Nastia Voynovskaya

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Jun 16Failed to save articlePlease try againSandy Stone worked with rock ’n’ roll greats and was the in-house engineer at feminist label Olivia Records in the 1970s. She poses in her home in Aptos on April 14, 2025.  (Florence Middleton for KQED)An invitation to collaborate with one of the best guitarists on the planet was a golden opportunity. But the male-dominated mainstream music industry wasn’t really where Stone wanted to be.

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2 hours agoOverwhelmed and understaffed, the Louvre shuts its doors — a warning sign for global overtourismPARIS (AP) — The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday — not by war, not by terror, but by its own exhausted staff, who say the institution is crumbling from within.

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Jun 9Failed to save articlePlease try againCustomers at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco in the 1960s. The diner became the site of a riot when trans women fought back against abusive police in 1966. Henri Leleu papers.

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May 19Failed to save articlePlease try againFontaine Hu, 81, takes a photo with Kiki Krunch, GAPA Royal 2023, in front of I-Hotel, in San Francisco’s Chinatown on April 30, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED)San Francisco brims with LGBTQ+ history — and not just in the Castro, its world-famous gayborhood, or the Tenderloin, where trans women rioted for their rights at Compton’s Cafeteria in 1966.

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Bells Larsen (middle) was forced to cancel his U.S. tour because of the Trump administration's gender policy. Other artists like Alex Bernath (right) are reconsidering the benefits of touring the U.S., while some, like Trupa Trupa (left), are determined to perform stateside despite a challenging visa process and increased immigration enforcement. Bells Larsen’s new album had been four years in the making, and he was preparing for his first U.S. tour when his plans came to an abrupt halt.