Castro Theatre Renovation Uncovers, Decodes Artistic Treasures
“Architecture is as much a response to place, a conversation with place, as it is a making of place.” —Dr. Jeffery Malpas The shapes, structures, and materials of a building can have a memory-like character, holding sensory properties that help imprint history and can impact us profoundly.…
2024 San Francisco Pride Grand Marshals
San Francisco Pride Grand Marshals represent a wide range of diverse experiences and have made significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ community. With the help of public input, SF Pride selects these groups and individuals in order to honor the work they have put into furthering the causes…
GGBA: Leading the Way for LGBT Businesses and Our Community for Five Decades
By Roger Gross– (Editor’s Note: This piece first ran in the San Francisco Bay Times in 2014 on the occasion of the Golden Gate Business Association’s 40th Anniversary. Gross agreed to have us share it again now, in honor of GGBA’s 50th year.) GGBA was established in…
At Brown Girl Farms, Earth Day Is Every Day
Birthed from a belief that queer, Black women farmers need more representation and celebration in the growing world, Ashlee Johnson-Geisse founded Brown Girl Farms. Brown Girl Farms, located in the Hayward hills, is a small-scale family farm grounded in community. Ashlee and her wife Jen Johnson-Geisse live…
The Stud Collective Transforms Historic Queer Bar Into America’s First Co-Op Nightclub
The Stud’s new chapter began eight years ago when it was announced, on August 4, 2016, that a group consisting of drag queens, DJs, and performers formed a co-op and secured funding to purchase the historic queer bar. It will soon be transformed into the country’s first…
The First Pride Party of 2024 in San Francisco!
The “Eve of Pride Party,” co-presented by the San Francisco Bay Times and The Academy SF on May 31, 2024, had many memorable moments, including Mayor London Breed and friends doing the Cupid Shuffle! Legendary DJ Olga T headed up the turntable while bartender Sky and colleagues…
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The World Is Watching
By Joanie Juster– Pride Month is finally here, and we are awash with rainbows. Looking around San Francisco (and my Facebook…
Honorary Recognitions Presented to AGUILAS for 30 Years of Community Service
By Eduardo Morales, Ph.D.– At the 30th Anniversary Celebration of AGUILAS providing services to the community, held on May 24, 2024,…
Goth for All
By Jewelle Gomez– Gothic fiction and horror are, unfortunately, often dependent on the damsel in distress trope: the mad wife in…
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