Author Archives: Race Bannon

In March 2020, Phil Hammack realized queer nightlife workers were going to be financially decimated by the pandemic lockdown in San Francisco. He quickly called a few friends to meetContinue reading “SF Queer Nightlife Fund Distributes Remaining Funds“

Thanks to a final surge of donations, especially as the QNF was named beneficiary of the Juanita More Pride party, we were able to offer an 8th and final roundContinue reading “We Did It! QNF Completes Its Mission”

The San Francisco Bay Area and its queer nightlife industry are slowly beginning to emerge from the worst of the pandemic. There is light at the end of the tunnel.Continue reading “Bay Area nightlife begins a slow reopen, but some queer nightlife workers are still struggling”

The SF Bay Area Queer Nightlife Fund (QNF) has opened up our next round of applications for emergency grant awards to workers in Bay Area queer nightlife who are stillContinue reading “Emergency Grants Available for Queer Nightlife Workers”

The SF Bay Area Queer Nightlife Fund (QNF) hosted its third Queer Nightlife Talks session, “How do you live without the party?” The talk, held on Zoom, featured two communityContinue reading “Queer Nightlife Talks Discusses Community Mental Health”

The mission of the SF Bay Area Queer Nightliife Fund (QNF) is to help workers in local queer nightlife who are not working due to the pandemic. However, without theContinue reading “QNF Encourages Support for Bay Area Queer Venues”

2020 has been a rough year for everyone. Between the general state of our country, election churn, and a raging pandemic, few escaped unscathed. Sadly, workers in queer nightlife tookContinue reading “QNF Continues to Help Bay Area Queer Nightlife Workers”

QNF 2020 recap from Mark O’Brien on Vimeo. During our 19th online Quaran-Tea Dance event this past Sunday, a video created by Steering Committee member Mark O’Brien debuted and weContinue reading “QNF Looks Back On 2020”

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world, and it’s this coming Tuesday, December 1, 2020. As weContinue reading “Help Queer Nightlife Workers On GivingTuesday”

The SF Bay Area Queer Nightlife Fund (QNF) continues its Queer Nightlife Talks series with its third offering, “How do you live without the party?” on Tuesday, November 10th, 7pm-9pmContinue reading “QNF Asks “How do you live without the party?””