September 27, 2018 Edition of the Bay Area Reporter by Bay Area Reporter

Happy leather pride week! The

www.ebar.com

Since 1971, the newspaper of record for the San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ community

Vol. 47 • No. 39 • September 27-October 3, 2018

Alameda councilman Oddie comes out

Permit issues delay SF leather plaza project

Rick Gerharter

The leather pride flag flies at the Eagle bar as construction continues on a mixed-use development that will pay for a leather-themed public plaza nearby.

Courtesy Oddie campaign

Alameda City Councilman Jim Oddie

Welcoming Leather Week

by Matthew S. Bajko

ermit issues have delayed construction of a leather-themed public plaza that will transform the roadway outside the Eagle bar in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood into a gathering place for residents and tourists. See page 16 >>

lags led the 2018 Leatherwalk Sunday, September 23, as nearly 150 walkers left the Castro district for South of Market in the traditional kickoff to Leather Week that culminates with the

Rick Gerharter

Folsom Street Fair Sunday, September 30. In SOMA, the group stopped at Oasis, the Powerhouse, Mr. S Leather, the Lone Star Saloon, and ended at the SF Eagle. For more on the fair, check out BARtab.

Leathermen Douche character by day, promotes anal health farmers by weekend S by Matthew S. Bajko

Courtesy Carlton Paul

Carlton Paul, left, and Andy Cross will be attending Folsom Street Fair Sunday.

by Alex Madison

es, they wear leather chaps and one has won major leather competitions, but they also can their own fruit and make jam on their 10-acre farm. See page 16 >>

an Francisco health officials over the years have turned to cartoon characters in order to relay important health messages to men who have sex with men in attention grabbing ways. Most famously, the city’s health department in 2002 launched the Healthy Penis, an anthropomorphic phallus character, in order to promote regular testing for the sexually transmitted disease syphilis. The at-first controversial campaign proved successful and spawned several penis characters representing different ethnicities and their nemesis, Phil the Syphilis sore. The latest fictional figure to promote a sexual health message aimed at gay and bisexual men comes from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. This time it is a blue douche bottle that at times dons eyeglasses or is adorned in a doctor’s white smock and stethoscope. Dubbed Douchie McDoucherson, and preferring gender-neutral pronouns, they were first introduced in early 2017 as a way to educate men on the proper way to anally douche. The character also encourages men to bring up anal health issues with their health care providers. “Douchie brings butt health and happiness out of the closet so you can care for your butt in the way it deserves,” explained the agency in

Courtesy SFAF

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation has introduced Douchie McDoucherson to provide tips on how to douche and to encourage men to talk about anal health.

a March 2017 post on its Beta blog. This summer the nonprofit ramped up usage of Douchie in posters and online to continue to spread a message of proper anal health. A banner featuring Douchie decked out in a harness will soon be displayed in the entrance of Strut, the men’s health clinic SFAF operates in the heart of the Castro. “There is no anal douching school you go to,” said Pierre-Cedríc Crouch, head of nursing at SFAF and its Magnet clinic housed at Strut. Crouch worked with Emily Land, a content marketing manager for SFAF and editor in chief of its Beta blog, on the initial content regarding

{ FIRST OF THREE SECTIONS }

by Matthew S. Bajko

fter more than five years together, Alameda City Councilman Jim Oddie married graphic designer Hideaki Ichizawa May 7 in a small, private ceremony. Ichizawa, who goes by Ichi, works for a local Japanese-language weekly magazine, See page 16 >>

proper anal health. The information informed the creation of the douche character, which was first designed by Laura Donnell, now the director of design at EvoShare. Roxane Chicoine, SFAF’s creative director, has created the iteration of the character for this summer’s campaign. One poster released this year features Douchie promoting a number of butt health tips. When it comes to douching, the poster advises men “to go easy” and only use water or saline at room temperature. It is best to limit douching to once a day, adds Douchie, and no more than two to three times a week. “A lot of people do it but don’t talk about it,” said Land in an interview this week with the Bay Area Reporter at Strut to talk about the campaign. Most people douche “in secret,” noted Crouch, and may be embarrassed to talk to their doctor about issues they are experiencing with their anus. Having the posters featuring Douchie in the exam rooms at Strut has encouraged patients to broach the subject, he added. “We want guys to start to talk about it and open up the conversation that people weren’t having,” said Crouch. It is important to ensure men have the right See page 16 >>

What is BIKTARVY®? BIKTARVY is a complete, 1-pill, oncea-day prescription medicine used to treat HIV-1 in adults. It can either be used in people who have never taken HIV-1 medicines before, or people who are replacing their current HIV-1 medicines and whose healthcare provider determines they meet certain requirements. BIKTARVY does not cure HIV-1 or AIDS. HIV-1 is the virus that causes AIDS.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION What is the most important information I should know about BIKTARVY? BIKTARVY may cause serious side effects: } Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you have both HIV-1 and HBV and stop taking BIKTARVY, your HBV may suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking BIKTARVY without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health. Who should not take BIKTARVY? Do not take BIKTARVY if you take: } dofetilide } rifampin } any other medicines to treat HIV-1 What are the other possible side effects of BIKTARVY? Serious side effects of BIKTARVY may also include: } Changes in your immune system. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any new symptoms after you start taking BIKTARVY. } Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider should do blood and urine tests to check your kidneys. If you develop new or worse kidney problems, they may tell you to stop taking BIKTARVY. } Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death.

Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. } Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomacharea pain. The most common side effects of BIKTARVY in clinical studies were diarrhea (6%), nausea (5%), and headache (5%). Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or don’t go away. What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking BIKTARVY? } All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or have had any kidney or liver problems, including hepatitis virus infection. } All the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, antacids, laxatives, vitamins, and herbal supplements. BIKTARVY and other medicines may affect each other. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist, and ask if it is safe to take BIKTARVY with all of your other medicines. } If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if BIKTARVY can harm your unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant while taking BIKTARVY. } If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in breast milk. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Ask your healthcare provider if BIKTARVY is right for you.

Please see Important Facts about BIKTARVY, including important warnings, on the following page.

BVYC0050_BIKTARVY_D_9-75x16_BayAreaReporter_KeepEmpowering_r1v1jl.indd 1-2

Get HIV support by downloading a free app at MyDailyCharge.com

KEEP EMPOWERING.

Because HIV doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change who you are.

BIKTARVY is a 1-pill, once-a-day complete HIV-1 treatment for adults who are either new to treatment or whose healthcare provider determines they can replace their current HIV-1 medicines with BIKTARVY.

BIKTARVY does not cure HIV-1 or AIDS.

BIKTARVY.COM

9/17/18 3:32 PM

IMPORTANT FACTS

This is only a brief summary of important information about BIKTARVY® and does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your condition and your treatment.

(bik-TAR-vee) MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BIKTARVY BIKTARVY may cause serious side eﬀects, including:

• Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you have both HIV-1 and HBV, your HBV may suddenly get worse if you stop taking BIKTARVY. Do not stop taking BIKTARVY without ﬁrst talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health regularly for several months.

ABOUT BIKTARVY BIKTARVY is a complete, 1-pill, once-a-day prescription medicine used to treat HIV-1 in adults. It can either be used in people who have never taken HIV-1 medicines before, or people who are replacing their current HIV-1 medicines and whose healthcare provider determines they meet certain requirements.

BIKTARVY does not cure HIV-1 or AIDS. HIV-1 is the virus that causes AIDS. Do NOT take BIKTARVY if you also take a medicine that contains: • dofetilide • rifampin

• any other medicines to treat HIV-1

BEFORE TAKING BIKTARVY Tell your healthcare provider all your medical conditions, including if you: • Have or have had any kidney or liver problems, including hepatitis infection. • Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.

• Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take:

• Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, antacids, laxatives, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist. • Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that interact with BIKTARVY.

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF BIKTARVY BIKTARVY can cause serious side eﬀects, including:

• Those in the “Most Important Information About BIKTARVY” section. • Changes in your immune system.

• New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure.

• Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. • Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain.

• The most common side eﬀects of BIKTARVY in clinical studies were diarrhea (6%), nausea (5%), and headache (5%). These are not all the possible side eﬀects of BIKTARVY. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking BIKTARVY.

Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with BIKTARVY.

HOW TO TAKE BIKTARVY Take BIKTARVY 1 time each day with or without food.

GET MORE INFORMATION • This is only a brief summary of important information about BIKTARVY. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more. • Go to BIKTARVY.com or call 1-800-GILEAD-5. • If you need help paying for your medicine, visit BIKTARVY.com for program information.

BIKTARVY, the BIKTARVY Logo, DAILY CHARGE, the DAILY CHARGE Logo, KEEP EMPOWERING, LOVE WHAT’S INSIDE, GILEAD, and the GILEAD Logo are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies. Version date: February 2018 © 2018 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. BVYC0050 07/18

BVYC0050_BIKTARVY_D_9-75x16_BayAreaReporter_KeepEmpowering_r1v1jl.indd 3

9/17/18 3:32 PM

Community News>>

September 27-October 3, 2018 • Bay Area Reporter • 5

Trial continues in SF gay man’s murder by Alex Madison

rosecutors in the Michael Phillips murder trial continued calling witnesses Monday, September 24, and demonstrated Phillips’ desperation for money and his attempt to steal money from the man he is charged with killing, James Sheahan. Phillips, who remains in custody on $3 million bail, pleaded not guilty in April to murder, robbery, and other charges related to the death of Sheahan, a 75-year-old gay man. Phillips, 65, also a gay man, was arrested in November 2017 in connection with the death of Sheahan, whose body was found August 14, 2017 in his Nob Hill apartment. Phillips is also charged with elder abuse and fraud, two counts of firstdegree residential burglary, possession of fraudulent financial documents, theft of an access (ATM) card, and felony of possession of stolen property, according to the San Francisco District Attorney’s office. Authorities allege Phillips brutally killed Sheahan with a sharp object, made it look like a suicide, and then stole thousands of dollars from him, including paintings, forged checks, and attempted cash withdrawals with Sheahan’s ATM card. Sheahan

was suffering from Stage 4 lung cancer in the months leading up to his death. On Monday at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice, three of the prosecution’s witnesses were called. Sergeant Domenico Discenza with the San Francisco Police Department was among them. Discenza said he collected over 100 documents from Phillips’ residence at 455 10th Avenue and, through search warrants, obtained social media messages between Phillips and his husband, Archie Arcaya Fuscablo. Phillips and Fuscablo met online and married at City Hall October 30, 2017, just weeks after Fuscablo arrived in the U.S. from the Philippines. Discenza said he found what appeared to be letters from the IRS detailing the money Phillips owed the federal government as well as a list of people and how much money Phillips owed them. Discenza told the court that Phillips had set up a GoFundMe account in 2017 to ask people to help him bring a friend to the United States and asked for money in a Facebook post in the first half of September that said it was a life or death situation.

Michael Phillips, left, is accused of killing James Sheahan.

A Facebook message was obtained by Discenza that was sent from Phillips to Fuscablo on August 12 at 9:18 p.m. Discenza confirmed that the last time Phillips left Sheahan’s apartment was August 12 at approximately 8:36 p.m. The Facebook message sent from Phillips to his husband said, “I fought hard all day to get money gram money to send you.” August 12 is the day Deputy District Attorney O’Bryan Kenney previously argued that Philips killed Sheahan. During opening statements of the trial last month, Kenney explained that the motivation behind Phillips’ decision to kill Sheahan was Phillips’ need for money to help Fuscablo, pay off loans, get a visa, and cover other

costs. Kenney also told the jury that Phillips was in major debt to the IRS, Visa, and friends. Sherry Sheahan also took the stand. She is the wife of Sheahan’s brother, Thomas Sheahan. The couple live in Minneapolis. Kenney asked Sherry Sheahan about the will they found in James Sheahan’s Bush Street apartment. “Did James Sheahan leave anything to a person named Michael Phillips?” Kenney asked. “He did not leave anything to a Michael Phillips,” Sherry Sheahan replied. She also confirmed that James Sheahan did not give Phillips permission to take money or possessions from him or cash checks in his name. During opening statements Kenney told the jury that Phillips stole paintings, journals, and other belongings of James Sheahan’s. Sherry Sheahan testified that Phillips did not attend the funeral service she and her husband arranged for James Sheahan. She said Jacqueline Buckley, a close friend of James Sheahan’s for almost 25 years, was at the funeral. Deputy Public Defender Kwixuan Maloof reiterated what Sherry Sheahan told investigators at the

time of James Sheahan’s death, which was that Phillips was “a very nice person,” and a good friend of James Sheahan’s. Next on the stand was Sharlene Chahal, a Wells Fargo regional services consultant. James Sheahan banked with Wells Fargo. There were about six checks that prosecutors tried to prove Phillips had written to himself off James Sheahan’s account from July to August. Chahal confirmed that a couple of the checks had been returned due to insufficient funds in the account. The check amounts ranged from about $300 to $4,000. Maloof, however, asked if there was ever a fraud report circulated regarding James Sheahan’s account from July to September to alert him of any suspicious account activity, and Chahal answered, “I am not aware of any fraud report posted to the account.” As previously reported by the Bay Area Reporter, during opening statements, Kenney painted Phillips as a brutal killer who manipulated and took advantage of a sick, elderly man. Maloof told the jury there was no DNA or scientific evidence linking Phillips to the murder, only circumstantial evidence.t

Guerneville rainbow flag stolen again

Charlie Wagner

The rainbow flag in Guerneville Plaza was flying last weekend.

by Alex Madison

he rainbow flag that flies on the Guerneville Plaza flagpole has been stolen yet again. Since the flag was first put up in June 2017, it has been stolen more than half a dozen times. It has been replaced and is currently flying. Sergeant Spencer Crum with the Sonoma County Sheriff ’s Office confirmed with the Bay Area Reporter that Joseph Garlock, 31, was arrested September 15 on suspicion of stealing the rainbow flag two days prior. As of now, it is not believed to be hate or biased related, Crum said. “If the flag was stolen due to a prejudice of sexual orientation than he would be charged with a hate crime, but that’s up to the D.A.,” Crum said in an interview. “However, he said he was drunk and stole it and didn’t indicate any bias against sexual orientation.” Garlock was arrested on one count of petty theft, which is a misdemeanor, according to the sheriff ’s office. He was released on $1,000 bail. The case is currently under review by the Sonoma County District Attorney’s office and no filing decision has been made, according to Joseph Langenbahn, spokesman for the D.A.’s office. The flag was reported missing September 14 by a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Crum said. When investigators followed up and talked to owners

and employees of businesses near Guerneville Plaza, one employee of a real estate company said they saw Garlock with the rainbow flag. After authorities contacted Garlock, who lives in Guerneville, he admitted to drunkenly stealing the flag, according to Crum. Garlock could not be reached for comment. As previously reported by the B.A.R., Vincent Joseph O’Sullivan, 55, was found guilty in June for stealing the rainbow flag. He was sentenced to 36 months probation and 100 hours of community service. O’Sullivan also faces a hate crime charge for another incident in May where he threatened to “bomb the gay people in Guerneville” at a local Safeway store, authorities said. He targeted one individual who was the victim in this case, a gay male employee of the Starbucks located inside the Guerneville Safeway store off Highway 116. Other threats and language allegedly used by O’Sullivan during the incident included, “I am going to kill all the motherfucking gays,” and “I am going to blow you up you motherfucking faggot,” according to Robert Maddock, the deputy district attorney prosecuting the case. O’Sullivan pleaded not guilty to the hate crime charge at his arraignment July 12. He is expected back in court November 2 for the start of his trial. Beth Streets, a straight ally who started the Flag Supporters group that has been replacing the purloined rainbow flags, said although the latest incident may not be hate related, it still feels like it to many community members. “I think this time it was just a drunken, stupid thing he did even though there is no excuse,” said Streets, who also filed a complaint with the sheriff ’s office related to the most recent incident. “It still makes people feel it is hate even if it’s not intended to be.” She added, “The first thing I thought, unfortunately, was do we have someone else that is hating in the community?” Streets has followed O’Sullivan’s cases closely and has been subpoenaed to testify at his upcoming trial.

Sonoma County District 5 Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, whose district includes Guerneville, weighed in on O’Sullivan’s hate crime charge and the multiple thefts of the flag. “It’s really disheartening to see the hate crime activity around the Pride flag,” she said. “I’m glad the D.A. choose to prosecute Vincent O’Sullivan. It’s more critical now

than ever to make sure the flag is flying and to not let crimes interrupt the community’s unity and pride.” She said post President Donald Trump’s election, she has seen an uptick in discriminatory behavior in the area, including graffiti that contained hate speech. She has also heard reports from community

members who said they have heard hate speech just walking the streets of Guerneville. Although the Board of Supervisors has not taken any action regarding this, Hopkins said, “We stand in solidarity as a board in support of all members of our community in support of tolerance and inclusion.”t

PRESENTS

S H A N T I ’S 4 4 T H A N N I V E RSA RY GA L A

Honoring

Shanti Volunteer Jerry Francone

Performances by Breanna Sinclairé

Supervisor Jane Kim

where when tickets

THE PALACE HOTEL THURSDAY GET TICKETS SAN FRANCISCO OCTOBER 4TH AT SHANTI.ORG

6 P.M.

TICKETS & INFORMATION AT SHANTI.ORG

<< Open Forum

6 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

Volume 48, Number 39 September 27-October 3, 2018 www.ebar.com PUBLISHER Michael M. Yamashita Thomas E. Horn, Publisher Emeritus (2013) Publisher (2003 – 2013) Bob Ross, Founder (1971 – 2003) NEWS EDITOR Cynthia Laird ARTS EDITOR Roberto Friedman BARTAB EDITOR & EVENTS LISTINGS EDITOR Jim Provenzano ASSISTANT EDITORS Matthew S. Bajko • Alex Madison CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Ray Aguilera • Tavo Amador • Race Bannon Erin Blackwell • Roger Brigham Brian Bromberger • Victoria A. Brownworth Brent Calderwood • Philip Campbell Heather Cassell • Belo Cipriani • Dan Renzi Christina DiEdoardo • Richard Dodds Michael Flanagan • Jim Gladstone David Guarino • Liz Highleyman Brandon Judell • John F. Karr • Lisa Keen Matthew Kennedy • Joshua Klipp David Lamble • Max Leger Michael McDonagh • Juanita MORE! David-Elijah Nahmod • Paul Parish Sean Piverger • Lois Pearlman Tim Pfaff • Jim Piechota • Bob Roehr Adam Sandel • Jason Serinus • Gregg Shapiro Gwendolyn Smith • Tony Taylor • Sari Staver Jim Stewart • Sean Timberlake • Andre Torrez Ronn Vigh • Charlie Wagner • Ed Walsh Cornelius Washington • Sura Wood ART DIRECTION Max Leger PRODUCTION/DESIGN Ernesto Sopprani PHOTOGRAPHERS Jane Philomen Cleland • FBFE Rick Gerharter • Gareth Gooch Jose Guzman-Colon • Rudy K. Lawidjaja Georg Lester • Dan Lloyd • Jo-Lynn Otto Rich Stadtmiller • Kelly Sullivan • Fred Rowe Steven Underhil • Dallis Willard • Bill Wilson ILLUSTRATORS & CARTOONISTS Paul Berge • Christine Smith ADVERTISING/ADMINISTRATION Colleen Small Bogitini VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVERTISING Scott Wazlowski – 415.829.8937 NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Rivendell Media – 212.242.6863

LEGAL COUNSEL Paul H. Melbostad, Esq.

News Editor • news@ebar.com Arts Editor • arts@ebar.com Out & About listings • jim@ebar.com Advertising • scott@ebar.com Letters • letters@ebar.com Published weekly. Bay Area Reporter reserves the right to edit or reject any advertisement which the publisher believes is in poor taste or which advertises illegal items which might result in legal action against Bay Area Reporter. Ads will not be rejected solely on the basis of politics, philosophy, religion, race, age, or sexual orientation. Advertising rates available upon request. Our list of subscribers and advertisers is confidential and is not sold. The sexual orientation of advertisers, photographers, and writers published herein is neither inferred nor implied. We are not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts or artwork.

Beckles the right choice in AD 15 J

ovanka Beckles has defied the that calls for expanding rent conodds during her public service trol at the local and state levels career. As a lesbian on the Richand ending what she called the mond City Council – the city’s “harmful” Costa-Hawkins rent first out LGBT member – she control limits (repealing the Coswithstood blatant homophobia ta-Hawkins Rental Housing Act from residents – and some council is Proposition 10 on the Novemcolleagues – who said they didn’t ber statewide ballot). She favors approve of her “lifestyle,” perseverhousing developments through a ing through contentious council mixed-income, high quality, notmeetings where people made vifor-profit model. As a city councilcious anti-gay remarks. Four years woman Beckles helped get the first Rick Gerharter ago, when she ran for re-election, new rent control law in California Chevron spent $3 million against 15th Assembly in 30 years in Richmond, supportBeckles and her running mates District candidate ed a major redevelopment plan, because of their corporate-free Jovanka Beckles and developed a nationally-leading politics campaign. Beckles and the program to protect homeowners others swept their races. This year, from foreclosure, her campaign Beckles shocked most political observers when website states. She told us she opposes the Ellis she came in second in the top-two primary Act, a state law that allows property for the open Assembly District 15 seat. The owners to evict tenants if they want first place winner, former Obama staffer Buffy to “get out of the rental business.” Wicks, a relative newcomer to the district, She acknowledged it would be may have more money and endorsements, but tough to do – other state lawmakBeckles can’t be counted out. We endorse her ers have tried and failed. But, she for the general election on November 6. said, having more elected state If elected, she would become the first out lawmakers who are listening to the LGBT state legislator from the East Bay, which voices of the people might help is home to a sizeable queer population. She make the heavy lift of Ellis Act rewould also become the first out Africanpeal a possibility. The housing criAmerican woman – born in Panama, Beckles sis is a statewide problem; it’s time is both black and Latina – and LGBT immifor legislators from other areas to grant elected to the Statehouse. come on board. Beckles is eschewing corporate funds, optOn health care, Beckles wants to implement ing instead for a “people, not profit” campaign a single-payer, Medicare for All program to accepting small donations. When she met with cover all California residents. Such an effort us for an editorial board meeting earlier this has support in the Legislature, though a bill year, Beckles told us that she has local support. was killed last year. It will take more progres“We have proven people-power works,” she sives elected in the Statehouse to give momensaid. Her amazing second-place finish in the tum to the plan. Beckles would be in a good primary bolsters that claim. position to jump-start the discussions. Her platform includes a housing for all plank Beckles also supports reforming Proposition

13 to close corporate property tax loopholes. This is another idea that has gained traction in recent years, and one that gay former Assemblyman Tom Ammiano championed. He has endorsed Beckles, as has One Revolution, the political action organization spun out of Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign. On civil rights, Beckles would, naturally, be a strong voice for LGBTQ inclusion. She wants to strengthen immigrant sanctuary laws to prevent state contracts with private contractors who collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She also wants to abolish case bail; Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a bill to do just that, so, if elected, Beckles will be able to help see it implemented. We admire Beckles because she stands up for her principles and her community. The 15th Assembly District is one of the most progressive in the state, and it was clear in her primary win that Beckles has broad support. In fact, most of her primary challengers have endorsed her, including the other out candidates, Berkeley school board member Judy Appel and East Bay Municipal Utility District board member Andy Katz. Dan Kalb, the Oakland City Councilman who narrowly lost to Beckles for the second spot in the top-two primary, has also endorsed her. Beckles is an outspoken leader, and in today’s charged political climate, that’s an asset. While California is a deep blue state, Democrats in the Legislature run the gamut from moderate to progressive. We need a strong, progressive voice for the under-represented, including LGBTs, and particularly, trans women of color in the East Bay. Beckles will use the Assembly seat to fight for everyone in her district.t

Prop C will help the homeless by Bevan Dufty

t this point, everyone who lives, works, or visits San Francisco has become an expert on homelessness. Not that everyone knows the details of every service or research on the interventions that work best. But we see homelessness visibly in our city every day. And most of us see what isn’t working. In 2012, I became the director of HOPE (Housing Opportunity, Partnership and Engagement), in charge of carrying out the mayor’s vision to end homelessness. Everything I thought I knew about homelessness was wrong. I had thought we had a robust system, that the services just needed to be coordinated and that homeless people just needed to avail themselves of help. I was wrong. I found a system starving from malnourishment, that had nowhere near the capacity to meet growing need, and operated from the very problematic place of scarcity. Since the system did not have enough bread for the people, the system was designed so that only very few would qualify to get bread. Like me, you might see someone severely mentally ill on the street or riding a BART train and you wonder, how is this person not being helped? Right now, 40 percent of the 4,666 people brought in, but then released from a psychiatric emergency facility, go back to the street without any plan of care, temporary housing, or service. Or, you might see a SF Homeless Outreach Team (SFHOT) worker engaging with someone on the street – and then see the outreach worker walk away – naturally assuming the homeless individual refused services. Currently there are over 1,100 people on our shelter waiting list and our 65-person SFHOT outreach team only has 50 dedicated beds out of 1,300 shelter beds. There are far too few placements at shelters or the five Navigation Centers available to outreach workers.

LGBTQ homeless

One of the things I was shocked by was the number of homeless people who identify as LGBTQ. We didn’t have any data on this, so I added the question to the Point-in-Time

Courtesy Yes on Prop C campaign

This chart shows how money raised through Proposition C would be spent.

Homeless Count and Survey. Thirty percent of the 5,518 single adults older than 25 experiencing homelessness identified as LGBTQ in the 2017 Homeless Point-in-Time Count. Nearly half (49 percent) of 1,363 unaccompanied youth respondents under the age of 25 identified as LGBTQ, much higher than the adult population. In June 2015, San Francisco opened Jazzie’s Place, the nation’s first LGBTQ shelter for homeless adults. Jazzie’s is a 24-bed shelter targeted to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender homeless adults. It has nowhere near enough beds to meet the need. While most homeless San Franciscans become homeless as housed San Franciscans,

we also have many sisters and brothers who come to San Francisco seeking sanctuary from abuse and homophobia. They end up homeless, struggling to survive without the dignity of a home.

Proposition C

San Francisco has many excellent services, but we don’t have the capacity to respond to the crisis on our streets. I have seen firsthand, when we do invest, such as when former President Barack Obama invested in housing subsidies for veterans, we were able to functionally eliminate homelessness among vets. This is why people who work in homeless services joined hundreds of small business owners, and community members, to gather See page 7 >>

Politics>>

September 27-October 3, 2018 • Bay Area Reporter • 7

Sex-positive Democratic club forms in SF by Matthew S. Bajko

his weekend’s Folsom Street Fair will be a coming out, of sorts, for the newly formed San Francisco SexPositive Democratic Club. It is launching a website and Facebook group timed to the annual fetish event in the city’s South of Market neighborhood. Its founding members will be at the SF Citadel’s fair booth Sunday near the intersection of Ninth and Folsom streets to talk to people interested in joining the political group. The club, believed to be the first of its kind in the country, has also begun the process to be formally recognized by state campaign finance officials, in order to raise money, and by the local Democratic Party, which is responsible for chartering Democratic clubs in San Francisco. The club is working to host forums in October with the candidates running on the November ballot for the open District 10 and District 6 supervisor seats. It will not be endorsing in the two races this year, however, and expects to seek official chartership by the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee sometime after Election Day. “I don’t know if one exists; I suspect we are the first,” campaign consultant Mark Press, who is acting as the new club’s president, told the Bay Area Reporter this week. “I would be thrilled if we were the first.” As the B.A.R.’s Political Notebook first reported in May, members of the city’s sex-positive community, from leathermen and women to those in polyamorous relationships, decided it was time they formally organized in order to exert political power at City Hall. They are concerned about a host of issues, from protecting sex-positive venues and establishing the leather LGBT cultural district in SOMA to the creation of housing that can accommodate polyamorous families that need three bedrooms or more. A key goal would be seeing more housing built in SOMA, particularly in or near the leather district, so that people are closer to the venues that cater to the sex-positive community. They also want to see better public transit options overnight for those who go out to, or work at, sex-positive nightlife venues. Press, who is polyamorous and hetero-flexible, has been involved in the BDSM/poly/queer communities for 10 years, including hosting and managing public and private parties. He was a bartender and barback for six years at the SF Cat Club in SOMA. He also has worked on a number of political campaigns. In 2016 he was the deputy field organizer for gay state Senator Scott Wiener

Guest Opinion

From page 6

signatures and place Proposition C on this November’s ballot. If passed, Prop C will levy a half percent in gross receipts tax on corporate revenues over $50 million. It is estimated that the measure will generate $300 million a year. We have projects that are shovel ready in the Mayor’s Office on Housing and Community Development that simply need the funding. We also have 1,000 vacant singleroom-occupancy hotel rooms whose owners are willing to turn

Rich Stadtmiller

Members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the leather community kicked off Leather Week at the annual Leather Walk September 23.

(D-San Francisco). This spring, he served as campaign manager for Noah Phillips’ unsuccessful bid for Sacramento district attorney. Press is now working as the social chair for District 6 supervisor candidate Sonja Trauss, who is in a non-monogamous marriage. She co-hosted the meeting in the spring with sex-positive community leaders where the idea of them forming their own Democratic club was first discussed. Since then, more than 100 people have expressed interest in joining the club, said Press. The club will have an official opening gala sometime in November or December. “I am very confident, once all this logistical nonsense is out of the way, we will very quickly build up and get membership,” he said. He is trying to secure venues for the two candidate forums to be held in late October. He chose to focus on the races for District 10, which includes Potrero Hill, and District 6, which represents SOMA, since they are the most impacted by sex-positive issues. In the races for the District 2 and District 4 supervisor seats, Press said he didn’t think those candidates would benefit from being asked questions about sex-positive issues. For the forums the club does plan to host, Press said the candidates will be given the questions in advance. His aim is not to embarrass anyone but to have a substantive discussion about the concerns of the local sex-positive community. “We are not looking to play gotcha politics. We are not looking to trick anybody,” said Press, who is on the board of the city’s United Democratic Club. “We want to make friends.” Once the club is established, Press said one of its first priorities would be to see San Francisco adopt a policy protecting people in polyamorous relationships from discrimination. As the B.A.R. first reported in May, Berkeley city officials are reviewing legislation that would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, business practices, city facilities and services, or education on the

them over to the city if they have a housing subsidy. This is a bold proposal that is our chance to tackle the homeless crisis. It is comprehensive in its approach. After years of tinkering with half measures, it is finally our chance to see a visible difference on the streets. It will keep San Franciscans in their homes – whether they face a catastrophic health issue or if their rent is surpassing their fixed income. It will eliminate the shelter waitlist. It will eliminate the need to push people from one side of the street to the other. Most important of all, it will create the housing we need to move

basis of relationship structure. While it would apply to the city and private entities, it would not cover religious institutions. And the policy is not meant to be an endorsement of polygamy, where a person marries multiple people. The draft policy defined “relationship structure” as “the number of consenting adults involved in an intimate relationship and/or the number of intimate personal relationships in which each consenting adult is simultaneously involved.” Berkeley’s city manager and city attorney have been working to refine the language of the new policy. A major sticking point has been ensuring employers, under the policy, would not be required to extend medical benefits to the partners of polyamorous people. City Councilwoman Linda Maio, who sponsored the proposal, told the B.A.R. that she had spoken with the city attorney Monday, September 17, about the status of her proposed policy. “The city attorney has the disclaimer language and is reviewing it with the entirety of the language in the document,” wrote Maio in an email last week. Last December, the council expressed support for banning discrimination based on a person’s relationship structure in housing and employment and instructed city staff to fine tune the policy. Maio expects the City Council to take up the policy for final approval sometime this fall.

Barry Schneider Attorney at Law

family law specialist* • Divorce w/emphasis on Real Estate & Business Divisions • Domestic Partnerships, Support & Custody • Probate and Wills www.SchneiderLawSF.com

415-781-6500 *Certified by the California State Bar 400 Montgomery Street, Ste. 505, San Francisco, CA

EQCA endorses in Bay Area races

Equality California, the statewide LGBT advocacy organization, has endorsed candidates in several Bay Area races on the November ballot. In the contest for three open seats on the San Francisco Board of Education, EQCA endorsed Phil Kim, a gay man who works for a charter school operator, and Mia Satya, a transgender woman who works for the city’s LGBT community center and has been active in youth issues for years. Gay El Cerrito City Councilman Gabriel Quinto, who is serving as his city’s mayor and is one of a handful of out HIV-positive people in elective office, secured EQCA’s support for his re-election bid this year. EQCA also endorsed a trio of first-time out candidates for council seats in the region last Thursday, September 20. It is backing Marlo Rodriguez, a lesbian nurse seeking the District 6 seat on the Oakland City Council, and Laura Parmer-Lohan, who lives in San Carlos with her wife and their two children. She is running for one of the three open citywide seats on her city’s council. The third candidate backed by EQCA is Shawn Kumagai, a gay man running for one of two council seats in the Tri-Valley city.t

our homeless community inside. As a gay man, I am tired of hateful Trump-like responses to this homeless crisis. I feel we have a choice. We can continue with the status quo and respond to this humanitarian crisis with ineffective incremental approaches that go nowhere, or we can get serious and invest in solutions that work. Vote yes on Prop C.t Bevan Dufty, a gay San Francisco resident, is a former District 8 supervisor, a former homeless czar under the late mayor Ed Lee, and a current BART board director.

LGBT PROGRESSIVE CATHOLICS † OUR FAMILIES & FRIENDS

Celebrating our Sexuality and Love as Gifts of God Liturgy & Social: Every Sunday 5pm First Sunday Movie Night Second Sunday Potluck Supper Third Wednesday Faith Sharing Group 1329 Seventh Avenue † info@dignitysanfrancisco.org Follow us on Facebook!

<< Commentary

8 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

A beacon of hope by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

ecent reports say that 0.7 percent (about 150,000) of teens ages 13-17 identify as transgender. At the same time, a recent study from the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that 50.8 percent of trans masculine people attempt suicide, with gender-nonconforming people doing the same 41.8 percent of the time, and 29.9 percent of trans feminine people also attempting to kill themselves. According to a post on Futurity, researchers collected data over a 36-month period between 2012 and 2015, and from 120,617 adolescents, most of whom identified as cisgender. These statistics are painfully unsurprising, given the epidemic levels of violence transgender people face,

cast against a backdrop of increased discrimination and stigma brought on by a hostile federal administration that is seeking to cut back on our rights at every turn. This is a time when the religious right sees the transgender community as its new, post-Obergefell target, seeking to force us out of existence – and oftentimes literally. Meanwhile, we also see other groups forming alliances with the right, or sharing similar views, attempting to cut transgender people off from public accommodations, crisis centers, and other vital needs. A lot of doors may be closed to us today. That is what makes the following news so welcome. In light of those fairly grim numbers, AAP has released a new

UCSF DuoPACT research study on HIV pays up to $80 per couple per visit over 9 months

DuoPACT

TollͲfree (855) 800Ͳ6043

VALENCIA CYCLERY

We’ve got more bikes in stock & ready to ride than any shop in SF MANY ON SALE!

policy statement on transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents. Its goal is a simple one: to help parents and pediatricians aid the health of our youth while seeking to lessen the effects of discrimination on them. This is a great start, and falls in line with other recent statements in support of transgender people. For example, the World Health Organization has moved transgender people out of its classifications for mental illness, instead placing gender incongruence on its list of sexual health conditions. These steps, in particular that of the AAP, are nothing short of life saving. I find that I often end up sounding a bit like the grizzled oldster I have become, sharing yarns about walking uphill to school with newspaper stuffed in my shoes to plug the holes. It seems a common response, endemic to humans and their histories. We glorify our past while also claiming the hardships we faced somehow made us stronger and better people. That said, when I think of how hard it was, all those years ago, to find information on being transgender, and how unaccepting the culture was of people like me, I don’t find myself falling into some misguided feeling that I am somehow all the better for having fought my way through those days. I simply got lucky, while many of my peers did not. All these years later, however, I’m not sure that those younger than I face a less antagonistic world than I did. Trans youth still find themselves kicked out of homes. They face violence and stigma at school or in the streets and deal with an increasingly hostile world. What the AAP is trying to do is

Christine Smith

help change that. This is an organization of 67,000 medical professionals, and having it out there trying to make the world better for trans and GNC youth is notable. First and foremost, it is recommending a more “gender-affirming” approach, providing a nonjudgmental stance, in order to help these kids feel safe and non-stigmatized. This, alone, is a huge step, given that many trans youth may feel they are not being taken seriously. AAP is also recommending comprehensive health care for trans youth and appropriate familybased therapy that can help caregivers, families, and siblings of trans youth. It is also advocating for respectful health records that take into account a person’s gender identity, urging health insurance plans that assist trans and gender-nonconforming youth, and even pushing for additional laws and policies to promote acceptance. For several years, we’ve seen pushback from the right over Obama-era policies that supported trans students in public schools. The current education secretary, Betsy DeVos, seems plenty hostile toward those

Kid’s

Road

Mountain

Electric Bikes are here!

Your one-stop shop for the whole family! 1065 & 1077 Valencia (Btwn 21st & 22nd St.) SF

SALES 415-550-6600 • REPAIRS 415-550-6601 Mon-Sat 10-6, Thur 10-7, Sun 11-5

valenciacyclery.com

policies as well, meaning we cannot expect this administration to serve as an advocate for our youth. As such, the AAP is stepping in to fill part of that role; helping to change minds and affect policy while our government fails to protect its trans citizens. What the AAP is providing here is a bright beacon of hope that we can focus on, one that can help us to keep moving forward in an otherwise very bleak and barren landscape. I know I often write about how bad things are, which is all the more reason why I want to point out something like this. These recommendations will reach a lot of medical professionals, and those people are likely to help make changes in their own medical centers and clinics. Indeed, this could be just the start of something: through the actions of AAP, we may see even more organizations come forward. After all, we need even more medical professionals advocating for transgender people of all ages. More than this, we need society at large to heed the actions of the AAP, and begin to shift in favor of supporting transgender and gendernonconforming people in society. While I said that things may not have improved a whole lot for transgender people since I was first feeling my way through the dark, there is one thing that has changed. More people can learn about trans people, and learn about us when they are a lot younger. As such, it becomes all the more vital that doctors and others are ready, armed with the best information and compassionate hearts. This is a great first step in that direction.t Gwen Smith likes the positive steps. You’ll find her at www.gwensmith.com.

Women’s Building is in the running for $150K compiled by Cynthia Laird

Hybrid/City

he San Francisco Women’s Building has announced it is a participant in the 2018 Partners in Preservation campaign and it could win $150,000 with online support from the community. The money would be used to retrofit the building’s windows. Partners in Preservation is a community-based partnership, created by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express, to raise awareness of the importance of preserving historic places and their role in sustaining local communities. The Women’s Building, at 3543 18th Street, is a city landmark, though it was listed for its historical significance predating the modern LGBT rights movement. In May it became the second location in the city to be deemed a national historic site due to its LGBT cultural significance. “Our building is state of the art in its service and respect for women. But our windows are 108 years old,” Teresa Mejia, executive director, said in a news release. “Our windows are like inequality – out of date. We need the community to come together to help us win this grant so we can continue to serve women and their

Jane Philomen Cleland

The Women’s Building is seeking online support to win a $150,000 grant.

families for generations to come.” The Women’s Building staff and volunteers this week began mobilizing thousands of building supporters through actions online and off. “The Women’s Building is a destination for tourists and locals alike,” facilities director Noemi Zulberti said in the release. “Neighbors come here to get help with their taxes, continue their recovery, or take a yoga class. Visitors from all over

the world come here to take pictures of our Maestra Peace Mural. We plan to ask every one of them to vote for us everyday of the campaign so we can all continue to enjoy what makes the Mission special.” Partners in Preservation has committed over $22 million to date in support of more than 200 historic sites across the country. For more information, and to vote daily for the Women’s Building through October 26, visit www. voteyourmainstreet.org/sanfrancisco, text votewb to 484848, or contact Anna Ghosh at anna@ lightboxcollaborative.com or (415) 265-1568.

Health officials urge people to get flu shot

The San Francisco Department of Public Health urges that people age six months and older get their yearly flu shot this fall. The flu vaccine protects everyone’s health – it prevents individuals from getting sick, limits the spread of flu from person to person, and reduces the chance of hospitalization, officials said. “Getting a flu shot every year is the best protection we have against influenza virus,” Dr. Juliet Stoltey, director of the health department’s Public Health Communicable Disease Control and Prevention division, said in a news release. See page 17 >>

DAYSALE!

, ! ay In nd y rr Mo t Hu ds th a En . 8 ! le ct pm Sa O 9

COLUMBUS

Get it Today! No Credit Needed!

DISCOVER THE SAVINGS! DUBLIN HOMESTORE - NOW OPEN

MONTHS no interest*

On purchases with your Ashley Advantage™ credit card from 9/25/2018 to 10/8/2018. Equal monthly payments required for 60 months. Ashley Furniture does not require a down payment, however, sales tax and delivery charges are due at time of purchase. *See below for details.

plus

MONTHS

20 off %

‡‡

plus

MONTHS

25 off %

‡‡

no interest* no down payment no minimum purchase

On purchases with your Ashley Advantage™ credit card from 9/25/2018 to 10/8/2018. Equal monthly payments required for 36 months. Ashley Furniture does not require a down payment, however, sales tax and delivery charges are due at time of purchase. *See below for details.

On purchases with your Ashley Advantage™ credit card from 9/25/2018 to 10/8/2018. Equal monthly payments required for 24 months. Ashley Furniture does not require a down payment, however, sales tax and delivery charges are due at time of purchase. *See below for details.

72 months

% off

plus

no down payment no minimum purchase

7885 Dublin Blvd., Dublin, CA 94568

‡‡

12 MONTHS

plus

30 off %

‡‡

no interest if paid in full in 12 months††

no down payment no minimum purchase

On purchases with your Ashley Advantage™ credit card made 9/25/2018 to 10/8/2018. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the promotional purchase is not paid in full within 12 months. Minimum monthly payments required. ††See below for details.

on our everyday low prices

* On purchases with your Ashley Advantage™ credit card from 9/25/2018 to 10/8/2018. Equal monthly payments required for 72 months. Ashley Furniture does not require a down payment, however, sales tax and delivery charges are due at time of purchase. See below for details.

no interest* • no money down • no minimum purchase

NOW HIRING! Sales Associates

Get it Today! No Credit Needed!

DUBLIN

FAIRFIELD

7885 Dublin Blvd., Dublin, CA 94568 925-660-0480

Exit Green Valley 4865 Auto Plaza Ct Fairfield, CA 94534 707-864-3537

facebook.com/AshleyHSDublin

facebook.com/AshleyHSFairfield

CONCORD Exit at Concord, next to Trader Joe’s 2201 John Glenn Dr Concord, CA 94520 925-521-1977

facebook.com/AshleyHSConcord

EMERYVILLE In the East Baybridge Shopping Center 3839 Emery St., Ste. 300 Emeryville, CA 94608 510-292-4339

facebook.com/AshleyHSEmeryville

FOLSOM Located in the Broadstone Plaza 2799 E Bidwell St Folsom, CA 95630 916-986-9200

facebook.com/AshleyHSFolsom

FRESNO 7502 N. Blackstone Ave Fresno, CA 93720 559-283-8251

facebook.com/AshleyHSFresno

LATHROP OUTLET STORE 18290 Harlan Rd. Lathrop, CA 95330 209-707-2177 facebook.com/ AshleyHSOutletLathrop

MILPITAS In McCarthy Ranch 128 Ranch Dr Milpitas, CA 95035 408-262-6860 facebook.com/AshleyHSMilpitas

MODESTO 3900 Sisk Rd., Ste B Modesto, CA 95356 209-248-6152 facebook.com/AshleyHSModesto

REDDING

SACRAMENTO

VISALIA

1405 Dana Drive Redding, CA 96003 530-222-7707

Located at the Promenade in Natomas 3667 N Freeway Blvd Sacramento, CA 95834 916-419-8906

3850 S. Mooney Blvd Visalia, CA 93277 559-697-6399

facebook.com/AshleyHSRedding

ROHNERT PARK

facebook.com/AshleyHSVisalia

facebook.com/AshleyHSSacramento

Exit Rohnert Park Expwy, across from Costco 6001 Redwood Dr Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-586-1649

707 Bayshore Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94124 415-467-4414

facebook.com/AshleyHSRohnertPark

facebook.com/AshleyHSSanFrancisco

ROSEVILLE

STOCKTON

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK: Monday - Sunday 10am - 9pm

Highland Reserve Marketplace 10349 Fairway Dr Roseville, CA 95678 916-953-5757

facebook.com/AshleyHSRoseville

SAN FRANCISCO

In the Park West Place Shopping Center 10904 Trinity Parkway, Stockton, CA 95219 209-313-2187

“Se Habla Español” www.AshleyHomeStore.com

facebook.com/AshleyHSStockton

*Offer applies only to single-receipt qualifying purchases. Ashley HomeStore does not require a down payment, however, sales tax and delivery charges are due at time of purchase if the purchase is made with your Ashley Advantage™ Credit Card. No interest will be charged on promo purchase and equal monthly payments are required equal to initial promo purchase amount divided equally by the number of months in promo period until promo is paid in full. The equal monthly payment will be rounded to the next highest whole dollar and may be higher than the minimum payment that would be required if the purchase was a non-promotional purchase. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Promotional purchases of merchandise will be charged to account when merchandise is delivered. Subject to credit approval. ‡Monthly payment shown is equal to the purchase price, excluding taxes and delivery, divided by the number of months in the promo period, rounded to the next highest whole dollar, and only applies to the selected financing option shown. If you make your payments by the due date each month, the monthly payment shown should allow you to pay off this purchase within the promo period if this balance is the only balance on your account during the promo period. If you have other balances on your account, this monthly payment will be added to the minimum payment applicable to those balances. ††Ashley HomeStore does not require a down payment, however, sales tax and delivery charges are due at time of purchase if the purchase is made with your Ashley Advantage™ Credit Card. Offer applies only to single-receipt qualifying purchases. No interest will be charged on the promo purchase if you pay the promo purchase amount in full within 12 Months. If you do not, interest will be charged on the promo purchase from the purchase date. Depending on purchase amount, promotion length and payment allocation, the required minimum monthly payments may or may not pay off purchase by end of promotional period. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases and, after promotion ends, to promotional balance. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Promotional purchases of merchandise will be charged to account when merchandise is delivered. Subject to credit approval. ‡‡Previous purchases excluded. Cannot be combined with any other promotion or discount. Discount offers exclude Tempur-Pedic®, Stearns & Foster® and Sealy Posturepedic Hybrid™ mattress sets, floor models, clearance items, sales tax, furniture protection plans, warranty, delivery fee, Manager’s Special pricing, Advertised Special pricing, and 14 Piece Packages and cannot be combined with financing specials. Effective 1/1/2018, all mattress and box springs are subject to a $10.50 per unit CA recycling fee. SEE STORE FOR DETAILS. Stoneledge Furniture LLC. many times has multiple offers, promotions, discounts and financing specials occurring at the same time; these are allowed to only be used either/or and not both or combined with each other. Although every precaution is taken, errors in price and/or specification may occur in print. We reserve the right to correct any such errors. Picture may not represent item exactly as shown, advertised items may not be on display at all locations. Some restrictions may apply. Available only at participating locations. ±Leather Match upholstery features top-grain leather in the seating areas and skillfully matched vinyl everywhere else. Ashley HomeStores are independently owned and operated. ©2018 Ashley HomeStores, Ltd. Promotional Start Date: September 25, 2018. Expires: October 8, 2018.

<< Community News

10 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

SF set to be first U.S. city to adopt LGBT cultural strategy by Matthew S. Bajko

an Francisco is set to become the first U.S. city to adopt a strategy for protecting and enhancing its LGBT cultural heritage. City leaders early next year are expected to adopt the LGBTQ+ Cultural Heritage Strategy. It aims not only to preserve important LGBT sites throughout the city but also to empower San Francisco’s LGBTQ residents through economic programs and social services. While San Francisco has adopted similar strategies centered on specific locations to protect various communities’ ethnic heritage, this marks the first such document to be focused on a minority community citywide. “It is really, to my knowledge, one of the most ambitious projects of this type that has been attempted anywhere in the world,” said GLBT Historical Society Executive Director Terry Beswick, a member of the working group for the plan. “What is significant about it, it is an effort, a collaborative effort, between the public and private sectors to really look at the full, big picture of LGBTQ culture and heritage within the context of the larger society.” If enacted, as its drafters expect it will be, the plan will provide a roadmap for how the city and private entities can atone for the societal and institutional discrimination heaped upon the LGBT community going back decades, Beswick told the Bay Area Reporter in an interview about the strategy. “I really look at this as an opportunity for us to have some sense of reparation for the LGBTQ community because, while we made some

huge advances and we’ve fought some amazing battles over the last several decades, it has really been a fight,” said Beswick, a gay man who used to be an assistant editor at the B.A.R. A draft version of the strategy was met with unanimous praise when it was presented for the first time to the city’s Historic Preservation Commission September 19. The oversight body will vote on a final version of the plan in the coming months before it goes to the Board of Supervisors for final adoption in early 2019. “It makes me proud to live in a city that did it and did it first. I hope it gets copied by other communities,” said Commissioner Kate Black, because there “could be a kid out there like my cousin’s grandchild who took her life because she was transitioning and didn’t feel supported. I hope there is a kid out there who moves to San Francisco and starts a business because of something like this.” Added Commissioner Diane Matsuda, “I know it took a lot of work to get this far. I think it is great.”

Advisory group needed

The working group tasked with figuring out how to preserve the city’s LGBTQ cultural heritage has been meeting since January 2017 to devise a plan for achieving that goal. As the B.A.R. has previously reported, its formation came in response to community concerns about the shuttering of LGBT bars, businesses, and entertainment venues throughout the city. It dovetailed with separate initiatives to form LGBT cultural districts

Rick Gerharter

San Francisco leaders early next year are expected to adopt the LGBTQ+ Cultural Heritage Strategy, which would preserve important LGBT sites throughout the city, including the Castro, which holds the annual Castro Street Fair every fall.

in the predominantly gay Castro district; the South of Market area, the historic home to the leather community; and the Tenderloin, long a haven for the transgender community. City preservation officials and LGBT history advocates have also been working to landmark various LGBT historic sites throughout the city and create public spaces that honor the local LGBT community’s history. The strategy brings all of those separate projects under a cohesive plan divided into three focus

9 NEW BMR

HOME OWNERSHIP

OPPORTUNITIES Lennar at The SF Shipyard is excited to offer new Below Market Rate homes through the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development BMR Limited Equity Program. Residences offer a contemporary design with elegant finishes including Kember ® hardwood flooring, modern cabinetry, quartz countertops and Bosch® stainless steel appliances. To qualify, applicants must be first-time homebuyers, complete a homebuyer workshop from an approved housing counseling agency, obtain a loan pre-approval from an approved BMR lender and cannot exceed the following income:

80% OF MEDIAN INCOME 1 Person 2 Persons $ $ 66,300 75,750

3 Persons 85,250

4 Persons 94,700

5 Persons 102,300

APPLICATIONS DUE BY 5PM ON NOVEMBER 1, 2018. Please contact our New Home Consultants for an application and more information at 415-975-4181 or bayareaurban@lennar.com. LANDING CONDOMINIUMS

(3) 1-bed /1-bath from $213,765 to $218,232 (4) 2-bed /2-bath from $289,103 to $295,048 (1) 3-bed /2.5-bath from $319,115

FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION

lennar.com/shipyardbmrhomes

PALISADES TOWNHOMES

(1) 3-bed /2.5-bath from $380,717

WELCOME HOME CENTER 11 Innes Ct., San Francisco, CA 94124

Homes available through the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and are subject to monitoring and other restrictions. Visit www.sfmohcd.org for program information. While supplies last, Lennar makes no guarantee as to availability of the selected homes within the prices stated above. This offer is product and community specific and may not be combined with other offers. This offer is limited to select home sites and a particular home plan as determined by Lennar in its sole and absolute discretion. Price is subject to change without notice. Features, floor plans, elevations, square footage and designs vary per plan and community and are subject to changes or substitution without notice. Please see your actual home purchase agreement for additional information, disclosures and disclaimers related to the home and its features. Visit Lennar.com or see a Lennar New Home Consultant for further details and important legal disclaimers. This is not an offer in states where prior registration is required. Void where prohibited by law. Copyright © 2018 Lennar Corporation. All rights reserved. Lennar and the Lennar logo are U.S. registered service marks or service marks of Lennar Corporation and/ or its subsidiaries. Lennar Homes of California, Inc. License #728102. Lennar Sales Corp. DRE License #01252753. 9/18

areas: well-being, culture, and opportunity. The culture category calls on the city to support the creation of the three LGBT cultural districts and the GLBT Historical Society’s plans to open a larger museum than the one it operates now in the Castro. The plan also recommends that a LGBTQ+ Historic Preservation Advisory Group be formed to advise the planning department on various initiatives that fall under its purview. Such a body would provide a way for community members to “be proactive in preserving LGBTQ historic places and sites rather than be reactive,” said Shayne E. Watson, a lesbian and architectural historian who co-chaired the working group’s arts and culture committee and cowrote a city document that detailed San Francisco’s LGBT history. “I am confident it would be a major first step.” Watson is also the founding chair of the GLBT Historical Society’s historic places working group, formed two years ago to push for the landmarking and preservation of important LGBT sites around the city. The nonprofit archival group, under the strategy, would take a lead community role in working with various historic preservation groups and city agencies on protecting LGBTQ historic resources and safeguarding the city’s LGBTQ cultural heritage. Under the strategy’s well-being category, the San Francisco LGBT Community Center would be tasked with creating a navigation tool for LGBT services, sort of a one-stop-shop database that residents could utilize. It also recommends there be LGBTQ cultural competency training for public and private organizations. The draft plan also calls for the development of LGBTQ focused heritage and arts programming and more affordable housing and workspace options for LGBTQ artists in the city. In terms of opportunity, the draft plan calls for expanding job training and recruitment programs for LGBT people and increased support

Correction

for LGBTQ-owned businesses. It also calls for the building of affordable housing for LGBTQ people. The strategy “is considered a working document,” explained planning staffer Frances McMillan, and as such, it can be updated overtime as projects are completed and new initiatives are proposed.

Expanding trans office

Another key recommendation in the plan, as the B.A.R. noted in an online story earlier this month, is to expand the Mayor’s Office of Transgender Initiatives into more of an LGBTQ affairs office. Santa Clara County in 2015 was the first in the Golden State to establish such an office, and San Francisco, which is both a city and county, would be the second county in the state to do so. Clair Farley, the current mayoral adviser on transgender initiatives, supports seeing her office’s purview be expanded as long as the concerns of the transgender community remain one of its key focuses. Farley’s office would be tasked under the plan with hosting a summit to promote and track the progress of the LGBTQ cultural strategy. “We are really excited to continue to support and enrich our communities here locally,” Farley said at last week’s hearing. “We believe working in allyship with city departments and community partners is really important.” Funding would be sought in the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 budget for upward of five additional staffers for the expanded LGBTQ office. The exact funding request to implement the LGBTQ cultural strategy has yet to be finalized. “All of this is super vital today, given the landscape that is facing our community at the national level,” said Roberto Ordeñana, a gay man who is the LGBT center’s deputy executive director. “The current political climate has given rise to anti-LGBT rhetoric.” For updates about the city’s LGBT cultural strategy, visit its website at http://sf-planning.org/ LGBTQStrategy.t

The September 20 article, “Nonbinary person heads youth panel” should have stated that the San Francisco Youth Commission’s committees will work with the panel’s legislative affairs officers, not the Board of Supervisors’ staff. The online version has been corrected.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 11AM - 4 PM

Vine to Table Experience Join us on The Terrace and indulge in our Vine to Table Experience, including five bites flawlessly paired with five Rodney Strong wines crafted by Winery Chef, Alejandro Garcia. Vegetarian and Library pairing option available upon request. Call or book online at VinoVisit or Opentable to make your reservation. Walk-ins welcome. rodneystrong.com | (800) 678-4763 | 11455 Old Redwood Highway Healdsburg, CA 94558

<< Travel

12 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

Country, urban mix found in Sonoma by Heather Cassell

LGBT organizations, including the Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign (http://www.hrc. org) and New York-based OutAlliance (http://www.gayalliance.org), and participates at events such as Sonoma County Pride (http://www. sonomacountypride.org).

ipping wine, enjoying good food, and tasting olive oil is the epitome of California’s wine country, but Sonoma County also offers something else for visitors: an urban experience. The first image embedded in many travelers’ minds about the viticultural region is one of leisurely dining with spectacular views of rolling hills of vineyards, usually paired with sipping a glass of wine. The area draws more than 7 million visitors every year, according to the Sonoma County Economic Development Board. Ask any Sonoma resident why they love the area and they immediately begin to tell you about the beauty, weather, the wine and food, and the openness of the people in one of the Golden State’s famed wine regions. “It is because of the beauty,” Chis Moreno, a gay man who is the front desk office manager and the chief concierge at the Sandman Hotel (http://www.sandmansantarosa. com) in Santa Rosa, told me as we sat at the pool bar. “The beauty, the charm, and the wine and the food are the qualities that bring all people here, including LGBTQs,” Moreno said, adding that Sonoma has “such a welcoming atmosphere.” Mark Lyon, the gay owner of Eco Terreno Wines (http://www. ecoterreno.com), knows all about the wine country’s beauty and accepting attitude toward the LGBT community. Several decades ago, Lyon, then a young winemaker at Sebastiani Vineyards and Winery (http://www.

Urban heart Courtesy Eco Terreno Wines

Mark Lyon, founder and winemaker of Eco Terreno Wines, walks among the vines.

sebastiani.com), came out during an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle. Even back in 1979, when Lyon first moved to the county fresh from UC Davis, he knew Sonoma was accepting and welcoming. Shad Reinstein is one of the organizers of Outwatch (www.outwatchfilmfest.org), Sonoma County’s LGBT film festival, and also volunteers for a Sonoma County LGBT history project. Sonoma has been attracting and welcoming LGBT people since at least the late 1960s, Reinstein said, and at one point had an estimated 60 lesbian-owned businesses. Decades later, there are many LGBT winemakers and a handful of queer-owned wineries, as well as LGBT wine and culinary events and other businesses. In 2016, Lyon retired from Sebastiani after more than 30 years to create his own environmentally sustainable biodynamic premium wines. Out in the Vineyard (http://www. outinthevineyard.com) co-founder

Gary Saperstein, marketing professional Manuel R. Merjil, and I enjoyed tasting Lyon’s first wine certified as biodynamic, a cabernet sauvignon paired with our food selections from El Dorado Kitchen (www.eldoradosonoma.com/kitchen) as he spoke about the wines and the vineyard. “You wake up, see these beautiful hills, [the] Alexander Valley [is] really scenic and beautiful. The climate is just ideal; very few places on the planet that have as good a climate as this place,” said Lyon. Mark Berry, who owns Olive Queen (http://www.olivequeen. com) with his husband, Rob Akins, said the “olive trees are really pretty when the wind blows, and the leaves start blowing.” “It’s just a little silver wave out there. It’s really pretty,” he said, as I tasted samples of their artisanal olive oil made from a blend of Spanish varietals of Arbequina and Arbosana olives that surround their property. The products aren’t certified organic, but they follow the principles, Berry said.

Social justice vintage We are Your Local Experts helping Exceptional Clients Buy and Sell Beautiful Homes in San Francisco. Call Us for a Free Valuation of Your Property.

Mike Ackerman & Oliver Burgelman LIC# 01388135 | 01232037 415.307.5850 ABZ@ZephyrSF.com BuildingTrust4Life.com

HAIR RESTORATION

BEFORE

AFTER

Free Consultation 800-743-4247 Email: RMAforHair@aol.com

THOMAS ROSANELLI, MD 30 years experience

• ARTAS Robotics • FUE • FUS • PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) hair restoration procedure

10% off first hair restoration procedure* Plus receive 20 units Botox FREE Restrictions apply. New Patients only. Botox free units with hair restoration procedure. Expires 10/31/2018

www.Rosanelli.com

Today, wineries are being created to support LGBT rights and some established wineries are stepping up their support. A year ago this month, Equality Vines (https://equalityvines.com) opened its tasting room at the main entrance to Guerneville, easily visible to visitors as they drive into town. The winery, co-founded by Matt Grove, a straight ally, and Jim Obergefell, 52, a gay man who was the lead plaintiff in the 2016 U.S. Supreme Court same-sex marriage case, Obergefell v. Hodges, partners with Sonoma’s best winemakers to create its movement-themed wines to raise money for LGBT, immigrant, and women’s rights. “He and I had the vision for making great wines and giving back to what we call ‘pillars of equality,’” said Grove, who was inspired to start Equality Vines by his late feminist aunt. Equality Vines produces nine different wines, two sparkling, one rose, and the rest reds, making a little more than 2,000 cases a year, Grove said. The winery donates an average portion of 20 percent or more of its profits to a variety of causes, raising $18,000 in cash and in-kind donations this year alone, and $60,000 since its launch, Grove said. Obergefell’s favorite is the Love Wins Cuvee, by winemaker Joy Sterling of Iron Horse, but he’s currently been enjoying the Stonewall Zinfandel, he said. Gary Farrell Vineyard and Winery (http://www.garyfarrellwinery. com) is another one that donates to LGBT causes and participates regularly in community events, said Theresa Heredia, the lesbian Latina winemaker who crafts the vineyard’s wines. She said the winery supports

Parts of Sonoma County have been changing during the past decade as an increasing number of queer urbanites have decamped from major metropolitan cities for wine country and more LGBT visitors flock to the vineyards. Unable to quite shake the urbanite out of themselves as they embraced the slower pace of life, they’ve created new venues, particularly nightlife, to create a sense of city life that they had become accustomed to. Today, visitors can mingle with locals at a luxury casino and resort, at a comedy club, or head out to hip cafes and bars that stay open at least until midnight. Lesbian entrepreneur Crista Luedtke has helped lead the way. The owner of Boon Hotel and Spa (https://boonhotels.com), Boon Eat and Drink (http://eatatboon.com), El Bario (www.elbarriobar.com), and co-owner of Big Bottom Market (www. bigbottommarket. com) has enticed her gay friends to open their own businesses in Guerneville. They’ve brought a San Francisco vibe to the gay resort town that until a decade ago had suffered due to a drop off in LGBT travelers and a blow by the great recession. However, the changes haven’t come without growing pains. This year, moviegoers have been able to get a peek inside Luedtke’s struggles and successes in the documentary, “Empire on Main Street” (http:// www.empireonmainstreet.com), which has be doing the film festival circuit, including the famed Cannes Film Festival in France. Luedtke isn’t alone in being criticized for the changes she’s brought to Sonoma County. Gay American Indian Greg Sarris, 66, who is tribal chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, owners of Graton Resort and Casino (http:// www.gratonresortcasino.com), also was publicly ridiculed during the process of building the resort and casino in Rohnert Park. Today, Guerneville is thriving again. Five years later, Graton is profitable and is a major contributor to many organizations in the city and county. It donated $1 million to relief efforts after last year’s catastrophic North Bay wildfires. The resort and casino also host Sonoma Gaydar (http://www.meetup.com/Santa-Rosa-GayDar-Social-Group), Latino, and other community gatherings. “I’m so glad,” Sarris said, “that I lived through all of this because it did sound a little corny – a casino is going to be about social justice and environmental stewardship.” In Santa Rosa, the urban hub of Sonoma County, queer-owned Brew Coffee and Beer House (http://www. brewcoffeeandbeer.com) and the lesbian-owned Laugh Cellar (https:// www.crushersofcomedy.com) also offer nightlife options to wine country’s LGBT community and visitors. Brew hosts a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” night and has teamed up with the local LGBT business group the Letter People (http://letterpeople. io/) to host monthly gatherings in its hip space on the outskirts of downtown Santa Rosa. “We’ve been really proud to be an LGBT space in Santa Rosa,” said Alisse Cottle, 39, a bisexual woman who co-owns the coffee and beer

shop with her fiancée, Jessica Borrayo, a 30-year-old lesbian. Lisa Pidge owns the Laugh Cellar with her wife, Carlee Pidge. “It’s really important for Carlee and me to make this a destination for gays and lesbians all over the world come to when they’re in wine country,” Pidge said. The club also hosts several LGBTthemed events, and this month starts at its new location at the Flamingo Conference Resort and Spa (http://www.flamingoresort.com). Sebastopol is another charming queer haven, filled with LGBT businesses on its main street, including cafes, a cookie shop, boutiques, and entertainment venues. Sebastopol will host Outwatch (http://www.outwatchfilmfest.org), Sonoma’s LGBT film festival, October 12-14 at the Rialto Cinema (http://www.rialtocinemas.com). Festival organizers are proud that they were able to support LGBT fire victims last year when they turned the festival into a benefit.

Where to sleep

During my Sonoma rural and urban adventures, I had the pleasure of staying at a variety of resorts and hotels from ultra-luxury to retro hip. All of the hotels provided quick access to the vineyards and things I wanted to see and do. In Rohnert Park, my girlfriend and I stayed and played at Graton as its guests. The resort and casino pulled out all the stops to bring a 21st century experience that fits right into wine country. The gaming floor is centered around the Sky Bar, and the resort offers the highest quality services from dining to the spa. In Santa Rosa, I went retro as a guest of the Sandman Hotel, a mid20th century Palm Springs-esque hotel right off of Highway 101, and the Astro Motel (https://theastro. com), which is located in an emerging new arts district in the heart of Santa Rosa. In Forestville, I checked out the Olive Queen’s luxury vacation rental. The one-bedroom loft was well appointed with everything travelers would expect in a luxury hotel room, including a collection of original artworks and a deck overlooking the pool and olive tree grove. It’s secluded and close to Guerneville and Sebastopol.

Where to eat

It’s hard to make a wrong dining decision in Sonoma. There are many excellent restaurants for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I like to start my day off with coffee and breakfast. I tend to beeline for the Spinster Sisters (http://thespinstersisters.com), but during this trip I was introduced to Brew, which I’m very glad to have discovered. During the day, I stopped in for a sandwich at the Big Bottom Market in Guerneville one day. On another day driving through Sebastopol, I discovered the Barlow (https:// thebarlow.net), a unique shopping and dining center, and tasted wine at Friedeman Wines (http://www. friedemanwines.com). For dessert, I enjoyed a cookie from lesbian-owned Sebastopol Cookie Company (https://sebastopolcookiecompany.business.site). I ate well for dinner, dining at the Pullman Kitchen (http://www. thepullmankitchensr.com) in Santa Rosa, Boon Eat and Drink in Guerneville, Girl and the Fig (http://www. thegirlandthefig.com) and El Dorado Kitchen’s (www.eldoradosonoma. com/kitchen) garden patios in Sonoma, and a enjoyed an ultra-luxurious meal at 630 Park Steakhouse (www.gratonresortcasino.com/Dining/Casual-Dining/630-Park-Steakhouse) at Graton in Rohnert Park.t

a GOOD blend Of SOnOMa LIvInG

Stylish residences inspired by Sonoma living and sustainability. Two new communities. One Santa Rosa way of life.

Single-Family Residences | Quick Move-In Opportunities | SantaRosaCollection.com

FOX HOLLOW

RESERVE

1,571 to 2,485 Sq. Ft. Up to 5 Bedrooms & 3 Baths From the Mid $500,000s (707) 210-4926

2,570 to 2,910 Sq. Ft. Up to 6 Bedrooms & 4 Baths From the Low $700,000s (707) 321-5630

All renderings, floor plans, and maps are concepts and are not intended to be an actual depiction of the buildings, fencing, walkways, driveways or landscaping. Walls, windows, porches and decks vary per elevation and lot location. In a continuing effort to meet consumer expectations, City Ventures reserves the right to modify prices, floor plans, specifications, options and amenities without notice or obligation. Square footages shown are approximate. Agents must accompany and register their client(s) on their first visit to the community in order to be eligible for any referral fee. Please see your Sales Manager for details. ÂŠ2018 City Ventures. All rights reserved. BRE LIC # 01979736.

<< Community News

14 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

THIS IS THE

san francisco

Columbariu M Funeral Home and

formerly the Neptune Society

We’ve expanded our services and kept the spirit and tradition.

Call (415) 771-0717 One Loraine Court between Stanyan & Arguello

FD 1306

SF_Columbarium_2x7.625_033017.indd 1

COA 660

Queer person named El Cerrito poet laureate by Charlie Wagner

l Cerrito’s newest Poet Laureate Dani Gabriel is already starting off big with an event she conceived called Out Loud, sponsored by the Arts and Culture Commission of El Cerrito. Gabriel will emcee and perform poetry at Out Loud, Wednesday, October 3, as part of the East Bay city’s weekly Off the Grid street food market. She consciously employs the term “performed” because, “I always mean for the readings to be very alive.” Two more Out Loud events are planned for November 7 and December 5. Gabriel’s presentation will include poetry, spoken word, an open mic, and writing exercises. All ages are welcome and no writing experience is necessary. Food will be available for purchase from multiple food trucks. The Off the Grid concept was started in San Francisco in 2010 and features a collection of food trucks grouped together to “allow neighbors to connect with friends.” More than 50 weekly public events are now held throughout the Bay Area. Appointed poet laureate by the commission August 21, Gabriel, 40, identifies as queer and gender-nonconforming, and uses “she/her” pronouns. She lives in El Cerrito with her partner and two children, but grew up in both San Diego’s San Carlos neighborhood and San Francisco. “I started writing poetry at age 16 in San Diego,” Gabriel said, when she joined a writing group at the local LGBTQ community center. From the start, she was an activist around

Courtesy Dani Gabriel

El Cerrito Poet Laureate Dani Gabriel

queer issues in what she called “very conservative San Carlos.” Within a year, she was hired by a Planned Parenthood chapter to work with its community outreach effort. At age 18 she left home to move to more progressive Berkeley and jumped into organizing for queer and women’s rights, immigration, and against racism. She perused UC Berkeley’s catalog as she considered her next steps in life. She ended up earning a bachelor’s degree in the peace and conflict studies program at Berkeley, from which she graduated in 1998. Gabriel fondly recalled studying under Professor June Jordan at Berkeley: “the greatest poet who ever lived.” Jordan is the author of “Poetry for the People – A Revolutionary Blueprint” and had started a poetry program also called Poetry for the People at UC Berkeley within the African-American studies program. Jordan taught there until her death in 2002.

After Berkeley, Gabriel’s formal education continued at Mills College, where she received a master’s in fine arts in English and creative writing in 2000. Gabriel is the second poet laureate of El Cerrito, whose current mayor, Gabriel Quinto, is gay and one of the few HIV-positive officeholders in the country. The first El Cerrito poet laureate was Maw Shein Win, who just had her first full-length collection of poems, “Invisible Gifts: Poems,” published by San Francisco-based Manic D Press (www.manicdpress.com). “I’m thrilled that Dani Gabriel is El Cerrito’s new poet laureate,” Win said. “I’m excited about her upcoming programs, which include a monthly series called Out Loud at Off the Grid.” El Cerrito’s poet laureate position was created in October 2015 and is funded by the city’s Art in Public Places program. The ACC oversees that program and created the laureate to “... raise the status of poetry in the everyday consciousness of El Cerrito residents and inspire writing and performances of poetry.” ACC Vice Chair Judith Tannenbaum expanded on that by revealing one of the reasons they selected Gabriel was, “her commitment to inclusion, to expanding the understanding of what poetry can be in a community.” Another driving force in Gabriel’s life is her interest in “possibility.” As the ACC website states, “Her work centers on ... the possibility that we can heal the world, the possibility that we can heal ourselves.” See page 17 >>

8/11/17 12:30 PM

Cable Car Gearbox Rehabilitation

Taking care of a San Francisco Icon: Powell-Mason Line The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates Muni and the famous cable cars, is upgrading the gearboxes located in the Cable Car Barn. The gearboxes control the movement of cable cars. Work on the Powell-Mason line gearbox is slated to begin on Friday, Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. and will take about eight days to complete. During this period, bus shuttles will substitute for the Mason Cable Car Line along the northern route between Powell at Washington Street and Taylor at Francisco Street. All other cable car lines will operate as usual to serve customers for a delightful ride on San Francisco’s iconic cable car. Thank you while we are making San Francisco’s cable car system better, safer and more reliable.

SFMTA.com/CableCarGearbox

National News>>

September 27-October 3, 2018 • Bay Area Reporter • 15

Study: PrEP and HIV testing underused by Liz Highleyman

nly 4 percent of sexually active gay and bisexual men in the United States are using PrEP, according to a recently published study, showing that more must be done to reach everyone who could benefit from it. Ilan Meyer from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law and colleagues also reported that only a quarter of young gay and bi men had ever taken an HIV test, and across all ages a majority did not receive the recommended annual testing. “Our findings suggest that health education efforts are not adequately reaching sizable groups of men at risk for HIV infection,” Meyer said. “It is alarming that high-risk populations of men who are sexually active with same-sex partners are not being tested or taking advantage of treatment advances to prevent the spread of HIV.” The federal Food and Drug Administration approved Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) for HIV prevention in July 2012. Adoption was initially slow, but by late 2013 it began to rise as gay and bi men in San Francisco and other cities started promoting PrEP within their communities. The Williams Institute’s Generations study assessed rates of HIV testing and PrEP awareness and use among men who have sex with men in a national probability sample of 470 men, dividing participants into three age cohorts. Among men in the youngest age group (18 to 25), just over half (107 men) said they were familiar with PrEP and 3 percent (6) had used it. In the middle age group (34 to 41), 79 percent (96) knew about PrEP and nearly 6 percent (7) had used it. In the oldest group (52 to 59), awareness was lower than it was for the middle group, at 57 percent (98), but use was about the same, at nearly 5 percent (8). Looking at HIV testing, the study found that 25 percent (45) of men in the youngest group had never been tested, compared with nearly 8 percent (8) of those in the middle and oldest age groups (14). Annual testing rates were 45 percent (88) in the youngest group, 59 percent (63) in the middle group, and just 36 percent (61) in the oldest group. Black gay and bi men were actually more likely to undergo regular testing, perhaps due to recent efforts targeting this group, the researches suggested. Men who identified as bisexual and those not living in cities were less likely to be familiar with PrEP

Courtesy Williams Institute

Williams Institute researcher Ilan Meyer

than gay-identified and urban men. Those who attended LGBT health clinics, sought out gay-focused online resources, and were out to their health care providers were more likely to get tested for HIV and use PrEP.

“Our findings suggest that health education efforts are not adequately reaching sizable groups of men at risk for HIV infection.” – Ilan Meyer PrEP use uneven

Other research has shown that PrEP uptake is uneven, with young gay and bi men, African-American men and women, trans women, and people living in the southern United States being less likely to use it – the very groups that have disproportionately high rates of new HIV infections. An analysis presented earlier this year by Dawn Smith and colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that among the 1.45 million people who were at substantial risk for HIV and potential candidates for PrEP, only 8 percent were using it. While black and Latino people accounted for about two-thirds of those who could benefit, they were less likely to be on PrEP than white people. Locally, PrEP use has risen steadily

in San Francisco over the past halfdecade, and the latest Department of Public HIV epidemiology report shows that the number of new HIV diagnoses continues to decline. But here too, there are pockets of persistently higher HIV incidence and poorer outcomes after diagnosis, especially among African-Americans and homeless people. “Local and national HIV prevention efforts, especially for young men who have sex with men, should continue to emphasize routine and frequent HIV testing as the entry into the continuum of care and increasing PrEP awareness and uptake by making it easier and cheaper to access,” Dr. Hyman Scott of Bridge HIV, the health department’s HIV research arm, told the Bay Area Reporter. Local programs are taking steps to educate people about PrEP and make it more accessible. As the B.A.R. has reported previously, DPH and community groups have launched PrEP campaigns for African-Americans, Latinos, young people, and trans people. “We’re fortunate that we here in San Francisco have a lot of services and people can usually find a way to get PrEP for free, but that’s not the case everywhere – and even here we don’t always reach the right communities,” Pierre-Cedric Crouch, director of nursing for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation’s Magnet sexual health services, told the B.A.R. “The focus shouldn’t be on the community failing to access PrEP, it should be on why the health system isn’t doing its job.” Crouch said that word of mouth is the most powerful way to raise awareness about PrEP. “If you have a friend on PrEP, that’s a much stronger motivator than a billboard,” he said. One way SFAF hopes to increase access is to offer “on-demand” PrEP taken on a specific schedule before and after sex, rather than every day. The French Ipergay study showed that this type of intermittent PrEP reduces the risk of infection for gay and bi men as much as daily use. Crouch told the B.A.R. that Magnet is currently developing protocols and expects to begin offering on-demand PrEP about two months from now. “Since 2012 we’ve had the same PrEP messaging and the same CDC guidelines, but they don’t work for everyone,” Crouch said. “Some people don’t start prep because they think they don’t have sex enough and some don’t want to take it daily. When we have more options, we can reach more people.”t

StevenUnderhill PHOTOGRAPHY

HEADSHOTS STARTING AT $250

415 370 7152

StevenUnderhill.com StevenUnderhillPhotos@gmail.com

Obituaries >> Morris Bernard “Butch” Husted October 3, 1949 – July 12, 2018 Morris Bernard “Butch” Husted, born October 3, 1949 in Kingston, New York, died July 12, 2018 in Hilo, Hawaii. He was 68. Butch, an avid orchid grower and collector of World music, lived in Leilani Estates on the Island of Hawaii. He witnessed the beginning of the 2018 Kilauea Volcano eruption one block away and evacuated May 2. The home he built with Kevin Roddy was completely destroyed on May 27. An Air Force veteran, Butch settled in San Francisco in 1973 after his service and worked for Pacific Telephone. Butch was one of 208 telephone company employees awarded settlements from the “Gay Law Students v. Pacific Telephone” lawsuit in the 1980s.

He rode with the California Eagles Motorcycle Club and was a longtime volunteer at the San Francisco Zoo with the raptor program. He moved to Hawaii in 1991. In addition to Roddy, his former partner, Butch is survived by son, Steven Husted (Ela Polak), of Hayward; ex-wife Brenda Cooper of Mystic, Connecticut; and lifelong friends Al Indelicato and Deirdre Devine of San Francisco; and Christl Dodge of Austin, Texas. For information on Butch’s celebration of life to be held in October in San Francisco, contact Roddy at (808) 779-1019.

Marjory Nelson December 20, 1928 – September 11, 2018 Social activist, teacher, and writer Marjory Nelson died September 11, 2018, in San Francisco at age 89. Marjory (Marge) Nelson was a pioneer in women’s

studies. Her life journey took her from a Victorian childhood to life as a 1950s housewife to San Francisco’s lesbian community. Her work was grounded in a keen sense of social justice. Her doctoral work in historical sociology at SUNY Buffalo was a case study of the National Women’s Party, and she developed and taught women’s studies at Antioch College in the early 1970s. She came out with Polly Taylor, a Quaker pacifist, moving to San Francisco in 1978 in search of older women’s community. Marge was active in Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, or OLOC, for many years. Marge is listed in “Feminists who Changed America 1963-1975.” She was a 2004 honoree of the Pat Bond Memorial Old Dyke Awards. Materials from her life as a lesbian activist (1947-2006) are in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College, an internationally recognized archive of women’s history. A passionate gardener, Marge cultivated gardens of great beauty and abundance. She is survived by her partner, Sandra Shepherd; three children; two grandchildren; and a son-in-law.

Saving space beautifully! Call Now to Make an Appointment with a Wallbed Expert!

2 Convenient Locations

550 15th Street Suite #2 San Francisco 415-854-7748 2515 S. El Camino Real San Mateo 650-264-9541 Newly Designed Location

Accessories and More From

Largest Selection of Murphy Wallbeds In Town!

Wallbeds_053118.indd 1

SFMurphyBeds.com

5/30/18 10:46 AM

<< Leather Week 2018

16 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

Leather plaza

From page 1

For nearly two years proponents of the project have been seeking sign off from various city departments on the design of the plaza, which the planning commission approved in February 2016. Access issues for fire trucks and other safety vehicles proved to be a major sticking point and led to tweaks in the layout of the parklet, which will be built on 12th Street between Harrison and Bernice streets. But nearly four months after plaza supporters met with San Francisco Public Works officials to press for action, the agency has yet to seek approval for the plaza’s major encroachment permit from the Board of Supervisors. Nor is it clear when the supervisors will vote on the item. “This project has been delayed almost to the point of nail in the coffin status by various city agencies,” said Brooke Ray Rivera, executive director of Place Lab, which is overseeing its design and construction. She has been using a “Cinderella” dress metaphor to describe the process. “The stepsisters keep ripping

Leather farmers

From page 1

A couple for nearly a decade, Andy Cross, 37, and Carlton Paul 47, are well-known faces in the leather community. Cross was Bare Chest Calendar Man 2012, Mr. Powerhouse 2013, Mr. Leather 2013, and International Mr. Leather 2013. Paul has worked as a bartender at San Francisco’s legendary leather bar Powerhouse for 16 years. The two men are the epitome of yin and yang. Cross works out daily and spends his 9-to-5 in the marketing department at Old Navy, while Paul works early into the a.m. dealing with rowdy people at Powerhouse. But on the weekends, that all changes. Almost every Friday the couple drive two and a half hours with their four French bulldogs to their idyllic farm near Placerville, California. Listening to Paul and Cross describe their country home that they bought in 2015 sounds like a romantic comedy. “We have an apple orchard, a potting shed, raised garden beds. We grow sweet corn, pumpkins, Indian corn. We have 16 peach trees, eight pear trees, two persimmon trees, oh, and a green house,” Cross said.

Douche character

From page 1

information about how to douche because, if done improperly or with the wrong equipment, it can have adverse health effects, said Crouch. “Sometimes people can hurt themselves,” he said, leading to anal fissures that are painful, but treatable, and can put a person at risk for acquiring HIV. Or they use the wrong fluids, like vinegar, bleach, or hydrogen peroxide, to douche with, falsely thinking it will function as a disinfectant against STDs. “People will use all different fluids. They think if they put chemicals in there it will kill off everything,” said Crouch. “People are also using

Oddie

From page 1

while Oddie is the district director for state Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland). The men’s relationship blossomed after first meeting online. “We met how a lot of people meet these days – on the internet,” said Oddie, who was first elected to his

shreds off it,” she said. Public Works spokeswoman Rachel Gordon told the Bay Area Reporter this week that the agency did not know when the permit request would be submitted to the supervisors as interdepartmental design criteria was still being finalized for the plaza. The project “has been a complex undertaking,” explained Gordon, resulting in the lengthy design review process. “Given that the proposal would necessitate vacating a portion of a public street, we needed to ensure that utility infrastructure, traffic flow, emergency response access, and street cleaning operations under the new street design were appropriately addressed, while also keeping in mind the desire to provide enhanced open space for community use. That planning and review work has taken time,” wrote Gordon in an emailed reply. Outgoing District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim, who represents SOMA and is termed off the board this year, has yet to agree to sponsor the permit request at the board. Contacted Monday for comment, neither Kim nor her legislative aides responded by the B.A.R.’s press deadline. Rachele Sullivan, a leatherwoman who is a member of the Friends

of the Eagle Plaza group, told the B.A.R. this week she expects the supervisors will sign off on the permit. “I think at this point, with the supervisors knowing that we are preserving the historical site and actually creating an area that will be open for all community members South of Market, not just the leather and LGBTQ community but the neighborhood and its families, I am hoping that Supervisor [Rafael] Mandelman and the other supervisors are able to help us in the completion of it,” said Sullivan, referring to the board’s only LGBT member, who was elected in June to represent District 8, which includes the gay Castro district.

Fundraising drive

Over the summer the plaza supporters launched a fundraising campaign to raise $150,000 to cover the parklet’s decorative elements. They hope to break ground in early 2019 and dedicate the plaza ahead of next year’s Folsom Street Fair at the end of September. In February 2015 the B.A.R. broke the news about the Eagle Plaza plan, which will feature design elements celebrating SOMA’s ties to both the LGBT and leather communities. In the 1950s LGBT individuals began

moving into the neighborhood, and by the 1960s, it had become a world famous destination for those in the leather community. The plethora of gay bars and nightclubs, many catering to the leather scene, along or near Folsom Street earned it the nickname of the “Miracle Mile.” Today, only a few LGBT nightlife establishments remain in the area, most centered on or near Folsom and Harrison streets between Eighth and 12th streets. The city has designated that section of western SOMA as part of an LGBTQ cultural heritage district. Backers of the Eagle Plaza see it serving as a focal point and main gathering spot for the historical district. Local development firm Build Inc. agreed to pay for construction of the plaza as part of a $1.5 million in-kind agreement with the city related to the construction of a mixed-use development it is erecting across the street from the Eagle bar on what was a surface parking lot. Construction began this summer at 1532 Harrison Street on three seven-story buildings consisting of 136 rental homes. The plans call for an on-site cafe at the corner of 12th Street and Harrison. It is meant to help activate the

Eagle Plaza so that it doesn’t become an encampment for the homeless. The plaza will feature open, hardscape areas able to host neighborhood gatherings, events, and outdoor performances. It will also have quiet, green spaces where people can relax, picnic and walk their dogs. The Eagle bar’s flagpole sporting the leather pride flag will be relocated into the plaza. The parklet’s estimated cost is $1.85 million. In addition to Build’s contribution, the city awarded $200,000 in grant money to the plaza. The Friends of Eagle Plaza will be seeking donations to cover the remaining costs at its booth at this Sunday’s Folsom Street Fair near Ninth and Folsom streets. “I believe in the community and the international community that this place will be completed with their help and their monetary support, so when they come and visit they will know they had a huge part in creating this space meant for all of us in a very historical area South of Market,” said Sullivan, who worked on the creation of the leather cultural district. To learn more about Eagle Plaza, and to donate to the project online, visit http://www.eagleplaza.org/.t

Their time at the farm is spent tending the land, building fences, canning fruit that they later give away to friends, collecting eggs from the chickens, and relaxing after a hard day’s work on the wraparound porch. Unlike their busy lives in San Francisco (they live above Powerhouse) the farm allows them peace of mind. “Andy and I both feel like this is a place where we can escape and not have to think about the nonsense,” Paul said. “I feel like the farm makes me a better man in the city because I am able to relax and decompress, and get my hands in the dirt.” Cross said time moves slower on the farm and that it has changed the way he looks at life. “I appreciate things a lot more,” he said. “Before I had a place to get away my life was really regimented. I went to work, then the gym, got home, watched TV until I fell asleep, and repeated the same process. “But at the farm, there’s always a challenge, always something new to do. At the end of the day I’m tired, but it feels so rewarding,” he added. Oh, and the dogs? They love it too. This picturesque life may not have been possible if the two men hadn’t met because of their mutual interest in leather kink. Cross grew

up in Santa Maria, California. When he was a kid, he would sneak out in the wee hours of the morning onto the family’s shared computer in the living room to look at pictures of leather community icons like Lenny Broberg, Patrick Mulcahey, Joe Gallagher, and Race Bannon, the Bay Area Reporter’s leather columnist. He would read articles about Powerhouse and thought it was made up. But he soon found out it was reality when he moved to San Francisco in 2002. Paul grew up in a small town in Arkansas and said his experience growing up gay in Middle America wasn’t too bad. He went to school in Atlanta, where he worked at the Atlanta Eagle, a gay leather bar. After college he eventually made his way to San Francisco, and, four days after he arrived, got a job as a bartender at Powerhouse. “The very first time I went to the Powerhouse, Carlton was working,” Cross said. “It wasn’t until years later that we became interested in one another.” But from the moment they went on their first date, the two have been inseparable. “We’ve been monogamous since our first date,” Paul said. “I don’t want anyone but him. His representation in the community is as a

leader and as a charismatic, understanding, and sensitive man. When I look at him, I think he’s beautiful.” Although leather brought them together, their relationship and what it means to them is unique. Cross, who has judged leather contests around the country and participated in countless events and holds multiple titles, said it started out by just walking into a bar. “You get into the bar and go to an event, but it becomes so much more,” Cross said. “It starts out as a sexual interest and grows from there to become a community. It’s like stepping into a wormhole where you discover other sexual fetishes, and the people behind them. The real reason behind it is that they are all searching for a connection.” For Paul, the community has “taught me about self-respect and community,” and at the heart of it is “men with like-minded kink who want to celebrate this planet and try to have some fun and also do what’s right.” Both men consider themselves elders in the leather community and have watched it evolve. Today, the leather culture is more about diversity and accepting all

types of men who are into leather and BDSM, Cross said. It used to be more about hypermasculinity, Cross explained, but now that ideal is breaking down. “People are feeling more free to be themselves,” Cross said. “If someone doesn’t identify as a hypermasculine person, they feel free to do whatever they want, and that’s what leather should be.” A lot of contestants in recent leather competitions are guys in harnesses wearing heels and makeup, Cross noted. Giving advice to the new generation of leathermen is something Paul feels is a duty. The culture embraced drugs in the 1990s, which Paul said has come with a cost today. “In our community it’s really important for guys to look at the choices they’re making,” he said. “I want people to do what’s right for them.” At the Folsom Street Fair September 30, Paul will be bartending and Cross will be an attendee, but both are excited for the event. And after the week that follows, it’s back to the farm. To follow their adventures at the farm, follow their blog at http:// www.thegentlemanfarmers.com/.t

coke bottles or all sorts of weird, little things to douche with.” While douching has not been shown to spread STDs, said Crouch, it does not protect someone from acquiring sexually transmitted infections like syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. The main reason most men douche is to have a more enjoyable experience being the receptive partner during anal sex. “Men are douching for a clean butt, not to protect against STIs,” said Crouch. SFAF has purposefully refrained from using the word “clean,” however, in the promotional materials for the campaign. As one panel in the Douchie butt health tips poster notes, “Poop happens,” so “If you’re having anal sex, poop might make

an appearance. Roll with it and don’t take it too seriously.” As Land explained, “If you don’t douche that doesn’t mean you are dirty.” And added Crouch, “A lot of people don’t like to or don’t want to douche. That is OK.” The reaction to the campaign has been overwhelmingly positive, according to SFAF. A survey it conducted online last year resulted in 163 responses, with many men writing in detail to the agency regarding their experiences and advice for other men. “Make sure you sit on the toilet long enough and get all the water out (you don’t want your ass leaking

with douche water, leaking with cum is fine ;) Stick a finger up there to make sure it’s good after you’re done,” wrote one respondent. Another advised, “Go easy until you find your individual tolerance level. Too much and too deep can produce unwanted side effects.” Other surveys done for the campaign have resulted in hundreds of replies. The campaign has been relatively cost effective for SFAF; apart from staff time, the agency has spent less than $200 on it. This summer alone, from July 19 through last Sunday, 83,924 people visited the webpages related to the campaign. At the agency’s Castro Street Fair booth Sunday, October 7, a bean bag toss game will feature Douchie as well as the promotional posters they have

been appearing on since July prior to the Up Your Alley fair, the smaller, sister event to this weekend’s larger Folsom Street Fair fetish festival. In addition to douching, the campaign has allowed the agency to broach other topics related to anal health, from bleeding, cancer, and warts to tips on how to safely fist during sex and reduce the pain of anal intercourse. It also prompted Strut to revise its intake forms to ask about the anal health of its clients. “It is a complicated organ to talk about,” said Crouch. To see the results from the survey last year, visit https://betablog.org/ results-anal-douching-survey/. For more information about the anal health campaign, visit http:// www.sfaf.org/butthealth.t

council seat four years ago. Unlike most newlyweds, the couple did not publicize their nuptials in the wedding section of their local newspaper. Except for those invited to the ceremony, Oddie had kept his being a gay man a secret from most people. When he launched his campaign for re-election this November, his biography on his campaign website

did not mention his husband. It merely referred to Oddie as being the proud father of “two dynamic and accomplished young women.” He has been divorced from their mother since 2013. But a health scare four days prior to his wedding prompted Oddie to begin thinking about how to publicly shed the confines of the closet. His doctor had found a “strange

skin cancer” and ordered tests to confirm what it was. “I thought it was just a cyst but it turned out to be something more serious. Four days before our wedding I was all happy, getting ready to go do our ceremony and then get that bombshell,” Oddie, 54, recalled in an interview with the Bay Area Reporter this week. “It made me take a look at my life.”

While his doctor was able to successfully treat his skin condition – “They think they got it all,” Oddie said this week – he continued to wrestle with how to disclose his sexual orientation and live life as his authentic self. “I was thinking about it. I am running for re-election and I want

Positive reaction

Diverse community

See page 17 >>

t <<

Community News>>

Oddie

From page 16

people to see me for who I am,” said Oddie. He was directly confronted with the issue when filling out the East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club’s candidate questionnaire in order to be endorsed by the main LGBT political group in Alameda County. While he highlighted a number of pro-LGBT actions he has taken as a council member and working on behalf of Bonta, Oddie omitted his being gay in his response to Stonewall. He did reach out privately to several members of the club, including Stonewall’s political action committee chair John Bauters, a gay man who serves on the Emeryville City Council, and revealed his sexual orientation to them. The club voted earlier this month to endorse Oddie, but did not denote his being a member of the LGBT community in announcing the results of its endorsement meeting. As he prepared to finalize a campaign flyer to mail off to Alameda voters this week, Oddie again grappled with whether he should officially come out to his constituents by using a photo of himself and his husband. He made the decision to do so earlier this week after consulting with several East Bay LGBT politicos and his older daughter, Sarah Oddie, 29, who is again serving as his campaign manager. “I told my daughter Sarah the other day I was doing this and saw her feelings of joy that I was at the point where I was able to share this with the whole world,” said Oddie,

News Briefs

From page 8

The flu season generally starts in November and lasts through April. The vaccine provides protection starting two weeks after getting the shot. Officials said it’s best to get the shot before the end of October. However, getting the vaccine in November or later can still provide protection, according to officials. Flu vaccines are widely available at doctors’ offices, clinics, and pharmacies, including the AITC Immunization and Travel Clinic at the health department (www.sfcdcp.org/aitc). For a list of San Francisco locations that offer free or lowcost flu vaccinations, visit www. sfcdcp.org/immunizations/ where-to-get-immunized.

El Cerrito poet

From page 14

Possibility Project

Earlier this year, Gabriel founded what she has named the Possibility Project, organized under the fiscal sponsorship of Oakland-based Nomadic Press. Its mission is to “produce writing and to lead art, performance, and learning opportunities that fight the idea that voices from the margins don’t matter.” The project will offer writing instruction, performance spaces, and leadership development opportunities. “Everyone deserves an opportunity to find their voice and be heard,” said Gabriel, who is the project director. The program is aimed at teens and younger kids. Starting October 12, Gabriel will teach a free class at Chapter 510, Oakland’s youth writing center at 2301 Telegraph Avenue. The class, “Creative Writing for Gender Expansive and LGBTQ Tweens ages 9 to 13” is described as “a safe place to be your amazing, fabulous, creative self.” In her published writing, she mostly concentrates on poetry and essays and has appeared in Sojourners magazine. For Gabriel, “Justice encapsulates a lot and especially resonates in the

September 27-October 3, 2018 • Bay Area Reporter • 17

who first came out to his children in 2010. “I can hear the pride in her voice, you know. It meant a lot to me.” Sarah Oddie, who lives with her father and is a field representative for Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, told the B.A.R. that, while elated about her father’s decision, it took her by surprise. “I was not sure he was ever going to get to that place where he could feel comfortable doing so,” she said. “My reaction was a little bit of, ‘Oh, wow! You are there, that is exciting,’ and also relief a little bit that he feels comfortable enough to be out and proud and just have it out there instead of worrying about what people might think.” For most people on the island city next to Oakland the news will come as a surprise. Bonta, who first met Oddie in 1999 and hired him as his campaign manager when he first ran for Assembly in 2012, told the B.A.R. that he “had no clue” until Oddie came out to him earlier this year and invited him to his wedding. “I was so happy and felt a lot of love,” said Bonta. “It felt like, I guess, a privilege or sort of honor – I don’t know what the right word is – that he felt comfortable with our community we sort of built in the East Bay and around him for him that he would feel that comfort, that support, that love from us.” Bonta added, that, “obviously, we all want to be our complete and full selves. For him, for some time, he felt like he wasn’t able to do that.” Oakland-based government affairs consultant Michael Colbruno, a gay man who formerly chaired Stonewall’s PAC, has known Oddie

for eight years. But it wasn’t until Oddie reached out to him this week for advice on how to handle his coming out that Colbruno learned he was gay. “I always think it is great when an elected official decides to come out of the closet and live their life openly and honestly because that is the way we want elected officials to make decisions,” said Colbruno, adding that the positive effect it has had for Oddie is evident. “There is a noticeable difference in Jim. You can see the relief in him in talking about what he has been carrying around all these years.”

Poll workers needed in SF, Alameda counties

out the “I Voted” stickers. For one day of service, poll workers receive a stipend ranging from $142 to $195, depending on assignment. In Alameda County, poll workers are needed throughout the county on Election Day, officials said. Bilingual poll workers are especially needed at designated precincts. Officials are seeking people who speak English and at least one of the following: Chinese, Punjabi, Khmer, Vietnamese, Korean, Spanish, or Tagalog. Poll workers will receive a stipend of up to $205. To apply, visit https:// w w w. a c vo t e . o r g / co m m u n i t y / pw-apply.

Elections officials in San Francisco and Alameda counties are seeking poll workers for the November 6 election. In San Francisco, people can call (415) 554-4395 or apply in person at the Department of Elections in City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 48 (basement). Poll workers will attend an inperson training prior to serving as clerks or inspectors on Election Day. Inspectors are responsible for bringing ballots and other voting materials to their assigned polling places on election morning and overseeing the operations at the site. Clerks assist with a variety of tasks, including checking in voters, answering questions, and handing Trump era. All we do for healing and empowerment contributes to justice.” Her website, http://www. allthepossible.com, encourages people to contact her. “I am always looking for other writers about social justice,” she noted. Under the name Dani Montgomery, Gabriel has published two books: “The Woman You Write Poems About (Civil Defense Pocketbook)” and “MOLOTOV MOUTHS: Explosive writing,” a work by seven authors in the Molotov Mouths Outspoken Word Troupe; the troupe has a mission of social justice. In fall 2019, her children’s book “Sam not Samuel” will be published by Penny Candy Books. According to Gabriel, the book is about “a transgender boy, his annoying sister, and their family’s journey through his transition” and was inspired by her own son’s story and her children’s “fierce love for one another.” Gabriel continues to be involved with the Young Women’s Freedom Center in San Francisco, founded in 1993 for system-involved and formerly incarcerated cis, trans, and gender-nonconforming young people (www.youngwomenfree.org). For two years, she coordinated the center’s Writing to Power program. She is also a postulant for the

“I think if people wouldn’t vote for me for a bigoted reason, I wouldn’t want their vote anyway.” – Jim Oddie It is believed that Oddie is the first out LGBT person known to have served on Alameda’s city council. With a sizeable LGBT population, and situated in the heart of the liberal Bay Area region, neither Oddie nor his associates believe his sexual orientation will negatively impact his campaign for a second four-year term on the council. “In the Bay Area we have moved past that. If anything, it will be beneficial to him,” predicted Colbruno.

Castro Cares beer bust

Castro Cares, a program of the Castro/Upper Market Community Diaconate in the Episcopal Diocese of California, aspiring to ordination and service in the church and community. The new laureate is eager to promote three poets she particularly likes: Martin Espada, Pablo Neruda, and Uchechi Kalu. Over the years, she has read and reread poetry and prose author Maggie Nelson, whose work is informed by feminist and queer theory and is often autobiographical. Gabriel also recommended three queer writers: intersex activist Thea Hillman, San Francisco-based lesbian performance poet Daphne Gottlieb, and poet-teacher-performer Ananda Esteva. Hillman and Gottlieb received or were finalists for Lambda Literary Awards; Esteva was co-author of Jordan’s “Poetry for the People.” Tannenbaum expressed her enthusiasm about Gabriel’s additions to the commission’s offerings and said, “Dani’s vision for poetry is one that meets people where they are as they go about their lives in our town. At Off the Grid, for example, she’ll offer poetry and art-making activities right there on the spot.”t Both the October 3 Out Loud and Off the Grid start at 5 p.m. at 6159 Fairmount Avenue in El Cerrito.

“We respect public officials who are open and honest.” He may lose some support, acknowledged Oddie, but remains confident that most voters will see he has been an effective leader on the council. “I think if people wouldn’t vote for me for a bigoted reason, I wouldn’t want their vote anyway,” said Oddie. “I think I have done a good job and what the people of Alameda expected of me.” Just days before his wedding an independent investigation found that Oddie had violated his city’s charter by recommending a candidate for the city’s fire chief to City Manager Jill Keimach, as the East Bay Express reported. She illegally recorded conversations she had with Oddie and another council member and quit her position under a $945,000 separation agreement shortly after the report was released. Asked about the controversy this week, Oddie told the B.A.R. that no one has brought it up as he campaigns for re-election. He added that he has “a lot of faith in Alameda voters” and that they will re-elect him based on his “track record on the council.” Raised in the Chicago suburbs, Oddie graduated from Indiana University with a degree in finance and received his MBA from Loyola University in Chicago. He attempted to come out to his family in 1994, “but it didn’t go over well,” recalled Oddie. He chose to continue suppressing his sexual orientation and relocated with his then-wife to California in

1995. The family moved two years later to Alameda, and Oddie earned a law degree from the University of San Francisco. After coming out to his daughters – his youngest, Linnea Oddie, 27, now lives in Portland – Oddie credited them with being “braver than I was, I think,” noting that they took part in demonstrations in 2008 against Proposition 8, the ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in California and was later overturned by the courts. His marriage this year forced him to confront his fears about coming out to a wider circle of friends and associates. To his relief, the responses were of ones of acceptance and joy for him and his partner. “Everyone seemed very open and accepting,” said Oddie. “It was a lot different than the first time when I tried to share this information with people.” He never expected to remarry, but now that he has, Oddie said being “with someone you love and loves you back, and we can take care of each other out in the open with friends and extended family, it is fun.” Nonetheless, Oddie admitted “it is all a little bit scary right now” in talking to the media for the first time about being gay and wondering how voters will react when they find his campaign material in their mailboxes. Personally, he feels “a lot more relaxed,” and finds himself wondering what he was so afraid of before. “The way people have accepted it as not a big deal, I should have known that in the beginning,” said Oddie.t

Benefit District, will hold a beer bust fundraiser ahead of the Castro Street Fair Saturday, October 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Beaux, 2344 Market Street. Organizers said that gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will choose teams of three dancers each for a friendly dance off contest between the two crews. Drag queen Au Jus will emcee the festivities. Attendees will receive a bottomless beer cup with a $10 donation at the door. Castro Cares, which started in the fall of 2014, takes a flexible approach to finding solutions to improve the quality of life for those living on the street and those who live, work, shop, and play in the Castro/Upper Market neighborhood. The program pays for 32

hours of San Francisco Patrol Special Police services and 20 hours of intensive homeless outreach per week. Between September 2014 and June 2017, the homeless outreach team hired by Castro Cares had 4,306 encounters, of which 63.5 percent engaged with HOT. The 2,735 successful engagements included 844 people (31 percent) who received homeless-related services; 215 (8 percent) who were connected with medical services; 369 (13 percent) who were connected with benefit-related services; and 74 (2.7 percent) who were referred to mental health or substance use-related services. For more information on the program, visit http://www.castrocares.org.t

‘Open and accepting’

Legal Notices>> FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038293000

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038254800

SEPT 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038292200

SEPT 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038275700

SEPT 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038290500

SEPT 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038287600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NATALIE BLAIR SKIN STUDIO, 870 MARKET ST #761, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed NATALIE BLAIR MORRIS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/29/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/30/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REALTIME TAXES, 3030 BRODERICK ST #4, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CHRISTOPHER STATON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/29/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/30/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PICO LATIN STREET FOOD, 900 N. POINT ST #101, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DELHI DARBAR INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/08/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/08/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FAHERTY PLUMBING, 1295 41ST AVE UNIT A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed FAHERTY PLUMBING & HEATING (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/22/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/22/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DFY CONSULTANTS, 747 SHRADER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DONNA YELMOKAS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/28/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/29/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GUM GUNE, 1209 STOCKTON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a married couple, and is signed PETER P.P. CHAN & CHRISTINA WONG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/22/12. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/28/18.

SEPT 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038276000

SEPT 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038288600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TERSE SYSTEMS, 645 WEBSTER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed WILLIAM SARGENT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/12/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/22/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VEGANN-KABOB, 1109 FILLMORE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed RAUA ENTERPRISE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/27/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/28/18.

SEPT 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018

See page 18 >>

<< Classifieds

18 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

Legal Notices

From page 17

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038281000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN FRANCISCO FARMERS MARKET, 4929 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed BUENDIA BUSINESS LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/24/18.

SEPT 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GRACE ESTHER DITO IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-18-302135

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GRACE ESTHER DITO. A Petition for Probate has been filed by ELIZABETH SOLOWAY in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that ELIZABETH SOLOWAY 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: Oct 09, 2018, 9:00 am, Dept. 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: Ruth Koller Burke, Esq.178696, Law Offices of Ruth Koller Burke, 460 Center St #6264, Moraga, CA 94570; ruth@ruthburkelaw.com Ph. (925-788-2430)

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038300200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EARTHSHINE GLITTER, 2747 MCALLISTER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JAMES CARR-NELSON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/11/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/06/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038266000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: YOU CAN SPANISH, 1219 15TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed GREGORY WALLER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/14/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/15/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038303700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PRESCRIPTION RECORDS, 708 9TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RYAN WILLIAMS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/30/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/10/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038299500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BCC CONSULTING AND EVENT PLANNING, 241 MINERVA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed GEOFFREA MORRIS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/06/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/06/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038297200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: STRICKLY THERAPEUTIC, 1475 9TH AVE SUITE 2, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ENRICO A. RUGGERI. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/05/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038298200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GREEN WORLD CLEANING SERVICES, 321 SAWYER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JHONY AGUILAR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/05/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/05/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038279700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CBD WELLNESS CENTER, 703 COLUMBUS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ARI DAVID KANNETT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/23/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/23/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038295500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN FRANCISCO NEON, 1935 FRANKLIN ST #401, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed RANDALL ANN HOMAN & ALLAN BARNA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/04/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018

Classifieds Cleaning Services>> CLEANING PROFESSIONAL

Travel>>

27 Years Exp. (415) 794-4411 Roger Miller

RAMBO WITH A VACUUM Housecleaning Richard 415-255-0389

Hauling>>

HAULING 24/7 –

Celebrating 33 Years of Fabulous Travel Arrangements! 4115 19th Street San Francisco, CA 94114

11am-5pm (PST) M-F, Closed on Weekends

415.626.1169 www.nowvoyager.com

(415) 441-1054 Large Truck

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038294800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 34263428-3428A 16TH STREET HOA, 3428A 16TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an unincorporated association other than a partnership, and is signed 3426-3428-3428A 16TH STREET HOA; JOHN CORTEZ; TIMOTHY DOHERTY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/28/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/31/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038294600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PRESCRIPTION RECORDS LLC; RX RECORDS, 708 9TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed PRESCRIPTION RECORDS LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/30/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/31/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038301400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HATCHET HALL DISTILLERY; FAT LABRADOR DISTILLERS, 849 AVENUE D, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94130. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed TREEHOUSE CRAFT DISTILLERY, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/07/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038302700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TROPISUENO, 75 YERBA BUENA LANE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed YBL RESTAURANT GROUP, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/22/08. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/10/18.

SEPT 13, 20, 27, OCT 04, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554226

In the matter of the application of: DIANA SISCA IE-SIEN HARYA, 282 MONTEREY BLVD., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner DIANA SISCA IE-SIEN HARYA, is requesting that the name DIANA SISCA IE-SIEN HARYA, be changed to SISCA HARYA HULAND. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 8th of November 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554227

In the matter of the application of: IURII NAKONECHNYI, 1068 HOWARD ST #4, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner IURII NAKONECHNYI, is requesting that the name IURII NAKONECHNYI, be changed to NED NYE. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 25th of October 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018

Tech Support>>

Tech Support

Ralph Doore 415-867-4657

Professional 30+ years exp Virus/Malware GONE! Device setup Mobile Support Network & wireless setup Discreet

 Yelp reviews

MACINTOSH HELP •Home OR OFFICE •27 YEARS EXPERIENCE

SFMACMAN.com RICK

415.821.1792

Notices >>

Movers>>

THANK YOU ST. JUDE –

ebar.com

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, helper of the hopeless, pray for us. Say prayer nine time a day. Publication must be promised. B.K.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554224

In the matter of the application of: CHELSEA JANET CARRERA, 4132 26TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner CHELSEA JANET CARRERA, is requesting that the name CHELSEA JANET CARRERA, be changed to CAT LYNN WHITE. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 25th of October 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038278100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PING & YANG, 955 LARKIN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SIRINA PORNPHANNUKUN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/23/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038299300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MKMOSAICS, 2230 LEAVENWORTH ST #A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MICHAEL JOHN KRUZICH. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/06/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/06/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038305400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 415PRINTING, 63 OAKRIDGE DR., DALY CITY, CA 94014. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ELISANDRO CAMPOS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/11/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038310000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: METRO SURFACE WASH, 350 BAY ST #100-341, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed EDWARD G. LAU. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/14/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/14/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038304800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SYTLEDASH BEAUTY LOUNGE, 2167 UNION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed MIKAGLAM INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/11/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/11/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038304300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRIPLE NET PROPERTIES; TRIPLE NET REAL ESTATE; ROCKWELL PROPERTIES INC; ROCKWELL PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT, 2489 MISSION ST #30, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed ROCKWELL PROPERTIES, INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/18/07. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/11/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038297000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GE VEHICLE REGISTRATION SERVICES, 5550 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a married couple, and is signed JUAN G. ESCOBAR & ROSARIO ESCOBAR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/05/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/05/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038310700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LUCHO’S, 2675 OCEAN AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed LUCHO’S LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/17/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/17/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038304400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: YOGO, 435 23RD ST #D90, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed SAMADHI TRADING COMPANY LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/20/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/11/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038301300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GAI, 3463 16TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed HOT GAI LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/07/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/07/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038311200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BARRY’S BOOTCAMP, 2280 MARKET ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed BBC 2280 MARKET ST LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/17/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038310200

35 PUC # 176618

To place your classified ad, call

415-861-5019

Then go have a drink & relax...

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HUNTINGTON HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO; NOB HILL SPA; THE BIG 4, 1075 CALIFORNIA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed WRC HUNTINGTON, LLC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/14/18.

SEPT 20, 27, OCT 04, 11, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554250

In the matter of the application of: MEGAN ELIZABETH PANZER, 111 CARL ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner MEGAN ELIZABETH PANZER, is requesting that the name MEGAN ELIZABETH PANZER, be changed to MEGAN PANZER KAGELEIRY. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 6th of November 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038323700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLUEBABE, 545 O’FARRELL ST #108, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed EVA MADRILLEJOS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/25/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/25/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038322200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IRIS ADVISORS, 57 IRIS AVE SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ANDREW SALZMAN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/24/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/24/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038299800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MORENO’S JANITORIAL, 363 SILVER AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ALBINO MORENO DIRCIO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/06/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/06/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038319800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WINSEN DRIVING SCHOOL, 2409 19TH AVE #A4, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed WAI WAH LAW. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/21/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/21/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038306600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PAW PATCH PASTRIES & PET BOUTIQUE, 701 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CARLA OCFEMIA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/12/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/12/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038314300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JACKIE’S HOUSE CLEANING, 326 ALEMANY BLVD #2B, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MIRNA JACQUELINE MENCHAA ROQUE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/18/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/18/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038311400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLEOPATRA TRADING COMPANY, 41 EXETER ST #2, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed 09/17/18. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/17/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/17/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038291800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LATTICE, 22 BATTERY ST, FLOOR 11, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DEGREE INC. (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/22/15. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/30/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11,18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038308600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE SPACE SF, 1426 FILLMORE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a married couple, and is signed ALISON ESCOBAR & HEBERTO ESCOBAR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/27/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/13/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038311600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TEA 4 YOU, 646 IRVING ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed KJY BROTHERS, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/08/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/17/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038312700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 101 CALIFORNIA, 101 CALIFORNIA ST, #1050, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed ELM PROPERTY VENTURE LLC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/10/12. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/18/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME F ILE A-038018500

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: RISK SALON, 548 MARKET ST, STE. 72588, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business was conducted by a general partnership and signed by NATHAN KUGLAND, SUPRANAMAYA RANJAN & HOI LAM CHERYL KWAN. The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/22/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018

Music making

Burt tribute

Fall books

Mean streak

Vol. 48 • No. 39 • September 27-October 3, 2018

www.ebar.com/arts

Rick Gerharter

Modesty requirements by Sura Wood

The “Red Rose” gown by Mohd Hafizi Radzi Woo is featured in the “Contemporary Muslim Fashions” exhibit now at the de Young Museum.

Courtesy Bay Area Cabaret

id you know that, since the 1950s, affluent Muslim women have patronized Parisian couturiers who’ve modified their designs to accommodate upscale clients’ regional and religious sensitivities by raising necklines and lowering hems, adding long sleeves to cover the arms, closing daring slits on skirts, and substituting opaque fabrics for sheer ones? Or that American and European fashion designers have similarly catered to the modesty requirements of young Muslim female professionals who’ve become a burgeoning market for the estimated $44 billion-a-year modest fashion industry? Or that bad boy French designer Jean Paul Gaultier eliminated the plunging neckline of his mustard yellow chiffon gown, embellished with jewels and an obi of tiny indigo beads, to satisfy an elite Muslim customer? These are just a few of the illuminating facts revealed in “Contemporary Muslim Fashions,” a new original show at the de Young Museum that’s certain to challenge preconceptions and provoke discussion. See page 24 >>

Gay fashion designer Christian Siriano.

Designing man by Brian Bromberger

Innocence & experience

Brad Walsh

ay fashion designer Christian Siriano is a wonderful example of what can happen when an LGBTQ child grows up in a supportive family and is encouraged to follow their dreams. Siriano, 32, is the subject of one of the final installments of the PBS series “Breaking Big,” which asks what factors make people successful. The episode aired Sept. 7, but is available for streaming free until Oct. 7. Siriano knew he wanted to be a designer from a young age, sketching costumes his ballerina sister wore, eventually living out his childhood fantasy and carving his own artistic path forward. See page 23 >>

by Jim Gladstone

I Gavin Creel: “ I’m ready to put myself out there.”

{ SECOND OF THREE SECTIONS }

n 2017, Gavin Creel won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a musical playing dizzy, innocent Cornelius Hackl in the celebrated revival of “Hello Dolly!” alongside Bette Midler. Twice before he’d been a Best Actor nominee, for his 2002 Broadway debut opposite Sutton Foster in “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” and for playing Claude in the 2009 production of “Hair.” See page 24 >>

<< Out There

20 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

Out of the mists of the past

Squares & Rebels

“That Was Something” author Dan Callahan.

by Roberto Friedman

ometimes a novel feels so true to your lived experience it feels pulled from your own life. That was our sensation reading “That Was Something,” a new novel by Dan Callahan (Squares & Rebels). It’s the coming-of-age story of a gay NYU student in late-1990s, early2000s Manhattan, but so redolent of that time and milieu that it rhymed with the vanished world of our own late-20th-century past on both coasts. Callahan is previously the author of books about screen icons Barbara Stanwyck and Vanessa

Redgrave, and also of “The Art of American Screen Acting: 19121960.” He’s clearly a film buff (the novel is dedicated to Jessica Lange), and his characters haunt repertory cinemas such as the Anthology Film Archives to attend Antonioni retrospectives and the like. He evokes the ebbing era of screening rooms, videostores and closeted college boys – not that long ago, but it feels like an ancient age. “That Was Something” captures that time of our youth when slightly older, charismatic, more fully realized personalities could captivate us completely. It’s a novel about youth, and like youth, it’s slim (102 pages), fleeting, and always off to the next thing. Narrator Bobby Quinn is mesmerized by straight boy/phenom art photographer Ben Morrissey (“He was wearing nothing but gray sweatpants and flip-flops, and his luscious sooty curly hair was wet from the shower”) and soignee cineaste Monika Lilac (“This was a new mode she was in, a new

persona she was trying, a kind of Myrna Loy coolness, and it didn’t particularly suit her, but I always wanted to believe in Monika’s various impostures, so I gave her all the imaginative attention I could as an audience member.”) This is a book for those of us who have or had friends with larger-than-life personalities trapped, alas, in real life. We feel for Bobby in this book, because we were Bobby.

Photo finish

Speaking of charismatic figures, artist-partners Michael Johnstone and David Faulk celebrated their photography, paintings and colorful costume creations last week at the opening of the retrospective show “Verasphere” at the Harvey Milk Photo Center, 50 Scott St., SF (through Oct. 14). Photos of their greatest creation, Mrs. Vera, tripping the light fantastic around the world are an aesthete’s delight. The gallery was packed with friends, fans, and fellow creative souls. Also last week, Christie’s Deputy Chairman for the Americas Ellanor Notides and Christie’s International Head for Photographs Darius Himes invited us to a private viewing and cocktail reception

Courtesy Christie’s

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), “Georgia O’Keeffe: A Portrait” (1920-22), palladium print, mounted on original two-ply rag board, part of “An American Journey: The Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Collection of Photographic Masterworks.”

to celebrate “An American Journey: The Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Collection of Photographic Masterworks” at Jules Maeght Gallery. The viewing was of vintage signed prints from such photographer titans as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Paul Strand, Dorothea Lange and Margaret

Bourke-White. These were part of a preview of highlights from an upcoming auction at Christie’s in New York on Oct. 4-5. Out There was particularly taken by a Stieglitz portrait of a “Venetian Gamin, 1894” (auction estimate: $40-60,000); a Steichen “Self-Portrait with Sister, Milwaukee, 1900” ($80-120,000); Walker Evans’ “Roadside Stand near Birmingham, Alabama, 1936” ($100150,000); Edward Weston’s “Big Sur, 1929” ($50-70,000); and Man Ray’s “Alice Prin (Kiki de Montparnasse), 1924” ($50-70,000). We wish we had tens of thousands of dollars to spare! We were also excited just to visit Jules Maeght Gallery, the San Francisco outpost for an international family of blue-chip gallerists. The auction preview will be down by the time you read this, but watch for future exhibits there. Finally, author Michael Nott sent us a note to let us know he’ll be visiting San Francisco Oct. 8-25 to research his current project, a book on the late great gay poet Thom Gunn. “I’m looking to speak to as many people as possible who may have known Gunn, especially from bars like The Hole in the Wall and The Stud.” Folks who knew Gunn from his life in the Bay Area should feel free to contact Nott at michaeljnott@gmail.com.t

Starting strong by Philip Campbell

he San Francisco Symphony and music director Michael Tilson Thomas have covered a lot of ground since the start of the new season. From the Gala opening to concerts presented for inclusion as Global Climate Action Summit affiliate events, and the first part of a two-week Stravinsky Festival, September at Davies Symphony Hall has been amazing. Audience response has ranged from surprise to exhilaration, and a significant theme has emerged. In his penultimate season, MTT has no intention of becoming a lame duck. His innovations have permeated the concerts, and instead of fretting over his successor, fans and the faithful can rest assured he has a

clear eye on the future. MTT has certainly been there and done that, and matured through his many personal relationships with composers like Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Igor Stravinsky. Last season, Bernstein was thanked with an early centennial birthday celebration. Copland’s iconic “Appalachian Spring” was the finale of the recent Global Action Summit program. Stravinsky’s influence is apparent in the current Festival, highlighted by the composer’s three remarkable ballets written for Diaghilev’s fabled Ballets Russes. The second half of last week’s concert was devoted to a complete performance of “The Firebird.” The melodrama for voices, narrator, and orchestra “Persephone,”

new conservatory theatre center Season Producers: Lowell Kimble, Ted Tucker Executive Producers: Jorge R. Hernández & Ron Jenkins Producers: Jeff Malloy & Dean Shibuya, Bennet Marks & Kim Harris, Richard Meiss & Peter Rudy

Charles Busch Directed by

Allen Sawyer

with Nicholas Phan, the Pacific Boychoir (Andrew Brown, director), San Francisco Girls Chorus (Valerie Sainte-Agathe, director), SFS Chorus (Ragnar Bohlin, director), and Leslie Caron opened the Festival. It was a satisfying night that deserved the marketing title “Rebellious Beauty.” The elegant “Persephone” (libretto by Andre Gide) proved an ideal counterweight to the thrilling sonorities of “The Firebird.” The luxury casting of renowned French actress and dancer Leslie Caron (the girl who charmed Gene Kelly in “An American in Paris,” and indelibly played the title role in the Academy Award-winning “Gigi”) as narrator in “Persephone” added idiomatic warmth to the timeless legend. Resplendent in buttercup yellow

Seduces with the shameless allure of an old movie trailer” —New York Newsday

Sept 21– OCT 21

Join us Thursday Nights Pre-Show for Happy Hour is a Drag Enjoy music, cocktails and a special drag performance on Thursday nights! Hosted by Belle Bottoms and Ruby Vixen

BUY TICKETS AT NCTCSF.ORG BOX OFFICE: 415.861.8972 25 VAN NESS AVE AT MARKET ST

couture, Caron still blended well with the ensemble. Her speaking voice has grown slightly tremulous, and she was the only performer with a mic, but after adjusting to the sound, her native French pronunciation and musically nuanced reading cast an appealing spell. Tenor Nicholas Phan (Eumolpus) was strained in Part I, but quickly refreshed to offer a fine performance, sustained by the orchestra’s sympathetic support. The choral forces interpreted the text with delicacy and unanimous response. Performing “The Firebird” complete made a long night. Without dancers or graphics (there were a few supertitles) to fill in the blanks, the SFS relied on MTT’s insight to make a compelling case. The glorious Finale, more powerful for being presented in context, brought the audience to its feet. The previous week had all the visuals one could hope for, and then some. Presented as affiliate events of the Global Climate Action Summit, the four performances moved the ambience of SoundBox to DSH for a something-for-everyone jam that worked on every level. The environmental crisis theme of the Summit framed the concert, but a Vegas-style presentation (with lots of mood lighting) by star pianist Yuja Wang of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand was probably the biggest draw. Ms. Wang has the talent and technique to satisfy even the grumpiest critics, and while her increasingly flamboyant costumes threaten a turn towards Liberace, she has the youth, good humor, and ability to make it work. The electric-magenta Cher-meets-Ariel number she wore on the last day of the conference drew whistles of admiration. They turned to whistles of appreciation after her stunning performance. My seatmate was a visiting speaker at the Summit. She drily wondered if Wang would play some Schumann for an encore. We smiled when she chose a Rachmaninoff Prelude. An unbilled appearance by singer Abigail Washburn started

Courtesy SFS

Screen star Leslie Caron appeared with the San Francisco Symphony.

the night with some Appalachian coal-mining songs. The screens above the orchestra filled with images of international miners. Some were from the Coal + Ice Project at Fort Mason Center. Contributors videographer Clyde Scott and lighting designer Luke Kritzeck also supplied dramatic graphics for the first SFS performances of Niccolo Castiglioni’s “Inverno in-ver.” The obscure score (1973/1978) is surprisingly pretty and a relatively simple listening experience. The modernist tone poem depicting winter takes on darker contemporary meaning with the new visuals. It was a fitting testament to MTT’s commitment with the SFS to the relevance of arts institutions. The concert closed with Copland’s beloved ballet “Appalachian Spring.” There were projections, but they were simpler. Our international visitor turned and asked, “Do they always do this?” I answered, “Only sometimes.” She grinned and said, “It was a lovely concert, and you have a lovely city.” The Stravinsky Festival ends this week with two more groundbreaking ballets, “Petrushka” and “The Rite of Spring.” Leonidas Kavakos will play the Violin Concerto in D.t sfsymphony.org

Film>>

September 27-October 3, 2018 • Bay Area Reporter • 21

Chills, thrills at the Castro by David Lamble

dubbed English, with English subtitles. (10/21) he accent is on horror and “The Best Little Whorescary films at the Castro house in Texas” (1982) Theatre in October, with a Dolly Parton teams up with treasure trove of spectacular Burt to deliver a sexy comedy films that have outlived their version of the Broadway hit, creators’ original intentions. from a Texas Monthly profile A highlight is a multi-film of Houston’s outrageous, Burt Reynolds tribute. ego-driven TV investigative “Rams” This bio-doc tribreporter “Marvin Zindler, ute to designer Dieter Rams Eyewitness News!” Co-stars features a soundtrack by Dom DeLuise and Charles Brian Eno. (10/2) Durning. “Young Frankenstein” “Boogie Nights” (1997) (1974) Mel Brooks returns Burt is superb as a porn inwith another absurdist poke dustry “Big Daddy” insider in at Hollywood’s funhouse Paul Thomas Anderson’s dark view of the modern world. comedy-drama. John C. Reilly Brooks regular Gene Wilder is has a witty turn as a beat cop a member of the Frankenstein making a necessary but difclan who loathes his family’s ficult house call. Anderson history. This can-you-topcan infuse our darkest history this spoof of horror flicks inwith visual panache, allowing cludes Gene Hackman, hilarifamiliar actors to demonstrate ous as a blind beggar. (10/5) new aspects of their skill sets. “Smokey and the Bandit” With Mark Wahlberg, JuliThe late Burt Reynolds, as a pro quarterback in (1977) Burt Reynolds is a hip anne Moore, Don Cheadle, “The Longest Yard.” trucker hired to transport Heather Graham, Philip Seycontraband (Coors beer) mour Hoffman, William H. from a place where it’s availMacy, Alfred Molina, Philip by a tough warden (Eddie Albert) able (Texarkana, TX) to a place it’s Baker Hall, Ricky Jay, Joanna Gleato organize a football squad. (both not (Atlanta, GA). The film is fuson and Thomas Jane. (both 10/24) 10/16) eled by great stunt driving, with an “Halloween” (1978) Horror “Alien” (1979) Ridley Scott diensemble that includes Sally Field as master John Carpenter creates real rects a smashing ensemble: the crew Burt’s girl, and Jackie Gleason as a chills as a creepy killer roams the of a space cargo ship has a very bad redneck lawman. (10/10) streets of a small town. With Jamie stowaway on board. Be in your seat “Deliverance” (1972) A raging Lee Curtis (screen debut), Donald for the film’s signature stomachriver raft-trip finds four buddies Pleasance and Kyle Richards. First churning moment. With Sigourney (Burt, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty, of a long line of sequels and rip-offs. Weaver, John Hurt, Harry Dean Ronny Cox) tackling whitewater “The Fog” (1980) Carpenter’s Stanton, and Ian Holm. rapids, part of a wild Georgia river sequel to “Halloween” is set in a “Heavy Metal” (1981) French about to be destroyed by dam conCalifornia coastal town where the thriller animation anthology with struction. They park their cars upclimate is chilly in more ways than the music of Blue Oyster Cult, Black river, then get the scare of their lives one. New 4K restoration. (both Sabbath, and Cheap Trick. Voiced as both the river and the residents 10/26-27) by John Candy, John Vernon, Haralong its banks pose threats to their “The Mummy” (1932) Karl old Ramis and Joe Flaherty. (both lives and manhood. Director John Freund helms this early sound10/19) Boorman’s river scenes are thrillera classic with Boris Karloff as a “I Am Cuba” (1964) This rarely ing on the Castro’s big screen, and mummy brought back to life after seen Cuban-Russian co-production, the film benefits from a cameo by thousands of years of quiet time. filmed shortly after the 1962 Cuban author James Dickey. The harrow“The Wolf Man” (1941) George missile crisis, is a pure propaing male rape scene is a movie unto Wagner directs Lon Chaney Jr., ganda film (in which the US is the itself. Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy and decadent enemy) that transcends “The Longest Yard” (1974) Burt Bela Lugosi. Chaney is bitten by Luits Cold War origins. Visual poetry is a pro football quarterback sent to gosi’s werewolf. A great example of from co-directors Mikhail Kalaprison for swiping his girlfriend’s what distinguishes scary from gross. toyov and Sergio Correri runs 141 car. Behind bars, Burt is ordered (both 10/28)t minutes in Spanish, Russian and

n when e e u q C C ddrrag Y Y N N S a a A t t s W W ““TTrruus O S SH I H T : !” : s s y G y N I H sshheessaa T RY

VE E E D D N N O O B BEEYY

n L. – Sutto

by David Lamble

ctober at the Roxie carries a heavy dose of films branded with a 1970s-80s sensibility. The theater also features a cutting-edge feminist film festival, “Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers,” (10/1213), and films from the 22nd Arab Film Festival (10/13-17). “Choose Me” (1984) In a singularly wild expression of heterosexual freedom, Robert Altman protégé Alan Rudolph puts a frisky cast through their paces in a faux

whodunit plot that makes little sense or difference. With Lesley Ann Warren, Keith Carradine, Genevieve Bujold. Rated R for violence and profanity. (10/3) “Queercore” An 80s sensibility marks this brazenly queer compilation of music and filmmaking. With filmmaker Q&A. “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” An only-in-Sundance special release, this bio pop fest follows the journey of M.I.A., a political survivor, from Sri Lanka guerrilla to American immigrant pop star.

Scene from the Cameron Crowe bio-pic “Almost Famous.”

“Filmmakers Unite” A baker’s dozen of short films on the state of America 2018, culled from 200 entries. (all 3, start 10/5) Celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day and the 50th Birthday of the American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) includes dramas “Warrior Women” and “Neither Wolf nor Dog.” (10/8) “Patton Picks” Cinema rebel Patton Oswalt curates an evening of new films reflecting his particular tastes. (10/11) “Almost Famous” (2000) In 1973, Cameron Crowe, a precocious San Diego teen, was living with his mom and big sis while submitting rock-n-roll music reviews to the FM radio crowd via Cream magazine. In this rock bio-pic, Crowe is portrayed by the baby-faced Utah-raised Patrick Fugit. The 15-year-old imp, a rock-n-roll Puck, is often wiser than the young adult rockers he travels the country with. A highlight comes when William Miller rescues a blonde rock fan (Kate Hudson) from an overdose after she’s sucked in by a blasé rocker (Billy Crudup). The Roxie’s showing of this 122-minute theatrical release should lead you to the DVD, with its 38-minute extended cut. With a supporting cast that includes Australian film star Noah Taylor as a world-weary, martial arts-trained road manager. (10/12)t

Roxie’s October

GETTICKETS TICKETS NOW! NOW! GET

415.421.4222 • beachblanketbabylon.com • Sundays all ages–Evenings 21+

BBB_BAR_091318.indd 1

8/28/18 3:23 PM

<< TV

22 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

Watching it all go down on the tube by Victoria A. Brownworth

s we write this we’re watching a roundtable on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360.” A group of white and Latina GOP women is explaining how all 17-year-old boys are rapists, it’s a rite of passage, and it shouldn’t prevent anyone from becoming a Supreme Court justice. That’s a slight exaggeration, but only slight. The plot twist in the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court has been shocking: Dr. Christine Blasey Ford accusing Kavanaugh, in grim and horrifying detail, of sexually assaulting her when she was 15 and he 17. Watching this latest drama play out over CNN and MSNBC has been a brutal reminder of just how misogynist America is, and how very little has changed since the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings in 1991. Hardest to witness have been women dismissing Ford and/or claiming she’s a liar. NBC’s Megyn Kelly, who keeps letting her Fox News roots show, posited that Kavanaugh had rejected Ford as a teen and she’s been waiting for 36 years to carry out some kind of bunnyboiler revenge scenario against a defenseless Kavanaugh. We made the mistake of watching Fox News on Sept. 20 to see what they were saying about the scandal, and Tucker Carlson’s take was that 2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (DNY) was the reincarnation of Joe McCarthy for suggesting Kavanaugh should welcome an FBI investigation if he were innocent of the allegations. Then Jeanine Pirro, who Donald Trump Jr. thinks should be Attorney General, said she thought Ford was hypnotized by her therapist into accusing Kavanaugh for political reasons. The most disturbing comment we’ve seen came from a small press conference with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), president pro tem of the Senate. Hatch told reporters in a taped interview that even if Kavanaugh had actually raped Ford, it wouldn’t count against him, because it’s really about who he is now. Incredible. Just to prove that it’s not all seriousness, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) joked on live TV that there had been a new #MeToo revelation:

Since 1977

Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner all day Open 24/7 3991-A 17thSt Market & Castro, San Francisco

415-864-9795

“Did y’all hear the latest, late-breaking news from the Kavanaugh hearings?” Rep. Norman said, joking that was the reason he was running late for a candidates’ debate. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg came out that she was groped by Abraham Lincoln.” Real thigh-splitter, that one. The ugliness of this past week has been stunning. Straight white male privilege really is protected above all else. At press time, the argument being advanced by the GOP for what happened is that Ford confused Kavanaugh with a different Georgetown Prep student. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford accuses U.S. Supreme Court nominee Yes, their best effort against Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. a sexual assault accusation is “all rich white prep school Also returning is “9-1-1,” for a running lesbian character on prime guys look alike, but none are guilty.” second season. This drama has a time. After a decade of real lesbianWe have no idea how this is going plethora of gay and lesbian characism, it was hard to see her go. to play out, or whether Kavanaugh ters and also Angela Bassett, who The series that had the longestwill do what is honorable and withmakes everything better. Jennifer running lesbian couple in TV draw. But we did love Sen. Mazie Love Hewitt joins the cast this seahistory, until Callie and Arizona Hirono’s (D-HI) demand in a press son in the are-we-sure-this-isbroke up, has added its first gay conference that men need to “just Ryan-Murphy? Fox series. male surgeon, Dr. Nico Kim (Alex shut up and step up. Do the right “The Resident” is also back, and Landi). The new doc checks all the thing, for a change.” Badassery. we hate-watched this through half boxes: he’s brilliant and drop-dead,

Supreme women

Speaking of badassery, we have to take note of two supreme badass women who are making TV history this week as their shows return for the new fall season. Emmy winner Mariska Hargitay enters Season 20 of NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” as the longest-running actress on prime time. The series itself is now tied with “Gunsmoke” and the original “L&O” for longest-running prime-time series. The 434 episodes have all featured the Emmy-winning Hargitay as the tough but compassionate Detective Olivia Benson, in a series that has never been more relevant in these days of #MeToo. For Hargitay, the series has touched her personally as well as professionally. In interviews, she has talked about how letters and public exchanges with fans have impacted her. So many rape victim-survivors have written to her or spoken to her at events, revealing their own sexual assaults. The show allowed them to speak their truth. These exchanges and some of the show’s storylines, like one which highlighted the national backlog on untested rape kits, prompted Hargitay to found her own charity for sexual abuse survivors, the Joyful Heart Foundation, and to produce a documentary about the backlog of rape kits, “I Am Evidence.” Olivia Benson is one of the most beloved female characters on TV, with her deep devotion to victims and desire for justice. Hargitay told the LA Times Sept. 21 that “SVU” had been a Zeitgeist moment for everyone involved. “I realized that we hit the pulse of the country,” she said. “These things that were taboo in our society – sexual assault, incest, domestic violence – all of a sudden it was like, ‘Did you see ‘SVU’ last night?’” Some episodes have been harder to watch than others, and there have been some hits and some misses with LGBT storylines, but the ones that have worked have been superb. The season premiere is Sept. 27. On ABC, “Grey’s Anatomy” enters Season 15 as the longestrunning prime-time series on that network. There were some major changes at the end of last season, and some losses that were hard to accept, like Dr. Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw), the longest-

breathtakingly, Milan runway, halfKorean, half-Italian gorgeous. “Grey’s” has never shied away from showing real lesbian sex, and Callie and Arizona were a sexual couple, but what about gay male sex on prime-time network? We can only watch and hope for lots of shirtlessness and more, because Landi is ripped, waxed and oiled to perfection. We’ve loved “Grey’s” from its very first season, and the core characters, especially title character Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), feel like family. The two-hour season premiere on Sept. 27 augurs lots of surprises. One badass we had hoped would return this fall won’t. Plum Kettle (Joy Nash) and her compatriots Julie Smith (Tamara Tunie), Kitty Montgomery (Julianna Margulies) and Verena Baptist (Robin Weigert) comprised the core feminist bastion of AMC’s “Dietland,” one of the most critically acclaimed series of last season. But on Sept. 21 AMC announced it was cancelling the complex dramedy. What an error in judgment. The creation of Marti Noxon, the series should have been a ratings grab, particularly addressing the taboo topics of women’s sexuality, body image and rage as it did. “Dietland” was also quirky, noir-ish and a little sci-fi. It was not easily nailed as a genre on a network that has an overwhelmingly male audience for fundamentally violent and male-driven programming. Joy Nash was the only fat woman on TV who was not a joke character but a young, pretty, sexually driven character whose body looked like a good half of the female population of America. “‘Dietland’ is bold, original and brave,” AMC said in a statement. “We are beyond proud of our partnership with Marti Noxon, Joy Nash, Juliana Margulies, Skydance and everyone else involved in bringing Sarai Walker’s story to the screen. ‘Dietland’ garnered critical acclaim and passionate fans, but unfortunately we will not be able to continue with a second season.” The ratings were there for the first couple episodes, but then they tanked. We think this was because “Dietland” was an intensely feminist series with two major characters who were lesbian revolutionaries on a network that simply wasn’t the right place to showcase it. While we watched religiously, it was easy to forget it was on AMC and find it there each week. Hopefully Hulu, Amazon or Netflix will pick it up for another season.

of last season, yet couldn’t stop watching. “The Purge” is essential viewing and so much gayer than we expected, but also massively bloody, so be aware. Yet still not as bloody as “American Horror Story: Apocalypse,” which may be the season that is just too frightening to watch, we’re not sure. Sarah Paulson is so menacing and the concept of a cannibalistic Joan Collins really took us aback. “Jack Ryan?” We have Amazon Prime, but we haven’t got to it yet. We’ll let you know. Sometimes one needs a thriller. Some things that made our eyebrows arch this week were Anderson Cooper getting trolled by Donald Trump Jr., who claimed Cooper had misrepresented the intensity of Hurricane Florence. Never before in history have we witnessed anything like the mishegoss of this administration as it oozes out over everything. It was a hurricane. To quote Trump Sr., “It was wet.” That bizarre exchange, which took place over Instagram, Twitter and Cooper’s TV show, drew homophobic backlash against the out gay anchor, fueled by Junior’s trolling. We’ve said it repeatedly over the past 21 months: When she referenced “deplorables,” Hillary Clinton was understating. Meanwhile, “Sesame Street” felt compelled to announce that Bert and Ernie are not gay. Vociferous insistence that the gay Muppet couple who have been an item for years were, well, just not gay. That’s all you need to know. Stop saying they are gay. “I created Bert. I know what and who he is,” Frank Oz wrote on Twitter in response to a tweet asking why the characters couldn’t be gay. Former “Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman said he had written the two characters as a couple based on his own relationship with film editor Arnold Glassman. “It seems Mr. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay. It’s fine that he feels they are. They’re not, of course,” Oz wrote in a bizarre, unnecessary and homophobic tweet. “Why that question? Does it really matter? Why the need to define people as only gay? There’s much more to a human being than just straightness or gayness.” Only gay? Really? Well, that is what straight people always say, yes. But for those of us who are gay, having representation is always going to matter. We watched the drama go down in real time and trend on Twitter, and we admit to being surprised at how insistent

Oz was. He said, “When a character is created to be queer it is indeed important that the character be known as such. It is also important when a character who was not created queer, be accepted as such.” We tweeted to Oz that it was often difficult for parents to accept when their kids were gay. The conflict continued when Sesame Workshop issued a statement (yes, let’s issue statements about the sexual orientation of puppets) asserting that Bert and Ernie were just BBC-TV good friends, which angered people more. Sesame Workshop had issued a similar rebuttal (we wrote about it here seven years ago) when there was a petition requesting that the couple get married on the show. After seeing the outrage over their first statement, Sesame Workshop issued a second statement Sept. 20: “Sesame Street has always stood for inclusion and acceptance. It’s a place where people of all cultures and backgrounds are welcome. Bert and Ernie were created to be best friends, and to teach young children that people can get along with those very different from themselves.” For his part, Oz continued to fight with people on Twitter (a losing proposition, as we know too well). Some wanted to know why Oz felt compelled to assert that Bert and Ernie were not gay. Oz said, “The same need I would feel if Bert were identified as a linebacker for the Colts. It’s not honest.” Right. Because people are always confusing puppets with linebackers. And the Colts? Something we weren’t expecting to be gay is the PBS Masterpiece series “The Miniaturist.” The threepart drama is set in Amsterdam in 1686, a period of religious fervor and strict social mores. We want to avoid spoilers, but it’s very gay, beautiful visually, with each scene like a Vermeer, and the acting is subtle and nuanced. The story revolves around 18-year-old Nella Oortman (Anya Taylor-Joy), who arrives in Amsterdam to meet her wealthy merchant husband Johannes Brandt (Alex Hassell), but is instead met by his sister Marin (Romola Garai). There are two servants, surly Cornelia (Hayley Squires) and loyal Otto (Paapa Essiedu). Otto is the only black man in Amsterdam, a slave Johannes bought and freed. What transpires among them is shocking and will make you oh-so-grateful to be living in this century, not that one. Available via local PBS stations. A compelling, introspective and darkly questioning piece about the nature of family, the price of freedom and what it meant to be gay several centuries ago. Finally, as we predicted, Darren Criss (“Glee”) won the Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of serial killer Andrew Cunanan in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” directed by Ryan Murphy. The series also won for Limited Series and for Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series. Criss was thrilled, made his girlfriend cry with his sweet acknowledgment of her (we keep forgetting he’s not really gay, he’s so convincing), and we were so pleased he won. When we’re right, we’re right. So for the ghastly non-Marvel DC series, old faves folding us into their comfy if often bloody arms, and for that puppet couple we know is one of us, you really must stay tuned.t

Theatre>>

September 27-October 3, 2018 • Bay Area Reporter • 23

Subtle puzzles of prejudice by Jim Gladstone

stereotypes wrestled with in the play are in no way Sinoo you enjoy puzzles? If specific. Fortunately, this you answered “Yes,” please thread is quickly dropped. continue to the next question; Like Chen, director Bill you may be a likely admirer of English offers some showy Christopher Chen’s “You Mean flourishes, but with less To Do Me Harm” now playing consistent success. Having at the San Francisco Playhouse. each scene’s non-speaking Do you still enjoy puzzles characters remain onstage when you can’t solve them? If as shadowy eavesdroppers you answered “Yes” – as playful, on the others’ conversations provocative Chen surely would proves an elegant evocation – by all means make your way of Chen’s alternate channels to this tricky Rubik’s Cube of a and subconscious narratives. comic drama. In 90 brainteasBut the impressive talents ing minutes, a prickly initial of sound and projection dedinner conversation between signer Theodore J.H. Hulske two well-to-do straight couples are egregiously misused here: is twisted, turned and imaginathe visual and sonic eruptively reconfigured, but never tions of static that literalize resolved. this channel-switching force That the pairs – Samantha a poetic notion into scienceand Ben, and Lindsey and Danfiction silliness. Similarly, iel – each consist of a Chinesescenic designer Angrette McAmerican spouse and a white Closkey has come up with one adds potent emotional a slick, elaborate set that stakes to the proceedings. Condistracts from the heart of scious and subconscious racial Chen’s work. preconceptions are perpetually But the skilled cast of in motion as Chen moves his four handles Chen’s script initial quartet into a series of well despite the superfluous two-character dialogues. trappings, subtly conveying As in manipulating a Ruthe shifts in tone and perbik’s Cube, much of the beauty spective that the stagecraft that emerges here is in pattern alternatively delivers with a Ken Levin recognition. How do intersledgehammer. In “You Mean Samantha (Charisse Loriaux), Ben (Cassidy Brown), Daniel (Jomar Tagatac), and Lindsey (Katie Rubin) in personal dynamics shift when to Do Me Harm,” Christo“You Mean to Do Me Harm” at San Francisco Playhouse. white characters are speaking pher Chen asks audiences to without the Chinese present? commit their attention to an ally sound. He forces the audience Do Me Harm” is that even when we politics. Suggesting that current When wives are alone without elegant, unsolvable puzzle. to consider the power of unspoken are at our most painstakingly selfdiplomatic conflicts between the husbands (one of each is white)? His script is reason enough to see cultural assumptions, whether they aware, we may still lack self control. U.S. and Chinese governments – When one couple is speaking about a production that leans too hard on are accurate or not. His characters In which case the harm in question profiteering, censorship and human another couple? And vice versa, and shiny toys.t repeatedly refer to “secret channels” may prove to be self-harm. rights are all invoked – somehow vice versa, and crisscross and back of nonverbal narrative that play in While he writes intimate contrickle down and create an irresistagain? San Francisco Playhouse, their minds, even as their actions versation deftly, Chen takes a disible undertow within these couples’ While Chen’s maneuvers are elabthrough Nov. 3. Tickets ($35may contradict them. The most tracting early stumble by having marriages is a serious overreach, $125): (415) 677-9596. www. orate, his dramatic architecture resfplayhouse.com powerful message of “You Mean To his characters argue about global especially since the Asian-American mains sharply drawn and structur-

The other Grey Gardens by David-Elijah Nahmod

ecades ago, socialite Lee Radziwill (sister of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) and artist-photographer Peter Beard were two of the “beautiful people.” As “That Summer,” the new documentary by Goran Olsson, begins, they are seen frolicking with the likes of Onassis, Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger and Truman Capote on the exclusive beaches of Montauk, NY, where the very rich go to spend their summers. That summer of 1972, Radziwill and Beard decide to make an “environmental film” about the Hamptons. Radziwill comes up with the idea of getting her “very eccentric aunt” to narrate the film. Said aunt turns out to be Edith Bouvier Beale, who lives in squalor in a dilapidated mansion with her even more eccentric daughter, Edith (Little Edie) Beale. These are the same two ladies who, a few years later, would achieve cinema immortality when they were featured

Christian Siriano

From page 19

Growing up in Annapolis with a single mother who championed and motivated him, he attended the prestigious Baltimore School for the Arts, where being openly gay wasn’t an issue. He found classmates who were like him in an environment that pushed his creative boundaries. He applied to his dream school, the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, but was rejected. Although devastated, he didn’t let this setback thwart him. He attended a London college, working with

in the classic documentary “Grey Gardens.” Radziwill and Beard shot four reels of film with the Beales, giving up on their environmental film idea and focusing their camera almost entirely on these two crazy cat ladies, whose house is so filthy the county threatens to evict them. Those four reels make up the bulk of “That Summer.” Many years earlier, the Beales had been part of high society. By 1972 they were living in a pigsty that would frighten a hoarder, yet they continued to behave as though they were part of the ruling class. They bicker a lot, seemingly oblivious to the horrid conditions they’ve living in. A lot of what they say makes little sense. They talk about the raccoons outside their window, wondering if the food they’d fed them had made them sick. County inspectors converge on the house and force a cleanup. The ladies view this as an intrusion. “That Summer” is a strange, fascinating look at two women who defied conventions and walked to the

beat of their own drum. More than likely they were mentally ill, with Little Edie the more far-gone. She often starts whispering in the middle of conversations, her ramblings going nowhere. She bursts into song, offering a cringe-inducing rendition of a 1940s pop tune, “My Adobe Hacienda.” Yet, strange as they are, there is something likable about this pair. Their familial connection to Mrs. Onassis adds to their mystique. Radziwill and Beard abandoned their project, and the footage they shot went unseen for decades. But one of the cinematographers they’d hired was Albert Maysles, a documentary filmmaker who saw the potential in telling the Beales’ story. A few years later he

and his brother David returned to the house and convinced the

Beales to go before the cameras again. “Grey Gardens” was the result. After her mother died, Little Edie had a brief cabaret career (her reviews were horrible) before moving to Florida, where some say she kept a nice apartment and lived an uneventful life. It’s easy now to view the years that she and her mother spent together as a tragedy. “I never thought of the Beales as unfortunate, sad, or anything except excellent at feeling what it was like to hold onto the past,” Beard, who serves as one of the new film’s producers, says in “That Summer.” The film is now available on DVD.t

English designers Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood. He became proficient with the fashion world from the bottom up, learning how to sew and cut patterns. His eccentricity was celebrated. Returning to New York, he couldn’t find a job despite working as an intern at Marc Jacobs. Alerted by a friend, he auditioned for TV’s “Project Runway,” and at age 21 became the youngest contestant. He won, and his catchphrase, “Fierce,” would become the industry’s motto. Despite his success, he had to prove he was viable as a designer business. He had to build a brand.

Emerging during the Great Recession of 2008, he required major financial backing. Understanding he would need to do it his own way, he opened accounts with mass market companies including Payless, LG, Victoria Secret, even Starbucks Gift Card, to find the revenue stream to build his business. His first application to the Council of Fashion Designers of America had been rejected, but two years later was accepted. In 2013 he started getting his red carpet moments, fitting Lady Gaga for her first TV appearance, actress Scarlett Johansson for the cover of Cosmopolitan, making

plus-size black “SNL” actress Leslie Jones look stunning, and dressing first lady Michelle Obama for the Democratic National Convention. Siriano wanted to connect with women of all body types, emerging at the forefront of the body positive movement in the fashion industry. He was the first to put a plus-sized model in his runway show. Following the lead of his mother who had shopped there for years, he collaborated with Lane Bryant. His whole collection was available up to size 26, and he required his retailers to stock every size in their stores. By putting his imprint on a key

social issue through his designs, he showed how people could accept their bodies as they are. Siriano attributes his success to his obsession with his craft, a true entrepreneurial spirit, an unapologetic work ethic, fearlessness, and confidence. Nina Garcia, one of the judges on “Project Runway,” recognized that Siriano had the charisma needed to become a renowned designer. He wanted people to be transformed by his clothes. He has succeeded beyond his dreams, becoming an inspiration to young LGBTQ visionaries everywhere.t

<< Books

24 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

Further reading, fall 2018 (part 1) by Gregg Shapiro

icture this: Subtitled “a story of Childhood,” James Baldwin’s only children’s book “Little Man Little Man” (Duke U. Press, 1976), with illustrations by Yoran Cazac, is now available for the first time in more than 40 years, in a new edition with a foreword by Baldwin’s nephew Tejan Karefa-Smart, on whom the book’s main character TJ is based, and an afterword by Baldwin’s niece Aisha Karefa-Smart. Molly Knox Ostertag’s Y/A graphic novel “The Hidden Witch” (Graphix/Scholastic) is the visually captivating story of Aster, a boy with powers granted permission to study witchery with the female students. It features his friendship with athletic gal pal Charlie, who lives with her two dads. A “timely parable about family values and social justice,” “Liza Jane & the Dragon” (Black Sheep/Akashic), written by Laura

Lippman and illustrated by Kate Samworth, introduces us to Liza Jane and the dragon she hired to replace the parents she thought she could improve on, until she discovered how wrong she was. Musically inclined: Queer singer-songwriter Ezra Furman, whose latest album is the amazing “Transangelic Exodus,” puts pen to paper for the acclaimed “33 1/3” book series. Via “close listening and personal reflection,” Furman takes on the late Lou Reed’s groundbreaking 1972 album “Transformer” (Bloomsbury Academic). Coinciding with the birth centennial of her father composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein, “Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein” (Harper), by Jamie Bernstein, deals openly and honestly with his homosexuality. Poet Laury A. Egan has returned with her seventh book, the novel “Fabulous! An Opera Buffa” (Tiny Fox Press). Struggling opera singer

Camp” and “Margaret Mead Made Me Gay.” Her latest, “My Butch Career: A Memoir” (Duke U.), details “her struggle to write, teach and find love” while surviving a period of intense homophobic persecution. Lise Weil’s “In Search of Pure Lust: A Memoir” (She Writes Press) follows the author’s realization of her queerness, her coming out in the 1970s, and the road to inner peace she sought through Buddhism. “Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics” (Bloomsbury), by Marjorie J. Spruill, takes readers back 40 years, tracing the ongoing struggle between the women’s rights movement and the conservative movement. “Crudo” (Norton) is the debut novel by nonfiction writer Olivia Lang, written in the voice of “a commitment-phobic peripatetic artist who may or may not be” the late Kathy Acker, who died in 1997.t

Gilbert Eugene Rose, who doubles as divine drag queen Kiri De Uwana to make ends meet, gets entangled in a dispute between a mobster and an opera producer. Powerful sisterhood: In “A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir” (U. of

Nebraska Press), Sandra Gail Lambert, who contracted polio as child, writes about “the intersection of disability, queerness and female desire” in a series of “memoir-in-essays.” Cultural anthropologist Esther Newton is the author of “Mother

pants with racing stripes, and matching top, was developed by Egyptian-American Showcasing the work of over Splashgear founder 80 mostly Muslim, emergShereen Sabet, a ing and veteran designers, scuba diver and scia number of whom have entist based in L.A. trained in the West, the beauAlthough many Mustifully installed exhibition lims consider maintraverses the world, from the taining one’s health a Middle East, Malaysia, Inreligious obligation, donesia and Pakistan to the engaging in physical U.S. and England, in its exexercise and comploration of designers’ varied peting in sports in interpretations of “modest public can be probfashion.” It includes photolematical for women graphs and videos commentliving in cultures and ing on perceptions of Muslim communities where women and their dress; a the female body is selection of high-end custom regarded as transcouture from the Algeriangressive. Recently, born Yves Saint-Laurent, however, innovators Oscar de la Renta, Dior and like Sabet and major other Western collections retailers have been inspired by the aesthetics of targeting a new conMuslim cultures; ultra-chic sumer base: female streetwear like a classy, offMuslim athletes who white trenchcoat by Turkish wish to pursue an designer Kuaybe Gider; Saudi active life in the open Arabian designer Mashael – swimming, surfAlrajhi’s cool, slouchy take on ing, running – while the tuxedo jacket influenced Rick Gerharter adhering to codes of by Japanese deconstructed modesty. Last year, styles; and a sophisticated, A gown by Melinda Looi is featured in the Nike, in collaboralong white flared coat “Contemporary Muslim Fashions” exhibit now at the tion with clothing trimmed in black that’s Mar- de Young Museum. designers such as iam Bin Mahfouz’s update of Alrajhi, became the the abaya, a traditional robeball caps and examples of the “burfirst global sports brand to tap this like garment. kini,” or full-coverage swimsuit. market when it introduced its Pro One section features sportswear A periwinkle blue swim outfit on Hijab, a stretchy, lightweight polyeswith hoodies, swingy jackets, baseview, comprised of a hood, skirted

ter head covering. Westerners who associate Muslim dress solely with burkas and headscarves will be surprised at the inventive ways Muslim women – and the legion of creative talent that serves them – express themselves through fashion. But those expressions must necessarily co-exist with, conform to, or surmount restrictive parameters, a subtext not directly addressed here. As a Western woman visiting this exhibition, it’s impossible not to question the underlying reason for modesty in Muslim dress, and to suspect it’s a manifestation of male oppression and dominance, rooted in religious and social custom, that requires women to cover their bodies in public, thereby relieving men of culpability for feelings and desires they project onto women. The issue is the elephant in the room, one the exhibition discreetly sidesteps. Most but not all of the clothing on display almost entirely covers the body and is, as one would expect, deliberately loose, even on the matronly side, as opposed to body-conscious and form-fitting. To a Western mindset, the concept of modesty, which is about concealment or degrees thereof, and high fashion, whose raison d’etre is turning heads and calling attention to the wearer, seem at odds. But the exhibition demonstrates that modesty considerations don’t preclude glamour, precision couture cuts and constructions, or tantalizing fabrics with metallic treatments, rich

textures, beading, etc. The young upstart fashion label FIZIWOO is behind the artisanal, floor-length, blood-red ruffle dress decorated with gold star paillettes, suitable for a grand entrance by Scarlett O’Hara, while the lines of Dian Pelangi’s gleaming embroidered silk organza jacket, belted over a long full skirt, are pure elegance. One detects in Pelangi, a daringly modern, 27-year-old Indonesian designer, a barely contained inclination for wildness. Melinda Looi, the Alexander McQueen of Malaysia, really rocks. A secular country, Malaysia’s Muslim, Christian, Buddhist and Hindu cultures provide a diverse array of sources for the spectacular, scene-stealing creations of Looi, who traffics in the wow factor and designs with the empowerment of women in mind. She’s represented by two dramatic ensembles that are the antithesis of subdued: a flowing, silk-batik kaftan in desert tones, topped off by a tawny, sky-high, whipped chiffon turban; and a voluminous, V-shaped red costume fit for an African queen. Wide at the top, tapered just below the hip, and accented by strings of chunky turquoise, it’s made of embroidered textiles, patterned brocades woven with metallic threads and satin, and a pair of animal horns protruding from the shoulders that no girl should be without.t

Along with peace of mind, Creel’s full acceptance of himself and his career in musical theater yielded a new level of professional success. After touring the U.S. with “Mormon,” he opened the West End production in London, winning an Olivier Award as Best Actor. Then a Broadway run in “She Loves Me,” and of course, his Tony-winning performance in “Dolly.” “I feel at home now,” Creel says of his life today, complete with dog, boyfriend (also an actor) and Broadway. “I’m a lucky human being. I’m ready to put myself out there as a musical theater guy,” he says of his San Francisco concert, which he hopes will be the first of many to come. But while Creel has momentarily set aside performing his original tunes in favor of classic numbers from Broadway history, he hasn’t left them behind for good. “I’m really encouraged to see how pop and theater music are coming closer together,” he says, pointing to the success of “Hamilton,” Sarah Bareilles’ “Waitress” and the work of his fellow Michigan Wolverines

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who composed “Dear Evan Hansen” and had a Top 40 hit with “This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman.” So encouraged, in fact, that Creel is at work on a musical built around his own pop tunes. “I’m gonna ‘Mamma Mia’ myself,” he jokes. “I’ve been writing a storyline that connects the songs I’ve written over the past 20 years. I know the arc of the plot and what I’m trying to say. It’s about a guy in his early 40s. He’s sort of aimlessly wandering through New York. He first moved there when he was in his 20s, when he was really on fire, but got a little lost along the way. He’s feeling a kind of loneliness and emptiness. But then he runs into a young guy, full of this vivacious, exciting, sexy energy, and has a relationship with him. Of course, it’s really himself, 20 years earlier.”t

Muslim Fashions

From page 19

Gavin Creel

From page 19

So it comes as a surprise that, after 16 years on the musical theater A-list, Creel’s performance at the Venetian Room on Oct. 14, as part of the Bay Area Cabaret series, will be his first major concert of showtunes. He’ll do two warm-up gigs at a small New York venue a few days before flying west. “For the first 10 years I was on Broadway, I avoided it. I said that I only wanted to do Broadway on Broadway,” explains the Ohio native. Throughout those years, Creel pursued a parallel career path as a singer-songwriter. “That whole time I was meeting with managers and cutting albums. When I did solo shows, it was in small rooms doing my own stuff and some rock covers.” Some of Creel’s solid pop recordings can still be found on iTunes. “I did study musical theater, and I had this great early professional success,” recalls Creel, a proud University of Michigan alumnus. “But there were times I really felt burnt out on it. I think subconsciously I wanted to

turn my back on the thing that paid me, the thing that was my job.” Rocker vs. actor was just one of the identity issues Creel wrestled with during his career’s first decade. “I didn’t really publicly come out as a gay man until I was doing ‘Hair,’” he explains. “Doing that show really woke me up.” Empowered by the musical’s countercultural idealism, Creel, along with fellow theater actor Rory O’Malley and Jenny Kanelos, founded Broadway Impact, which organized and mobilized the theater community around advocacy for marriage equality. Among their accomplishments were a series of fundraising concerts and nationwide series of benefit readings of Dustin Lance Black’s play “8,” about Proposition 8. After successful runs in “Hair” in both New York and London, Creel released one more pop record, “Get Out,” in early 2012. As had been the case with his past albums, it made little commercial impact. In the wake of that project, Creel took to the road as the lead in the first national tour of “The Book of

Mormon.” The five weeks he played Elder Price at the Curran were the only time Creel has been to San Francisco prior to next month’s concert. “The San Francisco audiences were just mental for ‘Mormon,’” he recalls fondly. “The geography of the city and the drama of the hills made such an impression on me, too. It feels like Europe, but then there’s a palm tree on the corner!” Creel was accompanied on tour by his then two-year-old mixedbreed hound dog. “His name is Wally. I named him after the Pixar movie, but changed the spelling so I wouldn’t seem like so much of a nerd. One of my best memories of the city is driving him up to Fort Funston to play.” In addition to giving him plenty of time to bond with Wally, Creel recalls the “Mormon” tour as giving him time to settle into himself. And his career in the theater. “I was 36 years old,” he remembers. “And I said to myself, ‘This is good. This is a really good life. I’m ready to relax into it, and enjoy and see what I can learn.’”

Through Jan 6; deyoung.famsf.org

Gavin Creel, Sun., Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Bay Area Cabaret at the Venetian Room, The Fairmont, 950 Mason St., SF. Tickets ($65): (415) 927-4636, www.bayareacabaret.org.

Shining Stars

Arts Events www.ebar.com

Vol. 48 • No. 39 • September 27-October 3, 2018

Leatherpalooza!

Folsom Street Fair kinks it up

by Race Bannon

he San Francisco Bay Area tends to be awash in far more leather and kink happenings than most metro areas. The month of September each year, especially the week leading up to Folsom Street Fair, is when the number of events for the LGBTQ kinky crowd skyrockets. I’ve jokingly referred to this period as “leatherpalooza” to friends.

Iggy

See page 27 >>

Nightlife Events September 27-October 4

Thu 27

Baloney @ Oasis

Listings on page 26 > { THIRD OF THREE SECTIONS }

<< Nightlife Events

26 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

Big Boy @ Lone Star Saloon Folsom edition of the big guy night, with DJ BoyShapedbox. $5. 9pm2am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Thu 27 After Dark @ Exploratorium Cocktails and science exhibits. $15$20. 6pm-10pm. Pier 13, Embarcadero at Green St. www.exploratorium.edu

Folsom Freeball @ Powerhouse Let it hang loose in mesh, gym shorts, etc, at the Happy Hour hunkfest. 6pm-9pm. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Baloney @ Oasis Super Folsomy kinky fun burlesque all-male (and a drag king or two) show, with numbers choreographed by Rory Davis; Michael Phillis MCs. $ 9/26 & 27 8pm. 9/28 & 29 7pm. 298 11th St. https://www.sfbaloney.com/ www.sfoasis.com

Hello Daddy @ Oasis Sam Morrison’s funny gay stand-up set. $15-$20. 8pm. Also Sept 29. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Bar of One’s Own @ The Stud Happy hour for writers and artists, this month featuring Monique Jenkinson (Fauxnique). 5pm-8pm. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Bull Metal Jacket @ Lone Star Saloon Pre-Folsom Fair kink-leather night with DJ Bulldog Mike spinning metal rock. $5. 8pm-2am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Junk @ Powerhouse MrPam and Dulce de Leche cohost the weekly underwear strip night and contest, with sexy prizes. $5. 10pm2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Literary Speakeasy @ Martuni’s Enjoy a cocktail with literary talents Steven Gray, Ingrid Keir, Brittany Perham, Jim Provenzano, musical guest Tyler Hall, and host James J. Siegel. 7pm. 4 Valencia St.

Porn @ The Stud

Tue 2

Sampson McCormick @ Yoshi’s Oakland

Royal Variety Show @ Moby Dick Queen Dilly Dally’s weekly fun variety show of drag, music and even puppets. 9pm-11pm. 4049 18th St. www.queendillydally.com

Sundance Saloon @ Space 550 The Country-Western line-dancing two-stepping dance event celebrates 20 years. Free thru April 29; $5 after. 5pm-10:30pm. Also Sundays. 550 Barneveld Ave. sundancesaloon.org

Fri 28 Access Happy Hour @ Oasis

Queer and sex worker party with DJs Dub-S, Glo, and CLR-Jamz. $7pm$10pm. 9pm-10pm. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Linty hosts a drag show and fundraiser for Access SFUSD’s The Arc, supporting adults with disabilities. 5pm-8pm. 298 11th St. sfoasis.com

Queer Karaoke @ Club OMG

Bearracuda @ Public Works

KJ Dana hosts the weekly singing night; unleash your inner American Idol ; first Thursdays are Costume Karaoke; 3rd is Kinky Karaoke 8pm. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.com

The Folsom edition of the big bears and cubs night gets leathery, with DJs Ted Eiel, Victor Rodriguez and Perfect Lovers. Clothes check, big bars, big space and big men. $20-$30. 9pm4am. 161 Erie St. bearracuda.com

Honcho @ The Stud DJs Massimiliano Pagliari, Adab and Aaron Clark DJ. $5-$10. 10pm-4am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Latin Explosion @ Club 21 The popular Latin club with gogo guys galore and Latin music. $10-$20. 9pm-3am. 2111 Franklin St., Oakland. www.club21oakland.com

Red Hots Burlesque @ The Stud The saucy women’s burlesque show will titillate and tantalize. $10-$20. 7pm-9pm. 399 9th St. www.redhotsburlesque.com

Steam @ Powerhouse Leather and wet towels? Sure, why not at the bathhouse-themed night. $5. 9pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Taboo @ Oasis Dance, kink and puppy play party with porn stud Boomer Banks, VIP lap dancespup and drag performances; clothes check available. $10. 10pm-2am. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Sat 29 Chest @ Powerhouse Nipple play fetish afternoon. 2pm-5pm. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Dicks and Dicks @ Lone Star Saloon Sergio Fedasz DJs the Folsom kink bear night. $7. 9pm-2am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Filthy Nuts @ Powerhouse Dulce De Leche and Mr. David cohost the gogo stud balls-out night, with DJ Guy Ruben. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Love Hangover @ Lone Star Saloon DJs Mark Louque and Saphho, residents Lotus Disco and Justime play at the daytime queer booxy night. $5-$10. 3pm-9pm. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Mother @ Oasis Heklina’s popular drag show, with special guests and great music themes. Sept 27 with James Majesty, Rock M. Sakura, Mason Dixon Jars, Roxy Cotton Candy, Trixxie Carr and more. DJ MC2 plays grooves. $15$20. 10pm-3am (11:30pm show). 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Sun 30 Airtight, Teenage Dreams @ The Stud Daytime dark cool escape from Folsom Street Fair, 2pm-9pm. Evening dancing with La Frida Moths Protect Me, Brown and more. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Beer Bust @ SF Eagle The popular daytime party, where $10-$15 gets you all the beer you can drink, supporting worthy causes. 3pm-6pm. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Blessed @ Port Bar, Oakland Carnie Asada’s fun drag night with Carnie’s Angels Mahlae Balenciaga and Au Jus, plus DJ Ion. 2023 Broadway. www.portbaroakland.com

Justin Vivian Bond @ Oasis The celebrated chanteuse returns to the Bay with a new show, The Boys in Trees. $27.50-$40. 7pm & 10pm. Also Oct 4, 10pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Karaoke Night @ Club 1220, Walnut Creek Sing along at the East Bar gay bar; dance nights on weekends, and drag shows, too. 9pm-1am. 1220 Pine St., Walnut Creek. https://www.club1220.com/

Mr. International Freedom @ Papi Rico Happy hour meet & greet for the LGBT Asylum Project; meet handsome contestants representing multiple countries at the upcoming contest (Oct. 17, at Oasis). 6pm-8pm. 544 Castro St. www.lgbtasylumproject.org/

Cruisin’, Sundies @ Lone Star Saloon Sappho & guests DJ the daytime fun 2pm-9pm; Paul Goodyear DJs the underwear party 9pm-2am. $5. 9pm2am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Mon 1 Happy Hour @ The Cinch Happy hour at the historic neighborhood bar. 5pm-8pm. 1723 Polk St. www.cinchsf.com

Piano Bar 101 @ Martuni’s

Wed 3

Justin Vivian Bond @ Oasis

Sing-along night with talented locals, and charming accompanist Joe Wicht. 9pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market.

Underwear Night @ 440 Strip down to your skivvies at the popular men’s night. 9pm-2am. 440 Castro St. 621-8732. the440.com

Tue 2 Sampson McCormick @ Yoshi’s Oakland The acclaimed gay comic and social critic performs “You Better Be Hella Funny,” his insightful stand-up act; musician Ahsa-Ti Nu opens. $25. 8pm. 510 Embarcadero West. yoshis.com

Trivia Night @ Port Bar, Oakland Cranny hosts a big gay trivia night at the East Bay bar; drinks specials and prizes. 7:30pm. 2023 Broadway. www.portbaroakland.com

Vice Tuesdays @ Q Bar Queer femmes and friends dance party with hip hop, Top 40 and throwbacks at the stylish intimate bar, with DJs Val G and Iris Triska. 9pm2am. 456 Castro St. www.QbarSF.com

Wed 3 B.P.M. @ Club BnB, Oakland Olga T and Shugga Shay’s weekly queer women and men’s R&B hip hop and soul night, at the club’s new location. 8pm-2am. 2120 Broadway, Oakland. www.bench-and-bar.com

Pan Dulce @ Beaux Drag divas, gogo studs, DJed Latin grooves and drinks. 9pm-2am (free before 10:30pm). 2344 Market St. www.clubpapi.com

Thu 4 Lenny Kravitz @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium The rockin’ musician performs with his band; Curtis Harding opens. $65-$95. 8pm. 99 Grove St. www.apeconcerts.com

Throwin’ Hoes @ Elbo Room Live music and drag acts Siri, Ah Mer Ah Su, Astu, Nicki Jizz, Fiera and God’s Little Princess. $5-$10. 9pm. 647 Valencia St. www.elbo.com

Varla Jean Merman @ Oasis The big drag star performs her new show, Under a Big Top. $24-$40. Also Oct. 5-7. 7pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Villains and Vixens @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko Clay David’s witty cabaret show blends songs made famous by women singers (Earth Kitt, Cher, Helen reddy) and Broadway Disney villain characters. $25-$45 ($20 food/drink min.). 8pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

New Breed @ Club Six Polyglamorous and Pound Puppy’s combined Folsom dance event, with DJs Massimiliano Pagliara, Oscar, Kevin O’Connor, Chris Cruse, Beya, Major and Mark O’Brien. $25-$60. 10pm-6am. 60 6th St. https://bit.ly/2DkxJ4b

Gooch

For full listings, visit www.ebar.com/events

Onyx @ Powerhouse DJ Blackstone plays at the Men of Color leather party. $5. 5pm-9pm. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Sugar @ The Cafe Dance, drink, cruise at the Castro club, with DJs Gay Marvine, Taco Tuesday and Matthew XO. 9pm-2am. 2369 Market St. www.cafesf.com

Sat 29

Mother @ Oasis

Leather>>

September 27-October 3, 2018 • Bay Area Reporter • 27

Rich Stadtmiller

The Silence

Top: A flogging demonstration at the 2016 Folsom Street Fair. Bottom: Kinkerbelle, one of the many performers at Twisted Windows.

Leatherpalooza!

From page 25

Folsom Street Fair itself, happening Sunday, September 30, continues to remain the Grand Poobah of the weekend’s festivities, but around it has grown a blossoming array of accompanying events. This year’s high holy days of leather appear to be offering us up more things to do than ever with a schedule packed with something for every flavor of LGBTQ kinkster. We’re headed directly into the most packed part of the month. So, you’ll want to check out the Leather Events calendar on our ebar.com site (BARtab > LeatherKink). You may be shocked by how much is available to attend. Aren’t we here in the Bay Area lucky? A word of advice: If you’re planning to go to a ticketed event, please consider buying your tickets in advance. Some events sell out. Even if they have tickets at the door, having them in hand often gets you into the event more quickly, avoiding point-of-sale lines. Plus, our hard-working producers, businesses and organizations can plan better and have more seed money ahead of time. The busy leather week kicked off Sunday, September 23, with Leath-

erWalk. Leatherfolk and kinksters walked from the Castro down Market Street to South of Market where they stopped at Oasis, Powerhouse, The Lone Star Saloon and the SF Eagle along they way, officially kicking off the busy week ahead. One of the more unique events taking place on Friday, September 28, is Twisted Windows. Catering to the entire range of kinksters including those from the LGBTQ kink communities, it’s a truly queerfriendly environment. Twisted Windows features over 50 performers on five simultaneous stages, with a focus on bondage performance and sensual circus arts. This is the erotic and artistic mixed in visually stunning ways. Kinkerbelle, one of the performers, described it like this. “Twisted Windows is an incredible event unlike any other that lets you see, support and interact with performers from both artistic and erotic realms; truly a unique experience and clearly a labor of love and passion by everyone involved.” A one-time event on Saturday, September 29, at The Stud that you might want to consider is the premiere of the film The Figa: An Oral Herstory of the Legendary Catacombs Club, featuring world-renowned historian of San Francisco

The Figa

Dr. Gayle Rubin, expert historian on South of Market leather culture, appears in the film The Figa: An Oral Herstory of the Legendary Catacombs Club.

leather culture, Dr. Gayle Rubin. The Figa is an experimental documentary featuring Dr. Rubin directed by artists Jonesy and Jaime C Knight. It mixes an interview with Dr. Rubin about the history of fisting and the legendary San Francisco Catacombs with an interpretive reenactment in an installation created by the artists featuring a cast of queer luminaries. The film also features historical ephemera from the Catacombs, items from the personal collection of Dr. Rubin, and objects made by the artists specifically for the production. The 5:30 p.m. screening will include a question and answer chat moderated by Andy Campbell. Then Gayle Rubin will demonstrate her DJ skills by spinning a Catacombs-inspired set. A happy hour hosted by John Cartwright is also part of the evening. A stalwart supporter of the local community has always been the iconic leather, gear and toy store, Mr. S Leather. Their in-store parties have become legendary and they’re having another one on Saturday, September 29. These parties give you the opportunity to mingle, cruise and shop, all at the same time. How awesome is that? Additionally, they will also have for sale last-minute tickets to some of the big events over the weekend. It’s rather evident when you look at the events taking place during this busy weekend that most appear to cater predominantly to gay men. That’s true again this year, but increasingly producers are creating events to serve other niches within the overall set of kink communities. One such example is the play party Sunday, September 30, at SF Catalyst for trans folks and cis-women (anyone who identifies other than cis-male). Dance parties are always among the bigger events over the Folsom Street Fair weekend and this year is offering us more than ever before. On Friday, September 28, Prime caters to men in their “prime” and their admirers. I have strong ties to this event and am honored to be affiliated with an event that directly embraces not-so-young men like myself. Even the gogo men (not boys) dancing on the boxes will all be hot 50+ guys. Also Friday, the guys from the famous New York Brüt parties and Brian Kent Productions again team up to bring you another San Francisco edition of Brüt. When the Brüt producers decided to take their highly successful dance events to other parts of the country, San Francisco was lucky enough to be one of their destinations. Typically, the centerpiece dance event of this leather weekend is Magnitude, the official Saturday night dance party of Folsom Street Fair. As always, they promise worldclass lighting, live stage shows, and big-name DJs along with thousands of dancing men. So, you can see my growing dilemma with my limited space here. I’ve mentioned just a few of the more than 30 events taking place over just the next four days that cater to the LGBTQ kinky communities. And that doesn’t include the many other events that might not target LGBTQ communities, and are therefore not the focus of this publication, but that are welcoming to the entire range of orientations. If you see a leathered-up blur zoom past you sometime this weekend, it just might be me trying to run around to all of these amazing events. Hopefully I’ll see lots of my readers out and about. Have fun. Be safe. Watch out for each other. And do all that while being as kinky as you want to be, because this is the weekend to do that!t Race Bannon is a local author, blogger and activist. www.bannon.com

Leather Events, Folsom Weekend

Fri 28 Brüt @ Great Northern

Thu 27 Frisky Pups: Folsom @ SF Catalyst A play party for sex-positive men, boys, and pups. Fully equipped play space with BDSM equipment, fuck benches, beds, slings, puppy mats, and much more. $20 in advance, 1060 Folsom St., 10:30am-2:30pm. Tickets at https://goo.gl/N6aq2J.

Cigar Social WelCum Party @ SF Eagle Come have a smoke on the patio; DJ Matt Consola. 398 12th St., 9pm-2am. www.sf-eagle.com

Folsom Prison @ Underground SF Mr. Drummer '79 presents a night at the legendary Folsom Prison, one of the landmark bars of the Miracle Mile. Guest Carlos Souffront and resident DJ Matthew Paul. $10, 424 Haight St., 9pm2am. https://goo.gl/BUaEgz

Fri 28 Beards & Booze @ The Edge This weekly happy hour event is for bearded guys and the beard fetishists who like them. 4149 18th St., 5pm. www.edgesf.com

Brüt - FLSM Friday @ Great Northern A dark seedy dance floor, amazing NYC underground house music, and hot men; DJs Peter Napoli, Dan Darlington and Manny Ward. $60, 119 Utah St., 10pm-4am. https://goo.gl/DkvnTW

FLSM Leather Sunset Cruise @ Pier 3 Join this cruise part of the biggest leather weekend of the year. Board a one of a kind passenger ferry with an open-air top deck, and experience all that the Bay has to offer with sexy leatherfolk from around the world. $65, Pier 3, 6pm. https://goo.gl/XAUPg3

The Exiles Folsom Social @ Center for Sex&Culture Social event welcomes people of all genders and identities, including out-of-towners, to enjoy their hospitality. Stop by for entertainment, demos, delicious refreshments, and cake. A silent auction features many leather/kink items. Free to all Exiles members with a suggested donation of $5-20 for nonmembers. No one turned away for lack of funds. 1349 Mission St., 7:30-10:30pm. www.theexiles.org

Twisted Windows: Folsom Edition @ SOMArts Cultural Center Performance and kink event with four simultaneous stages featuring international artists and unique acts; exquisitely erotic, sensually subversive, and particularly perilous – the performances spotlight suspension bondage and Shibari (and even participatory shenanigans). $50-$90, 934 Brannan St., 7:45pm-1am. Tickets at https://goo.gl/Mf6D2q.

See page 28 >>

CATERING MENU OPTION ONE Beef, Chicken or Pork cooked on site, Rice & Beans, Guacamole, Sour Cream, Tortillas, Pico de Gallo, Cheese Quesadillas and Hot Secret Sauce, Forks, Napkins and Plates

$695 up to 50 people One hour cooking, Two hours service.

Call or order online!

(855) 437-8226 takobarcatering.com

<< Leather Events

28 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

Leather Events

Sat 29

From page 27

Sober Kink Together @ Castro Country Club

Magnitude @ Fort Mason Center

Aftershock @ City Nights

Officially a CMA meeting, but open to all Anonymous 12-step Fellowship members, 4058 18th St., 9:30pm. www.castrocountryclub.org

Gear/Leather Party @ 442 Natoma

Release: Open Space @ SF Catalyst

Recon San Francisco @ DNA Lounge

Prime @ Club Six The Folsom-themed dance party that welcomes older men, with DJ Neon The Glowgobear, and Serge P; gogo studs in their prime, lighting and production by William Brown; hosts: Race Bannon, Russ IkallBeets, Seth Adams. Clothes check available. $30-$50, 60 6th St., 10pm-4am. https://goo.gl/Fvah2B.

Taboo: Puppy Play Folsom Edition @ SF Oasis Fetish canine-themed dance and cruise event. Show off on the dance floor in leather, or less. VIP lap dances optional. Clothes check available. $10, 298 11th St., 10pm3am. https://goo.gl/BWEvFj

Sat 29 Folsom BLUF – Hot Boots Brunch @ Firewood Annual Folsom event; put on your gear and join leather and boot men for a fun, social and friendly brunch. 4248 18th St., 12pm. http://www.blufsf.com/

Geared Up In-Store Party @ Mr. S Leather

Onyx NW: Back to Black @ Powerhouse

At the infamous in-store party, stop by the shop to grab the gear you need for Folsom Weekend and hang with sexy men from all over the world. 385 8th St., 12pm-6pm. www.mr-s-leather.com

International Mr. Leather 2018 James Lee, and Onyx Founder, Mufasa Ali cohost a "Back in Black" leather-fetish-kink-gear happy hour. 1347 Folsom St., 5-9pm. www.onyxnorthwest.com

Leather Cruise @ Pier 3

Men’s BDSM Play Party @ SF Catalyst

The Golden Gate Guards host their annual leather cruise on San Francisco Bay. Leather or uniform attire is strongly suggested. Net proceeds benefit SF Bay Area Leather Alliance. Early Bird tickets $75. Regular tickets $90.00. Drink tickets may be purchased in advance. Pier 3, check-in 4:30pm, boarding 5:15pm, departs 5:30pm, returns 8:15pm. https://goo.gl/SyoSfz

Film Premier @ The Stud Jonsey and Jamie C. Knight premiere their film The FIGA: An Oral Herstory of the Legendary Catacombs Club featuring Dr. Gayle Rubin. Q&A chat moderated by Andy Campbell followed by a Catacombs-inspired DJ set by Gayle Rubin. Special happy hour hosted by John Cartwright. 21+, $5, 399 9th St., 5-8pm (film screens at 5:30pm). www.studsf.com

Playmates and soul mates...

San Francisco:

1-415-692-5774 Megamates.com 18+

StevenUnderhill PHOTOGRAPHY

The 15 Association men’s BDSM play party. Every year this party during the busy leather weekend sells out. Check the website for special attendance procedures. 1060 Folsom St., 6pm-12am (doors close 10pm). www.the15sf.org

QTies: A Bay Area Queer & Trans Play Party @ Iron Giant Loft

Release into the SF Catalyst space throughout the morning and afternoon of the Fair; includes water (bring your own bottle), light snacks, lockers, shower, a place to socialize and relax as well as play space to try out new toys. In and out privileges apply. Everyone is welcome. $25 at door, $20 in advance. 1060 Folsom St., 10am6pm. https://goo.gl/Zu4QLQ.

CumUnion Party @ 442 Natoma CumUnion celebrates with its annual fair day party, just blocks from the Fair. 442 Natoma St., $15 (requires $5 membership), 3pm12am. www.442parties.com

Deviants @ Mezzanine The official closing party of Folsom Street Fair features DJ Derek Monteiro, DJ Lina and Lovefingers. The King of Sleeze, Mario Diaz hosts. All guests subject to pat downs and bag checks. It’s recommended you not bring bags larger than 18"x18." $45, 444 Jessie St., 6pm-2am. https://goo.gl/PN2ogt.

Trans Folx and Cis-Women Party Folsom Street Edition @ SF Catalyst Join SF Catalyst for a party for Women and Trans Folx; open to anyone who identifies other than cis male. Add on the Overnight for $10 and to get options for using the space during the day ($25 at the door, $20 in advance). $20 at door, $15 in advance, 1060 Folsom St., 6pm-12am. https://goo.gl/tgfAy4.

A play party exclusively for queer, trans, genderfluid, genderqueer, and lesbian, gay, bi, and pansexual attendees. $54, 1080 23rd St., Oakland, 7:30pm-12am. Tickets at https://goo.gl/KXGcau.

Code: Calling Your BLUF @ The Edge

Mon 1

Breeches Leather & Uniform Fans' party in the Castro, where full formals or even just a jock are welcome, with drink specials for anyone in gear. DJ Sean McMahon spins dark and cruisy beats. Coat check provided. 4149 18th St., 9pm-2am. www.edgesf.com

Nocturnal Extreme @ Halcyon SF

Iggy

An official Folsom Street Events party. UK’s DJ Gordon John. Advance tickets $20 / $25 at door. 21+. Not a play party. Open to all fetish dress codes. $20, 375 11th St., 9pm-3am. https://goo.gl/LB8z66.

The world's largest leather and fetish event returns, as 250,000+ fetish enthusiasts mix, mingle, drink and have a great time. Coat-clothes check available; yes, nudity is allowed. $10 suggested donation benefits local and national charities and gets you $2 off each drink. 11am-6pm. www.folsomstreetevents.org

Rich Stadtmiller

Gear play party (leather, rubber, harnesses, etc.) for gay men. 442 Natoma St., $15 (requires $5 membership), 9pm-4am. www.442parties.com

Folsom Street Fair @ Folsom St. between 8th and 13th

Sun 30 An official Folsom Street Events party. DJ Abel, with visuals guru Guy Smith and Rob Montenegro. Coat and clothes check available. No Re-Entry. 4am-12pm. Tickets at https://goo.gl/HTjJtQ.

The Meat Ball @ SF Eagle A night of live demos by Mark Sade, gogo slaves on display, Grade A imported and local beef will turn gyrating and throbbing pieces of meat to the beats of Jerry Bonham and Jake Shears. 398 12th St., 9pm-2am. www.sf-eagle.com

A SF Leather Weekend closing party immediately after Real Bad, Deviants and Honey, with resident DJ Paulo. Leather, muscle, drag queens, fierceness will feature. Join hosts from around the world. 21+, early-owl $30 tickets available, $50 VIP (includes priority entrance, 1 bottle of water, access to the VIP area surrounding the DJ booth). 314 11th St., 3am-9am. www.Glosspresents.com.

Ride Mondays @ Eros A motorcycle rider and leathermen night at Eros; bring your helmet, AMA card, MC club card or club colors and get $3 off entry or massage. 2051 Market St. www.erossf.com

Magnitude @ Fort Mason Center The 2018 official Saturday night dance party of Folsom Street Fair arrives with world-class lighting, live stage shows, and with German DJ Boris, and DJ Pagano from London. $110-$160, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Blvd., 9pm4am. https://goo.gl/SnBRqT.

Blackout Party @ 442 Natoma Feel and play around in the dark, brought to you by CumUnion. 442 Natoma St., $15 (requires $5 membership), 10pm-4am. www.442parties.com

Bound on Folsom Street @ Folsom Street Foundry Rich Stadtmiller

DJs Ralphi Rosario and Philip Grasso spinning funky house and tech house. GA and VIP tickets available. Clothes check available. $55-$87, 1425 Folsom St., 10pm-4am. Tickets at https://goo.gl/Qde2p8.

Stripped @ 415 10th

HEADSHOTS STARTING AT $250

415 370 7152

StevenUnderhill.com StevenUnderhillPhotos@gmail.com

Stripped is back for Folsom. Chill lounge features DJ Trever Pearson; clothes check and dark room, porn industry special guests, early arrival recommended. $25 (discounted presale, limited tickets at the door), 415 10th St., 10pm-3am. https://strippedsf.eventbrite.com

Sun 30 Gogo guys and Leather title holders at Folsom Street Fair @ Folsom from 8th/13th

<< Arts Events

30 • Bay Area Reporter • September 27-October 3, 2018

Arts Events

Street Sex Photos @ Mark I Chester Studio The veteran leather-kink photographer’s annual exhibit of erotic leather-themed photos. Free/ donations. 1pm-6pm. 1229 Folsom St. http://markichester.com/

September 27- October 4

Yo-Yo Ma @ Greek Theatre, Berkeley The world-renowned cellist plays all six of Bach’s suites for solo cello. $50 and up. 7pm. 2001 Gayley Road, UC Berkeley campus. http://apeconcerts.com/

Mon 1

Fri 28

Connecting Threads @ JCCSF

Mark Morris Dance Group @ Zellerbach Hall

For full listings, visit www.ebar.com/events

THU 27 Black Odyssey @ Bruns Ampitheatre, Orinda California Shakespeare Theater’s acclaimed production of Marcus Gardley’s contemporary post-Gulf War adaptation of Homer’s epic tale returns for a limited run thru Oct. 7. $33-$74. Tue-Sat various times. 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda. http://www.calshakes.org/

Classic and New Films @ Castro Theatre Sept 27: Tab Hunter in Damn Yankees (7pm) and Polyester (9:15). Sept 28: Chinatown (7pm) and Night Moves (9:25). Sept 30: The Birds (2pm, 4:30, 7pm) and Phase (9:15). Oct 1: Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (5pm, 7pm, 9pm). Oct. 2: Rams (7pm). 9:45).Oct 3: Eighth Grade (7pm) and Skate Kitchen (5pm, 8:45). Oct 4: Bad Reputation: A Joan Jett Documentary (7pm) and Nico (5:10, 8:45). $11-$14. 429 Castro St. www.castrotheatre.com

Fact/SF @ Counterpulse New dance work, Death, performed by Charles Slender-White’s company, takes place throughout the venue, with audience moving through the space. $25-$35. ThuSat 8pm. Thru Oct. 13. 80 Turk St. www.counterpulse.org

Lucy Jane Bledsoe @ Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore, Berkeley The acclaimed local author reads from and discusses her new short story collection, Lava Falls ; advance purchase and seat reservations recommended. 7:30pm. 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. http://www.lucyjanebledsoe.com

Sweat @ Geary Theater American Conservatory Theater’s production of Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama set in Reading, PA’s dying steel industry. $15-$110. Tue-Sat 8pm. Wed, Sat & Sun 2pm. Thru Oct. 21. 415 Geary St. www.act-sf.org

Washed Up on the Potomac @ Custom Made Theatre World premiere of José Zayas’ play about D.C. proofreaders caught up in a possibly murderous scandal. $30. Thu 7pm, Fri & Sat 8pm. Sat 3pm. 533 Sutter St. 2nd floor. www.sfplayhouse.org

Fri 28 Detroit ‘67 @ Aurora Theatre, Berkeley Dominique Morisseau’s Motowninfused drama about an African American family’s connections while enduring the historic riots of 1967. $35-$70. Thru Oct. 7. 2018 Addison St., Berkeley. www.auroratheatre.org

Dreamgirls @ Berkeley Playhouse

Through-LINES: The Art of Ballet @ 836M

Local production of the hit musical about a Motown music trio. $20$40. Thru Oct. 21. Julia Morgan Theatre, 2640 College Ave., Berkeley. www.berkeleyplayhouse.org

Opening reception for an exhibit of stunning dance photos by prolific photographer RJ Muna, with design and sound installations by Christopher Haas, Bernie Krause and Jim Campbell. 5:30pm-9pm. Thru Jan 7, 2019. 836 Montgomery St. www.linesballet.org

Latino Film Festival @ Various Cinemas Tenth annual festival of Latino films; opening night screening of Ruben Blades is Not my Name, at Alamo Drafthouse, 2550 Mission St. Thru Sept. 30. www.sflatinofilmfestival.org/

Mark Morris Dance Group @ Zellerbach Hall The celebrated dance company performs Pepperland, Morris’ new suite of dances set to The Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. $36-$85. Thru Sept 30. Bancroft Way at Telegraph, UC Berkeley campus. http://calperformances.org

PUSHfest Dance Festival @ ODC Theater 13th annual mixed genre showcase of new works by emerging choreographers. Thru Sept 30. 3153 17th St. www.pushdance.org/festival

Red Scare on Sunset @ NCTC Charles Busch’s campy parody of 1950s McCarthy-era red-baiting is performed by the acclaimed local company, with J. Conrad Frank (Katya Smirnoff-Skky), Nancy French and others. $20-$55. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 3pm. Thru Oct. 21. 25 Van Ness Ave, lower level. www.nctcsf.org

Sun 30 Matthew Morrison @ Venetian Room The award-nominated actor-singer ( Glee, Hairspray, South Pacific) debuts his solo cabaret concert. $95-$125 (after-party $50). 7pm. Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason St. www.bayareacabaret.org

Sunset Piano @ Starr King Open Space The outdoor piano performance group pairs up with local breweries for its fourth annual scenic musical afternoon, with live music and food trucks. Free. 3pm-7pm. 1215 Carolina St at 23rd. starrkingopenspace.org

Quilts From the Social Justice Sewing Academy, an exhibit of textile art by local youth, with political themes. Mon-Fri 8am10pm, Sun 8am-8pm, thru Nov. SF Jewish Community Center, 3200 California St. www.jccsf.org

Veiled Meanings @ Contemp. Jewish Museum Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, an exhibit of detailed clothing from dozens of countries; thru Jan 6, 2019. Also, In That Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art—Oxossi Ayofemi and Risa Wechsler, thru July 2019. Lew the Jew and His Circle: Origins of American Tattoo, thru June 9. 2019. 736 Mission St. https://thecjm.org/

Tue 2 Verasphere @ Harvey Milk Photo Center Exhibit of David Faulk (“Mrs. Vera”) and Michael Johnstone’s photos of their fabulous colorful art costumes. Thru Oct. 15. Tue & Thu 3pm-9pm. Wed 5pm-9pm. Sat & Sun 11am5pm. 50 Scott St. www.harveymilkphotocenter.org

Sat 29 Hedwig and the Angry Inch @ Victoria Theatre Ray of Light Theatre’s new production of the hit rock musical. $15-$40. Thru Oct. 6. 2961 16th St. http://rayoflighttheatre.com

Perverts Put Out @ Center for Sex & Culture The literary kink-filled annual event celebrates Folsom Weekend and Bi Visibility Week with an all-pervy roster of performers: cohosted by Carol Queen and Simon Sheppard. 7:30pm-10:30pm. 1349 Mission St. www.sexandculture.org

Wed 3 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas @ Gateway Theatre 42nd Street Moon’s new production of the rollicking football-prostitution-scandal musical comedy. $30-$75. Wed/ Thu 7pm, Fri 8pm, Sat 6pm, Sun 3pm. Thru Oct. 21. 215 Jackson St. www.42ndstmoon.org

Olympians Festival @ Exit Stage Left Annual festival of short plays (27 plays, 28 writers) exploring themes of Roman gods and goddesses. $10-$12. Thru Oct. 20. 156 Eddy St. www.sfolympians.com

Thu 4 Amanda Curreri @ Romer Young Gallery Country House, an exhibit of the artists’ fabric-tapestry “queer feminist response” to the current political morass. Thu-Sat 11am5pm, and by appointment. Thru Oct. 27. 1240 22nd St. www.romeryounggallery.com

Dance Film Festival @ Brava Theatre Center, Other Venues Ninth annual multi-theatre screenings of dance films made by local and international artists, with live performances, virtual reality demos, exhibits, and discussions. Free, $25-$225 (full pass). Thru Oct. 14. 2781 24th St. and other venues. www.sfdancefilmfest.org

Sephardic Legacy @ Contemp. Jewish Museum Music and dance celebrating women’s oral song traditions, with Mirian Peretz, Rachel ValferEliyahu Sills, Faisal Zedanand Dan Cantrell; presented by The Ladino Project. $15-$25. 6:30pm-8pm. 736 Mission St. www.thecjm.org

Personals Massage>>

SEXY ASIAN $60 Jim 415-269-5707

Smuin Ballet @ Palace of Fine Arts The vibrant dance company celebrates its 25th anniversary with Trey McIntyre’s Blue Until June, new works by Nicole Haskins, Ben Needham-Wood, Rex Wheeler, and repertory works Schubert Scherzo and Eternal Idol by the late founder Michale Smuin. $25-$200 (opening night gala). Sept 28, Oct 4-6 at 7:30pm. Sept 29 & 30 at 2pm. 3301 Lyon St. www.smuinballet.org

SENSUAL FULL BODY MASSAGE 415-350-0968

Models>> MEN TO MEN MASSAGE

I’m a Tall Latin Man. If you’re looking, I’m the right guy for you. My rates are $90/hr & $130/90 min. My work hours are 10 a.m. to midnite everyday. 415515-0594 Patrick call or text. See pics on ebar.com

“A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.” – Jean Genet

FABULOUS FOLSOM F**K BOY

Model looks 6’ 150# 27yrs, 8” uncut beautiful tight yummy ass. Smoky sexuality erotic male nympho. Hndsm hedonist. Str8, gay, married men at yr apt, hotel, mansion! Greek god Nick 415-290-2639. Leather fetish fantasy roleplay kink dom sub group scenes mild to wild. Pretty boy with a dirty mind, romantic & unforgettable! $400/hr, $2000 overnight negotiable.

People>> GWM SEX SURROGATE NEEDED Please email JohnnyDrySpell@Yahoo.com

HOT LOCAL MEN

Browse & Reply FREE! SF - 415-692-5774 1-888-MegaMates Free to Listen & Reply, 18+

Shining Stars>>

September 27-October 3, 2018 • Bay Area Reporter • 31

Shining Stars

Photos by

Steven Underhill Broadway Backwards @ Marines’ Memorial Theater

he Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation’s One Night Only benefit concert, held September 24 at Marines’ Memorial Theater, featured cast members from the visiting Broadway tour productions of both The Phantom of the Opera and On Your Feet. Performers took on songs performed by characters of opposite gender, to amusing results, along with dancing and comedy acts. At the festive after-party, performers mingled with patrons. www.reaf-sf.org See plenty more photos on BARtab’s Facebook page, facebook.com/lgbtsf.nightlife. See more of Steven Underhill’s photos at StevenUnderhill.com.

||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

For headshots, portraits or to arrange your wedding photos

call (415) 370-7152 or visit www.StevenUnderhill.com or email stevenunderhillphotos@gmail.com