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Closed for Months Due to COVID, San Francisco Gay Sex Venue Reopens as 'Jack-Off Club'
Closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic, gay sex venue Eros on upper Market Street in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood has re-opened as a "jack-off club," its co-owner told the Bay Area Reporter.
When GAY was Good: Pioneering Weekly Magazine Covered Community and Arts Scene
Two years before the Bay Area Reporter premiered, the New York City-based GAY covered politics, arts, civil rights and sexuality with a bold and groovy style. The complete issue collection from 1969 to 1974 is online.
Future of SF Eagle in Question
The future of the South of Market bar the Eagle is in question as the community wonders what will happen to the leather-themed establishment following the sale of its building.
Chanticleer's Engaging Endurance and 'Societal Awakening'
Chanticleer, founded in 1978 in San Francisco and dubbed "the world's reigning male chorus," is not immune to the disruption engendered by the coronavirus. Yet despite tour cancellations, they continue to evolve and engage fans.
Rediscovering 'Mother Camp' - Esther Newton, Skip Arnold, and Drag Anthropology in the 1960s
Skip Arnold's historic drag act became one of many fascinating anthropological subjects by scholar Esther Newton, whose groundbreaking dissertation, once ignored, has found new readers.
Kyle Motsinger: Gay Singer-Songwriter Discusses His Second Album
With references to the TV show "Dark Shadows," Kyle Motsinger's musical stylings range from playful goth to inspiring pop in "Any Way I Want It To," his just-released second album.
Fabulous at 50: Celebrating the History of the Imperial Council
"50 Years of Fabulous," Jethro Patalinghug's stirring documentary about the half-century history of the Imperial Council of San Francisco, shows the past five decades of the council's growth and glamorous moments, including founder José Sarria.
'Julie and the Phantoms' Ghostly Gay Fun
For some deliciously diverting fun, the new Netflix series Julie and the Phantoms brings a new adaptation of the popular Spanish telenovela with bouyant style. Among the cute cast are a gay drummer, and Cheyenne Jackson as a charming villain.
Terrorgrams: Peaches Christ & Crew's 'Screaming Telegrams' Bring Door-to-Door Scary Delights
Get some creepy clowns and ghoulish gals delivered to your door, or a ghoul-friend's, with the new Screaming Telegrams service.
Tom Dolby: Making Art and 'The Artist's Wife'
'The Artist's Wife''s gay writer/director Tom Dolby discusses his new film, as well as his collaborative process in making movies.
Q-Music: Fall into LGBTQ+ Tunes
Listen up for new music from Maria McKee, Evangeline Gentle, Kim David Smith, Rachel Garlin, Bonnie Whitmore, and other LGBTQ+ musicians.
Poems, Pops and Pups: New Works by Felice Picano, Yvonne Zipter, Michael Montlack
New LGBTQ poetry available to distract and delight your senses and tickle your literary fancies, with works by Felice Picano, Michael Montlack and Yvonne Zipter.
TV Eyes: Trump's 'Covita' Act and SNL's Cringeworthy Return
Trump's "Covita" balcony moment highlights a week of surreal news, and "Saturday Night Lives"'s odd parody of the presidential debate wasn't as bizarre as the real one.
New Photo Books' Loving Look at LGBTQ Lives
Three new photo books visualize queer lives from the past and present day in uniquely different ways.
BAYlies Project to Showcase LGBT and POC Cartoonists
A new comics anthology hopes to showcase the work of Bay Area People of Color and LGBTQ artists in a fundraiser for its first issue. Titled "The BAYlies," the project will include both established and rising illustrators.
'Skin' Doc Bares It All
"If I hadn't done nudity, I might not have a career today," actress Shannon Elizabeth says in Danny Wolf's new documentary, "Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies." The two-hour-plus film covers a lot of ground.
'The Boys in the Band': Tony Nominee Robin de Jesus on His Role in the New Stage and Film Adaptations
Robin de Jesus, who plays Emory in both the recent stage and new film adaptations of Mart Crowley's groundbreaking play, discusses portraying a joyful "flamboyant, effeminate queen."
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Virtually every issue of importance about what it means to live a life and to be a human being was concentrated in Oliver Sack's unusual life story, says director Ric Burns of his new documentary about the gay neurologist and best-selling author.
Q-Music's 2020 LGBTQ History Month Playlist
Erasure, Sabrina Chap, Matt Lovell, Rituals of Mine, and other queer and trans musicians deserve to be on your playlist. Listen up.
'Life' Story: An Interview with Branden James
Branden James has enjoyed success as a gay classical crossover musician in the duo Branden & James (with his husband James Clark). But his triumphs were not without trauma, something he goes into detail about in his new memoir.