By Ann Rostow – I, for one, am happy to see the end of 2025. Our country has been taken over by a cabal of small, cruel men, who answer…
n Bay Area meetings about emerging opportunities, businesses, and events, one city continues to be mentioned as 2025 draws to a close: Oakland. On the surface, that is surprising. Oakland’s…
Future issues of the San Francisco Bay Times will take a deeper dive into LGBTQ+ owned and allied destinations in East Bay cities beyond Oakland, but, for now, here are…
Oakland Events to Add to Your 2026 Calendar Peter Gamez, the openly gay President & CEO of Visit Oakland, already has a full calendar of events in the works for…
By Joanie Juster – What a year it has been. I suspect many of you would join me in saying “goodbye, and good riddance” to 2025, the year our country…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis – The superb new Slate podcast When We All Get to Heaven tells the story of the pivotal role the San Francisco MCC (Metropolitan…
By Brandon Miller – The holiday season has a way of speeding everything up. Calendars fill, inboxes overflow, and suddenly you’re juggling festive plans, family logistics, travel costs, year-end deadlines,…
By Jay Greene – As LGBTQ+ community members in the San Francisco Bay Area age, thoughtful elder care planning becomes key to maintaining independence, dignity, and connection. This involves legal…
By Aaron Boot-Haury – As 2025 quickly draws to a close, it is hard to believe how fast this year has gone by. The months seem to have blurred together,…
The résumé of Clarence “CK” Kwan is packed with some of the biggest names in tech, such as Meta and Amazon. After years of working as an in-demand architect and…
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