Joshua Rotter
Joshua Rotter is a contributing writer for 48 Hills. He’s also written for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, SF Examiner, SF Chronicle, and CNET.
With glamour and grit, Red Vic aims for permanent queer housing transformation
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Oakland’s Jun Yu represents in ‘Mulan’
The young actor, playing Cricket in the live-action version of the beloved film, breaks out on the big (and small) screen.
The unstoppable ‘Who’s Your Mami Comedy’ Zooms your way
The pandemic may have indefinitely shuttered comedy clubs, but it can’t stop, won’t stop the irrepressible force of Marga Gomez. For as long as misogyny, racism, homophobia, and transphobia...
Too soon for COVID jokes? Shazia Mirza on Zoom comedy and life at home
Shazia Mirza has been making the most of quarantine. The award-winning British stand-up comedian and writer—best known for her show “The Kardashians Made Me Do It,” satirizing the real-life...
All hail Jacki Weaver, Pride’s hilarious, touching ‘Stage Mother’
When Jacki Weaver was asked to star in director Thom Fitzgerald’s latest film, Stage Mother, the Academy Award-nominated Animal Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook actress didn’t hesitate for a...
Generations of activism: Checking in with Cleve Jones
The LGBTQ community has already survived the tragic loss of Harvey Milk, the deaths of hundreds of thousands during the AIDS pandemic, and decades of discriminatory legislation.
But lifelong activist...
This year, the giant Pink Triangle bursts into 2700 twinkling lights
Other cities have their Pride parades, rainbow flags, and disco ball balloons. Only San Francisco has the Pink Triangle.
Over the past 25 years, San Francisco’s iconic Pink Triangle display,...
Forget the ‘pale male’ podcast scene, here’s Bitch Talk
In 2012, Erin Lim, a publicist and Karyn Paige, a digital marketer, had just appeared on a San Francisco podcast called Your Straight Male Friend, co-produced by Charlene Goto....
Tori Amos: ‘Artists will be the second round of responders’
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos is quick to applaud the first responders—the doctors, nurses, and EMTs—who are currently risking their lives to save others during the coronavirus pandemic.
But the “Silent All...
A Drag Queen Story Hour star and activist publishes her own kids’ book
For the majority of Americans, drag queens are performers they catch every Friday night on RuPaul’s Drag Race or at their local gay bar (pre-pandemic).
For former San Francisco performer...
