By Dr. Bill Lipsky– The San Francisco Call was shocked, shocked to discover there were such goings-on. “Hugged by a Boy” read the headline in its August 3, 1894, issue.…
By Dr. Tim Seelig– Once again, we return to Holly Near’s iconic lyrics, “We are a gentle, angry people.” Well, one group of people should be firmly in the angry…
By Donna Sachet– Spring must be right around the corner! Daylight savings time has begun, weather is warming up and the Castro Farmers’ Market is officially open. We were on…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– By all accounts, openly gay Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg dazzled a national audience with his performance at a CNN town hall on March…
By David Landis– 41 years and still shucking: that’s a lot of oysters! And yet, Anchor Oyster Bar, a neighborhood gem on Castro Street (near 19th Street) keeps packing ‘em…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity– Sister Dana sez, “The national policy of switching from standard time to daylight saving time and back again is under legislative challenge from coast to coast. Well, it’s…
Out gay actor Nicolas Maury steals his every scene in director Yann Gonzalez’s audacious thriller Knife+Heart, set in the gay adult film industry in Paris, 1979. When various actors who…
Cal Performances at UC Berkeley will welcome back the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater—currently celebrating its 60th anniversary—for its annual campus residency. The performances, from April 9–14 in Zellerbach Hall,…
By John Chen– “The highest points of my life are winning gold medals playing side by side on the soccer field with my Bear at the 2014 and 2018 Gay…
By Erik Piepenburg– When Sylvester or Justin Timberlake songs play, the heart soars and swoons. It’s not only because of their magnificent music but also because something about singing in…
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