The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently passed a resolution, introduced by Board President London Breed, in response to the election of Donald Trump. The resolution reads as follows: WHEREAS, ...
YOU CAN HELP! Please consider helping us meet expenses to continue Castro Street Cam by making a tax deductible contribution to the project’s nonprofit fiscal sponsor. Use this link to reach the ...
Despite being properly credentialed as one of the oldest lesbian-founded and continuously lesbian-owned and operated and patronized watering holes this side of the Sierras, Wild Side West doesn’t ...
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 of the public. Reporting for ...
For the San Francisco Bay Times I recently interviewed Grammy-winning musicians Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink on their life partnership and their musical theatrical film All Wigged Out, about Marcy’s ...
When Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909, no one except her most intimate friends knew she also was making history as the first lesbian to ...
I’ve been a hat girl from childhood to womanhood. It all started with Bette Davis walking down the gangplank after her transition from ugly duckling to swan in Now, Voyager to three strippers in Gypsy ...
Another year has come to an end, and what a year it was. My friends, I can’t imagine what lies ahead of us now. I can only hope that whatever comes our way is far better than our dire imaginings.
Our city needs a mayor who will stand up for the LGBTQ+ community not just during election season, but every single day. San Francisco has long been a leader in LGBTQ+ rights, but words are not enough ...
In the heart of San Francisco’s vibrant Castro district lies Harvey Milk Plaza, a historic site intertwined with the city’s LGBTQ+ heritage and the community’s ongoing struggle for civil rights. Now, ...
Older LGBTQ+ residents of California are about to benefit from the launch of a statewide survey that will highlight the challenges and experiences of this rapidly growing segment of California’s ...