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    Threads of Pride: A New Path for Queer Resistance and Empowerment

    Threads of Pride: A New Path for Queer Resistance and Empowerment

    By Dr. Nasser “Nas” Mohamed– This year, I wanted to create something that has a radical sense of celebration—to stage an event that doesn’t just speak of our struggle, but…

    Celebrating Pride? Here’s Your Guide

    Celebrating Pride? Here’s Your Guide

    By David Landis, The Gay Gourmet– While the San Francisco Bay Times’ Pride Week issue is still on the horizon, yours truly wanted to give you the heads up for…

    Phil Collins and the Art of Making It Look Sexy

    Phil Collins and the Art of Making It Look Sexy

    Cocktails With Dina by Dina Novarr The day I met him, Phil Collins—the beverage director at TableOne, not the musician—sauntered in wearing a crop top, leggings, and the most magnificent…

    New Name. New Look. Same NCLR

    New Name. New Look. Same NCLR

    Photos courtesy of NCLRSpecial thanks to Jennifer Bing and Malkia Hutchinson After nearly 50 years as a leading LGBTQ civil rights organization, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) announced…

    Welcome to Ball-hala!

    Welcome to Ball-hala!

    By Jewelle Gomez — The high schools in Boston during my formative years were mostly segregated by gender at that time, which meant our basketball team had three Barbaras, Georgette,…

    Rikki’s Women’s Sports Bar & Restaurant Opens at 2223 Market Street

    Rikki’s Women’s Sports Bar & Restaurant Opens at 2223 Market Street

    Rikki’s, the only place in San Francisco that is dedicated to celebrating women’s sports, held its Grand Opening on June 11, 2025. The evening before, on June 10, San Francisco…

    Ann Rostow: He’s Sort of Heavy

    Ann Rostow: He’s Sort of Heavy

    By Ann Rostow– He’s Sort of Heavy I’ve noticed that whenever a Pope makes even the most anodyne remark, a host of GLBT commentators jubilantly pounce on his words in…

    The Valkyries Historic Season Opener at Chase Center

    The Valkyries Historic Season Opener at Chase Center

    A sold-out crowd of 18,064 fans packed Chase Center on May 16, 2025, for the Golden State Valkyries historic season opener. As the first WNBA expansion team since 2008 and…

    Celebration of AAPI LGBTQ+ Women Leaders & Allies in the Castro

    Celebration of AAPI LGBTQ+ Women Leaders & Allies in the Castro

    Over 20 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) LGBTQ+ women leaders and allies were honored at Catch in the Castro on May 18, 2025. The celebration, part of the Mimosa…

    Dear Mayor Lurie …

    Dear Mayor Lurie …

    By Joanie Juster– In 1983, AIDS activist Roger Gail Lyon testified before Congress, pleading so passionately that his friend Gert McMullin sewed his words into his panel for the AIDS…