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     By Dennis McMillan Groundbreaking Legislation Passed to Prohibit Discrimination of LGBT Seniors On March 31, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted in favor of the Long-term Care Facility Residents’…

    NGPA’s Education Fund Helps Aspiring LGBT Aviators and Allies

    NGPA’s Education Fund Helps Aspiring LGBT Aviators and Allies

    Do you know an aspiring aviator? NGPA’s Education Fund provides scholarships to aviators with the de­sire to develop professional aviation skills and ratings beyond the private pilot certificate, and who…

    Water Future: Will We Have One?

    Water Future: Will We Have One?

    By Oakland Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan Historically, LGBT lead­ers and elected officials have needed to fight for our rights even when we were the only ones bringing up a topic,…

    Tennessee Williams: Timeless Playwright of The Human Condition

    Tennessee Williams: Timeless Playwright of The Human Condition

    While working as a contract writer for MGM in 1941, Tennessee Williams submitted a screenplay titled The Gen­tleman Caller. In a classic “Are you kid­ding?” moment, the studio rejected the…

    LGBT Senior Care Facilities Bill of Rights Unanimously Approved

    LGBT Senior Care Facilities Bill of Rights Unanimously Approved

    On March 31, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously ap­proved the groundbreaking LGBT Se­nior Long Term Care Facilities Bill of Rights. The much-needed ordinance, the first of its kind…

    LGBT Labor History in the Bay Area

    LGBT Labor History in the Bay Area

    By Miriam Frank The Bay Area’s vibrant heritage of queer community is matched by a long and powerful history of labor organizing. Labor/ gay connections hearken back to the mid-1930s,…

    Up Your Games! Napa Golf & Business Retreat for Women

    Up Your Games! Napa Golf & Business Retreat for Women

    In addition to being an amazing mind-body game, golf is truly “The Business Sport.” Last week I co-presented a webinar entitled “What Playing Partners Can Tell You About Business Partners.”…

    Stopping New Anti-LGBT Laws in Their Tracks

    Stopping New Anti-LGBT Laws in Their Tracks

    As the momentum builds toward a United States Supreme Court decision in favor of nationwide marriage equality, the LGBT community in recent weeks has faced an onslaught of proposed or newly enacted state laws aimed at…

    Ann Rostow: And the Land We Belong to is Grand!

    Ann Rostow: And the Land We Belong to is Grand!

    By Ann Rostow And the Land We Belong to is Grand! One of the many antigay proposals now floating through the Republican majorities in many of America’s state legislatures has…

    Right Where I’m Supposed to Be

    Right Where I’m Supposed to Be

    By Tisha Floratos I’m a strong believer that everything happens for a reason. I believe that we are all led on a path to discover later that we are right…