GLSEN’s Day of Silence

GLSEN’s Day of Silence

Apr 8, 2012

April 20, 2012Students from across the country and the world will be joining forces on April 20, 2012 for the 26th annual Day of Silence. What started as an activity by a few dedicated college students in 1996, this day has become the largest student-led day of action in the nation! The Day of Silence (DOS) is the largest student lead day of action in the...

Queer Leadership Podcast Series LAUNCH!

Queer Leadership Podcast Series LAUNCH!

Aug 15, 2011

A Podcast Series for the    LGBTQI/SGL Communities We’ve launched!! Welcome to the first of many interviews with leaders doing world-changing work around the globe. Meet influencers, trend-setters and visionaries in business, politics, the arts, medicine, academia, grassroots activism and more, who also openly identify with their...

Leather and Kink Outreach

Leather and Kink Outreach

Feb 13, 2011

We had the chance to chat with STOP AIDS Leather Network Coordinator – Jorge Vieto Jr. Jorge is an active member of the S.F leather community as a Titleholder (S.F Leather Daddy’s boy XXII) and currently serves as a fraternal member for The 15 Association in San Francisco. Let’s start at the beginning- the name of the BDSM program is? It started out at...

GLBT History Museum Now Open!

GLBT History Museum Now Open!

Jan 9, 2011

The GLBT History Museum is now open at 4127 18th Street (between Castro and Collingwood). This longtime dream marks the 25th anniversary of The Society. This museum is one of only two LGBT museums in the world and the only one in the U.S. The museum features two debut exhibitions: In the main gallery, “Our Vast Queer Past: Celebrating GLBT...

Sister Barbi Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Sister Barbi Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Dec 31, 2010

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence I asked Rich Tramontozzi of the Bears of San Francisco to describe Sister Barbi – “Tireless, hard-working, inspiring, and fabulous! All the qualities of Mother Theresa, Moses, and more – but much sexier and no burning bush!” Recently, I dragged poor Sister Barbi to the docks for our little get together. ...

Corrective Rape is a Hate Crime

Corrective Rape is a Hate Crime

Dec 30, 2010

from Change.org Several weeks ago, survivors of “corrective rape” — a heinous practice in South Africa where lesbians are raped under the guise of “curing” them — started a petition on Change.org to ask the Minister of Justice to declare corrective rape a hate crime. It has since become the largest-ever petition on Change.org,...