Betty Reid Soskin to Become SF Pride Parade’s Oldest Ever Dignitary
Betty Reid Soskin is a national treasure who has broken many records over the past century. Until her retirement on March 31, 2022, at age 100, she was the oldest serving National Park Ranger in the United States. She was one of the first songwriters of the…
About Our Cover: June 9, 2022
Three thousand panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display June 11 and 12 in Golden Gate Park to mark the Quilt’s 35th Anniversary. While this will be the largest display of the Quilt in San Francisco history, the number of panels is a mere…
Celebrate Carnival San Francisco May 28–29: Colores de Amor
By Eduardo Morales, Ph.D.– Carnival San Francisco is the largest multicultural festival on the West Coast! This year it will be a two-day festival produced by CANA, a 501c-3 organization that stands for Cultura y Arte Nativa de las Americas. The festivities will take place on May…
Pride in San Francisco Having One of the First National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health
The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health (CoE) was one of the first six federally designated centers created to advance women’s health and transform women’s lives through its sex and gender focus and support of rigorous research, innovative clinical care, educational curricula, inclusive leadership development,…
Drag Activism
By Sister Roma– (Editor’s Note: On Thursday, April 7, Sister Roma, along with Kochina Rude and Afrika America, were panelists at a forum entitled Drag Activism at The Academy SF in the Castro. It was moderated by Dr. Ish Ruiz. They discussed queer activism past, present, and…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Pride Brunch 2022
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke at Pride Brunch 2022 on June 25, just a day after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade. During her address she not only commented on that decision, but also expressed her support of the LGBTQ community, including…
Features
‘Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere’
By Carolyn Wysinger– As of this writing we are at day 133 of Black Lesbian WNBA Baller Brittney Griner being detained…
Looking Back on Pivotal LGBTQ+ Moments After Stonewall
By Eduardo Morales, Ph.D.– Association of Lesbian and Gay Psychologists (ALGP) Advances a Long-Needed Change, 1974 The ALGP, formed in 1973,…
In a Battle for Best City, San Francisco Beats Out Boston
By Tabitha Parent– At a college where most of the students hail from Massachusetts, New York, or New Jersey, being a…
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