"Shell-shocked" is how Jim Doran, president of Aloha Maui Pride, described people in Maui more than a month after three wildfires ripped through Hawaii's most popular island, including the historic town of Lahaina.

The nonprofit AIDS Legal Referral Panel board has named Matt Foreman, a nationally recognized LGBTQ leader, to be its next executive director.

The world lost a bright star, and I lost a lifelong friend, with the recent passing of my former TV news co-anchor Ginger Casey.

The lesbian assistant fire chief suing the city for discrimination and retaliation testified one last time before both San Francisco's and her lawyer's rested their cases September 26, setting the stage for closing arguments and jury deliberations.

The 40th annual Folsom Street Fair unleashed plenty of leather and kink in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.

When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis first announced he was taking on Donald Trump in hopes of becoming the Republican nominee for president in 2024, early reports showed he held a steady lead over the former president.

The Cinch Saloon, the last LGBTQ bar on Polk Street in downtown San Francisco, was vandalized with graffiti containing an anti-trans slur.

The lesbian assistant fire chief suing the city for discrimination and retaliation testified one last time before both San Francisco's and her lawyers rested their cases September 26, setting the stage for closing arguments and jury deliberations.

Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill that is designed to stop book banning in California schools.

San Francisco takes its place among the most popular tourist destinations for gay couples and singles.

Books with LGBTQ themes are under attack while anti-gay harassment is spiking nationwide. To counter the book bans, Castro district Fabulosa Books has organized Read For Filth, a 24-hour celebration of queer literature, on October 7-8.

The United States Department of Defense has begun reviewing the records of veterans who were discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" without them needing to apply for a retroactive discharge upgrade.

A damages expert testified that the lesbian assistant fire chief suing the city for discrimination and retaliation could be facing lifetime financial losses of almost a million dollars based on the department's actions.

It's time for Bay Area Reporter readers to cast their ballots for the LGBTQ newspaper's annual Best of the Bay contest.