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A Queer Hair Salon Where Beauty Is an Act of Resistance
Olivia Bianco-Chaidez describes her purpose as “community taking care of community.”
Credits: Photo by Richard Lomibao
Olivia Bianco-Chaidez has been transforming people's hair for the past 11 years. But for the hair artist, opening her hair salon...
A Transgender Asylum Seeker Finds Her New Home in Richmond
Neal Davis, “Jade,” and Esther Ehrlich.
Credits: Photo by Lance Yamamoto
On a Sunday night in Richmond, Esther Ehrlich and Neal Davis are spending the evening with family. Pictures and portraits adorn the walls in...
Queer-Friendly Gyms Grow in the East Bay
Nathalie Huerta opened the Queer Gym in response to the lack of queer-friendly fitness spaces.
Credits: Photo by Richard Lomibao
Gyms are places of transformation, but not always of acceptance. Queer individuals looking to...
The Rebel Kings Invite You to the Stage
The drag show has been softening the lines between genders for nearly a decade.
Credits: Photo by Melati Citrawireja
Evening prep for a Rebel Kings of Oakland show tends to include...
Helping Trans Youth Blossom
Setting a positive example for transgender youth is an important part of Andrew "AK" Kramer's job at Rainbow Day Camp, the El Cerrito summer camp he co-founded three years ago with Sandra Collins...
Cannabis for the People
Eight years ago, Christine De La Rosa (aka Miz Chris) almost died. The San Leandro resident's blood had kept clotting, and doctors couldn't figure out why. On Thanksgiving Day in 2009, she was...
Queer Nightlife as Radical Resistance
Anita "Durt" O'Shea, Paolo Flores Chico, and Ali Scott of Ships in the Night.
Credits: photo by SantanA Bellas
In 2006, close friends Paolo Flores Chico and Durt O'Shea were taking shots of a mysterious...
