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It's the most wonderful time of the year, and now that the Bay Area has reopened, there's plenty to do in December. Here are several ways you can celebrate and have a joyous holiday.
Ending more than a year of silence on who's in charge, St. James Infirmary announced July 13 that it is going forward without an executive director as the nonprofit that serves sex workers shifts to a "new, horizontal leadership structure," according to a news release. "The organization runs like spokes on a wheel. All of our programs have an experienced director and teams of amazing staff and volunteers," operations director Anita O'Shea stated. "What makes us even more unique is that most of us have had real lived experiences similar to the people that we serve: sex work, homelessness, drug...
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. The Bay Area is experiencing a real bagel boom. But for those willing to put in a bit of labor, Oaklander Laurie Leiber can help them make their own fresh bagels at home. Pre-pandemic, Leiber taught bagel-making classes in her home kitchen. While that’s on hold, she’s offering a make-your-own bagel kit. It comes with premade dough and clear instructions on how to shape, boil and bake the bagels. (Note: This columnist offered to test-drive the product and loved the results.) Leiber taught herself how to make...
Margo St. James, a noted sex-positive feminist and pioneer of the sex workers' rights movement, died January 11 at age 83. Ms. St. James had been living in a memory care facility in Washington state and was moved to hospice care after a fall, according to her longtime friend Carol Stuart. Ms. St. James founded the sex worker activist group COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), organized the infamous Hooker's Balls in the 1970s, was nearly elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1996, and is the namesake of St. James Infirmary, the nation's first health clinic for sex workers.