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    Welcome to Oakland Pride 2021

    Welcome to Oakland Pride 2021

    By Rebecca Kaplan, Vice Mayor of Oakland– Wishing you all a healthy Pride week, and welcome, including virtually, to join in Oakland’s community and celebrations.  Oakland has one of the…

    Castro Snapshot, 47th Nihonmachi Street Fair, and more…

    Published on August 26, 2021…

    SF Dykes on Bikes® 45th Anniversary Celebration at Divas & Drinks @ The Academy

    SF Dykes on Bikes® 45th Anniversary Celebration at Divas & Drinks @ The Academy

    San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® gathered in front of The Academy in the Castro on 8/27/21 to celebrate their 45th Anniversary at the Divas & Drinks event co-hosted by the…

    Ann Rostow: Gay Clients Only at Ann’s Flowers

    Ann Rostow: Gay Clients Only at Ann’s Flowers

    By Ann Rostow– Gay Clients Only at Ann’s Flowers  I’ve just spent crucial deadline time exploring the question of when, why, and how an individual can claim an exemption to…

    San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® Women’s Motorcycle Contingent Celebrates 45 Years at the Front

    San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® Women’s Motorcycle Contingent Celebrates 45 Years at the Front

    By Kate Brown, Ph.D., Editing by Elisabeth Warren, Sheila Malone, and Brooke Oliver– Revving engines, loud pipes, and cheering passengers of the San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® Women’s Motorcycle Contingent…

    U.K., Germany, Australia, and Portland Dykes on Bikes® Honor the 45th Anniversary of the Organization and San Francisco Chapter

    2021 marks not only the 45th Anniversary of the San Francisco Dykes on Bikesâ, but also of the organization as a whole since San Francisco is home to the mother…

    Dykes on Bikes® and Amelia’s

    LGBTQ community leader Rikki Streicher (1922–1994) opened Amelia’s bar and dance club in 1978 at 647 Valencia Street in the Mission District. Streicher named it after the legendary aviation pioneer…

    Perseverance Paying Off in Chile

    Perseverance Paying Off in Chile

    By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– It’s nearly 10,000 miles from Utqiagvik, Alaska, the northernmost community in the United States to Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of Chile. But…

    The Need to Diversify Juries

    The Need to Diversify Juries

    By Assemblymember Phil Ting– It is our civic duty to serve on a jury. But many Americans are unable to participate in our democracy because they cannot afford to take…

    Let’s Set Speed Limits to Enhance Public Safety

    Let’s Set Speed Limits to Enhance Public Safety

    By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– On June 15, 2021, the Oakland City Council unanimously passed my resolution in support of Assembly Bill 43 (Friedman), which will provide more…