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    Give No One Cause to Fear You

    Give No One Cause to Fear You

    We humans are, by and large, a wary, anxious and suspicious species. Evolutionary pressures made that inevitable. Our ancestors who underestimated the threats from predators and other humans didn’t survive…

    An Open Letter to Donald J. Trump

    An Open Letter to Donald J. Trump

    (Editor’s Note: San Francisco Bay Times contributor and former columnist Jamie Leno Zimron penned this shortly after Election Day.) You have succeeded on a mission seemingly impossible to become President-elect.…

    Financing a Home in the Bay Area’s Hot Real Estate Market

    Financing a Home in the Bay Area’s Hot Real Estate Market

      To say the San Francisco Bay Area has a hot real estate market would be an understatement. The dream of buying a home has collided with the reality of…

    San Francisco’s Official Response to the Election of Trump

    San Francisco’s Official Response to the Election of Trump

    The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently passed a resolution, introduced by Board President London Breed, in response to the election of Donald Trump. The resolution reads as follows:  …

    Thanksgiving 2016

    Thanksgiving 2016

    Slightly more than two years ago I introduced the Aging in Community column and promised to identify opportunities and challenges that San Francisco LGBT elders face in later life. The focus of the column has…

    In The News: 11.10.2016

    Compiled by Dennis McMillan LGBT Center Hit by Thefts, Vandalism, Homophobic Graffiti A recent rash of burglaries and vandalism targeting the nonprofit Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa has stirred…

    Ann Rostow: Penguin Homewrecker

    Ann Rostow: Penguin Homewrecker

    By Ann Rostow Google: “Penguin Homewrecker”  I am writing ahead of you on Election Day, still in that state of terrified anxiety, torn between gluing myself to a combination of…

    Keep Calm and Stay Agitated

    Now that Americans have all cast their votes, we and many others are beginning to assess in real terms the impact of the election—in particular, how it will affect our…

    Campaign Reflections

    Campaign Reflections

    In the period between the primary election and this general election, I’ve had the opportunity to reflect on the political process, what it is like to be a candidate, and…

    Reflections on Election 2016, Remembering Agar Jaicks and Leno’s Victory Lap

    Reflections on Election 2016, Remembering Agar Jaicks and Leno’s Victory Lap

    Reflections on Election 2016 Unfortunately, dear reader, I am afraid you have me at a disadvantage. You see, as I write this column, in the final week of the 2016…