By Derek Barnes– Many housing providers (for-profit and non-profit) are extremely upset and frustrated. Cities like San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley want to introduce more restrictive housing laws with slow…
By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Although Maḥmūd of Ghazni had nine wives and some 56 children with as many as 32 women, he has been lauded across time for his loving…
By Joanie Juster– The anti-trans and anti-drag hysteria that is being whipped up around the country in the name of “protecting” children has reached a fever pitch, and the San…
On June 28, 1970, the first major organized Pride march— Christopher Street Liberation Day—took place in New York City. Just months earlier, on April 22, the first Earth Day was…
Ecological justice is a key focus of the San Francisco-based nonprofit Lavender Phoenix (LavNix), which builds trans, non-binary, and queer Asian and Pacific Islander (QTAPI) empowerment. Through organizing in the…
By David Perry– On the ocean everyone is equal. Just ask bodysurfer Tyler Wilde, the transgender athlete whose journey is chronicled in the film Gender Outlaw, screening on April 14…
San Francisco’s International Ocean Film Festival this year will take place from April 13 to 16 at the Cowell Theatre at Fort Mason where 33 films representing 11 countries will…
By John Lewis– It’s sakura or cherry blossom season in Japan! I’d never been in Japan at this celebratory time of the year, so for weeks I eagerly anticipated seeing…
By Sister Roma– Toot Toot, Heeyyyyy Peep Peep! I love Easter! Well, let me clarify: I love Easter in The Park with my Sisters and our amazing queer community! It tickles me…
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