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    BAAITS and Two-Spirit Powwow Continue to Grow by Promoting Community Healing, Togetherness

    BAAITS and Two-Spirit Powwow Continue to Grow by Promoting Community Healing, Togetherness

    By Derek Smith– BAAITS is entering our 20th year as an organization. Our core mission remains the same: to retain and restore the traditional and modern roles that Two-Spirit and…

    In the News: 01.11.2018

    Compiled by Dennis McMillan First Transgender Murder Victim of 2018 Announced Shortly After Report on Violence Against Trans People Is Released Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien, 42, is the first known transgender…

    Ann Rostow: Call Me When It’s Over

    Ann Rostow: Call Me When It’s Over

    By Ann Rostow– Call Me When It’s Over Before we start, my friends, I have to admit that Mel and I were not crazy about Call Me by Your Name,…

    Will Chile Be the First Nation to Win Marriage Equality in 2018?

    Will Chile Be the First Nation to Win Marriage Equality in 2018?

    By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis As the new year begins, we look to Chile in hopes that the South American nation will become the first country to achieve marriage…

    Celebrating the Life of Mayor Lee

    Celebrating the Life of Mayor Lee

    By Assemblymember Phil Ting– Just one short month ago, San Francisco didn’t just lose its mayor; it lost a champion for social justice and a pioneer for its many different…

    Responding to the Federal Immigration Chief’s Threats Against All of Us

    Responding to the Federal Immigration Chief’s Threats Against All of Us

    By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– As Oakland’s Citywide Elected Councilmember, and the author of Oakland’s City Resolution calling for the Administration to cut ties between OPD and ICE,…

    Redecorate Your Life in 2018

    Redecorate Your Life in 2018

    By Dr. Tim Seelig– Is it just me, or have you also been inundated with more than the usual number of e-mails and posts telling you how to let go…

    Vacaville 1956: California’s First Gay Rights Protest

    Vacaville 1956: California’s First Gay Rights Protest

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– The first known protest in California by a group of gay men against their mistreatment because they were homosexual, authorities said later, really began with a…

    Curated: Genre-Nonconforming: The DIS Edutainment Network

    Curated: Genre-Nonconforming: The DIS Edutainment Network

    Through June 10 at the de Young Presented by the New York-based collective DIS, Genre-Nonconforming: The DIS Edutainment Network, (aka The Network), reveals a “DIS-topian” take on the future of…

    Easy New Year Fitness

    Easy New Year Fitness

    By Cinder Ernst– Most folks drive themselves a little bit crazy this time of year with resolutions. You know what I mean … making big promises about weight loss, exercising,…