By Assemblymember Phil Ting– Home ownership plays a key role in strengthening communities. It also helps families, particularly families of color, build and pass on intergenerational wealth. But one of…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– As Oakland struggles with the fight against the closure of schools and Head Start centers in predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods, it becomes…
By Dr. Kathleen M. Sullivan– Openhouse welcomes supporters and community members to our first in person Spring Fling since 2019! This year our Pride theme is “Love is Ageless” and…
By Patrick Carney– The 27th annual Pink Triangle of Twin Peaks needs a lot of volunteers in order to make it happen. Please help get the word out. SF Pride arrives early—this…
By Donna Sachet– All signs continue to suggest a brighter future on the horizon, as the long, cold period of the pandemic fades into memory and lives begin to return…
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– Many readers may be unaware that when the Supreme Court established marriage equality across the U.S. in its landmark 2015 Obergefell decision, the ruling…
By Jewelle Gomez– It’s disturbing to think and write about my first girlfriend, my older male lover, and my teenaged abortion. I lived the complexity of being a teenaged lesbian…
By Dr. Tim Seelig– In one of the many parts of my life, I am fortunate enough to speak to various groups across the country and now via Zoom. The…
“Are you with the Dykes on Bikes?” I ride what I consider a quintessential “biker’s bike.” It just has a certain look about it. It’s decidedly old school, no creature…
By Philip Ruth– Where has it been, and where is it going? The ever-changing auto industry is always coming up with new answers to those questions, as what seemed fancy…
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