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    Let’s Talk About Daddies

    Let’s Talk About Daddies

    What makes a daddy? By the old definition, it’s a man who had children. Now, in our new LGBT world full of niches, daddies are older men who could have…

    Queer Cultural Center Brings Together Generations in June Programming Lineup

    Queer Cultural Center Brings Together Generations  in June Programming Lineup

    With so much media (and social media) focused on the millennials, senior LGBTQ people seldom get to see our lives, cultures, and concerns represented in the arts—on stage, screen, or…

    Speaking Out for Civil Rights

    Speaking Out for Civil Rights

    Californians have adopted laws by ballot initiative for over a hundred years. The people have this power in order to hold state leaders accountable and to enact laws elected officials…

    Adult Protective Services – An Integral Part of the LGBT Community’s Safety Net

    Adult Protective Services – An Integral Part of the LGBT Community’s Safety Net

    The overarching mission of the Adult Protective Services (APS) program in San Francisco is to protect elders and adults with disabilities from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and self-neglect. APS strives to…

    In Memory of Sam

    In Memory of Sam

    Regular readers of this column may recall that back in September I wrote about a college friend of mine who had lost his mind and ended up living on the…

    Five Building Blocks of Successful Change

    Five Building Blocks of  Successful Change

    In my day job, I am a change management consultant. Usually when I tell people that at a cocktail party I get a perplexed look. I watch the other person…

    Two Sedans that Need to Come Out of the Proverbial Closet

    Two Sedans that Need to Come Out  of the Proverbial Closet

    Upscale can mean many things. For some, it translates to straight-ahead luxury, like a shopping spree through Union Square’s prestige names. For others, it means having a car that’s sportier…

    Making San Francisco Streets Safer for Seniors

    Making San Francisco Streets Safer for Seniors

    By Marcy Adelman Walk SF, a San Francisco nonprofit pedestrian advocacy organization, is working to make San Francisco a safer, more walkable city for pedestrians. Seniors and lower income communities…

    Ensuring Equality in Healthcare Access

    Ensuring Equality in  Healthcare Access

    For those who think “separate but equal” laws are a thing of the past, consider the newness of marriage equality (for some), or the ongoing plight of our immigrant communities…

    Faith and Love

    Faith and Love

    In recent weeks, several states and national Republican leaders have been pushing for laws and policies to allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT people—and to discriminate against other historically marginalized…