Opinion

Guest Opinion: Our history won't be silenced

Guest Opinion: Our history won't be silenced

While often diminished and constantly overlooked, our LGBTQ history is rich with significant events, especially throughout the 20th century.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

School board recall proponents respond to a recent op-ed by Faauuga Moliga and a reader has doubts about a new STD and hep C bill.

Guest Opinion: Discovering 50 years of queer history in Silicon Valley

Guest Opinion: Discovering 50 years of queer history in Silicon Valley

To visitors of all ages, sexualities, and identities, the one comment I hear the most when I'm a docent at the new South Bay queer museum exhibit is, "I didn't know any of this."

Guest Opinion: Fighting for our community

Guest Opinion: Fighting for our community

Gay state Senator Scott Wiener writes about the highs and lows for LGBTQs of the just-completed legislative session.

Editorial: Overall, a good legislative year

Editorial: Overall, a good legislative year

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

Overall, it was a good legislative year for LGBTQs in California.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

A reader weighs in on last week's letter about Harvey Milk Plaza.

Editorial: Newsom should sign press protest bill

Editorial: Newsom should sign press protest bill

Of the many pieces of legislation awaiting action by Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate Bill 98 should be signed without hesitation.

Editorial: National Dems miss an opportunity

Editorial: National Dems miss an opportunity

The Democratic National Committee's decision to scrap a Black trans woman as an at-large member of the DNC was disheartening and confusing to many, more so because it was tone deaf to calls for diversity and equitable representation.

Guest Opinion: Democratic leadership is good for San Francisco

Guest Opinion: Democratic leadership is good for San Francisco

In San Francisco those of us who are Democrats dominate politics in the city.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor discuss Harvey Milk Plaza.

Guest Opinion: Trumpism versus California

Guest Opinion: Trumpism versus California

Despite former President Donald Trump's reelection defeat last year, in recent times, we have seen the manifestation of Trumpism as his political allies across the country continue to target our democratic institutions and our most vulnerable.

Editorial: Don't leave LGBTQ Afghans behind

Editorial: Don't leave LGBTQ Afghans behind

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Sep 29, 2021

President Joe Biden defended his decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan last month, but lost in the ensuing debate has been the fate of LGBTQ Afghans now living under the homophobic Taliban regime.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters correct the description of the Castro Country Club and discuss the latest design for Harvey Milk Plaza.

Guest Opinion: Every day is a celebration in Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District

Guest Opinion: Every day is a celebration in Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District

The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District, created by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2018, is 22 city blocks in the South of Market neighborhood that have been home to numerous leather and kink venues since the 1960s.