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    The Power of Being Extraordinarily Ordinary

    The Power of Being Extraordinarily Ordinary

    By John Lewis– On my first day of law school 35 years ago, each member of my small group section of twenty students was asked as part of an ice-breaker…

    The Problem of Physical Inactivity

    The Problem of Physical Inactivity

    By Kaci Fairchild, PhD, ABPP– Physical inactivity is a global public health crisis that accounts for nearly 3.2 million deaths annually, or 49,837 deaths each day. To put that in…

    #NeverAgain

    #NeverAgain

    By Lyndsey Schlax– (Editor’s Note: Teacher Lyndsey Schlax of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts launched the nation’s first on-site high school LGBT course in 2015. She…

    Exercises Not to Do

    Exercises Not to Do

    By Cinder Ernst– I was answering an inquiry about what exercises trainers never do and realized that most trainers no longer have their clients do abdominal crunches. I decided quite…

    Thoughts on Turning Seventy

    Thoughts on Turning Seventy

    By Tom Moon, MFT– My husband and I marked my 70th birthday in February with ten days of non-stop partying in New Orleans. I mention this because I know all…

    Gen Z Is Taking Down Barriers to Gun Control

    Gen Z Is Taking Down Barriers to Gun Control

    By Andrea Shorter– As much as I love my home here in San Francisco, at heart I will always be a Hoosier from Indiana. As a Hoosier, I love that…

    A Gay Victorian Love Story

    A Gay Victorian Love Story

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– It was love at first sight for the two young men, students at Harvard just before the Civil War. Tom, “a lovely boy,” was strikingly beautiful—his…

    Castro Farmers’ Market Opens for the Season

    Castro Farmers’ Market Opens for the Season

    Your favorite Wednesday evening event, the Castro Farmers’ Market, will be returning for the season on Wednesday, March 14, 4 pm to 8 pm, at Noe and Market Streets. Opening…

    Keeper of the Beat: A Woman’s Journey into the Heart of Drumming Award-Winning Documentary on Acclaimed Lesbian Drummer, Barbara Borden, to Air on PBS Stations

    Keeper of the Beat: A Woman’s Journey into the Heart of Drumming Award-Winning Documentary on Acclaimed Lesbian Drummer, Barbara Borden, to Air on PBS Stations

    By Dianne Griffin Keeper of the Beat: A Woman’s Journey into the Heart of Drumming is an award-winning hour-long documentary on the life and music of Barbara Borden, the acclaimed…

    Love, Simon Is a Conventional, Yet Enjoyable, Film About a Closeted Teen Coming Out

    Love, Simon Is a Conventional, Yet Enjoyable, Film About a Closeted Teen Coming Out

    By Gary M. Kramer– There are hundreds of movies featuring gay teenagers, and dozens of films that feature out gay high schoolers. The upbeat romantic comedy-drama, Love, Simon, which opens…