘New’ New Orleans

    Rolling on the River in the ‘New’ New Orleans

    By David Landis– When a dear friend and his wife said that they wanted to celebrate a milestone birthday in New Orleans and asked us to join them, it took…

    Donna’s Chronicles

    Donna’s Chronicles

    By Donna Sachet– The Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band under the direction of Pete Nowlen presented Spotlight on Broadway May 18 at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. For those not in the…

    Romance for Pride: Feature Film Call Me By Your Name with SF Symphony

    Romance for Pride: Feature Film Call Me By Your Name with SF Symphony

    Our vote for one of Pride’s most romantic events this year goes to Call Me By Your Name – Feature Film with the San Francisco Symphony. The event on June…

    Focus for Less Knee Pain

    Focus for Less Knee Pain

    By Cinder Ernst– In the last three years I’ve had a lot of leg drama including cancer in my thigh and groin, a hip replacement and a complicated knee. I’ve…