By L. Julius M. Turman Recently, when I learned that my mother would shortly die, I came face to face with both reality and illusion. Knowing that you will soon…
News of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history has ripped a gaping wound in our hearts that still has not healed, and never fully will. The image of vibrant,…
Compiled by Dennis McMillan SF Election Results for June 7 Consolidated Presidential Primary With 597 of 597 precincts in, the San Francisco Department of Elections has, as of this writing,…
By Ann Rostow Slouching Towards Sacramento I don’t imagine any of us are particularly sympathetic to “faith-based” hostility towards gays and lesbians, right? That said, you can somewhat understand why…
“Building a Society of Rights means there is no room for first- and second-class citizens. It means choosing inclusion over discrimination. It means creating unity from diversity.” These words sound…
Create a mental image of San Francisco during the socially and sexually conformist 1950s. A middle aged man is taken into custody, charged with wearing a “woman’s hairdo” and “flamboyant…
The Tuesday after Memorial Day, I dragged a roller bag through the flood of humanity at Washington National Airport. Leaping past strollers, dodging glassy-eyed travelers as they picked through sandwiches…
By the time this column comes out, we will have the all of the party nominees in place for November. As was recently stated at an LGBT fundraiser for Hillary…
Recently I introduced a resolution urging the State of California to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. Oakland and the Bay Area are suffering from a rising housing crisis in…
This month marks the Third Anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision to overturn Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. It is also the 47th Anniversary…
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