Oakland Social: Queer contra dance’s balance and swing
I generally try to stay away from making sweeping statements when it comes to what might constitute fun for someone else… but if you haven’t tried your hand at queer contra dance, you’re missing out on...
View ArticleOakland Pride to celebrate its fifth year with parade
The Oakland Pride Festival returns to Oakland for its fifth year this Sunday, with the city’s first LGBT Pride Parade also added to the event’s festivities. The parade helps celebrate the Festival’s...
View ArticleShow & Tell Concept Shop builds community in downtown Oakland
Washington had just repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell” as Nichole Payton and Alyah Baker brainstormed names for the retail shop of their dreams. What’s the opposite of “don’t ask, don’t tell?” Payton...
View ArticleA guide to Oakland’s queer spaces
If you felt a twinge of sadness when word got out that The Lexington, San Francisco’s “friendly neighborhood dyke bar,” is closing its doors for good — or you’re like me and you literally shed tears —...
View ArticleOakland schools make LGBTQ representation a priority in history curriculums
While the FAIR Act mandates schools in California to update their curriculum, the state didn’t give schools resources or funds to buy new textbooks or other resources.Throughout her 11 years of...
View ArticleOakland’s first LGBTQ community center opens
On a recent board game night at the new Oakland LGBTQ Community Center, a diverse group of people came together to play games like Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit, staying late into the night joking and...
View ArticleBay Area medical providers and activists react to law proposal for denying...
Advocacy groups say Conscience and Religious Freedom Division could allow for discrimination against vulnerable groups
View ArticleTales of Two Cities Podcast: Spectrums
Hear from people finding their own place on spectrums of language, hookup culture, neurodiversity, and politics.
View ArticleOakland alternative medicine practitioners work to make LGBTQ clients feel...
Autumn Ross, uses alternative medicine to help the LGBTQ community navigate their challenges.
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