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Gay Bowl XXII Hawaii
By John Chen– In all my years of playing, competing, coaching, managing, and leading LGBTQ+ sports, some of my fondest memories have come from traveling to gay national championships representing San...
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Your 2023 New Year’s Resolution: Play Sports, Get Healthy, and Have Fun!
By John Chen– I’ve competed in various sports throughout my life, beginning with little league baseball, then junior tennis tournaments and league, followed by high school varsity and college...
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49ers Super Bowl Bound?
By John Chen– If the San Francisco 49ers don’t beat the Philadelphia Eagles and win Super Bowl LVII, I will never see the East Coast again! There’s a lot to like and be optimistic about this San...
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Sin City Classic: The World’s Largest LGBTQ+ Annual Sports Festival
By John Chen– Over this past Martin Luther King (MLK) holiday weekend, I and nearly 10,000 gay athletes landed in Las Vegas to participate in the world’s largest annual LGBTQ+ sports event, the Sin...
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LGBTQ+ Welcoming Mammoth Lakes: Closer Than You Think
By John Chen– I recently took a winter wonderland trip to Mammoth Lakes to frolic in, on, and around all the amazing fresh powder the Eastern Sierras received through mid-February. Although I have...
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Pedaling With Puro Pinche Papi
By AIDS/LifeCycle– Charlie Arreola and Alfredo Trejo III are participating in AIDS/LifeCycle this year as part of the team Puro Pinche Papi, one of a handful of BIPOC-led teams that center the lives...
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San Francisco 49ers Fight Food Insecurity With Martha’s Kitchen
The San Francisco 49ers for many years have supported Martha’s Kitchen, a San Jose-based nonprofit that has a mission of “feeding the hungry with dignity, no questions asked.” Last year, the...
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My 2023 Manic Travels in Review, Part One
By John Chen– 2023 was an exciting traveling year for me. The pandemic finally ended so it was time to breathe some fresh air, see and hear new sights and sounds, and smell lots of roses! Like...
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My 2023 Manic Travels in Review, Part Two
By John Chen– 2023 was an exciting traveling year for me. The pandemic finally ended so it was time to breathe some fresh air, see and hear new sights and sounds, and smell lots of roses! Like...
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My 2023 Manic Travels in Review, Part Three
By John Chen– (Editor’s Note: San Francisco Bay Times sports columnist John Chen is an avid traveler. This year he has been looking back on some of the places he visited last year. See the February 8,...
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My 2023 Manic Travels in Review, Part Four
By John Chen– (Editor’s Note: San Francisco Bay Times sports columnist John Chen is an avid traveler. This year he has been looking back on some of the places he visited in 2023. See the February 8,...
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Palm Springs International Pride Hockey Tournament: Locker Room Exposé
By John Chen– It never crossed my mind that I would be standing in the middle of the locker room of not just one, but three queer ice hockey teams after exhilarating and hard-fought games interviewing...
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Final Four Women’s Championship Game
Photos by Selisse Berry A group of San Francisco Bay Times readers and supporters attended the NCAA Women’s Final Four Championship, held at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on April...
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Pride Day at the Ballpark
By John Chen– During Pride month, our local Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, the Oakland Athletics (A’s) and the San Francisco Giants, hosted their Pride Day at their respective ballparks in...
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Soccer Ace Who Experienced Homophobia Mentors Youths and Strives for Equality...
By John Chen– “I could no longer bear to be where I was, surrounded by motivated, high-achieving students of the rich and famous who didn’t need me, oppressed by religious values and beliefs that...
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Beth and Lexi’s Epic Olympic Experience of a Lifetime
By Beth Schnitzer and Alexa “Lexi” Westley– (Editor’s Note: Beth Schnitzer of SpritzSF and her niece Alexa “Lexi” Westley recently traveled to Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Both brought...
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