By Dr. Bill Lipsky– When Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909), San Francisco’s Lavender Boy Poet, visited the Hawaiian Islands in 1868, he was immediately taken with the beauty and the boys…
By David Landis, The Gay Gourmet– Paradise burned. Within minutes. I couldn’t believe it. My friend Michael had friends in Maui who told him about the fires even before the…
By Jeff Cotter– In early August 2023, several wildfires broke out in the state of Hawaii. The fires were mainly centered on the island of Maui. On August 8, wind-driven…
By Ann Rostow– Dog Days Apropos of nothing, are we headed for successive generations named for letters of the alphabet? The “Greatest Generation” fought a world war to earn their…
By Joanie Juster– Transgender History Month has been celebrated throughout August in San Francisco since 2021, when Mayor London Breed signed a mayoral proclamation officially recognizing August as a commemorative…
On an August evening in 1966, three years before the Stonewall riot in New York City, the patrons of the Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district fought back against…
Photos courtesy of The Transgender District and Juan R. Davila Mayor London Breed on August 2 joined city leaders and community members to raise the transgender flag at City Hall…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– You may have seen that the United States’ Gross Domestic Product was 2.4 percent for the second quarter this year—better than what we considered, as we…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– The future of the Oakland A’s isn’t set yet. There remain several hurdles to jump before the Las Vegas proposal could take place.…
To celebrate the return of the popular event series Sunday’s a Drag (at Club Fugazi throughout August 2023 and hosted by Donna Sachet), Divas & Drinks @ The Academy added…
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