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    Please, No More Prayers as Policy for Gun Control

    Please, No More Prayers as Policy for Gun Control

    By Andrea Shorter For my own personal reasons, I am not a particularly religious person. In my own way, I am a person of faith, but not one of organized…

    Thoughts and Prayers Are Simply Not Enough

    Thoughts and Prayers Are Simply Not Enough

    By Brett Andrews– I grew up in Pennsylvania, and was raised in a home that was moderately religious, had solid values, and a bent for manners and politeness. It was…

    Another Mass Shooting; Now Can We Have Stricter Gun Control?

    Another Mass Shooting; Now Can We Have Stricter Gun Control?

    By Louise “Lou” Fischer In November of last year, I wrote a column in which I shared my background in competitive recreational shooting while at the same time calling for…

    Successful Outcomes of the LGBT Aging Policy Task Force

    Successful Outcomes of the LGBT Aging Policy Task Force

    By Dr. Marcy Adelman– Four years ago, this March, the San Francisco LGBT Aging Policy Task Force concluded its 18-month tenure by submitting its final report, LGBT Aging at the…

    Own a Home? Here’s How the New Tax ‘Cut’ Affects You

    Own a Home? Here’s How the New Tax ‘Cut’ Affects You

    By Brandon Miller, CFP– Let’s face it. The cost of owning a home in the Bay Area is crazy high. We pay taxes on top of taxes—at some of the…

    Elegance or Sport in Big Trucks

    Elegance or Sport in Big Trucks

    By Philip Ruth– Masculinity comes in many forms, and for many car buyers, only something as physically substantial as a full-sized pickup truck can represent the strength and presence they…

    Peeling Back the Mask of Invisibility

    Peeling Back the Mask of Invisibility

    By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: For this issue of the San Francisco Bay Times, I present a guest article written by author Gar McVey-Russell. “When I was in the closet,…

    Curated: Casanova’s World Is Now in San Francisco

        Casanova: The Seduction of Europe at the Legion of Honor through May 28 “Those who have not lived in the eighteenth century, in the years before the revolution,…

    Gay Olympians Standing Strong and Proud

    Gay Olympians Standing Strong and Proud

    By Jamie Leno Zimron– Two gay American athletes, figure skater Adam Rippon and freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, made heroic headlines even before the 2018 Olympic Winter Games began. They both…

    Winter Olympics 2018 Takes LGBT Sports Movement to the Next Level

    Winter Olympics 2018 Takes LGBT Sports Movement to the Next Level

    By Tom Temprano– I’m about as much of a temperate-weather loving California native as there is. Having grown up in sunny SoCal and spent my whole adult life in San…