Priced out of the
Castro, LGBTs seek housing elsewhere
by Matthew S. Bajko and Seth Hemmelgarn
Starting in the 1970s the Castro became home to countless LGBT residents of San Francisco, who began moving into the rundown neighborhood and revitalizing what was then known as Eureka Valley. (read more)
Outside of the Castro, new 'gayborhoods' emerge
Although the Castro remains largely an LGBT haven, rising housing prices there have been sending people to other neighborhoods throughout the city for years. (read more)
A ferry ride away, Vallejo continues to attract SF gays
A 10-minute walk from Vallejo's ferry building lies the port city's Old Town area and hills dotted with renovated Victorian homes in the Heritage Home District. (read more)
Lesbians settle
down among Cloverdale's vineyards
Nestled beside the Russian River's creek beds and the vineyards of northern Alexander Valley lies Cloverdale, where a growing number of lesbians are choosing to buy second homes or retire. (read more)
San Jose seeks a gayer downtown
It is not just San Francisco that is seeing a construction boom dot its downtown areas with sky-high residential towers. (read more)
Salinas' slow coming out
Salinas, about two hours south of San Francisco, is home to an increasingly visible LGBT population. (read more)
Despite high prices, many youths still choose San Francisco
Despite high rents, low-income LGBT youths continue to flock to the Castro. (read more)
Tables turned as
former prez named a grand marshal
For Joey Cain, this year's LGBT Pride Parade marks a homecoming of sorts. (read more)
Sparks shakes
up police panel
She's president of the high-profile San Francisco Police Commission, and her elevation to that position last year by her fellow commissioners sent a tremble through City Hall. (read more)
Honoree carries forward famous uncle's legacy
Stuart Milk can thank his uncle Harvey for handing him a closing line for speeches that never fails. (read more)
Politics is a calling for Evan Low
When Evan Low decided to run for a seat on the Campbell City Council at the age of 23, just two years after graduating from San Jose State University, his parents were worried. (read more)
Benoit makes strides in Native community
As an out lesbian and a member of multiple Native American tribes, grand marshal Joan Benoit is no stranger to stereotypes. (read more)
GAPA brings gay Asians into
the limelight
The Gay Asian Pacific Alliance was voted by the community as this year's organization grand marshal, coinciding with its 20th anniversary of serving the gay and Asian communities. (read more)
Community
activism defines this gay senior
How does Marvin Burrows feel about his selection as a grand marshal of this Sunday's LGBT Pride Parade? "At least I don't have to work a booth this year," Burrows joked. (read more)
The personal is political for Turman
For one grand marshal, helping lead the parade Sunday is worlds away from where he began his life. (read more)
Arguello works
to bridge gay, Latino worlds
Erick Arguello moved to San Francisco from Nicaragua in 1963, at the age of 4. (read more)
San Francisco-
Sydney: The value of sister cities
At the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, the "linked by the sea" gallery depicts the interaction of two English-speaking cultures on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean. (read more)
The sound of Pride
Sunshine glinted off the sousaphones nodding above the musicians' heads. (read more)
