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    Miss Major Griffin-Gracy (1946–2025)

    Miss Major Griffin-Gracy (1946–2025)

    Pioneering transgender rights leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed on October 13, 2025, leaving behind an unparalleled legacy of over five decades of nationwide advocacy for the transgender community, the overall…

    Cheers to a Champion: LGBTQ+ Community Honors Rebecca Rolfe

    Cheers to a Champion: LGBTQ+ Community Honors Rebecca Rolfe

    Rebecca Rolfe, the Executive Director of the SF LGBT Center for 22 years, was celebrated at the event Cheers to a Champion at the center on October 16, 2025. Rolfe,…

    Donna Sachet, “The Imperial Gay Pageant…”

    Donna Sachet, “The Imperial Gay Pageant…”

    By Donna Sachet – The Imperial Gay Pageant, on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at Hotel Zeppelin, returned to an exciting, competitive contest with multiple contestants, creative presentations, and an enthusiastic…

    Edward De Lacy Evans: The Woman With Three Wives

    Edward De Lacy Evans: The Woman With Three Wives

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky – The Bendigo Advertiser was shocked, shocked by what it headlined as an “Extraordinary Case of Concealment of Sex” in its September 4, 1879, issue. Reporting…

    GLBT Historical Society Annual Gala Breaks Records for Attendance, Fundraising

    GLBT Historical Society Annual Gala Breaks Records for Attendance, Fundraising

    Reunion 40, held at The Westin St. Francis on October 18, 2025, was a record-breaking success. This annual gala of The GLBT Historical Society, now in its fourth decade, had…

    Horizons Foundation A Night of Pride 2025: 45 Years of Progress & Possibility

    Horizons Foundation A Night of Pride 2025: 45 Years of Progress & Possibility

    Photos by Colin Hussey/Horizons Foundation Horizons Foundation held its annual gala, entitled A Night of Pride, on October 11, 2025, at the California Academy of Sciences. At least $129,750 was…

    Marga Gomez’s Spanish Stew at NCTC Is a Latina Lesbian Odyssey to 1976 San Francisco

    Marga Gomez’s Spanish Stew at NCTC Is a Latina Lesbian Odyssey to 1976 San Francisco

    The New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC) is excited to serve up the next bowl of bold and fresh queer theatre with the world premiere of Marga Gomez’s flavor-packed, autobiographical treat Spanish Stew, directed by Richard…

    Blue Moon Is a Hangout Film Featuring Ethan Hawke as Broadway Lyricist Lorenz Hart

    Blue Moon Is a Hangout Film Featuring Ethan Hawke as Broadway Lyricist Lorenz Hart

    By Gary M. Kramer – In the wistful, elegiac Blue Moon, opening October 24 in the Bay Area, the celebrated lyricist,Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke), is sitting in Sardi’s—an iconic restaurant…

    Mesmerized by Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Revisiting Diane Keaton’s Films

    Mesmerized by Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Revisiting Diane Keaton’s Films

    By Jan Wahl – Kisses for this magical film. Kiss of the Spider Woman still lives in my head, days after seeing it: the swirling colors, deep love, survival under…

    Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism in San Francisco

    Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism in San Francisco

    Photos and Story by Jerry Parmer Dua Lipa’s two sold-out performances at Chase Center showed why she has 85 million followers on Instagram and over 40 billion downloads across various…