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SF OFFICIALS CLASH OVER PRIDE POLICY Breed, Dorsey join police in skipping Pride parade

LGBTQ first responders won’t march in SF Pride parade

by Eric Burkett

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an Francisco Mayor London Breed and gay District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey have joined the city’s LGBTQ first responders in saying they will not march in the Pride parade if organizers continue to prohibit police from marching in uniform.

On May 23, members of the San Francisco Police Officers Pride Alliance, the San Francisco Sheriff ’s Department, and the San Francisco Fire Department announced that, following 18 months of discussion with SF Pride, the organization that oversees the massive, yearly event, they had been unable to come to a mutually acceptable agreement about the presence of uniformed officers participating in the parade. Consequently, the first responders would not be marching in the parade if they weren’t allowed to do so in uniform.

Breed has regularly taken part in the parade and has been known for her elaborate float entries in it since she served on the Board of Supervisors. She said it was not an easy decision to likely not participate this year.

“However, if the Pride board does not reverse its decision, I will join our city public safety departments that are not participating in the Pride parade,” she stated.

“I’ve made this very hard decision in order to support those members of the LGBTQ community who serve in uniform, in our Police Department and Sheriff ’s Department, who have been told they cannot march in uniform, and in support of the members of the Fire Department who are refusing to march out of solidarity with their public safety partners.”

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San Francisco Police Officer Kathryn Winters speaks in opposition to San Francisco Pride’s prohibition of uniformed officers marching in the parade during a May 20 news conference. Lieutenant Jonathan Baxter of the San Francisco Fire Department, back, left, also spoke.

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Mayor London Breed, shown here waving at spectators during the 2019 San Francisco Pride parade, will not participate this year if the Pride board maintains its ban on uniformed police officers marching.

The board of the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee announced in September 2020 that uniformed San Francisco police officers would be banned from the parade beginning in 2021. However, the COVID pandemic prevented a Pride parade last year so the 2022 in-person parade on June 26 is the first time since the ban was announced that it would take effect.

Suzanne Ford, interim executive director of SF Pride, was disappointed with Breed’s decision.

“We’re very disappointed,” she told the Bay Area Reporter in a phone interview. “The mayor’s part of Pride, and I hope the Pride Alliance changes its mind and the mayor will participate in Pride.”

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alling it a step “back in the closet,” San Francisco’s LGBTQ first responders condemned the decision by San Francisco Pride to maintain its ban on uniformed police officers in the upcoming Pride parade.

In response to SF Pride’s decision, LGBTQ San Francisco police officers, firefighters, and sheriff’s deputies will not participate.

The news of the San Francisco Fire Department’s decision was announced by public information officer Lieutenant Jonathan Baxter May 20.

A May 23 release by the San Francisco Police Officer’s Pride Alliance stated that the San Francisco Sheriff ’s Department personnel would also join in solidarity in skipping participation in the parade.

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Monkeypox outbreak prompts alert for gay, bi men

by Liz Highleyman

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he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating five monkeypox cases in the United States, while the World Health Organization has now confirmed more than 90 cases in a dozen countries. So far, these cases have “mainly but not exclusively been identified amongst men who have sex with men,” according to the WHO. Experts stress that monkeypox does not spread as easily as COVID-19 and they do not expect a pandemic of that scale. While the outbreak has mainly affected gay and bisexual men so far, other groups are also susceptible.

“I expect we’ll see more cases, but I think we can contain it,” Dr. Peter Chin-Hong of UCSF told the Bay Area Reporter. “We can probably stamp it out by breaking the chain of transmission.”

The monkeypox virus is transmitted through close personal contact, including skin-to-skin contact, kissing, contact with clothes or bedding, and respiratory droplets, but it does not appear to spread through the

air at longer distances like the virus that causes COVID. It is not known whether it is directly transmitted through semen.

“Monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted infection in the typical sense, but it can be transmitted during sexual and intimate contact,” CDC epidemiologist Dr. John Brooks explained at a May 23 media briefing. CDC officer Captain Jennifer McQuiston added that close personal contact can include household members and health care workers, “but not passing a person in a grocery store.”

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is monitoring updates and guidance from the CDC and the California Department of Public Health, the agency said in a statement sent to the B.A.R. “SFDPH systems are in place to receive reports of suspected cases from health care providers; identify and reach out to any individuals who have been in contact with cases during their infectious period; and ensure See page 10 >>

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by Heather Cassell

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fter being delayed by a year due to the COVID pandemic, San Francisco’s LGBTQ community recently came out to support mental health services as the nonprofit Queer LifeSpace celebrated its 10th anniversary.

The gala, held May 7, also premiered the organization’s new Emerging Queer Artists in Their Youth program, EQUARTY, with a silent auction of 13 works from seven emerging artists.

The organization’s executive director, Ryan MacCarrigan, told the Bay Area Reporter the event raised close to $40,000 for the San Francisco LGBTQ mental health and substance abuse services organization. About 150 people attended the outdoor daytime reception in Lower Nob Hill while another 100 people who could not attend nevertheless made donations.

The funds will help QLS’s 163 clients and work toward expanding the organization’s in-person and virtual counseling services. Currently, QLS operates with a budget of more than $225,000, MacCarrigan told the B.A.R. A gay technology executive who moved from board member to lead the organization in 2021, MacCarrigan, 37, said that the organization’s current operating budget was up by more than $92,000 from its IRS 990 form filed in 2020.

QLS currently has one full-time clinical director, said co-founding member Chris Holleran, a 43-yearold gay man who oversees one parttime staff member and up to 10 clinician trainees. MacCarrigan, who is bringing his skills from the tech sector to the organization, said he’s looking to double the training program by bringing on another clinical director to support another 10 clinical trainees, among other plans to rebrand and expand services.

“We feel that we’re entering a new chapter at Queer LifeSpace,” MacCarrigan said. “We have done a lot in the last 10 years with the resources that we’ve had but we want to do so much more. We really need this next chapter in the evolution of the organization.”

MacCarrigan is the organization’s third executive director. He succeeded Sarah Soul, who left in 2019, according to her LinkedIn profile. MacCarrigan, a QLS board member for two years, moved into the role of executive director in the fall of 2021.

“I realize how perfect this is for me because of my own relationship with mental health issues,” he said about taking the helm of QLS.

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John Ross Thomas, left, a Queer LifeSpace volunteer and florist for the event, joined honoree Juanita MORE!, QLS Executive Director Ryan MacCarrigan, and QLS co-founder Chris Holleran at the organization’s May 7 gala.

EQUARTY

One goal of the recent benefit was to promote EQUARTY. It supports San Francisco Bay Area up-and-coming young LGBTQ artists (18 to 30 years old) from disadvantaged and underserved backgrounds who lack access to mental health and substance abuse services, according to a news release.

MacCarrigan said 100% of the proceeds from the auction went to the artists, who were excited to see their work on display and being bid on.

Wensley Pasion, a 21-year-old Filipino American gay man, the oldest of his three siblings, told the B.A.R. that he felt ashamed of himself growing up. Art was his place of healing. Then the pandemic hit. He went through a process and last year came out to his family, who embraced him.

His mother, Wilma Pasion, flew out from Hawaii to see his very first show at the gala, which displayed six of his pieces. She said she was “so proud of him.”

The works of oils on canvas and the two oils on cardboard symbolized his emotional process, a “reflection” of accepting himself, Wensley Pasion said.

“The pandemic, too, made me realize like, if I’m not like, truly living my best, my true self like, what is this all for?” he said. “It was very healing for me to finally say, ‘I give myself permission to be myself now.’”

Second-generation Gujarati American lesbian printmaker Karishma Johnson, 23, who is gender-nonconforming and uses all pronouns, had a piece on display that is the second exhibit of her work that is currently being shown in San Francisco, she said.

Johnson’s piece at the QLS gala, “The Goddess (Sweet Tomatoes), 2021,” a linocut print, oil-based relief ink, depicts a happy ending for her lesbian goddess who falls in love with one of her worshipers, the Bay

Area native explained.

The work is one piece from her “The Goddess” series. It is her effort to reinfuse queerness into Hinduism that was erased during the British colonial period in India, she said.

“I said, ‘OK, well, that’s kind of disappointing. Let me reinvent that,’” Johnson said, laughing. “Basically, I just wanted a lesbian goddess to get a happy ending.”

Johnson said it was “so crucial” that QLS existed, talking about her own challenges finding a therapist who understood her as a queer woman of color. She said many therapists “don’t understand specific like cultural issues, especially with queerness.

“I think it’s great what they’re doing here. It’s amazing, actually,” she added.

The printmaker’s work can also be seen at Strut, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation’s health center in the Castro, as a part of the Queer Ancestors Project.

The show was exciting for the artists and validated them, they said.

Conceived in 2021, EQUARTY aims to provide local queer artists with access to individual and group therapy, and connections to career development resources so that they can continue to invest in their work without sacrificing their mental health needs, according to the release.

Looking back

QLS opened nine months after the shocking closure in 2010 of longtime queer mental health and social services provider New Leaf: Services for Our Community.

Nancy Heilner, the organization’s first executive director, co-founded QLS, the nonprofit arm of the San Francisco Therapy Collective, alongside fellow therapists Holleran, Stacey Rodgers, and Joe Voors in 2011.

Heilner and Holleran told the gala audience many local mental health and nonprofit professionals discouraged them from founding QLS a decade ago.

“People told me no. San Francisco doesn’t need another nonprofit.

There’s plenty of services for the queer community, don’t bother,” Heilner, a 66-year-old lesbian therapist who stepped down from leading the organization and moved to New Orleans five years ago, told the audience.

“We decided to start Queer LifeSpace anyway,” she said.

The collective seeded the new organization with $25,000 in funding from client fees and about $20,000 of in-kind donations. QLS opened its doors in July 2011, the B.A.R. previously reported.

“San Francisco actually did need Queer LifeSpace [and] the services that we wanted to offer to the community,” said Heilner, who returned to San Francisco to mark the anniversary.

During the decade, QLS has trained more than 100 therapists, has seen more than 1,700 clients, and done just over 40,000 sessions, MacCarrigan told the B.A.R. Speaking with the B.A.R., Holleran reflected on the early days of the organization’s founding and some of the challenges it faced, such as losing its office space when the AIDS foundation took over the entire building that housed its offices in 2013.

While there was a little sparing between the organizations, in the end, QLS found its current home at 2275 Market Street. The move, for which SFAF helped QLS to fund with a grant, allowed it to expand its services, Holleran added. SFAF said it did not have a record of the grant assistance beyond what Holleran said.

“We were naive in a lot of ways back then,” Holleran said. “I didn’t think we would make it 10 years.”

Holleran noted the organization doesn’t take any city contracts or funding. QLS relies solely on donations and fundraising. That model allows it to “provide more client-centered services,” he said.

Heilner told the audience the pandemic “really exemplifies or emphasizes the isolation that so many people were experiencing even pre-pandemic,” adding that QLS has been able to “break down some of those barriers and reach out to people.”

“The pandemic has been really stressful, but one wonderful thing that’s come out of it is being able to communicate with so many people virtually,” said Heilner, noting her ability to stay connected and continue volunteering with QLS because of technology.

Technology also presented other opportunities to the organization, allowing it to launch a rural outreach program.

“I think the pandemic has exemplified how easy it is for people to connect virtually,” she said. “Right now, Queer LifeSpace is reaching out to people all over California” and providing them with services.

Holleran told the audience the importance of mental health services is that “there’s no end goal. We’re always going to need these services.”

“One thing that I think the pandemic has really highlighted is our ability as a community to adapt and survive. It’s what we’ve done as a community, through generations, it’s what we’re doing now,” he said. “It’s just really inspiring to be here. It’s really inspiring to feel the strength of the community – kind of reinvigorates the work that we do.

“I feel very proud that we’ve been here for 10 years,” Holleran added.

The event was emceed by Sister Roma of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and drag artist Juanita MORE! Drag artists Rahni NothingMore, Dulce De Leche, and Fauxnique from the House of MORE! entertained guests as they dined and drank.

QLS leaders gave out Friend of Queer LifeSpace awards to Grassroots Gay Rights Foundation and James Saliba for their donor support. Saliba wasn’t in attendance at the gala.

Andrew Roseman, board secretary of Grassroots Gay Rights Foundation, accepted the award. It had donated an additional $10,000 from surplus funds beyond the initial grant it awarded the organization last year.

“We are very happy to reach out to Queer LifeSpace and offer the additional grant,” Roseman told guests as he accepted the award. “Our members are exSee page 9 >>

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Mayor’s budget to add $3M for SF HIV services

by Matthew S. Bajko

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an Francisco Mayor London Breed will include a $3 million increase for HIV services in her two-year budget she is set to release June 1. The funding request has the support of the city’s two gay members of the Board of Supervisors, which will make its own adjustments to the budget before adopting it by July 1.

The mayor’s funding proposal is far short, however, of the $10.5 million in new city funding that a coalition of HIV advocates and service providers is seeking as part of its HIV Community Budget Proposal. Part of their ask was for between $2 to $3 million to maintain current HIV prevention services in the city.

The coalition is also calling on city leaders to backfill any cuts to San Francisco’s allocation in its Ryan White Federal CARE grant to fund HIV services, currently at about $15 million. The city has yet to be told if it will see a reduction in the federal HIV funds this year.

Earlier this month Ashley Groffenberger, Breed’s budget director, had said at a supervisors committee hearing focused on HIV funding that her office wasn’t expecting a cut in the CARE grant. Should there be one, Groffenberger said the mayor would look to backfill the cut through the annual budget process.

New HIV diagnoses in San Francisco declined 22% from 168 diagnoses in 2019 to 131 diagnoses in 2020. The city is working to reach its goal of zero new HIV infections and currently spends $28.7 million on HIV prevention.

The health department is currently in negotiations with various service providers set to receive $8 million of that funding to create health access points focused on specific patient communities, such as gay and bisexual men or transgender individuals. But a number of longstanding HIV service providers have expressed concerns about the health department’s new approach and how it will severely impact their already strained budgets and ability to continue providing services.

Breed’s request for the additional $3 million is aimed at addressing the loss of funding certain agencies will receive. According to the mayor’s office, the health department will use the funding to allocate new resources to populations disproportionately impacted

by HIV while ensuring there is stable funding for existing initiatives and services.

“San Francisco has been a national leader in our response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and in our efforts to get to zero new infections, with a large part of that success coming from our continued investments in preventing new infections,” stated Breed. “We have seen, especially during the COVID pandemic, how critical long-term investments in public health are for the well-being of

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed has proposed $3 million in her proposed budget for HIV/AIDS services, but advocates are seeking $10.5 million.

our communities. This investment will allow us to keep moving in the right direction and strengthen our support for those living with HIV/ AIDS.” At their May 17 meeting the supervisors adopted a resolution calling on the mayor to include the HIV advocates’ funding request in her budget. District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen, chair of the Budget & Appropriations Committee, coauthored it with out Supervisors Rafael Mandelman (District 8) and Matt Dorsey (District 6).

“I can say this is a high priority for me, Supervisor Mandelman and Supervisor Ronen,” Dorsey, who is living with HIV, told the Bay Area Reporter. “San Francisco has a storied history on HIV, AIDS that I think includes our groundbreaking public health and community-based services response, which has saved lives and slowed the rate of HIV transmission. I think it also created a model for how our city and others have handled public health challenges up to and including COVID-19.”

Mandelman told the B.A.R. he “was glad” the mayor included the $3 million in her budget. He added that he thinks “there is more work for the board to do, but I think the mayor took on an important piece, which was addressing the problem around prevention dollars and the defunding of organizations doing important work.”

Both Mandelman and Dorsey told the B.A.R. they expect the supervisors will be able to fund two of the other funding requests being sought by HIV service providers. One is for roughly $500,000 to cover the cost of doing business for those service providers with Ryan White funded contracts, and the other is for $3 million in housing subsidies for people living with HIV. “There is still a lot that needs to happen, and I hope what can happen on the board side this year is the cost of business adjustments and the housing subsidies,” said Mandelman.

Dorsey said he expects the supervisors to also consider the rest of the HIV budget proposal from the service providers. A $2 million allocation would be evenly split between mental health services for long-term survivors of HIV and AIDS and in-

tensive case management services for those living with HIV. Between $1 to $2 million would go toward safer consumption sites where drug users could access services to help them become clean and prevent them from overdos-

ing. The city purchased a site in the Tenderloin to potentially use as a supervised drug consumption facility, but it has yet to open.

A linkage center opened in the Tenderloin earlier this year to help drug users access services and get tested for HIV, STDs, and COVID and its lease was just extended for six months.

AIDS Legal Referral Panel Executive Director Bill Hirsh, who co-chairs the city’s HIV/AIDS Provider Network, told the B.A.R. this week he is still hopeful of seeing the mayor’s budget include the total funding request.

“I know members of the board and the mayor’s office are looking at this issue, and I know it’s a priority for Mandelman and Ronen and Dorsey,” said Hirsh. “I am hopeful.”

He added that the network’s hope “is to try to get as much of this budget proposal funded in the mayor’s budget because it is going to be a very heavy lift to get these things funded through the add back process. I will also note the city has a historic commitment to the safety net services for people living with, and at risk for, HIV.” t

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here are numerous local races on the ballot in Bay Area counties outside of San Francisco where qualified LGBTQ candidates are seeking election or reelection in the June 7 primary.

Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 3: Rebecca Kaplan Rebecca Kaplan has long served on the Oakland City Council, where she is the body’s first lesbian elected official. After the death of Supervisor Wilma Chan last November, this seat, which includes part of Oakland, Alameda, and San Leandro, will have a new representative as Dave Brown, Chan’s former aide whom the board appointed to serve out her term ending in January, said he would not seek the position.

Kaplan has a lot of good ideas for the county. She has long been an advocate of the need for a regional approach to public transportation. She stated in her Bay Area Reporter endorsement questionnaire that she will expand on her experience and legislative record to provide better coordinated housing for the homeless, ensure healthy food in all communities, build stronger partnerships for public safety, and remove trash and blight. Unhoused people in Alameda County is a big concern, as the recent point-in-time count found there are about 9,750 of them, the vast majority living on the streets.

Kaplan also stated that “it’s very important that our housing strategy includes affordable housing for working people and families,” and that it needs to take multiple communities into account, including transition-age youth and LGBTQ+ and other seniors. She supports strengthening displacement protections and the enforcement of anti-displacement policies “so that families don’t get pushed out of their homes.” While on the City Council, Kaplan passed a public lands policy in Oakland to prioritize affordable housing. She also passed an affordable housing inclusion and fee policy and has pushed for significant affordable housing in new developments.

The Board of Supervisors oversees an $8 billion budget though, as Kaplan noted, not all of that money is “flexible,” meaning that it must be spent on specific items as opposed to being part of the general fund. Kaplan, who identifies as a butch lesbian and a gender-nonconforming woman, would bring fresh ideas to the county board and she would advocate for the LGBTQ community on a body that has never had an out elected member. Kaplan is well-qualified for this position, and we endorse her for District 3.

Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors District 4: Ken Carlson Ken Carlson, a gay man, was elected in 2012 to the Pleasant Hill City Council and serves as mayor (the council elects the mayor). As mayor, he initiated the recognition of Pride Month in the East Bay city and the raising of the rainbow flag. He served on the board of the Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County, where he worked to improve services and housing for vulnerable LGBTQ+ youth.

On the City Council, Carlson has worked on the economic development, housing element update, general plan advisory, and budget committees. In Pleasant Hill, Carlson has supported three projects for low-income/ affordable housing and he advocated for 484 units of workforce housing that was approved.

Carlson previously served as a police officer for 29 years, retiring as a sergeant in Concord.

He stated in his endorsement questionnaire that he has “a deep insight of police policy and procedure.” He served on the mental health forensic team where he worked with chronic offenders suffering from addiction or mental health issues. “So many areas of our police services can be realigned to better serve our communities,” he stated.

Like Alameda County, Contra Costa County has never had an out supervisor. We think Carlson would be a productive member of the Board of Supervisors and endorse him in the race.

San Mateo County Board of Supervisors District 3: Laura Parmer-Lohan Laura Parmer-Lohan, who identifies as a lesbian, has served on the San Carlos City Council for the last four years. Now there’s an opening on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, and she would be a good fit for that position as its first out female member. She stated in her endorsement questionnaire that she brings the multi-faceted perspective of a working mom, small business owner, corporate manager, and elected official to the diverse district that includes Atherton, southeast Belmont, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica, Portola Valley, San Carlos, and Woodside.

As a councilmember and mayor (the City Council elects one of its members to serve as mayor), Parmer-Lohan has helped guide the city through the COVID pandemic; prioritized emergency preparedness in case of wildfires, severe flooding, and sea-level rise; and increased affordable housing stock to support teachers, firefighters, essential workers, and future generations.

As a supervisor, she supports consolidating county-owned corporate yards to free up land for the development of affordable housing. She wants to expand the work underway at the county level to house homeless people through Project Homekey, a state-funded program that works to develop a broad range of housing types. She would build upon the new Navigation Center now being developed in Redwood City, and pledged, “I will not stop until the unhoused are housed.”

Parmer-Lohan noted that trust between residents and the San Mateo County Sheriff ’s office has eroded with the killings of mostly community members of color and stated that greater transparency is needed. She has endorsed Fixin’ San Mateo County, a grassroots organization working to enact effective civilian oversight of the sheriff ’s office.

We think Parmer-Lohan would be an effective supervisor and endorse her for District 3.

San Jose City Council District 3: Omar Torres We’re impressed with Omar Torres, a gay man who, if elected, would bring LGBTQ representation back to the City Council of the Bay Area’s largest city. He is the only candidate in the race with experience in elected office, as he serves on the board of the San Jose Evergreen Community College District. His campaign website states that he would work to remove barriers to secure more permanent supportive housing and supports Project Roomkey, a state program to convert underutilized motels/hotels into temporary housing, and Project Homekey.

Torres noted he got his start in neighborhood organizing following a brutal drive-by shooting in his neighborhood that resulted in working with police officers to build a neighborhood youth center. He would advocate for more community policing and for violence prevention programs separate from police.

Torres would be a good addition to the City Council and we recommend him.

Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder: Devin Murphy Devin Murphy, a gay man, won election to the Pinole City Council four years ago and is now running for the open seat of county clerk-recorder. He would be the first LGBTQ person of color, first African American, and the youngest, at 29, to hold the position.

While on the City Council, Murphy stated in his endorsement questionnaire that he has championed a more transparent, citywide, participatory budgeting process, driven the city’s strategic plan centering economic development, and promoted regional climate action.

The clerk-recorder is responsible for recording deeds, deeds of trust, court decrees, and other documents affecting real property in the county. Additionally, the clerk-recorder does the official recording, filing, and preserving of vital records in the county, including marriage licenses and death certificates.

Murphy is a democracy reform advocate and collaborative leader. We endorse him for clerk-recorder.

Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools: Amie Carter Amie Carter, Ph.D., a lesbian, stated in her endorsement questionnaire that she’s the only candidate running who has experience working for a county education office. She currently works for the Marin County education office as its assistant superintendent of education services. In her questionnaire, Carter stated that she has a reputation for candor and “does not shy away from confronting policies which do not serve children’s best interests. I lead with transparency.”

A former high school English teacher, Carter’s also taught at the junior college and graduate level. She has experience leading through crises, such as the recent North Bay wildfires and teen suicides. She stated that she’s dealt with bomb threats, teen pregnancy, rape, murder of a student, sexual harassment, gang violence, drug overdoses, medical emergencies, floods, earthquakes, social media bullying, hate speech, layoffs, and many other issues.

Carter stands out in the field of three candidates, and we think she’d be a great choice to lead the county education office.

San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools: Nancy Magee Nancy Magee, a lesbian, is unopposed in her reelection and we support her.

She’s done a good job during her first term.

Alameda County Board of Education Area 1: Joaquin Rivera Joaquin Rivera, a gay man, is unopposed for reelection and his name won’t appear on the ballot.

First elected in 2010, he has said this will be his last term on the county board. We endorse him.

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CA LGBTQ bills survive house of origin votes

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leven bills related to LGBTQ rights survived votes in their house of origin this month in the California Legislature. They run the gamut from bolstering health care services for LGBTQ individuals to protections for LGBTQ youth.

One bill, however, failed to advance out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee by the deadline to do so last week. Assembly Bill 2029 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (DOakland) would have required health insurance policies, including those religiously affiliated, to cover infertility treatment and fertility services for LGBTQ and straight policy holders.

According to an analysis of the bill for state legislators, the cost solely to state-run insurance programs was estimated to total between $224 million and $235 million annually. It also estimated that individual plans purchased through Covered California would see premiums increase by $185 million.

“Paying out of pocket for infertility treatment can impose an insurmountable financial burden on LGBTQ+ people who wish to become parents, and that needs to change – California must catch up with the 13 other states who have already passed infertility insurance laws,” Wicks told the Bay Area Reporter. “Though I am deeply disappointed that AB 2029 will not move forward this year, I remain committed to continuing the work to ensure that every Californian is able to start a family if and when they choose to.”

Nine LGBTQ-related bills did advance out of the Assembly and are now before the state Senate. Assembly Bill 2194, authored by gay Assemblymember Chris Ward (D-San Diego), would require pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to undergo at least one hour of culturally competent training about the concerns of LGBT+ patients before receiving

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Assemblymembers Evan Low, left, Sabrina Cervantes, and Chris Ward all had LGBTQ-related bills pass out of the Assembly.

a license. It passed out of the lower chamber on May 16.

“One bad experience can lead to someone not seeking out medical care in the future and worsen health care outcomes,” stated Ward, who returned to Sacramento last week after recovering from COVID. “Ensuring that our pharmacists are trained and able to provide medication in a way that respects the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ individuals will allow trusting relationships to be formed and improve the experience for everyone.”

The Assembly passed two other LGBTQ-related bills May 16. AB 2315, authored by Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula (DFresno), would require the governing board of each community college district in California to implement by the 2023-24 academic year a process by which students, staff, and faculty can declare an affirmed name, gender, or both name and gender identification to be used in records where legal names are not required by law.

It builds on a bill adopted last year that prohibits the state’s community colleges and public universities from deadnaming trans and nonbinary students – that is, using their former names they were given based on the sex they were assigned at birth – on their diplomas and academic records.

AB 2466, authored by lesbian Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes (DCorona), would explicitly prohibit an agency that places foster children from declining to place a child with a resource family on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. It would also scrap the usage of the phrase “hard-to-place children” in state codes.

Six other LGBTQ bills passed out of the Assembly Monday, May 23. AB 2521, by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), would rename the state fund for trans health care services as the TGI Wellness and Equity Fund and create a community See page 9 >>

Letters >> Appalled at SF Pride decision on police

I am totally appalled at the disrespect of the San Francisco Pride committee board banning our dedicated police and fire teams from the parade [“LGBTQ first responders won’t march in SF Pride parade,” online, May 23].

These are the people on the streets every day protecting us, caring for us. This, and other decisions, like voting down security cameras from the Castro (which SF Pride was not involved with) help precipitate the condition of San Francisco – once the great city to live in and welcome visitors and now a disgrace and embarrassment to say the least. Wake up people, please.

As the San Francisco Police Officers Pride Alliance stated, “We shared stories of the courage it took to serve as both a peace officer and a member of the LGBTQ+ community. The board of SF Pride offered only one option: that LGBTQ+ peace officers hang up their uniforms, put them back in the closet, and march in civilian attire.”

Gene Tygielski Rio Nido, California

SF Pride board doesn’t speak for me

The San Francisco Pride board does not speak for me. I read with dismay that the San Francisco Pride board voted not to allow San Francisco Police Department officers to march in the parade this year in their uniforms. I offer my thoughts as a gay man. This decision is about grandstanding and virtue signaling, designed to co-opt hatred of police as a gay value. It is neither my gay value nor that of anyone I know. I support the police, while at the same time I see issues that need improvement. Thank God for gay cops changing the system from within. The relationship between the LGBTQ community and police is far from perfect but so much better than in decades past.

The Pride board is hypocritical and homophobic in bowing to the complaints of one small part of our vast community. I support LGBTQ police and support their right to march in their uniforms. Apparently the hatred and fear of some in our community outweighs the inclusivity and diversity that we claim to want for ourselves. Inclusion means including groups we may not agree with. I know it’s upsetting to me when LG-

BTQs are not welcome in events when everyone else is.

Take the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston for example or the Boy Scouts for decades. How offended, angry, and hurt we all are and yet we sit here and watch our San Francisco Pride board do the exact same thing to LGBTQ cops. The board offers excuses but what it is promoting is hate. I find the decision disgusting and I will not be attending pride this year after attending nearly every year since I moved to the Bay Area in 1988. I hope the SFPD, San Francisco Fire Department, and San Francisco Sheriff ’s Department see this letter and know that not all in the community feel this hate toward them.

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he National AIDS Memorial Grove has announced that panel-making workshops will be held over the next couple of weeks ahead of the historic AIDS Memorial Quilt display set for San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park in June.

The AIDS grove, which took over stewardship of the quilt in 2019, stated that the free workshops will be held June 1 and 8, from 3 to 6 p.m., at its offices at 543 Castro Street in San Francisco.

As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, a massive display of the quilt is set for June 11-12 in Robin Williams Meadow, with some panels being displayed in the AIDS grove, which is also located in Golden Gate Park. The San Francisco installation will include 350 blocks of the quilt, which contain almost 3,000 panels, according to Kevin Herglotz, a gay man who is chief operating officer for the grove. (A block of the quilt has eight panels.)

Each three foot by six foot panel commemorates a loved one who lost their life to AIDS. They create a moving personal tribute to a loved one and can be made through paint, fine needlework, iron-on transfers, hand-made appliques, spray paint, or the traditional oldfashioned quilting, a news release stated.

Many new panels are expected to be part of the upcoming display, which will mark 35 years since the first panels of the quilt were created during the darkest days of the AIDS pandemic.

The upcoming AIDS quilt display will be the largest ever in San Francisco and the biggest installation anywhere in the U.S. in a decade – the last such showing was in Washington, D.C. 10 years ago, Herglotz said.

The Names Project, the former nonprofit home of the quilt, ceased operations following its winddown after the November 2019 announcement that the AIDS grove would take over the memorial.

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In February 2020, shortly before the Bay Area locked down because of the COVID pandemic, the thousands of panels arrived to be stored at a warehouse renovated for that purpose in San Leandro, near the Oakland International Airport.

For more information about how to make a panel or to volunteer and attend the display next month, go to https://www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt35.

Oasis mural unveiling

The San Francisco Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District has announced that a new mural will be unveiled at the Oasis nightclub, 298 11th Street, Thursday, June 2, at 3 p.m.

The mural in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, entitled “Showtime,” is a collaboration among five premier queer artists – Serge Gay Jr., Simón Malvaez, J. Manuel Carmona, Elliott C. Nathan, and Christopher McCutcheon – and is what they’ve called “a love letter to SOMA,” according to the leather district’s recent newsletter.

Gay is known for his murals, most recently “Never Alone” on the building that houses Maitri Compassionate Care hospice in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood.

Malvaez and Carmona painted “Queeroes” on the side of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center in 2021.

Mayor London Breed and gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) are expected to be on hand for the unveiling.

The leather district partnered with Oasis, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and the SOMA West Community Benefit District to bring this major piece of public art to the area, the newsletter noted.

The “Showtime” mural will grace the 11th Street and Burns

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Roddy Williams stacked an AIDS quilt block on shelving in a San Leandro warehouse February 14, 2020, as the first of three semi-truckloads arrived from Atlanta.

Place facades of Oasis, Cal Callahan, district manager of the cultural district, wrote in a Facebook message. Another mural, “Sylvester,” was unveiled on the Folsom Street side of Oasis in May 2021, as the B.A.R. previously reported.

For that project, the leather district partnered with Oasis and artist Josh Katz.

Another Planet plans benefit screening of ‘Milk’

Another Planet Entertainment, which took over management of the Castro Theatre in January, has announced a screening of the 2008 film “Milk” that will benefit the LGBT Asylum Project and the Rainbow Honor Walk.

The screening, scheduled for Thursday, June 2, at 8 p.m. at the theater, 429 Castro Street, will raise funds for the two Castro-based nonprofits. The Oscar-winning movie was directed by Gus Van Sant and stars Sean Penn as the slain gay San Francisco supervisor.

“The Castro Theatre is where ‘Milk’ premiered in 2008, so it’s absolutely the perfect place, and perfect film, to kick off LGBT Pride Month,” stated Mary Conde, vice president for Another Planet who is in charge of the overall Castro Theatre project. “More importantly, this screening will raise funds for, and awareness of, two esteemed local LGBTQ nonprofits based in the Castro.”

The Rainbow Honor Walk is a volunteer-run organization. The project involves installing three foot by three foot sidewalk bronze plaques in the Castro that honor groundbreaking LGBTQ individuals throughout history. The first 20 plaques were installed in September 2014, with an additional eight plaques added in 2017, 12 more in 2019, and 12 more just installed in May, according to a news release.

“The Rainbow Honor Walk is so grateful for this,” stated Donna Sachet, board president of the organization. “Long supportive of the LGBTQ communities and progressive causes, Another Planet has stepped forward to help the Rainbow Honor Walk keep alive its mission of educating about those queer heroines and heroes that have walked for equality and justice.”

The LGBT Asylum Project assists clients who are low- to no-income and often arrive in the U.S. with stories of torture and abuse they suffered in their home countries.

The LGBT Asylum Project provides support to immigrants in the San Francisco Asylum Office jurisdiction (from Bakersfield, California to Seattle, Washington), who identify as LGBTQ+ and have been persecuted or have fears of future persecution if they return to their home country.

“The LGBT Asylum Project was founded to make sure that all LGBTQ+ asylum seekers receive highquality legal representation so they don’t have to go back to countries where they could be harmed or even killed for being who they are and who they love,” stated Okan Sengun, a gay immigration lawyer who founded and is executive director of the organization.

Since Another Planet announced its management of the Castro Theatre, some community groups and individuals have reacted cautiously, expressing concerns that the theater will continue to show LGBTQ films and be available for queer-themed programming.

Tickets for the special benefit screening are $25 general admission and $100 VIP, which includes a preshow reception and special concessions. To purchase tickets, visit https:// bit.ly/3yU69Wy

Maitri to hold drag benefit

Maitri Compassionate Care will kick off Pride Month with its “Heels for Hope” benefit Saturday, June 4, at 7 p.m. at the Marines’ Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter Street in San Francisco.

Sister Roma of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will host the evening of comedy, drag, and music. Performers include comedian FC Sierra, tenor Marcus J. Paige, and singer-songwriter Bobby Jo Valentine.

There will be a special performance from the high camp drag group Fou Fou Ha. Proceeds will benefit Maitri and its programming for people living with HIV/AIDS and those undergoing gender-affirming surgeries.

Tickets are $52-$78 for regular seating or $104 for VIP, which includes a special pre-show reception at 6. To purchase tickets, visit https://bit. ly/3sSIRMS

Art Walk SF comes to the Castro

Art Walk SF, which celebrates the art, music, food, and small businesses of the city, will bring its monthly first Saturday program to the Castro June 4 from noon to 5 p.m.

A news release stated that the free, family-friendly event will showcase art and music and celebrate the shops, restaurants, and other small businesses in the LGBTQ neighborhood.

Some small businesses are expected to be activated as pop-up gallery spaces and live music venues. Artists, musicians, makers, art collectives, and nonprofits can participate and can sign up at https://www.artwalksf. com/.

Future Art Walk SF events are planned for Divisadero (July 2), the Fillmore (August 6), Clement Street (September 3), West Portal (October 8), and the Excelsior/ Outer Mission (November 5).t

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Late gay ambassador Hormel among 2022 Stonewall Inn honorees

by Matthew S. Bajko

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he late gay U.S. ambassador James Hormel is the latest San Francisco resident and LGBTQ leader to be named to the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. He will be officially added to the list along with the four other 2022 inductees during a ceremony at the historic gay bar in late June.

Hormel, a philanthropist and the first openly LGBT person to represent the United States as an ambassador, died August 13 at the age of 88. He served as the ambassador to Luxembourg from 1999 to 2001 under former President Bill Clinton.

Pioneering Indian American LGBTQ leader, attorney, and author Urvashi Vaid is also being inducted. Vaid, the first female executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, died May 14 at the age of 63.

“They were always authentic, genuine, and down to earth, and had time for everyone,” said gay San Diego city commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez. “Sometimes people achieve a status that is pretty high and they change. And these two were some of the most different obviously in their backgrounds and lifestyles, but both were genuine, authentic, and not only great leaders but nice people.”

Murray Ramirez, as the Queen Mother I of the Americas for the International Imperial Courts of the USA, Canada, and Mexico, oversees the selection of the quintet of LGBTQ people posthumously honored each year. Also being inducted this year is Stephen Sondheim, the gay composer and lyricist who died November 26 at the age of 91.

Another honoree is Tyler Clementi, a gay 18-year-old Rutgers University student whose suicide in 2010 captured worldwide media attention. Distraught after his college roommate posted video of him kissing another man online, Clementi leapt to his death from the George Washington Bridge.

The fifth inductee is lesbian reporter and feminist Dolores Alexander, who died on May 13, 2008 at the age of 76. She had been hired in 1969 as the first executive director of the National Organization for Women but resigned a year later due to the homophobia she encountered.

“She was not only discriminated against but kind of hounded out. She stood her ground,” said Murray Ramirez. “We have to remember those people who had to struggle and had to battle even what are now organizations or things that are more progressive.”

Honor wall

The honor wall began in 2019 as a collaboration between the Imperial Court organization and the National LGBTQ Task Force. That year, 50 names were added to the wall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, as the Bay Area Reporter noted at the time.

Since then five names of deceased LGBTQ community leaders are added to the wall each year at a ceremony ahead of the annual Pride celebrations held in Manhattan the last full weekend of June to mark the pivotal event in the modern LGBTQ rights movement. Due to the bar being closed in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the five inductees that year were added to the honor wall last June with the five 2021 inductees.

Among the 2020 honorees were two San Francisco leaders: Phyllis Lyon, a co-founder in 1955 of the first lesbian organization, Daughters of Bilitis, who died April 9, 2020 at the age of 95; and Sean Sasser, an AIDS activist and educator known for his appearances on MTV’s “The Real World: San Francisco” that depicted his relationship with fellow AIDS activist Pedro Zamora. Sasser died of a non-HIV-related lung disease on August 7, 2013 at the age of 44.

Zamora died on November 11, 1994 at the age of 22. He was among the 2019 inaugural honorees of the wall, as was Lyon’s wife Del Martin, who died in 2008 at the age of 87.

The honor wall was established to ensure the inductees are remembered, said Murray Ramirez.

“We should never forget them.

The sad thing is many people have,” he said. “They were definitely great Americans. They were, period, and people are forgetting.”

The 2022 Stonewall Inn honorees will be inducted during a ceremony at the bar at noon Thursday,

June 23. For more information about the honor wall, visit https:// www.iccstonewall50.org/

New flagpole is dedicated

Attendees of the event, as well as Pride revelers this year, will encounter outside the bar a new flagpole in Christopher Park flying the Progress Pride flag with the insignia of the National Park Service. The park is part of the federal agency’s Stonewall National Monument honoring the fight for LGBTQ rights.

A rainbow flag had been raised on a different flagpole at the park on October 11, 2017 – National Coming Out Day – that had been part of the park site. The Trump administration, however, had hastily donated it to the city of New York just prior to the flagraising ceremony, emails would later reveal.

San Francisco resident Michael Petrelis, a longtime gay activist, that year asked the Department of the Interior, which oversees the park service, about erecting the new flagpole. It is said to be the

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The late ambassador James C. Hormel is among this year’s inductees to the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor at the Stonewall Inn in New York City.

first such flagpole on federal land that will be flying a version of the rainbow flag 24/7.

“What better way to kick off the month of June?” Petrelis told Energy & Environment News, which has covered the fight over the flagpole for years.

The flag will be hoisted for the first time at 1 p.m. Wednesday,

June 1, to kick off Pride Month.

ACT UP veteran and journalist Ann Northrop will serve as host of the ceremony, while Petrelis as of May 23 had raised nearly all of the $2,500 he was seeking in a GoFundMe fundraiser to cover his travel expenses to attend. t

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ayor London Breed on Friday appointed educator Murrell D. Green to the vacant seat on the City College Board of Trustees. She swore him in during a ceremony at City Hall.

Green, who has a doctorate in education and is a straight ally, replaces Tom Temprano, a gay man, on the community college’s governing board. Temprano stepped down in February after becoming political director for Equality California, the

statewide LGBTQ rights organization. Green previously worked at City College as a financial and academic counselor.

According to a news release from the mayor’s office, Green, who is African American, was born and raised in San Francisco’s Western Addition neighborhood. He has extensive experience in higher education, working within the California community college system.

Green will face myriad issues at City College. Earlier this month, the board approved layoffs for 38 fac-

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Enrollment has declined ever since the school’s accreditation crisis in 2013, as KQED reported. That’s despite the Free City program that pays for tuition for San Francisco residents. The San Francisco Standard reported the school now faces a $5.8 million budget deficit in the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Nonetheless, Green stated that he’s up to the challenge.

“Higher education is a passion of mine,” he stated, “and I am looking forward to getting to work with my fellow trustees, the staff, and students at City College to ensure this institution remains a strong cornerstone of the city.”

City College trustee Alan Wong stated that he was “ecstatic” about Green’s selection.

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Mayor London Breed, left, signs papers after she appointed Murrell D. Green to the vacant seat on the City College Board of Trustees.

making this excellent appointment,” Wong stated in a release he issued shortly after the swearing in.

“City College has enormous challenges ahead and we need leader-

ship to help City College increase enrollment, balance the budget, and serve our students,” Wong added.

“Trustee Green was born and raised in the city just like me and he will bring his lived experience and dedication to the young people of San Francisco to the college.”

Temprano commended the appointment in a tweet.

“Dr. Green’s extensive experience in higher education and his lived experience as a native San Franciscan and father will make him a strong advocate for City College students,” Temprano wrote.

Breed stated that Green has spent his career serving the students of the state’s community colleges “and understands the many difficulties they face navigating the complex system. His experience, expertise, and roots in the community will bring a valued perspective to this board.”

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May 20, 1961 – April 30, 2022

Gerry “Mary” Manzo passed on May 3, 2022, surrounded by friends and family after a valiant fight with cancer.

For a number of years, Gerry was a popular bartender at the SF Eagle and The Hole in the Wall bars. More recently, he harnessed his great passion for the outdoors to create enchanting outdoor spaces around the San Francisco Bay Area.

Gerry was an enthusiastic, frequent explorer of wilderness areas, mountain forests, beaches, lakes, and rivers.

The more time he spent outdoors, the happier he was. He was a lover of all creatures, but especially cats.

The youngest of nine siblings, Gerry grew up in the Napa Valley. He graduated from Calistoga High School, where he was the star quarterback of the football team. He loved sports nearly as much as cats and watched as much football and soccer as he could.

Gerry will be missed by all who were lucky to know him. His friend, Bob Young, said, “He was the last of a breed of gay men, the ones who lived South of Market, submersed in our gay culture, protected by it, and thriving in it. San Francisco is his country – he is a soul of it. I will always expect to run into him there.”

Gerry loved cats. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Purrchance Rescue at http://www.purrchancerescue.org/

Robert Dean Reiter died April 30, 2022. Service will be at Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Avenue, in Oakland on Saturday, May 28, at 11 a.m., followed by a reception at the Bancroft Hotel in Berkeley. Champagne will be served.

Raised in Stockton, California, Robert (Bobby) began his acting career at the age of 7. He played numerous lead roles at the Lincoln High School Little Theater. The theater was his home as a child and young man.

A graduate of UC Santa Cruz and then UC Hastings College of the Law, he was for many years an attorney for Alameda County.

Robert lived his life out loud. He was opinionated and extremely colorful, in his language and in his personality. To honor that, attendees should dress for the occasion as colorfully and expressively as they feel.

Plagued with health problems from a young age, diabetes finally got the best of him at the age of 60. Way too young.

The family asks that donations be made to organizations that advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, especially the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Pacific Center for Human Growth in Berkeley (https://www.pacificcenter. org/). Robert played leadership roles in both the Pacific Center and the former Stop AIDS Project, which merged with SFAF in 2011.

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Gay Stanford doc gets award to study LGBTQ fertility

by Eric Burkett

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ASRM did not return a message seeking comment.

The award aligns with ASRM’s mission and commitment to expand research opportunities for underrepresented minority populations in the profession and leadership of reproductive medicine, as set forth by the ASRM Task Force on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the release stated.

Winners were selected through a competitive process and reviewed by the ASRM Research Institute Grant Review Committee, according to the release.

Monseur said that he was excited to receive the award.

“As a gay, nonbinary individual who has personally faced the repercussions of discrimination due to my sexual orientation and gender identity,” the 35-year-old stated in the release announcing the award, “my insider-status has helped me consider unique aspects of LGBTQ+ family building that are often excluded due to the historically hetero-cis-normative focus of reproductive medicine.”

In other words, LGBTQ folks looking to create families haven’t had a lot of support generally in doing so, largely because the fertility industry is geared toward those hetero-cisnormative folks. Add to that the absolute dearth of research about LGBTQ people in fertility circles, he said, and you have doctors treating healthy, fertile 30-year-old lesbians as if they were infertile even though the rate of infertility is probably about the same as it is among heterosexuals. More than half of lesbian couples in studies at UCSF and at Stanford were being treated for infertility, he added.

That leads to a number of problems, Monseur noted.

In a phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter, Monseur pointed out that LGBTQ couples often have high rates of multiple births such as twins or triplets because, traditionally, it’s been common practice to use ovulation induction agents even if the patient is already ovulatory. The same applies to artificial insemination.

A single vial of sperm costs $1,000, Monseur said, and patients “are needing to do three or four inseminations,

six to eight vials.”

“It’s a huge expense and there’s no evidence that it works,” he added.

Originally from Roanoke, Virginia, Monseur has lived in the Bay Area for two years now. While he works at Stanford, his fiancé is a professor at UC Berkeley and the two have done what any practical couple might do: they live halfway between the two universities in San Francisco.

Here, Monseur’s been building a practice of sorts, although that isn’t specifically his aim. Monseur estimated he’s helped about 75 couples create their own families in the time he’s lived in the Bay Area. His transition to physician-scientist, Monseur said, will allow him to continue his research on a broader basis – working with gay men and transgender people, for example – while creating a place a where LGBTQ people can build families with help from an empathetic and knowledgeable insider. t

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cause they allowed them to receive gender-affirming health care. It also would bar state health officials from complying with subpoenas seeking health records and any information related to such criminal cases and instruct public safety officers to make out-of-state criminal arrest warrants for such parents their lowest priority.

Wiener last month introduced the legislation by gutting and amending a bill that was already before the Assembly. The deadline for both chambers to pass it, as it will need a consent vote in the Senate after the Assembly adopts it, is August 31. t

The Senate on Monday sent to the Assembly Senate Bill 923, the TGI Inclusive Care Act authored by gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). Among its provisions is requiring medical professionals who interact with transgender, gendernonconforming, and intersex patients to receive cultural competency train-

ing, and ensuring health providers have searchable online directories of their gender-affirming services.

“As more and more red states ban gender-affirming care and try to erase LGBTQ people, California must step up to ensure strong access to health care,” stated Wiener. “That includes ensuring that trans people are treated with respect and dignity by health care providers. While many health care professionals provide excellent care to trans people, more work remains. Improved training, clear standards, and improved network directories will result in better care for TGI people.”

Tuesday the Senate passed on to the Assembly SB 1234, the STI Prevention & Treatment Fairness Act authored by Senator Dr. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento). It would improve access to services related to the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections for income-eligible LGBTQ patients and others with confidentiality concerns via the state’s Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment program.

Such patients would be reimbursed for the cost of their care, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature and any potential draw down of federal matching funds.

transfer, degree attainment, or certification, according to the release.

A former City College student praised Green.

“Dr. Murrell Green continues to make my heart smile,” Malorie Branch, MSW and former City College student, stated in the mayor’s release. “This is because he continues to raise the bar for all of us that he has mentored and shows his students that their sky is the limit not only through words, but also by his example.”

In addition to his work as a college administrator, Green serves on a variety of higher education boards, including the African American Male Education Network & Development Program (A2MEND), Black/African American Advisory Panel of the California Community

Colleges, and is also an active member in the San Francisco community serving on the board of directors of the Alive and Free/Omega Boys Club and the Bayview YMCA. Green holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Clark Atlanta University, a master’s in counseling from San Francisco State University, and a doctorate in educational leadership from Drexel University. He currently lives in the Portola neighborhood with his wife, Dr. Janelle Green, a podiatrist, and two children, Corinthian and Providence.

Green must run for election in November to complete Temprano’s term, which runs through 2024.

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Darla Donahue, a 56-year-old bisexual transgender woman who works in technology, said it was important to her to support QLS because of the number of LGBTQ people who suffer from mental health and substance abuse issues.

“As a successful trans person, it’s my responsibility to the community to reach out to organizations like this and give back some of the support that I’ve gotten,” she said.

Nonbinary activist Alex U. Inn,

who was involved with QLS at its founding, called the organization “heaven-sent.” They told the B.A.R. they wished there were “100 of them.”

“Mental health is real,” they said, especially for people in need of support just surviving the pandemic. “It is one of the few mental health organizations that are really targeted at our queer and non-binary communities.”

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ccording to the National Institutes of Health, about 11% of women of reproductive age in the United States have experienced infertility. That figure runs to about 9% in men. There is no reason to presume these figures are notably different for LGBTQ persons, which would mean, of course, that roughly 90% of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender people are fertile and can, if desire and circumstances allow, have children.

It’s long been the practice of fertility professionals in the medical community, however, to treat their LGBTQ patients who are looking to have children as if they were infertile, said Dr. Brent Monseur, a gay man who identifies as nonbinary and is a fellow in reproductive endocrinology infertility, or REI, [https://obgyn.stanford. edu/divisions/rei/meet-our-fellows. html] at Stanford University. He’s just received an American Society for Reproductive Medicine Research Institute EMD Serono Diversity Fellowship Research Award, a pretty big deal, and one that will help further

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advisory committee to help oversee it.

Santiago had pushed for the creation of the fund two years ago, and it received $13 million last year.

AB 1741, introduced by gay Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Campbell), chair of the Legislative LGBTQ Caucus, would require the governor to annually proclaim November 20 as Transgender Day of Remembrance.

The event, started in 1998 by B.A.R. Transmissions columnist Gwen Smith, commemorates those transgender people lost to violence in a given year.

AB 2417, the Youth Bill of Rights by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), would require incarcerated youth, many of whom are LGBTQ+, to be informed of their existing rights under state and federal law and have easier access to that information. AB 2663, by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland), would establish a five-year voluntary pilot project called the Youth Acceptance Project for counties interested in providing support to LGBTQ+ youth who receive, or are at risk of receiving, child welfare services, as well as assis-

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Green began his career as an adjunct counseling faculty at Skyline College in San Bruno in 2006. After his stint at City College, he moved to Southern California where he became a tenured faculty member and department chair at West Los Angles College before moving back to San Francisco where he served as an administrator at Merced College, the release stated.

Since 2021, Green has served as the dean of academic counseling and student services for West Valley College in Saratoga, where he coordinates various student services programs with a focus on individual educational goal completion for

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tremely happy to do so, and we couldn’t be happier for the work that they do.”

The grant allowed Queer LifeSpace to provide more than 300 individual therapy sessions at $30 per session, MacCarrigan told the audience.

MORE! was honored for her community support and Charlotte Tate was honored for her volunteer work at the organization.

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Stanford physician-scientist Dr. Brent Monseur

his immediate work in lesbian familybuilding and, ultimately, supporting the whole LGBTQ acronym in creating their own families. The $15,000 award is offered through ASRM. This award, announced May 20, is given to a REI young investigator using evidence-based research to evaluate or affect practice change(s) that result in improved outcomes for patients and families seeking treatment for infertility or other reproductive health related diagnoses, a Stanford news release stated. Applications focused on the safety and quality of

tance to their parents or caregivers.

AB 2436, co-authored by Cervantes and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), would require death certificates to list a decedents’ parents without referring to the parents’ gender. It is meant to benefit LGBTQ+ parents as they navigate estate proceedings and other matters following the death of a child.

AB 2873, authored by Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), would require applicants of the state’s low-income housing tax credit programs, as well as any of their subsidiaries and affiliates, to annually submit a report to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee on how they plan to increase procurement from LGBT business enterprises and those owned by women, minorities and disabled veterans.

Senate bills advance

One LGBTQ bill is awaiting final votes in the Assembly before moving on to the Senate for final passage. Before the Assembly Judiciary Committee is Wiener’s SB 107, which aims to make it difficult for other states to prosecute parents who bring their transgender children to California to access genderaffirming health care if they are barred from receiving such services where they reside, such as in Texas and Idaho.

SB 107 would make it California policy to reject any out-of-state court judgments removing trans kids from their parents’ custody be-

[Editor’s note: The full version of this story appeared online as this week’s LGBTQ Agenda column at https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news/315733.]

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Monkeypox

A growing outbreak

Monkeypox is not a new disease.

It is mostly seen in West and Central Africa, although sporadic cases in travelers are not uncommon elsewhere. In 2003, there was an outbreak in the Midwest linked to pet prairie dogs. The virus was believed not to spread easily between humans, so the extent of the new outbreak is unexpected.

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Calling the mayor a friend to SF Pride, she noted, however, any decision to stay or change the course would depend upon the 10-member board of directors.

Dorsey, who was tapped May 2

by Breed to fill the seat vacated by now-assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), also criticized the decision by SF Pride in a statement released just before the mayor released hers. Prior to becoming a supervisor, Dorsey was a high-ranking SFPD civilian, working on strategic communications with Chief William Scott and part of his command staff.

“All San Franciscans share a compelling interest in solving our public safety staffing crisis in ways that attract the most diverse and qualified pool of candidates we can,” Dorsey stated. “We can do that by showcasing our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our police, fire and sheriff’s departments. But a policy of exclusion, which prohibits LGBTQ+ first responders and allies from

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People with monkeypox usually recover without treatment, and the strain involved in the current outbreak has a fatality rate of around 1%. The new cases have so far been mild, with no deaths reported. The virus is more likely to cause severe illness in children and immunocompromised people. However, Brooks said that HIV-positive people with a suppressed viral load and a robust CD4 T-cell count should

not be at increased risk.

Antiviral medications used to treat smallpox can also be used for monkeypox, and smallpox vaccination prevents monkeypox as well. In fact, monkeypox cases have risen over the past few decades since that vaccine was discontinued after smallpox was eradicated worldwide in 1980.

Smallpox vaccines are now being given to high-risk contacts of known cases as well as health care providers. Because the monkeypox incubation period is long, vaccines can be administered up to two weeks after exposure. At this time, experts do not advise vaccination for the population at large.

An older vaccine, which is held in the national strategic stockpile in case of bioterrorism, can cause adverse events. A new, safer vaccine approved in 2019 is not yet widely available, but the U.S. has ordered more doses, officials said.

Health officials are urging gay and bi men and their providers, in particular, to be aware that monkeypox is circulating worldwide.

Those experiencing symptoms are asked to contact their doctor or a sexual health clinic, isolate, and cooperate with contact tracing.

For those planning for Pride and other events in the coming weeks, Brooks said, “I don’t think at the present time there is sufficient evidence of spread occurring so rapidly that we want to shut down any

events or recommend that things be postponed. On the contrary, we want to empower people to take the initiative to hold themselves back from participating if they’re feeling ill and to seek evaluation if, after an event, they start feeling ill.”

A new disease outbreak that’s primarily striking gay men has sparked fears that the community could again be subject to the kind of blame and stigma seen during the early years of the HIV epidemic.

“Infectious diseases don’t care about borders or social networks,” Brooks said. “Some groups may have a greater chance of exposure right now, but by no means is the current risk of exposure to monkeypox exclusively [limited] to the gay and bisexual community in the U.S.” Added UCSF’s Chin-Hong, “At the end of the day, people really have to focus on the biology. Right now it’s in men who have sex with men, but it really is an equal opportunity disease. Viruses don’t care who you are – they just want to survive.” t

marching in uniform, sends exactly the wrong message at a time when we can ill afford to do so.

“I welcome the opportunity to meet with Pride board members to request that they reconsider their position,” Dorsey added. “I’m also hopeful my fellow LGBTQ+ community members will express their support for a more inclusive approach, which celebrates our community’s uniformed first responders and encourages more queer candidates to pursue public safety careers right here in San Francisco.”

Local politicians, both LGBTQ and straight, have been a mainstay of the city’s Pride parade for decades, either entering their own contingents or walking with that of another elected official or group. Gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) told the B.A.R. Monday that he wouldn’t be withdrawing from this year’s parade.

“I’ll be marching in the Pride parade. I’m looking forward to it,” he wrote in a texted reply.

Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said he would march in the parade.

The city’s firefighters, who an-

nounced they would not participate in the parade in solidarity with the SFPO Pride Alliance, welcomed the mayor’s statement.

“The Fire Department and its relative affinity groups are proud to work under a leader such as Mayor London Breed who is supporting our community’s LGBTQ+ public safety members and their decision, embracing our long-time history of honoring diversity, equity, and inclusiveness,” SFFD Public Information Officer Lieutenant Jonathan Baxter wrote in an email response to the mayor’s announcement.

Breed was further critical of the Pride board’s decision, noting the changes undergone by the city’s public safety agencies as a result of the presence of LGBTQ members in uniform.

“These members of our LGBTQ public safety community do all this work while also leading the push for change in the law enforcement community at large, and in their own departments,” Breed stated. “These are police officers, sheriff’s deputies, and firefighters who wear their uniforms

truly with pride – in part because of the challenges they had to personally overcome, and in part because of the progress they’ve seen in their own departments. Their presence in uniform serves as a message to others across the country that San Francisco values diversity and inclusion in our public safety departments, and in our city.”

The mayor added that her decision not to participate in the parade did not lessen the city’s commitment to the Pride celebration itself.

“I’m hopeful that the members of the Pride board will change their position on this matter, but even if they don’t, we will still celebrate Pride throughout the month of June in San Francisco,” she stated. “I will raise the Pride flag over City Hall and participate in numerous other Pride activities that are happening. And I will remain committed to advancing policies that serve the LGBTQ community, building on programs like creating the nation’s first guaranteed income program for the Transgender people and funding our efforts to get to zero new HIV infections. I

will continue to elevate LGBTQ leaders to lead our city, as I have done in appointing the heads of several city departments, including the Fire Department, and, most recently, the newest member of the Board of Supervisors.”

That said, she also emphasized that she understood the reasons for public distrust of law enforcement, based upon her own experiences growing up in a community that historically has had a very difficult relationship with the police.

“I grew up in a community, ravaged by violence, that for the most part didn’t trust the police,” she continued. “Police violence was as real then as it is in communities all across the nation today. That pain is real. I understand that pain. But I also understood the need for police to come when you called them. When an old lady was getting robbed, or a kid was being abused. And I grew into someone that believes that reducing violence, and building trust, requires bringing law enforcement into the community, into our lives, into our events and activities.”t

offered only one option: that LGBTQ+ peace officers hang up their uniforms, put them back in the closet, and march in civilian attire.

“Let us be clear: this [Pride] committee would not order the leather community to wear polyester at the parade. This committee would not order the drag community to wear flannel,” the release stated. “But they have told us, peace officers, that if we wear our uniforms, we may not attend.”

The ban arose after a 2019 incident when police used force against anti-police and anti-corporate protesters who blocked the parade route for almost an hour. One of the protesters, Taryn Saldivar, alleging violations of their constitutional rights, battery, and false arrest and imprisonment, later sued the City of San Francisco and the police department, receiving a settlement of $190,000 in September 2021.

Following the murder by police of Black Minnesotan George Floyd in May 2020, many Pride organizations around the United States, including Portland, Oregon, San Diego, and New York City, moved to institute their own bans.

A weary sounding Suzanne Ford, interim executive director of SF

Pride, told the Bay Area Reporter in a phone interview that “This is not a ban; this is merely an invitation to participate with a condition attached.”

Police are welcome to participate in the parade, said Ford, a transgender woman. They are welcome to participate wearing shirts that state they are police officers but the presence of uniforms leaves many in the community feeling unsafe, she said.

“Radical inclusivity and harm reduction,” she stated. “This is the best solution we can find.”

BTQ police officers “put their lives on the line,” she said, in order to break into the ranks of police departments.

At a news conference in the Castro May 20, LGBTQ representatives from the city’s police, sheriff ’s, and fire departments were on hand to express their frustration with the ban, stating it would ultimately do more harm than good.

The officers lamented the ban’s potential impact on helping the various departments recruit more LGBTQ members, stating that the increased presence of members from the queer community would do more to make police reform possible.

“It’s been the LGBTQ officers who have really driven reform,” said Winters. “I would really like San Francisco Pride to embrace the values of San Francisco, the value of radical inclusion so that the values San Francisco stands for, which is including all members of our community and allowing us to show up as our full, authentic selves which is not just who we are and who we love, but the job we do.

“We’ve all sworn an oath to protect the city as police officers and sheriff ’s deputies and firefighters,”

Winters continued. “And we want to be able to be proud of that and show the members of our community there are people like you who put on these uniforms every day and are out there to help support and protect you.”

Participating in the parade in uniform serves to show the public the diversity that exists within the ranks of the city’s first responders, some of them said. They took issue with Ford´s statement that the ban on uniforms was a matter of harm reduction.

“So if we’re truly talking of harm reduction through trauma informed care, trauma informed acts, we need to set an example in San Francisco,” said the SFFD’s Baxter. “We need to allow the public to see that our uniformed law enforcement officers are good. They do reflect our community and they are here for you.”

In their release, the SFPO Pride Alliance acknowledged the issues of police brutality, calling them “complex.”

“The modern LGBTQ+ movement was born out of response to police brutality in places like the Compton’s Cafeteria and the Stonewall Inn,” the release stated, refer-

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that clinicians remain well informed about testing, infection control and management of monkeypox as the situation develops,” the agency stated. “Individuals who are concerned that they have symptoms of or may have been exposed to monkeypox should contact their clinical provider for evaluation and guidance.”

Monkeypox, which is related to smallpox but less severe, typically causes flu-like symptoms, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash that can occur on the face, genitals, palms of the hands and soles of the feet, and elsewhere on the body. The rash may resemble herpes, syphilis, or chickenpox. The virus has an incubation period of up to three weeks before symptom onset, and the illness typically lasts two to four weeks. Transmission is most likely when a person is symptomatic, according to McQuiston.

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The board of the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee announced in September 2020 that uniformed San Francisco police officers would be banned from the parade beginning in 2021. However, the COVID pandemic prevented a Pride parade last year so the 2022 in-person parade on June 26 is the first time since the ban was announced that it would take effect.

The San Francisco Police Department’s Pride Alliance’s announcement came a year and a half after it began discussions with SF Pride officials about how to involve uniformed officers as participants in the parade. (SFPD will be providing security coverage of the event, as it has done in the past.)

“Over the past 18 months, the San Francisco Police Officers Pride Alliance members engaged in conversations with the board of SF Pride in response to the ban on uniformed police officers that was announced in 2020,” the Pride Alliance stated.

“We shared stories of the courage it took to serve as both a peace officer and a member of the LGBTQ+ community. The board of SF Pride

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last week in the United Kingdom.

One person had recently traveled to Nigeria, where the virus is endemic, but others appear to have contracted the disease locally. A large number of confirmed cases have since been reported in Spain, Portugal, and Canada, with smaller numbers in several other European countries, Australia, and Israel.

In the U.S., the CDC has confirmed one case in Boston, with four more presumptive cases in New York City, south Florida and Salt Lake City, McQuiston said at the briefing. All are men with a recent history of international travel.

The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday that health officials there

are investigating a “likely” case of monkeypox in a traveler who returned from Europe.

Worldwide, all but one of the more than 250 confirmed or suspected cases for which the age and sex are known are young or middle-aged men. Many of the men identify as gay or bisexual or were seen at sexual health clinics. Several cases have been linked to a sauna in Spain and events including a fetish festival in Belgium.

While most cases are among gay and bi men so far, others should be aware that they, too, could be at risk.

“Close contact is not only sexual contact,” said Dr. Boghuma Titanji, an infectious disease specialist at Emory University in Atlanta. “If you are at a crowded concert, bar, or club, body to body with other people, that’s close contact too. All forms of sexual contact are close contact. Infectious pathogens flourish with the right timing and opportunity. That’s how outbreaks occur.”

Prevention and treatment

Work to diversify law enforcement

Members of the SFPO Pride Alliance don’t believe that SF Pride’s stance takes into account all the work they and their predecessors have done to open up the police department to members of the LGBTQ community, however.

“There was a time in the San Francisco Police Department when you could not serve as open police officers,” said Pride Alliance treasurer and SFPD Officer Kathryn Winters, a transgender lesbian. “And certainly a time when you couldn’t even dream of marching in Pride.”

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ring to the 1966 riot at a San Francisco diner and the more famous 1969 uprising at a gay bar in New York City.

“But that is the reason many of us took this job,” the release continued.

“We recognized the need for change within these organizations ... We changed these organizations from within by providing a wider cultural competency that has made San Francisco home to the country’s most diverse peace officer organizations.”

Baxter further stated that his

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department´s chief, Jeanine Nicholson, who is a lesbian, immediately stated her support for the fire department’s decision not to participate in the parade upon hearing that the ban would remain in effect.

“She was in solidarity immediately with everything,” said Baxter.

“When you’re dealing with city politics, it is always the ramification of your boss. And in this case, the mayor of San Francisco. And, as we said, we’re eager to see what decision the mayor takes on the stance that our public safety partners are taking.”

After publication of this article online, both Breed and new gay

District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey said that they would not march in the parade if the ban on uniformed police remains in effect. (See related story.) Prior to being named to the Board of Supervisors May 9 to replace now-Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), Dorsey was a high-ranking SFPD civilian, working on strategic communications with Chief William Scott and part of his command staff.

During a February interview with the B.A.R. Scott said that uniformed officers should be part of the Pride parade.

“I would like to be a part of it,”

Scott, an ally, said. “Those conversations are ongoing. I’ve reached out and the Pride Alliance has asked to be the lead.”

“We’ve got to be there to police the event but we want to be part of it,” said Scott, who added that members of the Pride Alliance have expressed “some heartburn” over participating in the parade out of uniform.

Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman was out of the country at the time this story broke. On Monday he told the B.A.R. that he would march in the Pride parade.

His legislative aide Jacob Bintliff,

a gay man, stated the office has been working with SF Pride and the first responders.

“I can say that our office has been involved in discussions with SF Pride and first responder and community stakeholders around the concerns with uniformed officers’ involvement in the parade and other issues,” Bintliff wrote in an email, “and that we will continue working to ensure a successful, safe, and inclusive return to in-person Pride celebrations next month.” t

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MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557084

In the matter of the application of SON VAN NGUYEN AKA ANDY NGUYEN AKA ANDY SON NGUYEN AKA SON ANDY NGUYEN, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner SON VAN NGUYEN AKA ANDY NGUYEN AKA ANDY SON NGUYEN AKA SON ANDY NGUYEN is requesting that the names SON VAN NGUYEN AKA ANDY NGUYEN AKA ANDY SON NGUYEN AKA SON ANDY NGUYEN be changed to SON ANDY VAN NGUYEN. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 9th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557097 In the matter of the application of JORDAN HOPE CERULLO, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner JORDAN HOPE CERULLO is requesting that the name JORDAN HOPE CERULLO

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039688900

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039697700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as MISSING AUDREY VINTAGE, 1767 STOCKTON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SABRINA BODNAR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/13/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/13/22.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, 1700 CALIFORNIA ST #530, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, P.C. (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/01/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/25/22.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039699500

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039697900

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

The following person(s) is/are doing business as BRUSHED LINE PAINTING, 123 HIGHLAND AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JOHN PAUL LOPEZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/27/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/27/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039693100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as LVNENG UNLIMITED, 181 MARGARET AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RAYMOND K. YEN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/19/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039700300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as WRITERS’ CIRCLE, 1451 JACKSON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JAMIE LEE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/27/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/27/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039698900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as LOST BOTTLES, 2199 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed MAYA AND BEN (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/25/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/26/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039699000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CLUB CANTTOLAO SF, 266 ATHENS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112.

This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed CLUB CANTTOLAO SF (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/26/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039697400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, 402 DEWEY BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, P.C. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/25/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039697500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, 3129 VICENTE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, P.C. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/25/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039697600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, 230 CALIFORNIA ST #400, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SELECT PHYSI-

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, 3222 GEARY BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY, P.C. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/25/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039689100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as RYZ ELECTRICAL, 2435 44TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed RYZ CONSTRUCTION INC (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/13/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/13/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039694200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as KUM SUN CHINESE AFFAIRS, 677 JACKSON ST 2 ND FL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed INTL CHINESE AFFAIRS INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/28/87. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/20/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039682600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as ILCHA, 2151 LOMBARD ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed 2HW INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/08/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039693500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as LELEKA, 40 BELDEN PL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed MEREY LLC (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/20/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/20/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039700500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SUPER DUPER BURGERS, 98 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed MISSION 98 SUPER, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/27/12. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/28/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039700600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as THE BIRD, 115 NEW MONTGOMERY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed 115 NEW MONTGOMERY, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/09/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/28/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039701200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CHINGONAS, 105 STEINER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039700900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as AZUVO, 12 HILLVIEW CT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed ED CLOUD LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/25/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/28/22.

MAY 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557072

In the matter of the application of RUO CI KUANG, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner RUO CI KUANG is requesting that the name RUO CI KUANG be changed to LISA RUO CI KUANG. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103N on the 7th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557106

In the matter of the application of MARGARET MARY ALIABADI, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner MARGARET MARY ALIABADI, is requesting that the name MARGARET MARY ALIABADI, be changed to MARGARET MARY BOYLE. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103N on the 16th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557107

In the matter of the application of ELSA MARLENY CHAVARRIA BLANCO, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner ELSA MARLENY CHAVARRIA BLANCO is requesting that the name ELSA MARLENY CHAVARRIA BLANCO be changed to ELSA MARLENY CHAVARRIA GUILLEN. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 16th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557110

In the matter of the application of NHAN MY DANG, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner NHAN MY DANG is requesting that the name NHAN MY DANG be changed to CADIA DANG. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 16th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557111

In the matter of the application of THUY PHUONG TRAN & BRANDON GERARD NG, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner THUY PHUONG TRAN & BRANDON GERARD NG is requesting that the name LINH THUY NG be changed to HOPE LINH THUY NG. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 16th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557112

In the matter of the application of QUYEN KIM TANG, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner QUYEN KIM TANG is requesting that the name QUYEN KIM TANG be changed to IVANKA TANG. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557081

In the matter of the application of JOANNA ROSS YEARY, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that the attorney for petitioner NADIA GUEORGUIEVA SEMERDJIEVA is requesting that the name JOANNA ROSS YEARY be changed to JODY KORNBERG YEARY. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 7th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557117

In the matter of the application of SHEILA HOLMES, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner SHEILA HOLMES, is requesting that the name SHEILA HOLMES, be changed to SHEILA GLENDA LYNN WILLIAMS. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept.

103N, Rm. 103N on the 21st of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557118

In the matter of the application of SHIRLEY ANN HUBBART, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner SHIRLEY ANN HUBBART is requesting that the name SHIRLEY ANN HUBBART be changed to SHIRLEY ANN WILLIAMS. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103N on the 7th of JULY 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557120

In the matter of the application of SOUMIA CHENBOD, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner SOUMIA CHENBOD is requesting that the name SOPHIA FATIMA CHENBOD LAURENCIO be changed to FATIMA ROSE CHENBOD ATIK. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 21st of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039702300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as MEDIUM SMALL, 927 LARKIN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed BRANDT HEWITT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/29/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/29/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039707600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as XINGXING ART AND LEARNING CENTER, 1101 VICENTE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DEXIONG ZHAO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/13/09. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/05/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039707200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as RY DIGITAL MARKETING, 580 CALIFORNIA ST, 12 TH FL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RYAN BROWN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/29/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/04/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039708100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SINCERITY REALTY; SINCERITY REALTY LUXURY; SINCERITY REALTY COMMERCIAL; SINCERITY REALTY LAND; SINCERITY REALTY REO; SINCERITY REALTY PROBATE; SINCERITY REALTY REHAB; 1160 BATTERY ST E #100-9928, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MARY ANN CADORNA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/05/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/05/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039699700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as ULLOA CONSTRUCTION, 2649 SAN JOSE AVE #B, SAN JOSE, CA 94112.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MARIO DANIEL ULLOA PEREZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/01/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/27/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039710200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as JLY CONSULTING, 3010 21ST AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JEFFERY L. YARNE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/25/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/10/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039699100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CLEANSWEEP CAMPAIGNS; TBWBH, 50 OSGOOD PL, 4TH FL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed TERRIS BARNES WALTERS BOIGON HEATH LESTER, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/26/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039707800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as VENTURA PARTNERS, 70 OTIS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed VENTURA DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/19/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/05/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039693200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as PEARCE AUTOTECH, 751 ELLIS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed PEARCE AUTOTECH LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/20/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039707100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SJDC TRUCKING LLC, 1543 SLOAT BLVD #320056, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed SJDC TRUCKING LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/01/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/04/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039703700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as BOSS LADY REALTY, 1700 VAN NESS AVE #1436, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed BOSS LADY REAL ESTATE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/05/21.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/02/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039710500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as AMAYSING DETAILS, 1701 YOSEMITE AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed MAYS & HANDAMON LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/10/22.

MAY 12, 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557125

In the matter of the application of JENNY LOK-TING FARABEE, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner JENNY LOK-TING FARABEE is requesting that the name JENNY LOK-TING FARABEE AKA JENNY FARABEE be changed to JENNY LOK-TING GARRITY. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 23 rd of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

NOTICE OF THIRD AMENDED PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF OTIS R. DAMSLET IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-21-304840

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of OTIS R. DAMSLET. A Third Amended Petition for Probate has been filed by JAY G. COWAN, EXECUTOR in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that JAY G. COWAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: JUNE 13, 2022, 9:00 am, Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the latter of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: PAUL H. MELBOSTAD (SBN#99951), GOLDSTEIN, GELLMAN, MELBOSTAD, HARRIS & MCSPARRAN LLP, 1388 SUTTER ST #1000, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109; Ph. (415) 673-5600.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 2022

TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557122

In the matter of the application of RANDY GORDON SAKSTRUP, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner RANDY GORDON SAKSTRUP is requesting that the name RANDY GORDON SAKSTRUP be changed to RANDY GORDON ANDREASEN. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 23rd of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557124

In the matter of the application of SIRIA MARLENY ALVAREZ GARCIA, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner SIRIA MARLENY ALVAREZ GARCIA is requesting that the name SIRIA MARLENY ALVAREZ GARCIA AKA MARLENY ALVAREZ be changed to MARLENY ISABELLA ALVAREZ. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 23rd of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557127

In the matter of the application of GERVASIO GAYOSO DE OCAMPO, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner GERVASIO GAYOSO DE OCAMPO is requesting that the name GERVASIO GAYOSO DE OCAMPO be changed to GERRY DEOCAMPO. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 103N on the 12th of JULY 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557137

In the matter of the application of BUTCH BERRY AKA CLARENCE SHIRLEY BERRY, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner BUTCH BERRY AKA CLARENCE SHIRLEY BERRY is requesting that the name BUTCH BERRY AKA CLARENCE SHIRLEY BERRY be changed to BUTCH BERRY. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 14th of JULY 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039706900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN, 61 KISKA RD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 941245608. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ROSALIND K. JOHNSON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/03/22.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039712800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as EKLYPZE ENFUZHENZ, 900 FOLSOM ST #159, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ORIEYONNA QUNEE JOHNSON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/26/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/12/22.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039713300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as RELIC VINTAGE, 1475 HAIGHT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ORAN R. SCOTT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/01/21. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/13/22.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039706100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as RIMMA REALTY; RIMMA REALTY TEAM, 75 BROADWAY #202, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed RIMMA REALTY (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/03/05. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/03/22.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039711600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CRUSADER PLUMBING CO., 1100 26 TH ST #1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107.

This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed CRUSADER PLUMBING CO. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/11/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/22/22.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039713000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as TULIPS SPEECH THERAPY INC., 1640 UNION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed TULIPS SPEECH THERAPY INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/27/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/12/22.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039710800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SAN FRANCISCO COUNSELING COLLABORATIVE; SAN FRANCISCO COUNSELING COLLECTIVE; SAN FRANCISCO COUNSELING COOPERATIVE; SAN FRANCISCO COUNSELING CO-OP; 1829 MARKET ST #202, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BARTON SHULMAN PSYCHOTHERAPY, A PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELOR CORPORATION (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/11/22.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039708500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as AAHA INDIAN CUISINE, 3316 17TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110.

This business is conducted by a limited partnership, and is signed SRI GANESHA SF RESTAURANT LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/03/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/06/22.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039714500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as AROMA NAIL SALON, 1414 CASTRO ST #B, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114.

This business is conducted by a married couple, and is signed LOC TIEN PHUNG & BAO NGOC THI NGUYEN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/16/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/16/22.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039711400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CULTURE CANNABIS CLUB, 5801 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed JHD INVESTMENTS LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/11/22.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039713100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as JERRYPOP, 534 WALLER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed JERRYPOP LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/12/22.

MAY 19, 26, JUNE 02, 09, 2022

DISTRICT COURT, SECOND JUDICIAL COURT, STATE OF MINNESOTA, IN THE MATTER OF EMILIE BEGICH VS KURTIS HAAS COURT FILE NUMBER: 62-DA-FA-22-251 CASE TYPE: DOMESTIC ABUSE TYPE: DOMESTIC ABUSE NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION (MINN. STAT. 518B.01, SUBD. 8)

To Respondent named above: An order has been issued directing you to appear at the Ramsey County Juvenile and Family Justice Center, 25 W 7th St, St. Paul MN 55102 on June 22, 2022 at 8:15AM and explain why the relief sought in the Petition for the Order for Protection should not be granted. You may obtain a copy of the Petition and any order issued from the court from the Ramsey County Court Administrator’s Office. If you do not appear at the scheduled hearing, the Petitioner’s request may be granted as a default matter.

Failure to appear will not be a defense to prosecution for violation of the Court’s Order. Court Administrator Ramsey County District Court

MAY 26, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557129

In the matter of the application of RONALD EUGENE DUDLEY, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner RONALD EUGENE DUDLEY is requesting that the name RONALD EUGENE DUDLEY be changed to RONALD SHABAZZ. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 28th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557145

In the matter of the application of MARIA CRISTINA THOMPSON, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner MARIA CRISTINA THOMPSON is requesting that the name MARIA CRISTINA THOMPSON be changed to CRISTINA TOLENTINO SANCHEZ. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 30th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557147

In the matter of the application of EVAN JOHN-VINCENT GRANGE, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner EVAN JOHN-VINCENT GRANGE is requesting that the name EVAN JOHNVINCENT GRANGE be changed to EVAN JVG TOLOSA. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 30th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039714700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SHEARBLISS 360, 380 SANCHEZ ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ANDREW LUCIDO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/03/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/16/22.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039705600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as ACSA JANITORIAL SERVICES, 880 CAMPUS DR #301, DALY CITY, CA 94015. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed BENIGNA MUNOZ RUFINO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/03/22.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039720200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as GLOBAL BUILDERS CLUB, 76 FAIRFIELD WAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JONATHAN JUDE ACUNA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/01/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/24/22.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039716700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as KEARNY DENTAL ARTS AND AESTHETICS, 133 KEARNY ST #301, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BAYSAC DENTAL GROUP SAN FRANCISCO 133 KEARNY PC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/10/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/19/22.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039714200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as ON THE RUN MARKET, 4800 CALIFORNIA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118.

This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed NADA MOUSA INC (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/01/22.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/13/22.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039716100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SOLOMON CONCIERGE SERVICE, 138 MARY TERESA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed 6 TWO 3 LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/17/22. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/18/22.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557146

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-039713900

In the matter of the application of DANIEL JOSEPH MERCED, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner DANIEL JOSEPH MERCED is requesting that the name DANIEL JOSEPH MERCED be changed to DANIEL JOSEPH CALABRO. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 30th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557134

In the matter of the application of MICHAEL CORNELIUS PHELAN, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner MICHAEL CORNELIUS PHELAN is requesting that the name MICHAEL CORNELIUS PHELAN be changed to CORNELIUS M. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 28th of JUNE 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557152

In the matter of the application of DEREK EDWARD LLOYD, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner DEREK EDWARD LLOYD is requesting that the name DEREK EDWARD LLOYD be changed to DEREK EDWARD. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 21th of JULY 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-22-557153

In the matter of the application of MALISA TRUONG, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appears from said application that petitioner MALISA TRUONG is requesting that the name MALISA TRUONG be changed to MALISA EDWARD. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N on the 21th of JULY 2022 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

The following person(s) is/are doing business as TINEKE TRIGGS, 2152 UNION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed ARTISTIC DESIGNS FOR LIVING LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/13/22.

MAY 26, JUNE 02, 09, 16, 2022

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crumbly Koldewyn is one of the founding members of a hippie drag troupe active in San Francisco. The Cockettes were only around for a few years, beginning in 1969, but left a whole catalog of performance tape, photos, and lore in their wake.

Today, Koldewyn lives in Oakland in a gorgeous bungalow where his living room takes a backseat to his office. It’s a little messy, full of papers, pictures, and memories centered around a baby grand piano where Koldewyn writes and plays music effortlessly.

Scrumbly has worked since the ’70s as a composer and music director, among other skills.

That diverse list of talents is what ultimately led to the nickname Scrumbly, which was given to him in the 1960s.

“I’m a scrumbly,” Koldewyn explained in an interview with the Bay Area Reporter. “It means a lot of things, but in British English, it means the lines are blurred.” He does a little bit of a lot of things and “a lot of them blend together. Anything that involves music, theater, cabaret, and art.”

The Cockettes got their start at “The Nocturnal Dream Show” at the (no longer standing) Palace Theater in North Beach. The Palace had a reputation for playing underground movies.

“This was underground, subversive stuff,” said Koldewyn. “And then, after the show, people would shout ‘Bring on the dancing boys!’”

Those “dancing boys” were actually a genderdiverse group, led by a bearded drag queen named Hibiscus. The Cockettes, as they would become known, would perform outlandish, cabaret-style sets after films, and the audiences ate it up.

Glamour Hippies The Cockettes return for a new show

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Irish Ayes

‘Out In The World: Ireland’s LGBTQ+ Diaspora’

by Brian Bromberger

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f we don’t know ourselves, how shall we ever know anyone else?” is one of the quotes featured in the new exhibit at the GLBT Historical Society Museum, “Out In The World: Ireland’s LGBTQ+ Diaspora.”

The exhibit formally convened on May 14 with introductory remarks from the Society’s Interim Co-Executive Director Andrew Shaffer, California Senator Scott Wiener, Consul General of Ireland Robert O’Driscoll, and Irish Green Party politician Catherine Martin, who is Ireland’s Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media, followed by a reception at the Castro’s Blush Wine Bar. “Across the generations, Irish LGBTQ people have emigrated and found opportunities to live and love abroad. Yet this journey was rarely a simple transition from an oppressive island to a liberal wider world. Irish LGBTQ emigrants often faced prejudice abroad. Home, once a place of shame and silence, could also become a welcoming site of return,” reads the exhibition’s description.

Sponsored by EPIC, The Irish Emigration Museum, in partnership with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, the panel-exhibit explores six themes: exclusion, community, love, defiance, solidarity, and return, by highlighting 12 individual stories from the extensive history of Ireland’s LGBTQ diaspora.

The curator is Dr. Maurice J. Casey, the gay current Department of Foreign Affairs Historian-in-Residence at EPIC, who just completed his doctorate in History at the University of Oxford in 2020. The exhibition also features artwork by Irish designer and multidisciplinary artist Richard Malone.

As outlined in Martin’s launch of the exhibition, since the 1993 decriminalization of homosexuality, Irish society has undergone a major transformation. In 2015, the Irish government passed the Gender Recognition Act and the Irish public voted by a landslide for marriage equality, the first nation to do so via an election.

This exhibit, by explaining the lives of Irish LGBTQ people abroad and the contributions of those who returned, can help us understand how Ireland became such a welcoming place for Irish queer folk.

Making history

Among the personalities profiled is Michael Dillon, author of the opening quote, who was a transgender health care pioneer. While studying medicine at Trinity College Dublin, he underwent genital reconstruction surgery, becoming the first known case of a trans man to do so.

In 1946, he published “Self: A Study in Ethics and Endocrinology,” which explored gender and sexual diversity. In the 1950s he worked as a surgeon with the British merchant navy. From 1955 until his death in 1962, he lived in India as a novice Buddhist monk with the name Lobzang Jivaka. The year before he died, he mailed a manuscript of his autobiography, “Out of the Ordinary,” telling his story of an Anglo-Irish trans man in his own words.

Collette O’Regan, as a student at University of Oxford in the late 1980s, joined the Cork Cambodia Solidarity Group. She moved to Cambodia with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) in 2007. In Cambodia, she met local LGBTQ activists through her work on advocacy and equality issues. Together with Cambodian activists and other VSO volunteers, she helped organize Cambodia’s first LGBTQ Pride festival in Phnom Penh in 2009. She was part of a group that founded Rainbow Community Kampuchea, which became the first Cambodian LGBTQ organization that received official recognition from the Cambodian state.

Eva Gore-Booth was an Irish poet, labor activist and suffragist who suffered from respiratory issues, and journeyed to Italy where she fell in love with fellow English traveler Esther Roper. They moved to England where together they edited a privately-circulated journal titled “Urania” starting in 1916. It was distributed freely to those who agreed with its aim: a society that rejected the gender binary. Their mission statement printed in each journal issue stated, See page 18 >>

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he 21st San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (SF DocFest) is returning from June 1-12 and will involve a hybrid presentation of virtual screenings and live presentations, shown at the Roxie Theater. Most of the latter will also include in-person Q&A sessions.

DocFest has always screened a number of queer films. This year there is one feature and seven shorts. The feature is the documentary “Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way.” It is a terrific film to be treasured.

Even if you never watched MTV’s “The Real World” (one of the first examples of reality TV) set in San Francisco in 1994, the program that made Pedro a household name, this documentary will help you understand why he deserves to be remembered and cherished.

Diagnosed as HIV-positive at the age of 17, the charismatic and articulate Zamora, with movie star looks, became an expert AIDS educator who had a gift for reaching out to queer youth and POCs in Miami, where he lived after his family escaped Cuba in the 1980 Mariel Boatlift.

“Keep the Cameras Rolling” uses archival footage of Pedro and his “Real World” days as well as contemporary interviews with his family, friends, and castmates. Former President Clinton and Dr. Anthony Fauci extrapolate on Pedro’s continued importance.

Pedro became the first PWA many viewers knew, teaching the world about living with HIV. Sufferers were still often regarded with fear and suspicion, but Pedro’s message was that they were just as normal as anybody else. Pedro was one of the few openly gay people on TV at that time.

It’s astounding as “Real World” roommate Judd Winick recalls that just a few months prior to the start of that series, there had been a huge controversy when on Fox TV it was announced its “Melrose Place” show would feature a kiss shown between two men. Melrose producers caved in and turned the camera away when the guys actually smooched.

“Real World” not only casually filmed Pedro kissing his boyfriend Sean Sasser, but in a first ever, televised their marriage on the show in a commitment ceremony, a gay wedding decades before it was even legal.

Pedro also testified about HIV in front of Congress, which Clinton praises.

Close to three decades after Pedro’s death, this documentary brings him back to life and in another era of pandemic and bitter divisiveness he seems as relevant as ever. “Keep the Cameras Rolling” is a fitting keepsake tribute for a unique enduring role model, dwelling less on loss and more on celebration. This documentary will also play at Frameline.

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“Act of Coming Out” (11 minutes) is powerful and stirring. A group of queer and trans actors in Los Angeles audition for the role of coming out to someone. Reenacting these scenes, they draw from their own experience, but the audience isn’t sure whether what they’re seeing is reality or performance.

One actor gave a tearful convincing coming out to his mother, but afterwards revealed to the camera, he had not done so in real life. What was particularly poignant was each actor then had to play the person with whom they had just come out, expressing what they hope that person would have said to them if this were happening in real time.

Despite all the progress made in LGBTQ equality and assurances how matter-of-fact and easy it is today, this short argues that coming out can still be a stressful, anxious, emotionally draining experience for many queer people. The film was made as part of Stanford University’s Documentary MFA Program.

“Black Veil” (27 minutes) explores

Above: Pedro Zamora in “Keep the Cameras Rolling” Upper Middle: “The Black Veil” Lower Middle: “It’s Just Me” Below: “Queering Yoga”

again the courage it takes to declare oneself nonbinary, neither male or female, an identity not fully recognized by our larger society. Bradley has struggled with their own gender identity for years. Bradley is facing two significant events in their life. Bradley has recently joined the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and has completed the requisite charitable work before officially being ordained as a nun and receiving the Black Veil.

“The Last Call for Alcohol” (27 minutes), covers the history of a San Francisco bar at Church and Market called Lucky 13, which lasted for 27 years until it was sold in 2018 for seven million dollars, presumably to build condos. Built right after the 1906 earthquake, the bar had many incarnations, including western-themed gay bars like The Mind Shaft, Alfie’s, and the High Chapparal.

As Lucky 13 it encompassed a tightknit community of working-class straight and LGBTQ patrons, in what used to be called a dive bar. The film interviews several long-term customers and bartenders, devastated by its loss.

However, this short is also an effective indictment of a city bent on making money at the cost of provid-

ing sustainable housing, thus pricing business and residents out of the city.

Other promising shorts include “Distance Between,” a conversation between a cisgender person and a trans person, each trying to learn what it means to be queer and trans.

“It’s Just Me,” concerns black transgender woman Allie Cole in Austin, Texas negotiating the demands of sex work, activism, a complex relationship with her parents while overcoming a childhood trauma, and finding love. “(Trans)Femininity” centers on Giovanna, Maeva, and Alyx, three transgender women, teaching us the necessity of deconstructing the binary gender concept, which has been cultivating feminine/masculine stereotypes for centuries.

“Queering Yoga” tells the story of six Queer/Trans/QTPOC yoga teachers and their personal stories of healing/ transformation as they have journeyed in their yoga practice helping them explore identity and community.t SF DocFest runs June 1-12 at the Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St., and streaming online. www.sfdocfest2022.eventive.org www.roxie.com

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Jeremy Beiler loves that for you Vanessa’s own experience with childhood leukemia figures prominently in “I Love That For You.” Do you think that mitigates the negativity of the way that Joanna plays the cancer card for personal gain?

It’s partly her story. She brings all the authenticity to that storyline. She lived it. So, I think that’s an ingredient there. In terms of mitigating the negativity, I don’t know that our expectation is that because she went through this that the character gets a free pass for being somewhat monstrous. I think it’s very important to us, and it was in developing this show, that if this is a person who’s going to make this move, and is going to do this, it’s going to have real consequences.

What she does is awful [laughs], and it will be portrayed as such.

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ave you ever been channelsurfing and found yourself enthralled by an item –jewelry, a purse, an ensemble, home décor or kitchen utensils– on a home-shopping network? What about becoming so captivated by the grinning, well-lit pitch people that you don’t even think of changing the channel? Then you realize that you’re dialing the phone and reaching for your credit card.

If so, you’re sure to adore the new Showtime series “I Love That For You,” co-created by gay writer/actor Jeremy Beiler and “Saturday Night Live” favorite Vanessa Bayer. Bayer plays the lead character Joanna, a young woman who survived childhood cancer and dreamed of becoming a spokesperson for a home shopping show.

Co-starring Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Matt Rogers, and “My SoCalled Life” star Bess Armstrong (as Joanna’s mother), “I Love That For You” is a dark comedy that allows Bayer to draw on her many-layered acting skills. Jeremy Beiler was gracious enough to answer a few questions shortly after “I Love That For You” premiered on Showtime.

Gregg Shapiro: Jeremy, did you know that you wanted to be a comedy writer while you were attending Columbia College in Chicago, and while you were in Chicago, did you partake in the city’s famous comedy and improv scene?

Jeremy Beiler: My interest and involvement in comedy actually predates college. I did do some comedy in Chicago; I did a little bit with Improv Olympics. But previous to that, in high school (in Madison, Wisconsin), I actually had a sketch comedy, public access television show with my high school friends. Our moms would drive us down to the TV station and we would make sketch comedy every weekend. That same sketch group – we all went to separate colleges, but we’d come back in the summers and continue to make stuff. Then we all moved to New York together and continued in New York in the early aughts, doing comedy in New York. That really the biggest influence on me, that group.

You co-created the Showtime series “I Love That For You” with Vanessa Bayer. Did you first meet her when you were a writer for “SNL,” and if so, do you remember what your first impression of her was?

Yes, I met her at “SNL.” My first impression of her, really, was as an audience member prior to that. I just loved watching her. I was such a big fan. As a viewer, I thought she was so hilarious. She’s from the Midwest (Ohio), as I am, so we kind of had that Midwestern way of being and that kind of connection right off the bat. I was there for a year and a half before we really started working together. I

actually just remembered now that I got her old desk when I first came to “SNL.” She moved to a different office and I sat at her old desk, which is kind of fun [laughs]. About a year and a half in, which is probably like 2016 or maybe 2015, I can’t quite remember, she pitched this idea to Ryan Gosling for the Christmas show about a couple who still believed in Santa Claus.

When did you and Vanessa come up with the concept for “I Love That For You,” and how long did it take for it to come to fruition?

We were having brunch at some point in New York in probably 2017 or maybe 2018 and Vanessa said she had this idea for a show set at “QVC” and I, probably three years prior to that, had begun writing a script of my own set in the world of “QVC.” At that point, we started developing it for fun and writing it with no real destination in mind. It was just enjoyable for us.

We would get together and put together a pitch. Shows (in development) have what they call a “bible,” and we called ours the Torah [laughs], and we started writing our show Torah. We were writing characters and plotlines and ideas, figuring out Vanessa’s character. We pitched it together, first to Michael Showalter and (media company) Annapurna, and they really wanted to work on it. Then we got (writer) Jessi Klein and then we all went out to networks and got a few offers, but Showtime was incredibly enthusiastic, and it felt like such a great home for it. We went to Showtime. But all told, this was a five-plus years process, because we also had year-long COVID delays. It took quite a long time.

In “I Love That For You,” we get to see Vanessa’s acting range up close, such as her ability to go from high comedy to drama in one breath. The scene with her character Joanna and Molly Shannon’s Jackie, when she talks about the bracelet, is pure gold. What’s it like for you to watch that in Vanessa?

It’s so thrilling. She such an amazing actor and comedian. It’s just so rare that somebody can be so undeniably funny and then also emotionally open and grounded. It’s a wonder of the world to watch her. It’s also thrilling, not just as someone who makes the show, but also someone who gets to watch the show that we make, but even more than that it opens up a fertile world in terms of what you’re able to write and what you can create in the show and the plot lines and the moments when you know that somebody like that can step up like Babe Ruth and just hit a home run every time. You start to take bigger swings in the writing. You start to do more interesting, more fun, riskier and more exciting writing. That’s the best feeling in the world.

Can you please say something about the queerness of “I Love That For You?” I love that you’re picking up on Perry’s situation, which is sort of intentionally ambiguous, but will go somewhere fun. I guess I didn’t overthink it, really. I’m gay and somehow the character of Darcy (played by Matt Rogers) was very easy for me to write [laughs].

I also think when you talk about Joanna’s label of being sort of the cancer person; it’s not in any way comparable, really, but I think there is a universal understanding of when you are something, people label you as that. “Okay, that’s what you are.”

For me, that was a little bit of a way into the character, just from some of my own experiences. “Okay, you’re gay. Now that’s your thing. You’re a gay person.” There’s that aspect underpinning some of the show, too. But I would say we didn’t overthink the queerness. Matt is an incredible performer and we wanted to uplift and shine what he naturally does.

Also, hopefully, it modulates the well-trod area of the gay assistant. Doing something a little more interesting with him, as well. There are a lot of queer people involved in the show, and it feels like a natural extension of the human beings that are making the show to have some of that be on screen.

I previously mentioned Molly Shannon, who is also an “SNL” alum. The part of Jackie plays like it was written for her. Was it?

And what has been like working with her?

It’s one of the great pleasures of my life to work with her; such an honor.

She’s unbelievable. I bow at her feet.

She’s so good.

We developed the show and pitched it and had characters fleshed out up to episode one, basically, before we had

Above: Jeremy Beiler with Vanessa Bayer on the set of ‘I Love That For You’ Middle: Jenifer Lewis, Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon on the set of ‘I Love That For You’ Right: Matt Rogers on the set of ‘I Love That For You’

it cast. We didn’t, at the outset, write the character for her. But, thereafter, once you do a pilot, you spend all this time building an entire season and every episode. It’s almost like that’s where the building of the character begins. At that point, we did have Molly and so the season is written for her. It is written very much with her in mind.

She, just like Vanessa, can do anything.

She’s unbelievable. It’s been amazing to work with her. I’m so grateful.

The show lovingly pokes fun of the home shopping cable networks phenomenon. Have you ever purchased anything from HSN or QVC?

Oh, absolutely I have [laughs].

What’s funny is I started watching it many years ago as kind of a joke.

It’s like you can’t look away. What are these people doing? What is this? It’s so mesmerizing. I watched initially to laugh, and then I’m like, “Why am I not turning this off? Why is this still on? Why do I want it to stay on [laughs]?” And then you’re like, “Well, that actually is a pretty throw blanket made by Catherine Zeta-Jones’ company, Casa Zeta-Jones. Maybe I will buy that [laughs].”t

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16 • Bay Area Repor ter • May 26-June 1, 2022

Women on the edge

by Jim Piechota

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everal queer female authors have emerged in recent months to publish astoundingly impressive works of fiction. Each of the books profiled here are memorable, beautifully written, and well worth searching out for their resonant themes and their intensive imaginative representation of the female condition.

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Beginning with a bang is the powerhouse debut, “A Tiny Upward Shove” from queer Filipina author Melissa Chadburn. Her novel rips the festering scab off the emotional and physical wounds of so-called “throwaway” girls whose lives are destroyed by violence and mayhem.

The title comes from a scene between a Filipina girl named Marina Salles and her mother who both attempt to rescue a bird from a water heater drain but instead crush its legs and wings to “help a hurt thing on its way – a tiny upward shove.”

This kind of cruelty permeates the very essence of Chadburn’s narrative as Marina’s odyssey, from her pained and caged perspective, can be difficult to read and even more torturous to imagine in real life.

The tale is told through the brutality of its characters evident from the opening chapter describing Marina’s murder at the hands of a homicidal pig farmer named Willie Pickton. Pickton’s character is based on the real-life Canadian serial killer of the same name who, in 2002, was given a life prison sentence for the murders of six women, though he confessed to slaughtering a total of 49 victims.

The novel incorporates the narrative voice of a Philippine folkloric character called an “aswang” and this lends the story an even more foreboding quality as Marina and her drug-addled mother relocate to southern California when the girl is just a young teenager and is raped at a party.

Needless to say, the extreme neglect and endangerment Marina endures puts her in foster care where, despite falling in love with a girl named Alex, a new collection of demons lay in wait to usher her into a dark world of horrific abuse and exploitation. Among these specters is Willie, who preys on drug-abusing, vulnerable women.

Readers be forewarned: while this is not a sunshiny read, it is one that is merciless in its exacting detail of abuse and torment as well as its fleeting moments of innocence, grace, and beauty.

These nuances compliment the book’s moving depiction of a young Filipina woman’s life submerged in darkness and trauma but with enough pinpricks of light peeking through to make survival a desperately remote but very real possibility.

Danny Lore explore how a primarily women and nonbinary-populated society transitioned off the grid and continue to thrive without the restrictions of societies elsewhere.

Time plays a key role in other tales like “Timebox” written with Eve L. Ewing, depicting a couple who discover extra time hidden in their pantry and then proceed to argue over how to distribute it between them.

Monae, who openly considers herself queer, presents this collection as a freeform example of the power of expression and freedom and explores this theme of liberation from a variety of angles: queerness, non-binary, love, gender fluidity, human connection, and queer Afrofuturism.

Seductive, kinky

The female protagonist in Lillian Fishman’s debut novel “Acts of Service” is not a product of her environment, as Marina and Monae’s characters are, but a mere byproduct of provocative circumstances she’s decided to dip her toes into.

Eve’s sturdy lesbian relationship with girlfriend Romi is fulfilling, but as a frisky bisexual, she still stealthily yearns for the kind of action you keep under wraps from your significant other by deleting your text messages on the daily.

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As things heat up and expectedly get much messier within this threesome, Eve obsesses about the entire relationship. She internally debates the differences between the sexes and the true meaning of being a woman, possessing a female body, and the ways in which women disrespect, abuse, and sexualize their physicality while men enjoy the spectacle of it.

Themes of sexuality, queerness, desire, consent, gender, and narcissism saturate this sexy novel that’s as ponderous as it is erotic, titillating, and dangerous.

These three provocative books are standouts, each in their own way, and are works of feminine literary art to be applauded.t “A Tiny Upward Shove”

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18 • Bay Area Repor ter • May 26-June 1, 2022

Jeremy Denk’s music and memoir

by Tim Pfaff

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here may never be a sunset clause on Vladimir Horowitz’s famous quip, “There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, gay pianists, and bad pianists.” His reputation as at least one of the GOATs (Greatest Of All Time) gave him the latitude to make the pronouncement. Yet, it warrants a moment’s notice that he was staking claim to his turf in two of the categories, the second surreptitiously.

In his brilliant, hearts-and-mindswinning new memoir, “Every Good Boy Does Fine” (Random House), pianist Jeremy Denk comes out. It’s not the point of his memoir, but neither is it a footnote. To borrow a music term, it’s a pedal point, that is, a deep note that’s sounded often enough to establish a key. (I’m not being technical here.)

Clearly Denk has included his coming-out story in what the book’s subtitle calls “A Love Story, in Music Lessons” because he needed to. But he did not need to in order to address, up or down, a wink-wink about his sexuality. It’s not that no one else cared about Denk the man, but that no one was winking, what with all the other things there were to marvel about in the guy, one of those truly rare hu-

mans in whose presence everything seems better and brighter.

There’s nothing all that unusual about a brainiac concert pianist –or even one who, like Britain’s Stephen Hough, has had that genius baptized with a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, as Denk’s was in 2013. A startling number of pianists are equally adroit on the computer keyboard, and a few –Charles Rosen and Alfred Brendel spring to mind– have ended their careers more renowned as cultural commentators along the lines of Thomas Mann and Theodor Adorno, neither of whom was primarily a pianist, than for their prestidigitation skills at the old 88. (These will be fighting words for some; welcome to Piano World.)

What makes Denk’s verbal brilliance so distinctive is not just its acuity but its indefatigable good nature (a quality he shares with Hough, arguably the outest of today’s major pianists). A famously collegial musician, coming from a space as personable as it is personal, Denk has written a damn good book.

Good thing

The title had to be his. The initial letters of the phrase “every good boy does fine” name the notes on the ascending lines on the treble clef (note

how quickly this sentence has become technical), as foundational a mnemonic as there is anywhere in music instruction. As a gay man scarred by piano lessons as a boy, and once the editor of a national magazine devoted to piano-playing, I can affirm that every good boy does not do fine, at least when it comes to tickling the ivories.

And that practice alone doesn’t make perfect.

The harrowing truth is that the world is crawling with really, really good piano players. It’s a brutal world in which to forge a career, and success is not proportional to talent or diligence. As every musician knows in the pit of their stomach, you have “the thing” or you don’t –and even the thing is no guarantor of a career.

Denk’s is an American story, more than that of America’s most famous pianist, Van Cliburn, the silver spoon in whose Texan mouth produced the only ticker-tape parade for a musician in American history. Denk was not, as a concert pianist, inevitable.

The most heart-warming chapters in “Every Good Boy” are about the teachers, the likely and the unlikely, the good, the bad, and the formative.

If the very compound noun “piano lessons” produces a salty taste in your mouth, you will take to these passages like rescue narratives.

Organized around the principles of harmony, melody, and rhythm, the chapters in Denk’s book, each of which is headed by a program of relevant piano pieces, move seamlessly between technical matters and those of the heart. He’s become the teacher he would have wanted and, looking back, had, by good and bad example.

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lent, for those of us in the audience, of stepping onto stage– into the mouth of the wolf, as performers say. When he speaks of finally looking another man full in the eye, don’t be surprised if yours tears up. “My body had been waiting for me all that time,” he writes, “waiting for my mind to find it.”

Like its author, this book is about many things, music and piano-playing only the most obvious of them. I could name the out performing pianists I know of with the rest of my word count, but I won’t. It can only mean the world to the others that a musician in every sense as bright as Jeremy Denk has testified. Every Good Boy Does Fine could even save lives.

The book ends with a zesty tour of Mozart’s C-major Concerto, K. 503 – the kind of music writing that makes you pant for the sounds. You need go no farther than Denk’s new CD, with longtime colleagues of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, in which he is both soloist and conductor.t

Encounters

Denk was not a prodigy in the arena of gay sex. He writes credibly about going into Central Park to study a Monteverdi madrigal (“Zefiro torna,” of course) and not understanding he was in a cruising zone until a stranger gestured at him leadingly, then left in a huff when Denk sank his face back into the score. Then there’s a bumbling encounter with a man named Danny. (“We fumbled with each other before

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He then recounts stepping onto the stage of genuine sexual and romantic contacts with other men as the equiva-

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“There are no ‘men’ or ‘women’ in Urania.” The journal continued celebrating gender and sexual diversity until its final 1940 issue. The couple were buried in the same London plot with a line from the Greek poet Sappho engraved on their tombstone.

On April 28, 1990, a group of Irish immigrants and Irish-Americans founded the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization (ILGO) in a Japanese restaurant in New York City. The group provided an activist home for those seeking to combine their Irish and LGBTQ identities. They led the campaign to challenge the exclu-

sion of Irish queer people from the official New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fifth Avenue. When ILGO marched unsanctioned on March 16, 1991 in the parade, they faced hostility from the parade attendees. In 2016, an Irish LGBTQ group with a few old-time ILGO members was finally officially included in the parade.

There are other fascinating lives presented, such as key Irish-born activists instrumental in the success of the first ACT UP chapter in New York to advocate for People With AIDS; U.S. President Chester Arthur’s grandson, who traveled to Ireland and fought for the Republicans in their 1921 Civil War; and two Irish nuns of the Franciscan

Missionaries of St. Joseph who moved to Chile in the 1980s to live and work together among the poor.

All 12 portrayals are worth checking out at the exhibit, which will also include a video interviewing less famous contemporary Irish Diaspora queer folk.

The exhibition will tour select locations across the world this year, though the GLBT Historical Society Museum is the inauguration of the exhibition’s run in the U.S.t “Out In The World: Ireland’s LGBTQ+ Diaspora” at the GLBT Historical Society Museum, 4127 18th St. www.glbthistory.org

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ans of the wacky unusual kids shows of the 1960s showed up at the Orinda Theatre on May 21 for the first KrofftKon, a celebration of Sid and Marty Krofft’s innovative, campy –and slightly trippy– TV shows “HR Pufnstuf,” “Lidsville,” “The Banana Splits,” “Land of the Lost,” “Sigmund the Sea Monster” and the Brady Bunch concert specials.

All grown-up stars Johnny Whitaker, Christopher Knight, Wesley Eure, Kathy Coleman, Butch Patrick and others signed memorabilia with costumed characters from favorite childhood shows. We detected ‘Star Trek Live’ star Valentine as Witchiepoo, and the day was capped off with a screening of ‘The HR Pufnstuf Movie.”

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Cockettes

From page 13

“Art drag is what it was.” Koldewyn said, “We were making statements.

We are neither exclusively male, nor exclusively female. We are none of the above. We are all of the above. We celebrate every combination of freakiness that you can imagine. We love shocking people. We love turning the old concepts on their ear!”

Artistic drag was really the key, he said. “We weren’t trying to convince anyone that we were one gender or another. We were just celebrating all of our sexuality. To be in fabulous drag, and reveal yourself with a glittered cock,” recalled Koldewyn, “or rhinestones meticulously glued to your penis in beautiful patterns. We were definitely not your standard, mainline, old school drag queen.”

Koldewyn said that fashion helped make the group appear cool and glamorous, but the celebrities that began to swirl around the group helped too.

“I once saw Iggy Pop at full mast,” recalled Koldewyn, “I came home to find Iggy in my bed. He wasn’t waiting for me (he was with a young lady), but he looked very inviting and looked me directly in the eye.” Koldewyn added with a wink, “(Pop) was a polyamorous person.”

The drugs like me

Drugs were always present at Cockettes performances as well, sometimes as inspiration, others as unintentional set dressing, like on Halloween Night 1970. During the premiere of “Night of The Living Dead,” a Cockette dressed as the Bride of Frankenstein had an “epileptic fit,” said Koldewyn, “because she had taken MDA. And there was a whole huge audience. 1,200 plus sitting in the aisles –stoned to the tits on LSD– watching ‘Night of The Living Dead.’ And people freaked out!”

It certainly didn’t help when Goldie Glitters –the aforementioned Bride of Frankenstein– was carried out on a stretcher by EMTs. The partying was part of the fun, on-stage and off. Koldewyn said, “we all wanted to fuck everything and everybody in the whole world, at the same time.” He added it was not uncommon for people to have sex and use drugs during Cockettes shows.

There were no rules.

somebody comes out on the dance floor and starts cutting a rug, you give them room!”

Hibiscus eventually left the group in 1971, and the remaining Cockettes tried to move the act to New York City.

That did not go well. The writing was on the wall at the opening night, when Angela Lansbury and Andy Warhol were among the first of many to walk out of their premiere performance.

After returning to San Francisco from that experiment, Divine –who

rocketed from cult figure to international celebrity thanks to her appearance in John Waters’ film “Pink Flamingos” among others– performed with the Cockettes in 1972. Soon after, the group dissolved.

Koldewyn has kept the Cockettes legacy alive in the decades since by being the composer and music director of Cockettes revivals like the one coming to Oasis in June, and it’s something that he still lights up talking about.

The Cockettes 50th Anniversary show in 2020 was produced by Dan Karkoska - who is producing the upcoming “Cockettes: Eternal Emissions,” and all of the Cockettes musicals were produced at Thrillpeddlers (2009 - 2015) by Russell Blackwood and James Toczyl.“I’m a new vaudevillian,” said Birdie Bob Watt, one of Koldewyn’s longtime creative partners. Watt describes his act as “a little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants!” A performer, drag queen and director in his own right, Watt is assistant-directing “Cockettes: Eternal Emissions” at San Francisco’s Oasis June 2 through 4.

Described as a colorful, multimedia musical revue, the new Cockettes show will feel like home to fans of the group.

“I think there’s always interest in parody and pushing things too far,” Watt said. “But we’re living in very cautious times. So ‘Eternal Emissions’ is, hopefully, bringing back that font of ridiculousness.”

Unlike a traditional lip sync drag show, Koldewyn stresses that ‘Eternal

Emissions’ is all live original music. “I don’t want people to take for granted that it’s all my music.”

Each number is selected for the actor, and the performer is given the chance to make it their own. Koldewyn said, “I wanted people to take that song and run with it, rather than try to recreate or imitate any particular Cockette.”

A mix of old and new, young and old, gay and straight, and everything in between, The Cockettes are still alive and well in the memory of a generation of San Franciscans, and “Cockettes: Eternal Emissions” will be the perfect event to kick off Pride Month in San Francisco.t ‘Cockettes: Eternal Emissions’ plays Thursday, June 2 through Sunday June 4, 7pm, at Oasis, 298 11th St. $20-$80. www.sfoasis.com For even more on The Cockettes, The San Francisco Public Library hosts the exhibition ‘The Cockettes: Acid Drag, and Sexual Anarchy,’ featuring archival photos and more through August 11. 100 Larkin St. www.sfpl.org Hear Christopher Beale’s interview with Scrumbly Koldewyn and Birdie Bob Watt on Out In The Bay: Queer Radio at www.

OutInTheBay.org, and Fridays on 91.7 FM KALW (www.KALW.org) Watch ‘The Cockettes’ documentary by David Weissman and Bill Weber at www.cockettes.com

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Sylvester, the dance music icon of the ’70s and ’80s, was a Cockette. Koldewyn said that Sylvester worked harmoniously with the group for a while because they gave Sylvester creative autonomy.

“Well, he was a diva, but when

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