Kink returns to the streets this Saturday as The Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District, Folsom Street and the SOMA West Community Benefit District present SOMA Second Saturdays.

It was never my intention… — My Clipper Card—well the Google Pay version of my Clipper Card—scanned fine, but the fare gate wouldn’t open. This has happened to me before, and OF COURSE, it would happen again today in the midst of holiday prep. Frustrated, my heart racing, I jumped the gate like a novice hurdler…

It’s Christmas time, when everyone celebrates family and friends. For Christians, the occasion is used to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The LGBTQIA community, and the Christian church have seemingly been at odds for centuries, but it turns out the Bible says more than we once thought about Queerness. …

Gay Days Anaheim will again grace Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom — the one in California — Disneyland’s Gay Days is back in 2022! Gay Days Anaheim is an entire weekend of events each fall, and in the spring a smaller Mini Gay Day. …

“We presented ‘A Bronx Tale’ over in the Memorial Auditorium,” says longtime Broadway Sacramento Artistic Director Richard Lewis, “then everything shut down.” Broadway Sacramento hosts the Broadway on Tour season each fall and Broadway at Music Circus in the summer. …

Todrick Hall has a sleeve of tattoos dedicated to “The Wizard of Oz” down his arm. Since he was a child he has identified with Dorothy, The Cowardly Lion, The Tin Man and The Scarecrow, and their particular brand of magic. …

Several Asian and Queer community organizations kicked off the first-ever QTAPI Week in the United States over the weekend — Saturday afternoon in San Francisco, several Asian and Queer community organizations kicked off the first-ever QTAPI Week in the United States. Organizers are presenting a week of events dedicated to queer, trans Asians and Pacific Islanders. The day began with a press conference in Jane Warner Plaza, in keeping with…

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, along with Honey Mahogany and Alex U. Inn brought San Francisco’s queer community together Easter Sunday for the 2021 version, of an Easter tradition that dates back more than 30 years. — If you’ve been to almost any pride event since 1980, you have likely seen nuns decked out in over-the-top habits and clown makeup, each with a unique campy drag persona floating about, taking selfies and making noise. These nuns are members of a charitable organization called “The Sisters of Perpetual…

Misinformation, digital and language barriers, economic issues, and general distrust of the government are keeping members of the Native, LGBT, Asian and communities of color in Sacramento County from getting vaccinated. NOTE: This piece was written for, and originally appeared in Outword Magazine. For street-level organizations working to vaccinate under-served…