n Bay Area meetings about emerging opportunities, businesses, and events, one city continues to be mentioned as 2025 draws to a close: Oakland. On the surface, that is surprising. Oakland’s…
Future issues of the San Francisco Bay Times will take a deeper dive into LGBTQ+ owned and allied destinations in East Bay cities beyond Oakland, but, for now, here are…
Oakland Events to Add to Your 2026 Calendar Peter Gamez, the openly gay President & CEO of Visit Oakland, already has a full calendar of events in the works for…
The San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women issued a call to action following the Commission Streamlining Task Force’s October 15, 2025, vote to downgrade the commission from a…
Held at Feinstein’s at the Nikko on December 9 and 10, 2025, the 33rd Songs of the Season sparkled with an unforgettable lineup of San Francisco legends and powerhouse voices…
The annual lighting of the menorah at Jane Warner Plaza took place on December 15, 2025, just a day after the official start of Hanukkah, which will end on December…
Images courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society The GLBT Historical Society Museum’s latest exhibition, I Live the Life I Love Because I Love the Life I Live, shines a spotlight…
The 20th annual World Tree of Hope Lighting Ceremony took place at Grace Cathedral on December 8, 2025. Presented by the Rainbow World Fund (RWF), the tree—the world’s largest origami-decorated…
Drag on Ice dazzled the many guests who attended the event on December 4, 2025, at the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square. Longtime co-emcee and San Francisco Bay…
The World Tree of Hope is the most prominent LGBTQ+-related holiday tree in the Bay Area, and possibly in the world. It is not the only local holiday tree, however,…
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