Feast Your Way Through the East Bay During Oakland Restaurant Week 2023
Visit Oakland has announced the return of its popular Oakland Restaurant Week (ORW), which this year will take place March 16 to March 26. Featuring specially-designed dining experiences, great deals, and a range of options from Michelin-starred restaurants to food trucks to newly opened eateries—it will be…
SF Gay Softball League Celebrates 50 Years of Competition, Camaraderie, and Inclusion
By John Chen– “Humans need more playtime, fresh air, connection, and laughter. San Francisco Gay Softball League leadership encourages team managers to be inclusive of bodies of all abilities and players from all backgrounds and identities. At a time when lawmakers are working to exclude trans kids…
Black LGBTQ Bay Area Women Leaders to Be Honored for Black History Month
For Black History Month, Black LGBTQ Bay Area women who are leaders within their respective fields will be honored at Divas & Drinks @ The Academy on February 9. The event, co-presented by the San Francisco Bay Times and The Academy SF at 2166 Market Street, will…
Abrupt Closure of Harvey’s Draws Attention to LGBTQ Importance of 500 Castro Street
Like the sudden and unexpected death of a loved one, the abrupt closure of restaurant, bar, and community venue Harvey’s on January 22, 2023, left many in the Castro saddened and in shock. Aside from a message on a dry-erase board placed in front of the site…
Reimagining Gayborhoods and Home
Home is the starting place of love, hope, and dreams. It is a feeling and not necessarily a physical location, but finding a place to live that can offer you comfort and community may benefit everything from your health to your ability to achieve personal goals to…
The Gay Gourmet Visits Honolulu’s Halekulani Hotel
The Gay Gourmet (David Landis) recently visited the Halekulani Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. Meaning “House Befitting Heaven,” the historic hotel first opened in 1917 and is on beautiful Waikiki Beach. The hotel is home to three restaurants: House Without a Key, Orchids, and La Mer. It is…
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A Urologist’s Guide to Safely Increasing the Length and Girth of Your Manhood
By Judson Brandeis, M.D.– As a board-certified urologist, I’ve seen a growing demand for penis enlargement procedures. Men of all ages…
The Rent Debt Bubble
By Derek Barnes– There is something ominous that is hiding in plain sight. Very few people talk about it or write…
Liberation Generation
By Jewelle Gomez– When I finished graduate school in 1973, I was teaching in an upstate New York arts center, The…
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