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Janis Joplin and her final group, the Full Tilt Boogie Band, perform at the Festival for Peace at Shea Stadium.
Arts & Entertainment

Peggy Caserta, the lesbian creator of bell-bottom jeans and lover of Janis Joplin, has died at age 84

Caserta and Joplin had an intense relationship from 1966 to 1970.

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World

SF Mayor Appoints Activist Bisexual Supervisor

Barry Manilow celebrates with Clive Davis.
Music

Tribeca's Clive Davis Celebration Had Notes of Resistance

Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, Jennifer Hudson, and more stars sang to the bisexual music mogul at Tribeca's opening night, which was also a call to arms for the arts.

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Me, Myself, and I

Cleve Jones interviews Emile Hirsch about the making of Milk.

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Health

Pandoras Box

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Travel

Burning Man 101

Some dismiss the Burning Man festival as a bunch of hippies getting high in the desert. Advocate associate editor Neal Broverman found there's much more to it -- and breaks down the essentials for the uninitiated.

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When We Rise: A Love Letter to LGBT Activism

How Dustin Lance Black, a group of queer and trans folks, and a bevy of A-list actors made a groundbreaking miniseries that's a love letter to San Francisco, a journey through 40 years of LGBT struggles, and a contemporary call to arms.