LGBTQ

Still hung up on ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’

A very gay ode to Madonna's glitter galaxy of a dance floor comeback, as it hits 20 with a deluxe re-release.

Music Joshua Rotter - November 14, 2025

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

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

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

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.

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.

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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.'

Immigration

Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

Marke B. - June 27, 2025

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

Party Radar

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

Marke B. - June 25, 2025

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

Marke B. - June 23, 2025

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

Lit

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

Marke B. - June 19, 2025

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

LGBTQ

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

Marke B. - June 18, 2025

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

Onstage

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

Joshua Rotter - June 16, 2025

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

Contest

Win a free ticket to a Frameline Film Fest movie

Marke B. - June 16, 2025

Join us at the world’s original—and largest—LGBTQ+ film festival in the world for Pride month.

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LGBTQ

Still hung up on ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’

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

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

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

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

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

Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

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

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

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

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

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

Win a free ticket to a Frameline Film Fest movie

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