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    Donna’s Chronicles, “If you watched the broadcast…”

    Donna’s Chronicles, “If you watched the broadcast…”

    By Donna Sachet– If you watched the live broadcast of the Inaugural ceremonies last week, we hope you felt the fresh breeze we felt. The contrast in the very same…

    Joanne Weir: The Jacqueline of All Culinary Trades

    Joanne Weir: The Jacqueline of All Culinary Trades

    By David Landis– She’s the Energizer Bunny of the culinary world. San Francisco’s chef Joanne Weir seems to do it all: she authors cookbooks; conducts culinary/travel tours in Morocco, Spain,…

    Tennis: The Pandemic Sport of Choice

    Tennis: The Pandemic Sport of Choice

    By John Chen– It’s hard to believe that nearly a year has gone by since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak last March. Positivity cases and hospitalizations here in California…

    Margie Adam in Conversation with Phyllis Lyon

    Margie Adam in Conversation with Phyllis Lyon

    Recently added to the new YouTube channel of singer/songwriter/musician and lesbian activist Margie Adam is a conversation that she had with fellow lesbian and social justice activist Phyllis Lyon (1924–2020).…

    Ken Jones (1950–2021): First Black President of SF Pride, Groundbreaking LGBTQ and Social Justice Activist

    Ken Jones (1950–2021): First Black President of SF Pride, Groundbreaking LGBTQ and Social Justice Activist

    A Castro icon self-described as the “father of diversity,” Ken Jones died of bladder cancer on January 13. He was 70. Many of us learned of Jones’ passing from fellow…

    ‘Seasons of Love’/’Let the Sunshine In’

    ‘Seasons of Love’/’Let the Sunshine In’

    Broadway stars collaborated for a montage of “Seasons of Love” and “Let the Sunshine In” for the Celebrating America celebration following the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President…

    Ann Rostow: The Horror

    Ann Rostow: The Horror

    By Ann Rostow– The Horror— When we last communed, Dear Readers, we thought the worst was over, the new year beckoned, and we had at least a shot at winning…

    Fierce Urgency to Remove Donald Trump From the Presidency

    Fierce Urgency to Remove Donald Trump From the Presidency

    By Andrea Shorter– “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells…

    2020: The ‘Dumpster Fire’ Year in Review

    2020: The ‘Dumpster Fire’ Year in Review

    By Louise “Lou” Fischer– Welcome to 2021. If you said, “2021 will be better; it can’t be any worse,” I blame you for jinxing it, or as my Jewish grandmother…

    Treasuring Our LGBTIQ Community Amidst a Crisis in Democracy

    Treasuring Our LGBTIQ Community Amidst a Crisis in Democracy

    By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– As we began to settle from the shock of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, we were surprised that one of our…