SF Bay Area

09 Jun 2023

Iconic Drag Performer You Should Know: Donna Personna

Donna Personna, drag queen, artist, actress and transgender activist, is dancing in sequins everywhere you look these days. Sales Force Park will be featuring her and Banda Sin Nombre in a show one June 17th. She was recently stunning the crowd at SF Moma meanwhile her film Donna (directed by

Vita Hewitt 0
09 Jun 2023

Did You Know You Could Stay in Alcatraz’s Infamous D-Block?

I alluded last week to my love for spooky spaces in The Bay. My fascination with these extraordinary locations began in 1999, when I was 19 years old and fortunate enough to have the chance to spend a night sleeping on a cot in Alcatraz’s notorious D-Block. The number of

Katy Atchison 0
08 Jun 2023

Oakland A’s Fans Mobilize “Reverse Boycott”

Oakland A’s fans have been protesting the team’s relocation to Las Vegas, expressing their dissatisfaction at recent games at a small scale. However, a larger grassroots event is now emerging to draw more attention to the fans’ concerns. Next Tuesday, fans of the Oakland A’s baseball team are planning a

Katy Atchison 0
08 Jun 2023

VERA! A Drag King You Should Know

With a massive collection of fanny packs and a heart full of acceptance and love they are winning the hearts of the Bay Area.

Vita Hewitt 0
07 Jun 2023

Pro-Trans Protest Being Organized by 12 and 16 Year Old Activists

Over the past few years, transgender people – especially transgender youth – have been the target of escalating war from The GOP. As Robert Reich so astutely points out, “Republican leaders have mastered the art of manufacturing crises to divert the public’s attention from the real crisis of our era

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07 Jun 2023

How These Rock ‘n’ Roll Roadies are Saving Shelter Pets from Euthanasia

What do you get when you combine a van, seasoned roadies, and hundreds of shelter pets looking for a new home? You get Roadies and Rescues, the transportation non-profit helping to relocate shelter pets up and down the West Coast! Many folks know Paul Thomas as Bottom of the Hill’s

Kit Friday -Mild in the Streets 0
07 Jun 2023

San Francisco’s Medical Billing Nightmare: How I Fought Unaccountable Bureaucracy

by Elliot Mae Imagine this. You took the wrong dose of a prescribed medication. You’re disoriented and kind of panicking. You have the wherewithal to call Poison Control. Poison Control tells you to call 911. The 911 operator sends a couple of storybook EMTs to your Trendyloin studio apartment. They

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06 Jun 2023

If You Care About The Bay Area, Ride BART.

There are few things as inextricably tied to the experience of day-to-day life in the Bay Area as BART. Bay Area Rapid Transit is more than a rail network or a type of public infrastructure, it’s a cultural icon that serves as a microcosm of everything the San Francisco Bay

Abraham Woodliff - Bay Area Memelord 0