Joan Zimmerman (1936–2021): President of Hadassah, Co-Owner of The Lavender Pages, ‘The Ambassador’ of Fountaingrove Lodge Joan “Joanie” Zimmerman was born on July 25, 1936, and died on her birthday this year.…
By Kate Brown, Ph.D.– Moving to San Francisco in 2000 was a defining moment in my life. I had just finished college at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and was…
By Andrea Shorter– Mental health awareness is important every day. While there are mental health services in San Francisco for those living in the margins, there is a clear lack…
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer (they/them) will become the first openly transgender bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) when they are installed to the Sierra Pacific Synod…
On August 24, during the 55th anniversary year of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots, Mayor Breed declared August to be Transgender History Month in San Francisco. Developed in partnership with the Transgender District…
By Donna Sachet– Back in San Francisco, it didn’t take long to be reminded of how special this place truly is! In short, after a 10-day self-imposed isolation and a…
By Dr. Tim Seelig– The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly grey The glory that was Rome is of another day I’ve been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan I’m…
By Jewelle Gomez– Long ago, when I lived in Manhattan, I sublet my apartment for several months while I moved in with a lover in the Bronx. A friend, Stacy.…
Today, August 26, is Women’s Equality Day, which commemorates the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the states and the federal government from denying…
By Gary M. Kramer– A new adaptation of Alfred Döblin’s Berlin Alexanderplatz arrives on DVD August 31. (It is also available on demand.) This sweeping, 3-hour epic about good and…
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