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    LPGA LGBT Heroine Muffin Spencer-Devlin

    LPGA LGBT Heroine Muffin Spencer-Devlin

    By Jamie Leno Zimron Muffin Spencer-Devlin is one brave and talented woman. A 3-time winner and 21-year veteran on the LPGA Tour (1979-2000), Muffin became the first professional golfer to…

    CHEER SF: The World’s Favorite Charitable Cheerleaders, Homegrown in San Francisco

    CHEER SF: The World’s Favorite Charitable Cheerleaders, Homegrown in San Francisco

    By Nguyen “Win” Pham Based in San Francisco, CHEER San Francisco was founded in 1980 as the world’s first LGBT-identified cheerleading team in history. An all-volunteer nonprofit organization, CHEER SF’s…

    Fitness SF Celebrates Pride and a Spectacular New Mid-Market Location

    Fitness SF Celebrates Pride and a Spectacular New Mid-Market Location

    By Michael Globits (Editor’s Note: Look for Fitness SF trainers, members and other athletes in the “SF Bay Times” contingent at the Pride Parade on Sunday.) It’s time to celebrate…

    Ride the Ducks: San Francisco’s Fun and Memorable Land/Sea Adventure

    Ride the Ducks: San Francisco’s Fun and Memorable Land/Sea Adventure

    (Editor’s Note: The flashiest Ride the Ducks vehicle will be in the “SF Bay Times” contingent this year. Be on the lookout for this colorful boat on wheels!) Have you…

    The Tale of ‘U’: Listen to Yourself to Get the Design You Want

    The Tale of ‘U’:  Listen to Yourself to Get the Design You Want

    As an interior designer and stylist, I am often asked about the “new trends” emerging in home goods. It would be easy to be pithy and declare with absolute certainty…

    Confront Darkness to Create Precious Light

    Confront Darkness to Create Precious Light

    Lightning storms in outer space are transforming methane into soot, which hardens into chunks of graphite that toughen over time. The result? “Diamond rain.” Scientists estimate that 1,000 tons of…

    Remembering the Stonewall Uprising

    Remembering the Stonewall Uprising

    In the late 1960’s, sexual minorities in America endured a level of oppression that is all too often forgotten, even by those of us who were alive at the time.…

    Love Letters

    Love Letters

    My partner Taylor and I have a fierce, running debate about “love letters” from buyers to sellers. For those of you who do not know what a real estate “love…

    What You Should Expect

    What You Should Expect

    OK, I’ll just say it. Real estate agents are a dime a dozen. Many people believe agents aren’t even necessary in order for them to buy and sell real estate.…

    Follow in Their Footsteps

    Follow in Their Footsteps

    As we celebrate Pride each June, it’s easy to overlook those courageous souls who forged the path for LGBT rights well in advance of the Stonewall Riots in 1968. Elsie…