During the early decades of the 20th century, when the music business was almost entirely controlled by white men, it was black women who created the greatest opportunities to express…
In late February 1918, the people of San Francisco learned, for the first time, that their city was home to a community of men who desired other men in all…
Although Deuteronomy 22.5 expressly forbids cross-dressing as an “abomination unto the Lord,” San Franciscans have adored transvestite performance since the earliest days of the Gold Rush. Like many other admonitions…
In 1915, San Francisco gave a party and invited the world. Intended to delight in the completion of the Panama Canal, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition much more celebrated the renaissance…
By Dr. Bill Lipsky With Phyllis Lyon, her life partner of 56 years, Del Martin was one of the most formative and formidable individuals in the struggle to secure civil…
Before AIDS had its name, before it had the attention of the media, the government, or even the gay community, Randy Shilts was bringing information about it to the notice…
Everybody loves Frida Kahlo…now. Barely 60 years after her death, she and her art have inspired over 65,000 web sites, hundreds of books and articles, documentaries, movies, and fashions. Reproductions…
George Choy was a passionate advocate of civil and human rights for members of the LGBTQ communities of San Francisco and around the world. Driven by the belief that we…
It was some time during the 1930s, Harry Hay remembered, when he turned to his then lover Will Geer to share an idea he had. Hay wanted to start a…
By Barbara Price Twenty years ago this summer, I was sitting in the audience of a Joan Armatrading concert at the Berkeley Community Theater just before the show began, and…
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