I've been a San Francisco resident for all of my adult queer life. Thirty of those I've spent inside my current tiny Tenderloin apartment — when I swing open the door, I pass by 20 feet of salon-style, self-commissioned artwork.

A former city resident recalls the heady days of the early 1980s in the South of Market and the Castro.

We fully support the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's expressed interest in helping to run an overdose prevention center, but we think the agency stumbled with recent messaging equating needles to life and police to death.

I am looking forward to marching in San Francisco's 53rd annual Pride parade this year, alongside members of the San Francisco District Attorney's office, other elected officials, community members, family, friends, and allies.

A reader appreciates a recent story on Chita Rivera.

We, as Californians, have made significant progress in recognizing and affirming the rights of the LGBTQ community.

With all the headlines about retailers coming under fire for selling Pride-themed merchandise and legislation trying to curb drag performers, it's important to remember that overall, the LGBTQ community is winning.

A reader writes about the Tennessee anti-drag law that a federal judge recently ruled was unconstitutional.

Last week, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his 2024 presidential campaign with the tagline "Make America Florida." But the way things are going, he may not have to win the GOP nomination to do that.

I recall interviewing for my first role at The Walt Disney Co. almost 17 years ago. I had 14 interviews.

Like a thrilling baseball contest that goes down to the ninth inning, a team that is only a couple of runs ahead needs a pitcher who can save the game, preferably with a wicked fastball.

Standing at the center of New York City's Grand Central Terminal's main concourse bedraggled and rank in filthy clothes, I watched as the commuters ignored my pleas begging for "just a dollar, sir."

A reader opines on the Political Notebook column about the late gay San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk's trip to Disneyland.

SF DA Brooke Jenkins did release the Walgreens video of the shooting death of unarmed Black trans man Banko Brown this week, but it has led to more questions about why she has declined to file charges against the store security guard who shot him.