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    People’s March 2025

    People’s March 2025

    Photos by Rink On Saturday, January 18, 2025, multi-generational crowds of protestors gathered in cities across the world for The People’s March (still called theWomen’s March in certain cities abroad,…

    Southern California’s LGBTQ+ Community Unites to Support Victims, First Responders of Devastating Wildfires

    Southern California’s LGBTQ+ Community Unites to Support Victims, First Responders of Devastating Wildfires

    Photos courtesy of Cal Fire Official/Flickrhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/calfire/ Southern California’s LGBTQ+ communities, skilled at organizing and fundraising, were among the first to raise funds and collect essential items for victims of the…

    The Stones of Manzanar

    The Stones of Manzanar

    By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– The setting was both beautiful and haunting. The jagged snow-capped peaks of the Eastern Sierra gleamed against the clear blue sky. A warm winter…

    Rink Remembers 1.16.25

    Rink Remembers 1.16.25

    Alan Baird The passing on January 8, 2025, of labor leader Allan Baird, age 92, touched the hearts and minds of LGBTQ+ community members who recalled his role in the…

    Donna’s Chronicles, “As we enter a brand-new year…”

    By Donna Sachet– As we enter a brand-new year, let’s look back at 2024 and its many ups and downs. January 2024 included many of the expected events, such as…

    Don’t Be Afraid of Poetry

    Don’t Be Afraid of Poetry

    By Jewelle Gomez– I grew up listening to AM radio in Boston in the 1960s; every day I heard the widest variety of popular songs from three decades. I came…

    Top of Your Stack 1.16.25

    Playworld: A Novel (fiction – hardcover) by Adam Ross In Playworld, 14-year-old actor Griffin Hurt navigates fame, family turmoil, and a dangerous affair in 1980s Manhattan. As the adults around…

    Lit Snax 1.16.25

    Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar This is a queer, Iranian-American coming-of-age story that stretches the bounds of the genre to include a meditation on, you guessed it, martyrdom and the meaning…

    Lets Go Home: 1.16.25

    Lets Go Home: 1.16.25

    Persephone: Meet Persephone! This 7-month-old, 45-pound German Shepherd puppy is a bundle of energy and joy. Smart and treat-motivated, she’s eager to learn and ready to thrive with some structure…

    Ann Rostow: GLBT 2024 News Quiz

    Ann Rostow: GLBT 2024 News Quiz

    By Ann Rostow– Another year has come to an end, and what a year it was. My friends, I can’t imagine what lies ahead of us now. I can only…