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    What’s in a Hatchback’s Name?

    What’s in a Hatchback’s Name?

    Keeping young and beautiful is a not-so-subtle societal pressure on all of us, and carmakers feel it too. Toyota’s executives felt it in the early 2000s, when the days of…

    A Clear Choice for LGBT People in November

    A Clear Choice for LGBT People in November

    The sudden passing away of the notoriously anti-gay Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has thrust the issue of the Supreme Court into the heart of the 2016 Presidential campaign. We…

    Beyoncé’s Impact, Re-visioning History, and Why We Need Ethnic Studies

    Beyoncé’s Impact, Re-visioning History, and  Why We Need Ethnic Studies

    Teacher Lyndsey Schlax of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts recently taught the nation’s first on-site high school LGBT course, according to district officials. She will resume…

    My Experience Volunteering for Hillary Clinton at the Nevada Caucus

    My Experience Volunteering for Hillary Clinton at the Nevada Caucus

    As we are all aware, the presidential primary season is well underway. Although California is the most populous state in the union, we have minimal influence in selecting the Democratic…

    A Golden Reign: Celebrating 50 Years of Fabulous

    A Golden Reign: Celebrating 50 Years of Fabulous

    A Reflection by the Reigning Monarchs of San Francisco on completing a regal year of fundraising, travel and supporting their local community, while working to preserve their organization’s history and…

    Titles, Tiaras and the Relevance of the Imperial Court

    Titles, Tiaras and the Relevance of the Imperial Court

    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…

    A New Generation of GLBT Royalty

    A New Generation of GLBT Royalty

    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…

    Academy of Friends; A Gala of Glamour and Giving

    Academy of Friends; A Gala of Glamour and Giving

    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…

    Profile of Andrea Shorter

    Profile of Andrea Shorter

    Planning to Run for Office? If You’re a Woman, Take Note

    Planning to Run for Office? If You’re a Woman, Take Note

    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…