By Brandon Miller— It’s the early 2000s during Kentucky Derby season, and I’m dressed in full drag, water balloons handling the chest situation, when suddenly my left “breast” made a…
By Jay Greene, Esq. CPA— The New 2026 Medi-Cal Landscape As of January 1, 2026, California reinstated the asset test for most long-term care Medi-Cal programs. These cover nursing home…
By Deb L. Kinney— A loved one has died. The family is grieving. There is a trust, or a will, or maybe both. Families often expect that settling the estate…
Photos courtesy of The GenderCool Project By Chazzie Grosshandler— If there is one truth I’ve learned in my 19 years of life, it’s this: Stories matter. They often move people…
Andrea Shorter, a former San Francisco Bay Times columnist, longtime Commissioner on the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, and a revered LGBTQ+ activist, passed earlier this month,…
The Oakland City Council on March 16, 2026, passed a resolution to protect the rights of transgender, gender-nonconforming, intersex, and Two-Spirit (TGNCI2S) residents to access medically necessary healthcare. The resolution…
Photos courtesy of San Francisco AIDS Foundation Long-term HIV survivors, health advocates, community health providers, and faith leaders gathered on March 16, 2026, in Washington, D.C., to hold a symbolic funeral…
By Bill Lipsky— His was a success story to which aspiring performers have longed for at least since Thespis trod the stones of the Theatre of Dionysus in 534 BC.…
By Ann Rostow— Cruel and Unusual In the last issue we covered several transgender stories, notably the bad bill out of Kansas, as well as the Trump administration’s continuing clampdown…
In November 2016, thousands responded to a call for simple action: “Peaceful Trump Response: Join Hands Around Lake Merritt.” The event took place in Oakland shortly after Donald Trump won…
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