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Guest Opinion: My father went to Guadalcanal; I went to Virginia

Guest Opinion: My father went to Guadalcanal; I went to Virginia

  • by Charlie Spiegel
  • Jan 8, 2020

I grew up with my father's World War II stories of fighting on what I later learned was one of the important island battles across the Pacific: Guadalcanal.

Guest Opinion: Time to hold PG&E accountable

Guest Opinion: Time to hold PG&E accountable

  • by Scott Wiener
  • Dec 30, 2019

Millions of Californians demonstrated incredible fortitude and resolve this past fall when, in order to minimize its own wildfire liability risk — caused by decades of negligence and mismanagement — PG&E turned off the power for millions.

Guest Opinion: Be counted: Why LGBTQ+ data collection matters

Guest Opinion: Be counted: Why LGBTQ+ data collection matters

  • by Pau Crego and Clair Farley
  • Dec 23, 2019

In 2016, gay then-Supervisor Scott Wiener led the charge to require improved data collection on our local LGBTQ+ communities to measure equity and inclusion in city services.

Guest Opinion: On the record with Governor Newsom: One year of California for All

Guest Opinion: On the record with Governor Newsom: One year of California for All

  • by Gavin Newsom
  • Dec 18, 2019

There's no state in America quite like California. In troubled times for the nation, California is where the American Dream is alive and well.

Guest Opinion: SF Pride looks to 50th celebration

Guest Opinion: SF Pride looks to 50th celebration

  • by Carolyn R. Wysinger
  • Dec 11, 2019

This year San Francisco Pride marches into its 50th year.

Guest Opinion: To my family

Guest Opinion: To my family

  • by Kenneth G. Hodder
  • Dec 4, 2019

I love my family. I'd do anything for them. So it breaks my heart to know that literally thousands of them are living on the street.

Guest Opinion: Trump's Title X gag rule is detrimental to HIV/AIDS health care

Guest Opinion: Trump's Title X gag rule is detrimental to HIV/AIDS health care

  • by Gray Gautereaux
  • Nov 26, 2019

During his 2019 State of the Union address President Donald Trump revealed his administration's new 10-year plan to "end the HIV epidemic in America" (https://www.hrsa.gov/ending-hiv-epidemic), with a goal of reducing diagnosis rates to less than 3,000 pe

Guest Opinion: On smokeout day, trans folks need a world worth quitting for

Guest Opinion: On smokeout day, trans folks need a world worth quitting for

  • by Amaya Wooding, Lynn Chan, and B. Chen
  • Nov 20, 2019

Thursday is the Great American Smokeout. Depending on which research you believe, as many as one in three trans people uses tobacco.

Guest Opinion: Traveling while trans

Guest Opinion: Traveling while trans

  • by Delia Danae Rawdon
  • Nov 13, 2019

I was singled out by TSA for being a transgender woman and I am not the only one.

Guest Opinion: SROs shouldn't be permanent housing

Guest Opinion: SROs shouldn't be permanent housing

  • by Jordan Davis
  • Nov 6, 2019

When I read the article about the city awarding $1.15 million in contracts to two reputable nonprofits over the next two years, I was overjoyed, especially since the recipients, St. James Infirmary and Larkin Street Youth Services, are well qualified.

Guest Opinion: Recalling Purple Hands protests of 1969

Guest Opinion: Recalling Purple Hands protests of 1969

  • by Marc Stein
  • Oct 30, 2019

Halloween has long been one of the queerest of holidays, but on October 31, 1969, San Francisco LGBT activists found new ways to confront their terrifying fears of media misrepresentations and police violence.

Guest Opinion: Yes on Proposition A

Guest Opinion: Yes on Proposition A

  • by Rafael Mandelman
  • Oct 23, 2019

Earlier this year, our community rejoiced with the opening of the Marcy Adelman and Jeanette Gurevitch Community at 95 Laguna.

Guest Opinion: Time to correct SF rent ordinance's inequity

Guest Opinion: Time to correct SF rent ordinance's inequity

  • by Eric Lifschitz
  • Oct 2, 2019

The San Francisco Rent Ordinance (SFRO), enacted in 1979, is recognized for having arguably the strongest pro-tenant protections in the country.

Guest Opinion: Unsure whether I'll join Gilead lawsuit

Guest Opinion: Unsure whether I'll join Gilead lawsuit

  • by Hank Trout
  • Sep 25, 2019

I have recently learned about a class action lawsuit instituted on behalf of people living with HIV who took one or more of Gilead's tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) drugs and then suffered kidney disease and/or bone density loss.