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…
Published on August 26, 2021…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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