Amanda Lepore’s vavoomy looks and commanding presence will certainly not be lost on San Francisco, where the "most famous transsexual in the world" will be performing at Beaux and Midnight Sun on December 14 and 16.

Connie Champagne and Katya Smirnoff-Skyy and both beloved icons on the local cabaret scene. Both will help to usher in the holiday season with separate appearances, along with co-starring roles in the grand extravaganza "Christmas With the Crawfords."

With a drink and a smile, they give us what we want. And although they’re professionals, sometimes we can’t help but hope for more than a cocktail or a beer.

On Monday, December 9, the Marines Memorial Theater will host the latest "Help Is On the Way for the Holidays" gala. Sharon McNight, a stalwart performer, has been singing at benefits since before some younger local LGBT folks were even born.

Electro duo Erasure have a new CD out just in time for the holidays. "Snow Globe" includes both traditional songs and some original music. Andy Bell ruminates on the duo’s latest album.

Lively guests, good food, cocktails and bubbly conversation are my cornerstones for a successful party. Here are some of my tips for throwing a party so amazing that it will be archived and written about by scholars for years to come.

More than a dozen stars of Broadway hit musicals will travel from around the country to participate in this year’s annual Broadway Against Bullying.

Not all of us have the wherewithal to turn out massive meals in our tiny urban kitchens or serve buffets in our studio apartments. Luckily, plenty of restaurants around town are jumping on the Turkey Day bandwagon and serving forth feasts.

That platter had the Acapulco Gold dressing. This platter of turkey came from the herbed bird. Didn't it? The small platter of dark meat came from the other bird. Or was it the other way around? Our hunger could not be sated.

As his drag persona Sheena Rose, Jacob Paiva has accomplished something no one else has done in San Francisco since the dance music icon Sylvester in 1986: Place Number One on a prestigious dance music chart.

Come Veterans Day weekend, San Francisco will feel like it’s become a whole lot smaller as Bear Pride 2013 takes over. It’s Gay Pride but for the Bear community!

One of the most wildly vibrant live shows at YBCA celebrates its fifth incarnation as The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence present Project Nunway, the amazingly creative couture fashion show, Saturday, November 2.

On Friday, November 1, Fanboy SF will host Skip Ender’s Game: A Salute to Hikaru Sulu. The event coincides with the opening night of "Ender’s Game," the movie based on the bestselling novel by notorious homophobe Orson Scott Card.

Don’t be surprised by a lot more Stetson-wearing folks in town this weekend. The annual Sundance Stompede corrals hundreds of LGBT Country-Western two-stepping and line-dancing fans.