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Take out some 'Hot Trash' with Oasis TV

Take out some 'Hot Trash' with Oasis TV

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Jul 5, 2020

Along with their weekly cavalcade of online entertainments, host D'Arcy Drollinger takes on current events in a dishy blend of 'Talk Soup' and 'Drag Race.'

Global Pride 2020 features 100+ performers, host Todrick Hall

Global Pride 2020 features 100+ performers, host Todrick Hall

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Jun 26, 2020

Pride organizations of the world will celebrate Global Pride 2020. Todrick Hall will host the June 27 24-hour livestream Pride event featuring Adam Lambert, Pussy Riot, Big Freedia, Village People, Courtney Act, and many more.

It Gets Better's Digital Pride streams June 24-28

It Gets Better's Digital Pride streams June 24-28

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Jun 14, 2020

The It Gets Better Project will partner with musicians, artists, beauty and fitness experts, actors, gamers, and drag queens from around the world to present a three-day Pride extravaganza, with host Peppermint, Rebecca Black, Crystal Methyd & others.

Homing's In: arts, community & nightlife events June 11-18

Homing's In: arts, community & nightlife events June 11-18

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Jun 11, 2020

As Pride month continues, events multiply, from drag tributes to concerts and cultural and community events.

Online Extra: We're Still Here, a 12-hour Pride party (postponed)

Online Extra: We're Still Here, a 12-hour Pride party (postponed)

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Jun 1, 2020

On June 5, 12pm to 12am, SF Pride and Eventbrite's 'We're Still Here,' a twelve-hour Pride month celebration, with DJs, drag acts film excerpts and discussions, has been postponed.

Kinsey Sicks get serious with 'Sounds of Sirens'

Kinsey Sicks get serious with 'Sounds of Sirens'

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • May 28, 2020

Known more for their comic performances, dragapella quartet The Kinsey Sicks' haunting cover of the Simon & Garfunkel classic takes on the tragic realities of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Online Extra: The Stud's closure ends an era, for now

Online Extra: The Stud's closure ends an era, for now

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • May 21, 2020

The Stud is dead, but long live The Stud. The historic bar's collective owners are leaving the current location, planning a possible future, and a fabulous funeral.

Queer Nightlife Fund update- 2nd round of requests; recipients say thanks

Queer Nightlife Fund update- 2nd round of requests; recipients say thanks

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • May 19, 2020

The SF Queer Nightlife Fund is now accepting applications for a second round of grants to those whose income has been impacted by the Covid-19. For many of the recipients, the grants they received have been a lifeline which helps them survive.

Thanks to matching offer from anonymous donor, Bay Area Reporter extends fundraising appeal

Thanks to matching offer from anonymous donor, Bay Area Reporter extends fundraising appeal

  • by Michael Yamashita
  • May 1, 2020

Thank you very much, it has been both humbling and encouraging receiving your generous support when so many are also in need of help. So far, we have raised just over $25,000 and are just 15% away from reaching our goal of $30,000.

Gooch website unveiled - nightlife photographer offers prints for fundraiser

Gooch website unveiled - nightlife photographer offers prints for fundraiser

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Apr 24, 2020

He's photographed countless events and local luminaries in Bay Area nightlife. Now Gooch, the charming ever-busy Brit whose photos have graced Bay Area Reporter pages for years, has unveiled his new website, with a special offer of prints for sale.

Playing with gender: Erotic expressions that break binaries

Playing with gender: Erotic expressions that break binaries

  • by Race Bannon
  • Apr 21, 2020

Bending and manipulating gender is not historically in my sexual wheelhouse. So, I put out a call to some friends and acquaintances asking if anyone would be willing to share their experiences playing with gender expression as part of their erotic lives.

You can help support the Bay Area Reporter fundraising campaign

You can help support the Bay Area Reporter fundraising campaign

  • by Michael Yamashita
  • Apr 15, 2020

San Francisco is one of 11 US cities that is fortunate to have a legacy LGBT publication by us, for us, and about us. Help preserve the BAR as an historic and important community institution for the future.

Bedazzlers: The Cockettes in Print: Acid Drag & Sexual Anarchy 1969-1972

Bedazzlers: The Cockettes in Print: Acid Drag & Sexual Anarchy 1969-1972

  • by Jason Victor Serinus
  • Apr 15, 2020

Half a century ago, a bedazzled assortment of psychedelically-influenced, collective-living, sexually experimental, and inherently theatrical gay men and straight women forever transformed the Bay Area's cultural landscape. They were The Cockettes.

Keeping nightlife alive: Event producers adjust, go virtual

Keeping nightlife alive: Event producers adjust, go virtual

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Apr 7, 2020

The arts and nightlife communities have been hit particularly hard, with venues including Oasis and Manny's in San Francisco and The Alice Collective in Oakland seeing their revenue streams disappear overnight.