Oakland Animal Services Director Ann Dunn Is Building Capacity to Save Lives
If you are an animal lover, you will appreciate learning about some exciting changes happening across the bay. Oakland Animal Services (OAS), Oakland’s municipal animal shelter, has undergone a major transformation in the last few years, resulting in the lowest ever euthanasia rate for animals there. Ann…
Jonathan Romero Breaks Barriers in the NFL, Becoming the SF 49ers Only Male Cheerleader
As CHEER SF has long demonstrated, cheerleading is a sport that often requires tremendous skill and physical prowess. So it is that the Gold Rush squad, the cheerleading arm of the San Francisco 49ers, is highly selective and always impresses on the field beyond the sexy moves…
Israel and Palestine Under Siege
By Jamie Leno Zimron– On Shabbat morning October 7, 2023, Israelis in the tightknit agricultural communities along the Gaza border awoke to swarms of Hamas terrorists in their streets, homes, bedrooms, safe rooms. Bloodthirsty raiders bulldozed through and paraglided over high-tech border barriers to come butcher and…
About Our Cover 10.19.23
Images depicting hope and coexistence resurface during tumultuous times, and so it is that several iconic photographs of Arabs and Jews peacefully together have reemerged in recent days following the escalation of the Israeli–Hamas conflict this month. These photos, often conveying LGBTQ love in addition to Palestinian–Israeli…
Laphonza Butler Makes History as the First Black Lesbian to Serve Openly in the U.S. Congress
Governor Gavin Newsom on October 1, 2023, announced the selection of Laphonza Butler—the President of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to electing women, EMILY’s List—to complete the United States Senate term of the late Senator Dianne Feinstein, which runs through 2024. Butler, a longtime senior adviser to…
Dancers & Drinks: Episode 1
David Landis, The Gay Gourmet at the San Francisco Bay Times, has created a new video series, Dancers & Drinks! Each episode will present a professional dancer sharing a favorite cocktail made at one of the city’s finest restaurants. In this initial episode, dancer Jenna Marie of…
Features
Revitalizing Efforts to Bring an End to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
By John Cunningham One of my closest friends, Joe, was a bright light for all who knew him. He warmed their…
Poverty Epidemic
By Derek Barnes– Most people think of poverty as being poor resulting from the lack of money and conjure up images…
Remembering Eleanor
By Monica Palacios– It is with profound sadness that I announce the passing of my beautiful, dynamic, hilarious, chingona older sister…
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