Transgender Archives

Nightlife

Partying at the altar of Anh Phoong: Packed crowd hails billboard queen at the Stud

Cydney Hayes - May 7, 2024

Newly reopened queer bar's Whatever party welcomed attorney icon with mimes, caviar, and AI anthems.

Dance

US Artists Fellowship brings trans choreographer Sean Dorsey ‘ability to provide for my future’

Lou Fancher - May 6, 2024

$50K award comes at a time when the groundbreaking dancemaker is expanding his own voice.

Music

‘Fairy godmother of trans country artists’ Shawna Virago rounds up vivid new tales

Joshua Rotter - April 30, 2024

On 'Blood in her Dreams,' the local punky-tonk legend tells the stories of outsiders in today's beige-tinted SF.

Art

Rosebud art gallery blossoms, helping re-queer the TL and Polk Gulch

Joshua Rotter - March 4, 2024

'Every time the press declares a 'doom loop,' it falls on queers and artists to think outside the box,' say co-founders.

Art

Necromancy at SoEx: ‘Moving Clouds’ summons the once-thought-dead

Emily Wilson - March 2, 2024

Curator Cathy Lu on show's "ancestor callers," whose works range from crematorium to live events in Gaza.

Lit

‘Advocate Educator’s Handbook’ a frontline guide to protecting trans, non-binary kids

Bruce Mirken - February 25, 2024

Rest in power, Nex Benedict. New book empowers adults so young people can thrive.

Protest

Artists alter, deface their own work at YBCA to protest Gaza silence and decry censorship

Marke B. - February 19, 2024

'Love Letter to Gaza' action calls out institution for not speaking up and allegedly muzzling artists.

Art

In a globalized art world, why does SF need its own fairs? The answer lies in FOG

Emily Wilson - January 21, 2024

Smaller galleries like Jonathan Carver Moore, Schlomer Haus, CULT Aimee Friberg welcomed far-flung visitors to local excellence

Movies

Screen Grabs: Terrific, complex ‘Teachers’ Lounge’ raises prickly moral questions

Dennis Harvey - January 12, 2024

Plus: Unique 'Mami Wata' aims for Kurosawa-meets-Lynch, South Korean 'Concrete Utopia' offers grim action-satire.

Performance

The best (and the rest) on local stages in 2023

Charles Lewis III - January 9, 2024

A wealth of productions highlighted the vitality of Bay Area theater in a year of protest and continued pandemic.

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