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Women Breaking Barriers and Radical Harmonies
Photographer Robert Altman has just released a book of photographs called The Sixties, which he aims to be a tome indicative of the free-thinking, politically charged decade. But in addition to being a time of social unrest as manifested by the politically charged music of the time, it was also a time of great change for women as well. More
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Gay
Room for Squares
The disco lights were flashing. The fog machine in full effect. Music was blaring from the speakers and the crowd was bouncing happily along. A stranger grabbed my wrist and whispered the sweetest nothing in my ear, “Hi, I think you’re the most beautiful looking thing here.” Aside from feeling somewhat like I was in an outdoor market, I was in heaven. Then all of a sudden…kerplunk: “Where are you from?” More
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Gay
Room for Squares
In the aftermath of outdoor celebrations like the Folsom Street Fair and the annual Lovefest, and in the face of the upcoming Castro Street Fair, which seek to highlight our communities of inclusion, I’d like to take some time to pay tribute to that often overlooked and underappreciated female that’s a part of every gay man’s youth. No, not your mother. Your fag hag. More
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Community Gets a Hand from PG&E
Like every community, San Francisco’s LGBT community has dealt with its share of problems, often with help from various non-profit organizations. Nowadays, with successful films like An Inconvenient Truth and The 11th Hour sbringing an increased awareness to the global climate crisis, the environment has been added to what was an already long list of issues. As our community prepares to respond, it has found a new ally in PG&E. More
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Gay
Room For Squares
Gay Relationships. What makes them work, what makes them not work? Are they any different from straight relationships? If the answer is yes, how so? Far from being an expert on the subject, I set out on a quest to find out by asking a few people I know. Some have been in long-term relationships, others have been in many relationships for a short time. All of them, however, have a distinct view on what it means to be queer and dating in this day and age. More
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Gay
Room For Squares
I’ve written a fair amount about how the Castro remains a beacon for the gay community of San Francisco -- both because it is a positive reminder of past struggles and because it serves as an encouraging face for the future. But the problems surrounding the Halloween “non-event” at the Castro this year got me a little more divided on the topic. More
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Gay
Room for Squares
Gays, we think we’re so open minded. On the surface, we’re a community of open arms. A group of cohesive individuals so over with discrimination that we spit at the very thought of it. We pride ourselves on advocating an all-inclusive philosophy. According to our modus operandi, nobody should be left outside alone. But when I was faced with the task of proving this mantra, I found it to be a conviction more idyllic in truth than practical. More
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Gay
Room For Squares
I’ve thought really long and hard and I’ve labored over whether or not to come out with this, but I just can’t keep it in any longer. I just have to get this secret off my chest now. (Wince, squint, squirm) Okay, here it goes…I hate gay me. There, I’ve said it. More
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Gay
Room for Squares
Hooray! "Project Runway" is back and boy am I excited. Who knew that a show about fashion designers could be so informative? Before the show, I had no idea that there were so many different fabrics, that it took so much work to make a garment, or that straight men designed clothes. Well, maybe Jeffrey Sebelia was a fluke. One thing you have to admit is that of all the so-called “queer” occupations, fashion designer takes the cake for being the most no-brainer. More
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Gay
Room for Squares
Social insecurities, we all have them. They run the gamut of anxieties from “Do I look fat?” to “Will he call me back?” But for all the time we spend worrying over the security of our romantic futures, no one ever really seems to worry about something that is much more fundamental to survival: our financial futures. More
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