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    Race for District 6 Supervisor

    Interest remains high in the District 6 supervisor race to be decided in the upcoming election on November 8. Candidates include the openly LGBTQ and HIV-positive Matt Dorsey, who was…

    On Worldviews

    On Worldviews

    By Tabitha Parent– My world has always been very small. I’ve lived in the same house (though it’s sported a few different paint jobs over the years), on the same…

    Dykes on Bikes: Ranell W.

    By Kate Brown, Ph.D.– I am Ranell W. and I have been a proud member of the San Francisco Dykes on Bikesâ for the past twelve years. Since my membership…

    (Margaret) Ann Valliant: Racial and Social Justice Activist, Proud Lesbian

    Ann Valliant departed this world on August 4, 2022, at the age of 76, due to the progression of ALS, and benefited by the availability of California’s “End of Life…

    Teen Transgender Writer/Director Talks About Her First Full-Length Film So Vam, Which Features a Drag Queen Vampire

    Teen Transgender Writer/Director Talks About Her First Full-Length Film So Vam, Which Features a Drag Queen Vampire

    By Gary M. Kramer– 17-year-oldtransgender writer/director Alice Maio Mackay’s low-budget horror film So Vam, now on Shudder, provides a nifty queer twist on the vampire genre. Kurt (Xai) is a…

    Fit, Fat, and Fabulous: Kili Big Follows Plus-Sized Women’s Journey to Mount Kilimanjaro

    Fit, Fat, and Fabulous: Kili Big Follows Plus-Sized Women’s Journey to Mount Kilimanjaro

    By Jan Wahl– Has Jan lost it this time? Fat is something to be ashamed of … hidden as best as one can and forcing one to be banished to…

    Crisis and Care: Queer Activist Responses to a Global Pandemic

    Crisis and Care: Queer Activist Responses to a Global Pandemic

    By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: LGBTQ+ activists were on the frontlines of activism throughout the COVID-19 pandemic—fighting for health equity, safer sex information, prison abolition, and more. This activism is detailed…

    Celebrating Vegetables at San Francisco’s Greens Restaurant

    Celebrating Vegetables at San Francisco’s Greens Restaurant

    The Gay Gourmet– By David Landis– Celebrating vegetables and female chefs for 43 years, Greens Restaurant in San Francisco is the gold standard for upscale, vegetarian cuisine. From its humble…

    Castro’s Historic Hope for the World Cure Mural Restored

    Castro’s Historic Hope for the World Cure Mural Restored

    Photos by Rink When the historic Hope for the World Cure mural was revealed in 1998, it was widely praised for its theme in finding a cure for HIV/AIDS, for…

    Top of Your Stack – Recommendations from Book Passage 8.25.22

    All This Could Be Different (fiction – hardbound) by Sarah Thankam Mathews This is a captivating debut novel of a young immigrant building a new life for herself, post college…