By Ann Rostow– Ridiculous High Court Ruling Signifies Nothing Well, it’s over. Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado, the big juicy landmark blockbuster case that was supposed to give gays and lesbians the…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– June is Pride Month, a time when we recognize the sweeping impact LGBTQ individuals, advocates and allies have had in the U.S. and the world. It’s…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– Addressing how we deal with trash, illegal dumping and blight in our community—so that we all live in a clean and healthy city—is…
Frederick Douglass Had It Right– Why We Took a Stand with the SBA and Where We Go from Here– By Audry deLucia– Frederick Douglass had it right in his 1857…
By Tom Moon, MFT– Psychologists have long known that there are two different kinds of values that motivate us to get out of bed in the morning. The first are…
By David Perry– “Are you too good to join the Army? Who do you think you are? I never went to college.” After 40 years, the words still sting: big…
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– Twenty years ago, police arrested John Lawrence and Tyron Garner in bed together in Houston, Texas, for the state law crime of “homosexual conduct.”…
By Deborah Schwing, LMFT, LPCC– Loss is part of life. When children and teens experience the death of someone close to them, their ability to cope with, and make sense…
By Dr. Marcy Adelman– On June 2, Karim Sultan, Vice-President of Affordable Housing at Covia, facilitated a community conversation on LGBT senior housing at the San Francisco LGBT Center. I…
By Dr. Tim Seelig– Unbreakable. It’s a fascinating word. A powerful word. The etymology of the root word, break, is equally intriguing as it relates to this article in particular.…
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