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,…
Although Deuteronomy 22.5 expressly forbids cross-dressing as an “abomination unto the Lord,” San Franciscans have adored transvestite performance since the earliest days of the Gold Rush. Like many other admonitions…
By Dr. Amy Sueyoshi San Francisco State University’s College of Ethnic Studies was established in Fall 1969 after an extended student strike demanding a curriculum that respected the diverse intellectual traditions…
By Dr. Jessica Fields The Sexuality Studies Department at San Francisco State University was an early leader in university-based education in sexuality. For fifty years, faculty interested in sexuality studies…
By Dr. Deborah Cohler Founded in 1971, the Women and Gender Studies (WGS) Department at San Francisco State University has been offering courses in LGBT studies for more than four…
By Dr. Sue Rosser The Bay Area is world-renowned for its open-mindedness and inclusiveness, and San Francisco State University mirrors that. Though LGBTQ people often find their education disrupted by…
Here we present members of our younger generations, from Millennials to Generation Z, in their own words. San Francisco Bay Times: Where do you see yourself a few years from…
Win Kimberly Win! The only regret I have about my recent vacation in Thailand and Cambodia is that I missed my friend Kimberly Alvarenga filing for District 11 Supervisor on…
A year ago, our communities lost a powerful and important voice, activist, author and more, with the death of Leslie Feinberg. Most known as the author of the deep and…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting Housing costs more in California. And, in California, there is no place more costly than the Bay Area to call home. Consider these numbers. Although 56 percent…
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