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    Marriage Equality Delayed Is Marriage Equality Denied

    Marriage Equality Delayed Is Marriage Equality Denied

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– Six months ago, we reported on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ groundbreaking decision in favor of marriage equality. That court has jurisdiction over…

    Homeless Gay Valedictorian Helps to Make the ‘Impossible Possible’ for LGBTIQ Youth

    Homeless Gay Valedictorian Helps to Make the ‘Impossible Possible’ for LGBTIQ Youth

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– We, like many other LGBTIQ people, were heartened to learn of the outpouring of financial support from the community for the Jacksonville, Florida, high…

    Time to ‘Walk Back’ Trump’s Nomination of Kavanaugh

    Time to ‘Walk Back’ Trump’s Nomination of Kavanaugh

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– As we discussed in the last issue, the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to LGBTIQ rights, women’s rights, affirmative action, gun control,…

    Reflecting on Justice Kennedy’s Retirement: Can History Somehow Repeat Itself?

    Reflecting on Justice Kennedy’s Retirement: Can History Somehow Repeat Itself?

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– We and many others had long feared the day might come. It did on June 27, 2018, when Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he was…

    San Francisco Bay Times: Freedom of Expression of Our Community for 40 Years

    San Francisco Bay Times: Freedom of Expression of Our Community for 40 Years

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– It was early May, 1992, and San Francisco was among several cities in the nation where street protests erupted in response to the Rodney…

    Artist Phillip Hua’s Magnificent New Solo Show in SF

    Artist Phillip Hua’s Magnificent New Solo Show in SF

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– Twenty years ago, police arrested John Lawrence and Tyron Garner in bed together in Houston, Texas, for the state law crime of “homosexual conduct.”…

    Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Beginning of California Marriage Equality

    Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Beginning of California Marriage Equality

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– This week marks the tenth anniversary of the California Supreme Court’s historic May 15, 2008, ruling establishing marriage equality in California before Proposition 8.…

    ‘Chinese Stuart’ and ‘Chinese Tom’: Every Label Tells a Story

    ‘Chinese Stuart’ and ‘Chinese Tom’: Every Label Tells a Story

    By Stuart Gaffney– May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and this year I’ve been reflecting on what it was like to attend summer camp in Wisconsin in the early…

    A Fantastic New Exhibit and Book About Our Shared Humanity: hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project

    A Fantastic New Exhibit and Book About Our Shared Humanity: hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project

    By Stuart Gaffney How many times has a stranger on the street asked you the question, “What are you?”—as if you looked like you were from outer space? In fact,…

    The Untold Story of the Robert Kennedy Funeral Train

    The Untold Story of the Robert Kennedy Funeral Train

    By John Lewis– It was 8 am on the morning of June 5, 1968. I was 9 years old and sat at the kitchen table in our house in Kansas…