By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– Six years to the day that 49 mostly Latinx members of the LGBTIQ community were senselessly shot and killed, and 53 others wounded at…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– On Saturday, June 11, the San Lorenzo Public Library hosted a Drag Queen Story Hour. Drag Queen Story Hour started in San Francisco…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– As Pride events return to the Bay Area this month, LGBTQ+ allies will join community members in public celebrations of love, unity, and freedom. However, as…
By Eduardo Morales, Ph.D.– Association of Lesbian and Gay Psychologists (ALGP) Advances a Long-Needed Change, 1974 The ALGP, formed in 1973, took the lead in having the American Psychological Association…
By Tabitha Parent– At a college where most of the students hail from Massachusetts, New York, or New Jersey, being a girl from the Golden State is bound to earn…
By Donna Sachet– Way back in February, when we looked at the upcoming calendar for June, we seriously considered planning a trip out of town. The lingering pall of the…
By Dr. Marcy Adelman– Timed for Pride Month 2022 and primarily directed at the anti-LGBTQ state measures that are an assault on the safety and civil rights of LGBTQ children,…
By Liam P. Mayclem– “I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And you … gotta give ’em hope.”—Harvey Milk Pride…
By Gary M. Kramer– There are still plenty of films to catch as Frameline Film Festival continues in theaters through June 26, with many titles streaming online June 24 until…
By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: Joshua Kent Bookman’s debut novel,Close to Elsewhere: Stories of Translocation and Whimsy,was well received by critics. His long awaited second novel, To: All The Friends I Killed (LYS),is now…
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