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- In what could most assuredly be called the largest art installation in downtown district, the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco announced the completion of the installation of Jeffrey Gibson’s 433-foot-long vinyl mural, “This Burning World.”
- Take a step back in time via historic film and videos clips at a special screening of archival footage of trans and POC lives at the GLBT Historical Society Museum on February 5.
- In his wildly entertaining audiobook, “Hologram Boyfriends: Sex, Love, and Overconnection,” Mike Albo takes us from his coming of age in the 1980s to his New York City club kid days in the ’90s, to his search for romantic connection using every form of meetup technology that’s been invented since.
- Reissues seem to be more popular than ever. Check out these reissues from Roberta Flack, whom you know, also Alan Vega and Beggar Weeds, whom you probably don’t but should.
- In December, gay state Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) received an early Christmas gift when Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) named him as chair of the powerful Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee just days ahead of the holiday.
- A directorial and writing debut every bit as potent as Eva Victor’s “Sorry, Baby,” writer/director Charlie Polinger’s “The Plague" is also just as hard to shake, which makes it required viewing.
- The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously in favor of initiating amending the historic designation of the site of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots in the Tenderloin at its January 21 meeting.
- A letter sent to San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and other officials by a former employee claims that the independence of the city’s Office of Transgender Initiatives is under threat.
- Roger Doughty, a gay man and the longtime president of Horizons Foundation, will retire later this year, the nonprofit has announced.
- A preservation panel in San Francisco is supportive of seeing a number of properties important to LGBTQ history become city landmarks.
- Catholic officials in San Francisco have raised objections to seeing the city landmark several of its properties, such as a Noe Valley church made famous by the comedic film “Sister Act.”
- In touting all of his accomplishments during his first year in office and his plans for the future during his January 15 State of the City address, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie left out a couple of things.
- Dr. Ken Gorczyca, a gay man and Bay Area veterinary death doula and artist, painted this portrait of Renee Nicole Good’s dog, who was in the backseat of the vehicle with her when she was fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis on January 7.
- Nearly a year ago Republican President Donald Trump launched his campaign to block transgender youth from the gender-affirming care that allows them to live as their authentic selves and which studies have shown greatly reduces their risk for suicidal ideation and myriad negative health impacts.