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    A Little Slice of Paris in Hayes Valley: Absinthe Brasserie and Bar

    A Little Slice of Paris in Hayes Valley: Absinthe Brasserie and Bar

    By David Landis– When I first moved to San Francisco to open Davies Symphony Hall in 1980, the surrounding neighborhood (now called Hayes Valley) was a scary proposition. There were…

    ‘Forever Let Us Hold Our Banner High’

    ‘Forever Let Us Hold Our Banner High’

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Green carnations. Red neckties. Violet corsages. Colors and symbols used for many years by gay men and lesbians, often strangers in the night, to identify each…

    Serving Up FRESH Transgender and Queer Performance: FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL is a Pride Highlight

    Serving Up FRESH Transgender and Queer Performance: FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL is a Pride Highlight

    San Francisco’s wildly popular FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of transgender and queer performance returns next week, featuring transgender theater trailblazers, world champion bachata dancers, vogue superstars, a queer retro boy band,…

    Sports Paved the Way for a Global Leader in Gay Men’s Health

    Sports Paved the Way for a Global Leader in Gay Men’s Health

    By John Chen– Sports has been my bridge to meeting many amazing LGBT people over the years. Their capacity to overcome great physical, emotional and psychological obstacles has earned them…

    Priscilla Meets Dixie

    Priscilla Meets Dixie

    By Dr. Tim Seelig– Hopefully you are familiar with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ Lavender Pen Tour to the South in October, 2017. Steve Huffines, our board chair at…

    SF Lesbian Gay Freedom Band, NCLR 2019 Anniversary and More!

    SF Lesbian Gay Freedom Band, NCLR 2019 Anniversary and More!

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    Ann Rostow: But Those Emails!

    Ann Rostow: But Those Emails!

    By Ann Rostow– But Those Emails! Hillary Clinton stopped by the Pride Portraits office during a trip to Houston the other day, adding her photograph to a series of gay…

    2020 Gold Rush: San Francisco Welcomes Democrat Presidential Hopefuls

    2020 Gold Rush: San Francisco Welcomes Democrat Presidential Hopefuls

    By Andrea Shorter– Spring temperatures have been cooler than usual across the Bay Area, but the weekend’s political forecast is predicted to be thunderous and heated with the California Democratic…

    New Designs for Harvey Milk Plaza Revealed

    Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza (FOHMP) on May 15 revealed semi-final architectural designs for the Plaza and transit station at the corner of Castro and Market Streets. The designs, inclusive…

    Resolution Approved to Induct José Julio Sarria into the California Hall of Fame

    Resolution Approved to Induct José Julio Sarria into the California Hall of Fame

    Supervisor Rafael Mandelman on May 14 introduced a resolution in support of inducting José Julio Sarria into the California Hall of Fame. A week later, the San Francisco Board of…