California public health officials must mitigate increasing STD rates
With a functioning public health system that advocates for early testing and treating, STDs are 100% preventable, but right now our public health system is failing.
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UCSF HIV/AIDS research intersects with abortion debate amid federal regulations
On June 5, thousands of cyclists rode in the AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser. That same day, federal officials dealt a blow to HIV/AIDS researchers at UCSF.
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‘The Boy From Oz’ suffers from poor storytelling despite enthusiastic cast
As lights went up on “The Boy From Oz” at the Gateway Theater on Oct. 27, the musical’s star Justin Genna leaped and pirouetted toward the front of the stage to applause before standing stone-still and performing a somewhat tuneless song about the many lives of Peter Allen.
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‘The Great Believers’ poignantly portrays long-term trauma of AIDS epidemic
“The Great Believers” follows two stories, one in Chicago at the height of the AIDS epidemic and the other in 2015 Paris.
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5 Bay Area poets to help you celebrate pride
Poetry, at its best, can resonate deeply and at times even challenge deep-seated paradigms we hold about the world around us.
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‘Angels in America’: The Great Work continues almost 30 years later
With the release of nominations on May 1, Tony Kushner’s 1991 play “Angels in America” became the the most Tony Award-nominated play in Broadway history.
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Fantastic kinks and where to find them
As our Lyft driver pulled up a street away from 8th and Folsom, a man in assless underwear sprinted towards what we could only assume was his kinky oasis.
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‘After Louie’ subverts narrative significance, promising first feature for director Vincent Gagliostro
As the debut feature of director Vincent Gagliostro starring Alan Cumming (2017 Frameline Award recipient), David Drake and Zachary Booth, among other prominent LGBTQ actors, “After Louie” substituted a concise and captivating narrative thread for a consolidation of moments.
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Undoing the STIgma: Normalizing the discourse surrounding STIs
Now, considering that April is STD/STI Awareness Month, let’s take it one step further and talk about sexually transmitted diseases and infections, or STDs/STIs.
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Rescuing Ruby
Sex on Tuesday
Ruby is one of those coworkers whose life endlessly perplexes me. When I first started at my club, I recognized her as one of the veteran dancers — her sales skills are a force to be reckoned with. It was also clear to me that she had a few illegal
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