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Poland at a Crossroads with LGBTIQ People in the Crosshairs
By John Lewis– On a warm summer evening in 1987, I found myself hanging out in the heart of the medieval main square of Krakow, Poland, with my three new…
Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health
By Michele Karlsberg– Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health (PM Press), edited by Adrian Shanker, is considered to be the first book of the new decade that is a…
The Extremely Busy Woman’s Guide to Self-Care
By Suzanne Falter– (Editor’s Note: Lesbian author and podcaster Suzanne Falter is an expert at getting others “Back to Happy.” That is the title of her new podcast—available at iTunes…
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.…
18th Street ‘Shared Spaces’ Kickoff Deemed a Success, with Some Lessons Learned
The Castro Merchants on Sunday, August 23, launched the 18th Street “Shared Spaces” program that established a car-free corridor between Collingwood and Hartford Streets. The launch marked San Francisco’s third…
Struggling San Francisco Small Businesses Hold Peaceful Protest at City Hall
Supervisor and former San Francisco Bay Times columnist Rafael Mandelman on Tuesday, August 25, joined other city and community leaders at a peaceful protest that brought together leaders from San…
Oakland Police Commission and Why It Needs Your Vote in November
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– In November 2016, in the wake of abuse scandals, cover-ups, and poor management from a quick line of chiefs, 83.19% of Oakland voters…
Making Schools and Workplaces Safer from Gun Violence
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– Since Stay-At-Home orders were issued this spring, we have rarely heard about mass shootings at schools and workplaces. Prior to COVID-19, however, the number of incidents…
In Memoriam: Aging Services Pioneer Hadley Dale Hall (1933–2020)
San Francisco has lost a towering figure in aging services and a leader in the LGBTQ+ community with the death of Hadley Dale Hall, 87, who passed away August 10 following…
SF SPCA: Take Me Home with You!
“My name is Azalea! I just might be one of the sweetest pups you’ll ever meet. I’m a social butterfly and love to greet new people with a big smile…
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