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1 month ago | ww2.kqed.org | Bianca Taylor

A week before their home opener, the Golden State Valkyries gear up to make history as the Bay Area’s first WNBA team.

1 month ago | kqed.org | Bianca Taylor

May 10Failed to save articlePlease try againGolden State Valkyries’ Monique Billings practices during training camp held at the Sephora Performance Center in Oakland on May 1, 2025. A week before their home opener, the Golden State Valkyries gear up to make history as the Bay Area’s first WNBA team.  (Beth LaBerge/KQED)Kaitlyn Chen has had a busy spring.

2 months ago | kqed.org | Ericka Cruz Guevarra |Bianca Taylor |Mel Velasquez |Alan Montecillo

Ericka Cruz GuevarraBianca TaylorMel VelasquezAlan MontecilloJessica KariisaApr 2Failed to save articlePlease try againTraining instructor Joseph Bautista, center, demonstrates how to do a move to Skyler, left, and Moss O’Neal, right, during a self-defense training for transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) community members, at the Transgender District office, in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2025. The training was organized by The Transgender District and Lyric SF. (Gina Castro/KQED)

Mar 25, 2025 | kqed.org | Bianca Taylor

Mar 25Failed to save articlePlease try againMoss O’Neal, right, practices a technique during a self-defense training for transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) community members, at the Transgender District office, in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2025. The training was organized by The Transgender District and Lyric SF. (Gina Castro/KQED)Alexis Jimenez said a stalker came to her house and knocked on her door years ago. “[It was] kind of scary,” she recalled.

Jan 31, 2025 | kqed.org | Bianca Taylor

Jan 31Failed to save articlePlease try againSally Gearhart, in 2024. (Courtesy of Deborah Craig)Sally Gearhart is one of the most important figures in LGBTQ history that you’ve probably never heard of. She was a radical lesbian feminist whose fight for equality and change sparked movements that still continue today. But unlike her friend and contemporary, Harvey Milk, there are no airport terminals or schools named after Sally. Instead, she has largely been erased from history.