Marke B.

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Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.

News + Politics

PHOTOS: Tenderloin streets filled with trans activists, allies for Courthouse 2 Compton’s march

June 21, 2020

Honoring the historic Compton's Cafeteria Riot, the trans and sex worker uprising against police which helped launch the contemporary LGBTQ rights movement—and in the...

Arts + Culture

A renowned shop says ‘no’ to reopening just yet

June 15, 2020

Despite a surge of cases in the Bay Area, San Francisco seems full steam ahead on reopening its businesses and services. This weekend bars...

Boy bands to bomba: Fresh Meat Fest shines with trans & queer performance

June 15, 2020

I'm writing this as I'm taking in the Supreme Court decision that people cannot be legally fired for being LGBTQ, a momentous act that...

Culture

Remembering the Pulse massacre, as Trump strips LGBTQ rights

June 14, 2020

The mass shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub four years ago took 49 lives and still leaves a deep scar on the LGBTQ and Latino...

Nightlife

SF bars push to reopen in July, alongside restaurants

June 10, 2020

The Newsom administration continues to announce and refine guidelines for business re-openings in California. Much of it depends on on counties hitting certain thresholds...

Culture

We’re Still Here: Queer orgs and icons put on online pre-Pride shebang

June 9, 2020

Thanks to COVID, Pride has been scooped up online this year, boooo. But while that may mean you'll be proudly dancing alone in your...

Culture

From Angelou to Zinn: An anti-racism resource guide

June 5, 2020

Amid the latest protests against institutional racism, many are looking to sharpen their own knowledge and talk to their neighbors about how they can...

News + Politics

For Pride, all queer people must stand up for Black lives

June 2, 2020

Black queer people exist. Stonewall was a riot against police. The fight for Gay Liberation was lead by queer and trans women of color....

Culture

Travel back in time, daily, with Emperor Norton

May 28, 2020

Like all tourist functions, Emperor Norton's Fantastic San Francisco Time Machine Tour, a delightful peregrination amongst various sites of historical importance, has ceased temporarily. But...

Nightlife

The Stud closes its location—to save itself for the future

May 20, 2020

Tomorrow at a 2pm press conference, the official announcement goes out that the Stud, the oldest gay bar in San Francisco, operating since 1966,...