LGBTQ

75 years ago, they sparked the gay rights movement with ‘exhilarating freedom’

Library event celebrates groundbreaking 1950 Mattachine Society, which helped shape modern queer identity.

LGBTQ Joshua Rotter - November 4, 2025

Queer activists ‘Scare the State’ at ICE protest on Halloween

Colorful protest at 100 Montgomery drew attention to immigration court abductions, with drag, costumes, and piñatas.

Protest Marke B. - November 1, 2025

Feeling steamy? Coatshek’s ambient poppers tribute dips you in a ‘Sound Bath’

SF producer attempts to 'create the arc of a lovemaking session'—and a brilliant listen comes forth.

Music Daniel Bromfield - October 29, 2025

Drag queen snatched by ICE released with asylum: ‘It was terrible’

Detained during Pride week at a routine immigration court date, Hilary Rivers is now home recovering from her traumatic ordeal.

Immigration Emma Lorraine Garcia - October 28, 2025

Movies

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

Pam Grady - October 14, 2025

Director Bill Condon and star Toniatiuh on the movie musical's entanglement with gender and incarceration.

LGBTQ

Trans trailblazer Miss Major has passed: Read our 2023 interview with the Stonewall veteran

Caitlin Donohue - October 14, 2025

'The best trait an organizer can have is to listen, and to listen closely to what the people want,' she told us.

Culture

Live Shots: Folsom Street Fair 2025 was big, slutty, and beautiful

Jon Bauer - September 29, 2025

42nd installment of kink and fetish festival expanded for a more chill vibe—without sacrificing the naughtiness.

Dance

Spirit of Compton’s Cafeteria Riot soars again in new Flyaway work

Aimée Ts'ao - September 29, 2025

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

Nightlife

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

Marke B. - September 25, 2025

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 - September 22, 2025

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

Contest

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

Marke B. - September 22, 2025

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

Culture

5 Folsom Street Fair experiences to whip up your fun

Marke B. - September 20, 2025

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

Culture

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

Joshua Rotter - September 17, 2025

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

Art

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

Race Bannon - September 16, 2025

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

Marke B. - August 18, 2025

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

Onstage

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

Marke B. - August 5, 2025

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

Lit

How to be butch (or not)

Marke B. - July 29, 2025

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

Music

‘Flowercloud’ of queer power comes to Cabrillo Music Fest

Marke B. - July 28, 2025

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

Nightlife

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

Marke B. - July 22, 2025

'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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LGBTQ

75 years ago, they sparked the gay rights movement with ‘exhilarating freedom’

Queer activists ‘Scare the State’ at ICE protest on Halloween

Feeling steamy? Coatshek’s ambient poppers tribute dips you in a ‘Sound Bath’

Drag queen snatched by ICE released with asylum: ‘It was terrible’

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

Trans trailblazer Miss Major has passed: Read our 2023 interview with the Stonewall veteran

Live Shots: Folsom Street Fair 2025 was big, slutty, and beautiful

Spirit of Compton’s Cafeteria Riot soars again in new Flyaway work

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

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

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

5 Folsom Street Fair experiences to whip up your fun

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

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

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

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

How to be butch (or not)

‘Flowercloud’ of queer power comes to Cabrillo Music Fest

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

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