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LGBTQ

Starry ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ sinks fangs into deep subjects

Director Bill Condon and star Toniatiuh on the movie musical's entanglement with gender and incarceration.
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Trans trailblazer Miss Major has passed: Read our 2023 interview with the Stonewall veteran

'The best trait an organizer can have is to listen, and to listen closely to what the people want,' she told us.
LGBTQ Caitlin Donohue -
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Live Shots: Folsom Street Fair 2025 was big, slutty, and beautiful

42nd installment of kink and fetish festival expanded for a more chill vibe—without sacrificing the naughtiness.
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Spirit of Compton’s Cafeteria Riot soars again in new Flyaway work

Inspired by 1966 LGBTQ uprising in the Tenderloin, 'Down on the Corner' showcases local talent and legacy of resistance.
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Nightlife

Party Radar: Quick ‘n dirty guide to Folsom Street Fair fiestas

Marke B. -
Disco Daddy, Hard Reset, Soft Play, Power Snatch, Bears in Space, Horse Meat Disco, Grunt, Squish, Ew!, Chunk, more freaky affairs
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Music

Iconoclastic as ever, Hunx and His Punx mix the apocalyptic with the cheery

Daniel Bromfield -
Long-awaited new LP 'Walk Out On This World' came through tragedy to deliver sweet garage punk goods.
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Contest

Win tickets to Folsom Street Fair’s official (and very naughty) parties!

Marke B. -
Grab a fun friend and hit up Freak Curious, Magnitude, and/or Deviants: Here's how to enter
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Culture

5 Folsom Street Fair experiences to whip up your fun

Marke B. -
Drag terror, live punk, Mother DJ, bondage art, and pink lemonade top our list of 'special excitements' at this year's Sun/28 event.
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Culture

Folsom 2025 brings Twisted Windows, joyful gates, a continually expanding Playground

Joshua Rotter -
Four of the kinky fair's players take us behind the juicy scenes (and history) of this year's fetish fest.
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Art

Mel Odom’s kaleidoscopic queer eye drew stunning art through AIDS

Race Bannon -
New short film aims to capture turbulent milieu and indelible imagery of New York artist and dollmaker.
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Nightlife

Join us Wed/20 for a discussion on overdose prevention in queer nightlife

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LGBTQ+ nightlife community activists and health experts come together to help make partying safer.
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Onstage

Thinking outside (and above and around) the gender box at Fringe Fest

Marke B. -
'Box [M]' uses circus arts and dance to tell the story of a Asian American father's relationship with his trans son.
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Lit

How to be butch (or not)

Marke B. -
Clark Henley's scandalous, witty, ultimately heartbreaking 1982 gay classic 'The Butch Manual' rides again.
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Music

‘Flowercloud’ of queer power comes to Cabrillo Music Fest

Marke B. -
Composer Darian Donovan Thomas honors 63rd gathering's founding gay spirits with blooms, chimes, poignant commotion.
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Nightlife

Why beloved drag club Oasis is closing—and how its spirit must live on

Marke B. -
'I want to see SF continue to have an underground art scene,' says owner D'Arcy Drollinger. 'But this is where we're at, and it's sad.'
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Onstage

Dino drag? You bet ‘Jurassiq’ is

Marke B. -
Very queer musical parody stomps into Oasis with heels, wigs, claws, and plenty of nostalgic '90s hits.
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Opinion

Opinion: Erasing queer history in North Beach

Shayne Watson -
Why is Scott Wiener so opposed to recognizing the historic importance of the city's first LGBTQ+ neighborhood?
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Immigration

Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

Marke B. -
Hilary Rivers was detained during a scheduled immigration appointment in downtown SF after Miss & Mr. Safe Latino Pageant.
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Party Radar

PRIDE PARTY RADAR: Viva la Lesbianaissance + 35 more rainbows to ride

Marke B. -
Pink Block, Juanita More Pride, Hard French, Purple Disco Machine, partying for prison abolition, a slew of dyke bars... too much? Never!
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