Photos and Story by Jerome Parmer The 2025 Smuin Christmas Ballet LGBTQ+ Night was a fun-filled holiday spectacular. Though the weather outside (was not) frightful, the performance inside was indeed…
Fernando Camino, correspondent from New York City and moderator of the SuperFriends NYC livestreams on YouTube, has represented the San Francisco Bay Times at many special events including his visit…
By Jon Finck— The 2025 San Francisco Gay Men’s ChorusHoliday Spectacular was widely celebrated as one of the Bay Area’s standout cultural events of the season, reinforcing the chorus’ reputation…
By David Landis, The Gay Gourmet — Glamorous. It’s the one word that describes the feeling that envelops you the moment you walk into the newly reopened Bourbon Steak at…
Since early 2025, demonstrators have been gathering at the Tesla showroom in San Francisco at 999 Van Ness Avenue near O’Farrell for weekly rallies—originally part of the #TeslaTakedown movement—to protest…
By Dina Novarr— I’m not sure when I stopped feeling proud to be American. Maybe it was gradual, like roots rotting beneath sturdy timber. Everything looks fine until suddenly the…
By Stella Singer— Now that the new year is upon us, there is a renewed focus for many of us on health-related goals. Start your year right at the farmers’…
By Ann Rostow – I, for one, am happy to see the end of 2025. Our country has been taken over by a cabal of small, cruel men, who answer…
n Bay Area meetings about emerging opportunities, businesses, and events, one city continues to be mentioned as 2025 draws to a close: Oakland. On the surface, that is surprising. Oakland’s…
Future issues of the San Francisco Bay Times will take a deeper dive into LGBTQ+ owned and allied destinations in East Bay cities beyond Oakland, but, for now, here are…
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