As we commemorate the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Harvey Milk, our recent trip to Japan to speak about marriage equality made clear how Harvey’s call to come out…
As we enter the holiday season, there is a lot happening at global, national, state and local levels that I want to share with you this month. On the global…
The November election is finally done, but the reverberations from the sinking of Propositions B and C are surely just beginning to be felt. Certainly, the boosters for the proposed…
Since 1863, Thanksgiving Day has been set aside as a national holiday for expressing and celebrating our collective gratitude for our abundance. It’s perhaps an auspicious time to think about…
Bay Times columnist Rafael Mandelman, elected in 2012 to be a member of the Board of Trustees for City College of San Francisco, is an attorney who primarily represents local…
Sister Sold Ya Where would you place Liz Cheney on your list of “Reviled Public Figures?” I suppose if you exclude overtly racist politicians and dead people, I’d have to…
In the epic Star Wars series created by George Lucas, “The Force” is described as a binding, ubiquitous energy field flowing through all living things. When harnessed, its power can…
The year 1986 was huge for me. My entire life changed from being a married man with children and a Southern Baptist minister of music to an out gay man.…
1970s On Monday, October 30, 1978, a hundred-plus gay men gathered for the first rehearsal of a new chorus. On November 27, 1978, shortly before SFGMC members began assembling for…
December 2013 “Shine”- Celebrate the holidays with the men of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus in its first ever holiday show at the stunning War Memorial Opera House.…
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