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    Student Voices: Two Spirit

    Student Voices: Two Spirit

    By Jenn Bowman (Editor’s Note: Teacher Lyndsey Schlax of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (Asawa SOTA) launched the nation’s first on-site high school LGBTQ course in…

    When We Rise Brings Raw Emotions and Memories Back to the Surface

    When We Rise Brings Raw Emotions and Memories Back to the Surface

    By Debra Walker I love Gus Van Sant’s work. He seamlessly captures the raw emotion of a time I, and many of you, lived through in the new ABC miniseries…

    In the News: 2.9.2017

    Compiled by Dennis McMillan Deal Reached to Make City College Free to San Francisco Residents Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor Jane Kim this week announced that City College of San…

    Ann Rostow: Time Slouches On

    Ann Rostow: Time Slouches On

    By Ann Rostow Time Slouches On Has it really been only two weeks since last we met, dear readers? It feels like two months, which suggests that our experience of…

    Transgender Law Center’s 2017 Plan of Resistance

    Transgender Law Center’s 2017 Plan of Resistance

    We know that 2017 will be a cruel and difficult year for transgender and gender nonconforming people, but now is not the time for panic, isolation, or doubling down on…

    Transgender Immigrants Among Hardest Hit by Trump Administration Actions

    Transgender Immigrants Among Hardest Hit by Trump Administration Actions

    By Ilona Turner After her parents left Peru in search of better economic opportunities in the U.S., Christina Lopez followed. She wanted to be with her family and, as a…

    Acting Up and Fighting Back at SFO

    Acting Up and Fighting Back at SFO

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney As we arrived at SFO two Sundays ago to join thousands of people protesting the Trump administration’s detention of Muslim immigrants at the nation’s…

    City College Accredited, Resisting Trump, and Maintaining Progressive Values

    City College Accredited, Resisting Trump, and Maintaining Progressive Values

    By Rafael Mandelman Open and Accredited, For Seven Years! City College is accredited for the next seven years! After a four-year battle with the Accrediting Commission for Junior and Community…

    New Alice Mission Statement, Lesbians Who Tech Summit and a Valentine’s Day Reminder

    New Alice Mission Statement, Lesbians Who Tech Summit and a Valentine’s Day Reminder

    By Zoe Dunning Respite from the Madness I had planned on using this column to rant about the latest Trump executive orders, tweets, cabinet appointments and “alternative facts.” But I…

    Common Ground

    Common Ground

    By Jessica Lehman Last weekend, I joined the diverse crowd at San Francisco Airport to protest Trump’s ban on Muslim immigrants and refugees. One of the signs that brought tears…