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    London Breed, San Francisco’s First Black Woman Mayor, Carries City’s Hopes

    London Breed, San Francisco’s First Black Woman Mayor, Carries City’s Hopes

    London Breed, during her formal San Francisco mayoral election victory speech on June 14 at Rosa Parks Elementary School, pledged to “push the envelope” and to “make the hard decisions”…

    San Francisco Bay Times: Freedom of Expression of Our Community for 40 Years

    San Francisco Bay Times: Freedom of Expression of Our Community for 40 Years

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– It was early May, 1992, and San Francisco was among several cities in the nation where street protests erupted in response to the Rodney…

    From Stonewall to Decades of TLGBQIA+ Activism: Superqueeroe Miss ‘Mama’ Major Griffin-Gracy

    From Stonewall to Decades of TLGBQIA+ Activism: Superqueeroe Miss ‘Mama’ Major Griffin-Gracy

    By Kin Folkz–   (Editor’s note: San Francisco Bay Times welcomes new columnist Kin Folkz in this issue. A 2018 San Francisco Pride Parade Community Grand Marshal, Kin Folkz is…

    Naturals and What Sets Them Apart

    Naturals and What Sets Them Apart

        By Scott Tsui– In my previous column, I spoke about three broad classes of people when it comes to relationships: Naturals are people with personality traits that make…

    Strength Training Hacks

    Strength Training Hacks

    By Cinder Ernst– Today’s article will give you ways to make your strength training more effective. You might be doing strengthening exercises at home such as push-ups, planks or squats.…

    Shining Our Rainbow Light Through the Prism of Pride

    Shining Our Rainbow Light Through the Prism of Pride

    By Andrea Shorter– Thank goodness for Pride. We could all use a big rainbow dose of LGBTQ Pride celebration at about right now. At the heart of the festivities of…

    Rafael Mandelman’s Vision for San Francisco

    Rafael Mandelman’s Vision for San Francisco

    District 8 will soon have one of our city’s most genuinely thoughtful, hard-working, dedicated and compassionate individuals as its new supervisor: Rafael Mandelman. He served as a San Francisco Bay…

    Are You a Commitment-Phobe?

    Are You a Commitment-Phobe?

    By Dr. Frankie Bashan– Commitment-phobes believe that every relationship will end negatively. They believe that people they get close to will ultimately hurt them and they will end the relationship…

    Pride Spotlight: FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of Trans and Queer Performance

    Pride Spotlight: FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of Trans and Queer Performance

    It’s back! The nation’s most celebrated trans/queer performance festival returns to San Francisco’s Z Space this June 14–16. A transgender superhero rock opera, world champion gay ballroom, award-winning queer disabled…

    An LGBTQ Athlete’s Story: Mark McCabe

    An LGBTQ Athlete’s Story: Mark McCabe

    By John Chen– The amount of vile, degrading homophobic hate spewed and shouted from the terrace every game, everywhere, and non-stop gradually wore down Mark McCabe’s will, determination and desire…