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    Top of Your Stack – Recommendations from Book Passage 3.24.22

    I Was Better Last Night (nonfiction/memoir – hardbound) by Harvey Fierstein This poignant and hilarious memoir bares the inner life of this eccentric nonconforming child from his roots in 1952 Brooklyn, to…

    Cocktails With Heather: Dragonberry & Ginger Ale

    By Heather Freyer– Bacardí Dragonberry Flavored Rum captures the exotic taste of ripe dragon fruit, which comes from a cactus native to Mexico, Central, and South America. Its mildly sweet…

    Being BeBe: The BeBe Zahara Benet Documentary Is a Pandemic-Era ‘Movie Miracle’ Close to My Heart

    Being BeBe: The BeBe Zahara Benet Documentary Is a Pandemic-Era ‘Movie Miracle’ Close to My Heart

    By Marc Smolowitz– Two years ago, all of our lives changed when the pandemic started, and each of us has our unique version of what life became during the first…

    Ann Rostow: Chugging the Pierian Spring

    Ann Rostow: Chugging the Pierian Spring

    By Ann Rostow– Chugging the Pierian Spring I was struck by an op-ed in Tuesday’s The New York Times written by a Ukrainian woman of Polish descent who has been living in…

    LGBTIQ Ukrainians Fighting for Their Lives

    LGBTIQ Ukrainians Fighting for Their Lives

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– We’ll never forget gazing out our train window at the beautiful golden domes of Kyiv as we traveled through Ukraine from Moscow to Bucharest…

    Importance of Expediting LGBTQ Ukrainian Asylum Applications in the U.S.

    Importance of Expediting LGBTQ Ukrainian Asylum Applications in the U.S.

    By Okan Sengun, Esq.– My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine. The LGBT Asylum Project has worked with many Ukrainians through the years and I can’t imagine how…

    Things to Know About Investing in Wild Cards

    Things to Know About Investing in Wild Cards

    By Brandon Miller, CFP– I’m glad that Cold Stone Creamery didn’t exist when I was younger. Somehow, I know that I would have been one of those kids who insisted…

    Why Have an Estate Plan?

    Why Have an Estate Plan?

    By Jay Greene, Esq., CPA– (Editor’s Note: “Trust Issues” is a new column in the San Francisco Bay Times by San Francisco-based attorney Jay Greene. You might already be familiar…

    The ENACT Act

    The ENACT Act

    By Dr. Marcy Adelman– Tim and his husband Michael live in San Francisco. They have been together for more than 30 years. Michael is 8 years younger than Tim, so it…

    Common Characteristics Among Latin American Countries

    Common Characteristics Among Latin American Countries

    By Eduardo Morales, Ph.D.– Latin America consists of 20 countries and 14 dependent territories that cover an area stretching from Mexico to the north and Tierra del Fuego at South…