When I want a good cry, and lately there’s been a lot to cry about for transgender folks, sometimes I take to the city and let my feelings run wild. Here’s a list of memorable locations for me. And, in the words of the late trans visionary Sophie, “it’s okay to cry.”

When I first heard the news that the ‘Bay Lights’ were in danger of going dark, and that an $11 million dollar donation was needed in order to keep them on, I thought to myself “some billionaire will foot the bill, probably Marc Benioff,” but that didn’t happen.  Instead, Illuminate,

By Reverend Lysol Tony-Romeo I’m proud to announce that Broke-Ass Stuart and I will be debuting a new livestream called Don’t Call It San Fran! It’s a natural combination, a journalist and Mayoral candidate teaming up with a drag queen and Reverend of a David Bowie church. What could be more

by Don Thompson All day and sometimes into the night, buses and vans pull up to three state-funded medical screening centers near California’s southern border with Mexico. Federal immigration officers unload migrants predominantly from Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, and Peru, most of whom await asylum hearings in the United States. Once

I remember mindlessly scrolling on Facebook when I saw it: an SF Standard article about San Francisco’s ‘Nepo Babies.’ I thought to myself “Ahh, more rich people to hate,” and I clicked on the link. Many of the names and faces were ones I had expected to see. But one

A lot of bad things happen on BART, but most of the time, no matter how bad the experience, you make it to your destination in one piece. But, in the case of David Nelson, that wasn’t the case. And it ended up costing BART over $9 million. Nelson’s leg

San Francisco’s Vaillancourt Fountain is pumping a particularly florescent hue these days.

The saga of City Hall’s right wing-ification continues. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has ostensibly requested a reversal of San Francisco’s status as a Sanctuary City. The Chronicle and KTVU were quick to blame Jenkins when news first broke of the controversy. It is unfortunately an easily understandable impulse. Victorious by