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    Jean Malin: Broadway’s Queen of Queens

    Jean Malin: Broadway’s Queen of Queens

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Some years after it happened, the nationally syndicated columnist Dorothy Kilgallen told her readers about a fight in a Greenwich Village club in 1928 or 1929.…

    Donna’s Chronicles, “Learning to Love Oneself…”

    Donna’s Chronicles, “Learning to Love Oneself…”

    By Donna Sachet– Learning to love oneself or at least take proper care of oneself is one of the hardest lessons in life for many of us. Whether because of…

    Chef Dominique Crenn: Rebel with a Cause

    Chef Dominique Crenn: Rebel with a Cause

    By Liam P. Mayclem– Chef Dominique Crenn in 2019 was on top of the world: four Michelin stars, (3-star Atelier Crenn, 1-star Bar Crenn), a profile on the hit show…

    Off the Wahl: Gotta Dance!

    Off the Wahl: Gotta Dance!

    By Jan Wahl– When dialogue fails, dancing begins. Dancing takes us beyond conversation. It moves along the plot, settles conflicts, romances characters, expresses joy. From Singin’ in the Rain to…

    Impossible Burger vs. Beyond Meat: The Gay Gourmet Taste Test

    Impossible Burger vs. Beyond Meat: The Gay Gourmet Taste Test

    San Francisco Bay Times food columnist David Landis, aka The Gay Gourmet, cooks up two popular plant-based burgers—the Impossible Burger and one from Beyond Meat—to find out how they compare…

    Donna’s Chronicles: “We woke to the sad news…”

    Donna’s Chronicles: “We woke to the sad news…”

    By Donna Sachet– We awoke to the sad news of the death of Olivia de Havilland, a star of the silver screen who truly represents the last of her kind,…

    Give Me an ‘E’

    Give Me an ‘E’

    By Dr. Tim Seelig– You just never know when you are going to have to “buy a vowel.” Well, there are some folks out there who seriously want us to…

    What HIV/AIDS Teaches Us in The Age of Coronavirus

    What HIV/AIDS Teaches Us in The Age of Coronavirus

    By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– On July 6, 2020, the City of Oakland began hosting panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to hang on the front of Oakland…

    Donna’s Chronicles: What Began as a Rumor…

    Donna’s Chronicles: What Began as a Rumor…

    By Donna Sachet– What began as a rumor and quickly grew to a worldwide pandemic shows no immediate signs of ending. People keep talking about a return to normal and…

    Meals on Heels: Where Dinner Is a Drag

    Meals on Heels: Where Dinner Is a Drag

    By David Landis– The Gay Gourmet– Leave it to the delightful Darcy Drollinger to make dinner a drag. The peripatetic owner of San Francisco’s premiere drag club, Oasis SF, can’t…