LGBTQ

Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

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

Immigration Marke B. - June 27, 2025

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

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

Party Radar Marke B. - June 25, 2025

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

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

Editorial Marke B. - June 23, 2025

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

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

Lit Marke B. - June 19, 2025

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.

Protest

The Dyke March needs help to return full-throttle

Marke B. - April 22, 2025

New organizers launch fundraiser to restore Pride Weekend's radical centerpiece to its sprawling, outspoken self.

LGBTQ

PHOTOS: Families march on Newsom’s house for trans rights

Marke B. - April 1, 2025

On Trans Day of Visibility, more than 100 parents and kids descended on the governor's Kentfield residence—and then danced to 'Pink Pony Club.'

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LGBTQ

Poem: ‘Trans Power and Unity’

Nina Ruth Mir - March 27, 2025

For Trans Day of Visibility, a meditation on the electric manifestations of trans power.

LGBTQ

After Newsom abandons trans people, a fairly tepid response at SF City Hall

Tim Redmond - March 9, 2025

Local officials were surprisingly cautious about responding to the governor's alarming (and inaccurate) statements.

News + Politics

Trump’s attacks on trans people and public health escalate into a war on reality itself

Bruce Mirken - February 9, 2025

Administration moves to purge scientific facts, stifle essential research, and erase entire populations.

Editorial

All the worst people in the world

Marke B. - January 25, 2025

How we survived the stifling political atmosphere of the 1980s, and what it means as we enter another dark age.

Remembrance

A great LGBTQ ally dies… and so does a great villain

Marke B. - January 10, 2025

'70s boycotts were their battlefields, but Allan Baird and Anita Bryant were as different as beer and orange juice.

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Music

ANOHNI: ‘Built into my identity as a queen is the knowledge that I’m a part of nature.’

Joshua Rotter - September 27, 2024

Against backdrop of biosphere collapse, sublime singer holds forth on “It’s Time to Feel What’s Really Happening” tour

Nightlife

Party Radar: Quick ‘n dirty guide to Folsom 2024 parties

Marke B. - September 26, 2024

Dommy Mommy, Daddy Daycare, Horse Meat Disco, Honey Dijon, Dirty Boots, Forced Femme, Head Games... It's all happening, people!

Music

Fearless sexual activist Peaches straddles Portola Music Fest and Folsom Street Fair

Joshua Rotter - September 25, 2024

Queer feminist electro musician returns to SF—home of her hero Annie Sprinkle—for three shows this weekend.

Onstage

As Elvis Herselvis, she’s put the King in ‘drag king’ for 35 years

Joshua Rotter - July 21, 2024

Catching up with SF legend Leigh Crow, who'll shake, rattle, and roll the big Elvis Presley Tribute Party

LGBTQ

Pictures from Pride

Tim Redmond - July 1, 2024

Festive, fun, sunny ... and not terribly political.

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LGBTQ

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

The Dyke March needs help to return full-throttle

PHOTOS: Families march on Newsom’s house for trans rights

Poem: ‘Trans Power and Unity’

After Newsom abandons trans people, a fairly tepid response at SF City Hall

Trump’s attacks on trans people and public health escalate into a war on reality itself

All the worst people in the world

A great LGBTQ ally dies… and so does a great villain

ANOHNI: ‘Built into my identity as a queen is the knowledge that I’m a part of nature.’

Party Radar: Quick ‘n dirty guide to Folsom 2024 parties

Fearless sexual activist Peaches straddles Portola Music Fest and Folsom Street Fair

As Elvis Herselvis, she’s put the King in ‘drag king’ for 35 years

Pictures from Pride

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