Listen to your elders, kids. They’ve been around the block rather quite a few more times. And they have all the stories. I met a wise woman named M.J. last week, at the second meeting of the recently assembled San Francisco Street-Level Drug-Dealing Task Force. Look into that, too, OK. Btw, what…a beautiful room that […]
Tag: Queer & Now
Her Feroshcity
I’m loath to bring her up again (no, I really am not), but you know Madame X…ahem…Madonna? She recently got to collaborate with another lady from Miami who’s killing it right now: American DJ/producer Tracy Young. As you may or may not know, Miami’s favorite DJ has a long history with the Queen of Pop, […]
Where the Heart Is
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments on the Barack Obama-era DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) American immigration policy, which has provided close to 700,000 (known) young DREAMers respite from deportation and, y’ know, a moment in the sun, since the policy was instituted in the summer of 2012. Quelle surprise, […]
The T Word
Six Seven more of our transgender family and friends have been murdered in this country since I 🎧➡️ asserted my Pride a few weeks ago in June, when I first wrote about Dana Martin, 31; Jazzaline Ware, age N/A; Ashanti Carmon, 27; Claire Legato, 21; Muhlaysia Booker, 23; Michelle “Tamika” Washington, 40; Paris Cameron, 20; […]
Playlist Rainbow X 2019
Pride is being. Here and now. Pride is the Golden Rule. It’s looking at people in the eye when you need or want something from them, like at the store or the bank or the post office. It’s saying “Hello,” “Please,” and “Thank you.” It’s also offering something, too. It’s Ama Sua, Ama Llulla, Ama Quella […]
Support the Girls
Spoiler Alert! Guys, we gotta do better by women. I find it curious that I’ve had more chats about the Game of Thrones finale during these last less than 24 hours from the time the show came and went than I did conversations during the last few days about the whole anti-abortion, anti-women disgrace currently […]
Call Me Pollyanna
And now, 15 annotations to this letter I put together and sent to that cunt Donald Trump through his campaign’s website a few days after Election Day 2016. I thought, at this juncture, I’d re-evaluate it, and share the extra flare I’d sprinkle on it now (once an editor…always an editor) – footnotes, for color, […]
He Got That Play
Once upon a time in 2010, during a FAM trip for writers to Fort Lauderdale, I met my friend, the Maplewood, N.J.,-based playwright Tim Pinckney. Last winter, Tim came to San Francisco to debut his play Still at Risk at the New Conservatory Theatre Center. A bit of a period piece set post-AIDS crisis, Still […]
King of Cups 