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    The Academy in the Castro: Your Home Away from Home

    The Academy in the Castro: Your Home Away from Home

    By David Landis– During its many incarnations, the location that houses The Academy in the Castro has been: a clock shop, a leather bar, a sex club, and a restaurant,…

    Closeted Teens Fake Date in Queer Irish Comedy

    Closeted Teens Fake Date in Queer Irish Comedy

    By Gary Kramer– Out gaywriter/director David Freyne’s charming sophomore feature Dating Amber, now available on demand, is, the filmmaker said in a recent Zoom interview, “as autobiographical as I’m going…

    Docs That Rock!

    Docs That Rock!

    By Jan Wahl– Some of my favorite movies are fascinating documentaries. They educate, inspire, entertain. I can be taken to a new realm of knowledge, history can be opened up,…

    About Our Cover

    About Our Cover

    Four years ago, artist, tenants’ rights advocate, and Commissioner Debra Walker wrote this about her friend Kamala Harris: “She is a smart fighter. She is aiming at the White House…

    ChefsGiving 2020: Cooking for a Cause

    ChefsGiving 2020: Cooking for a Cause

    By Liam P. Mayclem– This year California saw the worst wildfires in our history, taking out hundreds of homes, business, and wineries; and there was devastating loss of life, too. As our beloved Wine…

    Ann Rostow: Look on My Works, ye Mighty, And Despair

    Ann Rostow: Look on My Works, ye Mighty, And Despair

    By Ann Rostow– Look on My Works, ye Mighty, And Despair Join me won’t you, dear Readers, on a trip back into the past. Here we are in our ninth…

    2020 Election Results (so far)

    2020 Election Results (so far)

    By Louise “Lou” Fischer– Despite getting an extra four days, and clinging to the hope that Joe Biden would win decisively, at the time of the final “drop dead” deadline…

    Don’t Harm People in the Name of Religion

    By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– “Don’t Kill Innocent People in the Name of Religion.” So read a wall mural in Kolkata, India, which we happened upon when we were…

    GGBA Message from Leadership: Strength Through Ambiguity

    By Michael Gunther– 2020 is certainly on the list of “craziest” years on record for business owners. We are striving to get through the pandemic, an uncertain economic fallout, and…

    GGBA Member Spotlight: Dan Bodner of QuickHaven Transitional Shelters

    GGBA Member Spotlight: Dan Bodner of QuickHaven Transitional Shelters

    Since 2001, Dan Bodner has been the founder and CEO of Fido Systems LLC (https://fidosystems.com/), an outsourced IT firm. His daily commute from Oakland to downtown San Francisco passes sidewalk…