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    Two Decades of Knowing Kamala Harris and Why I Support Her Campaign for U.S. President

    Two Decades of Knowing Kamala Harris and Why I Support Her Campaign for U.S. President

    Last year, I received an invitation from the Vice President of the United States to attend an LGBT Pride Party at her residence in Washington, D.C. You can read a…

    How a Spontaneous Grassroots Effort Led to Not Just One But Two Dyke Marches in San Francisco During 2024 Pride

    How a Spontaneous Grassroots Effort Led to Not Just One But Two Dyke Marches in San Francisco During 2024 Pride

    By Michelle “Shelley” Champlin– When I heard the official annual Dyke March was canceled a few days before it was supposed to take place, my stomach dropped and I felt…

    Partnership With James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center of San Francisco Public Library Forges Increased Access

    Partnership With James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center of San Francisco Public Library Forges Increased Access

    By Cristina E. Mitra– As a public librarian, I believe access to high-quality information is critical to a democratic society. This is just one of the many reasons I burst…

    Castro Theatre Renovation Uncovers, Decodes Artistic Treasures

    Castro Theatre Renovation Uncovers, Decodes Artistic Treasures

    “Architecture is as much a response to place, a conversation with place, as it is a making of place.” —Dr. Jeffery Malpas The shapes, structures, and materials of a building…

    2024 San Francisco Pride Grand Marshals

    2024 San Francisco Pride Grand Marshals

    San Francisco Pride Grand Marshals represent a wide range of diverse experiences and have made significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ community. With the help of public input, SF Pride selects…

    GGBA: Leading the Way for LGBT Businesses and Our Community for Five Decades

    GGBA: Leading the Way for LGBT Businesses and Our Community for Five Decades

    By Roger Gross– (Editor’s Note: This piece first ran in the San Francisco Bay Times in 2014 on the occasion of the Golden Gate Business Association’s 40th Anniversary. Gross agreed…

    Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinners to Celebrate 50th Anniversary

    Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinners to Celebrate 50th Anniversary

    By Marilyn Murrillo, Ed.D., MPH, MBA, MA– Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinners will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on Saturday, May 18, 2024, from 1–4 pm at the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation located…

    At Brown Girl Farms, Earth Day Is Every Day

    At Brown Girl Farms, Earth Day Is Every Day

    Birthed from a belief that queer, Black women farmers need more representation and celebration in the growing world, Ashlee Johnson-Geisse founded Brown Girl Farms. Brown Girl Farms, located in the…

    The Stud Collective Transforms Historic Queer Bar Into America’s First Co-Op Nightclub

    The Stud Collective Transforms Historic Queer Bar Into America’s First Co-Op Nightclub

    The Stud’s new chapter began eight years ago when it was announced, on August 4, 2016, that a group consisting of drag queens, DJs, and performers formed a co-op and…

    Liam Mayclem: ‘Chef Dominique Crenn Is a Rebel With a Cause’

    Liam Mayclem: ‘Chef Dominique Crenn Is a Rebel With a Cause’

    “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys describes the year four-Michelin-starred Chef Dominique Crenn is having. She now divides her time between France, where her recently opened restaurant Golden Poppy Paris…