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    In Memoriam

    In Memoriam

    William A. Oakes (January 3, 1934–April 13, 2016) William A. “Skip” Oakes was a devoted lover, partner, constant companion, soulmate and husband for 37 years to Richard W. Coddington. For…

    How Your Brain Lies to You: It Leaves You Wanting

    How Your Brain Lies to You: It Leaves You Wanting

    In the last issue I talked about the brain’s ‘negativity bias,’ the innate tendency of our primitive threat systems to focus on problems and dangers, both imagined and real. Our…

    A Gift of Artists’ Books from the Reva and David Logan Foundation

    A Gift of Artists’ Books  from the Reva and David Logan Foundation

    This single-gallery exhibition celebrates the recent gift of an extraordinary group of 33 artist-illustrated books and additional prints from the collection of the late Reva and David Logan. The Chicago-based…

    Fundraising Underway to Support Compton’s Cafeteria 50th Anniversary

    Compton’s Cafeteria 50th Anniversary Fund Committee members Felicia Elizondo, Andre Kingsley Jasmine Gee and Susan Englander are hoping to raise at least $50,000 or more in order to, as a…

    The Search for ‘Screaming Queens’: Remembering the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot

    The Search for ‘Screaming Queens’: Remembering the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot

    “As near as we can tell at this late date, based on incomplete and contradictory information, on a weekend night in August 1966, the patrons of Compton’s Cafeteria in the…

    Tenderloin Museum Presents the Historic District’s Fascinating Story

    Tenderloin Museum Presents the Historic District’s Fascinating Story

    Located at the corner of Eddy and Levenworth Streets, the Tenderloin Museum is a project of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic that opened in June of 2015. Since the opening, the…

    Calendar of Events for the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot 50th Anniversary

    Calendar of Events for the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot 50th Anniversary

    The GLBT History Museum   Cruising the Tenderloin in the 1960s: A Talk by Felicia Elizondo Thursday, August 4   7:00–9:00 pm    Admission: $5.00; free for members Felicia Elizondo, a self-described “Mexican…

    Summer Vacation

    Summer Vacation

    Here we are right in the middle of summer. We really do have the most glorious weather ever. Some of you are still planning your vacation. Some of us have…

    Adult World Intrudes Upon Boyhood Friendship in Little Men

    Adult World Intrudes Upon Boyhood Friendship in Little Men

    Little Men, opening August 12 at the Clay Theatre, is out filmmaker Ira Sachs’ sly, gentle comedy of manners about Brian (Greg Kinnear), an actor, and his wife Kathy (Jennifer…

    Sister Dana Sez: “Hillary Clinton has proposed the most robust pro-LGBTQ equality agenda of any presidential candidate in history…”

    Sister Dana Sez:  “Hillary Clinton has proposed the most robust pro-LGBTQ equality agenda of any presidential candidate in history…”

    Sister Dana sez, “In addition to her long record as a champion for LGBTQ rights at home and around the globe, Hillary Clinton has proposed the most robust pro-LGBTQ equality…