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    Oakland Celebrates Pride Week and LGBTQ Community Center’s Successful First Year

    Oakland Celebrates Pride Week and LGBTQ Community Center’s Successful First Year

    By Kin Folkz– Oakland, California, finally has its own much-needed and long-awaited LGBTQ Center. Although public acceptance of LGBTQ people and culture has increased over the years, a recent California…

    Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– This coming weekend will be the annual Oakland Pride celebration—an important opportunity to build unity, strengthen community and more. The Oakland Pride festival,…

    Openhouse Forms New Partnership to Support the LGBTQ Community

    Openhouse Forms New Partnership to Support the LGBTQ Community

    By Dr. Karen Skultety– Ask anyone you know about how they envision aging and you are likely to hear, “I never want to end up in a nursing home.” People…

    Remembering Marcia Iris Baum, LCSW, MSW

    Remembering Marcia Iris Baum, LCSW, MSW

    Noted San Francisco psychotherapist Marcia Iris Baum died on Saturday, August 18, as a result of severe injuries sustained in an automobile crash near the intersections of Highways 1 and…

    GGBA Member Spotlight, Business Tips and More…

    GGBA Member Spotlight Blueprint NYC Blueprint NYC is a full-service events and communications company that specializes in audience engagement with unbridled creativity, relentless drive and years of experience. For the San…

    The People of the State of California vs. Travis Miner

    The People of the State of California vs. Travis Miner

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Saturday, October 23, 1937, was an unseasonably warm day in Southern California. With the temperature in the high 80s and business slow, Travis Miner, 37, left…

    AIDS and Me in Three Acts

    AIDS and Me in Three Acts

    By Dr. Tim Seelig– Act 1: 1980s Discovery Act 2: 1990s Devastation Act 3: 2010s Dedication Prologue In a few weeks, a couple of events will bring my relationship with…

    How to Feel More Confident About Lesbian Dating

    How to Feel More Confident About Lesbian Dating

    By Dr. Frankie Bashan– Maybe you’ve been single for a while, or maybe your date seems too good to be true. But when you’re trying to put your best foot…

    24 Hours Aboard a Celebrity Cruise

    24 Hours Aboard a Celebrity Cruise

    Celebrity Cruises is one of the most LGBTQ-friendly cruise lines and is known for valuing all aspects of diversity—reflected among the guests and crew. As a result, Celebrity received the…

    Sister Dana sez, “God bless the late Senator John McCain for his inspirational last words: ‘We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe. ‘”

    Sister Dana sez, “God bless the late Senator John McCain for his inspirational last words: ‘We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe. ‘”

    By Sister Dana Van Iquity– Sister Dana sez, “God bless the late Senator John McCain for his inspirational last words: ‘We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with…