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    Proposition 1: Not Gambling with Women’s Reproductive Rights

    Proposition 1: Not Gambling with Women’s Reproductive Rights

    By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– On June 24, 2022, Californians woke up to a world that many of us had never known. Earlier that day, the U.S. Supreme…

    LGBTQ Photographer Bill Wilson’s Images of Queen Elizabeth II

    LGBTQ Photographer Bill Wilson’s Images of Queen Elizabeth II

    Photos by Bill Wilson–San Francisco Bay Times contributing photographer and longstanding LGBTQ community member Bill Wilson was based in Washington, D.C., in 1976 when Queen Elizabeth II came to the…

    Test Your LGBTQ+ Latinx Knowledge for National Hispanic Heritage Month

    Test Your LGBTQ+ Latinx Knowledge for National Hispanic Heritage Month

    By Eduardo Morales, Ph.D.– Introduced by Congressperson George E. Brown in June of 1968, National Hispanic Heritage Month has a mission to highlight, appreciate, and celebrate the colorful cultures, history,…

    Political Cartoons of LGBTQ and Social Justice Activist Leslie Ewing on Display for First Time

    Political Cartoons of LGBTQ and Social Justice Activist Leslie Ewing on Display for First Time

    By Joanie Juster– Leslie Ewing’s résumé reads like a roll call of activism and social justice movements of the past four decades, featuring leadership roles at the NAMES Project AIDS…

    In Memoriam: Ann Biderman, Former President of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club

    By Kit Kennedy– Ann F, Biderman, 67, a Rossmoor resident, passed away in Dallas, Texas, on July 2, 2022.   Ann had flair and a zest for life. As President of the…

    In Memoriam: Bradley “Scott” Levine, Former President of GGBA and the Rainbow Business Association

    Bradley Scott Levine, a Bay Area-based attorney and LGBTQ community leader, died on July 20, 2022. Born in 1958, Scott grew up in New York State and was the son…

    Donna’s Chronicles, “What a few weeks it has been…”

    Donna’s Chronicles, “What a few weeks it has been…”

    By Donna Sachet– What a few weeks it has been! And through it all, we’ve been reminded that this marvelous City continues to give us extraordinary opportunities. As reported in…

    Dignity, Humor … and What Did She Have in That Purse?

    Dignity, Humor … and What Did She Have in That Purse?

    By Jan Wahl– Elizabeth the Second was a monarch who was so complicated that she needed three women to play her in The Crown. She herself was often an enigma,…

    Mill Valley Film Festival 2022 Showcases Some Great LGBTQ Films

    Mill Valley Film Festival 2022 Showcases Some Great LGBTQ Films

    By Gary M. Kramer– The Mill Valley Film Festival opens October 6 with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, with director Rian Johnson and actors Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom, Jr.,…

    An Excerpt from First Consonants, About the Life of a Stutterer

    By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: John Whittier Treat writes: “Everyone stutters occasionally, but only a few of us are stutterers. And those of us who are stutterers don’t always stutter, just as…