By Liam P. Mayclem– Meet Francesca Fey, the dreamy-voiced lead singer of San Francisco music duo Goth Lipstick. The seven-track downloadable album Crystalline Corset is eclectic, thought-provoking, and deeply personal—it’s the coming-of-age…
In 2014, while shooting a short documentary about lesbians and aging, Bay Area filmmaker Deborah Craig stumbled across octogenarian Sally Gearhart living alone in a remote and ramshackle cabin in…
By Michael Tate– My late maternal grandmother, Mary McKay, was born on February 12, 1912. For as long as I can remember, we would gather at her home every year…
By Liam P. Mayclem– “When you learn, teach. When you get, give.” —Maya Angelou Donate here, give to this, volunteer for that event: our inboxes are bombarded daily with requests…
A Castro icon self-described as the “father of diversity,” Ken Jones died of bladder cancer on January 13. He was 70. Many of us learned of Jones’ passing from fellow…
Have you ever been invited to host a “House Party”? In the tool chest of every campaign manager for a local political race is the quintessential House Party. The gathering,…
By David Landis– 2020 will go down in history as the year of the homebody—literally. I was getting ready to write my December column (stay tuned for the Old Skool…
Last March the theater world suffered a crippling loss when four-time Tony Award-winning playwright, librettist, and screenwriter Terrence McNally (Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Ragtime,…
By Liam P. Mayclem– This year California saw the worst wildfires in our history, taking out hundreds of homes, business, and wineries; and there was devastating loss of life, too. As our beloved Wine…
The popular film festival is back—online—for 2020. If you were worried about missing the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF) this year, well, have no fear! The world’s first and…
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