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    Legal Assistance for the Elderly

    Legal Assistance for the Elderly

    By Dr. Marcy Adelman– When Tom and William met, fell in love, and decided to live together in Tom’s apartment, they never thought about putting William on the lease. They…

    Fall Arts Preview – PART II (October–Early December)

    Fall Arts Preview – PART II (October–Early December)

    October White Noise Through November 10 Berkeley Rep 2025 Addison Street, Berkeley http://www.berkeleyrep.org Berkeley Rep presents the West Coast premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Suzan-Lori Parks’ play. Four old friends,…

    Castro Street Fair Proves Certainty of Harvey Milk’s Words of Wisdom

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– In 1974, Harvey Milk and Scott Smith gave a block party and invited the immediate world. On August 18, some 5,000 people joined them at the…

    Judy Hits All the Notes and Zellweger Masks Film’s Flaws

    Judy Hits All the Notes and Zellweger Masks Film’s Flaws

    By Gary Kramer– As Judy Garland, in the last year of her life, Renée Zellweger gives a knockout performance in Judy, an uneven biopic that focuses on her London concerts…

    Ann Rostow: Nightmare on Washington Street

    Ann Rostow: Nightmare on Washington Street

    By Ann Rostow– Nightmare on Washington Street This morning I tossed and turned, thinking about how I would soon have to get up and write about the Arizona Supreme Court’s…

    San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ Community Needs Assessment

    By Francisco O. Buchting– Because the San Francisco Bay Area has a worldwide reputation as a welcoming place, it might be assumed that LGBTQ people here are, put simply, doing…

    Together, We Raised $1.1+ Million for 475+ LGBTQ Nonprofits on Give OUT Day

    Together, We Raised $1.1+ Million for 475+ LGBTQ Nonprofits on Give OUT Day

    By Nikole Pagan– April 18 was Give OUT Day, the only national day of giving for the LGBTQ community. And together, we made history, raising $1.1+ million for 475+ nonprofits—the…

    From Marvin to Melissa: Mercy Mercy Me – Wake Up!

    From Marvin to Melissa: Mercy Mercy Me – Wake Up!

    By Andrea Shorter– Ah, oh mercy, mercy me Ah things ain’t what they used to be, no no Radiation under ground and in the sky Animals and birds who live…

    Election Day 2019: Thoughts and Recommendations

    Election Day 2019: Thoughts and Recommendations

    By Louise “Lou” Fischer– November 5 is another Election Day in San Francisco. While it’s not the momentous “most important election ever in the history of the United States” that…

    This November, We Could End Mass Incarceration in San Francisco

    This November, We Could End Mass Incarceration in San Francisco

    By Peter Gallotta– When Chesa Boudin was just 14 months old, his parents dropped him off with a babysitter and never came back. That day, they drove a getaway car…