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Out in the World: Activists decry Bermuda Privy Council's ruling against same-sex marriage

Out in the World: Activists decry Bermuda Privy Council's ruling against same-sex marriage

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 17, 2022

Judges in Bermuda's highest court have found that legislation banning same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional.

Political Notebook: In 1st for Bay Area, gay Afghan Muslim joins college board

Political Notebook: In 1st for Bay Area, gay Afghan Muslim joins college board

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 16, 2022

When a Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees member resigned due to relocating, the search was on to find an appointee to fill the vacancy through the end of 2022.

Political Notes: San Francisco LGBTQ political groups welcome new leaders

Political Notes: San Francisco LGBTQ political groups welcome new leaders

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 14, 2022

Two LGBTQ groups involved in San Francisco politics have welcomed new leaders this year. For both, it is shaping up to be a trial-by-fire introduction.

LGBTQ Agenda: Cork, Ireland mayor visits SF LGBTQ history museum

LGBTQ Agenda: Cork, Ireland mayor visits SF LGBTQ history museum

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Mar 11, 2022

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland, Colm Kelleher, visited San Francisco March 11, including a stop at the GLBT Historical Society Museum in the Castro.

Out in the World: SF rally calls on Biden administration to change US immigration policies

Out in the World: SF rally calls on Biden administration to change US immigration policies

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 10, 2022

A new San Francisco-based organization assisting LGBTQ asylum seekers to rebuild their lives in the United States called upon President Joe Biden's administration to do better by queer people seeking refuge in the U.S. at a recent rally.

Business Briefing: Couple revives downtown Livermore taproom

Business Briefing: Couple revives downtown Livermore taproom

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 9, 2022

Years ago Kristen Iosco had tended the bar at Tap 25, a taproom in downtown Livermore showcasing more than two-dozen beers on tap. She then was hired as the general manager at Almanac Beer Co., a taproom and brewery in Alameda.

Political Notebook: Slew of LGBTQ candidates seek CA legislative seats

Political Notebook: Slew of LGBTQ candidates seek CA legislative seats

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 9, 2022

With at least 18 out candidates seeking California legislative seats in 2022, LGBTQ leaders are on the cusp of reaching their goal to have 10% of state lawmakers be from the community.

Transmissions: We cannot rest easy

Transmissions: We cannot rest easy

  • by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
  • Mar 9, 2022

I haven't been sleeping well lately, and it is largely Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott's fault.

News Briefs: 4 Bay Area college students among Zamora scholars

News Briefs: 4 Bay Area college students among Zamora scholars

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 9, 2022

Four Bay Area college students are among the latest group awarded Pedro Zamora Young Leaders scholarships from the National AIDS Memorial Grove.

LGBTQ Agenda: Gallup poll shows uptick in people identifying as LGBT

LGBTQ Agenda: Gallup poll shows uptick in people identifying as LGBT

  • by Eric Burkett
  • Mar 8, 2022

When Gallup recently released a poll showing that more Americans now self-identify as LGBT acronym, people took notice.

Political Notes: CA state library announces $750K in LGBTQ history grants

Political Notes: CA state library announces $750K in LGBTQ history grants

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 7, 2022

LGBTQ history projects across the Golden State, from digitizing periodicals and films to preserving archival material related to gay rodeos and Santa Cruz's LGBTQ community, are receiving $750,000 in grant funding from the California State Library.

News Briefs: SF trans film fest among Horizons' new grantees

News Briefs: SF trans film fest among Horizons' new grantees

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Mar 2, 2022

Horizons Foundation has released its latest slate of grants through its community issues program, which supports grassroots LGBTQ organizations in the Bay Area.

Out in the World: Singapore high court rules to keep law criminalizing gays

Out in the World: Singapore high court rules to keep law criminalizing gays

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Mar 2, 2022

Singapore's top court has punted the country's law criminalizing gay sex to parliament in a decision that activists called a "partial victory."

Political Notebook: Laird reflects on 1st year in CA Senate

Political Notebook: Laird reflects on 1st year in CA Senate

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 2, 2022

Gay state Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) discusses his first year in the Legislature's upper chamber.