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    LGBT Seniors Are Particularly Vulnerable to Both Mental and Physical Abuse

    LGBT Seniors Are Particularly Vulnerable to Both Mental and Physical Abuse

    I’ve worked in the field of elder abuse prevention for the past 25 years and, sadly, I’ve heard many stories about elder abuse in our community. Our reluctance to face…

    Breaking Down Barriers to Sports and Business

    Breaking Down Barriers to Sports and Business

    At a Civil Rights Summit in Austin last April 2014, basketball great Bill Russell related the current struggles of gay athletes fighting for equal playing opportunities with the decades-long discrimination…

    Unassuming Exteriors that Belie Interior Comforts

    Unassuming Exteriors that Belie Interior Comforts

    As we single LGBTs hit the bars and the apps to find our special someone, we put our best feet forward to make a good first impression. With some, the…

    City College Update, State Senate Polling and the Year of the Woman

    City College Update, State Senate Polling and the Year of the Woman

    Some Good News from City College Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and Mayor Ed Lee dropped by City College’s Downtown Center at 4th and Mission on April 7th to tour the facilities…

    LGBT Senior Care Facilities Bill of Rights Unanimously Approved

    LGBT Senior Care Facilities Bill of Rights Unanimously Approved

    On March 31, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously ap­proved the groundbreaking LGBT Se­nior Long Term Care Facilities Bill of Rights. The much-needed ordinance, the first of its kind…

    Up Your Games! Napa Golf & Business Retreat for Women

    Up Your Games! Napa Golf & Business Retreat for Women

    In addition to being an amazing mind-body game, golf is truly “The Business Sport.” Last week I co-presented a webinar entitled “What Playing Partners Can Tell You About Business Partners.”…

    San Francisco Goes Boom

    San Francisco Goes Boom

    By Rafael Mandelman Sign of the times: The front page of a recent issue of the Chronicle had a story about a luxury residential project slated to break ground at…

    Finding and Forging Lesbian Community

    Finding and Forging  Lesbian Community

    I love lesbians. I love community. So one of my favorite topics is lesbian community. I participate in numerous LGBT events and organizations and the experience is often a room…

    Are You More City or Suburban? Mazda5 vs. the Nissan Murano

    Are You More City or Suburban?  Mazda5 vs. the Nissan Murano

    We Bay Area LGBTs are lucky in that we have the choice of different lifestyles—city, suburban or country. The two vehicles this week reflect the values of the first two,…

    Reimagining Life

    Reimagining Life

    As a young man full of life and energy in 1982, I was forced to give up my dreams and ambitions because of a new disease that swept the country.…