Opinion

Editorial: Time for a winning campaign

Editorial: Time for a winning campaign

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 15, 2023

Last summer, we wrote an editorial urging Equality California and the LGBTQ Legislative Caucus to think carefully before proceeding with a constitutional amendment to repeal Proposition 8 that would need to go before voters in 2024.

Guest Opinion: MCC appears to be MIA

Guest Opinion: MCC appears to be MIA

My name is Adam Allen. I came out the first time as a lesbian when I was 19, and transitioned in my 20s. In the 1990s when I was first coming up, the fight for non-discrimination laws and marriage equality was front and center.

Guest Opinion: Creating Change makes me sick

Guest Opinion: Creating Change makes me sick

On February 17, the National LGBTQ Task Force will gather thousands of activists in San Francisco for Creating Change, a national conference for queer movement building.

Editorial: Biden's job isn't finished yet

Editorial: Biden's job isn't finished yet

President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday left no doubt that he is running for reelection — and thank goodness for that.

Editorial: FDA misses with blood ban revisions

Editorial: FDA misses with blood ban revisions

The news that the federal Food and Drug Administration would ease guidelines on blood donations by gay and bisexual men at first blush seems like a positive development — and in a small way it is.

Guest Opinion: SF drag artists should apply for inaugural laureate position

Guest Opinion: SF drag artists should apply for inaugural laureate position

The art of drag has never been more celebrated and simultaneously more under attack than it is today.

Editorial: Movement on SF consumption sites

Editorial: Movement on SF consumption sites

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 25, 2023

At long last, there is movement among city leaders to establish privately-run safe consumption sites in San Francisco.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Another Planet Entertainment's spokesperson writes about why the Castro Theatre is the economic engine of the LGBTQ neighborhood.

Editorial: Feinstein needs to make her decision

Editorial: Feinstein needs to make her decision

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 18, 2023

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) needs to make her decision soon about retiring or running for reelection in 2024.

Guest Opinion: Becoming Brown and gay in LA

Guest Opinion: Becoming Brown and gay in LA

In the early morning of June 12, 2016, a domestic terrorist entered Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and opened fire.

Editorial: We're looking for action by new SF board

Editorial: We're looking for action by new SF board

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 13, 2023

Yes, we're excited and optimistic, because for the first time ever, three gay men are serving as elected members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Guest Opinion: Reflecting on 2022 as we forge ahead into the new year

Guest Opinion: Reflecting on 2022 as we forge ahead into the new year

2022 was a year of incredible highs and regressive lows, exhilaration and devastation, and many measures in between.

Editorial: Anti-trans attacks poised to continue

Editorial: Anti-trans attacks poised to continue

If 2022 was one of the worst years on record in terms of anti-trans legislation in various state legislatures, the LGBTQ community should prepare for what portends to be an equally bad year in 2023.

Guest Opinion: Leading with humanity: Putting the 'H' into LGBTQ+(H)

Guest Opinion: Leading with humanity: Putting the 'H' into LGBTQ+(H)

When I think of my life story and the series of events that brought me to where I am today, two words come to mind: adversity and resilience.