Last February, the Imperial Court of San Francisco (ICSF) celebrated its 50th anniversary at majestic City Hall. This Golden Jubilee year has been a historic milestone few grassroots organizations can…
By Empress Nicole the Great At last year’s International Imperial Court State Dinner Gala in Portland, Oregon, Academy Award winner and gay right’s activist Dustin Lance Black announced that his…
Local parties centered on national events tend to pale in comparison to the bigger occasion. A very rare exception is the Academy of Friends’ Academy Awards Night Charity Gala, which…
Recent events in the Democratic Primaries bring to light, again, the issues faced by female candidates. There is not enough room in this column to go through the kind of…
Restrooms are a necessity of life. Everyone should be able to use public restrooms in peace in order to participate in public life on equal terms. This makes public restroom…
Gavin Grimm, a 16-year-old high school junior from Gloucester, Virginia, simply wants to be able to use his school’s restrooms as all his classmates can. But like LGBT couples who…
In late February 1918, the people of San Francisco learned, for the first time, that their city was home to a community of men who desired other men in all…
As a political scientist, elections have always been fascinating to me. I grew up with politics at the dinner table and my family took me to rallies to protest nuclear…
In recent weeks there has been increased public attention on the horrific abuse that has been committed against the people of Flint, Michigan, who have had their water poisoned by…
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