Opinion

Editorial: Return to an inclusive US foreign policy

Editorial: Return to an inclusive US foreign policy

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 10, 2021

During his first visit to the State Department February 4, President Joe Biden wasted no time in making clear that global LGBTQI+ rights would be front and center of his foreign policy agenda.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Editorial: Turning around the COVID vaccine debacle

Editorial: Turning around the COVID vaccine debacle

So far, Governor Gavin Newsom's administration has largely failed to manage a comprehensive COVID vaccination effort for California.

Guest Opinion: Who is that in the mirror? It's us and we look so beautiful with our disability

Guest Opinion: Who is that in the mirror? It's us and we look so beautiful with our disability

I had to create my mirror and now it is an international reflection as a Black disabled person.

Editorial: Biden keeps promise with trans ban repeal

Editorial: Biden keeps promise with trans ban repeal

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 27, 2021

It may be premature to declare President Joe Biden's executive order repealing former President Donald Trump's odious transgender military ban a "victory," as some news outlets have reported

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Editorial: Levine is qualified for quick confirmation

Editorial: Levine is qualified for quick confirmation

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 20, 2021

The Senate this week finally started holding hearings for President Joe Biden's various cabinet nominees and others that need confirmation.

Guest Opinion: How I learned to stop worrying and love the vote

Guest Opinion: How I learned to stop worrying and love the vote

To say I held my bated breath until it was clear that "Uncle Joe" had won would be the understatement of a century. Or two. Add in "Auntie" Kamala and my gay self has been in an election coma ever since.

Editorial: SF supes need to prioritize LGBTQs

Editorial: SF supes need to prioritize LGBTQs

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 13, 2021

History was made last week when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors selected Shamann Walton, who represents District 10, to be its new president, the first Black man to take the powerful post.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Guest Opinion: Trump's attempted coup requires a bold response — from all of us

Guest Opinion: Trump's attempted coup requires a bold response — from all of us

Thousands of Trump supporters swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, to commit seditious acts that were motivated by ignorance and white supremacy, which obviously go hand in hand.

Guest Opinion: Emergency depts: It's NOT normal now

Guest Opinion: Emergency depts: It's NOT normal now

It is no secret that many hospital emergency departments are struggling.

Editorial: Barr's parting slap at Title VI

Editorial: Barr's parting slap at Title VI

On his way out the door, former Attorney General William Barr delivered one last slap to minority groups, potentially including LGBTQs of color.

Editorial: CA vaccine efforts must ramp up

Editorial: CA vaccine efforts must ramp up

We are several weeks into COVID-19 vaccine distribution and the pace is woefully slow in California.