By John Lewis– The powerful Japanese giants, weighing as much as 350 pounds and clad only in their mawashi (loin cloths), dig their heals into the compressed clay surface of…
By Gary M. Kramer– There were some terrific LGBTQ films screening at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Select films are still available for online viewing (https://festival.sundance.org/ ) through January 30,…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity, Words of Wisdumb from a Fun Nun– Sister Dana sez, “On January 27, the German federal parliament will place the Nazis’ LGBTQ victims at the center of…
By Jan Wahl– These days, when many of us think about the U.K., royals like Harry and Meghan come to mind. I, by the way, am firmly on Team Harry.…
Back-to-back concerts on January 6–7, 2023, billed as A Celebration of 50 Years of Women’s Music, were presented at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. The concerts highlighted songs from…
Nonbinary: A Memoir (nonfiction/memoir – paperback) by Genesis P-Orridge and Douglas Rushkoff In this groundbreaking book spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, the inventor of “industrial music,” founder of Throbbing Gristle…
Patricia Highsmith’s Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years 1941–1950 edited by Anna Von Planta Highsmith is the author of the classic lesbian novel, The Price of Salt, as well…
By Jennie Book– Greyson Chance brought his Palladium Tour to The Independent in San Francisco on January 12 and played to a house of devoted all-ages fans. On this final…
By David Landis, The Gay Gourmet — With all the recent rainstorms and cold, blustery winds in the Bay Area, there’s no doubt that winter has arrived. It makes one…
By Debra Morris– The season for citrus is here, and in California, that means a chorus of quintessential, show-stopping fruit, from itty-bitty kumquats, tangy lemons, and red-fleshed blood oranges, to…
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