About Our Cover – May 8, 2025
“Chinatown is profoundly queer—not just in identity, but in existence. Its queerness stands as an act of defiance against racism, displacement, and corporate encroachment. This history runs deep through San Francisco’s cultural fabric, inspiring an ‘immortality’ that lives on in those who continue our fight against erasure.”…
San Francisco Dyke March Is Back for 2025!
By Judy Graboyes and Cyndi Vee– The San Francisco Dyke March will return this June 2025 with a newly formed, reinvigorated, and committed team of volunteers. They come from many generations and include those who are Black, Brown, White, Trans, Non-Binary, Cis—and with femmes, butches, and everyone…
About Our Cover – April 10, 2025
Earth Day 2025, on April 22, will mark the 55th official national annual observance demonstrating support for environmental protection. Both before and after the first Earth Day in 1970, there have been a number of out LGBTQ+ champions of Mother Earth who have made a positive impact.…
Influential Bay Area Transgender Leaders Who Are Making History
San Francisco is the city with the highest population of out transgender individuals, according to many surveys, with New York, Austin, Portland, Seattle, Boston, New Orleans, Columbus, Salt Lake City, and Atlanta also often mentioned in the top 10. As a beacon for the global transgender community,…
Bought & Sold: The 50-Year-Old Roots of Big Money in Politics Today
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– As the destructive chaos of the second Trump presidency continues to unfold, we find ourselves returning over and over to the inordinate influence of big money in American politics. A staggering $15.9 billion was spent nationwide on federal election races during…
LGBTQ+ Spring 2025 Fundraisers in SF and Other Local Events
The spring season is always a busy one for local LGBTQ+ nonprofits, which hold major annual fundraisers at this time. 2025 has been no exception. Openhouse in April held its annual Spring Fling. The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus held its annual Crescendo, which this year raised…
Features
Breathing Fire: Remembering Asian Pacific American Activism in Queer History
By Amy Sueyoshi– On July 1, 2015, the Respect After Death Act (California Assembly Bill 1577) enabled transgender people to record…
Standing Up for Birthright Citizenship: A Personal Reflection
By Stuart Gaffney– My family has been in America for over 400 years. My father’s side of the family goes all…
We Are All in This Together
By Joanie Juster– As recently as last year, the dangers we were warned about seemed like fevered conspiracy theories. Surely, we…
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