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Amtrak suspects suicide attempt in train incident by Alex Madison

mtrak police investigating the case of a gay man who was found critically injured adjacent to the train tracks near Truckee, California, said this week that they believe the young college student was “very distraught” while on the train and may have attempted suicide. Aaron Salazar, 22, was found lying near the railroad tracks at the far east end of Truckee May 15, Truckee Police Chief Rob Leftwich said in a statement last week. Salazar had suffered significant injures and was transported to a See page 2 >>

The Circle of Friends, which remembers those who have died of HIV/AIDS, is the centerpiece of the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park. Rick Gerharter

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t’s been just over a year since the National AIDS Memorial Grove announced plans for an AIDS museum, and since then the project is still in a visionary stage, according to grove Executive Director John Cunningham. Meanwhile, the GLBT Historical Society is moving ahead with its plan for a museum of its

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own and has received a $50,000 grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission to conduct a feasibility study. The status of both projects comes on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS when an article appeared on June 5, 1981, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Although the AIDS museum is in the beginning phase, Cunningham said it is more important than ever to capture the stories of HIV/ AIDS survivors and others who lived through the global epidemic that hit San Francisco particularly hard in the 1980s and early 1990s. “It’s a necessity to capture the stories of the epidemic,” Cunningham said in an interview

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he San Francisco Police Officers Association swore in its first gay president, Tony Montoya, May 16. He inherits the police union during a time of tension among city departments, the possible loss of a police chief, and major policy reforms in the San Francisco Police Department. With that, Montoya said that his number one priority is the union membership. “It’s not about me, it’s about the members and making sure I do my job and continue to

represent their voices on the many issues we face,” said Montoya, who is also a member of the Latino community. Tension and the city’s lack of respect is reportedly why the union’s former president, Martin Halloran, stepped down, according to what Gary Delagnes, a former association president, told the San Francisco Chronicle. Montoya said Halloran didn’t step down because of any particular reason or person and that it was simply the right time. Montoya, 50, has a long history with the association, formerly serving as vice president and sat on its executive board for 18 years. He was also a police officer stationed in the Mission district where he led the undercover unit for six years. When the Bay Area Reporter spoke with Montoya over the phone he said it had been a “crazy first week” and he was getting settled. Although just getting started, Montoya had a lot to say about use-of-force, Tasers, and said he brings an open mind to the association and hopes to foster a more positive and respectful relationship among the city and the more than 2,000-member union. “Some people say relationships are fractured, and, yes, we are going to be separate on many issues,” Montoya said of various city departments. “But I have an open-door policy and want to focus more on our commonalities and See page 14 >>

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makeup, and dress the trans challenging the “evil syswoman was wearing. tem,” noted Serano. People While it is certainly poswho are different thus sible that the same couple become a “marked group” would also have made who may be construed to a snide remark about a hold up the evil system, she transgender man, “I doubt said. very much they would’ve When she first transimade fun of his masculine tioned, Serano was surprised Sari Staver clothing,” Serano said. to see prejudice come up “It really struck me that Author and so often “in activist circles,” while transgender men activist Julia which she said is “horrible” certainly are harassed, Serano for a number of reasons. calling her clothing ‘shit’ is “None of us get to pick misogyny,” she said. “I’d be gender and sexuality,” she surprised to hear people saying a suit said, “so let’s not accuse people of or a T-shirt and jeans on a transgendoing gender ‘wrong.’” Social moveder man looked like shit.” ments, while fighting for a just world, While it may or may not be conbecome intolerant themselves when scious, many people see femininity they exclude other minorities, she said. as “artificial, contrived, and manipuMany social movements would lative” while viewing masculinity as benefit from “strength in numbers,” “sincere and practical,” Serano said. said Serano, but they still exclude By ascribing manipulative characpeople and dilute their effectiveness. teristics to females, it reinforces the Activists can also be guilty of marginnotion that trans women “are not real alization, she said. women,” said Serano. Media depictions of trans women The concept is widespread, Serano have improved “but are still a mixed said, and is seen everywhere from bag,” Serano said. While high-profile mainstream movies to activist spaces. celebrities such as Laverne Cox have “It’s the idea that we, as trans made progress in educating the public, women, are some sort of parody” of it is still not unusual to see an “ignobiological women, she added. rant” television talk show host using Because so many activists – includinappropriate language, she said. ing gays and lesbians – see them“We’ve made inroads but the pheselves as rebels against a system, they nomena of exclusion continues unsee themselves as the “good guys” abated,” she concluded.t

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ur Lady J, a transgender woman, is excited about “Pose,” a new trans-themed TV musical drama that premieres Sunday, June 3, and on which she serves as a writer and producer. A classically trained pianist, Our Lady J, as she is known, has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City. “Getting to Carnegie Hall was a challenge, but I ended up leaving the music industry because of an even greater challenge – transphobia,” she told the Bay Area Reporter in a phone interview May 27. “I found television to be more accepting of identities that challenge the system.” She found out how transphobic the music industry could be when she moved to Los Angeles. “I was told that no one wants to hear a ‘tranny’ sing sad songs,” she recalled. “I’m glad that way of speaking is no longer tolerated.”

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espite what some LGBTQ leaders – and those who support one of the other major candidates for San Francisco mayor – may believe, we are not in a postgay world. President Donald Trump and his administration are systematically undoing President Barack Obama’s legacy, and tilting the country radically to the right by targeting LGBTQs, immigrants, minorities, people living on coasts, and all perceived enemies in a thinly veiled reassertion of white supremacy. We, LGBTQ voters in San Francisco, have a chance to stand up against exclusion and for diversity by casting our ballots for gay former state lawmaker and city supervisor Mark Leno for mayor in the June 5 primary. As we wrote a few weeks ago, residents can expect a mayor who will bring a depth of experience at the local and state levels to bear on intractable problems like homelessness and housing affordability. Among his other plans: Ending street homelessness by 2020, Leno calls for utilizing 1,500 empty singleroom occupancy hotel units that are spread across various buildings. Advocates changing the city’s budgeting process and demanding real results from departments. Conducting a managerial and performance audit of department heads – the implication being that changes likely will be made. He is committed to ensuring that boards and commissions reflect the face of San Francisco. As he said in his 60-second TV ad that was broadcast on every local station last week, when he came out, almost 50 years ago, being gay was illegal. “When I came out in 1969, being gay was a crime and still considered a mental disorder,” he said. “So I came to San Francisco. I met the love of my life here. Then, I lost him to AIDS. Thousands died while the government turned its back. So I

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decided to fight back for every person who faces discrimination. And for 18 years, I’ve stood for those without a voice.” Although times have changed for the better, the LGBTQ community faces increasing discrimination and violence – even in liberal San Francisco – encouraged by the Trump administration’s homophobia. LGBTQs face the same challenges as many other vulnerable communities: We are living with HIV/AIDS, we are addicts, we are homeless, we are forced to leave the city because we can’t afford to stay here. Leno will be a mayor for all and will provide the leadership to uphold our values with determination and compassion. Voters have a choice, as Leno has said on the campaign trail, between the failed status quo or fundamental change. Change

is hard for a lot of people, but it doesn’t have to be. We urge voters to cast their first choice ballots for Leno. It’s time for city departments to be more accountable for how taxpayer money is spent. It’s time for new ideas and bold leadership in getting people off the streets. “I am committed to being a mayor for everyone,” Leno said in his latest ad. “I will bring people together to solve our toughest problems.” Last week, Leno told us he embraces the significance of his campaign: “We have the rare and historic opportunity to elect not only the most qualified and experienced candidate, but one who will be the first from our community to lead this city as our next mayor.” We can have a mayor for all of us, and one who happens to be gay too. Seize that opportunity on June 5.t

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n April 2017, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to eliminate the sale of menthol and other flavor additives in all nicotine products sold in the city. The legislation was instigated by African-American advocates fighting to protect their community and others from tobacco industry predation. Back in the 1960s, the industry distributed free menthol cigarettes in African-American neighborhoods around the country, creating a market and making menthol a badge of identity for AfricanAmericans. Among African-American smokers, 80 percent smoke menthol. Menthol makes it easier to start smoking and harder to quit. The industry knows this. LGBT smokers are also more likely to use menthol. Before the legislation could take effect, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company spent nearly a million dollars gathering signatures for a ballot initiative to overturn this life-saving measure. Any time the industry reacts so strongly, we know we’re on to something and it’s scared. It should be. Menthol and other flavors are the hooks that make it easier to seduce a new generation of smokers. As always, the industry is arguing for free choice. But when other substances have been proved harmful or problematic, such as DDT, lead paint, or asbestos, they have been pulled from the market. One no longer has the choice to purchase them. Menthol and other flavors increase the likelihood of becoming a smoker, getting addicted, and losing a decade or more of life before a painful death. And, no surprise, addiction is the antithesis of free choice. What about the industry’s choice to market a product that will kill 50 percent of its longtime users? Back in the 1970s, tobacco industry executives said they would stop selling cigarettes if they believed it caused cancer. They now acknowledge the link to

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A yes vote on Proposition E would ban the sale of flavored tobacco products in San Francisco.

cancer. They’re still selling cigarettes. Since the Food and Drug Administration was granted oversight for tobacco in 2009, its scientific advisory committee has concluded that removing menthol would benefit public health, but the FDA has failed to do so because of political pressure from the industry. That is why local jurisdictions are acting. The industry’s campaign is deceptive and offensive. It mocks the Board of Supervisors for not being able to solve “real” problems, and taking on this issue instead. This is a long-standing tactic of the industry, minimizing the harms of smoking by drawing attention to other important issues. It claims that “we all want to keep tobacco out of the hands of kids.” Not so, it doesn’t. It knows that 90 percent of smokers pick up the habit before the age of 18. How else is the industry going to get its replacement

smokers? It claims it’s upset that eliminating flavors from e-cigarettes will discourage adult smokers trying to transition to the “less harmful alternative.” But the thousands of different flavored e-cigarettes are geared toward middle and high school kids, a true gateway drug. Kids who vape are more likely to graduate to cigarettes within a few years than those that don’t. Ignoring the fact that this issue was instigated by African-American leaders, RJ Reynolds is accusing proponents of racism, when it is quite the reverse. It says, “Elected officials are intentionally targeting and banning the tobacco products preferred by minority communities.” It ignores the disproportionate suffering and death at its hands in these communities. In an earlier campaign in the 1990s pitting the tobacco industry against public health, the industry asked on a billboard at 16th and Market streets, “What will the regulators regulate next?” Once again, it is attempting to exploit our community’s embrace of freedom of choice by conflating it with having access to a harmful substance (that it’s selling!) And don’t forget: This is the same RJ Reynolds that devised Project SCUM back in the 1990s, the marketing scheme to pitch cigarettes to gay men in the Castro and homeless men in the Tenderloin. Now they want your vote. Don’t be fooled. This is all about Big Tobacco’s profits verses public health. It knows if San Francisco successfully challenges one of the industry’s major methods of hooking a new generation, it could spread nationwide. Please vote yes on E.t Naphtali Offen is a longtime community activist, and co-founder and president of CLASH, the Coalition of Lavender-Americans on Smoking or Health.

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LYRIC youth speaks out

Several months ago, the Bay Area Reporter approached the Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center about a story it was writing about PrEP for adolescents and wanted to include information about LYRIC’s new PrEP for Youth program, which is a collaborative with San Francisco AIDS Foundation and is funded by San Francisco Department of Public Health. The reporter shared that the B.A.R. was particularly interested in getting the perspective of a youth engaged in the program. When the article, “PrEP for Adolescents,” ran in the May 17 issue, we were quite disappointed to see that it did not include the remarks provided by the youth. Because a young person, Julius, who asked that his last name not be published, provided such thoughtful, insightful remarks, we wish to share them with B.A.R. readers: “It is important for youth, especially sexually active youth, to know about PrEP. As a leader it is important for me to tell other youth the ways they can be protected while having sex. As a leader I get to guide youth in the right direction. I am on PrEP myself, to show them you have to practice what you preach. I want to lead the new generation into being an HIV-free generation. I want to see everyone in my community happy because I’ve led them into this future. LYRIC gives the opportunity for youth to come together to talk about PrEP – what it is, how we can benefit from it personally and benefit from it throughout our community. Working with LYRIC helps me become a better leader. It is a blessing to have an organization that supports LGBTQQ youth to be active in our community, to be a voice for our community. We get paid for a job we love to do. Being a leader is about seeing the reaction of my community, how others are uplifted by my story. Queer youth exist. Youth want to be PrEP leaders. We are the face of the next generation. We exist in the Castro. We are underdogs, we may not have the loudest voices, but we are leaders as well, we understand elders paved the way, but we are here. I want to see a community come together and not be divided because of age or generation. I would like to see more of older adults be mentors to us, tell us how they became leaders, and how they can pass down the torch to us, the younger generation.” Thank you, Julius. Jodi L. Schwartz, Executive Director, LYRIC San Francisco

Breed for mayor, Sheehy for D8 supe

Breed has demonstrated strong pragmatic leadership on the Board of Supervisors and she deserves our vote for mayor. Sheehy has demonstrated strong independent leadership on the Board of Supervisors and his office is very responsive to constituent concerns. Also, Breed and Sheehy were instrumental in helping Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinners, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, obtain a $25,000 congregant community meals grant from the city in the 2017-2018 fiscal year so we can continue to feed 1,000 needy adults and children three times a year on Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas; this was the first time Tenderloin Tessie ever received city funding in our 40 years of existence feeding holiday meals to our community. We need effective leaders in City Hall. Please vote for Sheehy and Breed on Tuesday, June 5. Marilyn Murrillo, M.A. Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinners Grants Administrator and Board Member San Francisco

Bleich for lieutenant governor

On June 5, we have the opportunity to support Jeff Bleich for lieutenant governor, someone whose legal work has advanced the LGBT civil rights movement in so many critical ways. In 1991, Bleich championed LGBT Americans serving in the military, challenging “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” on behalf of a Navy lieutenant commander, Paul Thomasson, who would not lie about being gay. He did this even when many fellow Democrats were timid to fight for our community’s right to serve in the military. Bleich also worked, pro bono, with the San Francisco City Attorney’s office in our push to win the freedom to marry in California. More recently, Bleich served as co-counsel on a brief to the Supreme Court, defending the Obama administration’s determination that transgender people are protected by federal antidiscrimination law. Bleich’s proven track record of commitment to equality is clear both in and out of the courtroom. As lieutenant governor, I know Bleich will stand with the LGBT community in all our diversity, ensure California’s anti-discrimination laws are enforced, push for policies that create greater equality throughout the state, and continue our state’s leadership on LGBT equality, Immigration rights, reform of our justice system and so much more.

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hould next week’s special election for the District 8 seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors be won in a landslide, it could also decide the outcome of the November race for a full four-year term representing the city’s gay Castro district as well as Noe Valley, Diamond Heights, and Glen Park. In the June 5 primary race Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, a gay married father who was appointed in 2017 by the late mayor Ed Lee to the vacant seat, is running against gay attorney Rafael Mandelman, a member of the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees. They are seeking to serve out the remainder of former supervisor Scott Wiener’s term through early January. Wiener resigned in late 2016 after being elected to the state Senate. In editorial board meetings with the Bay Area Reporter earlier this spring, both candidates said they would look at the primary race results to determine if they would continue to campaign through the fall election. If either wins by double digits next week, then the losing candidate will face questions about the viability of their candidacy going forward. “It depends on what the election outcome looks like,” said Mandelman. He declined to say what percentage

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of a loss would prompt him to end his bid. But “if it is close,” Mandelman said he would “definitely” stay in the race. He lost to Wiener in the 2010 race for the supervisor seat but is “cautiously optimistic” of winning this time. “I really want to win in June,” said Mandelman. Sheehy, who is seeking to become the first known HIV-positive person to be elected supervisor in the city, also said he would re-examine his election plans for the fall if he loses next week to Mandelman. But if the margin of victory is small, Sheehy is likely to remain in the race. “I’ll see what my options are and

see what is happening,” said Sheehy. Considered part of the board’s current 6-5 moderate majority, Sheehy will be under pressure to quickly decide. If he does drop out, another moderate candidate would only have until June 12 to file for the November election. Such a scenario may become moot, as Sheehy predicted he would survive the primary race. “I know I am going to win because people come up to me and tell me they like what I am doing,” he said.

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une is Pride Month and several cities in the region will hold festivals, parades, or both in the coming weeks. New this year is the return of Sonoma County Pride to Santa Rosa. As reported a few months ago, organizers made the switch to centrally located Santa Rosa due to dwindling attendance at the event while it was in Guerneville. Under the theme, “Together We Rise,” the 31st annual Pride will be held June 1-3, mostly at the Old Courthouse Square. The parade will take place at noon Saturday, June 2, beginning at Freedom Park, and will end at the square for the festival, which ends at 8 p.m. Sunday’s main attraction will be the OutWatch LGBT Film Festival at the Third Street Cinema. For queer youth, LGBTQ Connection of Sonoma County will offer several events, including a contingent in the parade. Other activities are scheduled throughout June. For more information about Sonoma Pride, visit https://www. sonomacountypride.org/. For more on LGBTQ Connection, visit https:// www.lgbtqconnection.org/#hometop. As for Guerneville, it will have its own Russian River Pride event August 24-26.

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The Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County will hold a Pride festival Saturday, June 2, from 3 to 9 p.m. at Todos Santos Plaza, 2175 Willow Pass Road. Organizers said there will be exhibitors, food trucks, beer and wine vendors, and community-based organizations and businesses in support of the LGBTQ community. Entertainment will be provided by local bands, comedians, Cheer SF, and local performers. An after-party will be held at Club 1220, 1220 Pine Street in Walnut Creek.

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“We are excited to be hosting Concord Pride this June,” RCC board President Ken Carlson said in a news release. He added that the rainbow flag will be raised at Concord City Hall June 1. For more information, visit https:// www.visitconcordca.com/events/concord-pride-lgbtq-pride-celebration/.

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Santa Cruz will hold its annual Pride parade and festival Sunday, June 3. The parade begins at 11 a.m. at Pacific Avenue and Church Street. It ends at Cathcart and Cedar streets. The festival is at the end of the parade route and goes until 4 p.m. Admission is free, but a $5 donation is suggested. It is an alcohol- and tobacco-free event. Entertainment includes Momma’s Boyz, Cheer SF, Dark Rose Cabaret, and many other performers. For more information, visit http:// www.santacruzpride.org.

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The capital city will hold its Pride parade and march and festival Sunday, June 10. The parade and march starts at 11 a.m. at Third and N streets; it ends at 10th and N streets. The festival takes place on the Capitol Mall, between Third and Seventh streets, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the festival is $10, kids 10 and under are free. Festival entertainment includes Martha Wash, Mayhem Miller, and Planet Booty. Equality California, the state’s LGBT advocacy group, will also be participating and people are welcome to join its parade contingent or stop by its booth. For more information about Sacramento Pride, visit https://sacramentopride.org/. To join EQCA, visit http:// action.eqca.org/sac-pride-2018.t

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he San Francisco County Clerk’s office will make available extra marriage ceremony appointments Friday, June 22, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to celebrate LGBT Pride. City Administrator Naomi Kelly and the clerk’s office announced last week that couples can sign up now to tie the knot in City Hall. Appointments can be made online at www.sfgov.org/countyclerk. In addition, walk-ins will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis for couples who have a California marriage license. Officials said that the city is proud of the vital role it’s played in the marriage equality movement and the actions local government has taken in its steadfast support of marriage equality for all. The Pride ceremonies will be officiated in the North Light Court. Unique Pride souvenir marriage licenses will be offered to all couples who commemorate their union on this special day, and wedding parties will be invited to visit a photo booth to take keepsake pictures. The fee for a ceremony is $83, and all couples must have valid current government-issued IDs. For more information, visit w w w. s f g o v. o r g / c o u n t y c l e r k /

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The San Mateo County Pride Center will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a party Friday, June 1, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 1021 S. El Camino Real. The evening’s theme is “One Year of Queer” and will honor and celebrate the center’s accomplishments. Those include the county’s first queer prom, quarterly intergenerational dinners, an oral history project, and peer social and support groups for various queer identities. The party will feature entertainment by drag queens, music, art, food, appreciations, and more. There is no cost to attend,

The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco will celebrate LGBTQ Pride throughout June with a variety of social gatherings, workshops, lectures, and free celebrations for all ages. Events below are at JCCSF, 3200 California Street. Coming up Sunday, June 3, from noon to 4 p.m., the Transgender Law Center will hold a name and gender marker clinic, which will offer guidance for people in filling out legal name and/or gender change court forms, including fee waiver requests, as well as applications to change name and gender markers on Social Security cards, passports, driver’s licenses, and birth certificates. The popular “Saturdays Unplugged” at the JCCSF returns June 16 with a Pride celebration at 3 p.m. It will feature a family-friendly drag performance. The event brings families and friends together to celebrate Shabbat, with a screen-free afternoon of live music, sample cocktails, and happy hour specials, as well as hands-on activities for kids. That same evening at 6 will be the Teen Pride Prom. The event is free, but advance reservation is required and interested people should email Jane Davis at jdavis@jccsf.org. See page 14 >>

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GBT youth support programs known as Q Groups are on the chopping block in Mayor Mark Farrell’s proposed two-year budget. The middle school-based program was the only proposal among five put forth by the Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center that was not included in the budget document that will be presented to the Board of Supervisors June 1. The supervisors then spend June finalizing the budget before the fiscal year starts July 1. Jodi Schwartz, a queer woman who is the longtime executive director of LYRIC, a nonprofit LGBT youth center, is fighting hard to get the groups funded. Q Groups are safe spaces, usually held within a middle school’s wellness center, where LGBT youth can visit once a week for a one-hour

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session. There, LGBT youth have the opportunity to learn about their identity, how to navigate the coming out experience, suicide prevention,

bond with other LGBT students, and have an older LGBT mentor. A statistic Schwartz highlighted was that 59 percent of LGBT youth who attended Q Groups came out during that time. “These groups are giving them the ability, tools, and support they need to have those important conversations now and really transform their lives in a positive way that wouldn’t have happened otherwise,” Schwartz said in a recent interview with the Bay Area Reporter. There are currently six Q Groups in five San Francisco Unified School District middle schools, the first of which started in 2016. LYRIC is asking for $175,885, a slight increase over this year, to maintain the groups and expand them into five more middle schools, and to deepen the services to offer more one-on-one mentoring for LGBT youth that LYRIC is calling

one-on-one youth advocacy. Q Groups initially started at the high school level and are now in 12 high schools. The high school funding was included in the proposed budget. For one 19-year-old, whose middle school experience was isolating, Q Groups would have saved them a lot of suffering. “If I was in a Q Group back in middle school, I wouldn’t have felt so alone in the world,” said Jojo, who asked that their last name not be published. JoJo is a trans and queer Filipinx who is a fellow in LYRIC’s leadership program. “It would’ve given me an opportunity to be part of a bigger community and [have] access to resources of support,” JoJo said. LYRIC got the support of two youth commissioners May 7, when Commissioners Lisa Yu and Lily Marshall-Fricker announced their

support. Schwartz and other representatives from LYRIC also presented at a Board of Supervisors’ budget hearing and have had a meeting with Farrell and Clair Farley, the mayor’s senior adviser for transgender initiatives, on funding for the Q Groups. “I feel like the meeting was successful,” said Schwartz, who is still hopeful the programs will get funded for next year. “These marginalized communities are not old enough to vote yet, but our goal is to lift up their voices. They need to be able to have access to education in a place that is safe and inclusive and where school staff and teachers are trained in cultural competency to know how to work with their unique needs.” The city’s Department of Children, Youth & Their Families has See page 14 >>

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incumbent in the Beaver State. Valdez is a former Dallas sheriff who will take on Republican Governor Greg Abbott in a deep red state. Other primaries are coming up.

nly in recent years has the LGBT community been able to support one or two openly LGBT candidates for governor. In 2014, it was two – Mike Michaud in Maine and Heather Mizeur in Maryland; they lost. In 2016, it was one – Kate Brown in Oregon; she won. There are currently seven competing in primaries around the country, including an actress in New York, a congressman in Colorado, a zookeeper in Oklahoma, and the first transgender candidate for governor in Vermont. Two candidates, Brown in Oregon and Lupe Valdez in Texas, recently won their primaries and will compete

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10 • BAY AREA REPORTER • May 31-June 6, 2018

Sydney offers more than Mardi Gras by Heather Cassell

here’s something special about Sydney when it’s winter here, and fall down under. I traveled there earlier this year to cover the 40th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, but also had time to take in other activities. Mardi Gras is a huge LGBT event, but the city offers plenty of things to do, from shopping and dining to checking out the gayborhood. As I arrived in late February, the water in the harbor was glistening as the ferries shuttled from the Circular Quay near the famed Sydney Opera House, where tourists took their obligatory selfies in front of the modernist architecture that has defined the Australian city for nearly 45 years. It was a beautiful scene as people strolled along the promenade and dined along the waterfront with the Harbor Bridge and Opera House in the background. Excitement was also in the humid air, as people from cab drivers to Sydneysiders (what Sydney residents call themselves) I spoke with throughout the week all said it was a rare occasion when the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (http://www.mardigras. org.au) hadn’t seen rain. Sunshine was the only forecast for the estimated 300,000 festivalgoers from around the country and the world descended upon Sydney to celebrate Mardi Gras’ 40th anniversary in February and early March and Australia’s passage of same-sex marriage, according to event organizers. I was one of those celebrants as a guest of Visit New South Wales (http://www.visitnsw.com) and Qantas Airways (http://www.qantas. com/us/en.html), which I flew nonstop on the 14-hour flight from San Francisco to Sydney. “Marching for Qantas brings me so much joy,” wrote Michael James, 39-year-old gay Sydneysider who is the Mardi Gras parade director for Qantas, in an email interview. “It makes me happy to see everyone’s face light up when they see us coming.” James is a 12-year Qantas veteran who for four years has headed up the airline’s Mardi Gras float, #RainbowRoo, and the hundreds of participating employees, he told the Bay Area Reporter. The March 3 parade was followed by a sold-out Mardi Gras after-party headlined by Cher in Moore Park that lasted until 8 a.m. However, many Mardi Gras partygoers were disappointed that they didn’t get into the Hordern Pavilion where Cher performed. Outside the concert hall, only one screen at the entrance to the gates showed Cher’s 20-minute performance. The disappointment gave way to Cher announcing a full arena tour of Australia in September and October, reported Time Out Sydney. Many of the Mardi Gras events were sold out, but that didn’t stop me

from enjoying festivities throughout the city. I was able to attend events nearly every night, from the Bearded Tit (http://thebeardedtit.com), a lesbian-owned bar in the Redfern neighborhood, to the annual Planet Dwellers Mardi Gras Sunset Cruise (https://planetdwellers.com.au/ mardi-gras-sunset-cruise-2018). It was an exciting night at the Bearded Tit as it was the site of the premier party of “Black Divaz” (www. pursekey.com.au/black-divaz) at the Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney. The hourlong documentary follows five indigenous Australian drag queens’ journeys as they compete for the crown at the inaugural Miss First Nations drag queen pageant. The queens in the film took the stage at the Bearded Tit for a knockout performance before a packed house. “Being queer, I love being able to offer a space for more alternative/ punk expression and be a home for queer activism,” Joy Ng, a 39-yearold queer woman who owns the Bearded Tit, wrote in an email interview with the B.A.R. The party was also all along Oxford Street at the Stonewall Hotel, one of the longest-running gay bars in Darlinghurst neighborhood, the Colombian Hotel (http://colombian.com.au), and the Oxford Hotel (http://www.theoxfordhotel.com. au), right at Taylor Square where the community gathers.

Exploring Sydney

Sydney has changed quite a bit since my last visit six years ago, and the LGBT community is prouder than ever. However, the gay neighborhood has changed. Businesses have shuttered on some blocks and new businesses that aren’t necessarily gayowned, but are gay-friendly, moved into empty storefronts on other blocks along Oxford Street, Mario Paez, my guide on the Sydney Gay Village Walking Tour (https://planetdwellers.com.au/pd-tours), said as he pointed out buildings once occupied by a gay-owned business. Paez is also co-owner of Planet Dwellers, a gay travel agency. He noted the battle to keep the neighborhood gay with permanent fixtures of rainbow flags, rather than the rainbow colors that go up only for Mardi Gras, is ongoing. It was the sign of the times in the rapidly changing city. The city’s food scene was on fire w i t h new, innovative restaurants. There’s also shopping and a series of festivals throughout the year thanks to the mild daytime temperatures that generally reach around 80 degrees Fahrenheit at the highest and around 60 degrees at the lowest. My first stop was at the Opera House, where I walked around and took the history tour again. The iconic building will be closed for major renovations starting in mid-2019. After that, I took a Mardi Gras Sunset Cruise. The cruise was one of the

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hundreds of parties hosted throughout the week leading up to the Mardi Gras parade and after-party. The cruise included drag performances by Coco Jumbo and a dance party where DJ Amanda Louise spun dance anthems on the water as the boat circled the harbor. Away from the Mardi Gras action, I spent a day at Bondi Beach (http:// www.bondivillage.com), the city’s most popular beach, and strolled along the popular Bondi to Bronte Coastal Walk. Bondi Beach is also home to the popular Icebergs Dining Room and Bar, with its saltwater pool that overlooks the ocean, and the Bondi Farmers Market. The city has many parks that make for great walks and cafes to stop in to relax and enjoy the scenery.

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Michael James, the parade director for Qantas Airways, relaxes for a moment during Mardi Gras.

Dining, shopping

Perhaps the most fun I had was simply walking, shopping, and eating my way through Sydney. I took some time to explore Sydney’s popular markets, such as the Rocks Market (http://www. therocks.com/things-to-do/therocks-markets.aspx) near the Harbor Bridge; while at the beach I shopped at the Bondi Farmers Market (http://bondimarkets.com.au), held every Saturday. On another day I came across the Fitzroy Gardens Market at Kings Cross. I also explored the shops in the Paddington, Darlinghurst, Surry Hills, and Potts Point neighborhoods. To get my days started right, Sydney offered many great breakfast and brunch spots. I really enjoyed dining by the paddocks, sipping coffee, and eating a fresh crab omelet at Seventeen (http://www.17.com.au). And I watched people walk by at the fun and wacky Cuckoo Callay’s (http:// www.cuckoo-callay.com.au) as I ate my egg and blue crab cake in Surry Hills. I had a delicious blueberry ricotta hotcake at Harry’s, a fun spot at Bondi Beach. My afternoons and evenings weren’t much different. I lunched at Hacienda (https://haciendasydney. com.au) near the Opera House, and China Doll (https://chinadoll.com. au) at Woolloomooloo Wharf. The highlights of my dining adventure in Sydney were lunch at Saint Peter (http://www.saintpeter. com.au) and Fred’s (https://merivale.com/venues/freds), both in the Paddington neighborhood. Josh Niland, the fresh-faced chef and owner of Saint Peter, gives a whole new meaning to how to use not only every piece of the fish, but leftovers too. In just 10 months, at 28 years old, he’s perfected an art and inspired Australia’s sustainable food movement with his hot new restaurant. The food was amazing; it’s no wonder that Niland has been named one of the country’s Top 10 Chefs, by Australian Financial Review. Fred’s is a classic French restaurant

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The Darlinghurst neighborhood was alive with excitement leading up to the 40th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in March.

reminiscent of the French countryside. The cooks prepare the food in an open kitchen in the middle of the restaurant, while diners enjoy the plates brought to them. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and the food is delicious. My other favorites were Bea at Barangaroo House (http://www.barangaroohouse.com.au/bea-restaurant) and the aforementioned Icebergs (https://icebergs.com.au). Both delivered exceptional food and service with amazing waterfront views. Paez, the tour guide, also recommended gay-owned eateries Claire’s Kitchen at Le Salon (http://www. claireskitchen.com.au), a venture by French-born Marc Kuzma, aka Claire de Lune; Belloccio Restaurant (http://www.belloccio.com.au); and Thai Nesia Restaurant (http:// www.thainesia.com.au), which are all located in the neighborhood on Oxford Street. The only restaurant I dined at that I wasn’t a fan of was Mjolner Eathouse (https://mjolner.com.au/sydney), a Thor-themed restaurant that was fun, but the food was disappointing. It’s never good when the sides and wine outshine the main dish.

Where to stay

At the end of my daily walkabout, I

rested at the Larmont Sydney (http:// www.lancemore.com.au/larmont), a boutique hotel perched on the top of a hill at Kings Cross in the Potts Point neighborhood, where Mardi Gras began. The view and service were beyond excellent. For two nights I was neighbors with Australian actor Russell Crowe at the Ovolo Woolloomooloo (http:// www.ovolohotels.com.au/ovolowoolloomooloo), staying in a 1.5-bath loft suite (Crowe has a condo there). The luxury hotel right on the paddocks below Potts Point in the upscale Woolloomooloo neighborhood was quiet and residential compared to the Larmont. However, the staff service wasn’t quite as warm and welcoming as my experience at the Larmont.

Getting around

Getting around Sydney is easy, but finding your exact location is slightly off. It’s a major metropolitan area filled with car services, taxis, Uber, and a good public transit system with underground trains and busses. My only issue was that buildings aren’t numbered with the level of accuracy and detail North Americans are used to. Just look to the left or the right of where you are supposed to be, about five or 10 feet, and you should be able to find the right place. t

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12 • BAY AREA REPORTER • May 31-June 6, 2018

Queer youth to the front of gun debate by Christina A. DiEdoardo

ours after the guns fell silent in Santa Fe, Texas, after yet another school shooting on Friday, May 18, high school students in the Bay Area assembled at City Hall in San Francisco to deliver a simple message. “In the eyes of this country, we are old enough to die at school, but too young to defend ourselves from the weapons that cut us down,” Jake Cohen, a queer student at Tamalpais High School, said to a crowd of about 80 people on a cool spring evening. “We are the victims,” he said. “And mark my words, the victims will soon become your leaders.” In some ways, they already have. Queer youth were in leadership roles in the April action by high school students at the Cow Palace against the Crossroads of the West Gun Show, just as they were at City Hall. “The right to own a firearm and wield it unchecked is not justice,” said Cohen. “Nor is it freedom. We will not stop fighting for the victims of Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Pulse, and Santa Fe.” The event was organized by a coalition of students, including members of Bay Area Student Activists, which was founded after the March for Our Lives Against Gun Violence in late March. Other speakers demanded the imposition of universal background checks and mandatory waiting periods for all firearm purchases, the creation of gun violence restraining orders in those states that currently lack them, and the repeal of the

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with the Bay Area Reporter. “When AIDS is all said and done, there will be one entity that will have the responsibility to tell the story and to inform future generations.” Cunningham said the grove is not considering locations or building designs at this point, and that he would like it on the record that, right now, the grove is not looking at building anything in Golden Gate Park, the cityowned land where the grove is located. It might not be a consideration as of yet, but Cunningham did say he’d be happy if the memorial nabbed a location in the park. “There is no conversation of a location yet, although, ideally, it would

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High school student Jake Cohen addresses a crowd of about 80 people protesting gun violence at City Hall while prom attendees file in behind him.

Dickey Amendment (which currently prevents the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from spending money “to advocate or promote gun control”). They also want a ban on all semi-automatic weapons, large capacity magazines, bump stocks (which allow a semiautomatic weapon to be fired more quickly), and silencers. Beyond the prohibition of semiautomatic weapons, these proposals would largely extend California’s gun regulation regime to the entire country, as the possession of bump stocks, high capacity (i.e. more than 10 round) magazines, and silencers are already crimes here. The students also called for reforms to restrict the

allowable use of deadly force by police officers and declared those killed by cops were victims of gun violence just as much as those who fell at Santa Fe and elsewhere. In an ironic twist, students from a high school that had rented out City Hall for their prom that night began to walk up the steps in formal wear behind the protesters during the action. Several student organizers called on the attendees to “join us!” but none did. It was as if a metaphor for what it means to be a teenager in America at this moment in history was playing out before our eyes.

be great to have it in the park next to the grove,” Cunningham said. There are some concepts, however, that Cunningham is firm on. One, he doesn’t want the project to be what most people think of when they think of a traditional museum. Museums, he explained, are retrospective, and he wants the AIDS museum to be a platform for looking to the future that will engage, educate, and inform audiences. He would also like the stories to focus heavily on the perspective of the social justice movement that grew out of the epidemic. “We want to tell the story of the AIDS epidemic, but tell it through the lenses of social justice and social change,” a perspective, he added, that continues to get lost in other tellings of the story of AIDS. He also wants

the museum to be an account of the national story of HIV/AIDS, not just a local one. Another possibility is that a museum would not have a physical space. Instead, the stories would be told digitally. But if a physical space is chosen, technology will very likely play a large role in creating a more interactive and engaging user experience. Cunningham is now doing what he calls a “listening tour” with different parties, including leaders of AIDS organization across the country, local politicians, and activists. He is gathering thoughts on fundamental concepts, getting feedback, and building relationships, as the museum will be an international collaboration, he said. Speaking of collaborating, he has spoken with Terry Beswick, executive director of the GLBT Historical Society, about the museum. Both men say they are open-minded at this stage, but neither is very fond of the idea of combining their efforts, a move that would streamline funding, as both entities will seek money from some of the same parties, likely including the city.

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The historical society’s museum would focus more on the entirety of LGBT history, while the grove’s museum would exclusively include historic and current accounts of HIV/ AIDS. “The story of AIDS and LGBTQ history are overlapping, but are not the same,” Beswick said. “Both stories justify a museum in their own right.

That’s not intended as criticism of the prom attendees who, like their comrades on the megaphones, are at ground zero for the kind of violence seen from Parkland to Santa Fe in a way my generation will never personally experience. While I couldn’t attend prom the way I would have liked when I was their age, I didn’t have to worry about my school being turned into a shooting gallery the way they do. It is, rather, an indictment of those of us who are their elders and who – for far too long – shrugged our shoulders after the latest mass shooting, said, “What can we do?” and went on with our lives until it happened again. And again. Cohen and his colleagues are making it clear that type of inaction is no longer acceptable.

to find another venue. Those who have followed the history of this issue know that’s a big if. State legislators, including gay former senator (and current mayoral candidate) Mark Leno, have tried to ban the shows for more than a decade, but those bills have either died in the Legislature or were killed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger or Brown. Then again, those prior efforts didn’t take place against a backdrop of youth-led activism against gun violence and in favor of restrictions on gun sales. As Brown approaches the end of his decades of public service, he might well be persuaded that today’s conditions merit a different response from him, especially if he’s lobbied by those young people who went into action at the Cow Palace and City Hall.

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This kind of activism by students and others is having an effect. On Monday, May 21, gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) announced a new effort to end the gun shows at the stateowned Cow Palace. If Senate Bill 221 passes the Legislature and is signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, the sale of firearms, other than at gun buyback events by law enforcement and ammunition at the facility, would be a crime after January 1, 2020, which would presumably force the shows’ organizers

At noon Saturday, June 2, at Frank Ogawa Plaza (also known as Oscar Grant Plaza) at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland, the Sex Worker Justice Now! rally and march will take place. The event is sponsored by Bay Area Prostitution Support and St. James Infirmary, which provides medical and other support services to sex workers and other marginalized communities that have come under increasing pressure from the current regime in Washington. Sex worker allies are also invited to attend.t Got a tip? Email me at christina@ diedoardolaw.com.

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My thing is to stay open to all possibilities at this point, but we would not drop the idea of our museum to have a section of another museum.” Beswick brought up the question of whether the city and private sector can financially support the creation of two world-class museums at relatively the same time, but he added optimistically that San Francisco is a city of museums. He talked about the Museum of the African Diaspora in the South of Market district, and the Mexican Museum, currently located in Fort Mason Center, both of which are now affiliated with the Smithsonian. Beswick recently had an assessment done by architectural firm Gensler’s Oakland office, which concluded the needs of the historical society’s museum would require

about 35,000 square feet. Different locations are being discussed, including the vacant retail location in the Castro district that previously housed Pottery Barn (temporarily being used by gay mayoral candidate Mark Leno’s campaign). Beswick said the asking price is around $15 million, although the space would need to be expanded to accommodate the historical society’s museum. Beswick has also spoken with a developer in SOMA about renting out a ground floor space. No location has been chosen yet, but Beswick is very motivated to get the project off the ground. Gay District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, who is the first known HIVpositive person to serve on the board, said he would be interested to see the

The second son of Ellis and Norma Duncan, Terry was born June 14, 1950, in Salem, Illinois. The family moved from Illinois to Monument, New Mexico in 1952. Terry was raised and educated in Hobbs, New Mexico. He was a 1968 graduate of Hobbs High School. In 1974, Terry moved to San Francisco, California. In the late 1970s, Terry opened a pet store called Strictly for the Birds in the city’s Haight-Ashbury district. In the early 1980s, Terry’s entrepreneur sense led him to professional

cooking and catering. He grew from a self-taught cook to an in-demand private chef, butler, and caterer. Terry was truly one of a kind. His life light shined brightly. And his spirit will live on in all who knew him. A celebration of Terry’s life will be held at the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Sunday, June 3, from 1 to 4 p.m.

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Obituaries >> Terry Lee Duncan June 14, 1950 – March 6, 2018 Longtime San Francisco resident Terry Lee Duncan passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Terry was taken after a struggle with cancer at the age of 67.

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Send the NFL your hopes and prayers by Roger Brigham

ust what we need: another reason not to watch NFL football. It’s no secret that television ratings for the National Football League, the bloated behemoth atop the American professional sports scene, have been slipping. Collateral issues such as the domestic violence instances that besmirch its image, its tepid responses to increasing evidence of longtime brain damage from routine plays, defiant continued use of racially insensitive team names – such are the kinds of issues that have been turning fans off and convincing them there are better ways to spend their time and dollars. This week, fumbling to address fan alienation, the NFL decided to ban the silent pre-game protests against police violence that spread across the league’s stadia last season. You know: the players who kneeled during the playing of the national anthem after 49ers thenquarterback Colin Kaepernick set the example, players kneeling in solidarity or locking arms, the mostly African-American players’ expression of grief and anger over senseless killings that was so powerful the vice president flew cross country at taxpayer expense so he could make a show of walking out on it without staying for the game – all of that consciousness-raising activity has now been banned by the NFL in the same breath it says it is doing everything it can to help its players raise awareness. In other words, alarmed by

the respectful act of kneeling, the NFL is opting to bow to political pressure. Commissioner Roger Goodell said the new policy requires that on-field personnel – including any players on the sideline – during the playing of the anthem must stand and show respect for the flag. Goodell said the policy was approved by a unanimous vote of team owners, but that was a lie. Turns out there was no formal vote. The owners were told what the policy was and then were asked to approve of it with a show of hands. Owners for the 49ers and the Raiders said they abstained. The Jets owner said he would repay players any fines they accrue. It is highly unusual for such a sweeping policy to be put in place without a full discussion and formal vote. “This was more of a desperate attempt by a group of owners to simply ‘get back to playing football’ rather than to honestly, and with a sense of what America means, sit down and figure out what’s the right thing to do,” said DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the players union. “What I think they did was they sat down and tried to figure out ‘what can we get away with as quickly as possible?” While his Golden State Warriors were successively battling through a seven-game NBA conference finals with the Houston Rockets, coach Steve Kerr took time to criticize the NFL’s new policy as a misguided reaction to protest. “I think it’s just typical of the NFL,” Kerr said. “They’re just

The NFL has enacted a new policy forbidding players from kneeling during the national anthem.

playing to their fan base, basically trying to use the anthem as fake patriotism, nationalism, scaring people. It’s idiotic. But that’s how the NFL has handled their business. And I think our leadership in the NBA understands that when the NFL players were kneeling, they were kneeling to protest police brutality, to protest racial inequality. They weren’t disrespecting the flag or the military. But our president decided to make it about that and the NFL followed suit, pandered to their fan base, created this hysteria. This is kind of what’s wrong with our country right now. People in high places are trying to divide us, divide loyalties, make this about the flag as if the flag is something other than what it really is. It’s a representation of what we’re about, which is diversity, peaceful protests, abilities, right to free speech. It’s really ironic, actually.” The NFL policy is silent on the fines to be imposed, so now we

must see how perceptions play into the inevitable confrontations and flaunting of the rules that will follow. How much will kneeling cost? Will fines increase for repeat offenders? Will fines vary by the race of the kneeler, or be increased by accompanying pre- or post-game remarks? Will the fines be the same if instead of kneeling the players sit or lie down or raise their fists? Hey, what do you know – maybe the NFL will get lucky and folks who are turned off by the violence of the game will tune in to watch the demonstrations and counterdemonstrations. Two things are certain. First, the NFL’s attempt to stifle the demonstrations feeds into the current political climate of inflamed racial tensions. It widens a divide. It stirs the pot. There is no way this will not be viewed as yet another attempt by white corporate America to stifle the protests of black laborers.

Second, the policy turns the dialogue away from the topic of violence and discrimination, away from the militarization of police forces and the repeated fatal and unjustifiable use of excessive firepower against persons of color, and on to the topic of protests during the anthem. It casts patriots who express their concern about the health of the country the flag represents in the role of non-patriots. It expresses an intolerance that is antithetical to the freedom that flag epitomizes. It is naive to believe any harmony will come from this policy. It is naive to believe this will not enflame racist emotions. It is dangerous to believe this policy is a “neutral” solution to a “problem.” We’ve already seen the price paid by Kaepernick, who was one of the league’s better quarterbacks but has been unemployed for a year. Owners who did not like to see some of their players kneeling are not going to be happy with players staying in the locker room. Fans who did not like to see kneeling protests are not going to be happy with some players staying inside. Players are not going to like being told to pick sides and shut up. News media will report on all of it and keep the fire going. Who knows? The owners may end up longing for the good old days when players, by silently kneeling during the anthem, showed both their reverence for the country and their desire for it to become less violent. You know, when standing or kneeling for the anthem was a matter of choice, a matter of free will, and a matter of genuine patriotism. t

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how we can bridge gaps than our differences.” He did say, however, if any of his members are “vilified” he will respond. Talking about Proposition H, the ballot measure sponsored by the association that would allow police officers to carry Tasers, he said he is optimistic it will pass despite the Police Commission passing a policy that already allows the use of Tasers by the SFPD. Getting Tasers in the hands of officers has been an almost 15-year battle, Montoya said. (Prop H would require any changes to the policy to go before voters, rather than the Police Commission.) “We weren’t really gaining ground, so we thought the best way

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This event is being produced with Keshet and will feature an evening of glitz, glam, and pride for Bay Area teens. Those in high school or entering high school in the fall (grades nine through 12) are welcome. Finally, out author Lillian Faderman will discuss her new biography, “Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death” Thursday, June 21 at 7 p.m. The book looks at Milk’s Jewish childhood on Long Island to his final years as one of the most revolutionary politicians of the 20th century. Advance registration is required (https://www.jccsf.org/arts-ideas/ lillian-faderman). For more information and a complete list of events, visit http:// www.jccsf.org.

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Our Lady J is also excited to be coming to San Francisco to participate in the Pride parade as a celebrity grand marshal. “It’s all I ever wanted – a ticker tape

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funded the program in the past, and Schwartz said Maria Su, executive director of DCYF, is supportive of the program, but there were other priorities and needs that were chosen. The B.A.R. contacted Su for comment, but did not get a response by

to do it was get the voters to do it,” he said. “It’s more than a coincidence that once the measure qualified for the ballot, the commission, for the first time, came together to adopt a policy and fast track it.” Police Chief William Scott opposes Prop H, but he may not be in San Francisco much longer because he is one of the finalists for the top job at the Los Angeles Police Department, where he worked before being hired to run SFPD. In mentioning the district attorney’s recent decision not to file charges against the police officers involved in the fatal shootings of Mario Woods and Luis Góngora Pat, Montoya said if officers had had Tasers during those incidents, the outcome may have been different. He also said the more than 200

reforms being implemented from the recommendation of the United States Department of Justice after the fatal shootings is going well and that the safety of his members is a top priority while also balancing the safety of the public. When asked about being the first LGBT to head the union, he said he tries his best to keep his personal life separate from his professional life, although he doesn’t hide who he is. “I don’t think my members really care,” he said. “It’s irrelevant what my nationality is, where I live, my sexuality, or if I have hair or don’t have hair.” In the next few weeks Montoya plans to meet with Mayor Mark Farrell, the Board of Supervisors, and the Police Commission. The oversight panel, however, currently has only three sitting members, not

enough to convene, after the Board of Supervisors rejected Farrell’s request to reappoint Commissioners Joe Marshall and Sonia Melara. The board’s Rules Committee forwarded the names of attorney John Hamasaki and former Deputy Public Defender Cindy Elias to the full board for possible approval at its June 5 meeting. [See item in News Briefs.] To LGBTs in the community, like Petra DeJesus, the lone lesbian and LGBT remaining on the Police Commission, Montoya becoming president was good news. “It is refreshing to hear that the San Francisco Police Officers Association appointed Tony Montoya, a longtime POA member and an LGBTQ representative to the presidency of their association”, DeJesus wrote in an email. “It is a significant

milestone to have a Latino and LGBTQ representative at the helm of the union leadership.” She continued, “I anticipate that Tony Montoya is prepared to work with the commission in a sincere good faith effort to implement real reform within the Department.” while she also mentioned the unfortunate timing of his presidency, pointing to Prop H and how it undermines the commission’s oversight authority. “I look forward to connecting with him,” gay District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy said. “This is a major step that he is in this position. I see it as being a signaling to everyone else, especially at a time when the force is growing, that LGBTs are welcome. That is a great signal to be sending out when expanding the force.” t

agency, will hold its popular Senior Prom in a new and expanded location, the San Francisco War Memorial Green Room, 401 Van Ness Avenue. The event, Saturday, June 9, from 4 to 7 p.m., is a celebration of older LGBTs and allies of all ages to get another chance at reimagining their prom – with none of the tradition or rules. No dress code, no need for a date, and no dancing required, organizers said. For those who do want to hit the dance floor, a DJ will be spinning. There will be food and drink, and prizes for prom royalty. Covia and the Institute on Aging are co-sponsors. The event is free; to RSVP, visit https://bit. ly/2J8ntgU.

supervisor’s May 15 meeting, leaving the oversight panel without enough members to convene or take action. The majority of supervisors felt that the next mayor should make the appointments. The race to get commissioners appointed soon is propelled by the looming possibility that Police Chief William Scott will leave the San Francisco Police Department to become the next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. The commission is also in the midst of implementing hundreds of reform recommendations from the U.S. Department of Justice, including use-of-force policies. While gay District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy said he was “disappointed” with the rejections, he was excited to see so many LGBT candidates apply. “A lot of policy decisions happen there,” Sheehy said in an interview with the Bay Area Reporter. “The

Police Commission is one that has a great deal of influence over the discipline of police officers, major policy issues like use-of-force and types of tools that officers can use, and it’s important for us to have a strong voice at the table.” Among the four LGBT applicants were DeAnthony Daymone Jones and Sneh Rao, both gay men; Marilyn Murrillo, a transgender woman; and Linda Franklin, a lesbian. Rao has worked at the city’s Human Rights Commission as director of policy since 2013. Jones, an AfricanAmerican man, works as a teen program lead for Collective Impact. Franklin is a retired California Highway Patrol captain, and Murillo is a substitute high school and elementary school teacher, grant writer, and an intern for Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco). t

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee nixed LGBT candidates for Police Commission vacancies, as it forwarded

the names of two straight people to the full board for approval. All three members of the board’s rules committee, Supervisors Norman Yee, Ahsha Safai, and Catherine Stefani, forwarded the names of attorney John Hamasaki and former Deputy Public Defender Cindy Elias. Elias was the attorney for the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program for the city for 12 years and currently the Bureau of Field Enforcement attorney for the Labor Commissioner’s Office. Hamasaki is the treasurer of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, as well as on the executive committee of the California Asian Pacific American Bar Association. The two appointees will face the full board at its next meeting June 5. Their appointments come on the heels of the board’s rejection of Mayor Mark Farrell’s request to reappoint Commissioners Joe Marshall and Sonia Melara at the

parade with a million queers screaming,” she said. “It’s an incredible honor. As abundant as my career has been, I’ve had my dark days so I’m humbled and truly grateful. I’m thrilled to be back in San Francisco and with my community. San Francisco has been a huge part of my success in my career, so it’s great to be back and to be

embraced in this role.” In addition to her appearance in the parade, Lady J will be making a brief return to music, performing on the main stage during the postparade festivities. “I’ll be dusting off the piano,” she said. “Playing piano and singing – I’m doing original music.”

Lady J would like to see more transgender people enjoy the kind of success that she has. Her advice to the community is simple. “Find community and support,” she said. “That’s the most important thing you can do. Ability can be there but support is often missing – embrace the support.”

She also hopes that people will look to the future. “What you are doing is not just for yourself, but for future generations,” she said. “Pose” premieres June 3 on FX. Episodes can also be viewed online. For more information, visit http:// www.fxnetworks.com/shows/pose for more information. t

press time. The mayor’s communication team gave a statement saying, “The mayor’s office is in the process of finalizing the budget. All budget requests are currently under consideration.” Gay District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, who has a 13-year-old daughter in middle school, said these groups are “absolutely critical.”

The sooner the better for conversations surrounding identity, Sheehy said, especially during a time when many LGBT youth are first discovering their own identities. “This is among the most vulnerable times for young people,” he said in a recent interview with the B.A.R. “It’s hard for me to comprehend why [the city] wouldn’t provide this critical support.”

Sheehy also said the program helps to mitigate homophobia, transphobia, and stigma. The San Francisco Unified School District, which partners with LYRIC to facilitate Q Groups, is also asking for financial support of the programs. “We have witnessed LYRIC’s staff meaningful connections to San Francisco’s diverse youth

community and deep experience delivering curriculum centered on gender identity and sexuality. The positive experience the LGBTQQ middle grade students have as a part of the Q Groups is demonstrated by the above 90 percent retention rate,” wrote Kevin Gogin, director of safety and wellness for SFUSD, in a letter to Su.t

On his first day as governor, he wants to pardon all people convicted on non-violent marijuana-related crimes. He also echoes some of President Donald Trump’s themes – run the government like a business, slash the number of government regulations and agencies, cut taxes – with one major exception: Maldonado wants open borders. Maldonado is one of three candidates for the Libertarian Party nomination for governor in Oklahoma in the June 26 primary. Polls in the state strongly suggest Oklahoma voters will choose a new GOP governor in November to replace Republican Governor Mary Fallin, who is term-limited.

He signed three bills to reduce the availability of rapid-fire guns in the state, and he’s proposed massive cuts in public education funding. Scott hasn’t announced yet but is expected to run. Notably, an incumbent governor has not lost in Vermont since 1962. Hallquist is making history as the state’s first openly transgender candidate for public office. She’s a former chief executive of the Vermont Electric Cooperative, and was very open with the public about her transition in 2015. She’s also transitioned from Republican to Democrat. It’s a long way to the primary, but so far, the newspapers and the state Democratic Party appear to be warming up to Hallquist as a viable candidate.

Emmy for her role on the HBO comedy, which ended 14 years ago. Since then, Nixon has come out and been busy in films and on stage winning a second Emmy, two Tonys, and a Grammy. She’s gotten very little attention for her years of work promoting better public schools, ousting state legislators who opposed marriage for samesex couples, and speaking to groups about the importance of screening for breast cancer (she is a survivor). There is talk that Nixon, if she loses the Democratic primary, will run in November under the Working Families Party banner. Nixon was born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, graduated from New York public schools and is now a parent to three children attending public schools, and married to education organizer Christine Marinoni. Nixon’s Cynthia for New York campaign has begun to bring up rumors that Cuomo, while running his father Mario Cuomo’s successful campaigns for governor in the 1970s, used antigay tactics to defeat his primary opponent, Mayor Ed Koch. t

Supes pick two for police oversight panel

Governor races

From page 9

announced he was running for governor. “Your sexual radicalism is bad for Maryland,” and “Homosexuality and gender identity disorder are preventable and treatable. A very good ex-gay clinic is located in Maryland.” They also share a video about their family, which includes two adopted children. Their son, Jackson, age 10, says his family is “not that different” just because his dad is a state senator. Polls suggest Madaleno has an uphill battle to secure the June 26 Democratic nomination in Maryland in a field of seven candidates. Dramatically, one of the frontrunners recently collapsed and died of a heart attack. But Madaleno is still in the single digits behind two better known figures: Rushern Baker, executive of the state’s second largest county, and Ben Jealous, former president of the NAACP. And incumbent Republican Governor Larry Hogan looks hard to beat.

Oklahoma

Joe Maldonado is a zookeeper. Since the age of 14, he’s been rescuing

Courtesy Nixon for Governor campaign

Cynthia Nixon speaks to supporters.

animals displaced by wildfires and has expanded the practice into the Exotic Animal Memorial Foundation to take in “unwanted” animals, including lions, tigers, and bears. But the business has been cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for failure to provide adequate care to the animals, and several animal protection agencies have reported abuses by the facility. Maldonado’s campaign website features a photo of him, sporting a half-bleached blond hairstyle and wearing six earrings and an eyebrow piercing. His nickname is “Joe Exotic.”

Vermont

Various polls say the Green Mountain State will retain a Republican governor in the 2018 general election, but Christine Hallquist is one of three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination August 14 to run for that office. Even though Vermont is a progressive state in many ways (it was one of the first to approve marriage for same-sex couples), Republican incumbent Governor Phil Scott is a maverick.

New York

The three latest polls in New York show incumbent Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo with a doubledigit lead over actress-activist Cynthia Nixon of “Sex in the City” fame heading into the September 13 primary. But the main problem for Nixon, according to one of those polls, is that “only half the electorate knows her.” That’s ironic, given she won an

Alex Madison contributed reporting.

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Community News>>

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Labor Council’s Unionist of the Year Dinner, lesbian Oakland at-large City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan was seen handing out stickers that read “Kaplan For Mayor For Oakland.” The next day, under the “News” section on the website featured on the stickers – http://www.KaplanForOakland.org – appeared a post linking to an opinion piece encouraging Kaplan to run for mayor written by former Assemblyman Sandré Swanson (DOakland) that was published May 5 by the Oakland Post. By Sunday a local watcher of politics in the East Bay city had posted a video claiming that he had heard from another mayoral candidate that Kaplan had been making phone calls to inform people of her decision to enter the race. A check of state campaign filings shows that Kaplan has created a 2018 mayoral account, though it has yet to report raising any money. It would mark the third time she has sought to become Oakland’s mayor, having lost bids in 2014 and in 2010. In response to the B.A.R.’s call for comment, Kaplan emailed Tuesday

Amtrak

From page 2

Amtrak’s findings, released a statement Tuesday after the Amtrak news conference. “As Aaron’s father and mother, we are releasing our official first public statement on what has happened with our son. We have many problems with Amtrak’s press conference today,” the statement, first released to the Los Angeles Blade, read. “First and foremost, Amtrak is a for-profit company that is currently investigating its own case to prevent any liability. “From the very start, they ruled this case an attempted suicide,” the statement read. “Their investigators gave us misleading information, including telling us that they had a witness who saw Aaron jump out a window on the train. “When we fact-checked their claim and confronted the detective, he simply backpedaled his statement. Amtrak’s investigators only investigated the case as an attempt at suicide,” the family said. “Second, regarding the Amtrak chief of police’s statement – his claims about Aaron’s injuries falling from a train are not consistent with what anyone who has seen Aaron can attest to. For one, those burns

AIDS museum

From page 12

AIDS museum housed in Building 80 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Building 80, currently vacant, was the first outpatient AIDS clinic and inpatient ward in the country. Sheehy thinks the story of AIDS deserves its own museum and should not be combined in the larger context of LGBT history. “This is such critical history. The movement needs to be captured and how it happened. The HIV/AIDS epidemic was a global phenomenon and a public health struggle,” he said, adding the need for the museum to be located in San Francisco. “The entire community ran toward the fire, not away from it,” Sheehy said. Rafael Mandelman, a gay attorney who is running against Sheehy in next week’s election, told the B.A.R. that he favored the Pottery Barn site for the historical society’s museum. He said that locating the AIDS museum in Golden Gate Park “makes sense.”

Mayoral candidates weigh in

As for the mayoral candidates running in the June 5 election,

that she was in council meetings all day and unable to talk by phone. She did not respond to a follow-up email and call asking if she is running for mayor this fall by press time. Mayor Libby Schaaf has already filed to run for re-election and has been rolling out endorsements from Bay Area Democratic leaders. California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris have both endorsed her, as have Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and state Controller Betty Yee. Half a dozen people have already filed or indicated they plan to run against Schaaf in the November election. Candidates have until August 10 to file.

Harris to keynote Alice Pride breakfast

Over the Memorial Day weekend the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club announced that Senator Kamala Harris (D-California) will be the keynote speaker at its annual Pride breakfast in June. The yearly event takes place early in the morning prior to San Francisco’s Pride parade, which is held the last Sunday in June. The 2018 Pride parade

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is set to take place Sunday, June 24. The Alice breakfast is the moderate political club’s main fundraiser. This year’s will be dedicated to former police commission president Julius Turman, a past Alice club cochair who died earlier this month. The club will also present its Jim Foster Lifetime Achievement Award to Kate Kendell, the outgoing executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. It will start at 8 a.m. that day and be held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center. Tickets for non-members of Alice cost $125 ($100 for members) and can be purchased online at http://www. alicebtoklas.org/events/breakfast/. t Web Extra: For more queer political news, be sure to check http:// www.ebar.com Monday mornings at noon for Political Notes, the notebook’s online companion. The column will return Monday, June 4. Keep abreast of the latest LGBT political news by following the Political Notebook on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/politicalnotes. Got a tip on LGBT politics? Call Matthew S. Bajko at (415) 8298836 or e-mail m.bajko@ebar.com.

that were supposedly from jumping out of a train are not consistent with the facts because Aaron’s jeans were not damaged and his injuries themselves do not match jumping out of a train.” When Trugman was asked by reporters at the news conference about the burns near Salazar’s groin, he explained that they “have a good explanation for that.” Though he would not disclose the explanation, he did say, “When you fall out of a moving car down the highway you’re going to have friction, you’re going to have scrapes, and you’re going to have burns. Just imagine falling on hard surface from a train. We are comfortable with the explanations we have.” He said the train was traveling at 40 miles per hour, and that there were no cameras in the area where the incident occurred. Sailas said the family strongly disagrees with the claim that Salazar jumped or fell from the train. The family cited the burns near his groin, blood under his fingernails, and other signs of self-defense as reason to believe it was an attack. Sailas said he believes the attack was motivated by Salazar’s LGBT identity. Sailas and the family also cited a text message sent by Salazar a few hours before he was found as evidence of an

attack. Salazar sent a text message to his great-grandmother that he found a new friend and was going to go exploring with them. Sailas believes that Salazar got off the train in Truckee with this new friend and was attacked. Leftwich, the Truckee police chief who was at the news conference, said Salazar did not get off the train in Truckee. “We do not believe at this time that there is anything to suggest that Aaron reached the Truckee Amtrak station,” Leftwich said at the news conference. “It was not a situation where he arrived in Truckee and disembarked in a normal manner. It’s not a well traveled area of the railroads ,there are no pedestrian access points, no vehicle access points, and not easily walked to or driven to. You have to be there with purpose.” Trugman said the APD spoke with the person Salazar was allegedly talking about in the text message and said they found nothing to believe the two had any physical altercation. The investigation remains open. To donate to Salazar’s medical costs, visit http://www.gofundme. com/bv5cn-justice-for-aaron. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Amtrak Police Department at (800) 331-0008.t

if the winner is re-elected next November, he or she could possibly be in office for the next 10 years, likely leaving the project in their hands. At the B.A.R.’s editorial meetings, candidates Leno and Supervisors London Breed and Jane Kim all said they would support a museum dedicated to the story of HIV/AIDS and would also support its location in Golden Gate Park. Though some differed on whether the GLBT Historical Society and the grove should combine their efforts. Leno, a former California state senator and supervisor, said he thought the AIDS Museum was a “very bold and profoundly important project.” He said he is “open to all possibilities right now” regarding its location and that he is supportive of both the grove and GLBT Historical Society’s efforts. “If there is synergy and partnerships to be had, I think we should pursue them,” Leno said. “But I don’t want to speak for either one of them because I don’t know where their negotiations are right now. I don’t want to get in the middle of that.” Kim, who recently joined with

Leno in asking their supporters to vote for each of them under ranked choice voting, said she thinks it’s a good idea to have the two organizations work together. “When you have two small sites they are never as successful as one bigger site because then you can pool all the donors together,” Kim said. “It’s hard for donors, and it’s confusing for the community. I’d rather have one dedicated amazing space for the community than kind of having it spread out.” Kim thinks the park would also make a good location for the HIV/ AIDS museum. Breed thinks it could be a “great” addition to the park and said she would like the project to be opened to the public input. “There should clearly be a public process and discussions around it and the design and understanding,” she said. Currently, Florida houses the Worlds AIDS Museum, which on its website said is the “first museum dedicated to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.” Cunningham said he has talked with other people from Los Angeles and New York who are also considering similar projects. t

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: K-9 KARMA, 209 PERSIA AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CURTIS CHOW. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 04/19/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/19/18.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: URBAN MICE, 790 EDDY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed GO WEST TOURS (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/02/18.

MAY 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038129600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ORCHIDHOLIC, 686 BRANNAN ST #A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed EPLANTWORLD, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 03/22/13. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/04/18.

MAY 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038104100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FRJTZ MISSION, 3412 17TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed FRJTZ LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 02/18/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/19/18.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: APPLY PRESSURE, 760 WEBSTER ST #D, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LARRY GEORGE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/10/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/11/18.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038128900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOTOTALKING.COM, 2719 VICENTE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed HUI HE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/03/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/04/18.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038134600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OFFBEAT PRODUCTS, 3041 MISSION ST #2076, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KENNETH LUI. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/08/18.

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MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038138800

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038136700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BENTO BOX COMMUNICATIONS, 2130 MARKET ST #11, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JUSTIN KNEPPER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/10/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/10/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PALACE OF FINE ARTS GALLERY, 245 JEFFERSON ST, SF CA 94133. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RICHARD SOFFER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/10/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/10/18.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038128700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ESSENTIAL ORGANIZING SOLUTIONS, 766 22ND AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JINA JUE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/04/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/04/18.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038138100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE KELLY LAW FIRM, 345 FRANKLIN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed NICOLE C. KELLY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/08/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/09/18.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038129500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLOCKBUSTERS, 270 DIVISADERO ST #24, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PATRICE WILLIAMS JR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/04/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/04/18.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038137100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PEOPLES BARBER, 133 TOWNSEND, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed PEOPLES TOWNSEND, INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/09/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AGORA LENDING, 222 KEARNY ST #650, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed ETHOS LENDING LLC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 04/23/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/23/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOLDEN STAR TATTOO COMPANY, 850 CLAY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed GOLDEN STAR TATTOO COMPANY LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/09/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/09/18.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038105500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VENUS CAFE, 700 CLEMENT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed M&W NOODLE SHOP LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/20/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/20/18.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-037627600

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: NATALIA’S BUSINESS, 2 GENEVA AVE #11, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business was conducted by an individual and signed by JAIRO ALONSO GIL. The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/06/17.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-038044900

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: NEILSON & MACRITCHIE INVESTIGATORS, 1161 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business was conducted by an individual and signed by DONALD T. MACRITCHIE. The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/15/18.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-553793

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NEILSON & MACRITCHIE INVESTIGATORS, 1161 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATIONS, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/09/18.

In the matter of the application of: CARMEN OCHOA, c/o Ghervy Jhon Tesoro (SB: 298501), Tesoro Law, 1630 TARAVAL ST #B, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner CARMEN OCHOA, is requesting that the name CARMEN OCHOA, be changed to MARIA MAGDALENA DIAZ GUZMAN. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 26th of June 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038133500

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038111500

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038138200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GRUBMARKET WHOLESALE, 1925 JERROLD AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed GRUBMARKET INC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/01/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/07/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TASTEBUDS, 600 FIFTH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CATHERINE TROOSH. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 04/24/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/25/18.

MAY 17, 24, 31, JUNE 07, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038139300

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038152400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EXCALIBUR FINE MEN’S SALON; SPARGO, A PLACE FOR MEN, ONE EMBARCADERO CENTER, LOBBY LEVEL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed JB DESTINY PARTNERS LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/10/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/10/18.

The fol l o wi ng p erson(s) i s/ a re do i ng busi ne ss a s: BRANCH & SQU IRE , 3 3 0 1 C L AY S T # 2 0 4 , SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94 1 1 8 . Thi s busi ne ss i s conducted b y a n i n di v i dua l , a nd i s si gne d ANUAR RAMIRE Z -ME DIN A. The re gi stra nt( s) com m enced to tra n sa ct busi ne ss unde r the a b o ve l i sted fi cti ti ous busi ne ss na m e o r na m es on NA. The sta tem e nt wa s f i l e d w i th the Ci ty a n d County o f Sa n Fra nci sco, C A o n 05/18/ 1 8 .

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MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 SUMMONS (FAMILY LAW) SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: FRANCIS “FRANK” XAVIER DONNER, YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. PETITIONER’S NAME IS AMANDA EUAN CASE NO. FDI-17-788762

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038151100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SABAI SABAI THAI MASSAGE, 326 LA GRANDE AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PRIYALON BORANRAT STRASSER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/10/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/10/18.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnerships, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org) , or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE – RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. The name and address of the court are SUPERIOR COURT SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY 400 MCALLISTER STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102; The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: AMANDA EUAN, PRO PER, 252 BOCANA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110, 415-933-1982 NOV 15, 2017 Clerk by Jocelyn Wong, Deputy. STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS: Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. Removing the minor child or children of the parties, if any, from the state without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. Cashing borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor child or children; 3. Transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasicommunity, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in the manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICE – ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com. Or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506 WARNING – IMPORTANT INFORMATION: California law provides that, for the purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

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MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038145600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NAILS FOR ME, 17 DRUMM ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LONG CAM TIEN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/15/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/15/18.

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038119300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ROBBINS FAMILY LAW, 44 MONTGOMERY ST #3750, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KELLY J. ROBBINS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 10/06/05. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/01/18.

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038153300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TIERRA BIOSCIENCES, 953 INDIANA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SYNVITROBIO, INC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/21/18.

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038154200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHANVI, 1063 MARKET ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BHUWAN FOOD INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/21/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/21/18.

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038138600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PORTOLA SMILES DENTAL OFFICE OF DR. ARIELLE LIBERMAN, 2497 SAN BRUNO AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed ARIELLE LIBERMAN DMD, INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/10/18.

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038147500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: POLYCHROME INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, 2732 36TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed POLYCHROME INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 03/25/08. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/16/18.

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038147600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JESSICA SCLAMBERG, LLC, 3322 BUCHANAN ST #310, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed JESSICA SCLAMBERG LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 12/04/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/16/18.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038135700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SPIRITS; PROOF COCKTAIL CO; GREAT WESTERN SPIRITS; OLD KENTUCKY ROOH, 849 AVE D, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94130. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed TREEHOUSE CRAFT DISTILLERY, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/08/18.

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038137200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLACK PEPPER, 1555 YOSEMITE AVE #8, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed BLACK PEPPER NATION LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 04/17/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/09/18.

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-038087800

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: RAAVI EATERY, 1063 MARKET ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business was conducted by a corporation and signed by BHUWAN FOOD INC (CA). The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/01/18.

MAY 24, 31, JUNE 07, 14, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-553916

In the matter of the application of: CARIE LYNN-KESSEL PAGE, 44 20TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121, for change of name having been ﬁled in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner CARIE LYNN-KESSEL PAGE, is requesting that the name CARIE LYNN-KESSEL PAGE AKA CARIE LYNN PAGE, be changed to CARIE LYNN PAGE. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 10th of July 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 31, JUNE 07, 14, 21, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038148100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IPOWER SF ELECTRIC, 77 NORTON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed GERMAN MATIAS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/16/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/16/18.

MAY 31, JUNE 07, 14, 21, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038160300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOKC CO., 3251 20TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RICHARD MA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/24/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/24/18.

MAY 31, JUNE 07, 14, 21, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038153500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: T.HAYNES LIGHTING, 1322 47TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JOSHUA PINE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/21/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/21/18.

MAY 31, JUNE 07, 14, 21, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038150100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JOSE’S HAULING & HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, 126 PRENTISS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JOSE M. DELCID. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/17/18. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/17/18.

MAY 31, JUNE 07, 14, 21, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038162700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ENGINEER.AI, 600 CALIFORNIA ST 11TH FLR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SD SQUARED NORTH AMERICA LIMITED (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 11/06/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/25/18.

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arken back, dear friends, to a time when “RuPaul’s Drag Race” was nary a glint in your metallic MAC eye-shadow, and a jock in a frock was an assault on propriety. See page 26 >>

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ndieFest guru Jeff Ross is back with the 17th edition of the San Francisco Documentary Festival (SF DocFest), a two-week run of 90 films on every imaginable subject unspooling at four venues: the Roxie Theater (3117 16th St. at Valencia), Brava Theater (2781 24th St. at York), New People Cinema (1746 Post at Webster) and 518 Gallery (518 Valencia at 16th St.). As usual, SF DocFest comes packed with parties: “Clueless Bingo,” “AHOY! The Yacht Rock SingAlong Party,” “Mission BAG (Bad Art Gallery)” and “Roller Disco Party.” See page 26 >>

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ast week, the film-world powersthat-be at Frameline gave a kickoff press conference for Frameline 42, the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival coming up this June 14-24. The presser doubled as a launch party and so was held at the SoMa nightclub the Oasis, which Executive Director Frances Wallace aptly characterized as “both oldschool and new-school.” Under the cabaret room’s proscenium arch, Wallace and her colleagues, including new Director of Exhibition & Programming Paul Struthers, whetted our appetites with word of what’s in store for festivalgoers this year. This includes the opening- and closing-night films, the documentaries “TransMilitary” and “54,” previously described in these pages. But that’s just the tip of the gay iceberg, which is the presentation of 153 films from 39 countries. Other high-profile entries in the film fest include “When the Beat Drops” from director Jamal Sims, the Centerpiece Documentary about the dance subculture “bucking” created by African American gay men in the South; director Madeline Olnek’s Centerpiece Feature “Wild Nights with Emily,” with brilliant comedic actress Molly Shannon’s fresh take on iconic poet Emily Dickinson; and director Rightor Doyle’s television series “Bonding,” in which a gay man’s best straight girlfriend initiates him into the brave new world of BDSM. The prestigious Frameline Award will be presented posthumously to the most deserving documentary filmmaker and social justice activist Debra Chasnoff (1957-2017), whose 1996 doc “It’s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in Schools” will screen along with an excerpt from her final film, “Prognosis.” The other classic gay film screening as a festival Retrospective is director Arthur J. Bressan Jr.’s 1985 “Buddies,” the first featurelength drama about AIDS. Frameline presents the world premiere of its new 2K digital restoration. There’s a lot on offer here, and this is just a small sampling. Among the bounty: “Mapplethorpe,” a biopic about the seminal gay art photographer from director Ondi Timoner; director Desiree Akhavan’s “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” in which teenage Cameron is sent away to a Christian “gay conversion” camp; and “Malila: The Farewell Flower” from Thai director Anucha Boonyawatana, which combines romance, meditation on loss, and Buddhist philosophy. A bumper crop

of documentaries includes director David Weissman’s “Conversations with Gay Elders: Kerby Lauderdale”; director Caroline Berler’s “Dykes, Camera, Action!”; and “The Ice King,” director James Erskine’s portrait of 1970s British Olympic figure skater John Curry. The presser also included the first showing of this year’s festival trailer, which is pretty groovy, and the roll-out of the festival catalog, with its witty cover picture of HAL’s (from “2001”) rainbowhued computer eye. It’s all out and available, page through the goods, or go to www.frameline.org.

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Also last week, we were honored to be invited to the San Francisco Botanical Garden’s 2018 Garden Feast, a glamorous affair with silent auction, scrumptious lunch, and remarks from celebrated chef, author and food activist Alice Waters. The feast raised over $500,000 to support the Garden’s hands-on programs for SF schoolchildren, nearly 13,000 a year. In her talk, Waters called public education the “last democratic institution” standing in today’s America, and spoke about bringing kitchen gardens to public schools. Her early experience as a teacher in Montessori schools taught her the importance of “nourishing the whole child.” Our movie entertainment last week was the artist bio “Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat” from director Sara Driver. It brought us back to the NYC of the late 1970s and 80s, when to be a young and talented artist was to take a walk on the wild side. Basquiat’s genius came through in everything he did, with only the use of a Sharpie, or a crayon, or an oil-stick. No apps required!

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Castro Organ Devotees Association want you to know about “An Organ-ic Event” hosted by the Castro Theatre’s resident organist David Hegarty, coming up on Sun., June 10, 5-6:30 p.m. “See the premiere of a video about the progress-to-date building a new organ, and enjoy Hegarty’s performance on the interim Allen organ. Stay for the 7 p.m. showing of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.’” Here’s a link to the event page: www.paperlesspost.com/flyer/go/ D0o3dJbuN8W9RQsw52d0?utm_ campaign=desktop_ flyer_share_dialog&utm_ source=clipboard&utm_ content=toolbar. Re last week’s article about Glenda Jackson’s acting career, a reader supplies a correction: “She was not nominated for an Oscar for ‘Stevie.’ ‘Stevie’ was released in the US in 1981. Glenda did win the NY Film Critics Award that year. Faye Dunaway was a close second for ‘Mommie Dearest.’ Sadly, neither was nominated for an Oscar. Katharine Hepburn won for ‘On Golden Pond.’” We stand corrected. Finally, in honor of this week’s DVD review of “Medea” starring the immortal Maria Callas, this primo anecdote: “In the early 1950s, many articles appeared in the press about the supposed rivalry between Callas and Renata Tebaldi. But they actually thought well of each other and realized they were very different singers. The rivalry was actually between their respective fans, especially those attending performances at La Scala. Callas was singing ‘Medea,’ and the Tebaldinis had packed the upper balconies. As she was about to confront the tenor singing Jason in their biggest scene, the Tebaldinis began to boo. Without missing a beat, Callas, instead of addressing Jason, looked up at them, raised her arm, made a fist, and said, ‘Oh, cruel and unfaithful monster, what have I done to merit your betrayal?’ The audience was stunned for a moment, then erupted into wild cheers.” We cheer along.t

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Andre Leon Talley explains it all for you Whoopi Goldberg, one of the many celebrities, couture eminences and childhood friends who pay tribute to him here. “He’s so many things he wasn’t supposed to be.” On that score, Talley’s transgression of traditional notions of black masculinity didn’t sit well with his conservative mother who, he recalls, scoffed that he dressed like the Phantom of the Opera. Talley literally went to church on fashion, scrutinizing the Sunday finery of women in the congregation, when he wasn’t spending hours at the local library lost in the glamour of back issues of Vogue. They were a powerful elixir for a young African American boy in the Jim Crow South, where white college students at neighboring Duke University threw rocks at him as he passed by. As one of his old friends puts it, “Success was the best revenge.” In 1974, he arrived in New York City to follow his dream. Early on he was tutored by the imperious Diana Vreeland, then the grande dame of the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, whom he calls “a mighty fashion chief ” who taught him “the language of clothes and style.” A tall, slender, charismatic black man back in the day – “until I was 40 and blew up” – he plunged into the libertine sex-and-drugs scene at Studio 54. But, unlike just about everyone else, he was there almost every night, he says, “for the dancing, not the decadence.” Whether it’s a product of his Southern upbringing or being part of an older generation, his allusions to his sexuality tend to be oblique. “I see him as a gay icon, but he doesn’t self-identify as gay,” explains Novack, who spent a year following Talley. “He talks about himself as quadrosexual.”

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Andre Leon Talley, subject of “The Gospel According to Andre.”

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ith his imposing 6’6” frame and a propensity for sweeping into and commanding a room in flamboyant caftans and capes, Andre Leon Talley, the eloquent former editor of Vogue, is a hardto-miss, operatic figure. You might assume that the erudite high priest of high fashion has tales to tell, and you’d be right. He takes center stage – after all, where else could he possibly be? – as the thoroughly engaging subject of Kate Novack’s affectionate documentary “The Gospel According to Andre,” which opens in San Francisco on Friday.

“I’ve lived an extraordinary life,” reflects the 68-year-old Talley, whose “Andre-isms” and personal recollections form the backbone of an origin story sure to be irresistible to fashionistas, and many outliers, too. It examines Talley’s improbable trajectory, from his modest beginnings as the grandson of a sharecropper, raised in a house without heat in Durham, North Carolina, by a grandmother he worshipped, to the apex of the fashion world, becoming the first and only African American trendsetter, an anomaly in a predominantly white industry. “He was like a black Rockette,” opines

He befriended Fran Lebowitz when he was a receptionist at Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, where, she says, he was quite a change from the string of debutantes who had previously held that post. She recalls her mother mistaking the regal, decoratively costumed Talley for African royalty. Novack weaves together these and other anecdotes from Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, et al., with backstage footage of Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell horsing around, excerpts of his flavorful fashion journalism enriched by cultural references to Gershwin and Nina Simone, and clips of New York and Paris runway extravaganzas, including Saint Laurent’s 1978 collection of sumptuous, swoonworthy evening dresses, a sequence I confess to watching three times. Viewers get a ringside seat for a procession of glitterati seeking an audience with Pope Andre holding court on the red carpet at the annual Met costume gala – he pronounces Gisele Bundchen’s shimmering, body-hugging gown and the woman in it “bootylicious” – and access to

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the front row of designer shows he dubs “the chiffon trenches,” where he’s often in the company of reigning ice queen Vogue editor in-chief Anna Wintour. “I’ve made it look effortless, with my sable and Prada coats – and attitude all those years,” he demurs. “But it has been rough.” How so? One wishes that Novack had pushed him to elaborate. Talley is a scene-stealing performer with a well-practiced, larger-than-life theatrical persona. But the very qualities that make him entertaining also make him elusive, at times opaque, quarry for a filmmaker probing sensitive territory. He has rarely spoken about the racism he endured in the industry during his 50-year career, even in the context of his autobiography. But Novack elicits some of the film’s most memorable moments when he drops his self-protective guard and recounts how he was mocked by insiders as “Queen Kong,” and dogged by nasty gossip that he slept his way to the top of the food chain, as if he couldn’t have gotten ahead any other way. The offensive stereotypes wounded then, and still rankle years later, judging from the bottled-up emotion and tears he sheds on camera. Consumed by a domain he loved and ruled supreme, it’s perhaps a cruel irony that this arbiter of style and spinner of unattainable romantic fantasy cites having never fallen in love as his greatest regret. Sitting alone on the porch of his sylvan home in White Plains, away from the glitz and the glare of the spotlight, the usually voluble Talley is both wistful and more subdued than his public facade would suggest. “Fashion is fleeting,” he declares. “Beauty and style remain.” And so does he.t Opens June 1 @ Embarcadero Cinemas.

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f springtime hasn’t been apparent in the weather lately, at least music-lovers have been able to warm themselves indoors. Concerts with the San Francisco Symphony and SFS Youth Orchestra and the New Century Chamber Orchestra proved the classics still bloom perennially in May. Most recently, guest conductor David Robertson leapt to the podium at Davies Symphony Hall for an evening that featured a US premiere of the concert version of Australian composer Brett Dean’s “Engelsflugel” (“Wings of Angels”), a romp through Haydn’s Symphony No. 102, and a stunning performance by Kirill Gerstein of the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1. Currently in his farewell season as Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and fifth season as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, California native David Robertson still found time to return to DSH for another guest shot. More animated than I recall, Robertson charmingly mugged his way through a Haydn Symphony and conducted by facial expression (and strong physical gestures) Gerstein’s star turn. When a number of listeners applauded after the first movement of the Haydn No. 102, the conductor turned and bowed, adding, with a smile, “We have three encores for you.” His wit and musical understanding have always been assets, and I’m sucker for “big band” sunny-side-up Haydn anyway. The conductor can playfully interact with the orchestra and audience, and Robertson didn’t upstage the composer. He made some new friends, too. He also didn’t detract in the Brahms Concerto. Gerstein unleashed power of his own in a rendition that still showed a lyrical side. The outer movements framed the gorgeous central Adagio with thrilling sonority. Gerstein articulated with ease, making sense of even the densest passages. Beloved violinist Itzhak Perlman is increasingly known for his conducting abilities, a talent he has exhibited with the SFS before. His most recent appearance shared performing duties with SFS Principal Oboe Eugene Izotov. His conducting of works by Elgar and Tchaikovsky was less satisfying. Izotov paired with the famous fiddler for a lively J.S. Bach Concerto in C minor for Oboe and Violin. They made a happy sound together, and the packed house gave them the first standing ovation of several. It is kind of safe to predict favorable response to Perlman regardless of results. His legendary career and reputation as world-class mensch guarantee warm reception. Based on past appreciation, it proved easier praising the strong SFS string-playing in Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings than to wonder if the musicians were simply anticipating Perlman’s wishes. His imprecise lead was visible and a bit surprising. The interaction between seasoned professionals is always apparent at DSH, so Edward Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations (1899), which filled the second half of the show, also achieved much without clear direction. The fans, including myself, were more than willing to applaud Perlman’s shorthand. At this point in his celebrated life, he deserves a standing O for cumulative achievement. German conductor Christian Reif joined the SFS as Resident Conductor and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (SFSYO) in

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Violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman.

2016. He made his debut with the SFS in 2015, and recently finished a stint as Conducting Fellow with the New World Symphony in Miami, also serving as cover for NWS music director Michael Tilson Thomas. That’s a mouthful of credits for such a young conductor, but Reif is proving good on his promise, and MTT is getting a fine return on his mentoring. A recent matinee with the SFSYO showed the maestro-in-the-making has a similarly positive influence on his own young charges. The ambitious program began with selections by Faure and Gyorgy Ligeti, but a muscular rendition of Stravinsky’s difficult “The Rite of Spring” set the seal on the partnership between conductor and orchestra. One can’t help but beam with pride at all the youthful energy onstage. It is gratifying to note the wonderful accomplishments of SFSYO musicians as they begin their careers. Audiences for classical music must be grown as well. The exciting Stravinsky performance showed the new performers are ready for their part of the challenge.

Enjoying a loyal and expanding audience of its own, New Century Chamber Orchestra concluded its 2017-18 season at the Herbst Theatre with the West Coast Premiere of Philip Glass’ Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring Simone Dinnerstein. Appearing as soloist, Dinnerstein performed the softly hypnotic work written with her in mind, along with J.S. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor. Indianapolis Symphony concertmaster Zachary DePue was guest Concertmaster in a concert that also featured works by Purcell and Francesco Geminiani. Contemporary composer Bruce David Dessner’s evocative and engaging “Aheym” rounded a thoroughly satisfying program. You can catch Dinnerstein performing the instantly likeable Glass Concerto on YouTube for confirmation of her worthiness of the composer’s trust. She was a fine soloist with NCCO; blending perfectly with the conductorless crew. Together, they created a quietly grand season finale.t

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Transgender performance extravaganza

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Sean Dorsey Dance, part of the 2018 Fresh Meat Festival.

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he 17th annual transgender and queer performance festival “Fresh Meat” features a transgender superhero rock opera, world champion gay ballroom dancers, queer disabled dance pioneers, gender-bending dance theater, and transcomedy. The 2018 festival, which will be held June 14-16 at Z Space (450 Florida St., SF), is the nation’s “most celebrated trans and queer performance festival,” said artistic director Sean Dorsey, who curated this year’s lineup. Each evening includes a reception before the performance as well as a party afterwards, according to Dorsey. On June 14, ASL interpretation is provided; the following evening is the gala reception. The three-night festival, which usually sells out, “features edgy, exquisite, extraordinary dance, theater, and live music, and a cornucopia of regional and world premieres,” said

Dorsey, 46, a trans man. In a telephone interview with the Bay Area Reporter, Dorsey said the 2018 festival “is a loving declaration that trans and queer people of color, disabled queers, elders, and gendernonconforming artists are brilliant and wise. These artists light the way through the entire mire of hatred and attacks on our communities and show up the way to a glorious future where all of us can love and live as our full authentic selves. “Given the current [Trump] administration and the horrific attacks on our community, we’ve built the festival as a real love letter to our communities, as a gigantic celebration of trans and queer people and trans and queer artists as prophets and guides who are an inspiration to all of us in these troubled times,” said Dorsey. In an email to the Bay Area Reporter, champion ballroom dancer Ernesto Palma wrote, “It is an honor to be part of this incredible Fresh

Meat Family. It has been a fun and exciting challenge to create something fresh for the new year and promote our artistry as part of the LGBT family. I’m so excited and happy to be part of this show because it is like nothing else I have done.” This year’s festival will include: Queer disabled dance superstars Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson, Bay Area singer-songwriter legend Blackberri, Soul-stirring opera by Breanna Sinclaire, Groundbreaking comedy-storytelling by Charlotte Tate, Trans mestiza wordsmith Elena Rose  (mestiza is defined as “a woman of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European descent,”) Queer bachata by Jahaira Fajardo & Angelica Medina, In Lak’ech Dance Academy bachata team Quisqueya, Same-Sex Ballroom champi-

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Above: Same-Sex Ballroom champions Robbie Tristan and Ernesto Palma, part of the 2018 Fresh Meat Festival. Below: Queer, nonbinary-trans disabled dancer Toby MacNutt, part of the 2018 Fresh Meat Festival.

ons Robbie Tristan & Ernesto Palma, Anthemic Americana singersongwriter Shawna Virago, Trans/queer trailblazers Sean Dorsey Dance, Contemporary R&B and Soul by Tajah J, Bomba dance and music ensemble Taller Bombalele, Trans superhero rock opera “The Red Shades,” and Queer, nonbinary-trans disabled dancer Toby MacNutt. “Transgender and LGBTQ people are under attack right now all across the US, with anti-transgender bath-

room bills and hate-fueled campaigns,” Dorsey concluded. “The Fresh Meat Festival is a joyful call to action, a celebration of world-class artistry by transgender, non-binary and queer artists. This year’s Festival is an ecstatic affirmation that we are beautiful and powerful!”t For information, see www. freshmeatproductions.org. Ticket prices begin at $15 on a sliding scale, and $20-$50 for the Saturday night gala. Tickets are available online at www.zspace.org/freshmeat2018.

Summertime gaiety by Gregg Shapiro

t’s been said before, but it bears repeating. LGBTQ musicians are making some of the most captivating and inspiring music out there. Since the beginning of 2018, new releases by queer artists such as Jim Andralis, Lucy Dacus, H.C. McEntire and Sarah Shook rank among the best to be heard. Beginning with the release of her eponymous 2005 debut recording, Brandi Carlile has consistently delivered outstanding albums,

including “The Story” and “Bear Creek,” that have earned her a devoted following. With a goosebump-raising vocal range and the ability to write songs with immense emotional impact, Carlile doesn’t disappoint with her latest disc, “By the Way, I Forgive You” (Low Country Sound/Elektra). From the personal lesbian mom tune “The Mother” to the queer empowerment anthem “The Joke,” Carlile has created her most far-reaching set of songs. The country-tinged “Every Time I Hear That Song,” the stomp

of “Hold Out Your Hand,” the heartbreaking political statement of “Fulton County Jane Doe,” the addiction story-song “Sugartooth,” the back-to-back forgiveness theme of “Most of All” and “Harder To Forgive” and the breathtaking album closer “Party of One” all contribute in making this Carlile’s best album to date. Ezra Furman describes his brilliant and unforgettable new album “Transangelic Exodus” (Bella Union) as “not a concept record, but almost a novel, or a cluster of stories on a theme, a combination of fiction and a half-true memoir, a personal companion for a paranoid road trip. A queer outlaw saga.” Regardless of how you feel about that description, you would be remiss if you didn’t give the disc a spin. A dizzying and exhilarating experience, “Transangelic Exodus” will leave you reeling in the best possible way. Opener “Suck the Blood from My Wound” morphs from pure pop exuberance to static rage in under five minutes. “Driving Down to L.A.” sounds like a lost experimental Rufus Wainwright number, and if “No Place” doesn’t make your heart race you should check your pulse. “The Great Unknown” (with what we can only hope is a sampled scream) has anthem written all over it, and “Maraschino Red Dress $8.99 at Goodwill” is remarkable. “Love You So Bad” and the delirious “I Lost My Innocence” are retro pop filtered through 21stcentury speakers.

Talent show competitor Calum Scott’s exquisite reimagining of Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own” as a ballad hinted at his great taste in music. That song, as well as a reading of Bob Dylan’s “Not Dark Yet,” can both be found of Scott’s full-length debut album “Only Human” (Capitol). The guy can sing! But so can Sam Smith, and therein lies the problem. We already

have one Smith, do we need another? The original songs, co-written by Scott and a team of collaborators, tend to be indistinguishable. There are a few exceptions, including the Leona Lewis duet “You Are the Reason” and the rhythmic “Give Me Something.” Worst of all is “Stop Me (Only Human),” featuring a lazy borrow from the Human League song “Human.” An interesting musical experiment if ever there was one, “World Beyond” (Mute) by Erasure is a “classical reworking” of the 10 tracks from the duo’s 2017 “World Be Gone” disc in a chamber music setting backed by Echo Collective. Given the subject matter, the current chaotic political mood, songs “Be Careful What You Wish For!” “Oh What a World,” “World Be Gone,” and “Lousy Sum of Nothing” benefit from these new renditions. “Still It’s Not Over,” Erasure’s queerest and most overtly political statement, is sure to have the greatest impact on LGBTQ listeners. Gay musical theater composer Stephen Flaherty, along with his longtime collaborator Lynn Ahrens, has created an impressive string of Broadway hits, including “Ragtime,” “My Favorite Year,” “Seussical” and “Anastasia.” One of Flaherty and Ahrens’ earliest shows, “Once On This Island,” is in the midst of a Broadway revival. The cast features queer actor Alex Newell as Asaka, Mother of the Earth, on “Once On This Island: New Broadway Cast Recording” (Broadway Records).t

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Feasting on Fosse by John F. Karr

wo recently published books are a Bob Fosse feast for musical theatre enthusiasts (aka, show queens, a fun but less politically correct nickname). One is an exciting dance-by-dance biography of Fosse’s work, and the other caters to those Fosse fans who are simply carazy for every tidbit about Broadway’s longest-running American musical (22 years and counting), “Chicago.” We know “Chicago” as a musical, but it started life in 1926 as a stage play. Then came a 1927 silent film, a 1942 talkie starring Ginger Rogers, and only then the 1975 Fosse musical for Broadway, followed by the 1996 revival that made the show a global phenomenon, and finally, the 2002 Oscar winning movie version. The show’s had quite a history, most of it as colorful as the show itself. There have been multiple books about Fosse, from the straightforward biographies of Kevin Boyd, Martin Gottried, and Debra McWaters, to the flashiest best of the

lot, Sam Wasson’s “let’s all go to hell in a handbasket” “Fosse.” Margery Beddow was a Fosse dancer, which makes her slim volume, “Bob Fosse’s Broadway,” highly informed. And now, Ethan Mordden devotes an entire book to “Chicago,” called “All That Jazz – The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago” (Oxford University Press, clothbound, $29.95). Just imagine, a whole book devoted to this single glittering, hard-as-a-diamond show, which I’ve always viewed as an American “Threepenny Opera.” Mordden’s lively book validates his standing as the supreme historian of the B’way musical. Especially when he delays the entrance of his titular subject to provide a fascinating chapter or two of musical theatre history, as the genre’s developing sophistication took it from sheer froth into vehicles that could deal with political reality. But don’t worry, Mordden’s as fun as usual, as when he praises “the show’s Weillian orchestration, suggesting the dance band engaged for Sadie Hawkins Night in Mother Courage’s bor-

Francine Larrimore is the original Roxie in the 1926 play “Chicago.”

dello,” or when he conjectures Barbara Stanwyck as a Ginger Rogers replacement. Having provided a context, Mordden finally arrives at the show’s inception. He’ll tell you all about its real-life origins, for yes, Roxie and Velma were actual people. He’ll explain why “Chicago” is a synecdoche as a symbol of American culture. And why “Chicago,” he writes, “is an exhibition piece in the development of our elite yet populist and idealistic yet subversive national art form, the musical.” And now I suggest you make a rush for the book that has superseded all the others to become the #1 champ on my Fosse shelf, Kevin Winkler’s “Big Deal – Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical” (Oxford University Press, clothbound, $29.95). Winkler was a professional dancer, and spent a couple decades as curator and archivist at the New York Public Library. Meaning he knows dancing, and he’s done his homework. He knows Fosse’s shows more intimately than other biographers, and most importantly, describes choreography from within the dances, making his descriptions seem like newsreels. He describes them with such you-are-there clarity that I feel like I’ve actually seen nearly unknown shows like “Redhead,” “New Girl in Town,” and even the failed “Pleasures and Places.” This is a choreographic biography of immense value, which also provides much pleasure in the reading. Winkler gives Fosse’s work its social and political context, and even delves into Fosse’s candid, personal thoughts on his own potential homosexuality, and how he used the sexuality of his gay male dancers to inform his shows. Winkler finds that Fosse’s greatest contribution to show dancing was not his unique style, but that he made actors out of dancers, engaging their thought process in approaching their steps, thus making their performance dramatically coherent. One disappointment is that neither of these books explains why the “Chicago” revival and other recent Fosse dances are credited not to Fosse, but usually to Ann Reinking, “in the style of Fosse.” The only dance in the “Chicago” revival that has actual Fosse choreography is the rather simplistic “Hot Honey Rag.” But even without an explication of that salient fact, “Big Deal” is the real deal. Don’t miss it. I’ll leave you with a fun fact: in real life, Hunyak (“not geeelty”) was acquitted.t

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Taboos beyond nude wrestling by Brian Bromberger

f you ask anyone over 45 if they have seen the film “Women in Love,” assuming they remember it, they will often remark, “Yes, that’s the movie with the two naked guys wrestling each other in front of a fireplace.” In celebration of its 50th anniversary next year, Criterion has reissued this #87 of the British Film Institute’s Top 100 British Movies of the 20th Century for the first time in Blu-ray and with 4K digital resolution. Billy Williams’ cinematography has never looked more breathtaking. “Women in Love” was one of the first pictures to display full frontal male nudity, and the famous au naturel Japanese wrestling scene still ranks as perhaps the greatest homoerotic sequence (at an astounding five minutes) in a mainstream movie. Besides the masculine flesh, it has numerous gay connections, mainly that the producer and screenwriter (nominated for an Oscar) was Larry Kramer, the later gay AIDS activist and founder of ACT UP. After director Silvio Narrizano (Georgy Girl) declined the job after leaving his wife for a man, Kramer hired Britain’s cinema enfant terrible Ken Russell. “Women in Love” became his most

successful artistic and commercial achievement, shattering taboos. The story, based on the scandalous 1920 D.H. Lawrence novel, revolves around the Brangwen sisters, the sculptress Gudrun (Glenda Jackson) and schoolteacher Ursula (Jennie Linden), and their respective relationships with Gerald Crich (Oliver Reed), the son of the town (Beldover)’s wealthy mine owner, and Rupert Birkin (Alan Bates), a school inspector and Gerald’s best friend. WWI has ended, and sexual and class mores, as well as rigid social conventions, are being upended. Gudrun is the petulant, feisty, sarcastic feminist who has little interest in traditional marriage but is not sure if she wants love at all. Ursula is more traditional, though wonders if “marriage is the end of experience.” Yet she’s insecure to the point of periodic mental instability. Still she convinces Rupert, after his affair with the ludicrous rich Hermoine (Eleanor Bron) has ended, to marry her. Rupert, serving as Lawrence’s

existential freethinking mouthpiece rejecting bourgeois constraints, believes one can have both an emotional and physical relationship with a woman as well as an “emotional union” with a man. Gerald, the sadistic alpha male and modern capitalist, who fires elderly workers for lack of productivity, is cruel to animals, and feels inadequate compared to his father, seems incapable of loving anyone. These four unlikeable, combustible characters will explode during the final scenes at a winter getaway in the Swiss Alps, with Gudrun’s affair with a bisexual German artist Loerke (Vladek Sheybal) leading to tragic consequences. It’s no coincidence that the best chemistry is between the physically imposing Reed and the effete intellectual Bates (a bisexual in real life). Had this movie taken place in the 1970s or later, they would have been a male couple, but neither can express their true love for each other, substituting violence for physical

intimacy. Their inability to connect with their homosexuality (Rupert to Gerald: “There is a golden light in you which I wish that you would give me”) drives them to the Brangwen sisters, neither of whom is right for either man. Jackson justly won an Oscar as Best Actress, propelling her to become one of Hollywood’s bright lights during her 1970s heyday. With her earthy sensuality, independence, and intelligence, she is able to elicit the audience’s sympathy for a woman caught between two eras, desperate to express her inner desires and creativity, but lacking the emotional tools to do so. Her Gudrun is one of the first feminist heroines in film. She left acting in the late 1980s to become a Labor member of Parliament, and returned to the theater at age 81 with spectacular performances and critical raves as King Lear last year in the West End, and this spring on Broadway in Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women.” One can only hope she will have at least one last great film role. The same cannot be said for Jennie Linden, the weak link in an otherwise stellar cast. The role of Ursula was offered to both Vanessa Redgrave and Faye Dunaway. Either would have been excellent, but both declined because

they knew Gudrun was the superior part. The unknown Linden strives to be good, but outstanding is required to keep pace with Jackson. Oddly, “Women in Love” serves as much commentary on the late 1960s as it does on the 20s, especially regarding sexual freedom and open relationships. The characters running naked through the woods (more in emancipation than titillation), or Jackson dancing in front of a rambunctious cattle herd to calm them down, elicit memories of the hippie era. It’s hard to tell if Russell is satirizing or promoting them, though these scenes highlight Russell’s flair as a visual filmmaker. Parts of the dialogue sound pretentious and preachy, especially speeches on the nature of art and the illusiveness of lasting love, but there is enough bitchy repartee and homoerotic allusions to keep it interesting. Russell largely succeeds in drawing a contrast between the lavish exterior settings and the inner turmoil of the characters, using his trademark stylistic excess and episodic narrative to campy advantage, highlighting the story’s emotional intensity. Fifty years later we can grasp the film’s insights into the drama of modern sexuality in all its liberating and destructive elements.t

If she is to avenge herself on Jason for his treachery, she needs those powers. A woman has no other means of attaining justice. Then the sun, her father’s father, tells her to use her magic, which she unknowingly still possesses. She pretends to be happy for Jason and Glauce. He promises to care for their sons, whom he loves. The boys deliver Medea’s sumptuous robes to Glauce – they are a wedding gift. Once that princess dons the poisoned costume, however, her horrible death becomes inevitable. Medea, knowing that her sons will always be unwanted, half-barbarian bastard outsiders, knowing that Jason, who loves them but loves power more, is weak, that he will sacrifice them to his own ambition, gently ends their lives. Euripides made Medea sympathetic, despite her terrible actions. This disturbed his original audiences. Pasolini and Callas do the same. She subtly shows Medea’s belief that a peaceful death at the hands of their mother is better for her boys than the unspeakable fate that awaits them in Corinth. Their death also punishes her for betraying her family and repays Jason for his callousness. Still, she’s tortured by what she must do. The easy thing is to let them live, to convince herself that Jason will honor his commitment to protect them. But she knows that he can’t do that. Callas, famed as much for her acting as her singing during her all-too-brief operatic career, gives an arresting, mesmerizing performance. She’s natural before the

cameras. Photographed superbly, her huge eyes and strong nose make her a compelling, exotic beauty sufficiently “barbaric” to be intriguing. Her romantic scenes with Gentile are erotic. Her scenes with her children are touching. Gentile conveys Jason’s charm, his love for Medea, and for their sons. He genuinely believes they will be treated like any children he has by Glauce. He’s sincere, but weak. This makes his interpretation more nuanced, complex, and human than the usual portrayal of Jason. Girotti, Clementi, Tramonti, and Anamaria Chio as Medea’s nurse, are effective. Pasolini shot the movie in Turkey, Syria, and Italy, using extraordinary landscapes, caves, and old fortified cities to convey an ancient, frightening, glaringly bright, arid world. He guided Callas, in her first and only picture, beautifully. Her performance is enhanced by Piero Tosi’s splendid costumes. The film would have benefitted from relying more on Euripides’ original story and less on Pasolini’s alterations, however. The ending, well-acted by Callas and Gentile, is ambiguous, unlike what Euripides wrote. The picture was at best a success d’estime, and Callas didn’t pursue a screen career. In 1963, 41-year-old Pasolini met 15-year-old Ninetto Davoli, “the great love” of his life, with whom he lived for many years. In 1961, Pasolini was brutally murdered near Rome under mysterious circumstances. He’s best remembered for 1975’s infamous “Salo or 120 Days of Sodom,” a graphic rendition of the Marquis de Sade’s sexual writings. “Medea” wasn’t a new character for Callas. She earned acclaim performing Italian-language versions of Luigi Cherubini’s 1797 seldom staged French opera “Medee.” It was revived for her in 1953-54 in productions in Florence, and later, Milan’s La Scala, with Leonard Bernstein conducting. She sang it in Dallas in 1958, opposite Jon Vickers’ Jason. She appeared in the opera at Covent Garden in 1959, and at the Ancient Theatre at Epidarus in 1961. Callas also recorded it in 1959, conducted by Tullio Serafin, with Mirto Picchi as Jason, and Renata Scotto as Glauce.t

Tragic Barbarian by Tavo Amador

uripides (480-406 BCE) differed from his great Greek playwright predecessors Aeschylus and Sophocles by penning dramas that sometimes portrayed “barbarians,” i.e., non-Greeks, sympathetically. He made them tragic figures, despite the convention that such figures had to be Greek heroes, monarchs, or other important people whom the gods punished for hubris. “Medea,” first staged in 431 BCE and Euripides’ penultimate extant work, shocked contemporary audiences at Athens’ Dionysia, where it and his accompanying plays finished last in the competition. But today it’s his most performed drama. It’s based on the myth of Jason and the Argonauts stealing the golden fleece from Colchis with the aid of Medea, daughter of that land’s king. It has been adapted by many later writers,

including Pierre Corneille (1635), Jean Anouilh (1946), and most famously, Robinson Jeffers (1947). In 1969, openly gay Italian left-wing political activist, writer, and director Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-75) filmed “Medea” using his screenplay. The great GreekAmerican opera star Maria Calls (1923-77) played her. It’s available on DVD, and is an often fascinating interpretation of the story. It begins with a centaur (Laurent Terzieff) explaining to a boy about the child’s lost heritage and kingdom. These expository scenes are talky and slow. Once the story moves to Colchis, however, it becomes intense and dramatic. Jason (Giuseppe Gentile) and his Argonauts (citizens of the Greek city of Argos) are sent to Colchis by Peleas, king of Iolcus, to steal the golden fleece. Assisted by Medea, a princess and a sorceress, they succeed. To

delay her father’s pursuit, she kills her brother (Sergio Tramonti), cuts his body into pieces, then scatters them in many places. To properly bury his son, her father and his soldiers must stop to gather all the dismembered parts. This allows Jason to bid farewell to his Argonauts and to sail with Medea for Corinth. Ten years pass. Jason and Medea have two sons. But he has political ambitions, which include marrying Glauce (the lovely Margareth Clementi), daughter of Creonte, King of Corinth (Massimo Girotti). His “marriage” to Medea is irrelevant – she is, after all, a “barbarian.” Away from her homeland for a decade, Medea feels lost. She has exchanged her stunning native gowns, head dresses, and colorful jewelry for more somber Greek costumes. She no longer feels connected to the earth or the sky. Her supernatural powers have dissipated.

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Cobby makes a comeback by Erin Blackwell

obby is a 60-year-old male chimpanzee who has lived at the San Francisco Zoo for 50 years. He’s on display with longtime roommates Minnie and Maggie, each about 50. Ages are approximate because no one kidnapping baby chimps in Africa leaves a paper trail. These three were reared separately by humans and now depend on institutionalized care. They don’t have it so bad. The new documentary “Cobby: The Other Side of Cute” is a biopic that touches on the abuse of captive chimps, playing SF DocFest at the Roxie Sunday, 6/3, at 2:45 p.m., and Monday, 6/4, at 7:15 p.m. Filmmaker Donna McRae fell under Cobby’s spell in the 1960s watching TV as a young girl in Adelaide, Australia. The Calvin Company of Kansas City, Missouri had produced 156 episodes of a fiveminute program called “Cobby’s Hobbies,” featuring a young chimp in human dress, his gal pal Cobina with a wig of blonde braids, and his conscience in a halo. McRae interviewed a handful of other Australians who were similarly hooked as youngsters, one of whom was nicknamed “Cobby.” Only McRae was so haunted by the perky theme song she spent years stalking the star to his current residence. “Cobby” opens with McRae driving north along Highway 1 from L.A., narrating her quest in a lilting Aussie twang. At the zoo she’s thrilled to meet her childhood hero until it dawns on her he’s an old man with other things on his mind. Her curiosity leads her backwards through Cobby’s past to the widower of his former keeper, the daughters of the man who raised him as one of his own children, the editor of the TV show, its writer-director,

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Left: Cobby in his child-star days. Right: Cobby in late middle age, at San Francisco Zoo.

and the actor who voiced Cobby. Linking these fascinating vignettes are clips of the sexagenarian zoo animal as a charismatic child star. As a docent at the zoo, I’m obsessed with the human-animal continuum and how oddly it manifests. Ever since I heard Cobby was a TV star, I’ve been dying to see his old films. Now that chimpanzees are recognized as one of our closest living relatives, sharing 98% of our DNA, it’s a huge no-no for an enlightened human to exploit them. As a former actress, I relate to that exploitation, but I want to see him perform. The few excerpts of “Cobby’s Hobbies” we’re shown demonstrate the star’s comic range, from gentle whimsy to Surrealist anarchy, reminiscent of the young Harpo Marx. “Cobby” reaches its aesthetic climax in an extended archival sequence about his latest hobby. A

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mellifluous announcer asks, “What, besides the right equipment, does it take for the job of film editing?” as Cobby starts messing with an editing station. “It takes an individual with these qualities: manual dexterity, dramatic judgment, storytelling sense, a feel for pacing and tempo, endless patience,” Cobby madly unspools reels of film, “and most of all, an ability to take genuine pleasure in ruthlessly discarding most of what so many have worked so long and so hard to produce.” I was laughing out loud at the comedy, the tragedy, and the director’s self-satire. As a performer, Cobby seems to channel the fantasies of his human dad, trainer, and boss Murray Hill, a fascinating guy. But when the child star outgrew his cuteness, he was left at the San Francisco Zoo. I feel for the has-been whose star status has been reduced to never-ending per-

formances of himself behind bars. What a metaphor. How Kafkaesque. Where’s the Victor Hugo who’ll write a 700-page novel about the existential hell of Cobby’s final hobby? I’ve seen him get temperamental, rocking sideways like a drunken Popeye from foot to foot, swinging his arms. I’ve heard the crowd laugh at him. He’s a sensitive artist no one seems to understand. At the one-hour mark, “Cobby” switches focus to the plight of captive chimps, a huge topic beyond McRae’s grasp or her film’s compass. Dr. Stephen Ross, of Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, chairs the species survival plan for chimps, monitoring the nation’s zoo population. He tells us, “Cobby is the oldest male chimp living in an accredited zoo.” Animal lover Kim Forwood fights back tears telling how she stopped the San Francisco Zoo from secretly

relocating Cobby, Maggie, and Minnie to another facility. Calling him a revered elder, she says, “I want Cobby to be respected in his home. They’re older. They deserve to be happy every moment they’re there.” Other chimps are not so lucky. “Cobby” preaches compassion for chimps and monkeys tortured in the name of science, from rocket test-dummies killed in flight to AIDS patients whose suffering wasn’t applicable to the human version. Several hundred chimp refugees from biomedical research now need sanctuary. Theodora Capaldo, executive director of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society, has the final word. Calling for “a major shift in how human beings interface with other animals,” she says categorically, “It is not a subject-object relationship. It is a subject-subject relationship.” That’s all, folks!t

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26 • Bay Area Reporter • May 31-June 6, 2018

Bawdy bacchanal by Jim Piechota

floors.” With his compulsive sexual appetite forever unquenched, this boy finds himself on a world tour of gay bathhouses, cursed with immortality and banned to this eternal existence by his father, Neptune. The godling’s life purpose now is to please men with his skilled and practiced oral skills, multi-talents perfected at the soiled feet of his halfbrother Obsidio, who sexually abused him for years while they grew up in a tony Roman enclave, and was “the first to discover the congress of my throat.” Blackhaired Obsidio, son of Pluto, is akin

to a living gargoyle: a fascinating, darkly dominant brute, winged but flightless with taloned toes, and mercurial when authority leaves the building, pouncing on poor Nerites to deliver his onyx-black seed into his brother front-toback. With a decidedly perfunctory plot, the story itself is but a minimal vehicle through which chapters upon chapters of raw carnality are delivered. The true sexy devil here resides within the details, and Cardamone excels at sketching out vivid scenery and set-pieces popu-

lated by crowds of toweled men eager to embrace the God-given gifts Nerites embodies. Sure, subtlety is non-existent here, and much of the prose is schlocky. All of the “Fellatiolympics” are more than a little snicker-worthy, though terrific for some hilarious readaloud moments at bedtime with the husband. Still, it’s a pleasure to read a work of gay erotic fiction that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Feverish depictions of the boy’s flaming desire are on par with more unfettered erotica. For example, Nerites’ oral sex fixation is described as being akin to “a wolf that burrowed into the cave of my throat and dropped a moist litter into my bowels. I must feed these squirming pups.” Time-traveling from the Roman baths to Japan, Greece, Cairo and

owned “Priscilla” back for a second engagement from May 26 through June 30, after a critically acclaimed sold-out run last year. “We’re a gay theater, for god’s sake. “This is a show with two main characters who are gay young men and very much still in the game. Their sexuality is an important part of who they are,” Fisher said. “Our choreography is raunchier than the Broadway version, and we have interaction with the audience, including lap dancing.” “And the costumes!” he exulted, standing amidst racks of designer Robert Horek’s 200-plus outfits and mountains of accessories at the Rhino’s Van Ness Avenue rehearsal space last week. “Our boy costumes are much more revealing, and our drag outfits – you know, as a queer theater, it’s our responsibility to be fabulous.” Fabulous costumes are also among the hallmark attractions of “When Pigs Fly,” the baby-back-ribtickling revue now at the New Conservatory Theatre through June 10. Wes Crain, one of three costume designers who collaborated on “Pigs,” works full-time in the wardrobe department of the San Fran-

cisco Ballet. “Sometimes the main purpose of costumes is really just to keep people from being naked on stage,” he lamented. “So having a chance to work on a show like this is a dream. I mean, sometimes the script is really just an excuse to bring out an amazing costume.” The original 1996 Off-Broadway production of “Pigs” was conceived of by the real-life Howard Crabtree, a wildly imaginative costume designer, working with his creative partner, lyricist Mark Waldrop. Among the fantastic concoctions he dreamed up are vanity tables that suddenly transform into dresses; a mermaid costume with ceilingheight hair made of fishing nets, flotsam and jetsam; and a quartet of playing-card queens. Keri Fitch, who led Crain and Jorge Hernandez in creating the costumes for “Pigs,” said that while “there are some specific directions in the script – the chaps in the prologue have to be feathered, there have to be marching band uniforms in one scene – there’s plenty of opportunity to be outrageous. You always have to work within a box, but in this case it’s a really big box! “Part of the fun of working on

this show is that we could look back at images of costumes from Howard’s original production and from the version that NCTC did in 2003, then try to come up with ways to push things even further.” Likewise, at Theatre Rhinoceros, those crazy gays can’t leave well Courtesy Rhino enough alone. Rudy Guerrero, who won a Best Actor Dresser John F. Karr, actor Rudy award from the Bay Area Guerrero, and Theatre Rhinoceros Critics’ Circle last year executive director John Fisher, backstage for playing Tick, the lead at a Rhino rehearsal space. character in “Priscilla,” hasn’t been able to resist backstage, decided that this year, updating his wardrobe for his return “We really couldn’t do a show set engagement. in Australia without an Australian “It’s really part of developing my lifeguard. character,” he explained. “This is “Besides,” Karr joked, “what’s a working-class guy who is doing a big gay musical without a drag, so I try to put myself into his Speedo?!”t head and go searching for things to wear, or to make into outfits, at Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, thrift shops. During rehearsals this through June 30, Gateway year, I came in with a gold sequined Theatre. www.therhino.org gown that’s in the show now.” And John F. Karr, the dresser who When Pigs Fly, through June helps the “Priscilla” cast of 14 make 10, New Conservatory Theatre Center. www.nctcsf.org. their near-instant costume changes

“Brewmaster,” the opening-night film, is Douglas Tirola’s spotlight on how the number of American breweries has risen to 7,000. (Brava, 5/31) Intoxicating drinks are also the subject of SF DocFest’s closing-night film, “Agave: The Spirit of a Nation,” a look at the rise of Tequila and Mezcal as popular alcoholic Courtesy SF DocFest drinks. (Roxie, 6/14; New People, 6/10) Filmmaker John Waters in director “Tomorrow Never Joe Tropea’s history of American movie Knows” Adam Sekuler censorship, “Sickies Making Films.” tackles the story of Shar, a 64-year-old transgender little gem that covers the waterfront person who is dying from earlyon sensitive issues from wetlands onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Shar and erosion to animal rights, to fur as wife struggle to celebrate their final a fashion statement, to a cringedays together while preparing for worthy source of protein, to a witty Shar’s death and cremation. Warning update on post-Katrina Louisiana, for scenes that may summon widely to a proud lesbian bayou-hunter, to conflicting emotions. The film is a lovely update on Michael Moore’s extremely detailed and could serve “Roger and Me” question: “Pets or as a partial guide to these very special meat?” end-of-life issues. (Roxie, 6/3, 5) The fantastical subject of “Ro“Rodents of Unusual Size” I have dents of Unusual Size” is, depending to hand it to DocFest programmers, on your point of view, a beautiful or this wildly off-the-wall Centerpiece repulsive water rat that weighs in offering is one of the weirdest, wildat 20 lbs. and is presently literally est, funniest and oddly educational eating away at the land mass and 71 minutes of reality films I’ve reaquatic livelihoods of Southern viewed after more than 30 years on Louisiana’s fabled bayou country. doc patrol. The “Rodents” directoriCalled nutria, the rodents are an al trio (Quinn Costello, Chris Metinvasive species that has forced zler and Jeff Springer) have made a authorities to offer a five-dollar

bounty as proof that someone has killed one of the critters. The film gets off to a somewhat off-putting first act as the filmmakers rub our faces in the physical aspects of the “rodent invasion.” Later they try and make amends by taking us on a tour of Cajun kitchens where they bake, boil and sauté the creature nine ways to Sunday. Sitting in at the “Rodents” Bay Area premiere (Roxie, 6/9, followed by a post-film party), you may have to substitute your black sense of humor for your gag reflex. But trust me, it’s worth the effort to take in a truly spectacular chunk of Americana. This doc cries out to be booked for a longer post-festival commercial run – to say nothing about DVD sales to mine the nutria recipe suggestions. One of the film’s odder moments comes from a nutria hunter who displays his long guns for killing the creatures, all the while cuddling his own pet nutria on his lap. Go figure! “Sickies Making Films” Joe Tropea’s history of American movie censorship is a 2018 DocFest mustsee for its insights into the complicated reasons that Americans have tried to keep other citizens from watching movies they personally find distasteful for religious, moral or aesthetic reasons. The film’s chats range from an unrepentant Maryland censor to a filmmaker whose career was inspired by prejudices of Baltimore blue noses. John Waters favors us with a snippet of an infamous scene from one of his films: Divine chows down on dog poop. Director Tropea traces the

agonizing history of domestic film censorship right down to the gamechanging 1950s Supreme Court decision that ended Hollywood’s ongoing attempts to placate local censors as the movies came of age at the beginning of the sound era. (Roxie, 6/2, 4) “Complicit” Heather White and Lynn Zhang follow the long, tragic history of Mainland Chinese factory workers poisoned by exposure to the toxic chemical Benzene, already banned in most industrial countries. The film details the horrendous obstacles to worker safety erected by bottom-line-obsessed government bureaucrats. Featuring heartbreaking personal stories from young Chinese workers betrayed by the Communist dictatorship. (Roxie, 6/5; New People, 6/9) “The Organizer” Local filmmaker Nick Taylor follows the now-notorious history of the Arkansas group ACORN as it tried, starting in the Nixon years, to empower a multi-racial coalition of low-income residents throughout the old Confederacy. The star is a tall, blond organizer, Wade Rathke, who combines rock-star good looks with a tenacious desire to allow ordinary citizens to buck efforts by the conservative establishment to evict folks from neighborhoods seen as prime for gentrification. As the story unfolds, Rathke is betrayed by a financial scandal involving his brother. He winds up taking his fight to Africa, in the process recalling the career of the late pioneering openly gay labor organizer Howard

The Lurid Sea by Tom Cardamone, Bold Strokes Books, $16.95; $8.99 e-book

or one-handed readers who enjoy erotic novels dripping with over-the-top sex on every page, Lambda Award-winning writer Tom Cardamone has written the perfect indulgence. “The Lurid Sea,” the author’s latest after the bawdy beauty of his second story collection “Night Sweats: Tales of Homosexual Wonder and Woe,” is a hypersexual, mythologysoaked novelty narrated by Nerites, an orally fixated “godling that grovels at the bony feet of men, one who sucks stringy loops of ambrosia from their warm laps and rolls in ecstasy on cold semen-stained cement

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In 1994, “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” arrived on movie screens. The Terence Stamp/Guy Pearce/Hugo Weaving romp about two drag queens and a trans woman taking a raucous road trip became a gay cult favorite. Over a decade later, its musical theater adaptation was a smash in its native Australia and a considerable success on the West End and Broadway. But amidst the show’s conversion to a mainstream spectacle – its name shortened to simply “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – it lost not only “The Adventures” but also some of its adventurousness, its fierce camp filed down to anodyne silliness as producers cautiously courted straight audiences. Well into the London run, I attended a Saturday performance of “Priscilla” and found myself surrounded by coops-worth of hen parties. And when the national tour played San Francisco, I found it cartoonish and sterile. “Our production is plenty gay,” said John Fisher, the executive director of Theatre Rhinoceros, which brings its homegrown, homo-

SF DocFest

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beyond, Nerites is consistently “drunk on sperm and emancipated by sexual exertion.” But, in a strange shift of narrative gears, dark and deadly Obsidio is also marking his time shadowing his half-brother through his sexual escapades, and killing hundreds of men in his sinister path with lethal black sperm. This plot twist is overkill, pure comic-book shtick. Once the body count rises to unforgivable levels, readers are snatched from their steamy reverie and slam-dunked into a fantasy novel where sex is a death sentence. Forgiving this, however, readers can still allow themselves to wallow in the pent-up energy of bathhouse culture, and enjoy the oversexed adventures of a boy on his knees and loving (and lapping up) every minute of it.t

Wallace. (Roxie, 6/2, 6) “Silicone Soul” Melody Gilbert takes a sensitive look at several adults and their practice of having full-sized doll companions. The most poignant quote: “I use the dolls as replacements for the relationships I wish I had.” Plays with short “Swan Song.” (Roxie, 6/9; New People, 6/10) “Point of No Return” Quinn Kanaly and Noel Dockstder explore an attempt to circle the globe in a plane fueled only by sunlight. Drawback: an unheated, unpressurized cockpit. On the plus side, the experience recalls flights by 1930s pioneers. (Roxie, 6/9, 13) “Adios Amor – The Search for Maria Moreno” Bay Area filmmaker Laurie Coyle honors the onetime farm worker/labor organizer who was among the first leaders of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW). (Roxie, 6/8, 9) “Elephant Path - Njaia Njoku” Todd McGrain visits the Central African Republic, scene of a lonely battle to save the region’s majestic elephant population from the ravages of civil war and the attempts by poachers to kill off the remaining 50,000 so-called forest elephants for the valuable ivory extracted from their tusks. The film notes the work by four individuals: two Africans, a white female biologist and a male Israeli security contractor. I was struck by how this beautifully lensed film carried me back to my freshman college anthropology course and books like “The Forest People.” (Roxie, 6/10, 12)t

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Giving Back During Pride Month

Highlights of June events that benefit us all

by Juanita MORE!

n the fall of 2001, I pulled together my first large-scale benefit for the Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center at the George Coates Performance Works theater on McAllister and Hyde. It was an early version of the House of MORE!’s 1930’s-style shows and had a star-studded cast of some of San Francisco’s most notable underground performers and personalities. I had been doing drag for almost ten years and was becoming aware of my voice and knew it needed to be used for good within our community. See page 28 >>

Recent San Francisco Pride march participants show festive colors.

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Susan Egan, Laura Osnes and Courtney Reed in the Broadway Princess Party by Jim Gladstone

Left to Right: Laura Osnes, Susan Egan, and Courtney Reed perform in the Broadway Princess Party at Feinstein’s at the Nikko.

n a cloud of pink smoke and glitter, not one, not two, but three—well, let’s call it three and a half— princesses land in town this weekend. Accompanied by music director Benjamin “(Cute as a) Button” Rauhala, New York theater stars Susan Egan (the original Belle from Beauty and the Beast), Laura Osnes (Cinderella) and Courtney Reed (Broadway’s first Jasmine in Aladdin) will perform at Feinstein’s at the Nikko in Broadway Princess Party, a program of diaphanous ditties and empowered ballads inspired by royal gals of stage and screen. All in their thirties, the members of this princess posse have lived under the influence of pixie dust since childhood. The Bay Area Reporter subjected them to a royal inquisition. See page 29 >>

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Saturday, June 16 Beatpig - Benefiting The Transgender Law Center, Powerhouse

After eight years, Beatpig is still considered one of the best monthly parties in SoMa, whose beneficiary monthly has been the Transgender Law Center who help change laws, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression. To date, this event has helped to raise over $25,000. Shot in the City

Powerblouse debuts drag virgins fabulously.

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Those early shows eventually morphed into becoming my annual non-profit Pride Party. I really started to focus on supporting some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most needy organizations. Over the years the party has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, helping to keep many organizations afloat and moving forward. I could have just created a list here of all the great parties happening during Pride month, but most of them are for-profit. But I digress and will focus on some that are giving back. Support these events in June and thank them for supporting our community.

June 2 Powerblouse - Benefiting The Q Foundation, Powerhouse

Each month my mother Glamamore and I invite one lucky person to the stage of the Powerhouse for a full-fantasy drag makeover. The magic mascara wand will be casting spells! Powerblouse is a monthly party benefiting the Q Foundation who believes in a world where all people have a safe, decent and affordable home. They prevent homelessness for people with HIV/AIDS

by protecting the housing they already have, providing resources to secure new housing, and promoting public policy to expand opportunity for all. Their goal is to become the largest housing services provider and largest employer of people with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco. To date, this event has helped to raise over $7000.

June 14 - 24 San Francisco International Frameline42 Film Festival, Various Cinemas

The Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival is one of the organization’s six established film arts programs, which together support LGBTQ film development, exhibition and distribution, and national youth education. Movies were such an important part of my youth. I loved going to the theater by myself. I didn’t then and still don’t like to share my popcorn. That time offered me the chance to be whisked away through the artfulness of the movie into worlds I had not yet adventured. Frameline is also a grantmaking organization, which awards funds annually to assist with filmmakers’ post-production costs via juried awards from their Completion Fund each autumn. Support the films at Frameline!

Sunday, June 17 Broadway Bares / San Francisco Strips lll, DNA Lounge

Broadway Bares is an annual benefit for The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation, a non-profit, Arts/ Health organization dedicated to raising funds for AIDS services, hunger programs and programs for underserved youth in the Bay Area through the production of quality entertainment programs. To date, this event has helped to raise over $65,000.

Monday, June 18 Williams-Sonoma Drag Queen Cook-Off - Benefiting TRUTH, Flagship Store

Williams-Sonoma invites you to watch Sister Roma and I battle to win their First-Ever Drag Queen Cook-Off! We go head to head (or wig to wig) as we cook, and plate our dishes made using three secret ingredients. The panel of judges includes Foodie Chap Liam Mayclem and Top Chef ’s Melissa King who will be selecting a winner.

Wednesday, June 20 40th Anniversary SF Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band Gala, Green Room War Memorial

The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band is the first openly gay musical organization in the world, inspiring the formation of LGBT bands, choruses and performing groups around the globe. SFLGFB is the Official Band of San Francisco, having been given that honor by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in honor of the Band’s 20th and 25th anniversaries. The band raises funds to continue their mission, and look towards the future as they continue to educate and develop our members, promote visibility of LGBTQ communities, and with allies, fostering understanding among diverse communities through public performance.

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Celebrities like Jonathan Groff, Armistead Maupin and Christopher Turner at a recent Frameline event.

PRC (Positive Resource Center) has been transforming the Bay Area for decades, helping those affected by HIV/AIDS, substance use, or mental health issues realize their best selves by providing the support and services they need to reclaim their lives. To date, this event has helped to raise over $350,000.

Sunday, June 24 48th Annual SF LGBT Pride Parade & Celebration, Market Street to Civic Center

A world leader in the Pride movement, SF Pride is also a grant-giving organization through their Community Partners Program. Since 1997, SF Pride has awarded over $2.5 million dollars from proceeds of the Pride Celebration and Parade to local nonprofit LGBT organizations and those organizations working on issues related to HIV/ AIDS, cancer, homelessness, and animal welfare.

Saturday, June 23, 2018 Juanita MORE!’s Pride Party 2018 Nighttime - Benefiting TRUTH, Fillmore West

For the first time, Juanita will take on Saturday night of Gay Pride to raise even more money for the community. The Saturday night event will take place at the former Carousel Ballroom which hosted big bands in the 30’s and 40’s and when that era faded a new style of music was ushered in featuring Ike & Tina Turner, B.B. King, Chuck Berry and many, many more. Bill Graham took over the concert hall in 1968, opening its doors as its most famous incarnation the

Fillmore West to the likes of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Santana and countless others and also where Aretha Franklin recorded her legendary live album in 1971. The venue is a very special place where decades of dancers, musicians, and performers spent many nights having a good time. Saturday night’s party will usher in the debut of this newly refurbished venue. The all-queer musical lineup includes Gavin Rayna Russom (LCD Soundsystem), Kim Ann Foxman (Fire House), Jasmine Infiniti (New World Dysorder) and more. This magnificent space includes both indoor and outdoor attractions, with a roof deck as large as the venue itself. To date, this event has helped raise over $450,000.

Saturday, June 24 Juanita MORE!’s Pride Party 2018 Daytime - Benefiting TRUTH, 620 Jones

On Sunday, Juanita reprises her legendary daytime party at the spectacular 620 Jones venue featuring everything you’ve come to love about this now legendary party. In 1929, inspired by the buildings of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, prolific architect H. C. Baumann designed the Gaylord Hotel at 620 Jones in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. It still stands today, just to the left of the Jones entrance. Jones features an 8,000 sq. foot patio and is considered a horticultural gem in heart of San Francisco. Sunday’s entertainment includes Horse Meat Disco featuring Severino and Jim Stanton, CarrieOnDisco and much, much MORE!t Get more info on Juanita MORE!’s events at www.juanitamore.com

Thursday, June 21 Giants LGBT Night, AT&T Park

The Giants have paved the way for inclusiveness in sports. They became the first professional sports team to create an anti-bullying public service announcement with an emphasis on ending the harassment of lesbians and gays. The 2018 game features a matchup against the San Diego Padres. Each ticket package for this event includes access to the LGBT Night pre-game party from 5–7 p.m. (location TBD) and a ticket to watch the game. Also, a limited-edition SF Pride expandable backpack is available with the purchase of this special event ticket. Partial proceeds from each special event ticket will be donated to local nonprofits in the LGBT community.

Saturday, June 23 20th Annual Pride Brunch - Benefiting PRC, Hotel Whitcomb

This annual event hosted by Gary Virginia and Donna Sachet will celebrate its 20th year and is considered a favorite during SF Pride.

Above: San Francisco Giants’ LGBT Day is popular with sports fans. Below: 40th Anniversary of SF Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band Gala will be taking place at the Green Room War Memorial.

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Left: Laura Osnes as Cinderella. Middle: Susan Egan as Belle in Beauty and the Beast. Right: Courtney Reed as Jasmine in Aladdin.

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Jim Gladstone: As a kid, were you into Disney princesses? Courtney Reed: I remember when I saw Aladdin. Jasmine was the first ethnic Disney princess and the only one I felt like I looked like. I wanted to be exactly like her. Laura Osnes: I loved Ariel from The Little Mermaid because her gift was her voice, and I felt that mine was, too. Susan Egan: I had this crazy fantasy that I’d wake up and find one of those enormous poofy princess dresses under my bed. Benjamin Rauhala: I was sooo into princesses, especially Ariel. She has the best voice in the sea, she has perfect hair. I had multiple Ariel dolls, including one with a wind-up voice box that said, “Flounder, don’t be such a guppy.” Sassy!

Music Director Benjamin Rauhala

In your childhood fantasies, who was your personal Prince Charming? Egan: Paul Newman was definitely an inspiration. Not just for the immensity of his talent and the iconic roles he played, but also for using his celebrity to make the world a better place. Reed: I had lots of crushes. Early on I was in love with the baby brother in Surf Ninjas and, of course, Atreyu in The Never-Ending Story. As I got older it was Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Welling and Paul Walker. Osnes: Titanic and Lord of the Rings came out in my middle school and high school years, so it was Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom.

Rauhala: Leo for me too; and later, Justin Timberlake.

Osnes: I’m a sucker for Mexican food. Give me some chips and guac with a margarita,

What’s your favorite princess song? Egan: I love the music from Enchanted. It’s just so smart! The lyrics and melodies pay homage to the prince and princess canon, while also satirizing it. I also love that Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz wrote that score, parodying their own music from prior movies. The key here is having a sense of humor about it all, while never actually making fun of it - that’s a hard balance to strike and the film does it perfectly! From “True Love’s Kiss” to “Happy Working Song” - perfection! Reed: That’s hard. There are so many. If I had to pick just one it would have to be “Part of Your World,” from The Little Mermaid. I used to sing it all of the time as a kid! Rahula: I’m going to go with “Home” from the stage version of Beauty and the Beast. At home, after I saw the show on Broadway, I would drape a blanket over two chairs and pretend to play piano along with my cassette tape of Susan singing the song. That’s when I started begging my parents for piano lessons! Osnes: I have a soft spot for “A Whole New World” from Aladdin because I met my husband understudying those parts together in Minnesota. The real Al and Jas collided on stage and had to go to the hospital. So Nate and I went on together — our first kiss was onstage and we started dating a few days later. We’ve now been married almost 11 years!

and I am good to go! Reed: Sorry Chef, but my mom and grandma make my favorite food—the best Thai dishes you’ll ever eat. Egan: I’m definitely the princess with control issues who wanders down to the sub-basement kitchen to cook everything myself (current obsession, green smoothies) and hang with the staff, where I’m far more comfortable than in the ballroom. Rauhala: My favorite food is Cotton Candy, made lovingly at the Royal Fair, which, in my head, looks suspiciously like the carnival in Love, Simon. Anyone want to meet me at the Ferris Wheel? Blue?!?

And what’s your favorite song by Prince? Osnes: “1999.” I pretty much only listened to showtunes growing up, so the fact that I know any Prince song is an accomplishment. Rauhala: I’m going to go with “1999,” because I have such strong memories both of this song being everywhere in 1999, and of New Year’s Eve in 1999 when we all thought that Y2K was going to shut computers down everywhere. Reed: I literally did not grow up to Prince! I only remember Julia Roberts singing to him in the bathtub in Pretty Woman! [“Kiss”] Egan: “Purple Rain.” I’m singin’ in the purple rain… So, as a princess, you can have your favorite dishes served up by the palace chef. What would you order?

The Beatles had ‘the cute one,’ ‘the smart one,’ ‘the quiet one’ and ‘the funny one.’ Among the Princess Party gang, which ‘one’ would you be? Osnes: I guess I’d say “The Cute One.” As co-creator and host, I tend to bring that extra energy and adorable—at times, campy— sparkle. And perhaps there’s a genuineness, vulnerability, and childlike joy that comes out when I sing these Princess songs. Rauhala: First, I know Courtney didn’t have an answer for this, so I’m going to call her ‘The Fashionable One,’ because she has her own line of chokers and the most incredible sense of style [www. gaggedchokers.com]. And for me, I’ll take ‘The Funny One,’ because I often get to provide the silliness

and comic relief in moments where the girls have to be completely in character. Egan: ‘The Sarcastic One.’ As much as I originated Belle, and do share several attributes with her, I am most definitely Meg from Hercules—the other Disney role I created—the heroine with the string of bad boyfriends and an attitude to go along with it. She is known for her dry wit and sass. I think that’s kinda where I live.t ‘Broadway Princess Party’ at Feinstein’s at the Nikko; Saturday, June 2 at 8 p.m., Sunday, June 3 at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. $49-$85 ($20 food/drink min.) Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinssf.com

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ArtsMay Events 31-June 7

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Older and Out @ North Berkeley Senior Center Weekly group discussion about problems for elders in the LGBT community. 3:15pm. 1901 Hearst Ave., Berkeley. www.pacificcenter.org

Roman Women @ Palace of Fine Arts

Barn Owl @ CounterPulse

We Players outdoor environmental drama, a variation on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, set amid the historic columns of the park, with live music and walking tour of scenes. $60. FriSun 6:30pm, 7pm. Thru June 3. 3301 Lyon St. www.weplayers.org

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Three Days of Rain @ Dragon Theatre, Redwood City

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Thu 31 </3 @ SF LGBT Center Closing party for the collaborative art exhibit, with a video, readings and audience Q&A. 6pm-8:30pm. 1800 Market St. www.sfcenter.org

Barn Owl @ CounterPulse Evan Johnson ( Pansy, Don’t Feel: The Death of Dahmer) presents a visually stunning show about UFOs, California cults, and queer cosmologies. $20-$35. Thu-Sat 8pm. 80 turk St. www.counterpulse.org

An Entomologist’s Love Story @ SF Playhouse Melissa Ross’ comic play about two bug scientists at the Museum of Natural History. $30-$100. Tue-Sun thru June 23. 450 Post St. www.sfplayhouse.org

The Heart of the City @ Tenderloin Museum Photos by Darwin Bell, thru June

2. Also, permanent exhibits of historical Tenderloin photos, artifacts and ephemera. 398 Eddy St. www.tenderloinmuseum.org

Jesus Christ Superstar @ Victoria Theatre Ray of Light Theatre company’s new all-women production of the classic Weber-Rice musical/operetta about the last days of Jesus. $15-$40. Thu-Sat 8pm. some other nights and matinees. Thru June 9. 2961 16th St. www.rayoflighttheatre.com

Literary Speakeasy @ Martuni’s James J. Siegel hosts the monthly reading series at the popular martini bar, this time with Rohan DaCosta, Rebecca Gomez Farrell, Bud Gundy, Chad Koch and Riss Rosado. 7pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market.

Silent Film Festival @ Castro Theatre 23rd annual screenings of classic cinema from around the world, with live musical accompaniment. $15-$25. Thru June 3. 429 Castro St. www.castrotheatre.com

Rae Senarighi @ Strut Opening reception for Transcend, the artist’s exhibit of large portraits of various transgender people. 8pm10pm. Exhibit thru June. 470 Castro St. www.transpainter.com

Velocity Entertainment @ Gregangelo Museum

Hot Draw @ Mark I Chester Studio Erotic fetish leather drawing group with models in various poses, this time men of color. All talent levels welcome. $20 donate what you can. 6:30pm-9:30pm. 1229 Folsom St. www.markichester.com

Magician Jade is the featured performer at the colorful magical venue’s special night, with soft drinks and dinner. $75. 7pm-10pm. 225 San Leandro Way. www.gregangelo.com

Richard Greenberg’s (Take Me Out) Pulitzer-nominated drama about the heirs of an architect and a secret love affair, is produced by the South Bay theatre company. $20-$35. Thu-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Thru June 17. 2120 Broadway St. at Theatre Way, Redwood City. dragonproductions.net

When Pigs Fly @ NCTC Revival of Howard Crabtree’s hilarious hit music revue chockful of wacky songs and costumes. Thursday night Happy Hour singalongs, costume crafting nights and more. $20-$55. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. Thru June 10. 25 Van Ness Ave, lower level. www.nctcsf.org

Sat 2 The $18 Billion Prize @ Phoenix Theatre Phelim McAleer’s new drama about an environmental activist, rainforest natives, an oil company invasion, with a twist! $15-$30. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 3pm thru June 3. 414 Mason St. 18billion. brownpapertickets.com

Waafrika @ Live Oak Theatre, Berkeley Theatre First’s production of Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko’s drama about a Kenyan transgender teen facing traditional pressures from hir tribe. $20-$25. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. Thru June 2. 1301 Shattuck Ave., Hedwig and the Angry Inch @ The Stage, San Jose Berkeley. theatrefirst.com

Beach Blanket Babylon @ Club Fugazi

Sat 2

What the Constitution Means to Me @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre Heidi Schreck’s Obie-winning solo show about her childhood speeches about the Constitution, and the document’s multi-generation effect it had on women in her family. $17$62. Thru June 17. Peet’s Theatre, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. www.berkeleyrep.org

Fri 1 Alec Mapa @ The Laugh Cellar, Santa Rosa The sassy gay comic performs as part of Sonoma Gay Pride weekend festivities; Ash Fisher opens. $40. 7:30pm. 5575 Mountain Hawk, Santa Rosa. https://www. sonomacountypride.org/

Keith Hennessy @ Joe Goode Annex, The Lab The politically-charged performerchoregrapher’s two shows explore ( Sink) self-contemplation and pink reactions, and ( Crotch ) the queer melancholoy of artist Joseph Beuys. Free, $15, $30. Sink: June 1 & 2 at Joe Goode Annex, 401 Alabama St. Crotch : June 7 & 9 at The Lab, 2948 16th St. ASL interpretation by Debbie Taylore June 1. Audio description June 2. www.circozero.org

The Mushroom Cure @ The Marsh, Berkeley Adam Strauss returns with his hit solo show about treating his OCD with hallucinogenic mushrooms. $20-$100. Fri 8pm, Sat 8:30pm. Extended thru June 16. 2120 Allston way, Berkeley. themarsh.com

Fri 1

The musical comedy revue celebrates its 43th year with an ever-changing lineup of political and pop culture icons, all in gigantic wigs. $25-$160. Beer/ wine served; cash only; 21+, except where noted. Wed-Fri 8pm. Sat 6pm & 9pm. Sun 2pm & 5pm. 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd. (Green St.). 421-4222. www.beachblanketbabylon.com

Can You Dig It? The ‘60s @ The Marsh Don Reed’s acclaimed autobiographical solo show recalls his groovy (and not so groovy) childhood. $20-$100. Sat 8:30pm, Sun 5:30pm, thru June 16. 1062 Valencia St. www.themarsh.org

Cult of the Machine @ de Young Museum Precisionism and American Art, featuring works by Charles Sheeler, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Charles Demuth and industrial objects of the era; thru Aug. 12. Also, modern and historic art, including embroidery, Maori portraits and installations. Free/$15. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park. www.famsf.org

Keith Hennessy @ Joe Goode Annex, The Lab

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Culture Catalyst @ SF Arts Commission Galleries Group exhibit celebrating the art and legacy of the Neighborhood Arts Program. Thru June 11. 401 Van Ness. sfartscommission.org

Freak Chic: Vintage Vogue @ SF Institute of Possibility Comfort & Joy’s 2nd annual glam retro fashion show, with belle epoque trans-fab couture, with Suppositori Spelling, Black Betty Towers, Bill Bowers, Qween and more; dress up in the pop-up drag closet, photos by Dot. $15-$50. 6pm-10pm. 3359 Cesar Chavez. 2ndfreakchic.eventbrite.com

Hedwig and the Angry Inch @ The Stage, San Jose South Bay production of the John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s Tony-winning hit trans rock musical. $30-$65. Wed & Thu 7:30pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Thru July 8. 490 South 1st St., San Jose. thestage.org

Live in the Castro @ Jane Warner Plaza The outdoor entertainment series returns, with musicians and MC Donna Sachet. 12pm. Castro St at Market. www.castrocbd.org

Magnificent Magnolias @ SF Botanical Garden Visit the lush gardens for winter Magnolia displays, plus many other trees and plants. Free entry with SF proof of residency. $5$10 for others. 7:30am-closing. 9th Ave at Lincoln Way. https:// sfbotanicalgarden.org/

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Sun 3 Angels in America @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre Tony Kushner’s multiple award-winning two-part epic drama about the 1980s, AIDS and politics, returns to the Bay Area. Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika on separate dates, and a few double-header days. $40-$100. Tue-Sat 7pm. Most Wed, Thu Sat & Sun also 1pm. Thru July 22. 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. www.berkeleyrep.org

Make Believe: The World of Glen Keane @ Walt Disney Family Museum Exhibit of animation art by the prolific artist (Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan ). Thru Sept 3. Also, Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation ( Bambi, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp ) , thru Jan. 7. Other exhibits of Disney artifacts and film screenings. 104 Montgomery St, The Presidio. $5-$25. 10am-6pm. Closed Tue. www.wdfmuseum.org

Queer Tango @ Finnish Hall, Berkeley Same-sex partner tango dancing, including lessons for newbies, food and drinks. $5-$10. 3:30pm6:30pm. 1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley. www.finnishhall.org

Thu 7

Nicole Klaymoon, Embodiment Project @ ODC Theater

Womxn, Omen, Women in Chinatown @ Chinese Cultural Center

Expedition Reef @ California Academy of Sciences

Exhibit of works by Bijun Liang, Shisi Huang and Vida Kuang that challengen gender roles and equity in communities. Thu-Sun 11am-4pm, thru June 17. 41 Ross Alley. www.cccsf.us

Exhibits and planetarium shows with various live, interactive and installed exhibits about animals, plants and the earth; Deep Reefs, Giants of Land and Sea, Gems and Minerals, and more. $20-$35. MonSat 9:30am-5pm. Sun 11am-5pm. 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park. 379-8000. calacademy.org

Priscilla Queen of the Desert @ Gateway Theatre

Tue 5

Encore run of Theatre Rhinoceros’ hit 2017 production of the comic drag play based on the Australian film about queens on a road trip, with plenty of costumes and dance numbers. $15-$20. Wed-Sat 8pm. Also Sat 3pm. Thru June 30. 215 Jackson St. www.therhino.org

Sonoma County Pride @ Santa Rosa Daytime march and celebration. March 10am-2pm. Entertainment at Old Courthouse Square, 12pm-8pm. 714 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. Other events thru June: www.sonomacountypride.org

Alexander Nowik @ Et Al Gallery The local artist’s paintings and drawings. Thru June 23. 620 Kearny St. http://etaletc.com/#/galleries/1/ shows/83

The Humans @ Orpheum Theatre

Thu 31

Rae Senarighi @ Strut

Various Events @ Oakland LGBTQ Center

Way Bay @ BAM/PFA, Berkeley Large group exhibit of Bay Area artists working in various media. Agony in Effigy: Art, Truth, Pain, and the Body, a graphic art exhibit of historic works from the 15001600s. Thru June 17. Also, ongoing film series at the Pacific Film Archive. Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, 2155 Center St. Berkeley. www.bampfa.org

Richard Thomas ( The Waltons) stars in Steven Karam’s comic family story set in a lower Manhattan duplex with a spooky past. $40-$110. Sun, Tue-Thu 7:30pm. Fri-Sat 8pm. Sat & Sun 2pm. Thru June 17. 1192 Market St. https://www.shnsf.com

Unique Derique @ The Marsh The comic juggling solo performer’s new family-friendly show, Fool La La! Over the Rainbow includes a free juggling workshop after each show. $15-$100. Sundays, 1pm. Extended thru June 30. 1062 Valencia St. www.themarsh.org

Mon 4 Barbara Lewis: A Second Look @ Lost Art Salon New exhibit of mixed media works by the prolific painter, photographer and print artist; with Gravel & Gold, a women’s crafts collective. Mon-Sat 10am-5:30pm. 245 South Van Ness Ave. http://www.lostartsalon.com/

Social events and meetings at the new LGBTQ center include film screenings and workshops, including Bruthas Rising, trans men of color meetings, 4th Tuesdays, 6:30pm. Film screenings, 4th Saturdays, 7:30pm. Game nights, Fridays 7:30pm-11pm. Vogue sessions, first Saturdays. 3207 Lakeshore Ave. Oakland. https://www. oaklandlgbtqcenter.org/

Wed 6 Respect: Hip-Hop Style & Wisdom @ Oakland Museum New exhibit that visualizes the movement and sound of the music genre, with many live events through the run, including Friday night parties/performances. Free$16. Wed-Sun. Thru Aug. 12. 1000 Oak St., Oakland. museumca.org

Trans Resistance is Beautiful @ SF LGBT Center Opening reception for a group exhibit of original art from trans liberation activist-artists Micah Bazant, Chucha Marquez, Ethan X Parker, Art Twink, Amir Khadar, Rommy Sobrado-Torrico, Mojuicy, Edxie Betts, and others. 6pm8:30pm. Thru July 27. 1800 Market St. www.sfcenter.org

Thu 7 Empowerment in Print @ GLBT History Museum Empowerment in Print: LGBTQ Activism, Pride & Lust, a mini-exhibit of periodicals from the collection. Angela Davis: OUTspoken, a new exhibit of art and ephemera about the historic lesbian activist and scholar, and Faces of the Past: Queer Lives in Northern California Before 1930, part of the Queer Past Becomes Present main exhibit. $5. 4127 18th St. www.glbthistory.org

Flyaway Productions @ Hotel Cadillac Tender (n.) A Person Who Takes Charge, visualizes 100 years of Tenderloin activism with Jo Kreiter’s astounding gravity-defying choreography set on the outside walls of the Cadillac Hotel, 380 Eddy St. Thu-Sat 8:30pm, select matinees 12:30pm. thru June 16. www.flyawayproductions.com

Nicole Klaymoon, Embodiment Project @ ODC Theater The Resident Artist Program presents a new work, Music of the Actualized Child. Other resident artist commissioned works thru June. $30. Thu-Sat 8pm. 3153 17th St. www.odc.dance

Pride! @ Spark Arts

Sat 2

Suppositori Spelling, Black Betty Towers, and Bill Bowers, part of Freak Chic: Vintage Vogue @ SF Institute of Possibility

Group exhibit of LGBT-themed paintings and other art work by Ramon Pablo Vidali, An Luke Nguyen, Alan Beckstead, Susan Voix, and Sabrina Reid, with an opening reception and cabaret show. 6pm-9pm. Thru June 25. 4229 18th St. www.sparkarts.com

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Thu 31

Mommie Queerest @ Oasis

Carol Peters & Benn Bacot @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The jazz duo performs at the elegant intimate nightclub. $19-$45. ($20 food/drink min.) 8pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Eels @ The Fillmore The spooky-groovy rock band performs; That 1 Guy opens. $39.50. 8pm. 1805 Geary St. at Fillmore. www.eelstheband.com

Junk @ Powerhouse MrPam and Dulce de Leche cohost the weekly underwear strip night and contest, with sexy prizes. $5. 10pm2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Lip Service @ The Stud Wannabe, Good Time Girls’ drag tribute to millennium pop: Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and more. 11pm show. $5-$10. 10pm2am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Nightlife Events May 31-June 7

Mommie Queerest @ Oasis Peaches Christ and Heklina’s campy drag musical parody the Joan Crawford biopic. $27-$40. 7pm. Wed, Fri & Sat 7pm, thru June 9. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

The Monster Show @ The Edge The weekly drag show with host Sue Casa, DJ MC2, themed nights and hilarious fun. $5. 9pm-2am. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

Picante @ The Cafe Lulu and DJ Marco’s Latin night with sexy gogo guys. 9pm-2am. 2369 Market St. www.cafesf.com

Royal Variety Show @ Moby Dick Queen Dilly Dally’s weekly fun variety show of drag, music and even puppets. 9pm-11pm. 4049 18th St. www.queendillydally.com

Sundance Saloon @ Space 550 The Country-Western line-dancing two-stepping dance event celebrates 20 years. Free thru April 29; $5 after. 5pm-10:30pm. Also Sundays. 550 Barneveld Ave. sundancesaloon.org

Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge Disco guru DJ Bus Station John spins grooves at the intimate retro music night. 10pm-2am. 133 Turk St. at Taylor. www.auntcharlieslounge.com

Desperate Living @ The Stud Pie a drag queen in the face? That’s one of the more unusual raffles at the wild drag night, with Punky Pebbles, KaiKai Bee Michaels, Cash Monet, DJ Pinche Pobrecito. $5-$10. 10pm-2am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Friday Night Live @ El Rio Enjoy the weekly queer and LGBTfriendly live acoustic concerts. $5pm. 3158 Mission St. www.elriosf.com

Latin Explosion @ Club 21 The popular Latin club includes drag shows, with gogo guys, drink specials and table reservations available. $10$20. 10pm-3am. 2111 Franklin St., Oakland. www.club21oakland.com

Nellie McKay @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The accomplished jazz-pop singercomposer performs at the intimate nightclub. $22-$50. ($20 food/drink min.) 8pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com/

Prism @ Qube Bar & Grill, San Mateo New weekly LGBT night at the Peninsula restaurant and bar. 8pm11:30pm. 4000 South El Camino Real, San Mateo. https://qubelyfe.com/

Red Hots Burlesque @ The Stud The saucy women’s burlesque show will titillate and tantalize. $10-$20. 7pm-9pm. 399 9th St. www.redhotsburlesque.com

Ror:Shok @ SF Eagle Johnny Rockett and Rita Dambook’s queer night of Scifi, with Trixxie Carr, Mercedez Munroe, and Luma Nahtii performing, DJ SuperIntoIt. $5-$10. 9pm-2am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Stank @ Powerhouse

Big Dipper @ Oasis

Have a good olfactory time at the kinky armpit-smelling contest with Leon Fox, mrPam, sweaty gogos and Spunk Lube giveaways. $5. 10pm2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

The rappin’ hip hop bear returns. $15. 10pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Vibe Fridays @ Club BnB, Oakland

La Bomba Latina @ Club OMG

House music and cocktails, with DJs Shareef Raheim-Jihad and Ellis Lindsey. 9pm-2am. 2120 Broadway. (510) 759-7340. www.club-bnb.com

Drag show with DJ Jaffeth. $5. 9pm2am. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.com

Clusterfest @ Civic Center Plaza, Bill Graham Auditorium Comedy festival with Jon Stewart, Amy Schumer, Trevor Noah, John Mulaney, Nick Kroll and several other acts. Single-day $19-$115. Three-day $200$290. Thru June 3. Civic Center, Grove at Larkin sts. clusterfest.com

Sat 2 Broadway Princess Party @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko Musical theatre stars Laura Osnes ( Cinderella ), Susan Egan ( Beauty and the Beast) and Courtney Reed (Aladdin ) perform a uniquely royal

cabaret concert at the elegant intimate nightclub. $49-$85. ($20 food/drink min.) 8pm. June 3 2pm & 5pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com/

Daddy’s Boy @ SoMa Warehouse Get out your construction stud hard hat gear at the cruisey sexy dance party with play space for your tools; DJ Trever Pearson spins sexy beats. $10-$20. 9pm-3am. 415 10th St. www.eventbrite.com

Frolic, Woof @ SF Eagle The furry fun animal costume party (8pm-2am) is preceded by the human pup mosh (3pm-6pm). $5-$10. 9pm2am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Go Bang! @ The Stud DJs Steve Fabus, Sergio Fedasz, and Prince Wolf, along with guest DJs Cole Medina and Futurewife, play classic and remixed disco danceable grooves. $5-$10. 9pm-3am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Lips and Lashes Brunch @ Lookout Weekly show with soul, funk and Motown grooves hosted by Carnie Asada, with DJs Becky Knox and Pumpkin Spice. The yummy brunch menu starts at 12pm, with the show at 1:30pm. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Mother @ Oasis Heklina’s popular drag show, with special guests and great music themes. RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Aquaria performs. DJ MC2 plays grooves. $10$20. 10pm-3am (11:30pm show). 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Nitty Gritty @ Beaux Josh Carmichael with DJ Salazer host the tattoo appreciation night. $10. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

The Playground @ Club BNB, Oakland Revamped night at the popular hip hop and Latin dance club. $5-$15. 9pm to 3am. 2120 Broadway. (510) 759-7340. www.club-bnb.com

Powerblouse @ Powerhouse Juanita MORE!, Glamamore and crew’s monthly makeover, where manly men make their virgin drag debut; this month, bartender Benjamin McGrath. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

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Tue 5 Cock Shot @ Beaux The weeknight party gets sexy, with DJ Chad Bays spins sexy grooves. No cover. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. beauxsf.com

Gaymer Night @ Midnight Sun Weekly fun night of games (video, board and other) and cocktails. 8pm-12am. 4067 18th St. www.midnightsunsf.com

Sat 2

High Fantasy @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge

Go Bang! @ The Stud Gooch

Weekly drag and variety show, with live acts and lip-synching divas. $5. Shows at 10:30pm & 12am. 133 Turk St. at Taylor. auntcharlieslounge.com

Sugar @ The Cafe Dance, drink, cruise at the Castro club, with DJs Gay Marvine, Taco Tuesday and Matthew XO. 9pm-2am. 2369 Market St. www.cafesf.com

Sun 3 Dandy @ Oasis The monthly super drag king cabaret show, cohosted by Leigh Crow and Ruby Vixen, takes on an ‘Over the Rainbow’ theme. $15-$20. 7pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Dark Meat @ Powerhouse Cyanide’s twisted performance night, with DJ Jim Collins playing spooky and groovy beats. $5. 9pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Dirty Musical Sundays @ The Edge Sing along at the popular musical theatre night, with a bawdy edge; also Mondays and Wednesdays (but not dirty). 7pm-2am. 2 for 1 cocktail, 5pm-closing. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

Domingo De Escandal @ Club OMG Weekly Latin night with drag shows hosted by Vicky Jimenez and DJ Carlitos. (Comedy Open Mic 5:30pm). 7pm-2am. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.com

Jock @ The Lookout Enjoy the weekly jock-ular fun, with DJed dance music at sports team fundraisers. 12pm-1am. NY DJ Sharon White from 3pm-6pm. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Luv 4 Luv @ The Stud The legendary bar celebrates 52 years, with drag shows galore, DJs Bus Replacement Service, Suppositori Spelling, Myles Cooper, Major and Siobhan Aluvalot. $5-$10. 7pm-2am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Squeal @ SF Eagle Travis Santell Rowland’s monthly pigfest T-dance. $5-$10. 9pm-2am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Sunday’s a Drag @ Starlight Room The weekly brunch and drag show with a panoramic view. $45. 11am, show at noon; 1:30pm, show at 2:30pm. 450 Powell St. in Union Square. 395-8595. www.starlightroomsf.com

Mon 4 Bob the Drag Queen @ Oasis Enjoy unusual solo drag acts with the RuPaul’s Drag Race star, who’s in town also performing in Berkeley Rep’s Angels in America (as Belize). $20-$45. 8pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Hubba Hubba Revue @ DNA Lounge The weekly women’s (and a few men) burlesque show. $7-$12. 9pm11:30pm. 375 11th St. dnalounge.com

Munro’s at Midnight @ Midnight Sun Drag night with Mercedez Munro. No cover. 10pm. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

Piano Bar 101 @ Martuni’s Sing-along night with talented locals, and charming accompanist Joe Wicht. 9pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market.

Underwear Night @ 440 Strip down to your skivvies at the popular men’s night. 9pm-2am. 440 Castro St. 621-8732. the440.com

Hysteria Comedy @ Martuni’s Open mic for women and queer comics, with host Irene Tu. 6pm-8pm. 4 Valencia St.

Naked Night @ Nob Hill Theatre Strip down with the strippers at the clothing-optional night. $20. 9pm. 729 Bush St. at Powell. 397-6758. www.thenobhilltheatre.com

Vice Tuesdays @ Q Bar

Miss Kitty’s Trivia Night @ Wild Side West

Queer femme and friends dance party with hip hop, Top 40 and throwbacks at the stylish intimate bar, with DJs Val G and Iris Triska. 9pm-2am. 456 Castro St. www.QbarSF.com

The weekly fun night at the Bernal Heights bar includes prizes, hosted by Kitty Tapata. No cover. 7pm-10pm. 424 Cortland St. 647-3099. www.wildsidewest.com

Queeraoke @ El Rio

Wed 6 B.P.M. @ Club BnB, Oakland Olga T and Shugga Shay’s weekly queer women and men’s R&B hip hop and soul night. No cover. 8pm-2am. 2120 Broadway, Oakland. www.bench-and-bar.com

Dulce de Leche and Rahni NothingMore, Beth Bicoastal, Ginger Snap and Thee Pristine Condition perform, plus karaoke for queens. 9pm. 3158 Mission St. www.elriosf.com

Thu 7

Comedy Showcase @ SF Eagle

Storm Large @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko

Kollin Holtz hosts the open mic comedy night. 5:30pm-8pm. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

The vocalist (Pink Martini), actor and author perform her new cabaret show with her band Le Bonheur. $38-$70. June 7-9, 8pm. ($20 food/drink min.) Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Dick at Nite @ Moby Dick Grace Towers’ weekly drag show at the fun local bar. 9pm-12am. 4049 18th St. www.mobydicksf.com

Gigante @ Port Bar, Oakland Juanita MORE! and DJ Frisco Robbie’s new weekly event, with Latin, Hip Hop and House music, salacious gogo gals and guys and a drag show. $5. 9pm-2am. 2023 Broadway, Oakland. www.portoakland.com

Yuhua Hamasaki @ The Café The RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10 competitor performs at the Castro nightclub. 2369 Market St www.cafesf.com To submit event listings, email events@ebar.com Deadline is each Thursday, a week before publication.

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Kink about town

It turns out the Association loses money on nearly every event because they keep their fees low and affordable. By holding fundraisers such as this one they can to do these generous things for the local men’s BDSM community. www.the15.org

Folsom Street Events heats up its season

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These are the hot men who were chosen to be included in the 2019 Bare Chest Calendar.

by Race Bannon

s I’m writing this I’m getting ready to go to Chicago for the International Mr. Leather weekend, often referred to as IML. Perhaps I’ll report on IML happenings in my next column. But as I prepare to attend what is the biggest men’s leather and kink event of its kind in the world, I’m reflecting on some of the events I’ve been attending this past week here locally in San Francisco. I am once again reminded the kinky gods have blessed us with so much here.

Bare Chest Calendar Finals

Hot men. Bare chests. And a good cause. What’s not to like? On Saturday, May 19, at the DNA Lounge, the men who will grace the pages of the 2019 Bare Chest Calendar were chosen. This will be the 35th edition of the calendar. Proceeds from the sales of the calendar go to the nonprofit PRC (Positive Resource Center). I watched co-hosts Mr. Pam and Brian Kent deftly oversee 16 guys vying for inclusion on the calendar and having witnessed the competition I’m glad I wasn’t a judge having to choose the final men. But, choose they had to do and 14 men ended up on the next calendar. This was a record-breaking season for the calendar with the entrants raising a total of $109,482. Judges for the finals this year were Ed Mathews, Will Swagger, Ranj Singh, Manny Ojeda, and Hunter Fox. The 2019 calendar men are Larry Rich (January), Mark Whitfield (February), AJ Huff (March), Misster Phyliss (April), Mark Troy and Tim Valdivia (May, shared), TJ aka Wolfmaster (June), Russ Bono (July), Marc Baumann (August), Orlando Baez (September), Marco Rodriguez (October), Andy Hirst (November), Joe Pessa (December), and Max Killen (Lucky 13). One of the great things I noticed about this year’s crop of contestants was the diversity. They spanned a broad age spectrum from quite young to one contestant who is 62. People of color were well represented and there was even a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence competing in face. It’s great to see the reality of our diversity better reflected in our long-standing institutions like the Bare Chest Calendar. www.barechest.org

Superhero fetishes are a thing

Anyone who’s paying attention to the kink scene lately knows that superhero fetishes have moved to the forefront of popular kinks for lots of people. To celebrate this fetish, Stephan Ferris and Amp Somers hosted a Mask4Mask superheroes

cosplay party at the SF Eagle on Saturday, May 19. People were encouraged to dress as their favorite hero to get sketched by a comic artist or enjoy live cosplay fetish and drag performances. A few years ago, I was at MidAtlantic Leather in Washington, DC and I witnessed a massive superhero fetish meetup in the lobby of the event’s host hotel. I was blown away by the size of the attendance and the variety of ways guys dressed. It was at that point I realized the superhero and cosplay fetish had risen to more mainstream status and that trend seems to be continuing. I think the kink scene needs to get used to the idea of this erotic interest cementing itself into our ranks alongside the many other fetishes we embrace.

AtmosQueer

Strut, located in the Castro and operated by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, works to foster health and wellness for gay, bi and trans men. Strut offers its clients the tools and support to manage physical, emotional and social aspects of their unique health needs. Aligning with their mission to encourage community building, on Sunday, May 20, Strut hosted their sixth annual AtmosQueer, an LGBT community connection fair to help people make finding networks of friends easier. The goal of the event is to offer community members an opportunity to discover a new activity, make new friends, and have a lot of fun. Attendees were able to learn how to get involved in San Francisco volunteer activities, athletics, health, lifestyle, arts and culture. This year there were lots of leather and kink groups represented including ONYX Northwest, San Francisco Leathermen’s Discussion Group and Young Leathermen’s Discussion Group, Wicked Grounds, Gay Men’s Sketch, and San Francisco K9 Unit. It was nice to see one of our community’s most high-profile nonprofits once again include leather and kink groups among the many other LGBT options we have in this great city of ours. www.strutsf.org

Most people know about the nonprofit Folsom Street Events as the producer of the annual Up Your Alley and Folsom Street Fair street fairs, but they also host various events throughout the year that adds to the overall amount of money they can ultimately distribute to the many nonprofits they assist. On Sunday, May 20, they hosted a beer bust at the Lone Star Saloon. This was a great opportunity for people to become yet more aware of Folsom Street Events and the great work they do. Remember, Up Your Alley isn’t far away. It’s one of my favorite annual events. It takes place on Sunday, July 29, 2018 centered around the intersection of Dore Alley and Folsom Street in the South of Market area of San Francisco. www.folsomstreetevents.org

Race Bannon

Some of the superhero fetish guys at the recent Mask4Mask party held at the SF Eagle.

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Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District

On May 9, 2018, it became official! The acting Mayor of San Francisco, Mark Farrell, signed the Resolution that was passed unanimously by the Board of Supervisors to create the Leather and LGBT Cultural District, the fifth cultural district to be formally created in San Francisco. The District is in the city’s South of Market area. It’s believed this is the first time a city has acknowledged through legislation that the leather community indeed has a culture worth

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sold-out audience welcomed legendary film actress Kim Novak to the Castro Theatre on May 20, as Marc Huestis revived his popular celebrity tribute series on the 60th anniversary screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Between marvelous film clips edited by Huestis, film historian Eddie Muller interviewed Novak, who also had a few of her paintings shown onscreen. The event concluded with a reception in the mezzanine, where Novak greets devoted fans. See plenty more photos on BARtab’s Facebook page, facebook.com/lgbtsf.nightlife. See more of Steven Underhill’s photos at StevenUnderhill.com.