The Castro Farmers’ Market reopened for the season on April 2, 2025, bringing farm-fresh produce, an impressive selection of mushrooms, recently gathered eggs, delicious dairy products like cultured butter and…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity– Dana sez, “Happy Easter, everybuddy! Whether you commemorate The Resurrection or a floppy-eared hare that brings colored eggs to the kiddies or for any other…
By Dina Novarr– Imagine a vineyard ripping out varieties like chardonnay, cabernet, tempranillo, or sauvignon blanc because they weren’t “native” enough. It’s unthinkable. Yet, in our current political climate in…
By Elisa Quinzi– The arrival of Neptune into the first zodiac sign, Aries, heralds a transition of quantum proportions. We are undergoing the birth pangs preceding our emergence into a…
Earth Day 2025, on April 22, will mark the 55th official national annual observance demonstrating support for environmental protection. Both before and after the first Earth Day in 1970, there…
Gays of National Parks brings queer joy, creativity, and chosen family into stunning natural landscapes—from the granite cliffs of Yosemite, to the stillness of Joshua Tree, the volcanic skies of…
By Ann Rostow– She Shocked the Sheriff I was struck by a video of a woman in a Tucson Walmart, who was confronted by male sheriff deputies in the ladies…
The Transgender Day of Visibility is observed worldwide each year on March 31, with this year’s observance holding all the more importance given intensifying vitriol and attacks against trans people…
The transgender community is now on the frontlines of LGBTQ+ activism in the U.S. In recent months, this has largely been in response to the federal government rolling back protections…
By Joanie Juster– While visiting Houston in 1999, I took a taxi ride with a driver from Kenya who was studying political science at Rice University. This was during the…
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