Teacher Lyndsey Schlax of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts is teaching the nation’s first on-site high school LGBT course, according to district officials. In this column,…
When our 18-year-old niece told us she would be spending a gap year between high school and college in the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, we must confess that we had…
By Ann Rostow NCLR to SCOTUS: Fix This I was struck by a headline the other day (November 18 if you want to nitpick) that read: “Supreme Court is Asked…
There are 3 million LGBT seniors, and that number is expected to double by 2030. People over 65 years of age are the fastest growing segment of both LGBT and…
In honor of World AIDS Day, December 1, we are featuring the non-profit Fred Says, which promotes pet ownership to improve the lives of those with HIV/AIDS. Fred Says (http://fredsays.org/)…
By Dennis McMillan Mayor Lee Partners with MAC AIDS Fund In SF’s Aim to be First to Get to Zero Mayor Edwin Lee announced San Francisco’s intention to become the…
By Ann Rostow Just Breathe, College Students I have little patience for older adults who pine for simpler days or reflexively critique their juniors. We all come of age in…
Earlier this year, I fought for and won funding in the new City of Oakland budget to specifically focus on stopping gun crime. I have been working to get these…
The fight for civil rights inspired me to enter politics, and 2015 has been a particularly inspiring year. As we approach Thanksgiving, I wanted to take stock of this year’s…
Shanti Project, one of San Francisco’s oldest community-based caregiving organizations for people with life-threatening conditions, recently launched the Margot Murphy Women’s Cancer Program. Here at the San Francisco Bay Times,…
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