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    World AIDS Day: ‘My Health, My Right’

    World AIDS Day: ‘My Health, My Right’

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– In 1986, James Bunn was a broadcast journalist at KPIX in San Francisco. He and Nancy Saslow, a special projects producer, had just been honored with…

    Sister Dana sez, “Hey Congressmen, reaching across the aisle does not mean giving a reach-around!”

    Sister Dana sez, “Hey Congressmen, reaching across the aisle does not mean giving a reach-around!”

    By Sister Dana Van Iquity– Sister Dana sez, “Hey Congressmen, reaching across the aisle does not mean giving a reach-around!” Sister Dana celebrated Thanksgiving (or what I like to call “ThanksGAYing”) with three dozen…

    Curated: Willem van Aelst’s Flowers in a Silver Vase (1663)

    Curated: Willem van Aelst’s Flowers in a Silver Vase (1663)

    At the Legion of Honor, Gallery 15 Willem van Aelst initially trained and became a master in his native Delft, then traveled to France and Italy, before ultimately settling in…

    Gaining a Better Understanding of an HIV+ Uncle’s Life

    Gaining a Better Understanding of an HIV+ Uncle’s Life

    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…

    Mark Morris to Appear in His Spicy, Irreverent Holiday Classic The Hard Nut at Zellerbach

    Mark Morris to Appear in His Spicy, Irreverent Holiday Classic The Hard Nut at Zellerbach

    Celebrating its 25th Anniversary, The Hard Nut is a cascade of wit and wintry beauty. This lavish, gender-bent love letter to the traditional Nutcracker ballet transplants E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original story…

    More Tales from Armistead Maupin in New Documentary Out on DVD

    More Tales from Armistead Maupin in New Documentary Out on DVD

    By Gary M. Kramer Jennifer M. Kroot’s adulatory documentary The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin is out December 5 on DVD. This adoring film, which coincides with the publication of…

    Words: Needed Inspiration from Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde

    Words: Needed Inspiration from Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde

    By Michele Karlsberg Michele Karlsberg: For this issue of the San Francisco Bay Times, I present a guest article written by award-winning Minneapolis-based novelist Judith Katz. On the night of…

    A Look at LGBTQ Life in Taiwan

    A Look at LGBTQ Life in Taiwan

    By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– Taipei Pride It seems only fitting that San Francisco and Taipei, sister cities since the year of Stonewall, 1969, host the largest LGBTQ Pride…

    Holiday Arts Preview

    Holiday Arts Preview

    Michael Feinstein’s Home for the Holidays November 30–December 3 Feinstein’s at the Nikko, 222 Mason Two-time Grammy Award-nominated Michael Feinstein will return to the city where his career began with…

    Your Guests Will Be Floored by Boogie Lights Entertainment

    Your Guests Will Be Floored by Boogie Lights Entertainment

    By Johnny Viramontes– Lighted dance floors may very well be the key to changing your next event from ordinary to extraordinary. First famously appearing in the 1977 blockbuster film Saturday Night…