By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis— Late last December, Waco, Texas, Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley filed a federal lawsuit, claiming she had the right to refuse to…
As 2025 drew to a close, Horizons Foundation hosted the organization’s 22nd annual State of the Movement event virtually on Thursday, December 4, offering a candid yet forward-looking assessment of…
By Ian Fuller— Found within the GLBT Historical Society’s digital archives, and made available in collaboration with the Digital Transgender Archive, the Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Papers document the life of…
Photos courtesy of Dykes on Bikes® By Kate Brown— As the year came to a close, San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® (DOB) focused on what has always mattered most: showing…
Janis Marie Zivic was born July 17, 1942, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the youngest child of former 1940 World Welterweight Boxing Champion Fritzie Zivic and his wife, Helen Stokan Zivic. She…
New Year’s Eve celebrations were captured by San Francisco Bay Times contributing photographers throughout the Castro, on Polk Street, in Walnut Creek at Rossmoor, and more. Columnist Donna Sachet joined…
By Donna Sachet— 2026, here we come! While New Year’s resolutions per se have never been appealing to us, we do intend to use lessons learned in 2025 as we…
![Frederick Gotthold Enslin: ‘Dismiss’d [From] the Service With Infamy’](https://sfbaytimes.com/wp-content/themes/wpnewspaper29/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fsfbaytimes.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F01%2Fimage-57.png&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "Frederick Gotthold Enslin: ‘Dismiss’d [From] the Service With Infamy’")
By Bill Lipsky— On March 10, 1778, Gotthold Frederick Enslin became the first soldier to be tried, convicted, and expelled from the Continental Army for “Infamous Crimes” with another serviceman.…
By Tim Seelig— (Editor’s Note: On January 10, 2026, Dr. Tim Seelig not only celebrated his 75th birthday, but also the 40th anniversary of his coming out. He now has…
Another Birthday? Nooooo! You’ve all felt that before. On January 10, I marked three quarters of a century on this planet! This year also marks my 40th anniversary of coming…
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