Following the abrupt closure of Harvey’s on January 22—announced by way of a handwritten note on the venue’s signboard—many were happy to hear days later that the historic location would…
Photos courtesy of the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Led by Drum Major Mike Wong, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB) represented the Bay Area’s LGBTQ+ community, as it…
By Dr. Tim Seelig– Drag queens have been at the forefront of our fight for equality for decades. It was drag queens at the center of the Compton Cafeteria riots…
By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: In Western countries, 15% of female-female relationships and 25% of male-male unions are age-gap romances. Age-gap romances took the spotlight in the book world more…
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton This is a rigorously researched and beautifully written history of the intersection between Blackness and Trans identity. …
My Government Means to Kill Me (fiction – hardbound) by Rasheed Newsom This is a fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a young…
The first time I rode a motorcycle, I peed my pants. Probably. I mean, I was 2 years old, and if my mom’s countless retelling of the number of diapers…
By Kippy Marks– When a candidate campaigns to become a Grand Duke or Grand Duchess, there is always a representation of colors that allows voters to know who they are…
These sensual glamor shots, taken in the 1980s, show the deep love between partners Frederick Schoonmaker and Alfred Parkinson (wearing the hat). The couple met in San Francisco and lived…
“My name is Arturo! I am a one-year-old, male, Labrador Retriever mix looking for my forever family! I love to go for walks, ziggzagging my way from one sniff to…
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