The gang injunctions have been on my mind. The fact that Oscar Grant’s murderer may be free to walk the streets soon - that’s been on my mind too.

(Editor's note: The following is the first piece in a weekly column by OL staffer Tehea Robie that highlights lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex issues and people in and around Oakland.)

Robbie Clark, of Causa Justa::Just Cause and Urban Congress 2010

Years ago - when the sun was in Pisces, the moon was in Sagittarius and Cancer was just ascending the horizon - an inquisitive, artistic, gender-queer defender of urban justice was born.