if you are in the #sfbay area or #sanfrancisco @Flipboard now breaks out the local news from @AxiosNews into groups you can follow vs the entire feed. I'm now following the local feed @axios-local-san-francisco-AxiosNews
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Just walked by a bunch of elderly trans people sitting together drinking tea, and talking about which of their friends are still furries
Sometimes this city isn’t too bad
I'm a sucker for weird and esoteric tags, like these word squares someone has been writing in our neighborhood lately. Each square is a type of acrostic that can be read horizontally or vertically. For example:
T R U S T
R A N C H
U N D E R
S C E N E
T H R E E
Cookie met Casper the Cockatoo (an Instagram celebrity bird)
Guy lit up a cigarette in the train and this woman starts yelling at him. “You don’t even look bold enough to hold a baked bean. Now you want to smoke in the train? Were you raised by wolves?”
Guy starts shrinking into a corner (and puts out his cigarette)
Black BART rider handcuffed after charging phone on train which is not illegal #sanfrancisco #california
https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/22/bart-rider-detained-charging-phone/
Yesterday an SUV nearly ran me over when I was crossing a street. There were around 20 seconds on the count down and it was obvious that it was a red light.
I stopped in the intersection after it very unwillingly stopped, and glared at the driver.
Ever since I personally witnessed two people being killed in front of me, as a pedestrian, here in SF, I have been radicalized. It’s a big fucking deal and it’s unthinkable to me that pols don’t think so.
Genuine article speaking of the problems of the #Tenderloin neighborhood of #SanFrancisco. It hurts seeing the neighborhood in such a state, knowing the historical significance the Tenderloin has to the trans and queer rights movement (look up Compton’s Cafe for those unaware). But this is nothing new … transgender and other non conforming minorities are always find their way to some of the worst neighborhoods as a means of survival in a world that so often is against us.
On this #TDoV weekend, I simply wish to state we deserve better. The first transgender cultural district in the world deserves to be a place of safety, love and community. Our history should not be hidden in the shadows.
https://thebolditalic.com/why-i-left-the-tenderloin-d5f374e22112
On the bros trying to build cities in Solano and elsewhere:
“What seems to be happening is people really want to ‘stay in San Francisco,’ but they want to exit society. … They don’t want to have to deal with the complexity, the differences, the poverty, the needs, the caring for others that was always part of urban culture. They want to escape. They want their own currency, their own culture, their own people. And they wanted it to look like Disneyland.”
Late last year, I ran a small project with a nonprofit in San Francisco. We gave out instant film cameras (color and black and white) to 5 people who were either unhoused or who lived nearby in one of the 'SROs'. We did a tiny, tiny exhibition.
I'm still working to figure out how to make this a more regular thing, and how to show their work, because they have such amazing stories to tell.
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #Photography #SanFrancisco #Tenderloin
Something that won’t happen many other places. Drag queens Kiki Krunch and Lotus Party presenting a Congressman with an award.
The #SF #LGBT Center tapped me to participate in the Giants' #Pride game base art campaign. I had to come up with an #art piece that combined Pride, #SanFrancisco, the Giants, and the 20th anniversary of the #WinterofLove, when California began to recognize #samesexmarriage. If my idea was selected, I would paint it on a base and it would be displayed at the Pride Game on June 15th! And it got chosen! Just finished #painting the base today, can't wait to see it at the game!
Some birds I saw on Alcatraz this weekend.
BABY WESTERN GULLS
#Birding #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #Photography #Alcatraz #California #SanFrancisco #BayArea #Outside
Went to an Indigenous event yesterday in San Francisco where they built a fire with volcanic rocks to make acorn mush. The guy doing it said it’s important to get these round, tumbled rocks and they usually come from east of the Sierras. They ran a very inclusive event yesterday where different Indigenous groups came and asked the Yelamu people for permission to come ashore (into the Bay). Everyone shared their songs and stories. I learned a lot.
I was #interviewed on the #localnews to talk about my #collab with the #sfgiants and #pridemonth !
Interview: https://youtu.be/Wq9ZjOq52bk
I also attended today's #pride #baseball game and the Giants filmed me and the other #artist with our #paintings ! #happypridemonth !
Thanks @medium for featuring my story about my experience as a #Black #transmasculine US-American in today's newsletter. Originally published in December, but timely as we enter #Pride weekend here in #SanFrancisco.
Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:
HOTCHKA ADVANCE SCREENING - THE KILLER'S GAME
Monday, September 9, 7:00 PM
Quantities are limited. Passes do not guarantee seats.
#TheKillersGame #Lionsgate #AdvanceScreening #Free #Movies #Film #Cinema
#SanFrancisco:
https://hotchka.com/the-killers-game-san-francisco-advance-screening-passes
#Sacramento:
https://hotchka.com/the-killers-game-sacramento-advance-screening-passes
HOTCHKA ADVANCE SCREENING: SPEAK NO EVIL
Monday, Sept. 9, 7:00 PM
Quantities are limited. Passes do not guarantee seats. Arrive early!
#Chicago:
https://hotchka.com/speak-no-evil-chicago-advance-screening-passes
#SanFrancisco:
https://hotchka.com/speak-no-evil-san-francisco-advance-screening-passes
#Sacramento:
https://hotchka.com/speak-no-evil-sacramento-advance-screening-passes
Another night in the hellscape of #SanFrancisco
A Black female chef who appeared on a Netflix series is racially attacked in San Francisco. She held down her male attacker until cops came to arrest him. (WARNING: Contains surveillance video of attack plus photo of the chef’s injuries.)