Following the abrupt closure of Harvey’s on January 22—announced by way of a handwritten note on the venue’s signboard—many were happy to hear days later that the historic location would…
Photos courtesy of the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Led by Drum Major Mike Wong, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB) represented the Bay Area’s LGBTQ+ community, as it…
By Dr. Tim Seelig– Drag queens have been at the forefront of our fight for equality for decades. It was drag queens at the center of the Compton Cafeteria riots…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity– Sister Dana sez, “May I be the first to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day, although this is really just a Hallmark Cards way of exploiting a…
By Gary M. Kramer– Out gay writer/director Goran Stolevski’s Of an Age, a shattering, slow-burn romantic drama opening February 17, is brimming with gay longing and desire. In 1999 Melbourne,…
By Jan Wahl– Last year at this time I was in cinematic heaven. Coda was one of the finest films that I had seen in a long time, and the…
By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: In Western countries, 15% of female-female relationships and 25% of male-male unions are age-gap romances. Age-gap romances took the spotlight in the book world more…
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton This is a rigorously researched and beautifully written history of the intersection between Blackness and Trans identity. …
My Government Means to Kill Me (fiction – hardbound) by Rasheed Newsom This is a fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a young…
The first time I rode a motorcycle, I peed my pants. Probably. I mean, I was 2 years old, and if my mom’s countless retelling of the number of diapers…
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