When I arrived in San Francisco, all the lights turned green, promising me freedom and gay liberation.

I am honored and privileged to have been elected as president for the next two years of the Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association, San Francisco's oldest neighborhood organization, dating back to 1881.

In 2020, for the first time in recent memory, our California primary votes will matter.

Is there a point in a transition where one reaches pure happiness?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.