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LGBTQ

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

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

New short film aims to capture turbulent milieu and indelible imagery of New York artist and dollmaker.
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Join us Wed/20 for a discussion on overdose prevention in queer nightlife

LGBTQ+ nightlife community activists and health experts come together to help make partying safer.
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Thinking outside (and above and around) the gender box at Fringe Fest

'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)

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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

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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

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'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

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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

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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

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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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Editorial

No, you can’t ‘save’ queer people by bombing them to death

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Bastardizing the fight for gay rights to justify war, whether on Gaza or Iran, is ridiculous and must end.
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Lit

‘Queer Food’—or, the cruel enigma of the spinach soufflé

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Author John Birdsall dishes about his new history of LGBTQ+ food writers and chefs, and how queer cookery can meet the moment.
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LGBTQ

SF Pride ED Suzanne Ford reacts to horrible anti-trans youth Supreme Court ruling

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'The worst affront to the equal protection clause since Plessy v. Ferugson,' says longtime trans activist, urging unity.
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Movies

Showtime, queers: the complete guide to Frameline

Dennis Harvey -
LGBTQ film festival approaches its half-century mark with too much relevancy, from real-time tales of triumph to Sapphic sci-fi.
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Onstage

At Fresh Meat queer arts fest, ‘conformity isn’t an option’

Joshua Rotter -
Mudd the Two Spirit, more brilliant performers continue to lay annual showcase's transformative groundwork.
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Movies

Reel love: 3 LGBTQ icons profiled on Frameline’s silver screen

Joshua Rotter -
They brought trans innovation to 'Drag Race,' created 'Rocky Horror,' delivered legendary reads—and now they're getting their flowers.
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Lit

Lil Miss Hot Mess: the queen who wouldn’t stop reading

Caitlin Donohue -
Her new children's book teaches about the power of the rainbow—any wonder that the fascists are big mad?
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Video

WATCH: NEA grants are slashed, but Chinatown orgs and artists stay resilient

Andrew Brobst -
At Chinese Culture Center celebration, local leaders spoke out about protecting their communities and standing strong.
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