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    Winning the Housing Lottery: It Doesn’t Add Up

    Winning the Housing Lottery: It Doesn’t Add Up

    Crisis by Number  Regardless of political ideology or economic status, few would disagree that San Francisco faces an enormous housing crisis. The city has undergone massive demographic changes due almost…

    Historic Gathering of LGBTQ Clergy Builds Community

    Historic Gathering of LGBTQ Clergy Builds Community

    By Rivka Gevurtz Recently, over 60 rabbis, cantors, chaplains, and student clergy came together, not only from around the Bay Area, but also from throughout the U.S., Canada, Germany and…

    6 Tips for Spending Wisely This Holiday Season

    6 Tips for Spending Wisely This Holiday Season

    When holiday music is piped into malls and festive themes accompany some hard-to-miss sales, it’s no wonder people are compelled to overspend during the holidays. Here are six helpful tips…

    Tis the Season to be Depressed

    Tis the Season to be Depressed

    For many people, tis not at all the season to be jolly. Rather, the holiday season can be fraught with depression, loneliness and isolation. For some people, the holidays represent…

    Empathy and Kindness

    Empathy and Kindness

    Even when my 89-year-old dad could barely walk and had compromised memory, he would survey his elder community’s dining hall at meal time to see if anyone was sitting alone,…

    How to Make People Feel Guilty

    How to Make People Feel Guilty

    Guilt-tripping is an ancient, and often highly profitable, art. In every culture, there are people and institutions that actively work to instill guilt, because people who feel guilty are easier…

    Sister Dana sez, “Why even bother having a Grand Jury? Grand JOKE is more like it. But I ain’t laughing.

    By Sister Dana Van Iquity Sister Dana sez, “Why even bother having a Grand Jury? Grand JOKE is more like it. But I ain’t laughing. Fire the prejudiced prosecutors if…

    We Are Being Summoned to Ask Deeper Questions Now

    We Are Being Summoned to Ask Deeper Questions Now

    By Gypsy Love What do you live for, lover? As our calendar year draws to a close, the cosmos requests that we reevaluate the reliability of current convictions. Celestially, we’re summoned…

    New Year’s Eve Party Planning Tips By Courtney Lake

    New Year’s Eve Party Planning Tips By Courtney Lake

    Ringing in the New Year among friends and family is one of the things I cherish most about the holiday season. Thanksgiving may mark the start of the holiday festivities,…

    Queer Films of 2014

    Queer Films of 2014

    The year in queer film 2014 got off to a great start in January with the release of arguably the best queer film of the year, Alain Guiraudie’s explicit, erotic,…