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What Is Queer Pain? Understanding April Dawn Alison
Are we ready to take on queer pain? Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, Oakland artist and resident April Dawn Alison took a series of self-portraits on Polaroid film in voluminous cocoa wigs and rouge lips, in a PVC skirt and color-matched pumps, in bondage. The massive compilation

Straight Men, Sucking D*ck Does Not Make You Gay
Cheers to the straight guys who have fooled around with me. I think of you from time to time, and I hope you’re well. You’re an integral part of my adolescence and early college years. I share our memories (anonymously, of course) with my gay friends to convivial laughter. They

The 2023 SF Wine Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the 2023 SF Wine Passport! There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. You get 2-for-1 glasses of wine at 23 of SF’s finest locally owned bars and restaurants for only $39.95! It honestly doesn’t get much better than that. And after the

Remembering Klaus Kinski & Other Tales of Terror
Welcome to Bay of the Living Dead, a regular column about the horror genre. In 1979 Klaus Kinski played the title role in Nosferatu the Vampire, acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog’s re-imagining of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, the expressionistic silent film which was the first screen adaptation of Dracula. Herzog’s film was