Another fall, another election season. Many of you may have already completed your vote-by-mail ballot and sent it in. If so, thank you for voting! If you have not, I…
Prop A authorizes a $310 million housing bond to finance the construction, development and preservation of affordable housing that prioritizes seniors, middle income families, veterans and disabled persons. Prop A…
We just finished celebrating the DCCC Ultimate Women’s Power Luncheon hosted by Leader Nancy Pelosi. Last year, the luncheon featured Hillary Clinton. This year, it honored Senator Boxer, and every…
On September 30, I along with my colleagues on the City Council held a Special Council Meeting on Housing and unanimously passed Oakland’s Housing Equity Roadmap—a comprehensive plan to address…
Life-saving changes are well under way through federal health care reform, or the Affordable Care Act, and we must stand up to the challenge. We all know someone with no…
On October 7, Governor Brown signed the LGBT Disparities Reduction Act that requires four state agencies to collect voluntary self-reported demographic information on sexual orientation and gender identity. This bill…
Teacher Lyndsey Schlax of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts is teaching the nation’s first on-site high school LGBT course, according to district officials. In this column,…
Win Aaron Win Of all the contests on this November’s ballot, there are none that I care about more than the District 3 Supervisor race. It is not just that…
One aspect we LGBT folk know well is the closeted period, where we told lies about ourselves to others and ourselves. Once we move through it, we rarely want to…
The genesis for this column was a discussion a few months ago about the dismally low number of women in elected office and how important it is to be aware…
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