Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tagged with: Queer

Puff: Toast 420—pandemic-style!

As we enter week five (I think?) of this pandemic, one thing's for sure: nothing is the same. So as noteworthy days arrive we...

SF Pride Parade and Celebration cancelled on 50th anniversary

San Francisco Pride announced today that it is cancelling this year's June Parade and Celebration—the largest in the Western United States—as COVID continues to...

Hunky Jesus rises again! (Blessedly online)

UPDATE: It looks like they are going to be releasing the photos and videos starting at 1pm at www.twitch.tv/sfqueernightlifefund and you can vote at www.instagram.com/sfsisters then.  One...

Phyllis Lyon, lesbian rights icon, passes at 95

It's impossible to imagine the queer rights movement without Phyllis Lyon, who passed away today at the age of 95 of natural causes. Along...

Party Radar: Fault Radio helps DJs stream through quarantine

If, like me, you're "into" nightlife and music, your social media feed has flipped almost instantaneously into a multi-roomed nightclub, with DJs and musicians...

Leading drag and performance venue closes indefinitely

Since its opening in 2015, the cabaret/theater/nightclub Oasis, on 11thSt. in Soma, has been a “lighthouse” for queer creative culture, in the words of...

Arts Forecast: Apocalypse… but make it fashion!

The name of this column, "Arts Forecast," has suddenly taken on an ominous tone in this moment of cancellations and uncertainty. While we are...

Should Muni raise fares in a crisis?

Transit justice advocates in San Francisco are left with more questions after San Francisco ordered a “shelter-in-place” directive in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This...

Let’s help local artists, workers, and small businesses. Join in!

Note: Scroll down all the way to the to the comments section at the bottom of this article to help support specific local artists,...

Arts workers struggling after performances are cancelled and venues closed

UPDATE: We are keeping a running list of artist and worker resources here, as well as including the opportunity for those affected by the...