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A Center of Our Own | The Queer & Trans Issue

A Center of Our Own | The Queer & Trans Issue | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

As the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center approaches its second anniversary on September 7, it has raised more than $500,000 to keep the doors open and provide support for the community. More than 8,000 people have visited, and the center's programming has grown to meet their needs. It now hosts more than 30 support groups; community-building activities for youth; provides space for queer artists and writers to share their work; and has created a drop-in café, food pantry, lending library.


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Frameline 2019: Vita & Virginia Opens San Francisco LGBT Film Festival

Frameline 2019: Vita & Virginia Opens San Francisco LGBT Film Festival | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Elizabeth Debicki's Virginia Woolf biopic will open the 43rd annual queer film festival, which announced its early lineup today.

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San Francisco could become the first US city to eliminate new HIV infections

San Francisco could become the first US city to eliminate new HIV infections | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

President Donald Trump pledged in his State of the Union speech that the U.S. will “eliminate the HIV epidemic … within 10 years.” San Francisco is in position to get there first.

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San Francisco Creates World's First Ever Transgender Cultural District

San Francisco Creates World's First Ever Transgender Cultural District | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Honey Mahogany walked down 6th Street in San Francisco, pointing to single room occupancy hotels, the dance and performance space Counterpulse, and gay bars, OMG and Aunt Charlie’s Lounge. She passed by the Golden Gate Theatre where A Bronx Tale was playing and came to site of the former all-night diner, Gene’s Compton Cafeteria (now transitional housing), where in August 1966 a trans woman threw a cup of coffee at a police officer trying...

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Oakland celebrates Pride with 'love, community, resistance'

Oakland celebrates Pride with 'love, community, resistance' | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The parade and festival drew thousands of people, both participants and spectators, to downtown Oakland.

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Last gay bar in the Tenderloin never a drag

Last gay bar in the Tenderloin never a drag | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
“Cowboy Bob!” they shout. A silhouetted figure, slightly hunched and topped with something akin to a park ranger’s hat, enters out of the bright daylight into the small, cramped space that sits at the eastern edge of The Tenderloin on Turk Street. A regular has arrived at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge, bearing a boxed dinner from Popson’s from around the corner on Market Street, a gift for Gabriel, the mesh-tanked bartender who’s managing the joint on a recent late Thursday afternoon.
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Young, Gay ... and Homeless, But Planning a Future in Genetic Engineering

Young, Gay ... and Homeless, But Planning a Future in Genetic Engineering | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Tyler Cook, 24, lives on the brink in the Tenderloin neighborhood, but he envisions a big future.
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6 Queer Latinx on How They Formed Their Own Communities in San Francisco

6 Queer Latinx on How They Formed Their Own Communities in San Francisco | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Nicknamed the “gay capital of the world," San Francisco is known worldwide for being an anchor for the LGBTQ and historically marginalized communities.
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The Giants host their 16th Annual LGBT Night at the yard tonight

The Giants host their 16th Annual LGBT Night at the yard tonight | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Tonight, the Giants spotlight the LGBT+ community with their 16th annual LGBT Night. Sixteen years doesn’t seem like it has been that long, but when you think back to what things were lik
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Queer Land Trust working to preserve affordable housing, stop displacement of the LGBT community

Queer Land Trust working to preserve affordable housing, stop displacement of the LGBT community | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
A land trust is seeking to raise $5 million to purchase property to conserve LGBT strongholds in and around San Francisco, starting with the building housing the Sausage Factory restaurant. »
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The singular needs of LGBT seniors: San Francisco funds training for workers

The singular needs of LGBT seniors: San Francisco funds training for workers | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
It can be as simple as guiding someone to a toilet instead of a urinal, or pausing to consider which pronoun to use when addressing a dementia patient or the person’s partner. Growing awareness of gender identities and sexual orientations is prompting policy changes in law enforcement, medical care and the military. Now, in the Bay Area, advocates hope it will also change how professional caregivers for the elderly interact with LGBT seniors, particularly those with dementia. The city of San Francisco, through its Department of Aging and Adult Services, is funding a $400,000 effort to train hundreds of workers at companies and public agencies on how to better communicate with aging LGBT adults.
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SF Bay Times, City's First Newspaper Produced Jointly by Gay Men and Women, Celebrates 40th Anniversary

SF Bay Times, City's First Newspaper Produced Jointly by Gay Men and Women, Celebrates 40th Anniversary | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
The first paper in San Francisco to have both gay men and lesbians on its staff, the San Francisco Bay Times continues to be a leading LGBTQ voice.
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Gay Pride events in San Francisco

Gay Pride events in San Francisco | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

A summary of LGBTQ pride events throughout the city

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SF's First Black-Owned Gay Bar Offered Refuge from Racism in the '90s Queer Scene

SF's First Black-Owned Gay Bar Offered Refuge from Racism in the '90s Queer Scene | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Racism at gay bars prompted Rodney Barnette to open the Eagle Creek Saloon, a story his daughter Sadie Barnette is resurfacing at the Lab.

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Legends of San Francisco: The Elders of Drag Who Are Still Working It

Legends of San Francisco: The Elders of Drag Who Are Still Working It | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

As drag cultures enters the mainstream, four iconic queens in San Francisco's rapidly gentrifying Mission District keeps its punk ethos alive.

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First Ever Transgender Cultural District Co-Founded By #XLBossLady Aria Sa'id

First Ever Transgender Cultural District Co-Founded By #XLBossLady Aria Sa'id | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Aria Sa'id is the youngest of a trio of trans women who founded the world's first transgender cultural district in San Francisco's Tenderloin. I was interested in talking with Sa'id about being a young plus-size executive.

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40 Years After The Assassination Of Harvey Milk, LGBT Candidates Find Success

40 Years After The Assassination Of Harvey Milk, LGBT Candidates Find Success | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

In this month's midterm elections, Colorado elected the nation's first openly gay Governor. Voters across the country sent a record number of LGBT candidates to Congress. These come 40 years after the assassination of the first openly gay elected official in California — Harvey Milk.

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Community Celebrates San Francisco's New Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District

Community Celebrates San Francisco's New Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Members of San Francisco's LGBTQ community gathered in the South of Market neighborhood to celebrate the city's new Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District.

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SF police union gets openly gay leader and a new style, at last

SF police union gets openly gay leader and a new style, at last | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

An openly gay leader of the San Francisco Police Officers Association should seem unremarkable in a city synonymous with celebrating LGBTQ people. But it’s a big deal for anyone who...

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2018 San Francisco Pride: Mamma Mia! Yes we went again!

2018 San Francisco Pride: Mamma Mia! Yes we went again! | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

“The 2018 San Francisco Pride Parade was a mile of smiles. I heard that on the news and I thought it was the best way to describe last Sunday’s parade,” said Kelley Cayton, Director of Business Assurance at Comcast and Executive Sponsor of Comcast California’s OUT Employee Resource Group.

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Pride Parade brings SF together in celebration of LGBT rights

Pride Parade brings SF together in celebration of LGBT rights | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Thousands marched up Market Street on Sunday and thousands more gathered along the barricades in a display of rainbows and resistance for the 48th annual LGBT Pride Parade in San »
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BWW Interview: Andrew Lippa premieres UNBREAKABLE with the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus at Nourse Theater

BWW Interview: Andrew Lippa premieres UNBREAKABLE with the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus at Nourse Theater | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
This weekend marks the world premiere of UNBREAKABLE, an original work by composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa, co-commissioned by a nationwide consortium of ten gay choruses and featuring Lisa Vroman, Britney Coleman, and Marcus J. Paige.
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SF Bay Times celebrates 40th anniversary, unity between gay and lesbian communities

SF Bay Times celebrates 40th anniversary, unity between gay and lesbian communities | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
The San Francisco Bay Times was founded forty years ago by gay men and women — together. That was an intentional focus for the small, local LGBT newspaper, said current »
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San Francisco Pride 2018: Here's what you need to know

San Francisco Pride 2018: Here's what you need to know | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Read our guide to Pride, with transportation and parking tips, the parade route, information on entertainment and more about this annual celebration.
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LGBT Pride-themed food, drinks around the San Francisco Bay Area

LGBT Pride-themed food, drinks around the San Francisco Bay Area | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
San Francisco Pride is a few weeks away. Show your pride with rainbow pasta, macarons and that Harvey Milkshake.
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