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Transgender visions in urgent times

Peter-Astrid Kane - October 31, 2019

Visibility has always been a guiding principle of queer liberation. From Harvey Milk’s “Come out, come out, wherever you are” to the debates over...

Culture

‘Women aren’t funny’? Tell that to Cirque clown Kelsey Custard

Joshua Rotter - October 29, 2019

When Kelsey Custard was studying at San Francisco’s Clown Conservatory school a decade ago, she and some of her female colleagues were advised by...

News + Politics

As the fires rage and the blackouts continue, Newsom ducks

Tim Redmond - October 28, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom is sounding all harsh and tough toward PG&E as Northern California burns out of control again and the blackouts continue. At a...

Onstage

Lesbian history finally takes center stage in ‘The Daughters’

Emily Wilson - October 23, 2019

The first act of The Daughters, a comedy by Patricia Cotter (at the San Francisco Playhouse through November 2), imagines the Daughters of Bilitis’ first meeting...

Can a museum exhibit capture Burning Man?

Steven T. Jones - October 22, 2019

It has blinky lights, art cars, the gifting of trinkets, and the Temple of Reunion by legendary temple-builder David Best. There’s cool video from...

News + Politics

Helping seniors with legal issues — for 40 years

Tim Redmond - October 21, 2019

Sometime in the mid-1970s, as local community-based organizations were starting to emerge and change the politics of San Francisco, a group of lawyers began...

Puff

Puff: Hall of Flowers highlights

Dan Karkoska - October 19, 2019

Modern cannabis showed off its best buds at Hall of Flowers September 17-18 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. I have been waiting...

Memories of the Ulcer Department

Peter-Astrid Kane - October 18, 2019

People who’ve watched a couple seasons of Orange Is the New Black sometimes think they have a savvy understanding of what it’s really like...

News + Politics

Breed attacks two progressive reform measures

Tim Redmond - October 17, 2019

Mayor London Breed is using an old political tactic to try to undermine two progressive ballot measures. Instead of opposing the measures, which are likely...

News + Politics

The big missing story on the power outages

Tim Redmond - October 9, 2019

I am a longtime critic of the SF Chronicle, so let me take a second to say this: As the crisis of power outages...

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Transgender visions in urgent times

‘Women aren’t funny’? Tell that to Cirque clown Kelsey Custard

As the fires rage and the blackouts continue, Newsom ducks

Lesbian history finally takes center stage in ‘The Daughters’

Can a museum exhibit capture Burning Man?

Helping seniors with legal issues — for 40 years

Puff: Hall of Flowers highlights

Memories of the Ulcer Department

Breed attacks two progressive reform measures

The big missing story on the power outages

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