The Stud

Life Advice From Anh Phoong: The Bay Area’s Most Famous Billboard Lawyer
Photos: Vita Hewitt Location: Chateau Tivoli Makeup: Kat Sarabia Something wrong? Call Anh Phoong. No, really. She has the answers. Seeing Anh Phoong in real life is a fever dream. She walks up the turquoise steps to Chateau Tivoli with her assistant trailing behind, clad in a smart plaid miniskirt

My 110 Year Old Victorian Has Witnessed Some Incredible Things
I awoke on Tuesday morning to my house shaking. I knew it wasn’t an earthquake because the wind outside was howling like a wild animal. But still, it’s a hell of a thing to be shaken awake. As of this year, my building will be 110 years old. Sitting on

The 2025 SF Beer Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 28 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 28 of the finest locally

Vivvyanne ForeverMORE, Embracing Authenticity & Glittering Glamour
Vivvyanne ForeverMORE, also known as Vivvy, is an inspiring drag performer who embodies the essence of authenticity, glittering glamour and bold self-expression. Her radiant personality brightens the lives of those around them, and they serve as a shining example for individuals who want to embrace their true selves and dance

Legendary LGBTQ Bar, the Stud, Reopening In San Francisco
San Francisco can be a heartbreaking place to be a business or a patron, but it’s not all doom and gloom; sometimes your favorite businesses come back to life, and in the case of the Stud, that is exactly what is happening. During the Pandemic, the Stud lost its location

How Heklina Changed My Life…That B*tch
by Noemi Zeigler Bejeweled in rhinestones, pearls and poofy-shouldered silver minidress, Heklina lays belly down on a chair in front of a green screen, arms and legs extended, making believe she’s flying. A fan blows through her silver wig while her hot pink painted lips are mouthing along to my

Love For This Club: A New Queer Collaborative Takes Off
Queer DJ collaborative Club Pansy was born in a San Francisco basement not long after the pandemic began. In March 2020, friends and roommates @aunteesam (Sam Pierce) and Andrew Sieving (@andrewsandiego) passed the indefinite lockdown learning to DJ their favorite styles of dance music. Together the pair invested in controllers,

Revive the Night: The Grassroots Effort Save SF’s Dancefloors
By Bailey Greenwood In the past 8 months, we’ve witnessed the crumbling of an industry that employed millions of people around the United States, and with no end in sight, an industry that will take years to rebuild. Revive the Night is a is a 3-day virtual festival taking place December

The Stud, SF’s Oldest Queer Bar, is Closing
Goddamnit. This one hurts. The Stud is closing. Goddamnit. First opened in 1966, The Stud has had lived in multiple locations over the past 54 but it’s been in its current location on 9th Street for quite some time now. In fact, it was set to close for good in