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adison Eker, founder and CEO of Altogether Agency, sought to refresh and rebrand her firm, which works with companies to enhance their workplace culture. She had launched it under a different name five years ago and felt at a loss for how to reimagine it for today’s business climate, where initiatives focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion have been negatively labeled as “woke” and discriminatory by conservative pundits. “I was at a point in my business where I really needed guidance,” recalled Eker, 39, who lives in Larkspur, California, with her wife, Nadia, and their newborn son, Rocco. “I wanted to rebrand and take it to the next level, but I didn’t really know where to go.” For Menel Raach, who was transitioning from a career in journalism to the apparel industry, it was a desire for hands-on assistance in crafting a business plan. Rather than just read a book or take an online course by herself, she wanted a more personal experience where she could also meet other LGBTQ business owners. “Being an entrepreneur gets lonely. I wanted something that has a strong sense of community and was local and that made me feel safe,” said Raach, 33, the owner of clothing and lifestyle brand Azul, who is bisexual and lives in San Francisco.

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Madison Eker, founder and CEO of the Altogether Agency, stood outside the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, through which she participated in its New Entrepreneur Training Program.

Both women turned to the SF LGBT Community Center’s New Entrepreneur Training Program to assist them with their business goals. Launched seven years ago, it is one of the few programs in the country aimed at helping queer and transgender people open their own firm or expand and retool an existing business. “I think we might eventually drop the ‘new’

from the name because it is a pretty wide range of businesses that go through this training,” said small business consultant Eddie Tang, 53, who lives a nomadic life and spoke with the Bay Area Reporter by phone in mid-October from Budapest where he had been living the past two months. See page 4 >>

AIDS activist, author Mary Fisher to speak at Belmont church by Cynthia Laird

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ary Fisher, a straight white woman, stunned thousands of Republicans when she spoke at the party’s 1992 presidential convention in Houston about living with HIV. Today, the long-term survivor and activist continues to speak out, and will be in the Bay Area next month. Fisher, who recently released her latest book, “Uneasy Silence,” will be the guest preacher at Congregational Church of the Peninsula in Belmont Sunday, November 9. In a recent phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter, she talked about her convention appearance, living with AIDS, and the messages she shares with others through her art, writing, and activism. Her new book, a third memoir published in January, shares many messages to readers, she said. “How we all have to stand up and do what’s right, speak our truth, and help others who can’t use their voice,” Fisher said, wondering why a wealthy country like the U.S. can’t assist people, especially those living in poverty. Fisher said her upcoming talk would be like a sermon and “bear witness to the powerful about what they’re doing, not taking care of others,” she said. “We’re living through some really hard times.” The Reverend Jim Mitulski, a gay man who is pastor of Congregational Church of the Peninsula, a

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member of the United Church of Christ, said that he hopes people will come out to hear Fisher. “I have followed Mary Fisher’s work since her speech at the RNC in the early 1990s,” he wrote in an email to the B.A.R., referring to the Republican National Convention. “I found it inspirational then, at the time, and have used the speech over the years when I taught AIDS history courses. I’ve been inspired by her work and her ongoing activism even in my own 30-year journey as a person living with HIV.

Mary Fisher is smart, thoughtful, warm, and she continues to bring a face to AIDS at a time when we need to be reminded more than ever that HIV is not over.” Fisher agreed with Mitulski’s last point. “I’m on that fight. I spent lots of years in different African countries,” she said, where the epidemic continues to rage. “It’s so devastating what’s going on.” Fisher was talking about how the Trump administration has gutted global AIDS programs, especially the cuts to USAID, which has resulted in a decrease of HIV testing and treatment, threatening progress made in the global pandemic. “I don’t understand how people can do that,” she said of the cuts. Mitulski, who used to pastor the old Metropolitan Community Church-San Francisco in the city’s LGBTQ Castro neighborhood during the early years of the AIDS epidemic, said that he invited Fisher to preach after he read her latest book. He added that Fisher will sign and talk about her book following the church service. “When the new book came out, I got it immediately and was not disappointed,” he wrote. “I noticed that her own spirituality is part of both her art and activism. She is rooted in her Jewish faith, and she brings an interfaith awareness to her lifetime of advocacy.” See page 8 >>

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n a rebuke to Republican President Donald Trump, California voters overwhelmingly passed a statewide ballot measure Tuesday to redraw the Golden State’s 52 House seats so five more should be easy wins for Democratic candidates in 2026. There are currently nine Republicans among the state’s congressional delegation. The outcome was hardly a surprise, as various polls ahead of the November 4 special election showed Proposition 50 passing with comfortable margins. Republicans over the last week had all but given up in challenging it, with their No on Prop 50 ads largely disappearing from the airwaves. According to unofficial returns, the measure was leading Wednesday morning with nearly 64% of votes for Prop 50. It marked a major victory for Governor Gavin Newsom, who worked with the Democratic-controlled state Legislature over the summer to put the measure, officially titled the Election Rigging Response Act, before voters. It was in response to Trump pushing GOP-led statehouses, such as in Texas and North Carolina, to redraw their own House maps so they favored more Republican candidates next year. The gerrymandering fight for control of the chamber in 2026 is now being waged in additional states, from Democratic-led Maryland to GOP-run Indiana. A federal legal challenge is already underway against Prop 50. Wednesday, Polynesian Assemblymember David Tangipa (R-Sacramento), the California Republican Party, and 18 voters filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, contending the measure violates the 14th and 15th amendments of the U.S. Constitution. At a news conference announcing the lawsuit, Tangipa told reporters that California’s diversity is “beautiful” and that Prop 50 will diminish “the voices of other groups.” He and the other plaintiffs are being represented by San Francisco-based The Dhillon Law Group. “I’m appalled by what has happened,” Tangipa said. “This whole process was a sham.” Newsom declared victory shortly after the first election results were announced Tuesday evening. It is seen as a major boost for his own presidential ambitions, as the former San Francisco mayor is widely expected to run for the White House in 2028. See page 8 >>

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The center’s program attracts people with a “pretty solid idea” for a business they want to get off the ground, said Tang, as well as people who have owned their companies for two or three years and are looking for assistance to expand it to the next level. He has also trained experienced business owners, some of whom have operated their businesses for up to 20 years. “The funny thing I notice is some people who have been in business a long time are the ones who say, ‘I didn’t know about a lot of this,’ and learn so much from this program,” said Tang, who was engaged by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to present in Rome this fall on how to create a better entrepreneur ecosystem in Somalia.

Steady growth in LGBTQ firms

Nearly a decade ago, the National LGBTQ+ & Allied Chamber of Commerce issued a report that estimated there were 1.4 million LGBTQ business owners across the U.S. and it projected that those firms contributed nearly $2 trillion to the country’s economy. Last year, LGBTQ-founded companies hit a milestone, accounting for 10% of all new business owners in the U.S., according to payroll company Gusto. It marked a 50% increase from 2023, which Gusto noted brought LGBTQ representation in entrepreneurship in line with the general population. The company’s report on LGBTQ entrepreneurs also found that more than a third of queer- and transgender-owned businesses that opened in 2024 were in the professional services industry, while more than half were in community or personal services such as health care, accommodation, and retail. “New LGBTQ entrepreneurs were 56% more likely than their non-LGBTQ peers to say they started a business to make a positive impact on their community. That difference (62% compared to 40%, respectively) helps explain why so many LGBTQ-owned businesses are in industries that center on care and community,” noted Gusto senior economist Nich Tremper. According to the most recent Small Business Credit Survey using data from 2024, of the 283 companies with majority LGBTQ ownership surveyed, 83% are based in urban areas, with 17% founded in rural parts of the country. Among the 112 firms with partial – meaning less than 50% – LGBTQ ownership, 77% are in urban areas and 23% in rural locales. Most owners of LGBTQ majority firms are 35 years of age or older, with those 35 to 44 accounting for 29%, those 45 to 54 years old comprising 25%, and those aged 55 to 64 at 23%. The latter age category accounted for the most firms with partial LGBTQ ownership at 32%. Men dominated both LGBTQ ownership groups, accounting for 66% of majority owners and 70% of those with minority stakes. Women accounted for 33% of the LGBTQ majority-owned firms and 13% of LGBTQ partially owned firms. White owners dominated both categories, leading 87% of LGBTQ majority and 80% of LGBTQ partially owned firms. Hispanic owners accounted for 6% of the majority and 7% of partially LGBTQ owned firms, with Asians at 4% and 12% ownership of the respective firms and African American owners at 2% and 1% respectively. Over the last five years, Tang has seen an uptick in LGBTQ people interested in

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Azul owner Menel Raach was a participant in the San Francisco LGBT Community Center’s New Entrepreneur Training Program because she wanted a more personal experience where she could also meet other LGBTQ business owners.

owning their own company. With larger businesses and corporations facing headwinds in a souring economy, the small business sector is becoming a larger draw for queer and trans people, he noted. “I was pleasantly surprised that people really want to start a business,” Tang said. “Sometimes for people in our community, regular employment doesn’t always fit for them, but owning a business works for them.” By the end of 2023, according to the credit survey, 40% of the LGBTQ majority-owned and 39% of the LGBTQ partially owned firms it tracked were operating at a profit. Meanwhile, 63% of the majority-owned and 73% of the partially owned firms expected their revenues would increase over the following 12 months. The biggest challenge both LGBTQ ownership categories cited (61% majority owned, 70% partially owned) was trying to reach customers and grow sales. The second biggest headache the firm owners said they had to contend with (47% majority owned, 54% partially owned) was hiring and retaining qualified staff. In 2015, Tang, who is gay, founded Above Consulting Inc. to support small business owners. Not long after, the LGBTQ center in San Francisco approached him about collaborating on launching its entrepreneurship training program. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the sessions have been held virtually — a shift Tang says will remain permanent. The online format also allows him to work remotely, traveling frequently and spending time this year in Spain, Greece, and Morocco. “I am one of the persons who has never went back to the office,” said Tang. “It has worked out really well and allowed me to see more clients.” The center’s program runs nine weeks and meets every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is now holding its 17th cohort of entrepreneurs, who are set to graduate on November 5, and enrolling people for the 18th one that will start meeting in March. “We usually have a cap at 12 people, just because the program is designed to be very interactive,” noted Tang, who oversaw a similar program for people wanting to open businesses focused on the needs of the kink community, offered by the city’s Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District. Last year, he designed and launched a special four-week training for art entrepreneurs via the LGBTQ center’s small business program. He expects to offer it again in 2026 and is recruiting 10 people to take part in it. Tang also provides one-on-one consulting for business owners as part of the center’s offerings. Over six sessions, he

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meets with the individual for two hours to focus on different aspects of their strategy, from financing and marketing to receiving customer feedback. “Our program is one of the very few designed to help entrepreneurs in the LGBTQ community and is probably one of the very few in the country,” said Tang. “There is just a lot of need. We probably need more support from the community so we can better support the entrepreneurs in our community.” For the last session of the entrepreneurial training program, Tang brings in a panel of business leaders, university professors, and lawyers to listen to each of the entrepreneurs present their final business plan and offer feedback on it. “They will leave with a pitch deck because they have been doing presentations every two weeks,” said Tang. “The program helps them refine their business plan and business model for marketing, operations, and finances so they can implement it into their business right away after the training.” Using her pitch deck developed via the program, Eker was able to obtain a $5,000 grant from the San Francisco Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund to hire another LGBTQ-owned firm, Concrete and Palm, to work with her on rebranding her own company. She had learned about the funding source for womenowned businesses from Tang. “He was my technical assistance provider and helped me with my application!” she noted. As for her firm’s new name, Eker said she felt it symbolized the values, mission, and purpose of the Altogether Agency, which “is really unifying workplaces and making culture that feels like a happy place that people can work together in, so altogether.” Using what she learned from Tang via the entrepreneur program, Raach was recently awarded a grant from Creative Tunisia, which is sponsored by UNIDO, to help her market her business. It will provide her with between 9,000 to 15,000 euros to do so, she said. “It gives you so much support to connect to organizations to get funds and finances,” said Raach of the training, “so it is a good place to start.”

Participants fine-tune business plans

Raised in Tunis, Tunisia, where she had earned an undergraduate journalism degree, then a master’s degree in screenwriting and filmmaking, Raach moved to the Bay Area in 2018 and enrolled in a business class at a local community college. “I had been a little bit lost in moving to a new country,” she recalled. When COVID hit, Raach started to rethink her career goals, having found journalism to be a “joyless” pursuit. In July 2023, she attended the Northern Nights Music Festival held among a grove of California’s famed redwoods and found inspiration to launch a business that celebrates North African fabrics. “I grew up in a family of entrepreneurs in Tunisia who all sell fabrics,” said Raach, though she hadn’t expected to do so herself. Yet, in seeing the artisan vendors selling their wares at the music festival, Raach “felt a calling” after realizing they were “sharing parts of their soul” in their jewelry or clothing. It also brought to

From 2024 Small Business Credit Survey

Whites dominate LGBT-majority owned small businesses and those with an LGBT minority stake.

mind the souks, or open-air marketplaces, of her home country. Once home the Monday after that weekend, she learned her brother, in his late 30s, had died from cancer. No one had told her that he had been sick, so the news was gut-wrenching. “I had so much pain and I was working to just pay the bills,” she said of that time, leading her to join a friend on an ayahuasca retreat. “After the ceremony, on the flight back home, I saw the sky and this beautiful sunset. I felt this joy and positivity after a few months of darkness.” It led to her decision to start a company that celebrates African fabrics and tells their story to global consumers. Needing help to formalize a business plan, Raach took part in the LGBTQ center’s program last fall and launched her Azul clothing label in August. “I changed my perspective. Instead of feeling helpless, I am going to use that anger and frustration as a tool to have more meaningful work,” said Raach. “It is why I chose to start Azul. It means a lot to me to share my identity.” She sees her new venture as bedded in the storytelling aspect of journalism but using a different medium, in this case apparel, to highlight the lives of the North African artisans who weave the fabrics she uses for her clothing collections, the second of which is set to debut next summer. “Azul is a lifestyle brand whose mission is to promote our textile heritage through fashion. I would love to have it be a full lifestyle brand,” said Raach. The name not only refers to the blue Mediterranean skies of her youth but also means “hello” and “from the heart” in Tifinagh, the Amazigh language of North Africa’s Indigenous people. Already, two of the four pieces in her debut collection available at her website https://www. azulthelabel.com/ have sold out. “I want to focus on artisans because they are losing their jobs and it is an endangered craft. If we don’t share it and preserve it, we will lose it,” said Raach. A native of Vancouver, Canada, Eker moved to San Francisco 13 years ago after college. A queer femme, she first met her wife, who is lesbian, eight years ago, and the couple married nearly three years ago. Eker initially opened her business as Sum of Us, working both with community groups and corporate clients. After deciding to focus her firm solely on the business community, Eker took part in the LGBT center’s training in the spring of 2024. “It is structured in a way to help you grow and get support within my community. It turned out to be such a great support and experience,” recalled Eker, who launched her firm’s rebrand and new website at https://www.altogetheragency.com/ in January. “It was good to go back to the drawing board and talk about things you might have missed.”

As for the rollback on DEI programs by businesses, Eker said it hasn’t led to a precipitous drop off in clients for her firm. It did require a bit of a pivot in how they pitch themselves and the work they do, such as using the phrase “a better workplace culture” instead of DEI. “I would say the companies that really are for belonging and creating a unified culture and believe in inclusion, they have gone even further with their bookings and wanting to do even more,” said Eker. Eker now employs two people fulltime and works with a dozen independent contractors. Her client base is global and has included Meta, Salesforce, and the British beverage brand Fever-Tree. “Since the cohort, I feel much clearer about who we are as a business and what we offer. It helped me attract bigger, stronger clients and have a better relationship with them,” said Eker, who explained her company’s mission is “humanity at work. We are all about bringing more humanity into how we work together.” Tang chalks up the long-running success of the entrepreneurial training program to how he has structured its weekly three-hour sessions. Each is divided into upwards of 60 minutes where he discusses a certain aspect of a business strategy, such as devising a marketing plan, with the rest of the time allotted for the participants to present their plan on it and receive feedback from the others in the program. “It is very hands-on and very interactive,” said Tang. “I think people really like that.” That aspect of the program was “very powerful” for Eker. “You learn from each other, share feedback and cheer each other on,” she said. Raach has stayed in touch with several people from her cohort whom she meets up with on Mondays to continue to provide support to each other with their business endeavors. She advised anyone joining an upcoming cohort to “take it seriously. If you follow the course and do the homework Eddie gives you, it will give you a structure for your business and support, especially if you feel alone as an entrepreneur.” Since graduating from the program, Eker has talked it up to other LGBTQ entrepreneurs, pointing out that it is free to take, easy to apply for, and an invaluable offering. “As an LGBTQ-plus business owner, I would tell them you are already breaking the mold just by being yourself. Yes, there are hurdles, but there are also incredible resources like this program to help you,” said Eker. The program is open to anyone who plans to open a business based in San Francisco. To learn more about and to sign up for the next cohort, visit the LGBTQ center’s small business webpage at https://www.sfcenter.org/program/ small-business/ t

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transgender sex worker convicted of voluntary manslaughter was sentenced to five years in prison by a federal judge October 31, as she and the victim’s family spoke out. Defendant Leniyah Butler was remanded to a women’s prison, and will continue to receive hormone therapy, Judge Susan Illston of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled. That decision was pursuant to a request by Butler’s defense attorney David Rizk. “It’s a unique set of circumstances, but I think prison is required here,” Illston said. “I am going to sentence Miss [Leniyah] Butler to five years in prison.” Butler will be on supervised release for three years after the completion of her prison sentence. The court waived fines, due to Butler’s inability to pay, but will consider restitution at a hearing scheduled for January 30. The sentencing came two months after Illston denied the defense’s motion for a new trial. Butler’s attorneys argued in that motion that a juror made comments showing bias against Butler. It was based on a juror’s statement that was relayed to defense attorneys by another juror that Butler’s defense during trial, which included that she feared she’d be

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Leniyah Butler, shown here during her trial in March, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for killing a man who had solicited her for sex.

raped, was impossible because, “You can’t rape a man.” Illston ruled that the comments could not cast enough doubt on the impartiality of the entire jury to justify a retrial. At the trial earlier this year, Butler’s defense attorneys had argued that she had been sexually assaulted by the man whom she killed, Hamza Walupupu, 32, just before dawn on November 12, 2023. According to Butler’s account, she

had performed oral sex on him with the expectation of payment, and after he had ejaculated, he requested vaginal intercourse. It was at that point Butler told him that wasn’t possible because she is trans. Walupupu expressed surprise, which the defense argued was feigned, and said he wasn’t going to pay her at all. At that point an argument ensued, and Butler fatally shot Walupupu. Butler’s attorneys argued it was in selfdefense. The killing took place at San Francisco’s Crissy Field, which is under federal jurisdiction. Federal prosecutors had sought the more serious seconddegree murder conviction. At the hearing, Butler, 21, was given the opportunity to speak and expressed remorse for the killing. She also brought up a key part of her defense, which was that a lifetime of trauma and abuse should be considered as mitigating factors. “I just want to apologize to the victim’s family,” Butler said. “I’m really nervous. … It just like, I wish I could show more emotion, but what I’ve experienced, what I’ve been through in life, it’s kinda hard to show emotion. I’m deeply sorry.” Said Illston, “Why don’t you tell them [the victim’s family] that.” Said Butler, “I’m deeply sorry to the victim’s family for all the pain I caused them. The night this situation occurred,

I was deeply scared and hurt.” Butler then addressed why she attempted to hide the evidence of the killing, rather than come forward to the police, and made remarks critical of her mother, whom prosecutors alleged tried to help her cover up the killing. Walupupu’s family and supporters were visibly grimacing as Butler continued discussing her mother, Leslie Blueford. Blueford did not comment for this report. Members of the Walupupu family had declined to comment to the B.A.R. during the trial. Federal prosecutors objected to what they saw as a short sentence. They had asked for 13 years. Rizk asked Butler not be imprisoned, due to adverse conditions for trans inmates, but said that he understood that was highly unlikely and said the sentence was “fairly middle of the road.” Rizk did not return a request for additional comment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California declined a request for comment.

Victim’s family speaks out

Walupupu’s sister represented the family before Butler spoke. Aziza Walupupu shared the pain the family and wider community of Congolese immigrants to which they belong felt due to her brother’s killing.

“If you met him, you’d just feel connected and very friendly, caring” Walupupu said. “Hamza was like a right arm in my mom’s life, and mine.” Blinking back tears, she said she has forgiven Butler. “As a Christian, [Christ] commanded us to forgive,” she said. “I can tell you, I’ve forgiven you and I know you told us you went through some stuff in the past. We all went through a lot, but I pray to God, one day, God to reach you. I know even though you went through rough situations, God is the best solution to everything.” The Walupupu family came to the U.S. from the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo, by way of a stay in Uganda, as refugees. Fifi Yambayamba, Walupupu’s mother, said that due to her anguish, she has had health problems since her son’s death. “Hamza was a person who was so present in the community,” she said through a translator. “I wasn’t his only mother. He was actually so liked in the community that a lot of people referred to themselves as ‘Mama Hamza.’ I would be surprised other people called him ‘Mama Hamza,’ when I was his mother.”t

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man previously convicted of killing a gay hair stylist whose homicide and robbery convictions were overturned more than two years ago will be represented by the San Francisco Public Defender’s office – whether he likes it or not. As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, defendant James Rickleffs, 58, fired his former private attorney, Michael Meehan, for being gay on August 18 just as a retrial was getting underway. Rickleffs described Meehan as “the Antichrist,” according to court transcripts. As of a scheduled October 29 hearing in Department 22 at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice, 850 Bryant Street, however, Rickleffs had not obtained new counsel. When informed Wednesday that Rickleffs didn’t want to speak with deputy public defenders as his attorneys either, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Teresa M. Caffese questioned if Rickleffs is competent to stand trial. “Other than the fact he refuses to speak with me,” answered Deputy Public

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Defender Will Helvestine. Assistant District Attorney Edward Mario, who’s prosecuting the case, expressed concern that the matter be resolved, since the charges stem from 13 years ago and the initial trial was six years ago. He did say that this is not a case where there is a reasonable danger any relevant witnesses prosecutors need to call will soon die. Attorneys from the public defender’s

office, including Niki Solis, a lesbian, had defended Rickleffs during his 2019 trial. Rickleffs said Wednesday he “had a bad experience with the public defender” and so didn’t want them representing him again. Said Caffese to Rickleffs, “Sounds like they did a pretty good job. Your conviction got reversed.” Following a jury’s conviction, Rickleffs was sentenced in 2021 to 50 years to life in state prison for the murder and robbery of Steven “Eriq” Escalon, 28. That conviction, however, was overturned by a state appellate court two years ago. The Fifth Division of the state’s 1st District Court of Appeal in an October 24, 2023, ruling written by Justice Mark B. Simons gave several reasons for its decision. For one, a California Supreme Court ruling in People v. Brown (2023) threw out the very jury instructions for a murder by poison charge that were used in Rickleffs’ case. Simons also questioned the forensic evidence presented at trial – including a key NMS Labs report that found nitrates and gamma-hydroxybutyric acid

(GHB) in Escalon’s system. Simons also stated that the instructions on the robbery charge were wrong because Escalon rendered himself unable to resist. Rickleffs, who remains in custody, said Wednesday that he should have been released after the appeal. “Here we are two years later,” he said. Replied Caffese, “Obviously, the public defender represented you for many years and did a fine job.” Replied Rickleffs, “No, they didn’t.” Rickleffs said he had spent thousands of dollars on private attorneys and needed more time to find another. Then Caffese asked about the competency issues, saying she was “somewhat concerned.” At that point, the proceeding went into closed session, meaning that prosecutors and everyone else in court except Rickleffs, the public defenders, and the judge had to leave.

‘They are your counsel’

After the assistant district attorney and the B.A.R. were readmitted to the courtroom, Caffese said she had ap-

pointed the public defender’s office and told Rickleffs, “You have a duty to cooperate with your counsel.” Replied Rickleffs, “He is not my counsel.” Replied Caffese, “If you refuse to cooperate with Mr. Helvestine and the public defender’s office that is your choice.” Replied Rickleffs, “They’re not my counsel.” Replied Caffese, “They are your counsel.” Replied Rickleffs, “He’s [Helvestine’s] been a nuisance.” Replied Caffese, “The Constitution doesn’t entitle you to a counsel of your choice. It assures you of a competent attorney.” Caffese also said that she “doesn’t always say this,” but Helvestine is one of the best. “I don’t trust him,” Rickleffs said. Caffese ordered that Rickleffs be back in court November 19. See page 8 >>

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he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have slipped from the headlines, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t still be concerned about the damage caused to the agency by President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Recently, the CDC was in the Trump administration’s crosshairs again last month, when there was a “Friday night massacre” in which hundreds of scientists were laid off. A day later, however, most of them received notices stating that they weren’t being let go after all – another example of the utter incompetence of this administration and a “substantial procedural lapse,” as the New York Times put it. “Among those wrongly dismissed were the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, and the team that assembles the CDC’s vaunted scientific journal, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,” the Times reported. The news about the MMWR team hit particularly close to home. Older readers will recall it was that publication that first reported on what later became known as AIDS back in 1981. MMRW published its report of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among previously healthy young men in Los Angeles. They were gay men and two had already died. Thankfully, the team that puts together the MMWR has been brought back, along with most of the other workers. But not all of them. The Times noted that the CDC’s entire Washington, D.C. office has been laid off and will not be rehired. “Nor will employees of the office of the director of the center for injury prevention, or those at the division of violence prevention policy,” reported the paper. So, the tumult at the CDC continues. We noted

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has its headquarters in Atlanta.

in September that Kennedy fired the agency’s new director, Dr. Susan Monarez, just a month after she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. That led to the resignations of several top officials, including Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, a gay leatherman who played a key role in the U.S. response to the mpox outbreak in 2022, serving as the deputy coordinator for the White House National Mpox Response. The recent firings and later rehirings only contribute to an atmosphere of confusion at the CDC, where researchers, doctors, and others should be allowed to focus on preventing diseases and preparing for future outbreaks rather than worry about getting an ominous email message that they’ve been dismissed. And therein lies the rub. Kennedy likely would be happy if the CDC didn’t exist at all; his actions around staff and the agency’s leadership certainly point to that. Yet, there are apparently those in the administration that aren’t willing to go that far. Trump, who brags about everything except how he got federal health officials to work with pharmaceutical companies to quickly develop the first COVID vaccines as part of Operation Warp Speed during his first term, said

during last year’s campaign that he would allow Kennedy to “pretty much do what he wants.” That’s exactly what’s happened, especially regarding vaccines and autism. After a highly publicized news conference in September where Kennedy said that pregnant women should not take Tylenol because of its link to autism in children, he reversed course. Last week, Kennedy said, “The causative association between Tylenol given in pregnancy and the perinatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism. But it’s very suggestive.” His new comments echo what the Food and Drug Administration has stated, that is “a causal relationship has not been established and there are contrary studies in the scientific literature.” While Kennedy may not believe in the effectiveness of vaccines, his boss apparently does. Trump himself got the latest COVID booster and a flu shot during his recent second check-up of the year at Walter Reed Medical Center, directly contradicting his own health secretary. All of this comes at a time when mpox is again in the news. We recently reported that the California Department of Public Health announced three new cases of the more severe form, clade I, in Southern California. What’s noteworthy is that the cases, which all required hospitalization, were unrelated and did not involve international travel, according to CDPH. Previously, the few clade I cases that were reported resulted from travel outside the U.S. Trump and his cabinet secretaries quickly pivot from one issue to the next, leaving a trail of misinformation, confusion, and lies for people to sort through. The CDC may not be in the headlines today, but rest assured the agency continues to stumble along without experienced leadership and with those employees who remain walking on eggshells. That is no way to run what was once the country’s premier public health agency. And that should concern everyone. t

Mattachine Society was started in 1950 to organize gays

by Thomas R. Dunn

Reich’s persecution of homosexuals. This point is often lost in more contemporary he Nazi persecution of homosexupublic memories of the pink triangles, als lurked in the memories of five which emphasize homosexual experiAmerican men as they gathered in Harry ences in Nazi concentration camps to the Hay’s Los Angeles home on November exclusion of all else. But while camp ad11, 1950. The meeting’s aim was to discuss ministration – and the homosexual sufa new draft of a prospectus, first written fering therein – fell under the powers of by Hay in 1949, calling for the incorpothe Nazi police state (broadly conceived), ration of an American homosexual orfar more homosexuals were persecuted Courtesy Penn State ganization. By almost any measure, the outside the camps than inside. In those University Press dangerous and hard-fought meeting was Thomas R. Dunn more common situations, it was the successful, for the men agreed to meet police in the guise of the Gestapo (i.e., again and proceed with the new endeavthe secret police) or the Kripo (i.e., the or, which would become the Mattachine Foundation. Kriminalpolizei or criminal police) that facilitated In doing so, these leaders inaugurated a powerful the harassment, humiliation, blackmailing, new phase of the U.S. homosexual rights movement. blacklisting, arrest, beating, interrogation, A key facet of the group members’ decision was their castration, and detention of homosexuals. agreement with the principles and ideas outlined in Though the Nazi “police” appeared far difHay’s prospectus. In at least one telling of the story, the ferent from how most Americans undermen expressed near unanimity on the document, so stood law enforcement then and now, the much so that they declared each of them could have Nazi police apparatus was the main tool written it themselves. Among the prospectus’s first of homosexual aggravation, persecution, principles was a simple yet powerful expression of the and death described in Hay’s prospectus. new organization’s raison d’être: that if homosexuals As a member of the Communist Party, did not organize themselves for political action soon, Popular Front participant, and passing interlocuter they would likely suffer the same fate as German howith previous homosexual leaders, Hay was keenly mosexuals just a few years prior. aware of the role Nazi policing played in the destrucIndeed, Hay argued in point A.1 of the prospectus tion of the German homosexual movement. But the that homosexuals in the 1950s faced an “encroachprospectus and the U.S. organization it called for were ing American Fascism” that emulated a “previous ... not simply about documenting the past – they were International Fascism” (i.e., Nazism) from the recent also concerned with looming threats to American past. Like the Nazis, this American Fascism sought homosexuality in the present. As the prospectus in“to bend unorganized and unpopular minorities” dicated, the policing of German homosexuals under like homosexuals “into isolated fragments of social the Third Reich resonated strongly with American and emotional instability.” He supported this claim homosexuals’ fears after 1950. The men who joined by noting how, in the Third Reich, “the socially cenHay to discuss his prospectus expressed similar anxisured Androgynous Community [i.e., the homoeties about law and policing in the months following sexual community] was suborned, blackmailed, Mattachine’s creation. Among them was Rudi Gerncozened, and stampeded into serving as hoodlums, reich, a Jew and Austrian refugee who fled the Nazis stool pigeons, volunteer informers, concentration as a child. Gernreich was so concerned the young camp trusties, torturers, and hangmen, before it, as a organization would be raided and dismembered minority, was ruthlessly exterminated.” For these and that he warned, “If we repeat the errors of Hirschfeld’s other reasons articulated thereafter, Hay’s prospectus German Movement ... we could set the potential of argued that the “Androgynes of the World” must oran American Gay Movement back for decades to ganize. If not, they risked their own destruction on come.” Dale Jennings, another founding member of American shores. What Hay’s document only hinted Mattachine, who famously emerged victorious from at in text but implicitly screamed was that this fearful his own anti-homosexual policing case in 1952, beend of U.S. homosexuals would come at the hands of lieved that the group had been infiltrated by the pothe same entity that stamped out their European forelice or FBI within its first year. For these reasons, as bears: a cruel, corrupt, and legally sanctioned antimovement historian C. Todd White described, “for homosexual police force. the first two years of Mattachine, each time memAs discussed in the introduction, Nazi police bers gathered in private homes, they did so fearfully. forces played a significant role in executing the Third Shades were always drawn when they couldn’t meet

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in a basement, and someone always kept a sharp lookout for the police or FBI.” The founders of Mattachine were not the only homosexuals who felt this way. U.S. homosexuals knew well that even if the Nazi regime had been eliminated, the anti-homosexual police apparatus they used to crush German homophiles was alive and well in small towns and big cities across the United States. But these shared anxieties about anti-homosexual laws and policing in the United States and Nazi Germany could also serve as a powerful rhetorical resource for this nascent American community. If used proactively, such comparisons could help the newfangled group define itself as a persecuted minority (as Hay and others believed it was). Such comparisons also had the potential to rally the homosexual community for future action, particularly by turning its sentiments against the institutions of law and policing that many of them had been taught to revere their entire lives. Strategic historical allusions equating Nazi and U.S. laws and policing thus offered a growing American homosexual community the chance to imagine a world in which homosexuals could live free of police terrorism and its horrible consequences. To that end, members of the newest iteration of the U.S. homosexual movement began to make these comparisons plainly before their community of peers. This work was made possible via an emerging set of homosexual publications beginning in 1953. Chief among the publications to print these kinds of mnemonic comparisons were “ONE: The Homosexual Magazine” and “Mattachine Review.” The two magazines were quite different and adopted conflicting ideas and approaches to U.S. homosexual politics. But in both passing comments and extended broadsides, the homosexuals who created, read, and responded to both publications made powerful connections between an intensifying, postwar anti-homosexual crackdown by U.S. law enforcement and the crimes of the Nazi police, which had occurred less than a decade earlier. In doing so, they again demonstrated how central remembering the Nazi persecution of homosexuals was to the establishment and enactment of a U.S. homosexual rights movement. t Thomas R. Dunn, a gay man, is the author of “The Pink Scar: How Nazi Persecution Shaped the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights,” from which this is excerpted. Published with permission of Penn State University Press.

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2028 prez candidates asked to support naming a Milk naval ship by Matthew S. Bajko

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n initiative co-led by LGBTQ veterans aims to see the 2028 presidential candidates pledge to name a new naval vessel in honor of the late gay San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are also being asked to include doing so in their platforms adopted at their nominating conventions ahead of that November’s election. In exclusive interviews with the Bay Area Reporter ahead of the Milk naval ship campaign being announced Thursday, several of its leaders detailed what they will be asking of the major parties and their candidates seeking to lead the country come 2029. One is a pledge that if elected president, they will nominate a secretary of the Navy supportive of naming a naval ship in honor of Milk, a Navy veteran who in 1977 became the first gay person elected to office in California only to be assassinated a year later. “He served in the Navy and broke those barriers and died for his country. To me, that is what a (servicemember) is, someone willing to die for their country and keeps serving even when they are out of the military. That is what he did; he is a hero for all of us,” said gay U.S. Marine Corps veteran Bob Lehman, 60, for why a naval vessel should once again bear Milk’s name. Nearly 40 years after the death of the civil rights leader, a replenishment oiler for the U.S. Navy was named the USNS Harvey Milk at a ceremony held in San Francisco attended by then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. The Obama administration had announced the name in July 2016, and the ship embarked on its maiden voyage to San Francisco last year in March. (Milk and then-San Francisco mayor George Moscone were gunned down in City Hall November 27, 1978.) But in June, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the 746-foot, all-civilian crewed vessel be stripped of its name. And at the start of Pride weekend, he announced it would be rechristened the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, in honor of the chief watertender on the U.S.S. Neosho who suffered burns and other fatal wounds during an attack by enemy Japanese aerial forces on May 7, 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea in World War II. It was the second time a military vessel had been named in Peterson’s honor, as a U.S. Navy destroyer escort was christened the USS Peterson in 1943 and was in service until being decommissioned in 1965. Not wanting to see Peterson’s name be stripped from the oiler, the Milk ship naming initiative aims to see a different naval vessel be christened in the pioneering politician’s honor. “We are asking for them to name a new ship,” said gay San Diego leader Nicole Murray Ramirez, who worked with Milk on the successful 1978 campaign to defeat a statewide ballot measure that aimed to ban gay and lesbians from teaching in California public schools. In 1951, Milk had enlisted in the Navy and attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. By 1954, he was a lieutenant (junior grade) stationed at what was then called the Naval Air Missile Test Center in Ventura County in Southern California. Milk, a naval diving instructor, was on active duty during the Korean War aboard submarine rescue ship USS Kittiwake (ASR-13). As the B.A.R. first reported in February 2020, Milk was given an “other than honorable” discharge from the U.S. Navy and forced to resign on February 7, 1955 rather than face a court-martial due to having sex with other servicemembers, according to a trove of naval records obtained by the paper. At an event Thursday (November 6)

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Former San Francisco supervisor Bevan Dufty stood on the deck of the USNS Harvey Milk after it arrived on its maiden voyage in San Francisco in 2024.

to induct another class into the Ben F. Dillingham and Bridget Wilson LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor housed at San Diego’s LGBTQ community center, Murray Ramirez will formally announce the USNS Harvey Milk Lives! A National Campaign, which he is leading as its national chair. He had first thought of naming a ship in honor of Milk in 2011 after the repeal of the military’s homophobic “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. With the navy secretary normally the lone person who has final say over naval ship names, Murray Ramirez had the 70 North American chapters of the Imperial Court System, which he heads as the Queen Mother I of the Americas and Nicole the Great, send letters in support of a Milk ship to the military leader from members of the drag philanthropic organization and local officials, as the B.A.R. previously reported. His late father, Raymond Ramirez, served in the Army, and his gay brother, also named Raymond, is a Navy veteran. “I was beyond devastated, hurt and, yes, angry and knew that we had to do something after getting so many calls and emails, especially from LGBTQ active duty personnel and veterans,” recalled Murray Ramirez about hearing the news that the Trump administration was de-naming the USNS Harvey Milk. It was one in a series of anti-LGBTQ moves taken since January by the U.S. military under orders from Republican President Donald Trump during his second term in the White House. Transgender service members are again being drummed out and banned from enlisting, a policy being challenged in federal court by seven active-duty plaintiffs in the lawsuit Shilling v. Trump. “If we don’t keep fighting, these rights will be taken away. Already, they have been taken away from our transgender sisters and brothers a second time,” noted Lehman, who was stationed aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the East Bay city of Alameda during his time as a service member and came out of the closet at age 21 while living in the Bay Area. Lehman served from 1984 to 1993 until being honorably discharged. He went on to found San Diego’s Veterans for Equal Rights in 2000 with 64 veterans and served as its president until disbanding the group after DADT was repealed in 2011. In 2008, he and his husband, Tom Felkner, were the first male same-sex couple to marry in California when it became legal to do so that June following a state supreme court decision. Fearing marriage equality will be the next right Republicans will attempt to rescind, Lehman signed on to serve as the California state chair for the Milk ship naming campaign as one way to fight back. “They will come for us next. If we don’t stand up and organize for those issues, we will see those rights taken away again,” warned Lehman.

A number of other LGBTQ veterans or active duty personnel have also joined the Milk ship campaign as state chairs, including in Texas, Florida, Hawaii, Alaska, and Oregon. Already signed on as national honorary chairs of the campaign are Judy and Dennis Shepard, the parents of slain gay college student Matthew Shepard; gay San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria; gay Palm Springs City Councilmember and current ceremonial Mayor Ron deHarte; lesbian former Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski; gay former San Francisco supervisor Bevan Dufty; gay Metropolitan Community Churches founder the Reverend Troy Perry; and Milk confidante and gay union organizer Cleve Jones. For Lehman, the symbolism of a Milk Navy vessel matters for myriad reasons. “Serving in the military, I never thought I would be able to be out. It never happened when I was in. We were always afraid someone would find out and we will be fired and lose our careers,” said Lehman, who added having a Milk ship sail the seas again, “it symbolizes that fight we fought for and recognizes his service and recognizes every man and woman and trans person who has served that it mattered.” To learn more about the campaign, visit usnsharveymilklives.com.

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Local Veterans Day events

The 106th San Francisco Salute to Veterans Parade will kick off at 11 a.m. Sunday, November 9, in the city’s Fisherman’s Wharf area. Organized by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the parade starts on the Embarcadero at North Point Street, proceeds west on Jefferson Street, passes the reviewing stand on Jefferson Street near Leavenworth, and then disbands. The San Francisco Pride Band, the city’s official band, will be among the groups marching in it. In Santa Clara County, the Office of Veterans Services is hosting its annual Stand Down event that brings together different county departments, community organizations, and other veteran service agencies under one roof so veterans and their families can access employment assistance, medical and dental screenings, mental health resources, legal aid, groceries, and more. It will be held at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Pavilion and Fiesta Hall located at 344 Tully Road in San Jose; veterans can take VTA buses for free to it. The Stand Down takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, November 6, and Friday, November 7. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, November 8. Free to attend, lunch will be provided all three days. At noon on Saturday Dr. Yvonne Darlene Cagle, an astronaut for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and consulting professor for Stanford University, will give this year’s keynote address as part of a Veterans Day Ceremony. Anyone interested in attending one of the Stand Down days can pre-register online at https:// vets.santaclaracounty.gov/2025stand-down/2025-stand-down. t

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Fisher had been diagnosed with HIV for about a year before the August 1992 GOP convention, which saw President George H.W. Bush nominated for reelection. Fisher’s late former husband, Brian Campbell, had informed her that he had tested positive. She got tested and learned she also had HIV. That set her off on a journey of activism and not being afraid to share her story. Her convention speech, “A Whisper of AIDS,” drew sustained applause at the end, including from her Republican father, Max Fisher; former President Gerald Ford, for whom she once worked; and former

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Rickleffs

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Rickleffs had been found guilty in the 2012 killing and robbery of Escalon in San Francisco’s Diamond Heights neighborhood. According to prosecutors, Escalon and Rickleffs met during underwear night at the bar 440 Castro in San Francisco’s LGBTQ neighborhood. “Rickleffs, as a straight-identifying man, went to the Castro with tape and a knife, sat there drinking, and, I believe, snorted narcotics in the bathroom, waiting for someone,” Roberto Tiscareno, a friend of the victim’s, said during the August 2021 sentencing hearing.

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first lady Betty Ford, one of her mentors. “Nervous? Yes, and anxious, though I always get a little anxious, but that was at the beginning of my speaking,” she said, recalling that night. “I knew ACT UP was outside protesting me.” Bush’s record on HIV/AIDS was mixed. He did sign the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Ryan White CARE Act in 1990, both of which immensely helped people living with the disease. But like Republican former President Ronald Reagan, who took years to say the word “AIDS,” Bush was criticized for the federal government’s slow response and a lack of funding for prevention programs and research. In a sign of change, speakers living with HIV/AIDS appeared at both major party conventions in 1992. Fisher had been friends with Elizabeth Glaser, who had contracted HIV during a blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth to her daughter, and had also become an outspoken activist, founding the Elizabeth Glaser

“The Republican Party has left me and I do not have any connection to the way they are voicing themselves.” Stigma around HIV/AIDS continues to be an issue. San Francisco’s Getting to Zero program envisions zero deaths, zero HIV transmissions, and zero stigma. Fisher said she hopes that her own openness has helped reduce stigma over the years. “One of my mentors, Betty Ford, said you just throw a rock in a pond and ripples flow,” said Fisher, who is a recovering alcoholic and sought help from Ford, who died in 2011. She has been sober for more than 30 years. “I think it’s changed, and I’m here to tell them you can’t forget about AIDS,” Fisher said. She said that she used to talk to school kids “before school boards wouldn’t let me talk anymore.” But Fisher noted that students continue to learn about HIV/ AIDS and her speech. “It’s kind of amazing to me,” she said. “It’s very special to me that it lives on,” she said. “I knew that I needed to let the audience know who I was. I’d worked for Gerald Ford. I wanted people to understand who I am and that AIDS is not a partisan issue. I didn’t want my children to grow up feeling stigma. “I didn’t feel alone on that stage,” she added. “I felt like there were a lot of people around me. I was doing the right thing.”

After going home with Escalon to his Diamond Heights apartment near Twin Peaks early on the morning of June 12, 2012, prosecutors said Rickleffs tied Escalon up, gagged him, and poured poppers on his face to immobilize him. Then he left Escalon’s apartment with a suitcase of items including a laptop, Escalon’s checkbook, and a bankcard of one of Escalon’s roommates. Escalon died of an overdose of amyl nitrates and GHB, according to the medical examiner’s report. He was found dead by his roommates, and Rickleffs was arrested September 12, 2012, in possession of the suitcase. In explaining their reasoning behind their 2019 decision to convict, most ju-

rors said they felt Escalon’s death was caused by many factors, including the obstruction of his breathing from the gag, his inability to move from being bound, and the drugs found in his system. While they unanimously agreed that Rickleffs did not intend to kill Escalon, the jurors said it was the robbery and disregard for human life that swayed them to find him guilty of felony murder. During the October 29 hearing, Caffese had expressed frustration that the court had expended considerable effort, such as going through motions in limine, or pre-trial requests, and even calling over 100 prospective jurors in August, before Rickleffs fired Meehan. In an emailed statement to the

B.A.R. after the paper received the court transcript of that hearing, Meehan denied that his sexual orientation had been a secret. “I am a strong advocate for all my clients, regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, sex or any other distinguishable characteristic or beliefs,” he stated, in part. “I feel that a strong defense attorney focuses on the facts that are relevant to the charges and whether or not the People can prove them to a jury. As for the reasons given by Mr. Rickleffs, he did state that the reason he was terminating me was because I am gay. My sexual orientation was never an issue for Mr. Rickleffs until this week of trial, and it was never a secret.”

Meehan continued, “Rickleffs also did not cite a specific incident where my representative was not sufficient, only that he would not work with me as his attorney. We were in a jury trial and about to start live jury selection, and I was prepared for what was estimated to be a seven-week jury trial. Mr. Rickleffs’ decision to terminate my representation after working on his matter for the majority of a year will likely result in a delay of a year or more while new counsel is found and is able to prepare for jury trial.” Tiscareno, who is also a liaison to the Escalon family, did not immediately return a request for comment for this report. t

Democrats to address such concerns as “affordability, housing, jobs, and labor issues.” Gay BART board member Edward Wright, a former president of the city’s progressive Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, told the Bay Area Reporter he will be looking to see how well Prop 50 did in the House districts Democrats need to flip in the state next year. “Prop 50 was a good thing for California because this is an opportunity for us to stand up to the cruelty and corruption of the Trump administration,” said Wright, wearing one of the regional transit agency’s ugly Christmas sweaters adorned with a Yes on Prop 50 button. “This will allow us to stand up for California values and our communities.” The former House speaker made no mention if she plans to seek reelection next year. Speculation has run rampant in recent weeks that she will resign from Congress, with gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and progressive Saikat Chakrabarti, formerly chief of staff to Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), already seeking the House seat. “They poked the bear & the bear poked their asses back. FAFO,” wrote Wiener in a Threads post about Prop 50’s passage.

hold all of them. Nor are the state’s current gay Congressmembers Mark Takano (DRiverside) and Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) seen as being in trouble due to the boundaries of their districts changing, even with Garcia now representing the conservative Orange County city of Huntington Beach. “It’s starting to feel like we are so fucking back,” the outspoken Garcia wrote in a Threads post, responding to the overwhelming victories Democratic candidates pulled off Tuesday across the country, particularly in highly watched gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia. One of the more vulnerable incumbents due to the passage of Prop 50 is conservative Congressmember Darrell Issa (R-Vista). He now finds himself running in a redrawn 48th Congressional District that has more liberal voters from the Coachella Valley and Inland Empire areas added to it. Due to his northern San Diego County district being looped in with the LGBTQ tourist and retirement mecca of Palm Springs, next year’s contest for the seat has drawn a number of LGBTQ leaders who hope to oust Issa from office. A win by one of them would add a third out member to the U.S. House from Southern California. Among those expected to challenge Issa on the June 2 primary ballot, where the top two vote-getters regardless of par-

ty affiliation will advance to the November ballot, are gay attorneys Anuj Dixit and Curtis Morrison, bisexual San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert, and gay entrepreneur and trained economist Brandon Riker. Another top Democratic contender is former Obama administration staffer Ammar CampaNajjar, who lost to Issa in 2020. Riker and Dixit initially planned to run against another conservative GOPer, Congressmember Ken Calvert (R-Corona), in the state’s 41st Congressional District. Under the last decennial redistricting process finished in 2021, Calvert had seen the Palm Springs area added to his House district but was able to twice defeat gay attorney Will Rollins in 2022 and 2024. Like Issa, Calvert is expected to be in trouble next year now that his district is being redrawn to have a 20% edge in Democratic voter registration. Issa, meanwhile, is going from having a district with a 10-point advantage in GOP voter registration to one with a four-point tilt toward Democrats. He sounded a defiant tone Tuesday night in stating he “wasn’t going anywhere” and predicted he would “continue to represent the people of California” despite Prop 50’s impact on his reelection bid. “It was difficult to watch as Gavin Newsom and Sacramento’s special interests set about shredding the state constitution, disenfranchising millions of Californians solely because of how they vote, and de-

livering what they know is an undeserved advantage to Democrats,” Issa wrote on X. “But here’s something Newsom and his cronies don’t know: It won’t work. The worst gerrymander in history has a fatal flaw. Voters get to pick their representatives. Not the other way around.” A win by von Wilpert will return out female representation to Congress from California and make her the second bisexual member of the House elected from the Golden State. A victory by Dixit would make him the first LGBTQ Indian American elected a congressmember. “Tonight, voters spoke loud and clear by overwhelmingly passing Proposition 50. The election results send a resounding message to MAGA Republicans: Californians won’t stand for Donald Trump’s undemocratic power grabs, and we are ready for a new generation of leadership in Washington,” stated Dixit. With Prop 50’s passage von Wilpert called their contest now one of the most competitive 2026 House races in the country and “a must-win seat” for Democrats if they are to regain control of the chamber. “Now that Prop 50 has passed, the stage is set. All eyes are on California – and the path to a Democratic House majority runs straight through CA-48,” stated von Wilpert. “I’m ready to take this fight to every neighborhood, hold Issa accountable for raising costs and siding with extremists, and deliver a fairer, safer, more affordable future for working families.” t

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“Prop 50 is about standing up to bullies like Donald Trump,” noted Newsom in a social media post just before the polls closed at 8 p.m. Congressmember Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) also took a victory lap over passage of Prop 50 at an election night party she held at a pastrami eatery in the heart of the LGBTQ Castro district. Along with Newsom, whom she praised for overseeing the campaign’s main messaging to voters, Pelosi had worked to marshal the yes vote for Prop 50 in recent days with a focus on Central Valley voters. “He was wonderful, it was great, but they were doing all the big messaging and all the things. But if you don’t really own the ground, you’re just having a conversation,” said Pelosi decked out in a golden yellow sport coat that mirrored the color for the Yes on Prop 50 campaign. Helping her run the ground game was Gary McCoy, a gay man and longtime Pelosi staffer who will be on next fall’s ballot seeking the District 8 seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. It includes the Castro district. “This wasn’t just about saving our democracy,” noted McCoy at the watch party, “it was how to message that.” When the yes campaign volunteers reached voters in swing districts in the state, he said they also talked about how Prop 50 would allow

many people. “I think people are afraid,” she said. “I’m not afraid of opening my mouth. I’m older. Those of us who can should speak.” Fisher spoke with the B.A.R. the day before the “No Kings” marches and rallies that took place across the country, including in LA and the Bay Area. Fisher is also an artist; all of the art in “An Uneasy Silence” is hers, she noted. She does sculptures, quilts, and textiles. As for her own health these days, Fisher said she is doing “pretty well.” She said that she could not take protease inhibitors when they became available in the late 1990s. “I have to be careful,” she said, but added that her viral load is now undetectable. “I’m OK,” said Fisher. Fisher said she had words for other long-term survivors like herself. “Congratulations,” she said. “Lots of love to you. You need to use your voice as well.” Fisher, however, worries about younger generations. “I’m sorry that younger people can’t understand what it means to be infected,” Fisher said, adding that prevention treatment like PrEP is important in decreasing the number of HIV infections. “I know people are trying to help. Maybe there’s not enough education.” She invited people to her upcoming Bay Area appearance. “Come to the church – join us,” she said. t

Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Glaser spoke at the 1992 Democratic National Convention. Married to actor Paul Glaser, Elizabeth died of complications of AIDS two years later. Fisher was also friends with Bob Hattoy, the first openly gay person living with AIDS to address a national political convention. Hattoy served as associate director of personnel in the Clinton administration and also addressed the 1992 Democratic convention. He died of complications of AIDS in 2007. “I talked to Elizabeth Glaser and Bob Hattoy, I wasn’t trying to sell anybody out,” Fisher recalled. “People needed to hear that AIDS is not partisan.” After AIDS, then known as gay-related immune deficiency, or GRID, first surfaced in 1981, Reagan finally said the word in 1985, after his friend, actor Rock Hudson, died from the disease. During her speech, Fisher referenced Republicans when she said, “I have come here tonight to bring our silence to an end.” “In the context of an election year, I ask you here tonight in this great hall, or listening in the quiet comfort of your home, to recognize that AIDS virus is not a political creature,” Fisher said during her speech. “It does not care whether you are a Democrat or Republican. It does not ask whether you are Black or white, male or female, gay or straight, young or old.” That 1992 GOP convention was known for its emphasis on “family values.” Longtime Republican politician Pat Buchanan and then-vice president Dan Quayle denounced gays and lesbians, as the B.A.R. reported at the time. The paper did note that the late then-first lady Barbara Bush and Fisher “offered the only exceptions to the divisive ‘family values’ content.” Fisher decried the emphasis on socalled family values at the convention. Asked if she remains a member of the GOP, Fisher stated in a follow-up email,

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He also noted that Fisher’s voice is needed, particularly with the federal government’s funding cuts for HIV/ AIDS. “Her truths are all of our truths right now,” Mitulski wrote. “This year we have seen a small uptick in HIV infections in San Francisco. The Trump administration dismantled USAID, which will mean unnecessary suffering, illness, and death on a global scale. And the erosion of health care in the U.S., particularly for the uninsured and underinsured, threatens to undo the many years of education, care and prevention efforts. “The disrespect and stigma that the government is demonstrating toward the entire LGBT community, and particularly the transgender community, contribute to the likelihood of a resurgence of HIV infection just at a time when it was beginning to look like the disease might be eradicated,” he added. The San Francisco Department of Public Health released its 2024 HIV epidemiology report in September that showed there were 146 new cases in the city last year, up from an all-time low of 140 in 2023.

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Mary Fisher addressed the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston and talked about the AIDS epidemic and living with HIV.

SoCal districts to see changes

Prop 50 isn’t expected to impact the party makeup of any Bay Area House seats next year, as Democrats already

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These days, Fisher, 77, lives in Southern California and spends time with her two sons and their families, including three grandchildren. She serves on the board of Project Angel Food, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that prepares and delivers medically tailored meals to people living with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. She said that activism can take many forms, whether it’s something big or small, but conceded that today’s political climate has taken a toll on

Congregational Church of the Peninsula is located at 751 Alameda de las Pulgas in Belmont. Its Sunday worship service begins at 10:30 a.m. For more information, visit ccpeninsula.org. Fisher’s speech can be viewed on her website at maryfisher.com.

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Event marks Mattachine Society’s 75th year compiled by Cynthia Laird

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n Veterans Day in 1950, a small group of homosexual men met on a hillside in what was then known as Eden Dale, Los Angeles. That meeting was the start of the Mattachine Society that ignited the movement for LGBTQIA cultural and political freedoms in the U.S. and helped birth the community. On Thursday, November 13, historians and others will gather at the San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the organization. The event takes place in the Koret Auditorium from 6 to 7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. “They Lit the Fuse!” will explore the how, why, and whom of the first Mattachine Society, a news release stated. It will also look at the lasting influence of the actions and ideas of this radical group of activists.

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John Gruber secretly took this photo of an early Mattachine Society Christmas party, most likely in 1951.

Speakers include Devlyn Camp, the queer producer and host of the podcast “Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History” and a GLAAD Award nominee for outstanding journalism. Camp is a gay history tour guide in New York City’s Greenwich Village, site of the famous 1969 Stonewall riots.

Jim Van Buskirk, a gay man, was the founding program manager of the San Francisco library’s James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center from 1992-2007. To coincide with the 1996 opening of the center, he co-authored “Gay by the Bay” with trans academic Susan Stryker. Will Roscoe, Ph.D., is a gay man and editor of “Radically Gay: Gay Liberation in the Words of Its Founder.” He’s been a participant and organizer in the Radical Faerie development since 1979, the release noted. Finally, Joey Cain, a gay man, is a gay history researcher, writer, and exhibit curator. His exhibits have included the library’s “Radically Gay: The Life of Harry Hay,” and the GLBT Historical Society’s “Lavender Tinted Glasses: A Groovy Gay Look at the Summer of Love.” Hay, of course, was a co-founder of the Mattachine Society. He spent his later years living in San Francisco and died in 2002 at the age of 90.

Academy to hold awards event

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407499 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CONFERENCE, 2320 GREEN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE 2025-0407472 The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as PARFUMS LE BRUN, 4170 17TH ST #203, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business was conducted by a limited liability company and signed by OBJECT MU, LLC (CA) The fictitious business name statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/07/2025. The abandonment of fictitious business name statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/10/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407500 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ST. KEVIN CONFERENCE, 704 CORTLAND AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/ Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE 2021-0394946 The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as LAUREL VILLAGE DENTAL LOFT, 3501 CALIFORNIA ST #201, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business was conducted by a corporation and signed by BAYSAC DENTAL HEALTH 3580 CALIFORNIA PC (CA). The fictitious business name statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/23/2021. The abandonment of fictitious business name statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/03/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

The Academy, a membership LGBTQ+ social club and event space, will hold its 2025 awards ceremony Friday, November 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Swedish American Hall, 2174 Market Street in San Francisco. This year’s honorees include gay activist and AIDS Memorial Quilt cofounder Cleve Jones, who will receive the Legend Archive Award; People’s March co-producer and drag artist Alex U. Inn, is the recipient of the Exemplar Award; San Francisco Pride Executive Director Suzanne Ford, a transgender woman, will receive the Diane Jones Solidarity Award; and Rikki’s Women’s Sports Bar cofounders Sara Yergovich, who is queer and lesbian, and Danielle Thoe, who is queer and pansexual, will be the recipients of the Architect Award. “I can’t think of anyone more deserving of ‘Legend’ status than Cleve

Jones,” stated Nate Bourg, a gay man who is co-founder of The Academy. “For me, this isn’t just about honoring an icon – it’s about honoring someone whose legacy reminds us why we fight, why we gather, and why we continue to believe in the power of love and solidarity.” Bourg is also the president of the Castro Merchants Association. He noted that Jones will be asked to contribute a personal artifact to be enshrined in the permanent Legends Archive collection, dispersed throughout the interior of The Academy, located at 2166 Market Street. Tickets for the event are $20-$160. There will be an after-party at The Academy that is expected to begin around 8:30 p.m. For tickets and more information, go to academy-sf.com. t For a longer version visit www.ebar.com

Legals>> ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560170 To all interested persons, the Petitioner CATHERINE GRACE PARMALEE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name DAZ CATHERINE PARMALEE to proposed name DAZ CATHERINE VON STAR. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: NOVEMBER 25, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407469 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): SAN FRANCISCO SOLUTION, 2886 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): MIRELLA K. ROJAS HUANGAL. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/07/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/07/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407482 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): PHOTO PLUS, 1703 POLK ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): JULIE FONG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/08/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/08/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407505 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ESTHER’S HOUSE CLEANING SERVICES, 725 ELLIS ST #605, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): MARIA E. MONTANO CASTRO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/09/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407483 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): XIN YUE BEAUTY STUDIO, 3200 IRVING ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): XUNMEI XU. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/08/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/08/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407458 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): PYRAMINX CONSULTING, 1483 SUTTER ST #1402, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): DANIJELA LAZAREVIC. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/03/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407519 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): DMH CONSTRUCTION, 397 MULLEN AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): DARINEL MONROY HERNANDEZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/10/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/10/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407521 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): JJ AUTO SERVICE, 1301 42ND AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): EKATERINA ZHULANOVA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/10/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407506 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ARTISTRY FORGE CREATIONS, 4736 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): EDGAR O. BENITEZ CRUZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/09/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407423 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): MEGAN’S TABLE, 1422 OCEAN AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): GOLD YARD INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/26/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/26/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407445 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): SF TRAVELERS INN, 554 BROADWAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SF TRAVELERS INN (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/02/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407463 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): NONLINEAR, 1722 PIERCE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SPECT AI, INC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/06/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407485 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): 2040 BUILDERS, 2345 BALBOA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/ Owner(s): 2040 SERVICES (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/20/2018. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/08/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407527 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): HUBBART TRUCKING, 1325-B EVANS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/ Owner(s): HUBBART INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/11/2020. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/10/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407493 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ST. BRENDAN CONFERENCE, 29 ROCKAWAY AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407494 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ST. BONIFACE CONFERENCE, 133 GOLDEN GATE AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407495 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): MISSION DOLORES BASILICA CONFERENCE, 3321 16TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407496 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ST. TERESA OF AVILA CONFERENCE, 1490 19TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407489 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): HAND WASH DETAILING SF, 280 BAYSHORE BLVD BLDG 1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): ERLIN F. CASTRO ALVARADO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/03/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/08/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407497 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY CONFERENCE, 827 VIENNA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407520 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): PRACTICAL COMPASSION PSYCHOTHERAPY, 2107 UNION ST, SAN FRANCISCO., CA 94123. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): SAMUEL WESSELS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/29/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/10/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407498 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ST. GABRIEL CONFERENCE, 2559 40TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/ Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407501 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CONFERENCE, 19 ST. MARY’S AVE, SAN FRANCISCO. CA 94112. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407502 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): MOST HOLY REDEEMER CONFERENCE, 100 DIAMOND ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407503 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ST. MONICA-ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE CONFERENCE, 470 24TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121-2015. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407474 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ACE LEGAL ASSISTANCE, 4200 CALIFORNIA ST #201, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Registrant/Owner(s): DOMINGO BALINTON & LORRAINE BELL. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/20/1977. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/07/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407470 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): TWOMOONS WINES, 345 6TH ST #607, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant/Owner(s): FALCON&THUNDER LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/19/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/07/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407488 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): GNO AND CO., 728 LYON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant/Owner(s): GNO COLLECTIVE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/08/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/08/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407515 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): BEARING CREATIVE, 3032 FRANKLIN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant/ Owner(s): BEARING CREATIVE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/20/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407523 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): DUB CITY TOWING LLC, 2929 VAN NESS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant/Owner(s): DUB CITY TOWING LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/09/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/10/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407524 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): PARFUMS LE BRUN, 201 SPEAR ST #1100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant/ Owner(s): OBJECT MU, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/10/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE 2022-0397167 The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as KEARNY DENTAL ARTS AND AESTHETICS, 133 KEARNY ST #301, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business was conducted by a corporation and signed by BAYSAC DENTAL GROUP SAN FRANCISCO 133 KEARNY PC (CA). The fictitious business name statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/19/2022. The abandonment of fictitious business name statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/03/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE 2024-0402832 The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as EMPOWERED HEALING COACHING, 1600 BRYANT ST #41447 SMB #61505, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94141. This business was conducted by an individual and signed by YALDA MOHAMMADI. The fictitious business name statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 03/14/2024. The abandonment of fictitious business name statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/08/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 617430 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ALL AMERICAN FOOD SERVICE, 8400 BALDWIN ST, OAKLAND, CA 94621. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): AAF SERVICES, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/2017. The statement was filed with the City and County of Alameda, CA on 09/05/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 618091 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ROLLN-CRUST, 46600 MISSION BLVD, FREMONT, CA 94539. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): MAPLE FOODS INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of Alameda, CA on 10/06/2025. OCT 16, 23, 30, NOV 06, 2025 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560180 To all interested persons, the Petitioner MARIA ANGELICA TEZEN SURUY & URBANO AJANEL ELIAS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name JEREMY JESUS AJENAL to proposed name JEREMY JESUS AJANEL TEZEN. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 02, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560181 To all interested persons, the Petitioner CHAD JEREMY DAVIS-MONTGOMERY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name CHAD JEREMY DAVIS-MONTGOMERY to proposed name CHADSEBASTIAN JEREMY WILDER. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 02, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-559842 To all interested persons, the Petitioner THI THUY VU & TAT MINH HOANG filed an amended petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name MINH GIANG HOANG to proposed name JANE VU. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 02, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560195 To all interested persons, the Petitioner CAROLINE LINDA SWENSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name ZION DON SCOBIE-SWENSON to proposed name ZION SWENSON. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 02, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560196 To all interested persons, the Petitioner DAVID DEAN PARRISH JR. filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name DAVID DEAN PARRISH JR. AKA DAVID DEAN PEATROSKY JR. to proposed name DAVID DEAN PARRISH JR.. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 04, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560199 To all interested persons, the Petitioner HA VIET TRAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name HA VIET TRAN to proposed name HELEN HA TANG. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 04, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407533 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): WIES ELECTRIC, 115 TERRA VISTA AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): JOHN DUFFY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/10/2003. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/14/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407528 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): RIVERA’S CLEANING, 945 TARAVAL ST #312, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): BLANCA E. MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/14/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/14/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407529 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): TRIGUEROS-ORT HOUSE CLEANING, 14 BALHI CT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): MIRNA M. TRIGUEROS ROSALES. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/06/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/14/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407530 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ANTAZI GARDEN, 14 BALHI CT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): TRANCITO ORTEGON-PAT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/06/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/14/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407487 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): MODL CONSTRUCTION, 1419 47TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/ Owner(s): DENISSON BARRETO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/08/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407544 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): Q2PRIDE.COM, 1410 FRANKLIN ST #247, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): GAI P. CALVIN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/14/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407546 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): HANDS AND HEARTS DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL, 1301 42ND AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): EKATERINA ZHULANOVA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/15/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/15/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407553 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ABMS, 3904 17TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): JOSEPH J. TITI JR.. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/15/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407563 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name ( DBA): REST & REVERIE STUDIOS, 741 20TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): BRITTANY NICOLE WONG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/20/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/16/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407585 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ELIZABETH’S CLEANING SERVICES, 122 OLMSTEAD ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): MIRIAN E. AMBROCIO MENDOZA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/20/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/20/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407562 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): YOUNG NEURO, 3628 SACRAMENTO ST #A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): CHRISTINA MEIHUA YOUNG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/2017. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/16/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407331 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): THERA PILATES BAR, 999 SUTTER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/ Owner(s): KRITSADANART KUSAWAT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/15/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407537 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): J&M LAUNDRY, 1055 BUSH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Registrant/ Owner(s): JASON CO & ZHU HUI X. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/01/1998. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/14/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407532 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): MAMA’S MARKET, 240 LEAVENWORTH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): WASH TIME LAUNDRY INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/21/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/14/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407538 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ESME, 311 DIVISADERO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): S. DUNN HOSPITALITY GROUP, INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/07/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/14/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407557 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): TRUE RESIDENTIAL LEASING, 1 POST ST #3100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): RENTSFNOW, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/15/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407558 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): TRUE RESIDENTIAL, 1 POST ST #3100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/ Owner(s): GREENTREE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/15/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407572 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): AGMEZ ROOFING CONSTRUCTION CORP., 740 JERROLD AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): AGMEZ ROOFING CONST. CORP (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/16/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/17/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407580 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): SIERRA BAY PARTNERS, 575 MARKET ST 4TH FL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): AYOLA ADVISORS INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/17/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407576 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): CRYSTAL SHOP, THE; SF CRYSTAL SHOP, 39 PIER SPC N-1112, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): CRYSTAL SHOP, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/20/2015. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/17/2025. OCT 23, 30, NOV 06, 13, 2025 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560203 To all interested persons, the Petitioner KATHRYN ANNE FRIEDLANDER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name KATHRYN ANNE FRIEDLANDER to proposed name KATHRYN FRIEDLANDER TORMAN. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 09, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560210 To all interested persons, the Petitioner CHRISTOPHER ROBERT LILLIE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name CHRISTOPHER ROBERT LILLIE to proposed name CHRISTOPHER ROBERT O’CONNELL. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 11, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407594 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): SAN FRANCISCO BREWING CO., 464 11TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): JOSHUA LEAVY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/21/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407596 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): JERONIMOʻS CLEANING SERVICES, 1382 OAKDALE AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): HERMINIA E. JERONIMO AGUILAR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/21/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/21/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407597 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): EQUILAʻS CLEANING SERVICES, 847 45TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): MANUELA EQUILA SAQUIC. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/21/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/21/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407614 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): JOHNNY BLASTOFF, 399 FREMONT ST #904, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): MATTHEW WESER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/29/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/22/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Community Outreach Public Notice Prepared by The Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Pursuant to Administrative Code, Section 2.81

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Community Outreach Public Notice CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Prepared by The Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Pursuant to Administrative Code, Section 2.81

Community Outreach Public Notice

Participate on a Board or Commission! Prepared by The Office youofby San Francisco Department of Emergency thethe Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Pursuant toManagement Administrative(DEM). Code, Section 2.81 The Assessment Appeals Board (AAB) Housing Authority The AAB resolves legal and value assessment issues The Housing Authority of the City and County of San between the Assessor’s office and property owners. Francisco (Authority) is actively seeking new property Hearings are quasi-judicial, conducted in a manner owners to participate in the Section 8 Housing Choice similar to a court setting, with evidence and testimony Voucher (HCV) program. The program provides housing presented by the parties. The Board then evaluates the assistance to eligible individuals and families by paying a evidence and testimony and renders its decision. portion of their rent to private property owners. To be eligible for seat appointment, you must have Key benefits: a minimum of five years professional experience in 1.Guaranteed Monthly Rent: Property owners can California as either a: (1) public accountant; (2) real rely on timely direct deposit rental payments from the estate broker; (3) attorney; or (4) property appraiser Authority. accredited by a nationally recognized organization, or 2.Expanded Tenant Pool: Property owners gain access certified by either the Office of Real Estate Appraiser or to a broader pool of prospective tenants. the State Board of Equalization. 3.Community Impact: Partnering with the Authority supports affordable housing and the community. For a full list of current or upcoming Boards, Commissions and Task Forces, please visit https:// We are interested in expanding housing opportunities sfbos.org/vacancy-boards-commissions-task-forces. in San Francisco zip codes 94129, 94123, 94105, 94127, 94114, 94131, 94116, 94118, 94158, 94122, Want to work for the City? 94107, 94117, 94112, 94121, and immediate suburban Visit the website https://careers.sf.gov/ and find a job areas. For more information, please contact us at that’s right for you! customercare@sfha.org or learn more at www.sfha.org. Department Announcements Child Support Services Child support matters can be complicated, stressful, and confusing. The Department of Child Support Services helps parents understand the process so they know their rights and options for making and receiving support payments. We are available to assist you in person or by phone. Virtual services are also available. Call us today at (866) 901-3212 for more information. Enroll online or schedule an appointment at sf.gov/dcss to learn how we can help you. Count on WIC for Healthy Families! WIC is a federally funded nutrition program for women, infants, and children. You may qualify if you: •Are pregnant, breastfeeding, or just had a baby; •Have children under age 5; and •Have low to medium income; and/or •Receive Medi-Cal, CalFresh (Food Stamps), or CalWORKS (TANF) benefits; and •Live in California WIC Provides: •Nutrition education and health information •Breastfeeding support •Food benefits for healthy foods (like fruits and vegetables) •Referrals to medical providers and community services You may qualify: •If your family’s income is within the WIC Guidelines. Learn more at: MyFamily.wic.ca.gov or www.wicworks. ca.gov Enroll early! Call today to see if you qualify and to make an appointment. Newly pregnant, migrant workers, and working families are encouraged to apply.

Rent Board IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR LANDLORDS San Francisco landlords need a license before imposing annual and banked rent increases on tenants according to the City’s rent control laws. To obtain or renew a license, property owners are required to report certain information about their residential units into the San Francisco Housing Inventory each year. Property owners can submit their Housing Inventory information to the Rent Board in a few ways, but are strongly encouraged to complete the process online at portal. sfrb.org. Once the system accepts the submission, a rent increase license will be automatically generated and readily available. Owners can also deliver a paper Housing Inventory form to 25 Van Ness Ave., Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94102 or to rentboard.inventory@ sfgov.org. Assistance is available by calling 311 or emailing rentboard.inventory@sfgov.org. Visit sf.gov/ rentboard for more information.

San Francisco International Airport San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is offering exciting upcoming concession opportunities, including prime retail and food & beverage leases, as well as small business set-asides. While information conferences for the RCC Café Lease (Small Business) and the HMT1 & Terminal 3 Traveler’s Retreat Lease were held in July, these opportunities are still available. Additional upcoming opportunities include two Terminal 3 Boarding Area E Pop-Up Retail Concession Leases (Info Conference: 9/25/2025), Terminal 3 West Food and Beverage Phase 1 Concession Leases and Travel Convenience Stores (both with Info Conferences on 11/5/2025), and the Terminal 3 Boarding Area E The City and County of San Francisco encourages publicCandy outreach. Articles area Small Business Set-Aside (Info Kiosk Lease, Emergency Management Conference: 10/29/2025). To learn more, visit flysfo.com/ translated into several languages to provide better public access. The newspaper makes sf.gov/ReadySF - The the place to of find everything you business/small-business-development. Don’t miss your every effort to translate articles general interest correctly. No liability is assumed need to City know and after an newspapers emergency. toomissions. do business at one of the world’s premier by the andbefore, County during, of San Francisco or the for chance errors and Stay ready, so you don’t have to get ready. Brought to airports! The City and County of San Francisco encourages public outreach. Articles are

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407556 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): YANA’S BEAUTY STUDIO, 2940 16TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO,. CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/ Owner(s): YANA BEREZHNYI. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/15/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407639 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): NRM CONSULTING, 1190 MISSION ST #1011, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): NICHOLAS MEEDER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/22/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 1023/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407641 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): SUMMIT SCAN, 315 SUMMIT WAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): ISAAC LEE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/23/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407647 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): MAZAR KABAB, 400 3RD ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Registrant/Owner(s): KHALED KHALILI & QADIR MOHD NABI. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/23/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/23/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407513 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): THE TEMPLE BAR SF, 834 IRVING AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): 834 IRVING INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/09/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407593 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): SF PSYCHOTHERAPY AND WELLNESS COLLECTIVE, 2024 DIVISADERO ST #1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): ELIZABETH MILLER LICENSED PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELOR INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/21/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/21/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407413 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): TBD CONSULTANTS, 600 CALIFORNIA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/ Owner(s): SFTBD INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/05/2005. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/26/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407628 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): FOLSOM STREET DENTAL, 1130 FOLSOM ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SETIA DENTAL CORPORATION (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/31/2020. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/23/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407669 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): MENHEALTH; MYUROFLOW; UROFLOWRX; SUNRISE, 1616 16TH ST #350, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): BE TECHNOLOGIES INC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/27/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/27/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407644 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): SUBWAY, 397 GOLDEN GATE AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SRIABHI FOODS INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/08/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/23/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407457 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): LAUREL VILLAGE DENTAL LOFT, 3501 CALIFORNIA ST #201, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): BORDOW DENTAL ARTISTRY INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/03/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/03/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407650 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): CREATIVE MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL, 3101 VINCENTE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant/Owner(s): SUN ISLAND LEARNING CORPORATION (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/06/2011. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/24/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407672 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): ESTRADA PAINTING CO, 2370 BRYANT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant/Owner(s): JAIME ENRIQUE ESTRADA & ARMIDA P. ESTRADA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/23/1984. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/27/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407587 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): MISSION BOWLING CLUB, 3176 17TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant/Owner(s): MISSION BOWLING CLUB LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/02/2012. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/20/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407607 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): MONTANA FLEET SOLUTIONS, 1000 DIVISADERO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant/Owner(s): MONTANA BUSINESS ASSOCIATES LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/22/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407676 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): IDEAL DONOR; ALUMNI IDENTITY, 551 6TH AVE #C, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant/Owner(s): DILLON STRATEGY LLC (CA) The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/01/2018. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/27/2025. OCT 30, NOV 06, 13, 20, 2025

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560205 To all interested persons, the Petitioner AMY YU filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name AMY YU AKA AMY YU MIRANDA to proposed name AMY YU MIRANDA. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 09, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. NOV 06, 13, 20, 27, 2025 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560212 To all interested persons, the Petitioner SARAH CATHERINE SMITH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name SARAH CATHERINE SMITH to proposed name SARAH CATHERINE WILDE. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 11, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. NOV 06, 13, 20, 27, 2025 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560220 To all interested persons, the Petitioner AIDA PATRICIA CHICAS GONZALEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name AIDA PATRICIA CHICAS GONZALEZ AKA AIDA P. CHICAS GONZALEZ AKA AIDA CHICAS GONZALEZ AKA AIDA CHICAS to proposed name AIDA PATRICIA CHICAS GONZALEZ. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 16, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. NOV 06, 13, 20, 27, 2025 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560232 To all interested persons, the Petitioner EVA KARDON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name EVA KARDON to proposed name EVA MEDERER. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 18, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. NOV 06, 13, 20, 27, 2025 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CASE NUMBER CNC-25-560233 To all interested persons, the Petitioner LESLIE HERNANDEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: present name LESLIE HERNANDEZ to proposed name LESLIE ELLIS BRYN HAITCH. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: DECEMBER 18, 2025, 9:00 am, Dept. 103N, Rm. 103N, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. NOV 06, 13, 20, 27, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407689 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): NORCAL REMODELING, 1201 MONTGOMERY AVE, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): ERIK STENWICK. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on N/A. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/29/2025. NOV 06, 13, 20, 27, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407679 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): CLAY BY CLAIRE SF, 2946 TURK BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): CLAIRE FORSZT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/2025. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/28/2025. NOV 06, 13, 20, 27, 2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE 2025-0407645 Fictitious Business Name(s)/Trade Name (DBA): GG.GALANG DESIGN, 2407 HARRISON ST #2, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant/Owner(s): GLORIA GALLEGA GALANG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/21/2004. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/23/2025. NOV 06, 13, 20, 27, 2025

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fore they did and fought for their right to be as comfortable as they are, even though we’re under attack, again. GS: What is the significance of the title of your new album, “Ten Crowns?” AB: To be honest, it’s not really that significant. It’s my third solo record, and it’s been 10 years since the last record. We were trying to think of a title, and it just so happened I had 10 (dental) crowns done in Miami. I thought, “Ten Crowns, that sounds really good.” It kind of sounds like a reference to a semi-royal something or other. I thought it’s good enough for a title. GS: Dave Audé, who produced “Ten Crowns,” also co-wrote all the songs on the album with you. Please say something about how that creative collaboration works. AB: Dave is really amazing. I have three or four people I trust in my life, studio-wise. One is Vince Clark, one is Dave Audé, and one is Gareth Jones, the recording producer. I’ve had a kind of working relationship with Dave Audé for the past 12 years or so. We had a couple of Billboard number ones on the dance charts quite a while ago. We carried on writing as an exercise in between. He moved his family from LA to Nashville. He’s such a sweet guy, and he’s so untainted by the record business after being in it for so long. He’s a straight man, and he comes from Utah, but he has the sensibility of a bear [laughs].

Bell of the ball: An interview with Andy Bell

GS: That’s a great sensibility to have. You’re saying he’s warm and fuzzy? AB: Basically, he’s warm and fuzzy, and he cares, times 10.

Andy Bell will be appearing in San Francisco later this month.

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Gregg Shapiro: Andy, I’d like to begin by congratulating you on being one of the Pride ICON winners at the 2025 Peugeot Attitude Pride Awards Europe. What does an honor such as this mean to you? Andy Bell: It’s really flattering because I’m an old bird now [laughs]. I’m 61 years old. I think just to have a little nudge from the powers that be to remind the young ones that we’re still around [laughs]. There were some people that existed be-

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biological sexes, male and female. In an interview with the Bay Area Reporter, Virago, a trans woman, addressed why she thinks the festival has lasted for as long as it has. “We’ve lasted, I believe, because of our commitment to embrace under-represented voices and do-it-yourself aesthetics,” she said. “We believe in our community’s resilience, smarts, and artistic brilliance.” Highlights of this year’s festival include Daniella Caggiano’s “Strange Power,” a short film and song from a larger horror musical called “Maxa, the Maddest Woman in the World.” It tells the stoThe Los Angeles Blade covers Los Angeles and California news, ry of Paula Maxa, who pays homage to the poor politics, opinion, arts and entertainment and features national and witches of the Middle Ages who were burned at international coverage from the Blade’s award-winning the stake reporting before her. She recounts her transforteam. Be part of this exciting publication serving LGBT Los Angeles mation to fame at the Grand Guignol, where her from the team behind the Washington Blade, the nation’s rst LGBT horrifyingfitalents are worshipped by audiences. newspaper. From the freeway to the Beltway we’ve gotAnother you covered. featured film is “The Martial Forest,” director J. Traingular’s trans kung fu tale set in a dystopian future. In the film, exiled Kung Fu Master Big Sister 13 leads a gang of trans and queer fighters who reclaim a forgotten zone and transform it into the Martial Forest, a secret training ground where care is as powerful as combat. Director J. Traingular’s trans kung fu tale “The Martial Forest” Together, they fight to survive rising violence and is one of the films featured at the SF Transgender Film Festival. build a future rooted in chosen family and trans resistance. “We look for films that have something to say light some of the best trans films to be produced sponded to the climate of hate with unmatched either visually or through their content,” Virago during the past year. bursts of creativity.” said. “It doesn’t matter if the films are low budget Since 1997, the festival has been offering films President Donald Trump has signed execuor no budget. To us, it’s about offering something made by trans and gender-nonconforming filmtive orders since taking back the White House in new and innovative.” makers. Over the years the festival has grown, January to ban trans women and girls from parAs is often the case, it is short films that are beand it continues to do so. ticipating in women’s sports in federally-funded ing screened at the festival. It’s rare that a feature “You can’t keep us down,” festival director schools; reinstated the ban on transgender peolength film is shown. Shawna Virago stated in a news release. “Trans ple serving in the U.S. military; and declared that and gender-nonconforming filmmakers have rethe federal government will recognize only two See page 12 >> Courtesy J. Traingular

ven though it’s been 10 years between Andy Bell solo albums (if you don’t count Bell’s “Torsten” side projects), the gay music icon hasn’t exactly been sitting idly by. As one half of Erasure, Bell (and Vince Clarke) released multiple studio albums. But now Bell is back with the fabulous “Ten Crowns” (Crown

Recordings Limited). Glittering with Bell’s trademark vocals, it has enough dance beats to take you on the “galactic journey” he references on album opener “Breaking Thru The Interstellar.” Bell was gracious enough to make time for an interview in advance of his upcoming tour dates. Bell performs on November 28-29 in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts. (The November 29 show is sold out.)

GS: Sisely Treasure, whom folks will remember from Cooler Kids, co-wrote “Put Your Empathy On Ice” with you and Dave, and she also sings with you on the track. How did this collaboration come to be? AB: That came about because she had already written the song with Dave. Cooler Kids also did a tour with Erasure, and (Sisely’s former band) Shiny Toy Guns is my husband’s favorite band. I didn’t realize how versatile Sisely was with her voice and stuff. She’d written this song, and the verse was something like, “I stand on the side of your grave and I mourn the blah blah blah…” I thought I’d like to make it something that’s still a

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he national tour of “Stereophonic,” now playing at the Curran Theatre, arrives boasting a mantleful of five 2024 Tony Awards, including best play (David Adjmi) and best direction (Daniel Aukin). It’s indeed a fine piece of writing, brought to meticulously detailed life by an extraordinary touring cast that plays its roles with an organic naturalism that frequently makes the show feel like a staged version of a documentary film. Taking place almost entirely in a state-of-the-art Sausalito recording studio in 1976, the show chronicles the constantly simmering, but only occasionally explosive, quotidian details of a British-American rock group recording the potentially career-galvanizing follow-up to its first hit album. (According to a projected supertitle, the final scene takes place in Los Angeles, but it’s played on the same period-perfect set, designed by David Zinn, used for the entire show). Theater industry scuttlebutt suggests that the play’s action maps closely to the recording of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” at Marin’s famed Record Plant, which Adjmi has acknowledged as one inspiration. But, while the cast’s line readings, postures, and gaits have a convincingly lived-in non-fiction feel about them, to assume that lead singer Diana (Claire DeJean) is a fact-based Stevie Nicks avatar, control-hungry Peter (Denver Milord) is simply a Lindsey Buckingham standin, and so on, is to diminish the rich psychological imagination Adjmi and Aukin have applied to crafting their characters.

Inner conflict made visible

“Stereophonic” is not a play about celebrity. It’s about creative process, a notoriously difficult subject to bring to life on stage or in film. But by portraying a collaborative effort rather than

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Left: Clare DeJean, left, as Diana, Emilie Kouatchou as Holly, and Denver Milord as Peter performed in the first national tour of “Stereophonic.” Right: The first national cast of “Stereophonic” is now on tour.

the work of a solo artist, Adjmi is able to raise deep-seated tensions that are often invisible up to the surface where we can see them play out in detail. Battles of extreme perfectionism versus solid accomplishment, expansiveness versus concision, and dedication to art versus commitment to life’s other pressing necessities are internal conflicts for creators in all media. In focusing on a fictional, unnamed band rather than a canonically enshrined real-life individual (consider the recent film takes on Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen), Adjmi is able to make lively dialogue of internal monologue. The group dynamic spares audiences the ponderous verbal mission statements that often plague solo portraits of artists on stage and screen. And because the band’s record label seems to have granted them endless supplies of time, money, and creative control to make their album, audi-

ences are largely spared clichéd clashes between money-hungry media moguls and earnest artists. Rather than a sanctimonious look at music biz sausage making, Adjmi provides an MRI of the creative mind. While “Stereophonic” succeeds as a fine-textured group portrait, it can also be enjoyed as a coke-stoked, grown-up twist on the “Inside Out” movies.

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At three hours’ running time, with periods of fiddling around in the studio lounge and seemingly unproductive musical noodling, “Stereophonic” will no doubt strike some audience members as overlong and loosely strung. The dialogue, replete with awkward silences, is reminiscent of playwright Annie Baker’s lifelike work in her Pulitzer-winning “The Flick.” To anyone who has ever poured their guts and vision into creating

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work that really mattered to them, though, the dry stretches and nearlongueurs in “Stereophonic” may feel comfortingly familiar: The play pins down the feelings of aimless drift and tangential distraction that are an inherent part of art making, along with the occasional lightning strike of inspiration. In “Stereophonic,” those thrilling bolts often manifest in the form of guitar-centric rock songs by Will Butler (of the Grammy-winning band Arcade Fire) played live in short takes and fragments by the cast members throughout their onstage recording sessions. The performers’ instrumental and vocal skills are entirely convincing, and the songs’ Californiarock harmonies offer hat tips to the Eagles and the Steve Miller Band as well as Fleetwood Mac. Because the songs are performed with ragged edges and rock show intensity rather than as crisp, clear musi-

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“We will screen films of any length but prioritize films that are 20 minutes or less,” Virago said. “This is for a couple of reasons. We get so many submissions from our communities that we want to screen as many films as we can, and short films are the only way to do this. Also, there are larger festivals now that screen LGBTQIA2S+ films and they have the resources to screen longer works.” Virago is not surprised that the festival has lasted for 28 years. She pointed out that the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival is the first and longest-running festival of its kind. “Since we started, resistance has been our middle name,” she said. “Through our films, we’ve pushed back against the stifling confines of the gender binary and also the neverending wave of anti-trans attacks and discrimination.” Virago noted that the vast majority of the festival audience is trans, gender non-conforming, or queer. It also draws

cal theater numbers, it’s unclear, when first heard in the context of a performance, whether their lyrics shed additional light on the play’s characters or themes. But the overall sonic vibe, like Enver Chakartash’s flared leg, vest-heavy costuming, does plenty of era evoking. (Thespo-cryptologists and Easter egg hunters are welcome to explore full versions of the tunes in a cast album). Among the uniformly excellent onstage ensemble, Steven Lee Johnson and Jack Barrett make the most of their smaller parts as recording engineers, bringing welcome humor to subtly complex roles. Simultaneously serving as admirers and critics, they’re the structural honeycomb of the creative hive mind.t “Stereophonic,” through November 23. $62-$181. Curran Theatre, 445 Geary Street. www.broadwaysf.com.

audience members who are curious about alternative ways to make films. “I hope people understand all the attacks transgender communities have experienced since January,” she said, referring to the Trump administration. “These are politically fraught times for us, with trans civil rights and protections being stolen. The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival understands that gathering in community to watch trans films is a loving act of resistance. This moment demands solidarity with trans people. But it also demands some reflection about how we got to such a terrifying place.”t San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, November 13-15, Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, and free online viewing November 16-23. Sliding scale for the in-person festival is $0-$50 at the Roxie. All in-person films will be ASL interpreted. All films in person and online will be captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing. KN95 masks required and provided. All-gender restrooms, wheelchair accessible. www.sftff.org

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November 6-12, 2025 • Bay Area Repor ter • 13

‘Chad Powers’ tries to figure itself out by Brian Bromberger

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len Powell is the latest incarnation of a Hollywood star in the tradition of Gary Cooper. His charm and magnetism, not to mention athleticism – last exhibited in 2024’s disaster film “Twisters” – has now reached the television screen in Hulu/ Disney’s sports comedy six-episode series “Chad Powers.” It’s a cringy semi-absurdist plot revolving around an imposter narrative that doesn’t really work in the first few installments but shows some promise in its final wrap-up. It shares a few common elements with Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso,” only “Chad Powers” is raunchier and meaner with less developed supporting characters. Still, there’s some glimmer of hope that despite the regurgitation of every sports movie cliche, it might be outrageous enough to discover a novel angle that will not only redeem the main character but the series itself. Similar to “Ted Lasso,” born from a short film, the premise of “Chad Powers” is inspired by a video that went viral whereby former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning put on prosthetics to disguise himself as he pretended to be an over-the-hill tryout candidate for Penn State. Russ Holliday (Glen Powell) was a star University of Oregon quarterback who dropped the ball while celebrating a touchdown before he crossed the end zone, resulting in his team losing the College Football National Championship game. In anger he punched out a father whose son had cancer (and was a huge fan of Holliday), falling into the son’s wheelchair and knocking him over. This was the end of Holliday’s career. As one-character jokes, he’s less popular than Osama bin Laden, with people avoiding him on the street or pretending they don’t know who he is. His agent explaining why no one wants him says, “You’re

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Left: Glen Powell stars as Chad Powers in the eponymous TV show streaming on Hulu/Disney. Right: Frankie A. Rodriguez plays Danny, the gay best friend, in “Chad Powers.”

just not a d— they’re prepared to suck.” Years later, he attempted a comeback landing a contract with the XFL, which the league canceled when the cancer kid died and the old video was resurrected. Holliday is forced to live at home with his dad (Toby Huss, great, but underused), an Oscarnominated makeup artist. Holliday’s delivering some prosthetic masks and wigs to a film set for his dad, when he watches a video in which the struggling South Georgia Catfish head coach Jake Hudson (Steve Zahn) in desperation announces open try-outs for a new quarterback. Seeing a movie poster for “Mrs. Doubtfire,” Holliday concocts a plan to disguise himself and apply for the team under the pseudonym Chad Powers hoping to reclaim gridiron glory. Using a prosthetic mask, a horrible shaggy-haired wig, and a fake big nose, Powers pretends to be a dim-witted hick from West Virginia with perhaps the worst Southern drawl in television since Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle in the 1960s. Because of his strong arm and fancy footwork, he starts as a backup

player. Hudson wants to see how Powers does in a real game, but eventually he becomes the star of the team. Perry Mattfield plays Ricky Hudson, the daughter of coach Jake, who was a track star but whose career ended after an injury. Now she’s a lowkey assistant coach who has a talent for playcalling, trying to prove herself but not overshadow her father. Powers becomes smitten with her as they give each other emotional support. The team starts winning heading toward a championship as Powers tries to maintain the deception, avoiding showers (excuse: doesn’t want his overly big peehole to get infected) and pools that could ruin his disguise. He also gets help from Danny, (Frankie A. Rodriguez), a gay student who works as the team’s mascot “Whiskers.” He accidentally discovers Powers’ real identity and decides to assist him by improving and maintaining his prosthetics. The whole premise is that as Powers pretends to be a more decent person can he actually turn into one? Holliday is the arrogant cocky jock full of

bravado who is rude, obnoxious, and selfish while Powers, the dolt, is kind and deferential, as he tolerates the mockery of the other players. In denial about why his life is in shambles, Holliday is given an opportunity to start over, to reinvent himself, and to figure out what he wants to be in the world. Of course, this begs the question, can you be redeemed when you are lying to yourself and every other person you encounter? This is the dilemma facing Powers as the series concludes in episode six. Powell is absolutely irresistible (and sexy) as Holliday/Powers. Powers’ whole getup and background is ridiculous, yet somehow Powell gives the character a plausibility he doesn’t deserve, so he can hold together the unwieldy premise. Powell’s charm enables him to play two unlikable/ irritating (in different ways) characters believably, so you are rooting for both of them. He’s also the executive producer along with Eli and Peyton Manning. Even if you hate football (and yes, I do), there are few game scenes but the context is made clear so

you actually care whether the Catfish will or won’t win, which gives it some kinetic energy. But Powell personifies Middle America, a key element to his appeal and the show itself. After Powell, the real star is gay actor Rodriguez. He has the funniest scenes and the best chemistry with Powell, willing to challenge his BS as Holliday. Danny is smitten with Holliday but keeps it on the down low so as not to alienate their friendship, and yet Powell lets us know he’s in on the secret. Yes, Rodriguez is playing the stereotypical gay best friend but the series hints that it might be satirizing that cliche. Hopefully, in the future, there will be more background about his character, but his Danny is definitely a breakthrough for Rodriguez. Even though Mattfield as Ricky is a bit too lowkey, her scenes with Zahn, who’s fantastic, are affecting, and they create a singular father-daughter dynamic that is starting to be explored in the last two episodes as their suppressed feelings are allowed to emerge. Individually, as well as together, their relationship needs fleshing out. But I can say this about every character in the series, except Holliday/Powers – their backstories need fleshing out if we are going to care about the fate of the Catfish team. The series has not yet been renewed for a second season, but the ratings have been excellent and Powell is a social media sensation, so it’s likely Hulu/Disney will greenlight it for next year. The series can’t seem to decide whether it wants to be ribald or sentimental (à la “Ted Lasso”), but perhaps its best course is to navigate the ambiguous middle way without being commonplace. “Chad Powers” is in need of reworking but, based on the last two episodes, has potential to be a sports comedy with bite. The ball is now in the hands of the producers and writers to decide whether it will be a fumble or a touchdown.t

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Book looks at life of Audre Lorde

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urvival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde,” by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, is a biography of the life and legacy of the iconic Black feminist poet. But it is also a literary work that blends meticulous research with poetic prose. Lorde lived a purposeful life as activist and self-described “warrior” in addition to a life of letters. Winner of the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction from Publishing Triangle, and a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year, “Survival Is a Promise,” published in August 2024, is a bold, innovative work with an innovative structure. The author is a poet herself. Rather than being a linear, chronological story of Lorde’s life, the book consists of short, thematic chapters that delve into her childhood in Harlem, her battles with cancer, her activism in the civil rights and feminist movements, and her creation of a Black lesbian feminist identity. The result is a groundbreaking biography. Gumbs is the first researcher to draw upon Lorde’s journals and letters in the Spelman College Archives, uncovering lesser-known facets of Lorde’s life, such as her time living in Mexico in the 1950s and details of the founding of her publishing company Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press in 1980 with Barbara Smith, Beverly Smith, and Cherríe Moraga. The author also conducted interviews with Lorde’s surviving partner, Gloria Joseph, to craft a vibrant narrative that powerfully conveys Lorde’s importance in the canon. Lorde died in 1992 at 58 of liver cancer.

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Gumbs learned two powerful lessons from Lorde. First, people don’t need to be afraid of their power. And people don’t need to be afraid of their love. These lessons make themselves known throughout the book in various

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bit dark but much more uplifting. We rewrote the chorus and the verses just so it sounded a bit more like David Bowie. GS: Speaking of collaborations, does the song “DHDQ,” from your 2010 album, “Non-Stop,” have anything to do with Debbie Harry’s guest appearance on

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ways at various times of Lorde’s life. Equally compelling is Gumbs’ ability to contextualize Lorde’s radicalism. The book vividly illustrated Lorde’s role as a bridge between civil rights, secondwave feminism, and queer liberation. For example, she insisted on intersectionality before the term existed. In a 1979 speech at New York University, Lorde declared, “Your silence will not protect you.” This quote, woven into Gumbs’ analysis, underscores Lorde’s view that survival demands vocal resistance, a message that resonates in today’s fractured social landscape. In Mexico, Lorde found freedom. She studied at the National University of Mexico and discovered that Black

Americans abroad are seen primarily as Americans, a concept she found liberating. The less racially hostile society freed her to enter a time of self-exploration and have a relationship with Eudora Garrett, her first significant queer relationship. In addition, Lorde found Mexico’s post-revolutionary spirit reminiscent of her Grenadian roots, sparking political and personal insights that shaped her activism and made their way into her book “Zami: A New Spelling of My Name” (1982).

the “Ten Crowns” song “Heart’s a Liar?” AB: It doesn’t, but I suppose we could put one and one together and get three [laughs] because Debbie’s my total heroine; she always has been. When I wrote that “Debbie Harry drag queen” song, it was by no means any disrespect to her. It was really an ode to her being the queen of New York and the queen of punk. Somebody did ask her if she felt like a drag queen, and she goes, “Oh, well, I suppose so [laughs].” I would not exactly call her

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Gumbs also explores “The Cancer Journals” (1980) in which Lorde re-

GS: In keeping with your collaborative work, you have a long history of collaboration, not just in Erasure with Vince Clarke, but in your solo career, from your k.d. lang duet on “No More Tears (Enough is Enough)” from “The Coneheads” soundtrack to Jake Shears and Claudia Brucken who appeared as guest artists on your “Electric Blue.” What makes you so good at playing well with others, Andy? AB: I love meeting people. If we click, especially when you’re in the studio together, it’s such good fun. It’s hilarious! Writing together with Boy George is hilarious. If I’m doing remixes for people – I did one for Sandra Bernhard, one for Amanda Lear, and one for Goldfrapp – and I love the person, I’ll add vocals to them as well without telling them, so it’s like a really nice surprise [laughs] when they get the remix. Usually, they ask me for another one, and I’m like, “Oh, haven’t got time!” GS: It’s the Bell bonus! AB: Yes, that’s what it is! GS: In “Dance For Mercy,” you sing about what sounds like a near-death experience. AB: I’ve had a few [laughs]. I’ve never seen the light, though. Maybe I’m going to hell [laughs]. You know how all the people talk about going toward the light? I’ve never seen it. That’s why I’ve always thought that it’s not my turn yet. My nan always had this turn of phrase that you’re too wicked for this world, which kind of meant you’re an angel, really. GS: I love the “Diamonds Are Forever” reference in “Dawn of Heaven’s Gate.” Have you ever

claims her agency through writing. This section of the book includes painterly scenes of Lorde writing in her Staten Island home, surrounded by books, meditating on her private fears, and her determination to live fully, even refusing to hide her mastectomy. The power of her writing about cancer lies in its balance of intimacy and universality. Gumbs doesn’t shy away from Lorde’s vulnerability, moments of despair, and exhaustion. It also connects Lorde’s personal struggle to her activism. Somehow, cancer deepened her commitment to intersectional feminism, as she linked her health struggles to environmental racism and clear healthcare disparities.

A particularly moving chapter recounts Lorde’s time in St. Croix with her partner. Basking in the Caribbean sun and lush landscape was a healing experience. Gumbs’ prose evokes the “salt air and mango trees” Lorde wrote about in her journals. “Survival Is a Promise” is a timely book. Lorde’s call to dismantle oppressive systems feels urgent today, making Gumbs’s work essential reading. Its emotional depth and intellectual heft make it a literary triumph.t

had the chance to meet Shirley Bassey? AB: I have not. If I did, we would probably have a field day, I’m sure. She loves to drink, she’s from Wales, I love Welsh voices. Her voice is incredible. She’s got one of the most amazing voices in the world, ever. I think we would get on like a house on fire.

your schedule while you are on tour? AB: Funny you should say that, because I just asked Stephen about maybe getting a Pioneer for the desktop so I can start doing remixes. I can feel it stirring in my blood. You’re probably a bit psychic there.

GS: “Dawn of Heaven’s Gate” also includes lyrics in Spanish that echo what you sing in English. AB: We’ve never had a hit in Spain, for one [laughs]. We’re huge in South America. We had a guy in the studio; the engineer was from Chile. I thought that it would be wonderful to have the lines translated into Spanish, just to let the people know what I’m singing about. Usually they can’t speak English, so they just go by the feeling of the lyric. I wanted them to know that this is the kind of thing that I write about. GS: You are embarking on a multi-city solo U.S. tour from now into December. What are you most looking forward to about being on tour? AB: We’ve got a great team. We’ve got an amazing band. We’ve got a great tour manager. (Andy’s husband) Steve’s (Moss) gonna be on tour with me. We’ve already got the show down pat. It’s a great mixture of all the new songs and Erasure classics. I’m looking forward to celebrating with our fans and the local people. We just have a great, wild time. We had some shows in Germany, Denmark, and the U.K., already. It was so hot in those places. 100-degrees on the stage. Hopefully, it’s gonna be just as steamy [laughs]. GS: I had the pleasure and privilege of hanging out with you several years ago when you were DJing at Smart Bar in Chicago. Will you be including DJ dates in

“Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde” by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

GS: Better psychic than psychotic, I always say. AB: [Laughs] GS: “Wonderland,” the debut album by Erasure, will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026. Is there anything special in the works to mark the occasion? AB: Apart from the Erasure shows that we [had] in September, and Vince and I writing already for a new record, there aren’t any special celebrations planned, so far, for the “Wonderland” anniversary. But I think it’s time for a high-energy resurgence, and we caught the very end of it in 1985, 1986, post-Frankie Goes to Hollywood, was the death of the clone. We missed the boat a bit on that record. Hopefully, it will be rediscovered. GS: Finally, I now live in Fort Lauderdale, and I know you also spend time here in South Florida, where we are at the mercy of a relentlessly anti-LGBTQ governor and his evil cronies. Do you have any words of wisdom to share with our queer community? AB: I would just like to say if you don’t need any fashion designers or production teams for your theater, or you don’t need any TV people, fair enough. But you know you’re not gonna have the same look that you have now. No style! They need us, and we need them, full stop.t For tickets to Bell’s upcoming concerts, go to https://tinyurl. com/52kwy3xt

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Castro Halloween draws costumed crowd by JL Odom

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s the sun set in San Francisco’s Castro LGBTQ neighborhood on Halloween, 18th Street filled with goblins, aliens, beasts, witches, glow-rific attire, ghoulishly painted faces – and those wearing little to nothing at all. It was the scary, festive scene of the Castro Night Market’s Halloween bash, which took place from 5 to 10 p.m. The event, presented by the Castro Merchants Association, Civic Joy Fund, and CG Events, drew thousands. Featuring nearly 70 vendors, a handful of food trucks, several stages with performers and live music, the San Francisco Pride Band, the city’s official band, playing songs like “Thriller,” and a “Glow in the Streets” blacklight-laden, neon art dance space from the group Comfort & Joy, there was something for everyone. “I almost didn’t come out tonight – I had a long week at work. I’m glad I did, though,” attendee Molly Smith shared with the Bay Area Reporter. Smith, who identifies as bisexual, was channeling Rosie the Riveter with a red and white bandana tied around her head and a denim ensemble. A friend had told her about the night market, so she decided to check it out. “I’m fairly new to the city – I’ve lived here almost a year,” Smith, in her 30s, said. “It just seemed like this would probably be the most fun and have the best costumes.” About Halloween and its tie-in to the queer community, she added, “It’s my favorite time of year. I can’t wait to dress up, even if it’s a last-minute costume, and get out and see everybody else just being happy and excited and having a good time.” Highlights Friday night included a “Creature Feature” drag show and costume contest, emceed by Sister Roma of the drag nun philanthropic group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and drag artist and comedian Carne Asada. “I’ve hosted this pretty much every month,” said Roma while onstage, referring to the regular night markets. “I think it’s so great that the Castro Merchants [Association] and the Civic Joy Fund are making this all free and accessible so that we can come together and be in community. That’s what we need right now, more than ever.” The Castro Night Market is typically held on the third Friday of every month but was moved to the fifth Friday in October to coincide with the beloved queer holiday, as the B.A.R.

Castro Night Market drag performers and go-go dancers Florgasm, front, and Kuntra Diction took a break from performing at the Halloween edition of the Castro Night Market October 31.

previously reported. It was the final night market scheduled for the year. As the evening progressed, the bars and designated dining areas that lined 18th Street filled to the brim with people sitting down for a bite to eat, imbibing in a beverage or two, and taking in the costumed event goers who passed by. People could also take their drinks with them in the footprint of the night market as the Castro’s entertainment zone was activated for the night. The street itself became a slowmoving procession of people heading from one stage or vendor to another, stopping for photos along the way. Dressed as a “weed grinder,” Yvette Hernandez, a straight woman from Stockton, was a magnet when it came to people asking for details about her costume and wanting to pose for pictures.

“I’m here with both of my sons because I support who they are and what they’re about. I also love the idea of bringing the community together. So anytime I can bring those two facets together and enjoy it and just come out and have a great time, I’m totally on board. Plus, I get to dress up really cute,” she said to the B.A.R., adding that her sons are gay. Halloween festivities in the Castro returned in 2023 after a 16-year hiatus, as the B.A.R. previously reported. The city had shut down unofficial Halloween street parties in the neighborhood due to repeated incidents of violence, including the stabbing of four people in 2002 and the shooting of nine people in 2006. In 2021, efforts to bring back Halloween festivities to the Castro were initiated by gay District 8 Supervisor

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Rafael Mandelman, who represents the Castro on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and is now its president, and then furthered by Yekutiel and the Civic Joy Fund in 2023, according to the B.A.R. Yekutiel, a gay man, is the cofounder and former executive director of the Civic Joy Fund, which provides funding to San Francisco night markets and other cultural events.

He’s currently running for District 8 Supervisor and has stepped down from leading the Civic Joy Fund after he announced his campaign. NowMayor Daniel Lurie was the other co-founder. Hernandez, 54, attended that initial revamp effort, backed by the Civic Joy Fund, in 2023. The event included 40plus storefront activations, a movie marathon, and a costume contest. “It was really sparse,” she said. “This is a beautiful turnout in comparison to how it was a couple years ago.” Kuntra Diction and Florgasm, two San Francisco drag performers and go-go dancers who took the stage Friday night, were glad to be a part of the event. “I came to the Castro Night Market because of the effort they make to include trans and enby [nonbinary] people in the Castro community. I don’t see as much representation of those groups, which I really love and want to raise up in the Castro,” said Kuntra Diction, a “timeless” nonbinary trans boy. Florgasm, transmasc and gender fluid, shared with the B.A.R. that he had created pieces of the creatureesque outfits they were wearing. As a 25-year-old fashion designer, he’s found that the night market – and San Francisco in general – are a perfect fit for him. “The reason I came to Castro Night Market is the whole reason I came to San Francisco in the first place: to be free and express my art and have it be a viable career for me,” he said. “[The city] has been a place for freedom not just in sexuality and expression, but in what you want to do with your life.” Friday’s crowd was all ages, all genders and, in line with the event itself, all welcoming. “This is our family — let’s celebrate each other,” Sister Roma told the crowd. “Let’s remember that this is the Castro. This is our sanctuary, our safe place.”t

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Molly Smith dressed up as Rosie the Riveter and attended the Halloween edition of the Castro Night Market October 31.

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