How Golden Gate Park Became California’s Largest Queer Green Space
When nineteenth-century critics dismissed San Francisco’s ambitious park plan as a foolish attempt to grow greenery on barren ocean dunes, few could have predicted the triumph that would rise from the sand. Today, Golden Gate Park stands as an engineering and ecological miracle, spanning over 1,017 acres—a…
Midnight at Orphan Andy’s: The Castro’s Forever Diner
Eating at Orphan Andy’s at midnight is like stepping into a cozy, neon-lit sanctuary where the pulse of the Castro softens into pure comfort. Squeezing into one of the vintage red vinyl booths or grabbing a swivel stool at the counter, diners are immediately wrapped in the…
About Our Cover: How to Build Something That Endures
“It’s about seeing each other and showing up for each other and carrying each other, when we’re weary or faltering or losing faith. That’s how you build something that endures.” —Michelle Obama, from her “Hope Is All We Have” speech at the Obama Center grand opening ceremony,…
About Our Cover: Celebrating 50 Years of Frameline
The cover of this issue of the San Francisco Bay Times—the first of two Pride Month issues—pays tribute to some of the memorable films shown at the Frameline Film Festival over the past 50 years. One is the documentary short Zeitgeist 1977: The First Festival, which explores…
Second Annual Celebrating Bay Area AAPI LGBTQ+ Women Leaders & Allies to Be Held May 28 at the SF LGBT Center
The San Francisco Bay Times on May 28, 2026, 6–10 pm, will present the second annual Celebrating Bay Area AAPI LGBTQ+ Women Leaders & Allies at the SF LGBT Center, where 16 of the region’s most accomplished individuals will be honored during Asian American and Pacific Islander…
San Francisco Bay Times Contingent in the 2026 San Francisco Pride Parade
The San Francisco Bay Times is a longtime media sponsor of San Francisco Pride and had a contingent in the 2026 San Francisco Pride Parade on June 28, 2026. The theme for the contingent this year was “Love Makes a Family” and those participating included featured guest…
Features
What Does Leadership Look Like?
By Joanie Juster— Pride Month provided San Francisco with some high-profile examples of what leadership and true allyship should—and should not—look…
A Girl Named Becky Leading the Way for Trans Rights
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis— Late last month, the conservative Republican supermajority of the U.S. Supreme Court issued a deeply…
Positive Momentum Building as Oakland Pride on August 16 Nears
By Oakland City Councilmember at Large Rowena— Now that San Francisco Pride Month has wrapped up and we are in the…
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