Today for International Women’s Month and Transgender Day of Visibility, we salute Breanna Sinclairé: singer, activist and advocate.

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, and a graduate of the esteemed Baltimore School for the Arts, Breanna earned her B.F.A. at the Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, under the tutelages of Maria Fortuna Dean and former Cirque du Soleil star Kate Conklin.

She graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Master of Music in Vocal Performance Program, as the first transwoman of color, under the pedagogy of Ms. Ruby Pleasure.

Outside of opera, Sinclairé has enjoyed a variety of performance opportunities with LGBT and other nonprofit organizations throughout the nation — including the Gay Men’s Choruses of Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. She made her debut at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus. Other performances include Americans for the Arts, Washington, D.C. and Toronto Pride Festivals, SF Trans March, Fresh Meat Trans and Queer Arts Festivals, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, LinkedIn’s LGBTQ Employee Resource Group speaker series panel discussion (alongside civil rights leader Cecilia Chung), Janet Mock’s Redefining Realness book tour, and the Transgender Law Center’s SPARK! anniversary celebration.

Breanna also made her debut as a guest artist for the Gay Men’s Chorus of DC in Durufle’s Requiem performing “Pie Jesu” at Church of the Epiphany. She was among Out magazine’s 2015 “OUT100” list of LGBT heroes. She was the first transwoman to perform the National Anthem at a professional sporting event for the Oakland A’s, SF Giants, and San Francisco Deltas. She made her debut with SF Symphony on December 31, 2018 as the first trans singer to perform with the orchestra. 

Sinclairé is the subject of a documentary film, Mezzo, which screened at the 2016 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival. She has performed at festivals internationally in Canada, Amsterdam, Berlin and at the invitation of the United States Consulate in Recife, Brazil in 2024. 

Breanna has appeared with leading artists and orchestras at major venues across the U.S. and Europe, in productions including Carmen, The Magic Flute, and La Calisto. Sinclairé was featured in the opera-film Bound (Against the Grain Theatre), starred in PBS’s True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs, and was honored by the San Francisco Business Timesas an Outstanding Voice. Media features include The New York Times, NPR, and CNN. In 2026, In 2025, Breanna starred in the world premiere of Andrew Yee’s Trans Requiem, a performance that will be repeated this year. On April 3, 2026, Breanna will be a featured singer in a performance at The Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Congratulations and thank you Breanna for breaking barriers and blazing trails. 

@breannaelycesinclaire @visitbmore @nick.mosby 

#Igbtq #Igbta #transpride #womenshistorymonth #women #womeninspiringwomen #herstory #opera

Today for International Women’s Month we salute and highlight Ruth Sinai.

An award-winning veteran journalist for Associated Press among others, Ruth built a remarkable career covering some of the world’s most complex and compelling stories. Her postings have taken her across the globe—including the Middle East, Europe, and Asia—reporting from countries such as Israel, France, and beyond, with a focus on human rights, health, and women’s issues.

Now bringing those global experiences to audiences at sea, she offers insight shaped by decades on the front lines of international journalism.

A storyteller. A witness to history. A voice that matters.

#InternationalWomensMonth #RuthSinai #WomenInJournalism #AssociatedPress #Storytellers

Today in history: March 28, 1776 — 250 years ago today — the de Anza Expedition arrives on the San Francisco peninsula, at what would become the Presidio of San Francisco.

Led by Juan Bautista de Anza, the group brought more than 200 settlers overland from present-day Mexico. This wasn’t just exploration—it was the start of a permanent community. Within months, Spain established the Presidio and nearby Mission Dolores, securing San Francisco Bay for the Spanish Empire.

Today is the anniversary of an event that marked the beginnings of modern San Francisco.

#SanFrancisco #Presidio #AnzaExpedition #Ahoy

THE TIMES THEY ARE NOT a CHANGIN’
By J.D.Murphy 1974

Don’t gather ‘round people from 

your comfortable homes

the action we’re taking can

be done on the phone 

and accept the fact that

you’ll be throwing no stones

no time of yours will be wasted

so don’t bother moving

we’ll go it alone

For The Times Are Not a Changin’

Come sightseers and heretics

who speak with no yen

who can’t keep their eyes open

in spite of the sin

so talk all you want midst

the oil and the din

you won’t be escapin’ the blamin’

for the differences now

seem later to win

For The Times Are Not a Changin’

Run senators and congressmen

in your brand-new suits

it’s okay to pretend that

you’re not in cahoots

for he who gets caught 

will find no rebuke

there’s a ritual out there being created

everyone’s going for the windows

and crawling over walls

For The Times Are Not a Changin’

Mothers and fathers throughout

the land

only sermonize the Lord’s 

small commands

their sons and their daughters

are endlessly bland

their old road heartily laden

they can’t move out of the new one

‘cause it’s made out of sand

For The Times Are Not a Changin’

The dreams are connived

The hopes they are dashed

Slow ones now will

later get smashed

the order is mutely behavin’

and the worst ones now 

will most likely last

For The Times Are Not a Changin’

J.D. Murphy is an American businessman, author, and filmmaker best known for co-founding the University of Phoenix. Born in Portland, Oregon in 1946, Murphy studied at San Jose State University and later taught there while running a community mental health program early in his career. In 1976 he helped launch the University of Phoenix with John Sperling, serving in senior administrative roles focused on government affairs and accreditation before resigning in 1997. As a filmmaker and writer, Murphy produced and wrote Valley of the Heart’s Delight (2006) and has authored books including Jury Rigging in the Court of Public Opinion, Mission Forsaken: The University of Phoenix Affair with Wall Street, and American Incendiary Populism.