As we approach our 10th month under COVID’s cloud, it’s very clear the “holiday season” won’t be “normal.” How might we find joy and peace without our usual parties, events and general fa-la-la falderal? Fret not!...

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Filmmaker Sal and singer-songwriter Nancy, children of Vietnamese immigrants, grew up in Vallejo. Producer Truc Nguyen discusses with them what it’s like to wade through the murkiness of ancestral trauma through a queer lens. Self-proclaimed...

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2020. What a stressful, frightening year. As this week’s guest, Dr. John Kruse, put it, a “sad and scary” year. Indeed! There is plenty to be stressed about: COVID pandemic, layoffs, police killing black people, protests,...

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We’ve heard plenty of straight analysis. So now a queer take on our nail-biting national election. Why did Trump get twice as many LGBTQ votes this year as he did in 2016!?* What’s the outlook...

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Are we in the midst of a national genocide? Disability activist Rabbi Elliot Kukla tells Out in the Bay that systemic racism, economic injustice and US government inaction to COVID-19 amount to genocide against the...

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Despite an unprecedented two-month break in this year’s legislative session, a 54-billion-dollar budget deficit — both due to COVID-19 — and death threats, California lawmakers sent several LGBTQ equality measures to Governor Gavin Newsom for...

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