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2026 SF Pride celebrates resistance and joy
7+ hour, 37+ min ago (903+ words) Protestors in the Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 29, 2025." Fresh off a boisterous Mardi Gras celebration hosted by The Transgender District in the Tenderloin last week, The City is ready for its annual Pride celebrations to commence. Many…...
SF exhibit explores history of human sexuality
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (738+ words) "Desire on the Couch" was co-curated by California Institute of Integral Studies associate professor Christopher Walling and the Kinsey Institute's Rebecca Fasman." Digitized versions of scrapbooks that Louise Lawrence made and sent to Alfred Kinsey are shown in "Desire on…...
New SF LGBT Center leader focuses on "connection
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (902+ words) Jen Valles, has been a Bay Area LGBTQ rights activist for more than 20 years, and has served in leadership roles with the LGBT Center since 2007. She's assuming the role of executive director in January 2026. The San Francisco LGBT Center's new…...
These Castro spaces celebrate community, history
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (738+ words) Since opening Rikki's earlier this month with co-owner Sara Yergovich, Danielle Thoe said that every customer has found "a piece of Rikki's that they connect with."" Operators of establishments in the Castro, like the neighborhood's Queer Arts Featured artist-led boutique…...
SF Transgender District starts $100 K fund
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (567+ words) The Transgender District is hosting its annual Riot Party on Aug. 23 to commemorate the anniversary of the Compton's Cafeteria Riot of 1966. San Francisco's Transgender District launched a new emergency fund on Monday dedicated to bolstering organizations and initiatives within the…...
Castro bookstore an anchor for LGBTQ literature
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (833+ words) Fabulosa Books owner Alvin Orloff opened his store on Castro Street nearly four years ago." A queer bookstore in the Castro is an anchor within its neighborhood and for LGBTQ people beyond its borders. Fabulosa Books opened its doors on…...
KALW's Boyer finds calling airing LGBTQ stories
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (1204+ words) David Boyer, programming director at KALW, has been producing "Queer Power Hour," a showcase for LGBTQ stories, since January 2023. San Francisco is a center of LGBTQ culture, but if you ask David Boyer, few stories about queer people make it…...
SF Opera celebrates Pride like never before
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (477+ words) San Francisco Opera will celebrate the LGBTQ community like never before Friday night at the War Memorial Opera House " pictured during an opera Pride Night last year " with its first-ever Pride Concert." The company has previously staged Pride nights and…...
Must-see Pride events " that aren't the parade
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (681+ words) Performers with kitty ears dance in the streets of Castro at the Dyke March on Saturday, June 29, 2019." San Francisco will cap off Pride month this weekend with a two-day celebration in the Civic Center neighborhood. But before then, residents who…...
SF Pride 2025: Hotel Nikko is the Perfect Pride Hotel in San Francisco
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (702+ words) San Francisco Pride welcomes nearly one million attendees every year, and it can be overwhelming to find the right places to stay, eat, and relax while keeping close to the action. Fortunately, Hotel Nikko San Francisco checks every box on…...