Caroline Smith

For all the controversy depicted in Foster’s subplot, the official plot description of “Paradise Square” lacks any mention of Foster; his photo is but one of 12 faces depicted on the official poster. It’s in the other residents of Five Points that the musical finds its rhythm, vibrancy and voice.

From beloved TV characters coming out, to critically acclaimed queer cinema, to explicitly queer music releases, here are the 18 gayest moments of #20GAYTEEN.

I was wearing my own Sunday best for the Fleetwood Mac concert at Oracle Arena: my lucky jean jacket, a white cropped sweater from my dear friend, a shiny pair of loafers and the delicate feather necklace my mom gave me when I left for college. I was dressed for my lord and savior, Stevie Nicks.

“The Bisexual” provides a narrative undeniably needed and thus far untold that deals with bisexuality from a queer, rather than heterosexual, perspective — one based on the act of having to come out, once again, as an identity that feels “less” queer.

Since 1997, the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, or SFTFF, has shined as a beacon of light from within the various locations that have hosted it. Its more than two decades of history are a source of pride for its organizers, filmmakers and patrons.

When Letissier performed Friday at Oakland Fox Theater to a packed crowd — one that was by majority white and by majority queer-presenting — fans received the show before them in a magnetic reverie as they danced to the electric beat.

The act of baking a pie lends itself to pitfalls. The filling can’t be too watery; the crust can’t be overbaked; the result can’t be too sweet or too bitter. But in “Waitress,” now playing at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, the recipe is simple: sugar, butter, flour.

A collaboration between the ASUC Office of the External Affairs Vice President and ASUC SUPERB Productions, Voteside Lands was a celebration of civic engagement — to “exercise your right to vote while also exercising that right to turn tf up,” as a SUPERB Facebook post put it.