Heading into Election Day, the only out candidate on the Peninsula and in the South Bay assured of victory was Michael Smith, as the gay Black business entrepreneur was unopposed for the newly created District 4 seat on the City Council in Redwood City.
Lesbian Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan had a strong lead in her bid for a fourth term in the city's at-large council seat against her gay opponent, Derreck Johnson.
For politicos, election night is usually a swirl of party hopping between public campaign celebrations and more private get-togethers. But the COVID-19 pandemic has largely put the kibosh on such revelry in 2020.
With one week remaining until Election Day, polls are tightening and candidates are making their closing arguments to voters in races across the country.
Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in as the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court Monday night, following her confirmation vote in the Senate, which was mostly along party lines.
Two gay men who grew up in the South Bay are aiming to make LGBTQ political history in their respective cities come the November 3 election. Either would be the first out male city council person in their hometowns.
A gay Filipino East Bay city councilman is the new head of a statewide caucus for local LGBTQ leaders, which is looking to expand its membership ranks following the November 3 election.
Maintaining San Francisco's LGBTQ community as a thriving, robust segment of the city has been a perennial concern for decades, and during LGBTQ History Month in October, preserving its rich legacy and historic sites receives even greater attention.
LGBTQ issues were front and center during the second day of the confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, with Democrats and even a few Republicans attempting to clarify how she might approach such issues on the high court.
