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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area is lucky — we start our summer with San Francisco Pride and close it with \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandpride.org/\">Oakland Pride\u003c/a>. This Sunday, Sept. 8, the Town hosts its official LGBTQ+ celebration with a parade and downtown block party headlined by Da Brat. With additional performances by Mexican singer Wendy Guevara and East Bay hip-hop originals \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925177/the-conscious-daughters-raps-sucka-free-thelma-and-louise-rewrote-the-rules\">the Conscious Daughters\u003c/a>, this is one not to miss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s many queer bars and clubs will be lighting up with dance parties and drag shows of their own all throughout the weekend. We’ve rounded up a selection of parties for people of different musical tastes and interests, but if these don’t strike your fancy, check out your favorite venue’s Instagram for their full lineup of events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/2RdP66KicNc?si=2sa-saNieWufrcFz\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketweb.com/event/gorgeous-feat-tygapaw-jasmine-the-new-parish-tickets/13869073\">Gorgeous Oakland Pride\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Sept. 6, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.\u003cbr>\nThe New Parish\u003cbr>\n$20–$30\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Tygapaw is in the mix, hours evaporate because every cell of your body is dancing its hardest. The Brooklyn-based, Jamaica-born techno DJ headlines Gorgeous, a massive party taking over two rooms at the New Parish. They’ll be joined by Jasmine Infiniti, mother of the trans DJ collective New World Dysorder, and a crew of the Bay’s finest underground selectors: Adonai, Black, Brown Angel, KKingboo, De Alma, Tastemaker, Blossom, Discnogirl and Yuca Frita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13899489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/013_SanFrancisco_OasisReopening_06262021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/013_SanFrancisco_OasisReopening_06262021.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/013_SanFrancisco_OasisReopening_06262021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/013_SanFrancisco_OasisReopening_06262021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/013_SanFrancisco_OasisReopening_06262021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/013_SanFrancisco_OasisReopening_06262021-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/013_SanFrancisco_OasisReopening_06262021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Militia Scunt sits on a throne during Princess, a disco dance party and drag show, at Oasis in San Francisco on June 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-run-this-tickets-976818108257\">We Run This\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>15th & Franklin St.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\nSept. 7, 5–10 p.m.\u003cbr>\nSliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oaklash takes chances on experimental artists and puts disability and racial justice at the forefront, which is how it’s grown to be one of the Bay’s most forward-thinking platforms for drag. Along with local businesses, Oaklash is hosting a community block party outside of queer bar Nectar Social Club, with a drag show hosted by Militia Scunt and a live set by TECA, a duo that raps and plays live percussion over global bass, reggaeton and jersey club beats. Lady Ryan, La Femme Papi, Subeaux, FloridaWTR and Oaklash co-founder Mama Celeste will be in the mix as well. [aside postid='arts_13962948']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-pride-events-take-the-town-free-pride-weekend-bar-crawl-tickets-1005961787787\">Take the Town Bar Crawl\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Town Bar and Lounge\u003cbr>\nSept. 7, 4:45–9:30 p.m.\u003cbr>\nFree with RSVP\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking to meet cuties or get to know Oakland’s queer bar scene, Take the Town Bar Crawl is a good place to start. It kicks off at swanky cocktail lounge Town Bar & Lounge, which has a packed schedule of DJs spinning pop, disco and hip-hop all throughout Pride weekend. The crawl will make its way downtown to Latinx bar Que Rico, big nightclub Fluid510 and Old Oakland destination Summer Bar & Lounge. Patrons are encouraged to stick around for the afterparty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/VXu0Ds6LGvw?si=_NhIT4hquQhY0pmU\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gay-areaa-oakland-pride-tickets-976451852777?aff=erelexpmlt\">Gay Areaaa! Oakland Pride\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Zanzi\u003cbr>\nSept. 7, 9 p.m.–2 a.m.\u003cbr>\n$33\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three fire parties — the Sweet Spot, El Afters and Vamp — have teamed up for an Oakland Pride mega celebration at Zanzi. Expect live sets from rappers Alicia Goku and Bobby Sanchez, plus a special performance from vocalist and ballroom star Sir Joq. Go-go dancers of different gender expressions will shake it while DJs Dreams, De Alma, Lady Ryan and Align spin their favorite booty-popping jams.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-pride-after-dark-oakland-pride-after-party-and-street-party-tickets-967560749247?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Que Rico’s Pride After Dark\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>15th & Franklin St.\u003cbr>\nSept. 8, 6–10 p.m.\u003cbr>\n$10+\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Que Rico curated Oakland Pride’s Latin stage, and the bar has a packed weekend of celebrations. Its Pride After Dark party takes over the entire block for a Selena tribute drag show, Sexy Papi go-go dancers and DJs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fluid510/p/C_MLWgjStCj/\">Pride: A Special Day Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Fluid510\u003cbr>\nSept. 8, 3 p.m. on\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drag troupe Filipinx takes over Fluid510 for a free day party. 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"content": "\u003cp>In 1964, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953248/topless-at-the-condor-movie-review-carol-doda-documentary-north-beach-history\">Carol Doda danced topless at The Condor\u003c/a> for the first time, nightclubs across San Francisco’s North Beach erupted into a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13958719/who-was-yvonne-dangers-1960s-topless-north-beach-star-deportation\">topless frenzy\u003c/a>. Topless bands, topless clothing stores and even a topless shoe shine all opened in quick succession. But one of the most sensational acts of the time came courtesy of Vicki “Starr” Fernandez, a beautiful transgender woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13959375']Born in Puerto Rico in 1932, Fernandez ran away to America aged just 14, so that she might live a freer, more authentic life. “As a child,” she told the Bakersfield Californian in 1968, “I was more feminine and pretty than the girls in our school … When I was a teenager, my looks and behavior became an embarrassment to my family. The other kids started making really vicious remarks to me … [In] the States, at least I can dress and act as I please without hurting myself or my family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fernandez danced all over North Beach at clubs including Finnochio’s, El Cid, Pierre’s, Mr. D’s and Coke’s. At the Follies Burlesque, Fernandez participated in the “Battle of the Sexes” — a dance-off in which cis women went head-to-head with trans women and drag queens. (The point was that the audience could rarely tell who was who.) Fernandez was frequently billed as “Mister” (or “Mr.”) Vicki Starr, sensationalizing her trans-ness as a way to maximize audience numbers. This kind of publicity undoubtedly carried major risks for her personal safety and legal standing. Still, she boldly and diligently carried on performing, never shying away from talking about her gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13959772\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13959772\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20240606_134527-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A nightclub poster featuring two women, one glamorously made-up, the other standing topless, her back turned to the camera.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1984\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20240606_134527-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20240606_134527-800x620.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20240606_134527-1020x790.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20240606_134527-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20240606_134527-768x595.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20240606_134527-1536x1190.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20240606_134527-2048x1587.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20240606_134527-1920x1488.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poster from Coke’s advertising performances by Vicki Starr and Roxanne Alegria with the declaration that: ‘Boys will be girls.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1967, Fernandez told \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> columnist Merla Zellerbach that she was “working for one reason — to earn money to pay for the conversion operation. As soon as it’s finished, my fiancé and I will get married, possibly adopt children and settle down quietly.” What Fernandez craved, she told the reporter, was “a normal life as a woman.” She was entirely unwilling to give up on that dream, no matter the hurdles in her path. Though Fernandez enjoyed the limelight and relished every opportunity to be her most glamorous self, the nightclubs that made her famous were in many ways merely a means of survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Standing up for herself\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fernandez spent much of her life kicking against social and institutional prejudice. From the time she arrived in San Francisco, Fernandez unabashedly lived every moment as the woman that she was. She was a fashionista, always clad in the most elegant styles of the day. She attracted a large, loving and very diverse friend group. She was politically active, keeping files of political pamphlets at home from the likes of George Moscone and Willie Brown, and voting for Harvey Milk when he was a candidate for the Board of Supervisors. Throughout her life, she stood up for and fiercely defended her rights as a woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest battles of Fernandez’s life started in 1971, when Fernandez’s longterm partner Richard Smith was convicted of homicide and incarcerated. It was far from the domestic bliss she had once envisioned for herself and, making matters worse, she soon found herself restricted from visiting Smith because of her gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One correspondence from the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo reflects the hostile policies of the era:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ms. Fernandez remains biologically a male. Accordingly, until such time as a sex change operation is completed, and other approval to visit has been granted, Ms. Fernandez would be expected to enter the institution in male attire and utilize the male rest room.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>To Fernandez, these parameters were unacceptable. She quickly sought out the assistance of the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation (SFNLAF), and together they went about becoming a thorn in the side of the California Department of Corrections. They started with letters to the California State Prison Solano, in which Smith was originally held, then moved on to the prison in San Luis Obispo, where he was moved in 1974. That year, one letter to its director Raymond Procunier stated:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ms. Fernandez was allowed to visit [Smith] for a period of 9 months without any questions raised. She made no attempt to hide her identity in this time. It was evidently only after Ms. Fernandez was discovered to be a trans-sexual that her visiting privilege was suddenly denied.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>For years, Fernandez and the SFNLAF badgered the Department of Corrections to change their stance on Fernandez’s clothing restrictions. And for years, the Department of Corrections tried to brush them off. Fernandez refused to back down. She began actively studying and campaigning for prison reform. She sought advice from the Prisoner’s Union, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Prison Law Collective. She contacted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985739/san-franciscans-honor-glide-church-founder-rev-cecil-williams-at-memorial-ceremony\">Rev. Cecil Williams\u003c/a> of Glide Memorial, knowing he was outspoken on the topic of prison reform. She befriended Daniel Castro, the senior consultant for the select committee on corrections. She became a relentless force — and eventually, her work paid off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1975, the San Luis Obispo Men’s Colony finally relented and permitted Fernandez to visit Smith in the clothing of her choosing. Access alone was not enough to silence her. When transphobic treatment reared its head in the visitors’ room, Fernandez made sure to document her displeasure in written complaints. One letter from the SFNLAF to H.L. Shaw, then the outside lieutenant of the San Luis Obispo prison, stated:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ms. Fernandez has been subjected to further abuse which is uncalled for. Her attempts to hold hands and affectionately touch Mr. Smith in the way common between husband and wife has been precluded. Various sergeants under you have offended Ms. Fernandez by carefully policing her hand holding activities.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>It never mattered who she was up against, Fernandez was always ready to fight for equal treatment, no matter the venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A loving legacy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Though Fernandez’s life was not the easiest, she refused to live meekly or under anyone’s thumb. Proud of her identity, she fought tooth and nail for every scrap of progress she ever made and every shred of happiness she ever found. She was indefatigable when it came to living out loud, no matter who was judging her. But behind closed doors, she was a sensitive and sentimental soul. In the end, it was those traits that formed the foundation of Fernandez’s lasting cultural legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13870056']During an era when many of her contemporaries were trying their best to live under the radar and out of sight, Fernandez proudly documented her community in as many ways as she could. In her death, Fernandez left behind a comprehensive goldmine of photographs, flyers and other ephemera that continues to stand as a reflection of the LGBTQ community from the 1950s through the 1980s. These files reflect a joyful and loving community full of beautiful souls who refused to be relegated to the shadows. Now in the care of San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society, they offer important insight into a woefully under-documented period of time for LGBTQ people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1967, bemoaning the many hardships she faced, Fernandez told the \u003cem>Chronicle\u003c/em>: “If I’d been born all girl, none of this would have happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While her life would have undoubtedly been less challenging if that was the case, it was Fernandez’s trans-ness that ultimately made her so special — in her nightclub performances, in her legal battles, and in the keepsakes she ultimately left behind. “You have a very peaceful effect on people,” a friend named Susan wrote to Fernandez in the 1970s. “A harmony that lifts them and can heal them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The personal documents Fernandez left behind will continue to do so long into the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To learn about other Rebel Girls from Bay Area History, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/rebelgirls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rebel Girls homepage\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A book celebrating women from the Rebel Girls series, \u003ca href=\"https://citylights.com/politics-current-events-history/unsung-heroines35-women-who-changed/\">‘Unsung Heroines: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area,’\u003c/a> is available now from City Lights.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Dungeons & Dragons\u003c/em> turns 50 this year. The tabletop role playing game (TTRPG) has gone through a slew of revised editions, expansions and hack ‘n’ slay imitators, weathered a Satanic panic or two, seen itself replaced in the hearts and minds of the nation’s nerds by games like \u003cem>Magic: The Gathering\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Pokemon\u003c/em>, only to experience a bold popular resurgence in recent years, thanks in no small part to so-called Actual Play TTRPG podcasts and web series like \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/c/criticalrole\">\u003cem>\u003cu>Critical Role\u003c/u>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/dimension20show\">\u003cem>\u003cu>Dimension 20\u003c/u>\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/adventure-zone/\">\u003cem>\u003cu>The Adventure Zone\u003c/u>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13960471']In other words: As a pop culture phenomenon, it’s been hacked, but it still slays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I played my first game of D&D in 1978, just four years after its launch. I was 10 years old; it was summer. My friend down the street invited me over to his house, which usually meant forcing me to play catch with him in his backyard (read: He’d whip a baseball at my face, I’d flinch and let it bounce off me, I’d pick it up and toss it back so it landed in the grass 3 feet in front of him with a woeful thud; repeat until dinner time). On this occasion, to my surprise and delight, we sat on his screened-in porch as he took out what I have since learned was the box of rulebooks and polyhedral dice known as the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Basic_Set\">\u003cem>\u003cu>Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set\u003c/u>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963312\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/old-game.png\" alt=\"A grainy photo of a miniature figures and two books with covers featuring demonic looking figures. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1529\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/old-game.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/old-game-800x612.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/old-game-1020x780.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/old-game-160x122.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/old-game-768x587.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/old-game-1536x1174.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/old-game-1920x1468.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dungeons and Dragons game pieces, photographed in 1986. \u003ccite>(Joel Congdon/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I loved it from the jump, largely because everything about the game was so deeply indebted to my beloved Tolkien (Wizards! Halflings! Orcs! That titular dragon on the box cover, atop its pile of gold!). But it didn’t last; my neighbor started at a new school in the fall, and we lost touch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_10178']I didn’t start playing my first real, sustained D&D campaign until three years later. My friend David wanted to try his hand at being a dungeon master and invited me and three other kids I didn’t know to form an adventuring party. When I arrived at that very first session in David’s bedroom, they’d already created their characters — a fighter, a thief and a ranger. They urged me to play as a cleric, who could hang back and heal them whenever they got beaten up. I liked the idea of staying out of the heat of battle and just being the guy who patched my friends up, earning their deep and abiding gratitude. Feeling needed, appreciated. It was tempting, I admit. But then destiny, in the form of my nascent queerness, intervened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David invited me to look through a thin paperback D&D supplemental rulebook called \u003cem>The Rogues Gallery\u003c/em> — page after page of ready-made characters I could choose from. I flipped through the clerics, but nothing grabbed me. But then, on page 12, just above the chart of a class of characters called Illusionists, I saw it. Him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1298px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963310\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"A line drawing of a flamboyant and slender man appearing from mist surrounded by mythical creatures.\" width=\"1298\" height=\"976\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52 PM.png 1298w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52 PM-800x602.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52 PM-1020x767.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52 PM-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52 PM-768x577.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1298px) 100vw, 1298px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Illusionist in question from ‘Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: The Rogues Gallery,’ by Brian Blume with Dave Cook and Jean Wells. \u003ccite>(1980, TSR Games.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It was a pencil sketch by illustrator Jeff Dee. A tall, thin male figure stands facing the viewer. In his right hand he holds a staff, while his left is open, palm up. He holds his arms slightly away from his body, and sets his shoulders at a rakish tilt — the resulting stance is somewhere between that of an insouciant shrug and a hearty “ta-DAHHH!” He is surrounded by a thick fog — the spell he is presumably casting — out of which leer several monstrous faces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I liked that. But what I \u003cem>loved\u003c/em>, what moved me, what sealed the deal for my young, closeted, queer self, was his outfit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thigh boots, for one thing. I mean, what was I, made of \u003cem>stone\u003c/em>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, scandalously tight pants set off by a belt and dagger. And clinging to every ridge of his slim, muscular torso, a sleeveless tunic — a tank-top, basically — that still somehow managed to boast kicky shoulder pads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13960838']This is the important bit, the part you must understand: I’m not just talking thin, epaulet-like shoulder bumps. No, these were dramatic, flared, Ming the Merciless meets Julia Sugarbaker \u003cem>shoulder pads\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other stuff — the parted-down-the-middle blowout, the cheekbones, the diadem, the big chunky necklace? Icing on the cake. Superfluous. I’m self-aware enough to know that it was that tank top with shoulder pads that did it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to be an Illusionist,” I said, firmly, which caused my fellow players to roll their eyes and mutter the first of what would turn out to be a sustained pattern of homophobic slurs in my general direction. I didn’t, and still don’t, care. I was fierce, and I was \u003cem>fabulous\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I fell hard for the game, then. I subscribed to \u003cem>Dragon \u003c/em>magazine, and regularly pestered my mom to schlep me to \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Dragon%27s+lair%22+%22independence+mall%22&rlz=1C1GCEJ_enUS1083US1083&oq=%22Dragon%27s+lair%22+%22independence+mall%22&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRigATIHCAYQIRirAtIBCTEyOTI5ajBqNKgCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7e8f5c94,vid:KnSlDFn3Zxg,st:0\">\u003cu>Dragon’s Lair, in a sad strip mall just north of Wilmington, Del.\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, where I dutifully bought more rulebooks, more dice, more dungeon modules and a steady stream of lead miniatures that I painted very, very, \u003cem>very \u003c/em>badly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t easy. Just as I was entering my heedless, full-bore devotion to the game, the Philly paper ran an article in its Sunday magazine which cited “experts” about the game’s purported Satanic roots. An article that, the following Sunday, caused the sweet, kindly pastor at our sleepy suburban Grove United Methodist Church to launch into what was (for him, anyway) a fire-and-brimstone sermon decrying the game. About the same time, novelist Rona Jaffe published \u003cem>Mazes & Monsters\u003c/em>, an extended bout of literary hand-wringing over the game’s supposed deleterious effect on the youth of America, which was promptly made into a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX5ClJ1Y1ik\">\u003cu>profoundly cheesy, absolute hoot-and-a-half of a TV movie\u003c/u>\u003c/a> starring a young Tom Hanks as a dude who suffers a psychotic break attributed to the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963311\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963311\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/dandd.png\" alt=\"A newspaper cover featuring a fire-breathing dragon with wings.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/dandd.png 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/dandd-800x1000.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/dandd-1020x1275.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/dandd-160x200.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/dandd-768x960.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/dandd-1229x1536.png 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This ‘Philadelphia Inquirer’ article from July 1981 included psychologists fretting that players used it to escape reality, and religious figures who warned that the game was a work of Satan. \u003ccite>(Today, the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine/ via Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the handful of years I played D&D in earnest, back then, I had to talk my parents off the ledge every time some new magazine article or \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yShqF1YSfDs\">\u003cem>\u003cu>60 Minutes\u003c/u>\u003c/em>\u003cu> segment\u003c/u>\u003c/a> came out spotlighting the entirely manufactured “controversy” around the game. It was exhausting. But I kept at it; I had to. I \u003cem>needed \u003c/em>to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13962783']Because there was this one time? When my friends and I were being rushed by a phalanx of orcs, and I cast an illusion of a deep pit on the ground in front of us, filled with bubbling acid and metal spikes, and the orcs failed their saving throws and believed they fell into said illusory pit, and impaled themselves on the illusory spikes, and dissolved in the illusory acid and thus died actual deaths?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That? That was cool. And, for just those few fleeting seconds, down there in the deepest, most tortured throes of my closeted, excruciatingly awkward puberty, so was I.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ta-dah.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece also appeared in NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter. \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/newsletter/pop-culture\">\u003cem>Sign up for the newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, plus get weekly recommendations about what’s making us happy.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour on \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://n.pr/3xNgYt9\">\u003cem>Apple Podcasts\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://n.pr/3ELR3n6\">\u003cem>Spotify\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David invited me to look through a thin paperback D&D supplemental rulebook called \u003cem>The Rogues Gallery\u003c/em> — page after page of ready-made characters I could choose from. I flipped through the clerics, but nothing grabbed me. But then, on page 12, just above the chart of a class of characters called Illusionists, I saw it. Him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1298px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963310\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"A line drawing of a flamboyant and slender man appearing from mist surrounded by mythical creatures.\" width=\"1298\" height=\"976\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52 PM.png 1298w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52 PM-800x602.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52 PM-1020x767.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52 PM-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-27-at-10.56.52 PM-768x577.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1298px) 100vw, 1298px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Illusionist in question from ‘Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: The Rogues Gallery,’ by Brian Blume with Dave Cook and Jean Wells. \u003ccite>(1980, TSR Games.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It was a pencil sketch by illustrator Jeff Dee. A tall, thin male figure stands facing the viewer. In his right hand he holds a staff, while his left is open, palm up. He holds his arms slightly away from his body, and sets his shoulders at a rakish tilt — the resulting stance is somewhere between that of an insouciant shrug and a hearty “ta-DAHHH!” He is surrounded by a thick fog — the spell he is presumably casting — out of which leer several monstrous faces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I liked that. But what I \u003cem>loved\u003c/em>, what moved me, what sealed the deal for my young, closeted, queer self, was his outfit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thigh boots, for one thing. I mean, what was I, made of \u003cem>stone\u003c/em>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, scandalously tight pants set off by a belt and dagger. And clinging to every ridge of his slim, muscular torso, a sleeveless tunic — a tank-top, basically — that still somehow managed to boast kicky shoulder pads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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So they created a space for women, queer, nonbinary and trans boxers to train: \u003ca href=\"https://www.ftwboxing.com/\">For The Win Boxing\u003c/a> in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to create a space where women could see themselves and thrive,” says Black, who opened the gym in 2023. “There’s a difference between a space that allows women and a space that really supports women, a space that puts women forward and makes sure their female athletes are getting the right kind of attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962814\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A boxing coach watches the ring in her gym.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rae Black has been a boxing coach for 20 years. \u003ccite>(D.A. 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These are systemic issues, and For The Win wants to change them from the ground up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By producing quality athletes … my hope is to have that be what sells [women fighters],” says Black, “like Claressa Shields, and Katie Taylor, Chantelle Cameron, Savannah Marshall and quite a few others who don’t use hyper-feminization to get notoriety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In previous decades, promoters only sold women’s fights for novelty, the male gaze or to cash in on a famous father’s name. Women’s boxing has only been in the Olympics since 2012. The first women’s fight to headline “the mecca” of boxing, New York City’s Madison Square Garden, only transpired two years ago, on April 30, 2022, when Katie Taylor fought Amanda Serrano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These strides are encouraging, but they’re long overdue. Now, Black is investing sweat equity into boxing’s future and modeling how people assigned female at birth can be successful in a fighter’s corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxers Pavin Argyle (left) and Jackie Espejo (right) pose with their coach, Rae Black, at For the Win. \u003ccite>(D.A. Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Black’s philosophy is what attracted two dedicated students to eventually form For The Win’s amateur boxing team. Jackie Espejo is a queer Filipina graphic designer who was always curious about boxing. Googling places to try the sport, she saw reviews calling out gyms for misogyny. Eventually, she found Black’s website, and saw that For The Win offers sliding-scale rates for students — another key way Coach Rae is advocating for an equitable environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I manifested Rae,” says Espejo. “The landing page had a video of Rae holding mitts for a woman, and it fit the vibe that I was exactly looking for, so I knew right then and there I had to hit them up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Espejo boxed strictly for a cardio workout with Black for four years until 2023, when she took up sparring and eventually fought in a match. Her amateur record is now 2-1. [aside postid='arts_13962267,arts_13956931']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once I put my mind to boxing and developed a way better discipline for it, I felt more balanced as far as my spiritual health, my mental health and physical health,” Espejo says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For The Win’s other fighter, Pavin Argyle (5-1 amateur record), has always been a multi-sport athlete. After training off of YouTube, and briefly going to a different gym, they found Black. Argyle was encouraged that Black shared a similar sports background, which has given the two a common language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way you have to throw this punch is kind of like throwing sidearm in baseball, or moving your feet this way is like that side step in basketball, so them specifically, I don’t feel like there’s anybody else who can really teach me as effectively as the way they teach me,” Argyle says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962811\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962811\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pavin Argyle (right) trains with Coach Rae Black at For the Win in Oakland. \u003ccite>(D.A. Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She proceeds to tell a story about a time she was thrown into the ring with a more experienced male boxer, who stung her with a right-hand punch away from any coach’s watchful eyes. He was apologetic and she was fine, but Argyle knows now, “there’s no reason I should have been in that situation,” she says. “And if I was in that situation, my coach should have been paying attention to me. That’s just something that would never happen here. The level of trust we have with Rae is here because every sparring session, they make sure that everything is laid out on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Argyle wants to go pro eventually. Espejo doesn’t have that goal in mind at the moment, but both athletes will compete on Aug. 17 on an all women’s boxing card in Salinas, CA. They both fight that day, then Argyle takes a week off before flying to Hawaii for another bout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A boxer hits a punching bag. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackie Espejo boxed for fitness for years before she began competing. \u003ccite>(D.A. Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Black, Espejo and Argyle literally built the ring at For The Win together. Espejo designed the logo. They aren’t just Coach Rae’s students, they’re keyholders. They hope boxing matures socially, and grows the way women’s basketball and soccer are surging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we’re inclusive, everybody thrives, but there’s a scarcity mentality amongst women [in boxing] that if someone who doesn’t look like us — specifically gender-wise, even if they are nonbinary — gets something that we want, then there’s not enough to eat,” says Black. “That’s a really unfortunate challenge that we have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Combat sports gyms with For The Win’s mission and composition just don’t exist on any notable level yet — this is a unique, groundbreaking pursuit. For the Win is a positive take on the FTW acronym 2Pac made famous. Even though its mere existence notes a certain defiance, the team finds a level of peace in the good they are inviting into their space and combat sports as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will be able to discover your own inner strength,” says Espejo. “You might find out you’re a whole different-ass person in the ring than you are outside of the ring.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By producing quality athletes … my hope is to have that be what sells [women fighters],” says Black, “like Claressa Shields, and Katie Taylor, Chantelle Cameron, Savannah Marshall and quite a few others who don’t use hyper-feminization to get notoriety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In previous decades, promoters only sold women’s fights for novelty, the male gaze or to cash in on a famous father’s name. Women’s boxing has only been in the Olympics since 2012. The first women’s fight to headline “the mecca” of boxing, New York City’s Madison Square Garden, only transpired two years ago, on April 30, 2022, when Katie Taylor fought Amanda Serrano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These strides are encouraging, but they’re long overdue. Now, Black is investing sweat equity into boxing’s future and modeling how people assigned female at birth can be successful in a fighter’s corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxers Pavin Argyle (left) and Jackie Espejo (right) pose with their coach, Rae Black, at For the Win. \u003ccite>(D.A. Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Black’s philosophy is what attracted two dedicated students to eventually form For The Win’s amateur boxing team. Jackie Espejo is a queer Filipina graphic designer who was always curious about boxing. Googling places to try the sport, she saw reviews calling out gyms for misogyny. Eventually, she found Black’s website, and saw that For The Win offers sliding-scale rates for students — another key way Coach Rae is advocating for an equitable environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I manifested Rae,” says Espejo. “The landing page had a video of Rae holding mitts for a woman, and it fit the vibe that I was exactly looking for, so I knew right then and there I had to hit them up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Espejo boxed strictly for a cardio workout with Black for four years until 2023, when she took up sparring and eventually fought in a match. Her amateur record is now 2-1. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Just as they led safer sex education during the AIDS crisis in the ’80s, queer nightlife professionals and drag queens have been instrumental in combating today’s overdose epidemic. One of those harm reduction leaders is Kochina Rude, who educates partygoers about naloxone (the active ingredient in Narcan) and distributes the overdose-reversing drug each Saturday at Oasis’ Princess drag night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kochina and fellow drag queen Nicki Jizz are working with the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and Entertainment Commission on several community outreach events throughout August in honor of International Overdose Awareness Day, which falls on the 31st.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 1, Nicki Jizz will appear at Queer Pop night at the Castro hotspot \u003ca href=\"https://beauxsf.com/\">Beaux\u003c/a> to teach club-goers how to use naloxone and fentanyl test strips, which can be used to test for the opioid so that drug users don’t ingest it unintentionally while partaking in another substance. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Just as they led safer sex education during the AIDS crisis in the ’80s, queer nightlife professionals and drag queens have been instrumental in combating today’s overdose epidemic. One of those harm reduction leaders is Kochina Rude, who educates partygoers about naloxone (the active ingredient in Narcan) and distributes the overdose-reversing drug each Saturday at Oasis’ Princess drag night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kochina and fellow drag queen Nicki Jizz are working with the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and Entertainment Commission on several community outreach events throughout August in honor of International Overdose Awareness Day, which falls on the 31st.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 1, Nicki Jizz will appear at Queer Pop night at the Castro hotspot \u003ca href=\"https://beauxsf.com/\">Beaux\u003c/a> to teach club-goers how to use naloxone and fentanyl test strips, which can be used to test for the opioid so that drug users don’t ingest it unintentionally while partaking in another substance. Both of these tools will be available to party-goers for free on a first-come, first-serve basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin, and the drug is responsible for 75% of San Francisco’s overdose deaths, according to SFDPH.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13961846\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13961846\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230831-SAFE-USE-POP-UP-MD-05-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230831-SAFE-USE-POP-UP-MD-05-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230831-SAFE-USE-POP-UP-MD-05-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230831-SAFE-USE-POP-UP-MD-05-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230831-SAFE-USE-POP-UP-MD-05-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230831-SAFE-USE-POP-UP-MD-05-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230831-SAFE-USE-POP-UP-MD-05-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxes of Narcan, the overdose prevention drug, at a safe drug use pop-up site created by volunteers with Concerned Public Response in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nicki Jizz will lead a similar effort Aug. 9 at Oasis during her party, \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reparations-w-yvie-oddly-tickets-936958065797\">Reparations\u003c/a>, San Francisco’s only all-Black drag show. Yvie Oddly, winner of \u003cem>RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11\u003c/em>, headlines this month’s edition. Kochina Rude will lead another workshop during \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/princess-w-willow-pill-the-official-outside-lands-afterparty-tickets-940612757077\">Princess\u003c/a> at Oasis on Aug. 10; the special guest that night is Willow Pill, winner of \u003cem>RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The late novelist Toni Morrison once said, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” Similarly, if there’s a joy-filled, music-bumping, booty-shaking, spirit-healing, all Black, queer and trans gathering — with food — you’d like to attend, but no one’s throwing it: you gotta put it on. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That was the spirit behind two Oakland-based collectives, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/7000coils/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">7000COILS\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/blkinmotion/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">BLKINMOTION\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, joining forces to create and host \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thecookoutparty.com\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Cookout\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We just noticed that there was a hole that needed to be filled in our community,” says \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kkingboo/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">KKINGBOO\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a DJ and co-founder of the art house-slash-record label 7000COILS, and one of eleven organizers of The Cookout. “The need for Black queers to have an exclusively Black space to gather and play — so that they could feel safe, seen; sprawl out, unfurl.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13960629 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/240701-THE-COOKOUT-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/240701-THE-COOKOUT-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/240701-THE-COOKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/240701-THE-COOKOUT-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/240701-THE-COOKOUT-MD-03-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/240701-THE-COOKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/240701-THE-COOKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/240701-THE-COOKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Clockwise from top left) KKINGBOO, B Dukes, Madre Guía and Lalin St. Juste of 7000COILS at BlaQyard in Oakland on July 1, 2024. BlaQyard is a Black queer housing and land project, and the site of different events, including 2023’s The Cookout event. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Organizers say their first Cookout attracted over 300 people when it launched in 2022. But even with the large crowd, the feeling was familial. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It was literally like your typical family cookout,” describes \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/esora4u/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">esora\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a founding member and current co-lead organizer of BLKINMOTION, a collective of Black queer and trans artists and changemakers. “The grill’s poppin’ in the back, and then we had this \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CuA6rIHoH-t/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">blacktop space\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and we transformed it into what we had dreamed and imagined as kids — space that allows us to feel joy, to play with each other, to laugh with each other, but to also see each other fully.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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