Day: June 27, 2014

Gina Gatta, publisher and owner of Damron, enjoying the beach and sun at the Four Seasons Punta Mita, about 30 miles from Puerto Villarta, Mexico. (Photo: Courtesy of Damron)

What A Trip! Damron Women’s Traveller Turns 25

Going somewhere? Need to know where to stay that is queer woman-owned or –friendly? Want a drink at the local girl bar? Hungry and want to eat somewhere that is gay- or lesbian-owned? Simply open your Damron Women’s Traveller.

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EDEN San Francisco, the all-girl party during San Francisco Pride Weekend. (Photo: Courtesy of EDEN Pride Events)

EDEN SF V Is The Party

The girls were a mess in San Francisco for a while. Parties popped up and disappeared like shooting stars. Then EDEN came to town and nothing has been the same since.

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Goapele (Courtesy of Goapele)

Rising Star: Goapele Sings A Happy Tune

The Bay Area has been producing some of the most original artists for decades, Oakland native Goapele’s star is rising fast as the most recent to break out of the East Bay’s independent music scene.

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San Francisco Dyke March (Photo: Courtesy of The San Francisco Dyke March)

Dyke March Get’s Personal and Political

The San Francisco Dyke March is working around the renovation at Dolores Park this year by returning to its roots with a shorter rally taking place before the march.

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Bev Hickok, second to the right, next to Phyllis Lyon and across from the late Del Martin at a Daughters of Bilitis Breakfast in the 1950s.

‘We Can Do It!’: Gathering Stories Of LGBT Life On WWII Home Front

It was the 1940s and there was another great war going on. Men were called off to battle. Women were called to serve on the home front. It was a major shift in gender roles and social mores for the U.S., but somehow little is known about life for LGBTs on the home front during World War II.

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