By John Lewis— Stillness—the cicada’s crydrills into the rocks. The renowned Japanese poet Bashō wrote this haiku four centuries ago after hiking for days to reach a remote mountaintop temple…
By Tom LeNoble— I have been to Amsterdam many times. I know the canals, the rhythm of the streets, the bicycles coming at you from every direction, and the particular…
By David Landis— The Consulate General of Ireland and the GLBT Historical Society and Museum staged a historic LGBTQ+ celebration on August 13, 2026, at Casements Bar in the Mission.…
By Tom LeNoble— Imani Rupert-Gordon is President of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights (NCLR), a national legal organization advancing the civil and human rights of LGBTQ people and their…
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, Congressmember Lateefah Simon, and Oakland LGBTQ+ Center Co-Founders Joe Hawkins and Jeff Myers were among the leaders on August 12, 2026, who gathered for the official…
By Donna Sachet— If you really want to take stock of your friendships, both in quantity and quality, then celebrate your birthday on a Monday night. That’s right! Organizing a…
When Barbara “Boo” Price—also known as Barbara Kay Price and Barbara Price García-Dobles—was growing up in Lafayette, Indiana, she would gather her friends and cousins to produce talent shows in…
Abby Abinanti (California’s first Native American female lawyer) “Miss Boo invited me into her world, made sure that people she knew, people in various movements of the 1970s, most for…
The nationally acclaimed San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (SFGMC) and The Chan National Queer Arts Center (The Chan) this week announced programming for Season 49: RISING, an exuberant 2026–27 season celebrating the power…
By Gary M. Kramer— Out gay actor Charlie Barnett has a supporting role in Dreams in Nightmares,an engrossing drama opening September 4, 2026, about a group of queer friends, Z…
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