By Katie Conry– Trans women, especially trans women of color, have been at the forefront of the struggle for queer liberation. This is strongly reflected in the history of the…
By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Shortly before midnight on June 27, 1969, four police officers and two undercover agents entered the Stonewall Inn, a local bar popular in the predominantly gay…
By Scott Tsui– During a recent visit to Southern California, I caught up with Spencer, a 50-year-old gay man. I met Spencer five years ago at a social event in…
By Ann Rostow– Help! Before we start, I’ve basically given up reacting to Trump in every column, but I have to make one small exception. When will commentators, pundits and…
By Andrea Shorter– It is Black History Month, and the politics of the politics of identity politics couldn’t be more intriguing, puzzling, absurd and predictable. Debates about how black is…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– This year my office has chosen to honor the Oscar Grant Foundation and the Love Not Blood Campaign for Black History Month. Oscar…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– California went through a decades-long “tough-on-crime” period when the popular response to public safety concerns was to lock up criminals and throw away the key. But…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– The Houston Chronicle’s Feb 10, 2019, headline is unambiguous: “Abuse of Faith, 20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist…
On April 28, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1 (SB1) that was entitled the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. That established a $54 Billion fund…
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