As you watch the Democratic National Convention, July 25–28, consider the following about our nation’s fifth most populous city: Marks of Pride ✦ On July 4, 1965, Independence Hall was…
Funny hats. Large signs. Colorful buttons. Names of far-away states in vertical lettering on giant poles. Red, white and blue balloons and streamers. These are my memories as a child…
More LGBT Delegates Than Ever Expected to Attend 2016 DNC Organizers are expecting an unprecedented number of LGBT delegates to attend this year’s Democratic National Convention, with at least one…
By Ann Rostow A Little Courage, Folks! In the course of my deadline day procrastinations this morning, I read every word of my local paper, the Austin American Statesman, from…
Compiled by Dennis McMillan Lawmakers Seek Emergency Declaration to Rally State Around Homeless Solutions Assemblymember and San Francisco Bay Times columnist Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), along with Assemblymember Miguel Santiago…
Before Sarah Bernhardt, there was Charlotte Cushman. Before Nazimova and Duse, before Fontanne and Cornell and le Gallienne, there was Cushman. Only Cushman. Critics and audiences said she was the…
Less than two years since 20 historic members of the LGBT community were memorialized by bronze plaques in the sidewalks of San Francisco’s Castro District, the all-volunteer Rainbow Honor Walk…
At this year’s San Francisco Pride Parade, we had the privilege of marching with a special contingent memorializing all those killed at Pulse nightclub in the early hours of June…
Before Sarah Bernhardt, there was Charlotte Cushman. Before Nazimova and Duse, before Fontanne and Cornell and le Gallienne, there was Cushman. Only Cushman. Critics and audiences said she was the…
Death is in the Zeitgeist. Everyone is talking about death, or not talking about it, as the case may be. Or, to be yet more precise: many are talking about…
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