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EZ Knee Hacks for Stairs
By Cinder Ernst– Stairs suck when you have knee pain. Today, I’m going to give you ways to make going upstairs instantly easier. For thirty years, I have been helping plus-size women to gain strength...
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LGBT Latinx Athlete Brings Global Outlook to Sports, Environmentalism … and...
By John Chen– San Francisco Gay Flag Football League’s Rubén Mojica Hernandez recently took the stage and took his clothes off for a good cause. Mojica Hernandez told me for the San Francisco Bay...
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Pause for Joint Pain Relief
By Cinder Ernst– I specialize in helping plus size women relieve knee, back and hip pain. As my clientele ages, I’m getting better at finding small ways to make a big difference when it comes to...
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Hidden Gems for Summer Nature Getaways
By John Chen– Summer is in full swim, I mean swing, and the temperature is only going to get hotter. Many of you, like me, are on the lookout for fun, outdoor hiking and swimming adventures to beat the...
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Couples Who Play Sports Together Stay Together: Home Run Love
By John Chen– While sporting a skimpy wildcat print speedo, Brian Bussiere flirts and gives big hugs to anyone and everyone at LGBT mainstays such as Folsom Street Fair and the Pride Festival. Nearby,...
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Reconciling Being a Jock with Being Gay
By John Chen– During my 25 years of involvement in LGBT sports, I’ve met numerous such athletes who pass the “gaydar” test, but who felt great shame for their sexual desires. Their struggles are...
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Dedicated Softball Player Establishes Women’s League in the East Bay
By John Chen– In a short three-year span, Wendy Gershow’s vision of establishing a fun and supportive women’s softball league in the East Bay has come to fruition in a big way. Gershow, a native of San...
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Couples Who Play Sports Together Stay Together: Love Tackles
By John Chen– Once upon a time, a young woman named Isabel Ongpin in San Diego wanted a nice woman for herself. “I wanted a tough woman, but with a soft feminine side,” she tells me for the San...
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Feline Enthusiast’s Quest for His Pet to Be Declared ‘Best Cat’
By John Chen– Bobby San Miguel’s two Bengal cats have won many ribbons over the past two years in Northern California cat shows. “Our girl Elektra is a Grand Champion and our boy Orestes is a Quadruple...
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Marvelous Marco Mania!
By John Chen– I remember watching Hulk Hogan and pro wrestling on TV as a kid, mimicking their spectacular moves on my bed. Thank goodness I wasn’t dumb enough to try aerial splashes or drop kicks on...
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LGBT Athlete Supports, Promotes Local Artists Through Gourmet Meals
By John Chen– Zac Stein, a multi-sport athlete, loves good food and aspires to build a loving and trusting community in our Bay Area. “I believe the foundation in building a strong community is through...
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Bay Area’s LGBTQ Volleyball Community Unites, Grows to Over 1000 Players
By John Chen– We’ve all heard the popular saying that holds “a lesbian is not a true lesbian unless she plays softball.” Similarly, but not quite on the same scale, volleyball is said to be the sport...
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Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway: Road Less Traveled
By John Chen– Lassen Volcanic National Park, McCloud River Falls, and Lava Beds National Monument are some of the most scenic, iconic, and historic places to visit in Northern California on the...
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Five Pillars for Health
By John Chen–My fellow amateur sports hacks and fans, how are you doing during our long and unexpected shelter-in-place? Did you fill out an imaginary March Madness bracket just because? Did you dream...
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LGBT Sports: We Hug Each Other Tighter, Longer, and Closer
By John Chen– While some professional sports around the world are being played with no live fans in attendance as a temporary solution to the COVID-19 pandemic, I wonder when organized, team-based...
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Playing Sports Safely During a Pandemic
By John Chen– For the last four months we’ve been sheltering in place, social distancing, and wearing masks that cover our mouths and noses. We’ve also done our best to adapt to a world with no gyms...
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Road Trip USA
By John Chen– What’s an active, outdoorsy, sports-oriented extrovert like me to do during a pandemic? I can’t in good conscience socialize with friends. I can’t attend fun events because that’s not...
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Three Men and a Ragdoll
By John Chen– Just like that it’s Fall 2020 and we haven’t made a meaningful dent in the fight against COVID-19. But I can’t complain. During this time, I have taken several road trips, both long and...
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Sports Are Back!
By John Chen– The vast majority of the California counties are now in the purple tier and under curfew. To compound the bleak situation, winter is coming, greatly hampering outdoor activities. What do...
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Tennis: The Pandemic Sport of Choice
By John Chen– It’s hard to believe that nearly a year has gone by since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak last March. Positivity cases and hospitalizations here in California have surged to an...
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