Joanne Jordan is no stranger to the LGBT community or to this paper. She’s a monthly contributor for us, an active philanthropist within San Francisco, and a co-owner of one…
Our parents’ generation prided themselves on being independent. But most of us boomers who have lovingly provided years of support and caregiving for frail or ill parents know firsthand what…
Ten years ago this month, Marriage Equality USA leaders decided to channel the seemingly boundless energy of the San Francisco Winter of Love into a nationwide bus tour—the Marriage Equality…
By Ann Rostow Passive Aggressive On October 6, the High Court stunned the GLBT community and the vast majority of legal analysts by lifting its hold on marriage rights in…
Compiled and with commentary by Dennis McMillan Juneau, AK – Alaska Will Issue Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples – 10.13 Alaska will begin accepting marriage applications from same-sex couples after…
Despite passage more than 50 years ago of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which requires that men and women in the same work place be given equal pay for…
These days Boomers, meaning those of us between 50 and 68, are feeling squeezed in ways we never expected. Our mantra has always been, “I want to live!” and most…
Like the twister that transported Dorothy’s house to Oz 75 years ago, a tornado of love and equality has swept away numerous states’ bans on marriage for LGBT couples over…
Gertrude Stein traveled home to Oakland in 1935 after a 40-year absence and famously said, “there is…
When members of our SF Bay Times team first met Rebecca Kaplan nearly a decade ago, we were extremely impressed. At the time, Kaplan was in her 30’s, yet she…
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